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A key feature of quantum physics is the wave-particle duality: the tendency of physical systems to exhibit both wavelike and particle-like behaviors. One particularly striking example of the wave-particle duality is the quantum eraser. In a typical experiment, two photons are entangled in a particular way and sent along different paths. As is usual in entanglement, a measurement performed on one photon reveals the outcome of related measurements on the second. In the specific case of the quantum eraser, however, the measurement dictates whether the second photon will exhibit wave- or particle-like characteristics.
Updated version of the previous article.
Because quantum eraser experiments rely on entanglement, the impact of the measurement influences the second photon instantaneously. But to date, all the examples have been performed under circumstances that would technically allow communication between the devices that perform the measurements. New results by Xiao-Song Ma and colleagues definitively rule that possibility out: they placed the experimental apparatus on two of the Canary Islands, separated by 144 kilometers.
The quantum eraser experiment involves producing two sets of photons with correlated polarizations. One set, known as the system photons, are sent into a polarizing beam-splitter (PBS); as the name suggests, this directs light along different paths based on its polarization. The two possible paths for the system photon were then recombined, so they could either interfere (if the photon is behaving like a wave) or show up in one of two detectors (behaving like a particle).
In this case, the second group of photons—called the environment photons—was sent 144km across open air from La Palma to Tenerife. (The team had broken the previous record for entanglement across wide distances.) The lab on the second island used a telescope to collect the light (which dispersed significantly over the intervening distance) and send it to a device to measure its polarization. The orientation of this device was selected randomly using a "quantum random number generator."
In one orientation, the detector measured the circular polarization of the environment photons. Because they were entangled, the system photons also interacted as circularly polarized light, so the two paths produced by the PBS interfered with each other—meaning they behaved like waves. If the detector was set to the other orientation, it measured linear polarization of the environment photons. That meant the system photons also remained in linear polarization mode, so the PBS would simply act like a filter, sending the photon either along one path or another without interference. That selected the particle-like behavior for the system photons.
That's the nature of the quantum eraser: in the particle mode orientation, the interference pattern that would ordinarily occur was "erased." In wave mode, the specific path a photon might follow was erased. Since the distant detector on Tenerife was the one to select which mode the eraser would operate in, the result of the measurement on the system photons was known first—earlier in time than the "decision" was made. This is known as a delayed-choice measurement.
Partly due to the intrinsic difficulty of entanglement measurements, prior quantum erasure experiments were confined to a lab, meaning smaller distances between detectors. That meant experimenters could not rule out some kind of physical interaction between the detectors. The latest quantum eraser measurements, as with other long-distance entanglement experiments, handily eliminate the possibility of communication between the different detectors. This specific example just does so in a very intuitive manner.
This doesn't do violence to relativity by assuming instantaneous information transfer. Prior experiments ruled out the possibility of faster-than-light, yet non-instantaneous communication (see previous Ars coverage here). We've known for some years that entanglement precludes communication between apparatus separated by large distances.
Philosophical questions aside, the interesting aspect of quantum erasers (to this writer at least) is what they reveal about our preconceptions of particle and wave behavior.
PNAS. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213201110 (About DOIs).


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Legislation to block the "fiscal cliff" is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama's signature. The bill will avoid, for now, the major tax increases and government spending cuts that had been scheduled to take effect with the new year.
Final approval came in the House on New Year's Night. The vote was 257 to 167.
The Senate passed the bill less than 24 hours earlier.
The measure raises tax rates on incomes over $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples, a victory for Obama.
It also extends expiring unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless, prevents a cut in fees for doctors who treat Medicare patients and cancels a $900 pay increase due to lawmakers in March.

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Which is why I, as a girl, think it would be hilarious if you substituted all the beer and bacon with beer and bacon cakes, like this one. Just think how pleased the guys will be at the surprise!
Sometimes I think a vegan named these things. "Haha! I will name THIS one 'jowl butt,' so NO ONE will EVER want to eat it! Mwuhahahahaa!
Now, who wants some niiice fresh asparagus?"
Tip #3: Sometimes it helps to channel your inner Freddie.
Tip #4: Or, if you're like me and subscribe to the "no guts; too gory" philosophy of food, try the all-inclusive cooking method:
I don't know why. Just...don't.
Bonus: When you're done, you'll have a lovely centerpiece!
Never mind all that, though, because the important thing to remember here is the glory of bacon.
Apparently it even makes 40 better. Although what that has to do with a mountain range at sunset is beyond me.
Julie B., Kellie B., Jade B., Dorota, Monica I., & Melissa C., notice how I didn't say anything about head cheese? Yep. Some lines you just don't cross.


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For a long time brie was not one of my favorite cheeses but that all changed when I tried baking it recently. The first time I tried it baked I baked it in puff pastry with some cranberry sauce. The melted ooey gooey brie took on a whole new and wonderful life and it was almost irresistible. I quickly followed that up with a baked brie with fig jam in golden brown puff pastry and I really enjoyed that as well. It had been working so well with on the sweet side that I had not even thought about trying the savoury side. Then I came across this recipe for a baked brie with sun dried tomatoes on White on Rice Couple and I knew that I just had to try it. Melted brie with flavourful sun dried tomatoes, garlic and thyme sounded like a great combination! I also liked that this version was not baked in pastry as it would be much easier to dip into or spread onto things like crostini. This recipe is really easy to follow though you should watch out for the amount of brie. By the time the rind has been removed and it has been baked there is not much melted brie left. I got one ramekin out of an 8 ounce brie. The baked brie with sun dried tomatoes and thyme was so good! It is hard to beat melted cheese and the sundried tomatoes added a ton of flavor. The thyme added a hint of earthiness that finished off the dip nicely. I served the baked brie dip with some whole grained crackers for dipping.
