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sony's ceo and chairman, sir howard stringer, reported in a recent interview that sony needs to take a hard look at the price of the ps3 console. he took time to compliment the nintendo wii business model and admitted that cost is a big factor in the wii's current success. "nintendo wii has been a successful enterprise, and a very good business model, compared with ours… because it's cheaper," stringer said. he then continued that sony was going to take a hard look at the ps3 price structure. stringer commented, "that's what we are trying to refine."
the good news is stringer stated that sony will have made a decision on the price issue before christmas. so, the good news is a price cut will definitely arrive sometime before the end of the year, and there is speculation that the price may be reduced by as much as us$100. the bad news is we won't know exactly how much until sony makes a decision.
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|and now the wait begins… (4:03pm est fri jun 15 2007)
watch over the long summer months as news of a potential price cut confirmation percolates the media and ps3 sales tank in advance of the anticipated cut. if they're going to talk about it publicly, then they should just darned well do it and get on with the business of selling consoles and making games.
talking about price cuts like this only confirms for buyers waiting that they are right to wait, and the wait will continue. so, how many more months of positively awful sales do you expect? i figure on another three with price cuts coming at the end of september.
|the worst part… (4:11pm est fri jun 15 2007)
…about an announcement like that is that now people will wait to buy until the price drops, causing a sales slump.
if i were a retailer, sitting on a mountain of ps3's i'd be royally pissed if there is a big lag between this announcement and the price reduction as i'm losing money on cash reserves tied up in inventory.
remember that one way smart retailers make cash is by not losing it by tying up large reserves in inventory that sits in warehouses. they desire fast turn over on inventory so that they aren't paying interest on outstanding loans etc.
=) – by noone_specific
|at least … (1:26am est sat jun 16 2007)
100 dollars – by yuri_ha
|$100 would be nice (9:11am est sat jun 16 2007)
but i would also take a 250gb drive and no price cut….
what about those 65nm cell chips… does the ps3 use them already? are they still producing the 90nm models? – by f_y_i
|guess who it is? (9:11am est sat jun 16 2007)
its praetorian man!!!
for months i tried to register but my activation key was never sent, so i chose a different name and an e-mail address and now i'm finally in.
anyways, yes i did finally get the ps3, and i'm currently playing r:from and es: oblivion. alas, i cannot help but voice my disappointment in how no other aaa exclusives are out right now (and lair is constantly delayed).
anyways, i do feel that the price drop is definitely a good idea, but ultimately a poor one to announce it like that. – by qqqqssssi
|yup, nevermind (4:13pm est sat jun 16 2007)
i got my original account up and running. no more qqqqssssi for me on this site. it's a shame that god of war, bitchatorian hater, kood, hoops, simon, roger the dodger, and some other people that i can remember right now don't seem to be posting anymore. – by praetorian_man
|yeah well…. (12:05am est sun jun 17 2007)
praetorian man, you may well regret those particular folks not posting, but i think you may be in a minority. fortunately though registration systems seem to have a dampening effect on the use of sock puppets on these forums.
– by highlandcynic
|hc (9:11am est sun jun 17 2007)
less to read though. i find it hard to believe fatsonyfanboy hasn't been back. – by strict9
|still here…. (10:39am est sun jun 17 2007)
ah, pman, i missed you.
as for this "announcement," i find it hilarious both m$ and $ony are actually praising nintendo after having their asses handed to them for almost a year now.
and as for the three or four posters on this site that constantly discredit the wii as a "novelty" or "gimmick," even your beloved companies are agreeing the wii did it right. make something fun and inexpensive, and people will buy it.
$100? great, now its only $500? *still the most expensive console to date.* cheap bluray player though… ha!
as soon as it hits $450, the masses will flock, that is if there are more than two good games out.
the announcements so early are completely retarded. why not just say, "hey all you early adopters, f__k you! you bought nothing but a bluray player for something that will be more affordable when some real games come out!"
sony has their head so far up their anus, they're puking sh*t on their fans.
|re: pm (10:52am est sun jun 17 2007)
ps3, a disappointment???
how so?
it has all those great movies*caugh* i mean games. it's also the most superior console to date and is constantly being reported as being sold out by sony despite stores always having stock.
i hope sony can pick up what's left of the ps3 and make something out of it without ken kuturagi's ego getting in the way. – by lol
|mark – are you the real one? (7:25pm est sun jun 17 2007)
i've noticed that your use of language and the tone of your posts has headed to the gutter in recent weeks, are you even the same person posting?
you know of this thing called inflation, right? try applying i to the launch price of the ps1 and see what you get compared to the launch price of the ps3. you'll find that in real (something really ought to be familiar with) terms the price is more or less in line with what has gone before. the unfortunate fact is that people are not good at understanding inflation. they think that be cause a 'game console' has always been around $199-$299, a 'game console' should always be that price no matter what happens with inflation. a pity that reality is somewhat different.
i know that there is no point arguing the merits of the ps3 with you. you're so wedded to your wii and nintendo in general it wouldn't surprise me to learn that you would have to have your wii controller surgically removed in order to be separated from it.
if sony drops the price by $100 and bites the bullet on the hdmi cable and includes one, then ps3 will sell, and sell well. especially later this year as more games come, and movies arrive and the penetration of hdtv into the mass market deepens.
