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A recent study has suggested that a diet or dietary supplements rich in omega-3 fatty acids might not be able to reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases, as was previously believed. A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids is generally advised for people who are at risk of developing heart diseases, like those with obesity as well as a family history of heart ailments. The study was published in the journal JAMA Cardiology and it questioned everything that has previously been believed about the role of omega-3 fatty acids in lowering risk of abnormal heartbeats, reduce amount of fat in the blood as well as artery-clogging deposits called plaque.
The study resulted from analysis of data from 10 trials that were conducted with the participation of 77,917 people. All the participants were people who either had had a heart attack or stroke in the past or had health problems like diabetes. The researchers randomly assigned some of the participants to take omega-3 supplements and some of them to take dummy pills for supplements to create a placebo. The trial was conducted over the period of a year.
The report on the study concludes that the dietary supplements "had no significant association with reductions in fatal or nonfatal coronary heart disease or any major vascular events." The report explains, "The results provide no support for current recommendations to use omega-3 fatty acid supplements for the prevention of fatal coronary heart disease or any cardiovascular disease in people who have or at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease." This refers to the recommendations of the American Heart Association to eat at least two servings of fish per week, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Fish like salmon, sardines, mackerel, etc, are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and usually prescribed as part of a heart healthy diet.
Here are three other heart healthy foods to include in your diet:
1. Nuts
A handful of nuts like almonds, walnuts, might also help in maintaining heart health.
2. Berries
Berries like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries are full of healthy phytonutrients and also antioxidants.
3. Dark Chocolate
Dark chocolate, with at least 70 per cent cocoa in it, can help keep your heart healthy.
Apart from the diet, daily exercise is also very important to maintain a healthy heart. People who are fit may have reduced risks of developing serious heart ailments.

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Olivia and Emme's Oscar Predictions 2020
February 8, 2020
Let us start off by saying one thing: we love movies. Stories heighten our awareness of reality while also inviting us into alternative worlds. Effective writing and cinematography can immerse us in the lives of both fictional and nonfictional characters. We connect through the medium of language and imagery, as filmmakers transcribe our emotions for the screen.
The 2020 Oscars will take place on February 9th. The variety of films honored at this year's ceremony endures as impressive, with stories ranging from psychotic thrillers to historical adaptations of books. Each film exhibits artistry and each one deserves an award, however, only a few movies can exit the ceremony with the coveted Hollywood award.
So what are our predictions? Please note,we haven't seen all of the movies yet. We are relying off current perceptions and the opinions of our peers as we construct the list. As much as we'd like to write without bias, our bias will likely still sway our predictions. These are our opinions, subject to disagreement. We love hearing others thoughts upon the subject as well. With our predictions, we try to consider societal factors, filmmaking styles, previous ceremonies, and further. While the reason some films prevail over others will never likely be known, we believe its a coalition of factors, some unnamed. In the end, we're just fellow movie fans predicting Oscar winners from a pool of Oscar-worthy movies.
Best Supporting Actor
Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
In Tarantino's new film, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) serves as the driver for slightly washed up Hollywood star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio). Brad Pitt brings a certain complexity to the role; he's a coldhearted individual with a history of violence, yet still maintains a dedication to Dalton as both a driver and a friend. Even with his flaws, there's something endearing about Pitt's character, and oddly enough, the audience roots for him. Having a flawed, generally dislikable character like Booth serves as both a testament to the writers and Brad Pitt. – Olivia Janicek
Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett Johansson for Jojo Rabbit
Much like Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Johansson's character prevails as highly complex. That said, the entire film of Jojo Rabbit insinuates a highly complex understanding of morality only some films can pull off. In the irreverent film, Rose Betzler (Scarlett Johannson) raises her son in the face of WWII in Germany. Johannson perfectly portrays a concerned, loving mother attempting to shift her son's misunderstanding of the society that surrounds him. Her character serves as a moment of kindness amidst a sea of struggle and fascism, and represents (perhaps) the perseverance of humanity. The film deals with an extremely difficult subject, yet still, Johannson adds heart that the audience doesn't fail to notice. (Sidenote: her character had me sobbing by the end of the film). On top of her skill and addition to the film, Johansson was also nominated for her leading role in Marriage Story. The nominations for two films serve as evidence of her talent, however, the odds of the Oscars awarding a Netflix film (Marriage Story) are very slim. Netflix represents the next frontier of film, and perhaps poses a threat to The Academy and its steadfast, traditional foundation. I can't say Netflix is the enemy of The Academy, yet I wouldn't note the two groups as good pals either.- Olivia Janicek
Best Original Screenplay
Parasite. Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won.
I may be a little biased here, but I loved every second of Parasite. A film entirely in Korean, its complex approach to societal structure needs no translation. The film arrives as a chilling thriller, exciting the horror fan within. Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won weave characters from meticulously crafted dialogue and story, then sew icy twists throughout the scenes. Though the well-developed characters and impeccably designed story prevail as Oscar-worthy within themselves, I believe the film's confrontation of societal standards will earn it the Oscar. The screenplay artistically approaches the concept of societal classes without sacrificing any suspense or story. With no explanation needed, the film utilizes its story to confront the idea of unbreakable classism and how individuals tend to never elude the classes they're born into. This idea is meticulously woven through the lives of the characters and the thrill of the story. The social confrontation is indirect. It plagues the characters we connect with, and eventually, it plagues us. The subtle social commentaries reserve a power unlike any other. They force the audience to question ideals through the mere imposition of dialogue, plot, and character development. Words become both meticulously crafted worlds and sharp calls to action. – Olivia Janicek
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.
Joaquin Phoenix plays the highly disturbing character of "Joker" in Joker. His performance – akin to all of the other nominees – prevails a notably incredible. However, Phoenix's dedication to the craft, likely more than the performance, will likely earn him the Oscar. Phoenix represents the steadfast ideals of The Academy. He's an actor, insanely devoted, to his craft willing to lose weight and sacrifice normality for a movie character. Film serves as the lifeline for The Academy. Phoenix gave himself to the film; he prevails as perhaps the idolized manifestation of dedication to the film industry and Hollywood. To deny Phoenix the Oscar, may undermine the values of The Academy. Thus, I believe Phoenix's commitment to his craft will earn him the coveted award.- Olivia Janicek
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Renée Zellweger in Judy– Although all women are phenomenal in their roles, Zellweger provides an excellent portrayal of the late Judy Garland. Now I personally haven't seen the movie, but the stellar reviews about Zellweger and the film itself makes me believe she will take home the Oscar. Also with previous wins from the Golden Globes and SAGs from this year, odds are she'll score the next big award. The Academy loves actors portraying other actors. So with Zellweger's excellent performance and dedication to the role, she is sure to win. – Emme Barnes
Best Director
Sam Mendes for 1917- There were many great directors nominated, but Mendes will most likely win. With a single long shot and gruesome closeups of a tragic war, Mendes will take home the Oscar. He also hasn't won best director since 2000 for American Beauty. The Academy appears to love and admire war movies, especially those with stunning shots, and great directorial production. – Emme Barnes
Best Picture
Joker– I will be totally biased because this was one of my favorite films of 2019. Joker is not like any movie I've seen, and strays away from the typical super villain story. Although filled with violence and mentions of mental illness, Joker gives a new lens to the DC Universe. I personally am not a big fan of the world of DC, but the one movie I love from that franchise is The Dark Knight. But only because of the villainous "Joker" portrayed by the late Heath Ledger. His sick, twisted, and maniacal ways made the movie more interesting to me as a viewer. So when I sat down to watch the newest Joker, I was expecting dark and violent depictions of the beloved villain. But what I got instead was a cinematic masterpiece, worthy of Oscar material. Now it still has the violence and the gore, but focuses more on the struggle of mental illness. Joaquin Phoenix's phenomenal acting captivated the audience into believing he is the twisted Arthur Fleck. A film like this has never won best picture. But with Joker racking up 11 nominations and being different from the rest, I would be surprised if it didn't win. – Emme Barnes
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – I usually agree with Emme, yet in this case, I'm going to offer up a differing opinion. I believe that Hollywood adores Hollywood. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is director Quentin Tarantino's love letter to Hollywood's iconic past. It honors the nostalgic films of the industry, by cherishing the glory of western classics, the greatness of film premieres and visiting movie theaters, as well as far more. Why not reward something that honors yourself? It's not just Hollywood agenda that (I think) will earn Tarantino and his team the Oscar. The film itself is a whirlwind of clever characters, cinematic shots, matchless acting, and class writing. Well not entirely loved by the public audience, I do believe it will take home the Oscar for best picture this year. – Olivia Janicek


text: Eating Disorder Awareness3/8/20180 Comments For those of you who know me personally, you know that I am quite open in talking about my struggle with anorexia. I was underweight, anxious, and living under my self-imposed restrictions for a good 2-3 years in my early twenties. As I recovered mentally and physically, I learned how my disorder was rooted in mental and emotional stressors, which I had not yet dealt with. The anger, pain, and sadness that I'd tried hard to repress, could not be controlled or pushed to the side. I hadn't sought counseling, hadn't asked for help, hadn't process through things, and I didn't know how much I needed all that. I didn't deal with those emotions, and so they resurfaced in the form of an eating disorder. Our mental state can have a powerful impact over our physical state–through hormones, neurotransmitters, muscular contractions, blood flow, and respiration–our bodies will react to what our brains are processing. So take a tip from my book, and make sure you are honest with your feelings, honest with your mental state, take time to process your memories, and take time to really feel your emotions. You deserve it 🙂 |


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Making decisions based on invisible inputs is like building a sky scraper without a blue-print. Yet that is the norm, even for very complex problems. Contrary to how most of us think about making a decision as being the act of choosing, a decision is the last piece of a long, almost completely invisible, process. The good news: it is possible to make the invisible part of decisions visible.
