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A bedroom space is all about you and your life partner. Design a unforgettable twin girl bedding space along with your life partner. Significant remodelling chances are where less. Therefore keep on experimenting with new and popular trends. Consult interior designers before making any changes in the designs. They are professionals who can advice you the best. Your own ideas and thoughts along with the skills of designers can make wonders for your home.
A beautiful centre table or a piece of art can make the unforgettable twin girl bedding look attractive. You can keep a piece of art on the table. Add a rug at the centre of the room or next to the bed. Match up it with other accessories in the room. Keep size of the rug limited to the size of the room. Decide upon the colors you want to use for your bed and bedding`s. Bold, warm, `neutral or cool, every color has its own importance. Choose color as per your taste and wish. Your bedrooms are a place to rest, tranquil and relax. Therefore make your bedroom a comfortable place for reading, writing and studying. Use modular and simple furniture to make the bedroom spacious. Use vibrant flower vases and beautiful flowers placed in it, to create an aromatic environment. Go for aromatic candles in the room.
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"The Great Gatsby" — If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it's "The Great Gatsby." After all, who was the character of Jay Gatsby himself if not a spinner of grandiose tales and a peddler of lavish dreams? And Baz Luhrmann would seem like the ideal director to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's story to the screen yet again, to breathe new life into these revered words, having shaken up cultural institutions previously with films like "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!" But in Luhrmann's previous films, there still existed a fundamental understanding of the point of the stories he was telling; beneath their gorgeous trappings, they still reflected the heart and the purpose of the works from which they were drawn. His "Great Gatsby" is all about the glitter but it has no soul — and the fact that he's directed it in 3-D only magnifies the feeling of artificiality. His camera rushes and swoops and twirls through one elaborately staged bacchanal after another but instead of creating a feeling of vibrancy, the result is repetitive and ultimately numbing. Rather than creating a sense of immersion and tangibility, the 3-D holds you at arm's length, rendering the expensive, obsessive details as shiny and hollow when they should have been exquisite. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan star. PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and brief language. 141 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.
— Christy Lemire, AP Movie Critic
"Peeples" — The people of "Peeples" make a better impression than most collections of oddballs in the weary mold of comedies centered on meeting the prospective in-laws. They still overstay their welcome, though. With a long, boring buildup that finally pays off with scattered laughs in the second half, "Peeples" also manages to leave a better impression than the "Tyler Perry Presents" tag on the posters might imply. This is broad comedy, but nowhere near as broad — or boorish and shrill — as producer Perry's own family adventures (for disclosure's sake, there are screechy relations here, but Perry's Madea fortunately isn't among them). Craig Robinson moves up from caustic supporting player on "The Office" to show himself an engaging romantic lead in the chubby, lovable, gregarious Jack Black school, while Kerry Washington lightens up from heavier drama as the love of his life, a daddy's girl whose daddy — a stern federal judge played by David Alan Grier — naturally doesn't approve. Screenwriter and first-time director Tina Gordon Chism (her previous scripts include "Drumline") crafts a predictable "Meet the Parents" riff, though she fills it out with a pleasant supporting cast of kooks who, while not always interesting, at least are not off-putting. PG-13 for sexual content, drug material and language. 95 minutes. Two stars out of four.
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Every country has its own rules for visitors of various nationalities.Below you will find an indication of general regulations that may apply. For detailed and up to date information that is relevant to your trip, we advise you to always check travel documents and health advice and fill in the required fields.
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Due to the security situation in Paris and the state of emergency declared in France, the authorities require you to be in possession of a valid identification document when travelling to, from or via any airport in France. A driver's license for instance is not considered as a valid identification document.
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Travellers to or via Canada are expected to show an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) before boarding their flight. We recommend that you apply for an eTA online via the website of the Canadian authorities . This rule does not apply to document holders of Canada and the United States, Canadian permanent residents or travellers with a valid visa for Canada.
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Single Touch Systems, Inc., a Jersey City-based mobile media solutions provider, announced Wednesday that it has named Jerry Hug its interim chief executive officer.
Hug, the company's executive vice president of corporate development, replaces James Orsini, who is resigning effective Sept. 19 to pursue other opportunities, Single Touch said in a news release.
"Having recently completed a successful acquisition and achieved revenue diversification, Single Touch is in the midst of a significant transition as we prepare for the next phase of growth," Betsy Bernard, lead director of the Board of Directors, said in the release. "James has been instrumental in helping to execute this transformation, and we thank him for his contribution to the company. We are confident Jerry will continue the operational momentum we have been building and look forward to working with him."
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Based in Canada, USB Direct sells flash drives of all types to large companies and to small, entrepreneurial businesses. Our company provides USB drives that swivel, storage devices that have the shape of a credit card and equipment that features high-quality leather.
Types Of Flash Drives
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RE/MAX Consultants Elaine Stewart was recently awarded the RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award.
The RE/MAX Lifetime Achievement Award honors highly successful agents who have 100 million in sales and over seven or more years of service with RE/MAX.
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BIRT Designer and runtime deployment packages now support scripted data source connections for use with Cassandra distributions, including:
- Apache Cassandra
- Datastax Cassandra Community
- Datastax Cassandra Enterprise
This example illustrates using the Web Service Data Source in a report.
BIRT Version Compatibility
This example was built and tested with BIRT 2.2 RC0.
Example Files
This example accesses a city locator from zip code web service located here: http://www.webservicex.net/uszip.asmx?WSDL.
The above URL is entered in the data source WSDL URL property. The data set is set to the getInfoByZIP Method. The default SOAP request template generated by the driver supplies one data set parameter for the zip code. It is important to remember any part of the SOAP request can be modified. To link a portion of the SOAP request to a data set parameter use the
syntax, where symbol is the name of the data set parameter. In the data set editor this parameter can be linked to a report parameter. In this example symbol is linked to the report parameter zipcode.