Baked Brie with Sundried Tomatoes
- 8 ounces brie (rind removed and cut into cubes)
- 2 ounces sundried tomatoes packed in oil (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon thyme (chopped)
- pepper to taste
- Mix everything.
- Transfer to a small baking dish. (The mixture should fill the baking dish to the brim as it will shrink when baked.)
- Bake in a preheated 325F/170C oven until the brie is melted and starts to bubble, about 20-30 minutes.


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Tech Camp unConference
1 TechCamp UnConference
- 1.1 - Topic Suggestions
- 1.2 - Lightning Rounds
- 1.3 - Me! Me! I'm Coming!
- 1.4 - I So Want to Be There But I Can't Make It
- 1.5 - OK, I Admit It, I Don't Know That Much About UnConferences or How They Work. Can You Fill Me In?
- 1.6 - Our Most Excellent Sponsors, First and Foremost the Michigan State University Libraries
- 1.7 - Our Totally Cool Supporters
TechCamp UnConference
Awesome Tech UnConference Sponsored by the Michigan State University Main Library - May 15, 2009
We're also at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?sid=42e62e590cddbdfb6818fb57e80dc9fd&eid=56825237255
- FREE PARKING Parking for the MSU Libraries is free on Friday! You can park at Lot 79 or Lot 62W for free! For a parking map see: http://maps.msu.edu/interactive/index.php and search for Lot 79 or Lot 62W for directions!
- CONSTRUCTION ALERT US-127, a major artery to & from MSU, has lane and exit/on-ramp closures affecting the East Lansing and Lansing area.
If you are coming from the east (Ann Arbor, metro Detroit) on I-96, you will need to use exit 110, Okemos Road. Turn left from the exit intersection and proceed north to Jolly Road. Turn left onto Jolly Road, take it to Hagadorn Road. Turn right onto Hagadorn Road and take it to Shaw Road. Turn left onto Shaw Road and continue to Red Cedar Road (you will be able to see the MSU football stadium ahead of you). Turn right onto Red Cedar and take it until you see the commuter parking lot on your left just past the stadium. The library will be across the pedestrian bridge over the Red Cedar River.
Travelers from other directions may encounter delays, but no exit closures.
We've blocked off some times for the day so we get in all the good stuff
Proposed Agenda:
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 Introductions and topic creations (Yo - if you have a topic you want to discuss, add it below and we can work on this piece ahead of time)
9:50 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. First Breakout session
10:40 - 10:50 a.m. Report/Share/Talk/Digest/Download Time
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Lightning rounds
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch On Your Own or Group Lunch at International Center
1:35 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Recheck topic suggestions
1:50 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Second Breakout session
2:40 p.m - 2:50 p.m. - Report/Share/Talk/Digest/Download Time
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Panel
- Topic Suggestions
These would be for break-out sessions where you'd have a group for 45 minutes to delve the topic
Google Analytics - Sonya Schryer Norris and Steve Bollinger ('cause the stats rock but the help pages are so ugly and awkward it's hard to concentrate on what they're saying and besides that goal thing is just a hassle to set up)
Tech Support IS Reference! - Holly Hibner and Mary Kelly. Do you provide tech support at the reference desk? We do, and we see it as an opportunity to connect with our patrons and learn something new! We'll discuss how to keep up with technology, what core competencies for reference librarians are, and WHY to provide tech support as a reference service at all (or why not! All sides of the topic are welcome!)
Widget Mania! - Scott Mellendorf and Beth Johns. Many Database vendors offer search widget authoring tools to create search box widgets for quick access to specific databases. Let's talk about this access method. Is it a good idea? If so, what's the best approach? Any examples? If not a good idea, why not?
Something About Drupal - Phillip Kwik. Several libraries, and the MLA, are using Drupal for web content management. I have no specific ideas in mind for a topic, but I thought there might be interest in a discussion of our experiences. Email me at ideas at [email protected]
widget Mania
Killer apps
Web 2.0 and beyond
Public instruction
New Technology for Old/New Librarians
Challenges include: The need to educate ourselves & administration; sometimes giving up control is hard; there is a barrier to entry for emotion/knowledge; it's easy for some to play as they embrace change, while others don't; there are differing expectations on involvement (is 6 email messages too many???).
Possible solutions: find what excites them & use that as an entry point; learning new technology gives you a head start with learning other new technology (in other words, if it didn't work this time, try again later); 23 Things website/Skokie 10; it's not about the cool tech--you need to focus on what you want to do THEN pick the tech; be a cheerleader/champion of the technology; be the guinea pig; do the research a little bit each day/week--environmental scan; share/gather from friends via Facebook, Twitter, etc.; create a blog on 2.0 in your library for staff to share; offer to train/tutor others; realize that you're not going to win everyone over--so be okay with that.
Submitted by Maria Almaguer, Troy Public Library, Troy, MI
- Lightning Rounds
These are where you do a quick 5 minutes to the whole group on something cool you've got going. Let us know if you're up for this by putting your name and topic below
Plinkit - Sonya Schryer Norris
SearchGuides (Widgets and Research unite!) - Scott Mellendorf
AADL Productions - Eli Neiburger : Eli's Slides
- Me! Me! I'm Coming!