In working with the Community Justice Advisor Program in Liberia, Africa, Lorien and colleagues helped The Carter Center (founded by Jimmy and Roslyn Carter) use decision models to increase positive outcomes in the domain of civil justice, by identifying the most effective levers for change.


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Enjoy this helpful guest post by Hyattsville's Mandy Sheffer.
As we face down weeks in social isolation at home (absolutely necessary due to COVID-19, but nonetheless challenging), I have been so inspired by all the wonderful people sharing ways to make this time easier for families and I thought I would share some ideas of my own.
In my past life I was an early childhood teacher/director. I also homeschooled my oldest child for a year. In my current business, I help families create/revamp play spaces for their small humans – inside and out.
Read on for fun ideas you can do with your kids, taken from things I have done or plan to do with my boys (aged three and seven).
Shadow Tracing, Drawing
Grab a white piece of paper, a pencil/marker, and a favorite toy. Set up outside in the sunshine or using a lamp/flashlight, set your toy on the edge of your paper and shine the light directly onto it to create a shadow on your paper. Trace around the shadow and once you have your outline, go crazy with colors and decorating (if desired).
Challenge your other family members to see if they can guess what it is you traced. You can expand on this outside and trace each other's shadow with chalk, or use a clipboard with paper and trace shadows created by fence palings, plants, and other urban/natural objects.
Urban Scavenger Hunt
Next time you're out walking with your kids (around the block or even around your house/yard), snap pictures of interesting angles and details of the things you see around you.
Add these to a table and create a scavenger hunt for your kids. Their job is to find all the objects. I created a local Hyatsville urban one for my kids which you can try your luck at here.
Create a Soundtrack to Match Your Child's Play
This is one of my favorite ways to compliment my kids' play, without necessary jumping in and trying to scaffold things. A couple of examples – when there are rescue scenes in my oldest's LEGO play, I'll turn on the Mission Impossible theme to help make things more exciting. My youngest loves to pretend our play loft is a rocketship, and he now requests I turn on 'Night Flight to Venus' by Boney M so he can blast off. 🙂
Organize those toys!
Quarantine is kind of the perfect time to get your play space in order. Tap into your inner Marie Mandy Kondo 😉 and get organizing!. If you want your kids to play independently, you need to set them up for success. Here is a recent blog post with some simple ways to get started.
Spread kindness to those around you
This one is easy, when you're out for a walk or bike ride, encourage your kids to say hello and wave to the people you pass (keeping a solid 6ft distance of course). Make sure you set an example and do the same. It really brings so many smiles.
Poem of the week
Picking a poem of the week is a simple thing to do as a family to create routine, and a favorite from our homeschool days. I would pick a poem every week, print it out, and then we would say it together in the morning when we started our school day. It was a lovely way for everyone in our family to expand our literary knowledge.
Learn the daily moon phase
There are great websites for this. If you talk about the weather everyday, also add in the moonphase (and if you happen to be up late, make sure to go outside to try to see it). We have this poster up at home and love it. You can also print out or draw your own and just point to the phase you're in each day. It's so easy to feel disconnected from the natural world when you live in a city, this is one easy way to reconnect with it.
Play Invitations
Set the scene! Create play invitations for your kids to wake up to inspired by their favorite books. For example, if your little one is a fan of the story Goldilocks, create a small world play scene in their play area with blocks, people and animal figurines, play food, and any other toy/accessory that might compliment the story. Leave the book next to the set-up as a visual clue for what the scene is, and see what magic happens…or if your kids are early-risers like mine, just hear about it after buying yourself a little extra sleep-in. 😉
Mandy Sheffer, Curated Play Spaces
If you haven't had the delight of meeting Mandy yet, know that she's one helluva creative lady and beloved mamma. She does such amazing, playful things with everyday knick knacks that you never dreamed of doing; or at least, that I never thought to do with my kids.
So check out her Curated Play Spaces website and Instagram page for some more inspiration and to see how she can help you get your kid's space and toys under control. And also know that she and her hubs are creating and selling those mud tables featured in the top photo. There's a waitlist, but know that these things are certainly worth that wait.
Stay tuned for even more fun posts from Mandy!
More COVID-19 Resources
Thought it was too late to get a library card? No worries! You can get a PGCMLS Virtual Library card today! Audiobooks, music, movies galore!
Here's a way you can help our local baristas, bartenders, servers who are out of work right now: SoHy Co-op Virtual Tip Jar.
Also, please know that these stores provide seniors-only and immunocompromised-only shopping hours. (Just updated to include the Greenbelt Co-op Supermarket and Pharmacy.)
Also, here's a list of local businesses providing alcohol-delivery and curbside pickup near the Route 1 corridor.


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When I think of Rosh Hashanah recipes, I think of the spiced apple cake my mom used to ship to me in Maine when I was in college. I'd walk around the library, sharing it with friends who never had anything like it before and explained to them it was the Jewish New Year. It was one of my favorite things, receiving that package every year.
Jewish holidays and food go hand in hand, and we learn to associate certain flavors with traditions. For Rosh Hashanah, it's all about bringing sweetness into the new year. Traditionally, for Ashkenazi Jews, that means apples and honey or a symbolic, round challah. Sephardic Jews have a special Rosh Hashanah seder that is full of harvest foods like pumpkin and dates.
You'll see many twists on holiday classics below that are inspired by cultures throughout the world. Looking for more recipes than just the ones below? Check out all our high holiday-inspired dishes.
Inspired by the fruitiness of Asian desserts, this twist on a traditional Rosh Hashanah honey cake will brighten up your table. You'll love the light and airy Japanese sponge cake with whipped cream, spiced apples and honey rolled in.
With the cooler weather settling in, try this comforting challah recipe. Influenced by Italian cuisine, it features rum-soaked raisins and is a special recipe to ring in the Jewish New Year as it's a round challah.
Tzimmes might be one of the most traditional Rosh Hashanah recipes. But that doesn't mean it can't get an upgrade. This version makes a few healthier swaps while remaining a key part of a classic Rosh Hashanah meal.
This cookie is a "marriage of Jewish rugelach and pineapple tarts" and is full of history and culture making it a special Rosh Hashanah recipe. These flavorful beauties have the right ingredients for a flaky and crumbly dough, mixed with a homemade pineapple jam.
Breakfast hash now has a High Holiday twist. Celebrate Rosh Hashanah morning with this hearty breakfast, made with a Jewish deli staple—pastrami—and add a little honey to start your day on the sweet side of the bed.
During Rosh Hashanah, we eat a round challah. A round challah, like a circle, has no beginning or end—symbolically giving hope and infinite blessings for the coming year. Learn how to make one for your table with this illustrated, easy-to-follow and delicious recipe from our friends at PJ Library.
Grab your kids because this recipe is made especially with the young ones in mind; these sweet and festive holiday pies are easy to make and feature instructions for young kids to follow along to help you.
Crack open the spices and upgrade from boring old schnitzel to a recipe that blends Eastern European, Israeli and Ethiopian cuisines. Alongside homemade hot honey, you'll be welcoming 5784 with a whole lotta flavor.
Sweet and reminiscent of Israeli "bourekas" with their puff pastry, soft bite and tahini honey, these bite-size treats are sure to bring you and yours some sweet wishes for the year ahead.
Ditch the time commitment of a homemade crust and go for this simple—but equally delicious—crumble. It's full of comforting autumn flavors and a hint of unexpected spice. Don't miss the video to learn how to make this!
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NEW YORK (AFP) - She may be diminutive in stature but the "Fearless Girl" is standing tall against sexism at her new home outside the New York Stock Exchange.
Nearly 200 people attended a brief ceremony for the unveiling of the statue, which appeared in New York's financial district on International Women's Day last March, and has since become a firm favourite with tourists.
The bronze statue - which stands at four feet (1.20 metres) - depicts a determined youngster with eyes locked on the exchange's imposing facade: hands on hips, ponytail windswept.
In her previous location, she squared up to the "Charging Bull," installed by financial firm State Street Global Advisors to make a statement about the lack of women on financial institutions' boards.