Once the response is returned, it is parsed just like the XML data source using XPath syntax.
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When, where, and how did you first meet?
Gael: Looking for a sensitive and smart designer for our biggest book of the year, Martha Stewart's Weddings, I contacted three designers that I knew and respected. They all told me to call Stephen, who just started his own company. Tanned, and in huaraches, I loved his work and delivery—lighthearted and happy, which was in bright contrast to my state of mind.
Stephen: I was "summoned" to Gael's office because she was looking for a designer for a book about—get this—weddings! Ugh! Sorry, wrong number! But wait, she's gorgeous, chic, and gives me a business card with the last name crossed out. She tells me her last name is "Towey" like it used to be. Not like what's printed on the card. Yes! The EHSS: Ex-Husband Surname Syndrome … an opening! I still have that card and that Rolodex. It's the only reason I still have a Rolodex!
Stephen: Gael has a small job working for a stylish woman, and my incredibly influential studio of ten is poised to take over the planet with wit, humor, and the color chartreuse.
We live in Greenwich Village in a townhouse that we have had the best time decorating (and entertaining in) together. Gray-green works for us, it's the perfect backdrop for our friends—we used to think that the home should have the color, but have learned that, ultimately, the real color is provided by the personalities.
Gael: No, my focus has not changed. However, our relationship helps me get through the intricacies of my job: Stephen is consultant, shrink and cheerleader.
Stephen: Dear reader: compare and contrast. That's what we offer each other, and that dynamic has infiltrated our 23 years together. Gael's empire and my miniscule studio offer us both such insights into design, innovation, and energy and enthusiasm. We are both exposed to very different worlds of creativity when we look through the other's lens. And we are both inspired to push further in our very different spheres.
How much of your work do you do together? Do you ever collaborate?
Stephen: Our entire life is a collaboration, and that's what we love about it. Decorating, gardening, raising kids, traveling. Walking into a museum is collaborative, and you should come over for dinner if you want to see us in action! But other than these obvious things, we shore each other up. The other night we were just talking about the dynamics when we met, and I was perhaps more prominent than Gael. (Studio apartments in the East Village, though, for both of us.) And now Gael's inevitable star has risen. Does that threaten me? Absolutely not—I believe I helped her shine. I believed in her as much as she believed in me. Neither of us could have accomplished what we are proud of without the faith and encouragement of the other. Hell, this sounds like material for an ad, but for what, deodorant? A mortgage? Retirement financial advice? A Volvo?
What's your favorite thing that you've done or created together?
Gael: Raising our children, who are always pushing us in a new direction.
Stephen: Of course the kids. But that's private. We have a nice home that we use to entertain our friends, and we think of our dinner parties as salons where creative people intersect and enjoy our hospitality. We set the stage—and we are determined cooks— for 16 or 30 people to meet in the embrace of our hospitality. That's what makes us happiest. And that will be our legacy, if one thinks in those terms, we want to be remembered as good designers and amazing entertainers. My advice: Try to get on our list!
How do you each think your partner influences your practice, your style, or anything else about how you make design?
Gael: Our tastes as classicists overlap. I've learned about typography from Stephen, and he balances my tendencies toward serious and sentimental–he's an irreverent perfectionist.
Stephen: Gael taught me (is still teaching me) how to look at photography. This is her visual genius. We have a modest but nice collection of black and white photographs. Before we were married, I was collecting color photographs, but she looked at my little collection and set me straight with three little words; "Black and white!" Gael also teaches me about management and patience. These things do not come easily to me, but they are her tools for success, and she shares them with me. Gael keeps me modern.
How are your working lives and home lives integrated?
Gael: We are always working even when we aren't working we are working.
Stephen: Wait, there's a difference between work and home?
How do you approach design-related decisions that you make as a couple in your daily lives?
Gael: When we renovated our home, Stephen created the volume and I was in charge of surface. We happily collaborated on every decision, and had a great time shopping together, now our home has too much stuff, but it is so personal–things collected over time and kids art work, it is an eclectic mix and always evolving.
Stephen: Throw us into an unfamiliar museum together, and we both rush toward the paintings of, say, Per Kirkeby. We are both attracted, magnetically, to the same art, furniture, colors and even food. It's not a great leap that our design decisions would jive.
How do you approach your children's connection to design and the visual arts?
Stephen: We have introduced our kids to the visual world by traveling. This offers exposure to all kinds of architecture and visual references, culture, of course, and food. It is the broadest palette that a parent can offer a child, and helps them figure out their passions. Our daughter Maud is very interested in art history and design and communication, while August is pursuing his passion for Civil Engineering and architecture.
What's the best thing about being a couple working in design?
Gael: Making friends! The people, the amazing and incredibly talented people that we get exposed to, the journalists, artists, gallerists, filmmakers, photographers, nutcases—who could ask for more?


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COMSATBw-2 launched successfully onboard 50th Ariane 5
On Friday, 21 May 2010 at 19:01 local time (22 Mai, 00:01 Central European Time), the 50th Ariane 5 launcher lifted off on schedule from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. The payload for this mission comprised the Astra 3B commercial telecommunication satellite and the second communications satellite for the German armed forces (Bundeswehr), COMSATBw-2. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is responsible for the orbital positioning and flight operations of this satellite, and has also been involved in a range of comprehensive propulsion unit tests which have played a significant role in the success story of the Ariane launch vehicles. This flight, V194, was the first Ariane flight of 2010, the 50th liftoff for an Ariane 5 and the 194th mission for the Ariane family of launchers.
First radio contact after 33 minutes
"Thirty-three minutes after the launch, we established radio contact with the 2.5-ton COMSATBw-2 satellite via the antennas of the Indian ground station in Bangalore. Seventy DLR scientists and engineers were involved in taking control of the spacecraft," reports Thomas Kuch - Director of Mission Operations for the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) - at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen. GSOC has been running successful space missions since 1968. At present, DLR has five satellites for scientific and commercial Earth observation under its control, as well as the European research laboratory Columbus on the International Space Station (ISS).