Elizabeth Bollinger - Michigan State University Libraries
Chris Ayar - Evanced Solutions
Holly Hibner - Salem-South Lyon District Library
Sonya Schryer Norris - Library of Michigan
Mary Kelly - Salem-South Lyon District Library
Beth Johns - Saginaw Valley State University, Zahnow Library
Scott Mellendorf - Zahnow Library, Saginaw Valley State University
Kristin LaLonde - Arab American National Museum, Library & Resource Center
Phillip Kwik - Troy (MI) Public Library
Maria Almaguer - Troy Public Library
Lindsay Payne - Troy Public Library
Donna Babcock - Troy Public Library (MI)
Sheri Glon - Kent District Library
Stephen Bollinger - The Capital Area District Library
Donna Garbarino - Troy Public Library
Heidi Blanton - Wayne State University LIS Program
Laura Evans - Wayne State University LIS Program
Heather Harrison - Wayne State University
Lisa Rabey - Wayne State University LIS Program
Ranti Junus (@ranti) - Michigan State University Libraries
Sarah Stopera - Northville District Library (MI)
Natalie Zebula - Lawrence Tech Library (Southfield, MI)
- I So Want to Be There But I Can't Make It
Kelly Sattler, Michigan State University Libraries
Natalee Reese, - Lansing Community College Library
- OK, I Admit It, I Don't Know That Much About UnConferences or How They Work. Can You Fill Me In?
That's cool. Play a little catch-up before the meet:
- Our Most Excellent Sponsors, First and Foremost the Michigan State University Libraries
Many thanks to the Michigan State University Main Library: http://www2.lib.msu.edu/
- Our Totally Cool Supporters
Many thanks to our business and technology supporters.
The Michigan eLibrary, MeL.org: http://www.mel.org
Gale Cengage: http://www.gale.cengage.com/
Proquest: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/
LearningExpress Library: http://www.learnatest.com/
EBSCO: http://ebscohost.com/
WebJunction: http://www.webjunction.org


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Livestock a Major Threat to Environment - Remedies Urgently Needed
Which causes more greenhouse gas emissions, rearing cattle or driving cars?
According to a new report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in CO2 equivalent – 18 percent – than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation.
Says Henning Steinfeld, Chief of FAO's Livestock Information and Policy Branch and senior author of the report: "Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is required to remedy the situation."
With increased prosperity, people are consuming more meat and dairy products every year. Global meat production is projected to more than double from 229 million tonnes in 1999/2001 to 465 million tonnes in 2050, while milk output is set to climb from 580 to 1043 million tonnes.
Long shadow
The global livestock sector is growing faster than any other agricultural sub-sector. It provides livelihoods to about 1.3 billion people and contributes about 40 percent to global agricultural output. For many poor farmers in developing countries livestock are also a source of renewable energy for draft and an essential source of organic fertilizer for their crops.
But such rapid growth exacts a steep environmental price, according to the FAO report, Livestock's Long Shadow – Environmental Issues and Options. "The environmental costs per unit of livestock production must be cut by one half, just to avoid the level of damage worsening beyond its present level," it warns.
When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 percent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of even more harmful greenhouse gases. It generates 65 percent of human-related nitrous oxide, which has 296 times the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of CO2. Most of this comes from manure.
And it accounts for respectively 37 percent of all human-induced methane (23 times as warming as CO2), which is largely produced by the digestive system of ruminants, and 64 percent of ammonia, which contributes significantly to acid rain.
Livestock now use 30 percent of the earth's entire land surface, mostly permanent pasture but also including 33 percent of the global arable land used to producing feed for livestock, the report notes. As forests are cleared to create new pastures, it is a major driver of deforestation, especially in Latin America where, for example, some 70 percent of former forests in the Amazon have been turned over to grazing.
Land and water
At the same time herds cause wide-scale land degradation, with about 20 percent of pastures considered as degraded through overgrazing, compaction and erosion. This figure is even higher in the drylands where inappropriate policies and inadequate livestock management contribute to advancing desertification.
The livestock business is among the most damaging sectors to the earth's increasingly scarce water resources, contributing among other things to water pollution, euthropication and the degeneration of coral reefs. The major polluting agents are animal wastes, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals from tanneries, fertilizers and the pesticides used to spray feed crops. Widespread overgrazing disturbs water cycles, reducing replenishment of above and below ground water resources. Significant amounts of water are withdrawn for the production of feed.
Livestock are estimated to be the main inland source of phosphorous and nitrogen contamination of the South China Sea, contributing to biodiversity loss in marine ecosystems.
Meat and dairy animals now account for about 20 percent of all terrestrial animal biomass. Livestock's presence in vast tracts of land and its demand for feed crops also contribute to biodiversity loss; 15 out of 24 important ecosystem services are assessed as in decline, with livestock identified as a culprit.
The report, which was produced with the support of the multi-institutional Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative, proposes explicitly to consider these environmental costs and suggests a number of ways of remedying the situation, including:
Land degradation – controlling access and removing obstacles to mobility on common pastures. Use of soil conservation methods and silvopastoralism, together with controlled livestock exclusion from sensitive areas; payment schemes for environmental services in livestock-based land use to help reduce and reverse land degradation.
Atmosphere and climate – increasing the efficiency of livestock production and feed crop agriculture. Improving animals' diets to reduce enteric fermentation and consequent methane emissions, and setting up biogas plant initiatives to recycle manure.
Water – improving the efficiency of irrigation systems. Introducing full-cost pricing for water together with taxes to discourage large-scale livestock concentration close to cities.
These and related questions are the focus of discussions between FAO and its partners meeting to chart the way forward for livestock production at global consultations in Bangkok this week. These discussions also include the substantial public health risks related to the rapid livestock sector growth as, increasingly, animal diseases also affect humans; rapid livestock sector growth can also lead to the exclusion of smallholders from growing markets.