Created by artist Kristen Visbal, the statue was originally not meant to remain for more than a week.
But its immediate popularity convinced authorities to keep it in place - despite grumbles from the creator of the bull, installed in 1989, who denounced her presence as an "advertising trick."
"She says in one image all that advocates can say in pages and pages of arguments and statistics," said Democrat congresswoman Carolyn Maloney during Monday's (Dec 10) ceremony.
"She is bold and self-confident and hopeful," she added, describing the statue as a "central piece of leadership for the women's movement".
"We see (in her) our daughters, mothers, nieces," added Betty Liu, vice president of the New York Stock Exchange, which in May named its first female president, Stacey Cunningham.
"She represents potential, progress and hope, but also all the women who have fought for equality before us."
The "Fearless Girl" has made a name for herself worldwide: a replica was briefly installed in Dublin in November, while reports say she will come to London in March.
In the meantime, State Street officials are keen to point out that her tenure has come during an increase in women on company boards.
By the end of September, 215 US firms had added at least one woman to their board since 2017, according to State Street president Cyrus Taraporevala.
"She has not only changed the way we invest, she has changed the way we see the world," he said.


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The first three New England Intercons were sponsored by the Interactive Literature Foundation (ILF). It was time for a local organization, and so NEIL was born. There was also a question of what to call the con, given the new sponsorship. There were several ideas, but using letters seemed different and interesting. Thus, Intercon A was born.
Intercon A's attendance suffered a little given a last minute snowstorm. Those of us who made it to the con didn't mind being snowed into a great set of games.
Attendance: | 172 |
Friday, March 9th, 2001 | |||||
Times | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 | Track 5 |
7 PM | Opening Ceremonies | ||||
8 PM | Miskatonic Class Reunion | The Unexpected Storm | The "Ultimate" Prize | A Medieval Day at the Races |
Build Your Own Game (Workshop) |
mid |
House Meeting! (first run) |
Saturday, March 10th, 2001 | |||||
Times | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 | Track 5 |
9 AM | Appalachian Wedding | Collision Imminent! | Toytanic |
Build Your Own Game (Writing) |
noon | Lunch | ||||
1 PM | City of Flashlights | Airplane 2 | The Play's the Thing | ||
5 PM | Dinner |
The Play's the Thing (open performance) |
7 PM | The Man In Black | A Night at the Four Aces | Killian's Chalice | The Long, Cold Night | |
House Meeting! (second run) |
Intercon Dance Party | |||
mid | |||||
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Sunday, March 11th, 2001 | |||||
Times | Track 1 | Track 2 | Track 3 | Track 4 | Track 5 |
House Meeting! (third run) |
The Dutchess of Enslo |
Build Your Own Game (Runtime) |
noon | |||||
1 PM | Con Wrap, Shameless Plugs, Dead Dog |
Airplane 2: The Plane That Shagged Me (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Plane)
Authors: Chay Casso, Ken Clary, and Ricky Leiserson
Players: 31
Space - the final cliche. These are the voyages of the Starship Airplane. Its 6-hour mission: To explore bellybutton lint, to breathe new life into hackneyed jokes, to boldly parody where everyone else has parodied before. Set on the first commercial shuttle flight from Moonbase Beta to Marsbase Alpha, Airplane 2 is a one-night, two-room game, run previously in October, 1999 under the auspices of the MIT Assassins' Guild. A game of parody, adventure, intrigue, and silliness. And Famous People. And spies. And weirdness. And religious endeavors. And a young woman's struggle with gangrene (mustn't forget that part). Airplane 2 is written and run by Chay Casso, Ken Clary, and Ricky Leiserson. Unfortunately, we cannot tell you what the Airplane is, you have to experience it for yourself.
Appalachian Wedding
Author: Ben Llewellyn
Players: 18-30
Blood Mountain, West Virginia, 1932. The Wilkeses and the Booths are celebrating(?) the marriage of Hattie and Mac. Maybe the wedding will even happen! Come join the happy couple in this special day of love.
This must be a big day. Even State Senator Bubby Crowe is here to mark the occasion. Heck, even Mickey Wilkes, the war hero who stayed in Paris and became a poet is here, and he was here just a few months ago, for his little sister's funeral. Today would be the perfect day, if only Preacher Wylie had survived that ambush...
PLEASE NOTE: Love will be simulated by patty-cake.
Build Your Own Game Runtime
Facilitator: Kelly Diane MacDougal
Players: 12-30
Come play a never-before-seen game, written in a weekend! Players will experience the results of a panel of sleep-deprived writers who met for the first time on Friday night, commited to writing a game in 36 short hours. Expect anything and everything in a game whose every detail is unknown until the con starts...
Build Your Own Game Workshop
Facilitator: Kelly Diane MacDougal
Players: 12-30
This is an active participation workshop. Members will come up with the game concept and outline during the scheduled planning phase. Then under the guidance of an experienced writer and GM (Trust me, I'm a professional) you and the other participants will craft the game over the course of the weekend and debut it on Sunday morning.
Everyone is encouraged to participate in the planning meeting. You may come and suggest ideas without committing to the actual game writing and then join us to see the result. Those who decide to hang on through the whole process will most likely lose some sleep, but hey it's a con. You will be free to play a game or two on Saturday, all I ask is that those who want to help write and run devote at least one full game slot to the writing process.
No experience is necessary only enthusiasm. All necessary production materials will be provided by the moderator, including a computer (probably my laptop). This has always been a fun workshop in the past, with many of the games going on to successful runs elsewhere after some fine-tuning. Come and be part of the creative experience without it interfering in your 'real' life.
City of Flashlights
Author: Suzanne Miller, Moira Parham, Jeannie Whited
Players: 20-30
Ludicrous mechanics, cliche plots, power-mad GMs. You've endured it in vampire games for years. Now come work it all out of your system. Set in Paris, Texas, City of Flashlights is a spoof of the vampire genre from the GMs who brought you City of Light.
Discover who killed the Prince. Choose a new Prince. Fight the Garou. Deal with annoying Faeries. Discover who killed the other Prince. Choose another other Prince. Bribe the power-mad GMs when they show up as Justicars. Recover some of the sanity you lost in other vampire games, or perhaps lose more. Can you ghoul a canary?
Collision Imminent!
Authors: Jeff Diewald, Michael McAfee, Don Ross, Alexandra Thorn, and
Mark Waks will be running the game. John Corrado Jr., Anne Cross, Philip Goetz
and David Lichtenstein are also authors of the game.
Players: 25-40
COLLISION IMMINENT! Can someone turn that alarm off? 'Please report to your assigned lifepod station immediately...' Have you seen Fifi? Why does that engineer look worried? '...where a trained and friendly Imagineerium starship cruiseline crewmember will help you...' Did you hear that thump? COLLISION IMMINENT! What do you mean I can't get another Rigellian Core Meltdown to go? What am I supposed to drink while I wait? Is the air getting thin in here? '...to safely board a lifepod that will carry you to rescue in the unlikely event of an actual evacuation...' COLLISION IMMINENT! Will an officer please report to the Leo Deck? Daddy? Do you know where my Daddy is? 'Please do not panic!' COLLISION IMMINENT!
Come join the unexpected end of the maiden voyage on the newest and most luxurious starliner of the Imagineerium fleet. Play one of the crew or several of the passengers in this fast-paced horde style game that was a smash hit at Intercon 15.5! See the Collision Imminent! website for more details!
The Dutchess of Enslo
Author: MaryAlyce Rensa
Players: 8-16
The Dutchess lost her husband 5 years ago to a shipping accident. She always suspected foul play but never had proof. She devoted her energy into her magicks and has become a rather powerful wizard. Learning her true nature caused her to search for a rare artifact, that was broken down into three pieces. She has one, knew of the second and just recently was able to negotiate a "trade" for the item. Then she learned where the third piece was, and that has become a problem. Her arch nemesis of hers and her husbands, of many years, has the precious treasure. Now she has to use all her skills to reach her goals, and still not hurt any of the loyal citizens of her domain. They loved her for many years, but will they still love her if they knew who she really was?
Meanwhile, the Duke rose to power by killing his predecessor. He then desired to expand his domain, and cleverly killed his rival neighbor Duke in a freak shipping accident. However, he didn't count on the widowed Dutchess to be so good with politics and with the people. Her being a wizard just complicated the problem even more. But he studied her well, and knows what all wizards love. Magicks. He silently began to hoard some of the rarest treasures of magicked items, while he continued to spread rumors of her disloyality to her people, and her inappropriate use of domain funds. And all of a sudden, she invites "him" to her domain, as a guest. Now was the time for him to strike. He waited all his Dukedom career for this chance, and he wasn't going to blow it.
Who will reach his/her goal, and will the loyal citizens be the ones to suffer?
House Meeting!
Author: Kreg Segall
Players: 10
What happens what seven strangers are picked to live in a house to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start being real? Join us in the well-decorated but tense living room of a popular MTV show on a typical episode.