COMSATBw-1 in orbit since October 2009
In October 2009, flight engineers at GSOC took control of COMSATBw-1, the Germany armed forces' first communications satellite. "COMSATBw-2 will also be positioned by the Space Operations Center in a geostationary orbit over the next few weeks, at an altitude of approximately 36,000 kilometres. In other words, it will be 'parked' in its intended orbital position," explains Thomas Kuch as he runs through the next steps for this mission. This will be followed by the 'commissioning' or initial operation of the satellite subsystems. Antennas and solar panels will be deployed and subjected to in-orbit tests lasting several weeks. In the course of these tests, the satellite will be configured for its intended application.
"Following the successful operational acceptance of COMSATBw-2 in orbit, the new satellite system will be handed over for regular operations, which are scheduled to last for the next 15 years. At DLR, 30 members of staff will be involved in these operations," states Mission Operations Director Kuch.
The satellites COMSATBw-1 and COMSATBw-2 form part of the German armed forces' SATCOMBw programme. Alongside the two communications satellites, this system includes stations and monitoring equipment on ground, and - for the first time - it facilitates autonomous, worldwide transmission of voice and data as well as video and multimedia applications. The entire system is scheduled to commence full-scale operations by early 2011.


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Strider, or Stick-at-naught Strider, was a nickname given to Aragorn by the people of Eriador (as for example at Bree) during his time as a Ranger.
The name seems to refer to the long legs of the Rangers, who were of Númenorean blood, compared to the shorter-legged Bree-men.
Though Aragorn considered the name scornful, he took it as the name of his royal house: translated into Quenya, it became Telcontar.


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Smith locks in opponent for Toowoomba title bout
UPDATE: UNDEFEATED Toowoomba boxer Brayd Smith has locked in his opponent for next month's WBF Youth Asia-Pacific featherweight title fight.
Japanese pugilist Shogo Sakai stepped in today after compatriot Yuki Ishizumi turned down the March 8 bout at Rumours International.
It will be the first time either fighter has challenged for a title and Smith said he was excited about the learning curve ahead.
"I am very excited to be given the opportunity to fight for the WBF Asia Pacific title in the youth category," he said.
"This is the first time I will fight for a title in my professional career and I can't wait to experience the hype that comes with a title fight.
"It is going to be another great learning curve for me and another step towards where I want to be".
Both fighters will head into the bout high on confidence.
Sakai is coming off two knockout victories in the second and third rounds while Smith is on a roll with five straight wins including four by knockout.
"This is an even match," Smith's trainer-manager Brendon Smith said.
"Shogo is only two years older than Brayd so it will be great for him to test the level he is at against someone of similar age and experience".
EARLIER: The search for an opponent for Braydon Smith's fight for the vacant WBF Youth Asia-Pacific featherweight is back on after Yuki Ishizumi pulled out of the March 8 bout at Rumours International.
The title fight against Ishizumi was close to being finalised but the Japanese boxer has turned down the fight as he overcomes a cut from his Thai championship victory on New Year's Eve.
Smith's camp is now looking for another opponent.
"Initially, Ishizumi's camp thought that the cut wouldn't be a problem as the fight was 10 weeks away," trainer-manager Brendon Smith said.
"However it appears to be deeper and not healing as quick as they first thought.
"We know Brayd will be in one corner for this title on March 8.
"I am currently in negotiations with another fighter from Japan and one from Indonesia who meet the criteria to fight for this title and we expect to have an opponent locked in very soon."


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President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney dueled for the White House on Tuesday, the tight-to-the-finish climax of an election persistently shadowed by a weak national economy and high unemployment that crimped middle class dreams for millions.
Expressing confidence but leaving nothing to chance, Obama indulged his superstitions by engaging in a traditional Election Day basketball game with friends as the race that will determine his political future was finally in the hands of voters.
Romney's yearslong quest for the presidency is ending with a last-minute round of campaigning in one state he's showered with attention and another he's largely ignored, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
From events in the driving rain to days of blistering heat, Associated Press photographers have been with the candidates through it all. Here's a look back at the campaign in photos.
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14-year-old girl becomes a police officer for a day
A sick 14-year-old girl got her dream of becoming a police officer, if only for a day. The St. Louis County Police Department teamed up with a few local mascots to make it happen. Reporter Patrick Clark rode along with the rookie detective as she worked to crack the case.


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The Alabama Wildlife Federation issued during August almost $5,000 in Operation GameWatch Rewards to Alabama residents who provided the critical information that led to the arrest and conviction of multiple poachers in the state.
Thanks to the informants and anonymous tips, Alabama conservation enforcement officers obtained convictions on more than 65 charges involving 27 different individuals. Combined, fines and court costs imposed through these convictions totaled $40,000.
Convictions were obtained for a variety of illegal activities including night hunting, using night vision equipment, hunting from a public road, hunting private property without permission, baiting, and hunting out of season. Some of the convictions were for violations related to whitetail deer, along with other game animals.
"The hunting ranks are dominated by law abiding citizens that detest poachers," stated Tim L. Gothard, Executive Director of the Alabama Wildlife Federation. "It is impressive when citizens step forward, most of them hunters themselves, and help put poachers and game law violators in their place. Poachers are not hunters."
In one case that yielded a $1,000 Operation GameWatch Reward, the informant not only provided the initial tip, but also provided testimony that sealed the conviction of the poachers. Another $1,000 reward was issued to an informant who provided multiple tips that led to 14 separate convictions.
A $500 reward was issued for multiple tips that led to seven night hunting convictions. In another night hunting case that yielded a $500 Operation GameWatch Reward, an informant provided a report of suspicious activity that led to the arrest and conviction of poachers from out-of-state. All of these Operation GameWatch Rewards were issued to citizen informants who had no knowledge they would be considered for these rewards. They provided the tips because it was the right thing to do.