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Church of Greece structure
The structure of the Church of Greece is unique in that it does not included all the area of the nation of Greece within its jurisdiction. The Orthodox ecclesiastical structure in the nation of Greece reflects the secular political actions during the formation of the nation of Greece beginning from its establishment in the second decade of the nineteenth century.
The Church of Greece was formed after a portion of the present day nation won its independence from the Ottoman empire in the 1820s and received autocephalous status from the Church of Constantinople in the mid 1800s. This area included the southern part of the peninsula of Greece consisting mainly of the Peloponnese peninsula and included Athens and Attica and some of the Greek islands. Following the Balkan Wars in the first decades of the twentieth century, Greece grew, adding to the nation of Greece the territories in Epirus, Macedonia, and Thrace, referred to as the New Lands, many of the islands in the Aegean Sea, and the island of Crete. However, ecclesiastical jurisdiction over most of these territories remained with the Church of Constantinople. Following World War II, the Dodecanese Islands in the southern part of the Aegean Sea also became part of the nation of Greece but ecclesiastically remained under the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople.
During the period following World War I, agreements were reached among the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Church of Greece, and the Government of Greece concerning the News Lands in which the New Lands remained within the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople but de facto were made part of the Church of Greece for administration under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople and under which the Ecumenical Patriarch is commemorated. [1] Thus, the structure of the Orthodox Church within the nation of Greece is divided into three categories:
- that part fully under the jurisdiction of the Church of Greece as the Archdiocese of Athens,
- that part consisting of the New Lands that is jurisdictionally under the Ecumenical Patriarchate but administered as part of the Archdiocese of Athens, and
- that part, Crete and the Dodecanese Islands, that is fully under the jurisdiction and administration of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Church of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople:


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Here's what's happening today in the New York-New Jersey area, nearly a week after Superstorm Sandy devastated the region:
-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said tens of thousands of people whose houses were damaged by the storm will need other places to live because of the falling temperatures.
-- Cuomo also said he expects the fuel shortage that we reported about on Saturday will continue for days. The governor called it a short-term problem, but couldn't say when the shortage will end.
-- The Associated Press is reporting on the impact of Sandy on the region's elderly population. "Some say life experiences temper their ability to cope with the destruction, while others note that the stress of no electricity, displacement from their homes and upheaval from routines is taking a toll," the AP says.
-- The New York Marathon may have been canceled, but as NPR's Scott Montgomery reports, many of those due to run in the marathon are instead running for storm relief.
Update at 3:44 p.m. EDT Elections
New Jersey is adjusting its election rules to accommodate voters affected by Sandy. WNYC's Anna Sale reports that some voters will be allowed to cast ballots by email.
Here's her report:
"The measure is aimed at displaced voters and first responders who have had to leave their counties – or even the state. They can apply for a ballot by emailing their local county clerks office, but it's not as simple as clicking their choices and sending it back. Voters have to print the ballot and then fax it or scan it back.
The state also announced that displaced voters who can't make it to their home polling places can cast a provisional ballot anywhere in the state.
Any New Jersey voter can vote early through Monday, after the state ordered county clerks and local election offices to stay open through the weekend.
Election officials are continuing to assess how many polling places will have to be moved because of power outages or structural damage. In some cases, voters may have to cast ballots tents erected for the day."
NPR's Allison Keyes is reporting for our Newscast Unit that New York City officials are saying that tens of thousands will need housing in the wake of the storm, some for the long term.
"People don't like to leave their homes but the reality is going to be in the temperature," Cuomo said.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city will have to find housing for between 30,000 and 40,000 people. He also urged those without heat to move to warming shelters opened by the city.
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Segment A1-6. 7-10. Then my lady stepped up (?) to the word of An, Ninsumun made a fateful decision with her spouse, holy Lugalbanda; she attended to his supplication. She went straight to holy An in the Ubšu-unkena: 11-14. "My father, An, you are the king among the gods! I have looked through the land in all its extent and among its black-headed people who are as numerous as ewes, and I have elevated Šulgi for me high above their head. May he be their trustworthy shepherd!" 15-21. "He is my meš tree with spreading branches; he sprang up from the soil for me, …… brings abundant yield for me every year. He is my spikenard herb, growing for me with sturdy stems. He makes my …… radiant in the brickwork of Sumer. Segment B1-2. …… of Urim ……. …… grant him (?) kingship! Segment C1-10. (An is speaking:) "Its roots sank deep into the earth. I will stand by you in that holy matter. May he who is worthy of being praised with good words, Šulgi, the king of a propitious reign, perform the rites established for the kingship perfectly for you, the goddess, at the great and lofty wall-tower of Urim! May he execute properly for you the statutes of the gods! May he always offer you food at the time of the new moon and at the new year! May you yourself bring me his prayers daily! My tree is indeed abundance, sprouting from the earth like green plants!" 11-16. Then, rejoicing over the words of An, my lady Ninsumun took Šulgi the king of Urim by his right hand, led him joyfully into her Egal-maḫ and seated him upon the exalted dais erected by An. She treated him tenderly with her holy bosom, saying: 17-21. "Shepherd Šulgi, I am your great sword (?). My holy heart, a rising flood, rejoices over you. My father, An ……, who is your master, praises you who are surpassing in kingship (?) for (?) the …… of your kingship." 22-27. "Šulgi, you are a pure calf, born to me. You are a good seed of Lugal-banda. I raised you upon my own holy lap. I have decided your fate with my holy bosom. You are a good fortune which fell to my share. I requested you from holy An in the ……." 28-34. "I, the lady, holy Ninsumun, the royal mother, the good woman with beautiful hair befitting a lady, Šulgi, I am your faithful guardian (?). May you be dressed in my …… ba garment! Dance …… on my holy knees! May you, the shepherd, born for justice, trust in my holy words!" 35-42. "Your holy name is worthy of being praised; may it please the flesh of the great gods like fine oil! An has given you a sceptre for rendering judgments; may your head be raised high! Your father who begot you, holy Lugalbanda, has named you as the 'Valiant one whom An made known among the gods'. He has made you acquire (?) a ……. He has adorned you with a royal crown; may he purify (?) your breath of life with an enduring sceptre!" 43-48. "May Geštin-ana, the king's sister, the mellifluous mouth of the gods, never stop rejoicing over you joy in your palace, erected for you as a source of happiness! May she always step forward to me with friendy entreaties on your behalf! May she never cease praying for you!" 49-55. "I, the lady …… holy temple of residence ……. My mother, Uraš, the lady of the gods and my father, An, the king of the gods …… the woman, the good cow in (?) the great sheepfold. They (?) give (?) me (?) enduring kingship. They (?) have placed (?) the people in their entirety in my hands." 56-66. "At the place where the fates are decided, the Anuna, the great gods, stood by me. They made Šulgi's shepherdship everlasting for me and made Šulgi, the righteous one of his god, rise over the land like Utu for me. They set up a throne of firm reign for him. The shepherd will decree just judgments and will make just decisions upon it (?). They granted (?) Šulgi a royal crown. …… great ……. |
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Foster became the first player in NFL history to have 100-yard games in each of his first three playoff games.