There may be fights, sulking, and teen angst, but in the end you can be sure that the housemates will learn just a little bit about themselves, all to a cool soundtrack. The small cast of characters will run the gamut from 'wildly annoying' to 'endearingly annoying.'
House Meeting! will be raucous and silly. There will be arguments, obvious product placement, and touching moments. Apply to be a housemate today!
The Intercon Dance Party
DJ: Terilee Edwards-Hewitt
Come celebrate the convention and all the friends who've shown up to be there. It wouldn't be an Intercon without a fabulous party to be at on Saturday night!
Killian's Chalice
Authors: Peter Mascitelli and What the Puck Productions
Players: 16-30
Who has the best Tavern in Worcester? That is yet to be seen as rival changeling motleys compete for ownership of the legendary Killians Chalice. This contest attracts all manner of fae, including the local Lord and some outsiders that want the Chalice for more personal needs.
Legends about the Chalice will come to light, as both Seelie and Unseelie explore the mystery of this highly magical artifact.
Watch as chaos erupts in Worcester during the St. Patrick Day festivities. May the best Motley win!
The Long, Cold Night
Authors: Alex Newman and Beth Kelly
Players: 10-20
Ebon night. Icy snow. A wind as sharp as a razor. A howl from outside. A scream from inside. Nowhere to run. No idea what you're running from.
A weekend at a Utah ski lodge turns into a nightmare when a blackout, an unexpected blizzard, and a man-eating monster come together to trap the guests and staff inside. But is what's outside worse than the horrors inside the lodge? This is an intense psychological thriller aimed at adults. Mature themes and subject matter abound. Minors may play, but we're not responsible for their lack of sleep afterwards.
The Man In Black
Author: Brian Williams
Players: 23-36
Most people come to Jericho-4 to get away from the long reach of the United Federation of God. They form an odd collection of dissidents, free-thinkers and criminals, all united in a desire for a quiet life...
Then someone hired the galaxy's most infamous assassin, The Man in Black, to carry out a hit on Jericho-4. No-one knows who the target is, but The Man in Black has attracted a large following: The Man in Black Groupies, dedicated watchers of the great man's hits, Secret Agents of all forms and persuasions, Law Enforcement Officers and all the sorts of people you don't want in a place like Jericho...
Now they're all together in the bar, The Man in Black, named after the great man himself, and word has it the hit is going to be tonight. Will you be a Local, just hoping for a quiet life, or an outsider, come to help or hinder The Man in Black, or perhaps someone else entirely, who's just happened to choose exactly the wrong time to visit Jericho-4...
More details are on the game website.
A Medieval Day at the Races (The Really Nasty Horse Racing LARP)
Author: Don Ross
Players: 25-50
Even under the shadow of the recent passing of our beloved King Richard, there is cause for jubilation. For Richard's heir, the newly crowned King John, has chosen the Maid Marian as his queen, and they are to marry on the weekend amid great jubilation and much drowning in mead.
To celebrate this auspicious event, the new King has called for a day of horse racing. Nobles from all over the realm have come to the royal palace to compete with the finest of their steeds. News that the hand of the royal ward, Cecily, will be offered as a prize has only increases the anticipation.
Come one, come all, to the palace grounds! Bring your loved ones, bring your friends. Bring your horses, bring your pets. But most of all bring your money. Because if King Richard had a fault, it was a dislike of gambling - but the new King is a player himself.
Just don't tell the new queen *wink*.
Horse racing will be simulated on a miniature track with model horses.
Miskatonic Class Reunion
Author: Mike Young
Players: 16-25
Join your host Maxwell Hocforth III for Miskatonic's first class reunion. A game of Lovecraftian horror, and what could be more horrifying than a class reunion?
A Night at the Four Aces
Authors: John Corrado, Jr., Stephanie Olmstead-Dean and Gordon
Players: 20-42
Gangsters, Spats, Flappers, Bootleggers, Hooch, Cards, Horses, Fast Boats, Big Cars, Aeroplanes, and Jazz in 1929!
It is 1929. America has never been more prosperous. Despite Prohibition, 'dry' America thirsts for hooch. Moonshine is manufactured in the mountains, and green beer in the cellars of Chicago, but the best illegal booze is the real stuff, brought in from Canada, where no liquor laws apply. Gangsters and smugglers work to keep America wet!
Lakeshore, Ohio is situated perfectly for smugglers. Located between Cleveland and Chicago on the Great Lakes, the town has a harbor and a civil airfield. Downtown, everyone's favorite nightspot is the Four Aces. This is the story of that club, and of some of the people whose lives crossed there.
The Play's the Thing
Author: Tom Russell
Players: 6-10
In 2148, the UN CHRONOS Project uncovers evidence of an unknown, unpublished play by William Shakespeare. A golden opportunity for the organization, a mission to the past to recover the play is authorized. Due to the nature of Time Travel, the top Shakespearean actors in the world are recruited to travel back in time, assume the identities of Shakespeare's troupe and perform the play before King James himself.
Join an historic expedition to the past to recover and perform this lost play by Shakespeare! A very freeform LARP for players looking for a serious challenge. Some knowledge of Shakespeare and actual theatrical experience very helpful. Contact Tom Russell for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: Players will be expected to improvise a performance piece before an audience.
Toytanic - The Final Voyage of the Beary Celeste
Authors: Kelly Diane MacDougal and Jim MacDougal
Players: 8-19
The Beary Celeste is a boat used to take underprivileged and sick kids for sailing/fishing trips. Every child receives a toy when they come on board. You are those toys. Unfortunately hurricane Bambi caused the ships lines to snap and you are adrift in the Atlantic. There are no humans on board and you must find a way to get yourselves rescued.
Rescue isn't as easy as it sounds. While Captain Jimmy the frog and his crew, Nurse Christine and Fred Bear, are capable of sailing the boat, humans would notice a bunch of toys walking around and talking. You must find some other way. Things are complicated by that loud Mr. Snipper, and that stupid dinosaur keeps running around yelling his head off. Perhaps if everyone would just shut up and let you think, you would be able to figure it all out.
The "Ultimate" Prize
Author: Nancy Sonia Gervais
Players: 15-30
The year is 1398 in Northern France. The Regent has ordered that all attend his masquerade ball and a contest that will be held as part of the festivities. The prize is said to be his soul.
No one has heard from him in a few days and many believe he has gone mad. What is required to win and who will have the courage to attempt the contest. Come and find out as you too can quest for the 'Ultimate' Prize.
All characters will be pregenerated and handed out on a first come, first serve basis. All rules will be from 'The Long Night' (MET) only.
The Unexpected Storm
Author: David C. Helms
Players: 20-25
You and your traveling companions were done for, until you spotted the Inn. Blessed warmth, a glowing fire, and good food did much to restore you, and now your brain begins to slowly turn. Why an Inn, here, in this desolate mountain pass? Why so many other travelers, in said pass? What do they want? Why are they here? What is that strange creature crawling around under the tables? Is that a Wizard, over there? What brings a master of magic to this place? And surely that is a Paladin, in the glowing suit of armor? What evil does that one hunt, in this cozy Inn? That one there, between the two guards, must be a nobleman, he's simply dripping in wealth.
That reminds you of the dream you had last night, a dream of great wealth, hidden, but waiting for you. It was nothing, just a passing fancy. Still, must remember to check my room for hidden panels...
A strange collection of people, in a slightly strange place. Until the storm breaks, you are stuck with each other, and this Inn.


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DENVER -- A man was shot and killed near the Denver Art Museum as dueling protests were winding down nearby Saturday afternoon. A suspect is in custody, police said. A second person was initially arrested, but police later determined that second person was not affiliated with the shooting.
The Denver Police Department said Saturday evening that the suspect in the shooting was a private security guard. He was identified Sunday as Matthew Dolloff, 30. He is being held for investigation of first-degree murder. Denver news outlet 9News said it had hired the private security guard through Pinkerton to accompany staff at the protest. 9News said it's been using security for months while covering the protests.
The victim was identified Monday by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner as 49-year-old Lee Keltner. An autopsy was completed and the cause of death was from a gunshot wound. The manner of death is homicide, according to the report.
Denver7 has previously used Pinkerton for security and has learned that Dolloff was present at the U.S. Senate debate hosted by Denver7 on Friday. Denver7 specifically asked that the guards not be armed, and Pinkerton agreed. No gun was visible.
Denver police on Tuesday released the affidavit for Dolloff's arrest.
Suspect was not licensed in Denver
Denver7 has confirmed with the City of Denver that Dolloff does not have a license to operate as a security guard, or to carry a gun on the job, in the city, which is a legal requirement in Denver. A security guard operating without a license could be fined up to $999 and face up to a year in jail.
Elbert County authorities confirmed Monday that Dolloff was issued a concealed handgun permit in June 2018. He was cleared through CBI at that time. Elbert County Sheriff Tim Norton said he has suspended Dolloff's permit until the issues are resolved in Denver.