"August was a bad month for poachers and a great month for hunters, anglers, private landowners, and conservation law enforcement," said Chuck Welden, AWF President. "The nine different Operation GameWatch Rewards totaling almost $5,000 will help serve as an incentive for citizens to report violators and a deterrent to poaching and game law violations."
Operation GameWatch is a program of the Alabama Wildlife Federation that sponsors a 24-hour toll free hotline – 1-800-272-GAME – for reporting game law violations. The hotline goes directly to the Law Enforcement Section of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Citizens providing critical information that make the difference in the arrest and conviction of poachers and game and fish law violators are eligible for rewards of up to $2,500 while remaining completely anonymous.
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After six hours and 34 minutes of testimony before the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, U.S. agriculture isn't any closer to solving problems that surfaced in the commodity markets in early March, when extreme price volatility nearly paralyzed forward contracting of crops.
Walter Lukken, acting chairman of the CFTC, did announce that the commission has decided to delay action on proposals to raise the speculative limits for certain agricultural commodities, at least until there is a better understanding of what's behind the market turmoil.
From January until mid-April, futures prices for wheat, corn, soybeans and rice hit all-time highs. The price of rice increased by 118 percent, wheat by 95 percent, soybeans by 88 percent, corn by 66 percent, and cotton by 47 percent.
Normally, this would be cause for celebration among commodity producers. But the highly volatile market led to runaway margin calls, which snapped credit limits for hedgers and in some cases put them out of business. Bids disappeared at a time when producers desperately needed to lock in high prices to combat rising production costs.
These problems led to the April 22 meeting where commodity exchanges, USDA officials and representatives from almost every agricultural organization crowded into a meeting room at CFTC's Washington, D.C., headquarters.
Memphis cotton merchant William Dunavant cited the events of March 3 as evidence of a broken cotton market. On that day, "cotton traded from 84.95 cents per pound synthetically to a $1.09. That made no sense.
"If you translate what happened in the futures market that day, it was like the Dow Jones going from 12,000 to 15,500 in one day, a 3,500-point move. That will never happen, but it gives you some idea of how dramatic cotton's problems are. The market is out of whack and somebody has to step in and give it some relief.
"The cotton producer is being penalized, cotton cooperatives are being penalized. We need to function as a futures market with some stability. We certainly don't have it now. Traders and commercial hedgers need to be treated on a totally different basis than speculators and commodity funds."
"Overnight, we have been stripped of a vital tool in which to conduct our business," said Joe Nicosia, CEO, Allenberg Cotton Co., and incoming president of the American Cotton Shippers Association. "We are now exposed to greater risk, which allows only the few highly financed or leveraged companies to function."
Nicosia said as a result of the early March upheaval, "the commercial trade had to close out futures at huge losses to generate the cash to repay its loans. Some smaller merchants, who could not withstand these losses, were forced to discontinue operations.
"Larger merchants with more substantial balance sheets were severely impacted as well and in some cases had to cease or greatly reduce the scope of their operations.
"At the end of the day, over $1 billion would be posted in margin calls."
Nicosia pins most of the blame "on the advent of index funds, with an estimated aggregate value of $1 trillion, and the participation of over-the-counter traders, which take a myriad of forms. While bringing record liquidity to the agricultural contracts, these entities have turned these contracts into investment contracts, thereby defeating the purposes for which agricultural contracts were created.
"The result has rendered the agricultural contracts, particularly the cotton contract, ineffective for hedging against price risks, the discovery of prices, and the actual pricing of commercial transactions."
In response to a question from CFTC Commissioner Walter Dunn on what happened in the cotton market, Nicosia said, "The problem was that (the CFTC) doesn't have the information to determine what went wrong. So much is taking place off the exchange. Fundamentally what took place was a systematic approach to push prices higher. You saw larger volume and larger prices than ever existed in night sessions while the industry slept.
"You should ask for all the (funds) to put forth their swap and/or cash activities to see if there is a reason for them to have those sizable positions."
Woods Eastland, CEO of Staplcotn and director of AMCOT, which represents the nation's four major cotton cooperatives, said unwarranted price changes in the markets "are defined in the (Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act) as an undue burden on interstate commerce, which puts the burden on ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) and CFTC to make sure that it doesn't happen again.
"The consensus here is that something happened in the cotton industry that is not understood. I urge the CFTC to investigate in depth what went on in cotton. If it happens once, it very well could happen again, or it could happen again in some other market."
Alan Underwood, Underwood Cotton Co., Lubbock, Texas, says the move to an all-electronic trading platform has significantly changed the behavior of the markets.
"Anyone trading the futures market recently should be able to testify to the strange and rhythmic flow of the current market — floating up and down, quickly making price swings in minutes that used to take months.
"It is no longer driven by supply and demand, but by computer programs chasing each other in an endless computer game where traditional hedgers are nothing more than cannon fodder subject to unfair trade practices never before seen in this magnitude."
The grain markets suffered from the same problem as the cotton markets, noted Diana Klemme, with the Grain Service Corporation. "If we distill everything down to one issue it has to do with the ability to finance these markets. There would be new crop bids and 2009 crop bids aplenty in every commodity if the elevators, grain companies and everybody else up and down the chain could feel confident that they could meet their margin calls.
"But if you don't have the credit lines or you're afraid the credit line won't be there, you don't dare go down that road. Then the bids disappear. The farmers are at a disadvantage because their input costs and land costs go up and they can't market cash grain."
Tom Buis, president of the National Farmers Union, said, "We began raising concerns in March after hearing from a number of producers who were being shut out of forward contracting their grain by local elevators and co-ops that had exceeded their credit limits to meet margin calls.
"Input costs have tripled over the last two years. If a farmer cannot forward price these commodities at higher prices, we have a train wreck coming that's going to be greater than any we've ever seen.