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And Schaub did the one thing he wanted to avoid: Let Cincinnati's high-scoring defense get its hands on the ball. Hall anticipated Schaub's throw, stepped in front and returned it untouched for the defense's fourth touchdown in the last four games.
Hall also ran back an interception 17 yards for the only Bengals touchdown in a 13-10 win over Pittsburgh that clinched a playoff spot. It was the first interception return for a touchdown against the Texans this season.
Like the Texans, the Bengals ended the season by hitting a wall on offense — one touchdown in the last two games.
A lot was on Dalton, who grew up in suburban Katy and had a dreadful playoff debut as a rookie last year in his hometown. He threw three interceptions, including one that Watt returned for a game-turning touchdown just before halftime.
He had to be better if the Bengals were going to end their notable playoff drought. Through three quarters, it wasn't even close.


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UNESCO, as part of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP), is organizing an International Colloquium on Conservation of World Heritage Earthen Architecture.This two-day international event will gather a network of global experts in earthen architecture conservation, including site managers, researchers and specialized institutions, to share knowledge and experiences in conservation of World Heritage earthen architecture.
Presentations and discussions will focus on management and conservation of earthen architecture in cities, archaeological sites and cultural landscapes within the broader context of the main challenges facing the World Heritage earthen architecture:
The colloquium will also provide a platform for presenting the achievements that have been made in earthen architecture conservation through the WHEAP Programme (2007-2017).
This event is organized in partnership with CRAterre-ENSAG, the International Centre for Earthen architecture (School of Architecture of Grenoble, France), which has been working since 1979 towards the recognition of earth materials as a valid response to the challenges linked to the protection of the environment, the preservation of cultural diversity and the fight against poverty. It is made possible through generous financial support from the Government of Italy and a contribution from ENSAG / Labex AE&CC.
A photographic exhibition on World Heritage sites with earthen architecture will be on display at UNESCO headquarters during the colloquium. Contributions from institutions to that side event are welcome.
Presentations and contributions will be published in the Colloquium's proceedings.
For more information on the colloquium or UNESCO's WHEAP Programme, please contact Ms. Jana WEYDT, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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March 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus outraged Indians.
March 16, 2013
NEW DELHI: A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said Saturday. The attack comes three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus outraged Indians.
A Swiss woman, center, who was gang raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, is escorted by policewomen for a medical examination at a hospital in Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013.
Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said.
The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185).
The woman, 39, was treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Gwalior, Gurjar said, adding that she and her husband apparently suffered no major injuries.
A photo showed the woman walking while being escorted by police to the hospital. Her face was concealed with a hood, a common practice in India, where law does not allow rape victims to be identified publicly to protect them from the stigma attached to rape in the conservative country.
Police detained 13 men and questioned them, Gurjar said. Six of the men were released after questioning. No other details were immediately available.
Indian television stations showed scores of police searching the forest where the attack occurred.
Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Tilman Renz described the case as "deeply disturbing" and said Swiss diplomats were assisting the couple.
The diplomats called on Indian authorities "to do everything to quickly find the perpetrators so that they can be held accountable," Renz said in a statement.
Last month, the Swiss government issued a travel notice for India that included a warning about "increasing numbers of rapes and other sexual offenses" in the South Asian nation.
India has seen outrage and widespread protests against attacks on women since December's fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital. The crime horrified Indians and set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a new package of laws to protect them.
One of six suspects in the December attack was found dead in a New Delhi jail this past week. Authorities said he hanged himself, but his family and lawyer insisted foul play was involved. A magistrate is investigating. Four other men and a juvenile remain on trial for the attack.
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The temperature is either 88 degrees Celsius, or 20 degrees Celsius, depending on which thermocouple you believe.
Or none of the above, and both thermocouples are broken. Given the previous history (from 2012 when one thermocouples after another was failing inside the Containment Vessel of Reactor 2), it is possible that both are broken.
Mainichi Shinbun (4/7/2015) reports:
Thermocouple inside the Containment Vessel of Reactor 2 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant shows abnormal rise in temperature
On April 7, TEPCO disclosed that a thermocouple inside the Containment Vessel of Reactor 2 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant showed abnormal temperature.