Pinkerton issued a statement Monday morning about the incident and said that Dolloff was working for a contracting vendor.
"We take loss of life in any situation very seriously and our hearts go out to those impacted by this situation. As it relates to the incident in Denver on October 10, the gent in question is not a Pinkerton employee but rather a contractor agent from a long standing industry vendor," he company said.
"Security professionals often serve as guides to protect media crews during potentially dangerous situations or hostile environments. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement authorities in their investigation."
The Denver City Attorney's Office said in a statement Monday afternoon that the suspect in Saturday's shooting, as well as potentially Pinkerton, 9News and others, could face "possible repercussions" because the suspect lacked a proper license.
"Licensed security guard employers that hire unlicensed security guards could face disciplinary actions against their licenses ranging from a fine, to suspension, to revocation. Businesses could also face criminal charges for permitting or directing an unlicensed person to perform security services. Regarding Matthew Dolloff, there could be civil or criminal actions taken, or both, against Mr. Dolloff, Pinkerton, @9NEWS, and/or any other entity that hired and deployed Dolloff in an unlicensed security guard capacity."
9News management issued a new statement Monday afternoon saying it does not contract with individuals for security.
"9NEWS continues to cooperate fully with law enforcement and is deeply saddened by this loss of life," the statement said.
"For the past few months, it has been the practice of 9NEWS to contract private security, through an outside firm, to accompany our personnel covering protests. Pinkerton, the private security firm, is responsible for ensuring its guards or those it contracts with are appropriately licensed. 9News does not contract directly with individual security personnel."
Could self-defense laws apply?
Keltner is seen in photographs using pepper spray as he is being shot. But legal experts said that alone is not enough to justify self-defense in a murder trial.
"If the shooter believes that the victim was getting ready to pull a gun on him, that is a reasonable belief that he was in imminent fear of serious bodily injury or death, then he would be justified in using deadly force," said David Lane of Killmer, Lane & Newman, LLP. "Getting pepper-sprayed is not serious bodily injury. You are not allowed to kill someone because they pepper spray you or mace you."
Police said a verbal altercation between Keltner and Dolloff occurred just before shots rang out. Police said they recovered two guns and a can of Mace from the scene. Keltner participated in what was billed as a "Patriot Rally" earlier in the day.
When asked if the law allows someone to use a gun if they're attacked with Mace, or pepper spray, Denver Police Division Chief of Investigations Joe Montoya said, "I think it's all in the articulation. That's for the district attorney to evaluate. What you deem that threat to be, how you articulate that, and then it's up to the DA to determine if it fits the criteria for charging or not."
Montoya said they will release more information as soon as they can.
"Our primary focus is to de-escalate. We can't have any further violence in conjunction with what happened today. We just do not want that to happen," he said.
Dolloff family attorney, Doug Richards, told our partners at The Denver Post in an interview Monday that Dolloff feared for his safety and acted in self-defense.
"He was not there on behalf of any organization or to advance any political agenda. You can see in the images that he put his body in between the protester and the reporter. Matt was doing everything he was supposed to do and everything he was trained to do," Richards told The Denver Post.
Suspect was 'not a protest participant'
Following the shooting, there were unconfirmed rumors that the suspect had an affiliation with Antifa, which police have rebutted.
"Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa. Additional information will be released as it becomes available," the police department tweeted.
Two groups -- one right-wing and one left-wing -- were protesting nearby at Civic Center Park, but police said the suspected shooter "was acting in a professional capacity as an armed security guard for a local media outlet and not a protest participant. Investigators are unaware of whether the suspect is personally affiliated with any political organization."
Protest participants react to shooting
Members from both rallies were leaving the park after having just wrapped up peaceful demonstrations when the shooting occurred in the courtyard at the museum. Witnesses told Denver7's Lance Hernandez that the victim was apparently shot at point-blank range.
Several Denver police officers in riot gear were already on scene at the time of the shooting. Police were attempting to give the two groups that were demonstrating space to prevent the separate crowds from interfering with each other.
"The rally was supposed to be about understanding what was happening with police brutality in the United States of America, and now it resulted in this, and this is not okay," said Michael Anthony Lopez. "This is unfortunate. This was a peaceful rally. We thought it was going to end okay."
"When something like this happens, you're going to be shocked," Richard Johnson said. "I'm wondering what possible explanation there is."
A Denver7 news crew was interviewing pro-police rally attendee, Laurel Imer, who is a candidate for House District 24, when a single shot rang out.
Imer said she wanted to attend the rally to show her support for free speech rights. She said she was among several people injured during the last pro-police rally on July 19.
"I was attacked and pushed down the stairs of the amphitheater. I got a massive hematoma on my right leg, which I'm still recovering from three months later," she said.
Imer's son, Weston, told Denver7 he saw the cloud of mace shortly after hearing a gunshot. He said he initially thought it was a cloud of blood.
Mayor calls shooting 'a tragedy'
Mayor Michael Hancock called the shooting "a tragedy" in a Monday morning news conference and said the city was "still taking a look at" the suspect in the case and his lack of licenses and endorsements in the city.
"We do plan to pursue fully the scope of our legal power," Hancock said.
He urged people not to come out and be part of any large gatherings because of the increasing COVID-19 rates in the city but said if people to gather to demonstrate to "do it with an eye to keeping yourself and others safe."


text: compliments of the Rolling Stone Magazine - June 28, 1969 By: the late Ralph J. Gleason Hank Williams came out of the bathroom carrying a glass of water. He was lean, slightly stooped over and long-jawed. He shook hands quickly, then went over to the top of the bureau, swept off a handfull of pills and deftly dropped them, one at a time, with short, expert slugs from the glass. I really didn't know doodley-britt about Country-Western Music except that I dug Ernest Tubb and T. Texas Tyler and thought that "You two-timed me one time too often" was a great song. But I was writing about popular music for the San Fransisco Chronicle and Hank Williams was by God popular and a fat-ish man with big glasses named Wally Eliott, who doubled as a C/W disc jockey under the nom de disque of Longhorn Joe was presenting Williams in several one nighters, So I went to talk to him. The bathroom was in the Leamington Hotel which is the biggest hotel in Oakland and could have been any one of the standard Muhlbach or old Statler hotels anywhere in the U.S., the salesman's shelter. All I knew about Hank Williams was that he made records as Luke the Drifter and under his own name and had sold millions, and he sure wrote good songs. I was a little surprised by the pills, but then he looked pale and thin, and had deep-set eyes and might have been hungover for all I knew. It was June 1952, six months before he died in that car's back seat on New Year's Day, with everybody denying the first report that it was from an overdose. So he threw the pill boxes in his suitcase, and we went down to the coffee shop, Hank Williams talked and ate breakfast, and I wrote it down. "I've been singing ever since I can remember," he said. He was 29 then, doing 200 one-nighters a year and grossing over $400,000, he said, "My mother was an organist at Mt. Olive, Alabama, and my earliest memory is sittin' on that organ stool by her and hollerin'. I must have been five or six years old and louder than anybody else. "I learned to play the git-tar from an old coloured man in the streets of Montgomery. He was named Tetot and he played in a coloured street band. They had a washtub bass. You ever seen one of them? Well, it had a hole in the middle with a broom handle stuck in it and a rope for the strings. "I was shinin' shoes and sellin' newspapers and followin' this ole Nigrah around to get him to teach me to play the git-tar. I'd give him 15 cents or whatever I could get a hold of for a lesson. When I was about eight years old, I got my first git-tar. A second-hand $3.50 git-tar my mother bought me. Then I got a jazz horn and played both of them at dances and had a band when I was 14 or 15." Hank went on the air on WSFA Montgomery when he was still in school and, after he met Fred Rose, he cut his first records for Sterling. "One session, $90 for four sides including 'Never Again Will I Knock ON Your Door.'" That started it all, MGM signed him. He starred with the C&W radio programs for years and had an incredible string of hit records in the days of the 78 rpm disc and his songs were recorded by many other performers, too. "A good song is a good song," Hank said as he ate. "And if I'm lucky enough to write it, well....! I get more kick out of writing than I do singing. I reckon I've written a thousand songs and had over 300 published." Hank surprised me by referring to his music as "folk music." "Folk music is sincere. There ain't nuthin' phony about it. When a folk singer sings a sad song, he's sad. He means it. The tunes are simple and easy to remember and the singers, they're sincere about them. "I don't say I ever write for popularity. I check a song by it's lyrics. A song ain't nuthin' in the world but a story just wrote with music to it. I can't sing 'Rag Mop' or 'Mairzy Doats.' But the best way for me to get a hit is to do something I don't like. I've been offered some of the biggest songs to sing and turned them down. There ain't nobody can pick songs. Because I say it's good, don't mean it'll sell. "I like Johnny Ray. He's sincere and shows he's sincere. That's the reason he's popular. He sounds to me like he means it. What I mean by sincerity, Roy Acuff is the best example. He's