"For those who say that everything is working right, I'm sorry, maybe I'm wasting my time here, but there are problems out there and it is incumbent upon us all to address them."
John Popp, with the Independent Bakers Association, said, "Removing 22 million acres from the food supply and putting it into fuel supply," is a big part of the problem. "We're not faced with the surplus problems of years past. We now have a limited supply (of commodities) and we have a lot of dollars chasing a tight supply. It's time to take some of that Conservation Reserve Land and put it back into production. We're going to need more supply of tillable land."
Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Keenum said USDA's commodity loan programs have not experienced any negative effects — yet. "Because of high market prices, the adjusted world price for cotton, rice, grains and oilseeds are significantly above the loan rates. However, if market prices collapse, there could be significant impacts on program activity and government expenditures."
Index and commodity fund managers said their activity in the commodity markets is being unfairly portrayed. Bob Greer with PIMCO, which manages an index-based commodity fund, noted that a long-only investment such as the PIMCO fund "is assuming some price risk that producers and other interests in the commodity business would like to shed. There are now over 200,000 individual investors in this country who are offering to do exactly that.
"I don't think we can measure it, but they have reduced by their collective efforts the amount of risk premium that the commodity producer must pay as they mitigate their risk in these markets."
Charles Carey with the CME GROUP, which operates the Chicago Board of Trade, acknowledged that the marketplace "is in a tough spot, particularly with the traditional risk managers, the elevators, the processors, the people who take on the inventory and are the short hedgers.
"One thing that we're going to have to put on the table is innovation.
"Whether this is a shifting paradigm, or a one-time aberration, we're going to require more and better products to meet the needs of the marketplace. If we continue to innovate, we'll go a long way toward meeting the needs of the marketplace."
CFTC Commissioner Michael Dunn said the CFTC would look at suggestions offered at the forum, but finding answers won't be easy. "There is not a silver bullet or single solution to address the problems we are currently facing."
Lukken noted, "During such turbulent times, it is tempting to shoot first and ask questions later. But it is exactly at such moments that government must endeavor to be informed and proportional in its response. It is critical that we understand the problem fully so we can get it right and ensure that the cure is not worse than the disease."
The CFTC, which regulates futures contracts for agricultural commodities, was created in 1974 with the enactment of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act.


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Washington, D.C. 15July09 - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), the lead House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, unveiled today a detailed flow chart of the complex health care reform proposal by Democratic congressional leaders.
The chart identifies at least 31 new federal programs, agencies, commissions and mandates that accompany the unprecedented government takeover of health care in America.
"Why should any patient be forced to give control of their health care over to this Faustian pit of Washington bureaucracy?" asked Brady.
"This government takeover has only one guaranteed result: to tell Americans what doctors you can see, what treatments you deserve and what medicines you can have."
The attached chart depicts how the health care system would be organized at the national level if the Democrats' plan became law. These new levels of bureaucracy, agencies, organization and programs will all be put directly between the patient and their health care.
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Many Americans actually pay $1 out of ever $2 earned to some form of tax while ~50% of people pay no taxes! Do you pay your bills? The Fed takes $3 in and spends $5. Debt per citizen: $51,985 - Debt per taxpayer: $142,513! (13Dec12)
A trillion seconds pass in 31,688 years. At $1/sec it would take 41,194 years just to pay off o'tax'n spend's new Feb12-Feb13 added debt - 538,696 years to pay only the national debt or 4,404,632 years to settle the debt+unfunded liabilities!
"Over the last four years our national debt has risen nearly $6 trillion, and just last week the debt topped an astounding $16 trillion. To put that in perspective, $16 trillion is enough money to fund the US military, along with the military of every NATO country combined… for the next sixteen years! Government spending is projected to hit $3.8 trillion this year alone. Even after every tax dollar paid by Americans has been counted, the government will still overspend by another $1.13 trillion. Every single second of the day our government spends over $12,000. So in the time it takes you to read this article, roughly five minutes, our government has spent $3.6 million. It take four seconds for the government to spend what the average American earns in an entire year." (source: by Tim Phillips 17Sep12 at TownHall.com)
-- Alexis de Tocqueville [Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel, le Comte de Tocqueville] (1805-1859) French historian
The U.S. Deficit in 2007 was $9,007,653,372,262.48The federal government has accumulated more new debt -- $3.22 trillion ($3,220,103,625,307.29) — during the tenure of the 111th Congress than it did during the first 100 Congresses combined, according to official debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury." -- By Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com (Read The Full Story)
3 years ago: The Debt ~ $125T+! Then Obama: Up $22T+ in only 3 years! $22T to $26T+ by 2015! Since November 2011 to January 2013 he has added $2 Trillion to the deficit! States' Unfunded: $3.2T+! (Dec10) From Jan'09 the deficit: $10.2T→$14.6T up $4.3T/42%! -- Federal unfunded liabilities total $84 trillion .. equal to 5.7 percent of the present value of all future GDP, which translates into about 31 percent of the long run federal revenue estimate," the report states. "Thus federal revenues would have to rise immediately and permanently to 24.1 percent of GDP to cover the fiscal imbalance." (source: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/16/report-federal-unfunded-liabilities-total-84-trillion/)
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What were you doing in the last hour while the U.S. Gov't spent $188 Million Dollars of our money! (Every Hour, Every Day!) (Apr11) In 8 years, President Bush added $5 trillion to the national debt; President Obama, according to a revised Dec11 GAO report, added $4T+ to the U.S. deficit in 2011 alone! The GAO estimates the deficit, including o'scamcare & mandates, may grow from $15T+ to over $26T+! UPDATE: A little-noticed event occurred at approximately midnight on Monday, October 31, 2011. The National Debt exceeded the GDP! Imagine what these numbers are going to be now that Obama is reelected! (src)