The temperature was 20.9 degrees Celsius at 5AM on April 3 but it rapidly rose to 70 degrees Celsius at 11AM. On 5PM on April 5 it further rose to 88.5 degrees Celsius. Other thermocouples show normal temperatures. TEPCO says "It does not affect the control of the reactor," and is currently investigating.
Here's the latest temperature parameters for Reactor 2 Containment Vessel from TEPCO's plant parameters page, which omits the particular thermocouple that spiked:
So which thermocouple spiked? It is the thermocouple "supply air D/W cooler(TE-16-114K#1)". There is a site that continues to plot charts from the plant parameter data disclosed by TEPCO, and here's the chart plotting all "supply air D/W cooler" thermocouples:
Looking at the chart, it is more likely that this particular thermocouple broke, and the temperature inside the Containment Vessel remains between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius.
Quickly checking the measuring devices installed inside Reactor 2 (information from TEPCO's site), broken and malfunctioning devices are numerous.
As of July 2014, only 8 thermocouples out of 24 inside Reactor 2 Containment Vessel are monitored in accordance with the safety procedures set by regulatory authorities (meaning only 8 are properly functioning), according to TEPCO's information.
In contrast, 16 thermocouples out of 21 are functioning properly in Reactor 1 Containment Vessel, and all 19 thermocouples are functioning properly in Reactor 3 Containment Vessel.


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Working with RAW files in CS2
Working with RAW panorama source files (German CS2 images)
Working within CS2, click File->Open and then navigate to the panorama's source images. Select the relevant source files and click Open.
A window will open with thumbnailed pictures on the left and the selected picture in the middle. On right hand side are tabs with the images' parameters and adjustment sliders.
First check the colour temperature. You should select all pictures on the left side for this action (standard selection commands f.e. Ctrl+A for all), because the color temperature has to be the same for all pictures of your panorama.
Use the temperature slider to select the color temperature If you prefer, you select one of the presets
After that, check the exposure. CS2 automatically set the exposure tabs on Auto. Search for your key pic in the left row and tab it with the mouse. Uncheck the "Auto" and look at the result.
Adjust exposure by moving the exposure slider (Belichtung) on the right site: If you use the Alt key you will see the clipped bright parts on black background, moving the first slider exposure; Same for shadows (Tiefen), you will find the clipped dark parts on white background.
You can check Shadows and/or Highlights checkbox on top to see clipped areas permanently
Now you may correct other parameters in the detail tab:
Sharpening and color noise reduction
Sharpening: zoom in 400% and play with the sharpening slider(Sch�rfe). Look for the shadows, noise might be best visible there.
Go to the second slider Luminance Smoothing (Luminanzgl�ttung): This will reduce noise without in the luminance (brightness) channel.
Color Noise Reduction (Farbst�rungsreduktion) will reduce the noise just in the color channels.
Chromatic aberration in the Lens tab: Detailed information about CA on Chromatic aberration
A very powerful tool is the vignetting control: Select all pictures on the left side and move the vignetting "Amount" slider until the picture looks right.
Options and saving the pictures
Lastly, set the options for Space, Size, Depth and Resolution.
Once you are satisfied with the modifications that you have made, save all the images in a batch process. Click on Save 5 images... (5 Bilder speichern...)
Select the destination folder or create a new one. Modify the file naming scheme for the images to your need and select the required file format.
See RAW dynamic range extraction for information on how to extract the full dynamic range from RAW files.
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In Kentucky, 2015 Derby Winner Could Arrive Any Day Now
The horse that wins the Kentucky Derby in 2015 may come into the world tonight in the Bluegrass State.
From January into June, about 8,000 registered thoroughbred colts and fillies will be born in Kentucky. As 3-year-olds, a few may be Triple Crown contenders.
NPR's Noah Adams just spent time near Lexington, Ky., with Eduardo Terrazas, who runs a boarding farm and expects to deliver 51 foals this season.
As Noah reports for Morning Edition, the first things you notice when you meet Terrazas are his eyes — "smiling and very tired; when the babies are coming it's hard to find any time to sleep." Terrazas says that "for two nights in a row, I think I only slept one hour one day and about two hours the next day. ... I deliver every foal."
On the night Noah is there, a mare has trouble. Her breathing is heavy. The placenta is thick and "she's not going to be able to break her bag," Terrazas says. The horse needs his help. Terrazas uses scissors to move things along.
After some tugging and some gushing, a colt is born. Minutes later, the little guy is standing — "trying to figure out what legs are for," as Noah says. And Terrazas is soon brewing a pot of coffee. For him, barn coffee is always the best. He'll need it. There's a mare in the stall next-door who needs attention.
To see a little of what it's like when Terrazas is at work check this video that Glenye Cain Oakford put together for the Daily Racing Form.
While in Kentucky, Noah also spent time at both of Lexington's equine hospitals. At Rood & Riddle, Dr. Bonnie Barr and her intensive care team are also among those who don't get much sleep during foaling season. One colt has come in because he wasn't breathing after birth.
"The farm veterinarian did CPR," Barr tells Noah, and at the hospital he's been put into "kind of ... a drug-induced coma." Seven of the facility's eight intensive care units are full.
And it was at the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Noah writes in the following message, that he heard some other particularly compelling stories.
An 'Otherworldly' Experience
By Noah Adams
One night in the neonatal unit at Hagyard Equine, I met Dr. Kim Sprayberry. We visited a couple of newborns, and she talked about the dedication of the staff and the intensity of the work.
She later sent me a photograph she had taken of an ailing foal being carried inside — it had been in the front seat of a pickup. It's the one picture that stays in my mind after my time in the Bluegrass.