the biggest singer the music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff and then God !! He done it with 'Wabash Cannonball' and with 'Great Speckled Bird'. He'd stand up there singing, tears running down his cheeks." Acuff was his idol and Fred Rose, his inspiration. "Fred Rose, it was my good fortune to be associated with him. He came to Nashville to laugh and he heard Acuff and said, 'By God, he means it !'" Sipping coffee and talking, Hank went on about now forgotten singers like `Bill` Darnell, about Roy Acuff and Fred Rose and Ernest Tubb and Bing Crosby, about "Wheel of Fortune" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts Me." Pretty soon Wally Elliott looked at his watch and said he had to take Hank off somewhere to plug the night's show: Hank was looking a little better now, the paleness under the close shaven jaws had been replaced with some colour and wasn't quite so peaked. So they split and I split and later that night I drove out to San Pablo Hall which is 'way out past' El Cerrito and Richmond and almost to Vallejo. San Pablo Avenue, possibly the longest main street in the world, runs for almost 20 miles from downtown Oakland on out there and in 1952 there were no freeways. When you got to San Pablo, it looked like every place else only a little raunchier, and San Pablo Hall was a one story white building on a lot a block off the Avenue. You parked in the mud and walked past a tree up to the door and inside there was a long room with a bandstand at one end and a bar in an annex at one side. Wally Elliott, who had been wearing a business suit in the afternoon and looked like one of Ralph Williams' Ford salesmen, was a western dude now, with full Grand Ole Opry regalia, Stetson hat, hand made boots. The whole bit. The band was terrible. I only remember that about them and shortly after I got there Hank Williams went on. He looked just like he looked at the hotel except that now he had a western hat and a guitar. When he sang, he looked like he squeezed himself to get the notes out sometimes and he seemed shorter somehow than when we were talking in the coffee shop. He did them all, all his hits, "Jambalaya," "Lovesick Blues," "Move it On Over". I don't remember him singing any of the Luke the Drifter religious songs. Not even "I Saw The Light". But he did the barrelhouse blues and the bar room ballads, "Cold, Cold Heart" and "Hey, Good Lookin" and "Your Cheatin' Heart" And he had that thing. He made them scream when he sang and that audience was shipped right up from Enid or Wichitaw Falls intact (like Elia Kazan shipped the bit players for Baby Doll up from the deep south to Long Island for a scene). There were lots of those blondes you see at C&W affairs, the kind of hair that mother never had and nature never grew and the tight skirts that won't quit and the guys looking barbershop neat but still with a touch of dust on them. "Shit-kicker dances" the outside world called them then but some great people came through to play for them and this time it was Hank Williams and his Driftin' Cowboys it said, but I believe now, (as I suspected then) that the only Driftin' Cowboy was Hank. At the intermission, it was impossible to talk to him. He was a little stoned and didn't seem to remember our conversation earlier in the day and the party was beginning to get a little rough. They were whiskey drinkers and so I gave them room, looked around a while and then went on back out. Six months later when I read he had died I remember him saying in that Oakland hotel coffee shop, how much he loved his Tennessee ranch but how little time he got to spend there because he was on the road so much. "Last time I was there it rained," he said sourly. And then he added that he was stocking the ranch with cattle and his ambition was to retire there and watch "them cattle work while I write songs an' fish." He never did, of course, I had no idea how tortured a man he was when I saw him. It came through more in his performance. He didn't cry but he could make you cry and when he sang "Lovesick Blues" you knew he meant it. So he died in the back seat of a car en route from one gig to another, from one ratty dance hall to another ratty dance hall, while the world gradually came to sing his songs and his Hollywood-ized life was shown and reshown on late night TV and the court fight for his estate went on for years. Still goes on, I think, that legal fight, like some ghost walking the pine hills for eternity. Grave Photo of: Rufus Payne a.k.a. Tee-Tot (Image courtesy of Railroad Guy) |


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Ferndown's location in Dorset means that you get a great deal of solar exposure, for a total of about 40-45% more than the average of the rest of the UK at an average of 1,868.8 hours per year. Rainfall is also lower, with an average of 730mm of rain per year, as opposed to the nearly 1,200 mm seen by much of the rest of the country.
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Task Force Dagger Foundation (TFD) Managing Director Keith David and the Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety (ACRES) President and CEO Greg Koski announced that their nonprofit charitable organizations have established a strategic alliance to address the grave health challenges impacting America's elite special operations forces and their families through application of ACRES systems-based approaches to accelerate research and advance integrated care.
Task Force Dagger, drawn from units of the U.S. Special Operations Command USSOCOM, was the designation of the Special Forces elements that conducted the initial invasion of Afghanistan following the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11th, 2001.
Founded in 2009, the Task Force Dagger Foundation provides assistance not covered by the Military, DOD, VA, or their insurance to wounded, ill or injured U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) members and their families, responding to urgent needs and providing next-generation health solutions for issues facing our service members, particularly in the areas of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) and environmental exposures.
To date, Task Force Dagger Foundation has supported the U.S. Special Operations Command with approximately $3.4M in support to over 1,600 families. The Foundation's Special Operations Forces (SOF) Health Initiatives Program takes a comprehensive systems biology approach known as Functional Medicine including advanced functional diagnostic health assessments such as biochemical and metabolic analysis, neuroendocrine testing, genetic testing and extensive diagnostic testing for occupational and environmental exposures such as heavy metals and other deployment related exposures.
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The SOF Health Initiatives Program has teamed up with multiple organizations such as the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, EXOS, Millennium Health TBI, The Brain Treatment Center (USC), CERESCAN, InLight Wellness and the Elk Institute to offer a complete start to finish program that merges and optimizes health and wellness.
ACRES Chief Technology Officer and Board member Bob Stewart and Geoffrey Dardia, founding director of the SOF Health Initiatives Program, masterminded the creation of the strategic alliance.
"ACRES people-focused, technology-supported model is based upon a coalition of major academic, government and private-sector organizations across the healthcare, clinical research and the medicines development domains. It is ideally suited and immediately applicable to the needs and goals of the Task Force Dagger Foundation's SOF Health Initiatives and will help our special forces who sacrifice so much for us all. We are thrilled to be involved in this effort," said Stewart.
Keith David shared Stewart's enthusiasm. "We at the Task Force Dagger Foundation are pleased to partner with ACRES and work together to research, find, and provide solutions to issues faced by many of our service members, veterans and their families. Our service members and their families are affected by the environmental and occupational hazards they encounter every day in the defense of our country. We must find the root causes of the illnesses, treat patients, and not merely manage diseases. We look forward to working with ACRES to be part of the solution for our brave warriors their families and collaboratively spread these solutions to all."
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November 11 - IronPlanet, the online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment, has acquired Kruse Energy and Equipment Auctioneers.
"IronPlanet and Kruse together will give our oil and gas customers an integrated marketplace to manage their inventories more efficiently," said Gregory J. Owens, IronPlanet chairman and ceo.
"IronPlanet will benefit from Kruse's expertise and leading position in the industry, and likewise, Kruse will broaden its reach by leveraging our online technology marketplace and global buyer base. This combination strongly positions IronPlanet for further growth in the oil and gas industry, an area where we see significant growth potential."
As the companies work together to build the Kruse marketplace, IronPlanet's more than one million registered users will be able to buy through Kruse and also rely on the services they have come to expect from IronPlanet.
"We will continue to look for strategic growth opportunities, like Kruse, while also growing our business organically with new brands like TruckPlanet, allEquip, and our recently announced GovPlanet," said Owens.
David Long and Jim Richie, co-founders of Kruse, will continue to operate and manage the business, as well as joining the IronPlanet executive committee.
Kruse is based in Odessa, Texas, and Oklahoma City, and will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of IronPlanet, maintaining its brand and employees.


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GE Digital Energy (Atlanta, GA) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire IMV (Switzerland). With this acquisition, GE Digital Energy will acquire IMV's uninterruptible power supplies and associated software platforms. GE Digital Energy believes that these products and services are complementary with its own offerings, and that the acquisition will accelerate its ability to provide customers with the highest level of power-quality solutions.
"We're excited to be adding to our offerings IMV's broad range of complementary products and services for power-quality applications," said Steve Specker, president of GE Digital Energy. "IMV's full range of hardware and software products, in addition to their global services structure, will truly round out the GE Digital Energy offering of premium power products, services and systems for residential, commercial, industrial and telecommunications markets."