What were you doing in the last hour while the U.S. Gov't spent $188 Million Dollars of our money! (Every Hour, Every Day!) (Apr11) In 8 years, President Bush added $5 trillion to the national debt; President Obama, according to a revised Dec11 GAO report, added $4T+ to the U.S. deficit in 2011 alone! The GAO estimates the deficit, including o'scamcare & mandates, may grow from $15T+ to over $26T+! UPDATE: A little-noticed event occurred at approximately midnight on Monday, October 31, 2011. The National Debt exceeded the GDP! Imagine what these numbers are going to be now that Obama is reelected! (src)
"Over the last four years our national debt has risen nearly $6 trillion, and just last week the debt topped an astounding $16 trillion. To put that in perspective, $16 trillion is enough money to fund the US military, along with the military of every NATO country combined… for the next sixteen years! Government spending is projected to hit $3.8 trillion this year alone. Even after every tax dollar paid by Americans has been counted, the government will still overspend by another $1.13 trillion. Every single second of the day our government spends over $12,000. So in the time it takes you to read this article, roughly five minutes, our government has spent $3.6 million. It take four seconds for the government to spend what the average American earns in an entire year." (source: by Tim Phillips 17Sep12 at TownHall.com)
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written by Robert Burns Robert Burns b.1759-d.1796 (published 8May1794, The Morning Chronicle, London) "Supposedly addressed by Edward the Bruce to his soldiers before the battle. Listen to its lyrics in Scots/English being read by Doug Robertson (photo), Music by Steve McDonald from "Bannockburn (Stone of Destiny)" [3m55s]
Values: "Scots Wha Hae" 1] poem lyrics..text of "Bruce before Bannockburn" also known as "Scots wha hae", written by Robert Burns
Robert Burns b.1759-d.1796, 8May1794, The Morning Chronicle) 1] "Supposed to be addressed by Bruce to his soldiers before the Battle of Bannockburn against Edward II."
Listen to the poem "Scots Wha Hae" read by Doug Robertson [3m55s], Music by Steve McDonald from 'Bannockburn' [Stone of Destiny]" (.mp3, 3.7MB)
alternate ScotWha2.ram (rm, 3m55s) re [ Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn, Robert I, the Bruce (1274-1329) also know as Robert the Bruce, "The Hammer of the Scots" ] plus "Scots, wha hae Wi' Wallace Bled," (midi, Scottish Songs) & .midi sequenced with lyrics [src] ***
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US market futures up on mixed durable goods report
US market futures up on mixed durable goods report
Mar. 26, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock market futures held onto their gains Tuesday after a report on February orders for machinery and other long-lasting items showed a sharp increase, reflecting a rebound in the commercial aircraft industry.
The Commerce Department reported a 5.7 percent surge in overall orders durable goods, the biggest increase in five months.
But orders for core capital goods, which signal business investment plans, fell for February by the largest amount in seven months. The decline followed a strong month in January, and it is unclear if the drop reflects a temporary setback.
Stock market futures held on to earlier gains following the data. Dow Jones industrial average futures added 27 points to 14,413. Nasdaq 100 futures added 6 points to 2,790.5. S&P 500 futures gained 3 to 1,550.
European markets were also up modestly, as investors gain confidence in the bailout arranged for Cyprus, even as the island nation decided to keep its banks closed for another two days in an attempt to ward off a run. The Markets were rocked on Monday after comments from a European Union leader suggested that the bailout provided a template for the future, sparking fears that bank deposits could be tapped if other countries economies falter.
Britain's FTSE 100 index added 0.9 percent to 6380.81. Germany's DAX added 0.17 percent to 7884.16 and the CAC-40 in France gained 0.56 percent to 3747.03.
Asian markets were mixed, with Japan's Nikkei index falling 0.6 percent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi both gained 0.3 percent. Mainland China stocks fell in response to government moves to cool off the real estate sector. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.2 percent while the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index lost 0.7 percent.


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Arizona cotton growers have put the pink bollworm on notice — its days are numbered in the Grand Canyon State.
An overwhelming majority of the state's almost 900 cotton growers approved in mid-May a referendum to initiate a pink bollworm eradication program.
Now those same growers will focus their attention on convincing Congress it to do its part in eradicating the pest.
Arizona growers removed any doubt that they are willing to put up the money to do their part of fitting the last piece of the puzzle in place to eradicate the world's most destructive cotton pest from the Desert Southwest and Northern Mexico.
Some 72 percent of the state's growers participated in the vote with 79 percent of Farm Service Agency cotton growers of record approving the referendum. Those represented 56 percent of the state's 220,000 acres of cotton.
Arizona Cotton Growers Executive Vice President Rick Lavis said the vote represented not only an endorsement of the eradication effort, but a vote of trust for leaders of the program that the eradication effort will not move forward without federal funding to rear millions more sterile pink bollworm moths necessary for complete eradication.
"We are ready to move forward with the first phase of the program in 2005 if we can convince Congress to fund the sterile moth program," said Lavis.
U.S. funds essential
While congressional funding is necessary for Arizona to begin an eradication program, that funding has become absolutely critical for growers in New Mexico, Texas and Northern Mexico who are well into a successful eradication effort but need to overwhelm low native populations with sterile moths. The sterile pink bollworm moths would be reared in a facility in Phoenix operated by California cotton growers to supply sterile larvae for distribution over SJV cotton acres each year. For more than 35 years SJV producers have kept pinkies out of the valley using sterile release technology.
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Northern Mexico growers hope some day to have the same maintenance program as SJV growers.
And, they are so close they can taste it thanks to biotechnology, specifically Bt cotton which has been used along with pheromone technology to reduce PBW to the lowest level in decades in Texas, New Mexico and Northern Mexico with a grower-funded program over the past four years.
That success spawned a second try in Arizona to pass a pink bollworm eradication program referendum. The first attempt was in 1999. It gained majority approval, but fell short of the two-thirds necessary to become law.