Sprayberry also told me about the spring of 2001 and the onset of what would come to be named mare reproductive loss syndrome. Thousands of fetuses were aborted; hundreds of foals died shortly after birth.
The cause, it was later determined, was an infestation of tent caterpillars. The mares ate the caterpillars, which have sharp, hairy cuticles that made microwounds in the horses' bowels and led to infection.
"It was horrible. The crux of the whole thing was April 17th," Sprayberry said. "I was on call, and we took in 17 mare-foal pairs in one night. We didn't have places to put them. We'd break open a bale of straw, and the farm guy would be sleeping in a chair hanging onto the mare's lead rope, and the foal would be lying on the little pallet of straw with a IV stand.
"We had a $1 million foal stuffed between the washing machine and the dryer where we'd made a pallet. We had mares and foals out in their horse trailers in the parking lot. Our technicians would use that as a stall, and as soon as one little foal would expire, we'd take it out and get another pair in. It was otherworldly," Sprayberry recalled, standing within the dim quiet of the neonatal unit.
"I was at the door here in the morning," she said, "and there would be piles of little dead foals, and we would have farms call and say, 'Hey, I'm coming in.' "


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Typhoon Wipha triggers mudslide, leaving 17 dead in Japan
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A typhoon caused deadly mudslides that buried people and destroyed homes on a Japanese island Wednesday before sweeping up the Pacific coast, grounding hundreds of flights and disrupting Tokyo's transportation during the morning rush. At least 17 deaths were reported and nearly 50 people were missing.
Hardest hit from Typhoon Wipha was Izu Oshima island, which is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Tokyo. Rescuers found 16 bodies, most of them buried by mudslides, police and town officials said. Dozens of homes were destroyed, and about 45 people were missing.
A woman from Tokyo died after falling into a river and being washed 10 kilometers (6 miles) downriver to Yokohama, police said. Two sixth-grade boys and another person were missing on Japan's main island, Honshu, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
More than 350 homes were damaged or destroyed, including 283 on Izu Oshima, it said.
The typhoon, which stayed offshore in the Pacific, had sustained winds of 126 kilometers per hour (78 miles per hour), with gusts up to 180 kph (110 mph), before it was downgraded to a tropical storm Wednesday evening. The storm was moving northeast, off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
More than 80 centimeters (30 inches) of rain fell on Izu Oshima during a 24-hour period ending Wednesday morning, the most since record-keeping began in 1991.
The rainfall was particularly heavy before dawn, the kind in which "you can't see anything or hear anything," Japan Meteorological Agency official Yoshiaki Yano said.
Izu Oshima is the largest island in the Izu chain southwest of Tokyo. It has one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Mount Mihara, and is a major base for growing camellias. About 8,200 people live on the island, which is accessible by ferry from Tokyo.
Yutaka Sagara, a 59-year-old sushi chef on the east coast of the island, said he spent a sleepless night with colleagues at their company housing. Their hillside apartment barely escaped a mudslide that veered off to the side. Later he found out the mudslide crushed several houses as it flowed to the sea.
"People on this island are somewhat used to heavy rainstorms, but this typhoon was beyond our imagination," he said by phone.
Sagara came down to his seaside sushi restaurant on foot, wading through knee-deep mud, to check things out and make sushi for rescue workers.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking to Parliament on Wednesday, vowed to do the utmost to rescue the missing and support the survivors, while trying to restore infrastructure and public services as quickly as possible. Japanese troops were deployed to the island, as well as Tokyo's "hyper-rescue" police with rescue dogs.
As a precaution, the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, released tons of rainwater that were being held behind protective barriers around storage tanks for radioactive water. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant's operator, said only water below an allowable level of radioactivity was released, which Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority allowed Tuesday. During an earlier typhoon in September, rainwater spilled out before it could be tested.
Associated Press writer Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Backup Software for Linux: A computer application utilized to perform a complete backup by duplicating the original source of data is called backup software. Obviously, the main purpose of backup software is to create order out of chaos by recovering essential files in the event of a disaster. Some of the popular backup programs are sql, remote, and offsite backup software.
If you are using Linux, there are plenty of backup software to choose from. I have here a list of some of the best free and open source backup software that you may want to check out.
Time Vault
Time Vault is a GNOME-based Linux-equivalent to Time Machine from Apple. Like many backup utilities, it creates incremental backups of files that can be restored at a later date. Its snapshots are copies of a directory at a certain point in time. Snapshots use very little space for the files that haven't changed since the last snapshot was made. This is because instead of backing up the entire unchanged file, snapshots use hard links that point to the existing backup of the unchanged file.
Clonezilla is an open source clone of Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition. It is based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast that will allow you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many computers simultaneously.
Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts of files that have changed since the last backup. Because duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from spying and/or modification by the server.
Bacula is an open source, enterprise level computer backup system for heterogeneous networks. It is designed to automate tasks that had often required intervention from a systems administrator or computer operator. Bacula supports Linux, UNIX and Windows backup clients, and a range of professional backup devices including tape libraries. Administrators and operators can configure the system via a command line console, GUI or web interface; its back-end is a catalog of information stored by MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.
AMANDA (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) is a backup system that allows the administrator to set up a single master backup server to back up multiple hosts over network to tape drives/changers or disks or optical media. Amanda uses native dump and/or GNU tar facilities and can back up a large number of workstations running multiple versions of Unix.
rsync is an open source utility that synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each direction. rsync can copy or display directory contents and copy files, optionally using compression and recursion.
FlyBack is based on rsync and modeled loosely after Apple's Time Machine. Like many rsync-based backup utilities, it creates incremental backups of files which can be restored at a later date. FlyBack presents a chronological view of a file system, allowing individual files or directories to be previewed or retrieved one at a time. FlyBack presents the user with a typical file manager style view of their file system, but with additional controls allowing the user to go forward or backward in time.