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Description:Sibirid subtype of the Yenisei River basin in Siberia. Shows some Americanoid features. Also seems to be culturally and linguistically linked to Pacifids, although no close genetic relationship is clear. May show a Proto Mongoloid state. Most common among the Ket people. They were never very numerous, numbering around 1000 individuals. In lower frequencies in other Uralic people and Nenets.Physical Traits:Yellowish-reddish light brown skin, straight brown or black hair and mixed eyes. Short, macroskelic, ectomorph to mesomorph. Mildly brachycephalic, chamaecranic with a mesorrhine, often long and hooked nose that is relatively high. Oblong face, eyes slanting, Mongolian fold rare. Hair growth is average.Literature:The type was defined and named as the Yenisey Uralic subtype by Levin (1963) . This was adopted by Debets (1974) and others. Usually part of Uralid (Alekseev, 1983) or regarded as an Americanoid Uralid (Debets, 1947) . Biasutti (1967) placed it together with Nenets and Chukchi in Paleo Sibirid, Eickstedt (1934) described it as a pure West Sibirid. |
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iOS 11's New Safety Features
Panic button, imaging protection, & more-selective location privacy choices
iOS 11 comes out tomorrow, September 19. You've been able to opt in to test out pre-release versions of iOS 11 for a few months now, but some time tomorrow or Wednesday you should start to see update notifications on your phone. You should always install software security updates straight away. As soon as an update comes out, people try to reverse engineer the bugs it fixes. The longer you wait, the more time there is to find those bugs and use them against you.
iOS 11 comes with two really valuable new security & safety features which I'm really looking forward to. For me, either one of these would be reason enough to install the update straight away, even without the safety benefits of running up-to-date software.
Panic Button
The iOS 11 feature I'm most excited about seems is officially called Emergency SOS, though it took only moments for folks to start calling it "cop mode". The feature, first widely shared by @alt_kia on Twitter, allows you to quickly disable TouchID by quickly tapping the power button five times in a row. You'll need to manually enter your unlock code before you can log back in. Check out the screenshots attached to the tweet for a clear picture of how the feature will feel in use. (Update: as of Sept 19, @alt-kia has protected her Twitter account, so you'll just have to install the update.)
In a follow-up tweet, @alt_kia added info about a similar technique for the newer iPhones. For the iPhone X with FaceID instead, Apple added an alternative way to disable biometric unlock — firmly squeeze the sides of the phone.
Imaging Protection
In iOS 10, when you plug your iPhone into a computer you haven't used before, you're prompted to chose whether you trust this computer. That's a great feature: you don't want to plug your phone into what seems to be a charger and let it sneakily slurp up all your phone's data. But if the phone's already unlocked (maybe you weren't fast enough at hitting the power button five times) whoever has your phone in their hand can accept this request and let a computer copy almost all the data off the phone. This is how most police forensics tools work — they use the phone's built-in backup features.
In iOS 11, siphoning all the data off your phone gets that much harder harder for someone who simply manages to swipe your phone unlocked. You now need to type your phone's unlock code into the new computer, not just accept a prompt on the phone's screen. That means that someone who wants to make a copy of your phone needs to know your unlock code; they can't rely on TouchID or FaceID to unlock the device.
If a cop snatches your phone or it's seized at a checkpoint, they're limited to looking through the phone itself by hand. There's no way to sneakily make a full copy which they can scan and search automatically later unless you tell them your unlock code. In the US, at least, you have a lot more rights when it comes to a code you keep in your head compared to observable biometric facts about you like fingerprints or how your face looks. Of course, it's better to turn off TouchID/FaceID and rely on your unlock code when you're headed to a risky situation like a protest or a border crossing. But security features should prepare for the worst, not the best, and this new protection is definitely another strong line of defense for all the sensitive info on your phone.
Location Privacy
iOS 11 also includes a small but meaningful tweak to location privacy settings. Up to now, iOS has had three options for how an app can access your location: always, while using, or never. But, if an app asks to access your location always, your only options are to agree, or prohibit it from accessing your location. If you're using — say — a taxi app, you might want it to know your location when it's open, but not want it tracking you the rest of the time.
In iOS 11, you can pick any of the three options for any app. So that taxi app can give you quick pick-up options when you open it, but doesn't get to track you the rest of the time. This might seem like a small tweak, but it makes a huge difference when it comes to deciding which service providers you trust with a complete history of everywhere you go.
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs…
And if those new safety features weren't enough to tempt you, iOS 11 fixes a whole pile of security bugs.


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Saturday 8 March 2008
New Car: 2008 Dacia Sandero
Some brands like to look back on their heritages and try to recover some of the glamour of old times by readopting their first badges. Fiat has been a recent example. Anyway, this is not something that works for all of them. Take Dacia for instance, now the Romanian automaker has to prove it is able to produce modern, affordable and reliable vehicles. And there is nothing better to print a new image than a new badge. The car chosen to showcase the new brand's identity is the Sandero.
This medium-sized hatchback has been the first vehicle Renault has introduced in any place other than Europe. The chosen country for the "avant première" has been Brazil, where the car has received the Renault badge. Dacia is not a known automaker in the South American country and Renault itself was struggling to be recognised as a local automaker and make huge volumes there.
The European version of the hatch keeps most of its characteristics, apart from the engines, the brand's badges (obviously) and the front fascia. As for the engines, Dacia Sandero will also offer three options, just like the Renault Sandero, but they will be very different. Fist of all, the entry level European Sandero will have a 1.4-engine delivering 75 cv, while the Brazilian version counts on a 1-litre 16V engine that pumps out 76 cv with petrol and 77 cv with ethanol (all Brazilian engines for Sandero are flexible). Both the European and the Brazilian Sandero count on a 1.6-litre engine, but the South American version is also more powerful: 92 cv (petrol)/95 cv (ethanol), against 90 cv from Dacia's sibling. Anyway, there is something most Brazilians would eager to drive, but that is still not allowed in the country: a diesel version. The Dacia version will get two, both powered by a 1.5-litre engine, but with two different outputs: 70 cv and 85 cv. The flagship in Brazil is the Sandero Privilège 1.6 16V, with a 107 cv/112 cv (petrol/ethanol) 1.6-litre engine. Dimensions of both cars are also the same: 4.02 m in length, 2.59 m in wheelbase, 2 m in width (including mirrors) and, surprisingly, the same height: 1,53 m. Brazilian roads and streets demand European projects to be a little higher than they are in the Old World. The boot holds 320 l.
Sandero sales in Europe, Turkey and Maghreb will start in June 2008 and, in 2009, it will also be offered in South Africa. Though prices have not been released so far, they will be close to Logan's. In Brazil, the entry level Sandero costs R$ 29,900, something like € 11,700 although, a £6,500 price tag is likely in the UK, it could steal sales away from the Clio Campus.
If sensibly priced, well equipped and has low emissions, I wouldn't mind purchasing this. After all, it is built for people who don't have lots of money to spend on a car.
Related links:
Dacia Sandero testing in Southern Italy
Renault Sandero video
Renault Sandero launches in Brazil
New Car: 2008 Renault Sandero
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Having followed the progress of the Logan and been disappointed not to see it in the UK, Dacia/Renault might have missed the optimum window for a low cost 'no frills' car. The competition is getting much harder every day in the low cost market. The newest entrant is the Hyundai i10, only a little smaller inside (seats 5 comfortably), as economical as the Renault diesel (58MPG) and a 119 CO2 figure. Plus, its fully equiped with air-con, PAS, 4 x electric windows, high-spec CD etc, and has a 5 year warranty. All for a price of 8400 euros.
Since the Logan launched in 2004, much has changed, and for 9150 euros there is a lot of choice now. 9150 euros will also buy a 2-3 year old 'quality' car from Ford/GM, and even Renault etc. I will still look at the Sandero when I change my car next year, but it is no longer a 'no-brainer' as far as price/economy/comfort is concerned. - Saturday 5 April 2008 at 12:30:00 BST
- Laguna said...
I agree with you but the Hyundain i10 doesn't rival the Logan because it is much longer than 4m.
Dacia were considering it back in 2005 but that idea got axed.
I'd say its more of a Hyundai Accent rival but I could be wrong...
As a student, I would consider the Sandero as a first car - Wednesday 9 April 2008 at 14:19:00 BST
Your right Laguna, the Sandero is shorther than the Logan, less boot space, but more expensive. The i10, although only 3.6m long, has a long wheelbase meaning it can seat 5 in comfort. However, 2009 is still some time away, and much can happen. I will still check out the Sandero before purchasing.
- Friday 11 April 2008 at 16:48:00 BST
- Laguna said...
Ok, good luck!
- Monday 14 April 2008 at 10:57:00 BST


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Is It Time?: 3 Steps to a Successful Journey With Aging Loved Ones
by Lezlie Snoozy
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Every stage of life brings its own joys and challenges.
Yet, in a world filled with books for expectant parents and child-rearing, there is little guidance on how to navigate the last decades of life happily and successfully.
Is It Time? 3 Steps to a Successful Journey with Aging Loved Ones provides a flexible, three-part plan to help families and individuals make positive choices during the eldercare journey. By focusing on a loved one's quality of life, the book offers detailed information so families can understand long-term care options and organize plans in advance to avoid having to make reactive and rushed decisions when a critical event occurs.
This book addresses a reality most of us will be required to confront. If you or a loved one is over the age of 65, there is a 70% likelihood you will require some sort of long-term care, whether from professionals or family.