Funding to trap and treat for pink bollworms throughout Arizona will come from a $32 per acre assessment for growers who are not growing Bt cotton. If a grower plants Bt cotton, he will not be assessed.
Mexico strong player
Not only did the success in Texas and New Mexico spur on support for eradication in Arizona, but Mexico's strong participation in the eradication effort has been a real positive. Some say Mexico has actually become the leader in the program now operating. There was uncertainty five years ago when Arizona first voted about Mexico's commitment to controlling pink bollworm south of the border. Without that, there is little hope of controlling PBW in border states.
The most telling aspect of the successful Texas/New Mexico/Mexico effort is that pink bollworm numbers have been significantly reduced with a lower percentage of Bt cotton planted there than in Arizona.
That region has only once planted 50 percent of its acreage to Bt cotton since the technology was introduced. Today it is planted on less than half the acreage. Arizona's acreage is between 60 percent to 70 percent. It has been higher.
"We are talking a worse case scenario in that eradication zone — a combination of long season Pima cotton and less Bt cotton than is grown in Arizona yet they have had dramatic success in reducing pinkie numbers," said Marana Ariz., grower Wiley Murphy, chairman of the Arizona pink bollworm eradication committee.
Arizona growers have spent billions of dollars controlling pink bollworm since it invaded Arizona almost 40 years ago. First it was with repeated aerial pesticide applications and now with technology fees for growing Bt cotton.
According to Arizona Cotton Growers Association president Clyde Sharp of Roll, Ariz., eradication of the pink bollworm would mean growers would no longer be forced to pay any money to control pink bollworm.
Potential savings
As much as growers like Sharp dislike the high cost of biotechnology, unquestionably, he and other Arizona growers believe Bt cotton has kept them in the cotton business. However, it has not been without significant cost they believe now can be eliminated with eradication.
"I think now there is a strong possibility that we can eradicate pinkies in Southern California and Arizona using the combination of Bt cotton, pheromones and sterile moths to the point that you have a maintenance program like we do in the San Joaquin Valley," said Wally Shropshire of Blythe, Calif., chairman of the California Cotton Pest Control Board which oversees the Phoenix sterile moth rearing facility and the SJV PBW maintenance program.
Each year the San Joaquin Valley is blanketed with millions of sterile pink bollworm moths reared in Phoenix, transported to the San Joaquin Valley and then dropped by airplanes over the valley's cotton acreage. This overwhelms any fertile moths. If a sterile moth mates with a fertile moth, the fertile moth does not lay viable eggs and the life cycle is broken.
It has been working for 36 years at a cost of less than $3 per bale to growers. It is one of the most successful biological agricultural pest control programs ever.
Desert Southwest growers are asking Congress for $7.8 million to ramp up for a blanketing cost-sharing sterile moth program for Mexico, Texas' Trans Pecos region, New Mexico and now Arizona.
Start in east
If Congress provides the money, the Arizona program would start next season in Eastern Arizona, moving the next year to Central Arizona and finally to Western Arizona and eventually to Southern California.
Program managers would set pheromone pinkie traps throughout the state and treat with pheromones at threshold levels or in severe cases pesticides to reduce numbers.
When Arizona finishes its eradication effort, the maintenance program like that in the San Joaquin would cover 500,000 acres from Texas to Southern California.
To move into the sterile moth-release phase in those eradication areas, the pink bollworm rearing facility in Phoenix must increase its pink bollworm output from 2.5 million moths to 10 million per day. The facility has the capacity to produce that many moths. Funds also are needed to distribute moths in the binational eradication zone and for USDA-APHIS regulatory activities. The total cost of that is about $6 million.
Right now that funding request is in the House Agriculture Appropriations Committee. Unless federal funds are forthcoming to for the Texas-New Mexico-Mexico program, the program there will either have to raise rates or cut back services to continue without the sterile release program. That could jeopardize success achieved so far.
Eradicating the pink bollworm in Arizona would not only put more money into grower pockets, it could be a door re-opener to bring Pima acreage back to Central Arizona. It takes longer to produce Pima cotton and the longer the season, the more vulnerable cotton is to pinkies. That is one reason growers there quit growing it. More than 90 percent of the nation's Pima cotton is now growing in pinkie-free San Joaquin Valley.
Improved cottons
Eradication could also enhance the efforts of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association to breed higher quality, non-transgenic cottons for Arizona. The association initiated its own breeding program three years ago, contending that varieties offered to Arizona producers were not the best suited for the desert. The threat of the pink bollworm almost makes it a necessity to introduce insect-resistant genes into any new variety. This adds several years to the variety development process.
"We took care of the boll weevil and the screwworm fly with a lot fewer tools than we have today to take care of the pink bollworm. Pinkie is a single-host insect, and there is no reason we cannot eradicate it," Sharp said.


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#1 Hello CU / Greetings from Texas!
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Hello CU,
I am a 50 yr old man and I am from Texas. I have been married for almost 30 yrs. I have daughters and grand babies on my knee. I have done my best to support and raise my children right, and teach them all to Honor God & Country above all things. Honor thy self! I have served my country like my father, mother and brothers, and his father before me. I know what honor, courage, bravery, dedication and commitment to God & Country is.
I did not take such a honorable and enduring oath, to protect my country against all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC, and then to allow tyranny to rule over our great land as it is ruling over US now. Our President was elected by a corrupt election system and by a corrupt people eager to cheat and destroy. This is a acceptable trend in some parts of our country as some have no morals or values what so ever. We the good people have no recourse of justice against a corrupt minority of people and their followers of open tyranny.
There is 500+ corrupt & elected people on the Hill that dictate the tyranny we are forced to endure, and they arrogantly and recklessly control our destiny. We are finally witnessing the complacent 'fence straddler's', coming back to reality now, but what they have done. There will be those lost that lack all empathy and they will never conform or understand, or be anything other than our most selfish and self centered citizens of our country. These corrupt citizens will always be demanding and expecting more because greed & vanity controls their lives. These citizens will forever ride for free, because we have not demanded they pay or be held responsible.