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Hope from Europe11 Nov 13 - The NZU market finished the week on a subdued note, as selling interest dries up for now. OMFinancial reports: |
NZ lags badly in marine protection23 Nov 12 - Australia is beating us on marine protection. |
ETS bill has October deadline24 Aug 12 - The Government expects to have its changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme through the select committee and back into Parliament by October 17. |
Goff slams Government's billions blunder16 Nov 09 - The shambolic process around the Governments proposed Emissions Trading Scheme has been exposed by a $50 billion blunder by National, Labour Leader Phil Goff said today. |
Greens: ETS something worth swearing about16 Nov 09 - Revelations that Climate Change Minister Nick Smith's proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are going to cost taxpayers an extra $105 billion is something really worth swearing about, Dr Russel Norman, Green Party Co-Leader, said today. |
Aussie farmers out of ETS faster than a rat up a drainpipe16 Nov 09 - As predicted by Federated Farmers two weeks ago, Australias Federal Government yesterday opted to permanently exclude farmers from its emissions trading scheme. |
Go online and have your say on the ETS2 Oct 09 - Parliament is calling for submissions on changes to the emissions trading scheme and for the first time they can be made online. |
ETS review body eyes Government line17 Jul 09 - The emissions trading scheme review committee is keeping quiet about when it will release its findings - but is aligning with the Government behind the scenes. |
ETS reviewers eye June date for report15 May 09 - The emissions trading scheme review committee could report back to Parliament by the end of next month. |
Farming groups split on need for ETS5 May 09 - Federated Farmers continued its call for the emissions trading scheme to be scrapped when it appeared before the emission trading scheme review committee yesterday - but not everyone in the... |
ETS should be suspended, says coalition5 May 09 - Greenhouse Policy Coalition executive director Catherine Beard, representing the energy-intensive sector on climate change issues, is calling on the select committee reviewing the emissions trading... |
Gull wants fixed carbon price after ETS1 May 09 - Independent oil company Gull has asked the emissions trading scheme review committee to set the price of carbon for at least the first 18 months after the liquid fuel sector enters the ETS. |
Fifty years of work under threat, says Oxfam1 May 09 - Climate change could reverse all the international development work of the past 50 years, the emissions trading scheme review committee heard yesterday. |
Cross-party pact vital for ETS, says Vector9 Apr 09 - A strong cross-party agreement on durable climate change policy is the single most important thing that the emissions trading scheme review committee must deliver, the committee is being told this... |
Energy leaders have big day out at ETS hearings9 Apr 09 - The energy sector gets its chance to be heard by the ETS review committee this morning. |
HFCs clampdown could backfire, company warns9 Apr 09 - Clamping down on the so-called bad boys of human-induced climate change -hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) - in the emissions trading scheme could backfire and actually lead to increased emissions, warns... |
Concrete plant swings on ETS, says manufacturer7 Apr 09 - The axe could fall on plans for a major new concrete manufacturing plant if the emissions trading scheme review committee does not heed industry warnings. |
ETS review hearings start on Thursday31 Mar 09 - The ETS review committee will begin hearing submissions on Thursday morning, with the list of those who will be presenting being provided to committee members tonight. |
ETS hearings timetable out today27 Mar 09 - Submitters to the ETS review committee should know later today the timetable for submission hearings. |
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easy to prepare, and super-easy to clean up!
I am blessed with non-fussy eaters at home, they eat whatever meals I lay on the dining table, except for the occasional groans whenever I serve congee or porridge for lunch. I am not shy to say that I take advantage of those forgiving taste buds. Whenever possible, I'll go for simple dinners which need minimum preparation...which also means minimum skills required. That's probably why my culinary skill never seems to improve over the years ^_^
Baked rice happens to be one of our favourite 1-dish meals. However, I try not to turn it into a regular item in our dinner menu. I believe this dish is quite fattening...with the cream and cheese that goes into it!
We had this seafood baked rice the other night. Loaded with fresh prawns, lala (clams), sotong (squids) and fish fillet. I couldn't get salmon, so I had to settle for batang (Spanish Mackerel).
This 1-dish meal did a great job of uniting the savoury flavours of the various seafood ingredients. The rice was full of flavour after soaking up all the natural sweetness from the prawns and clams. It will certainly quench any seafood lover's appetite...and of course, I love seafood ;')
Seafood Baked Rice
(serves 4)
2 cups** uncooked rice
200g prawns, with shells
100g clams
1 squid, cut into thick rings
200g fish fillet, cut into thick slices
some mixed vegetables
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup (250ml) heavy cream
1/2 cup (125ml) water
salt and pepper
some grated mozzarella cheese
- Wash and cook rice with rice cooker.
- Wash and prepare prawns, clams, squid and fish slices.
- Heat up a large, deep pan, with some cooking oil. Stir fry minced garlic and add in the seafood ingredients. Add in the mixed vegetables. (Do not cook the seafood till done as it will continue to cook in the oven.)
- Add in the cream, stir well. Add in water and bring to a boil. (Note, always add cream BEFORE water, otherwise the mixture may not be smooth.)
- Add in the cooked rice. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir and let it cook for 1 to 2 mins or until the sauce is almost fully absorbed by the rice.
- Place rice into a heatproof baking dish. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 220 degC, till the cheese turns golden brown. Sprinkle with some dried parsley. Serve immediately.
Note: ** refers to the rice cup that comes with the rice cooker.
Recipe source: adapted from 懒人焗烤


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