The book is divided into four sections. In Part 1 of the book, we take a good, hard look at the realities, problems, and issues that individuals, families, and society face when making senior care decisions. Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 discuss each of the following core principles:
- Plan
- Communicate
- Accept
When all three principles are addressed, a family can focus on their loved one and appreciate the beauty that exists in the aging process. Armed with this guidance on aging successfully, the experience can be both manageable and joyful.
In Is It Time?, Lezlie interweaves stories from the thousands of families who have trusted her companies to be part of their care journey—including her own family. These stories add humility, compassion, and understanding to the issues families face and demonstrate the difference in experiences when decisions about the final decades of life are made proactively rather than reactively. The narratives are instructive, motivational, and sometimes cautionary. Perhaps most importantly, they are relatable.
Unfortunately, most people ignore or don't recognize simple warning signs and put things off until a crisis happens. Failing to act in time and plan ahead can limit a family's options when situations with aging parents and loved ones become critical. Not taking timely action also adds unnecessary stress to families and can make important decisions more difficult.
Lezlie's goal for readers is that they gain understanding of the issues and choices through the experiences of others, so they can contribute to the highest quality of life for their loved ones and/or themselves.
By investing just a few hours to read this book, you will learn:
- Obstacles and strategies to effective planning
- Common terms that are used in senior care and health care
- The difference between care delivered by a nursing home, assisted living facility, independent living community, in-home care, home health, and hospice
- How to pay for long-term care with financing options such as Medicaid, long-term care insurance, etc. and the difference between Medicare and Medicaid
- Tips for helping your aging parents and loved ones accept support and care so that it meets their goals and desires for the highest quality of life
- Strategies to promote acceptance for aging parents and adult children when it is time to receive support and/or caregiving
- Common fears and objections family members and aging loved ones often have when facing the question, Is It Time?
If you have ever asked yourself the question Is It Time?, then the answer is likely yes. This book will be a great resource for you and your loved ones.


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AudioThing has released Blindfold EQ, a free 4-band equalizer plugin for Windows and macOS.
Blindfold EQ has been inspired by a quote by Matt Wallace from the book Recording Unhinged by Sylvia Massy.
If I were King of the Universe, consoles would have no indication of frequency near the EQ knobs, because when you show the frequency, then most people EQ by eye. […]
But seriously, you should have no idea of what frequency you are boosting or cutting. It doesn't matter what number is. It matters how it sounds and how it feels. That's it!
Therefore, the plugin has 4 bands (LowShelf, LowMid, HighMid, HighShelf), but each knob is blind. There are no indicators or numbers to show frequency values, gain values or Q values. You have to use your ears. Below is a video demonstration of Blindfold EQ:
Blindfold EQ comes with a resizable window and preset system with randomizer. As plugin versions, AudioThing included VST2/VST3/AAX for Windows and VST2/VST3/AU/AAX for macOS (64-bit supported). The download requires an email address.
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Najmi, Naim (2020) Systematic and Population Genetics of Bornean Limnonectes kuhlii Complex (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS).
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Limnonectes kuhlii is notorious for its species complex where closely related species have analogous appearances to the point that it is frequently laborious to differentiate between them. The aim of this study is to elucidate the relationship among lineages of L. kuhlii in Borneo determined by shape variation and genetic variation. Ergo, all individuals conferred or subsumed as Bornean L. kuhlii is treated as conspecific or putative species as a null hypothesis. For morphological assessment, 235 specimens were measured, and 189 DNA sequences were utilized in molecular assessment. Samples accumulated across Malaysian Borneo, covering Sarawak and Sabah. In morphological assessment, the analyses congruently showed important variations in head region dimensions are affected by sexuality while limb regions dimensions are affected by locality. The sexual size dimorphism could be related to feeding ability, male-male combative behavioural and sexual selection. Forelimb and hindlimb shape are varied across the geographical region. Sabah population has longer hindlimb relative to body length than Sarawak population. Shape variation in limb dimension counterpart to the density and size of tubercles at the hindlimb and present of the nuptial pad in males where these characters are repeatedly worked by previous studies to describe recently distinct species from the 'true' Javan L. kuhlii. In molecular assessment, ten population lineages are identified as the members of L. kuhlii complex in Borneo with six prospective candidate species. Two major clades are recovered but there is no evidence of the geographical separation between major clades nor depicting geographical proximate cluster. Nonetheless, the geographical structuring is more prominent within population lineages. Tectonostratigraphic zone of Borneo determines the genetic variation among and within the lineages of Bornean L. kuhlii. Lupar Line, Rajang River and some highlands acts as genetic barriers where the population lineages are genetically distinct from their adjacent geographical group. Lupar Line acts as the genetic boundary showed species that distributed in the west Sarawak does not exist in the east Sarawak conversely species that dispersed across the east Sarawak does not exist in the region of the west. However, several species of both areas might co-exist within the boundary as sympatric. Understanding of the species evolutionary history provides insight into the geological and tectonic event of the Borneo. Immediate conservative action is desperately required to diagnose and to name the candidate species of Limnonectes especially in Sabah and eastern Sarawak.
Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
Additional Information: | Thesis (MSc.) - Universiti Malaysia Sarawak , 2020. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Species complex, shape variation, cryptic species, tectonic event, fanged frog, population lineages, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education , Postgraduate, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences Q Science > QL Zoology |
Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology |
Depositing User: | NAJMI BIN NAIM |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2020 05:43 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2023 03:14 |
URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32235 |
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In the past two years, trauma has entered the lives and well-being of so many members of the Fredericksburg community. Just as it is important for people to make it through these difficult times, it is essential for them to seek any help that they may need. Luckily, Fredericksburg is home to a business that provides solace for those in the area who are struggling with trauma.
Minister Regina Price, M.Ed. and CEO of A Lite 4 Life, has centered her career around sharing "faith, hope, and light to those who have experienced past trauma in their life." Price has used her own personal trauma as motivation to be an inspirational speaker and coach to those who are in need of hope.
"I believe that we are the light of the world, and hope to all," Price said about her business. A Fredericksburg native and lifetime member of the Virginia Black Business Directory, Price believes that her message extends to the community-at-large. She believes that her business can be an inspiration not only to people of color, but to the Fredericksburg community. As the author of F.A.I.T.H. - Forsaking All I Trust Him, Price, a minister herself, believes that her words can inspire, motivate, and encourage people, and help them to know that they can move forward.
As Price pointed out, trauma comes in many ways: grief, the pandemic, natural disasters, and so much more. Price's goals with her books and A Lite 4 Life are for those involved to learn how to recognize, confront, and conquer trauma. "My books actually offer that encouragement."
When it comes to first steps in dealing with trauma, Price recommends that those suffering must always get the professional help they need, from therapy to faith. "There are so many ways to deal with trauma," she said. In her words, the community has been drawn closer together because of the pandemic. And with A Lite 4 Life, Price believes she can be a light and encouragement to the community.
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Ben Stokes will be a target for the Australian media, says Toby Roland-Jones
Ben Stokes can still be a part of England's touring party to Australia for the upcoming Ashes 2017-18, but has also issued a warning that the vice-captain will be a media target, feels England bowler Toby Roland-Jones.
Following the nightclub brawl in Bristol which shook England cricket last Sunday, Ben Stokes and Alex Hales were handed indefinite suspensions by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Stokes was retained by England in their Ashes squad, but pending a police enquiry and ECB clearance, his participation in the series in Australia remains under doubt.
Roland-Jones told BBC Five Live, "We've had various small chats about their (Australian) media and my little understanding is that they'll certainly try and make a target of him and the most they can out of the situation.
"Knowing him a little bit, as I do, I would have no problems about him going over there and still being able to perform and having a massive impact for that England team," he said.
England suspended Stokes and Hales after a video surfaced in which the former can be seen punching a man outside the Mbargo nightclub in Bristol.
"I think it (incident) is a timely reminder. These days with phones, social media and the access that people have, at any time when you are in the public domain, you are there to be seen and recognised, particularly someone as high-profile as Ben is in our sport."
According to ESPNCricinfo, the England team management has been reluctant to impose a 'curfew on players', fearing that it goes against their freedom of expression.
But Roland-Jones also warned against the pitfalls of self-governance. "It breeds a culture in sport of self-governing within the dressing-room, on and off the field, and I think that has really aided this England team, certainly from the little I've experienced of it."
"I think the key thing is firstly timing, and knowing that if you drink too much that can impact your performance and preparation, and that is in no way accepted by the management. But when you are celebrating a series win, or enjoying casual beers in the dressing room, that breeds I think a really positive culture as well.
"But there's a line there and unfortunately in certain instances it becomes pretty black and white when it is crossed," he added.
Roland-Jones suggested that players must be held accountable for their actions. "It's a difficult one when situations arise like this, because naturally people start to query decisions, but as sportsmen we are adults and at some stage everyone has to be held responsible for their own actions," he said.
"You want to be able to celebrate at the right times but also it's about finding a way of keeping an element of control when you are in the public eye, and knowing that every action can have a repercussion," he added.
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