These Communists, Socialists, Secular Progressives and Liberals are all clones and all walk amongst US. These deviant clones have been cloning and corrupting our children since we lead them to school on their 1st day. These deviant teachers have smiled and continued to teach their immoral all inclusive, accepting and inviting indoctrination of Liberal tyranny. These immoral's teach our children until our children make the college walk. And if they don't make it thru school, the lost ebonics of darkness and drugs on the streets, will teach them all they need to know for US. Our nations problems is a much bigger than only the political problems we are currently witnessing. Our social problems are more of a burden then many admit, and even less will even discuss. We have to deal with this tyranny amongst our people and it will have to be merciless justice. Or our nation continues towards the obis, then is lost!
Our forefathers defeated tyranny in WWI and WWII. We one day knew tyranny would once again rear its ugly head. It did in the 60s, 50 years ago. My father did not stand and fight the tyranny in the 60s that paraded down our nations streets so boldly, and was accepted as Politically Correct, it must have been, no one opposed it. Why, I do not know. Well, I am 50 now and I look where we are as a nation, and it will be his sons who has to defeat it, and defeat tyranny once and for all, when a battle ever takes place, for my children's and our country's sake. Because we will now post honorable men on the walls, and make sure tyranny never returns like it once lived here. To h*ll with tyranny, so they leave OUR children alone. We will be the 'NEW' GREATEST GENERATION! We have to be before America is gone.
I am like many other good and honorable Americans, who have lived right, worked hard and Have freely given our sacrifice of Blood & Treasure, hardly ever complaining, and I will no longer support this radical Liberal tyranny. I like other good Americans who have rendered unto Cesar what was his, will no longer willingly live under this current radical administration and the forced change we have come to call Liberal tyranny. The same radical tyranny, I once took a oath to defeat, and to destroy on a battle field abroad.
The same radical tyranny still parading down our streets, thru our schools and in deviant homes across our land.
I am a Oath keeper, I am III flag.
I declare as a good and honorable American citizen & Patriot, I will follow all the good and honorable men alike in our country, when they do finally stand and take our beloved America back. We are the United States of America. We the people and by the people for this republic for which it stands, one honorable people and nation under GOD! And we shall never again be afraid to give our thanks, praise and our allegiance to our God & Lord all mighty, our saviors, as defined by our Bibles. AMEN!
God, Country and family. Without God, we are no country, and with no country, there is no family. We are worthless and morally bankrupt!
Yes a lot of Conservatives 'we', have a hand full of our beautiful flag, and I am not turning loose tho the seams are in a bind and fraying. May God shed his grace on thee, who ever tears my flag. May our nations Christian Conservatives men & women stand and stand soon. The Christian Conservative men need to stand, be brave and bold and lead by example, you shall not be afraid.
The good people will follow you true leaders. These people are the good and honorable people of our great nation, we call the United States of America. These people are praying with real hope and change and crying out. They are listening and looking for Wisdom, Knowledge and Guidance. Real leadership, and a voice from God inside a man! You must stand up and stand now, because you know the word of truth! You see what is clearly happening across our country and around our world
I will stand against this radical Liberal tyranny in my country, when all other good citizens and patriots stand as well!
This is who I am. I have spoken my piece for now. I needed to be clear so incase I am allowed to post again. If I am not allowed. I do understand, and I will be moving along.
Good evening to all of you.
So Help Me God! In God I Trust!
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Welcome and you are in good company. Most of us are god fearing conservatives.
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Welcome eagle fangers!
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Welcome to CU. :)
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I was raised a Military brat and rolled across our country until I was 17. I am also a high school drop out at 17, because I just couldnt sit still for the most part. My father was killed in Vietnam in 69 when I was 9 yrs old. Not being able to sit still and not really getting along with many, always being the new kid on the block and all. I decided to join the service, but I couldnt get anyone to sign for me to enter the Marines, but they would sign for me to join the Navy, I joined the Navy and served aboard a Navy aircraft carrier, and I loved every minute of it and all the values etched deep, I have forever carried in my lifetime.
My oldest son is a Deputy Sheriff in the next county, my daughter is in the Navy and stationed in the Mediterranean, she is a linguist / interpreter. My Nephew we raised, just finished training in SD and qualified for the Seals. My wife is a RN and 2 other daughters are in the medical field.
I am a conservative, with a few liberal views. But hey, I think we all have a few of them, even if we would never admit them or even discuss them. But when it comes down to defining myself. I am a Christian Conservative in the works, as crass as I am sometimes known to be. I am also sometimes a little more right than most.
I love the outdoors and there isnt much I dont do. They dirtier the better and work has never been a issue at all. I own a few good dogs labs, and they are my best friend when my wife and kids aint.
I love to fish and to hunt hog and deer, and dove, duck, geese and turkey too when I get the chance to do so. But hogs are my favorite, because they are a wild bunch to pistol hunt up close. I love to fish and living along the Texas coast, I can go in any direction and always catch fish.
Living at the end of the line and all the rivers like the Brazos, San Bernard, Tres Palacios and Colorado emptying out, there is always a place to wet a line. We also have some great surf, bay and backwaters fishing too. I love to fish.
Drinking, sometimes on the right occasion and time, and maybe sometimes just because it sounded good. Nothing heavy or steady anymore, and sometimes months between the next one. But I do enjoy a beer every now and then in the great outdoors.
I am a sinner and stumble like any other, and I fall down too, only I am trying to control things these days and learn how to get along, sometimes anyway, but in this liberal tyranny, I am finding it hard to do, because I am not compromising or conceding to tyranny anymore.
I have found patients and I need it now. But I am sure there are some around that will call me down.
Or show me the door, because that has pretty muchly been my life for sure.:D
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