– by highlandcynic
|ps3 without krazy ken's ego… (7:57pm est sun jun 17 2007)
here are a few things that you and a few others should learn about ps3.
a) it's not a bad machine, the only, and i mean only, drawback to it is it's price.
b) it's a quality piece of hardware. unlike 360 there is not a pandemic of the ps3 equivalent of the ring of death.
c) contrary to the many sponsored media reports, the commitment of developers to ps3 is as strong as developer commitment to any of the other platforms.
d) sony is in this for the long, not the short haul. look at psp (everyone's favorite punching bag), except it's sold past 25 million units now, and is projected by reputable forecasts to pass 60 million units during it's life. not bad for a product that half the world would have you label a failure. sony has a long term view on their gaming products, they build a high quality, powerful piece of equipment and sell it over a long period of time.
so, let's see how this shakes out over the long haul, eh? i think you'll be surprised. – by highlandcynic
|mmm (8:33pm est sun jun 17 2007)
inflation hasn't driven prices up that much… – by b3nj4m1n
|re lol (9:54pm est sun jun 17 2007)
the ps3 itself is not a disappointment in my eyes. i got letters from iwo jima for blu-ray disk, and even on edtv it looks considerably better than standard dvd. my only disappointment is the current lackluster library out right now, which is only a temporary problem. the game i'm really looking forward to is medal of honor: airborne, which isn't an exclusive title but it still looks incredible. unfortunately that, as well as many other titles that i have been looking forward too has been delayed. – by praetorian_man
|inflation (9:55pm est sun jun 17 2007)
gasoline has trebled in price in less than 6 years.
inflation bites.
inflation varies from product to product, for example health care costs have risen by several hundred percent in the time since ps1 arrived, the price of a loaf of bread has not.
the point i was making was that the price of the ps3 (which *is* too high, no question) isn't really as horribly high as it seems, simply because of the effects of inflation and changes in the cost of living, average earnings, tax, available disposable income, etc…
personally, as an owner of a ps3, i would say that the value in the box is higher than before. i still believe that the price is too high for the target audience, but then i thought the same of the ps2 and ps1. ps3 is further removed from the children's toy label that might have been applied to ps1, and possibly even ps2. it's a more grown up product. the capability, build quality, and sadly the price, all reflect that. that too is a factor in inflation… – by highlandcynic
|for those who own one already (11:50pm est sun jun 17 2007)
the early adopters got what good game again? please don't tell me it's rfom. the price for the early adapter is something that we accept and can live with. the only thing is, it should be nice if the games that are good should come out at the same time. grand turismo is a nice freebee, and thanks for the developers but other that tekken remake.
so the slap basically is yes, i paid the price to get the good seatings but didn't get a good show.
it would have been better for me to wait . for sony having such a good support for ps2, what happen.
– by greekgod
|correction (11:56pm est sun jun 17 2007)
adopter is something that we accept and can live with. the only thing is, it should be nice if the games that are good should come out at the same time. grand turismo is a nice freebee, and thanks for the developers but other that tekken remake and vf what else there is.
so the slap basically is yes, i paid the price to get the good seatings but didn't get a good show.
it would have been better for me to wait . for sony having such a good support for ps2, what happen. – by greekgod
|greekgod (1:40am est mon jun 18 2007)
everyone forgets taht during the first year of ps2 there wasa dearth of games for the new console, and people kind of relied on playing some of their older ps1 games, as well as any new ps1 games coming along that they wanted. it's kind of a transition thing. since we're still inside the first 9 months of this product's life, i am still willing to be patient. i know that there are good games supposedly coming later in the summer and in the autumn/winter. but let's face it repeatedly delaying games you tout as launch titles isn't a good idea. say, when will warhawk arrive anyway?
right now, i am happy, ps3 is playing all my ps2 games, and making most of them look about twice as good visually thanks to a very capable up-scaler. motorstorm rocks, but i am looking forward to some other games later this year. ratchet and clank and madden '08 to name but two. definitely looking forward to soul calibur 4 next year. that can't arrive soon enough. warhawk looks interesting, and then there's lair. not to forget killzone, assuming that it's devs can deliver on the promise. there will be plenty of games this year, as well as the downloadable content already available, and more to come. – by highlandcynic
|least favorite of my machines (7:58am est mon jun 18 2007)
i'd have to say the ps3 right now is my least favorite console, i find myself playing the 360 and wii so much more. the wii for the originality of the games (i love mario party) and the 360 for some good die hard action. the ps3 has been collecting dust since i got, much like my ps2 did for some time… a price drop is a good idea but it won't make up for the lack of a gaming experience… – by udiggity
|inflation? (8:57am est mon jun 18 2007)
what year do you think the ps1 came out, 1985?
– by the_real_mark
|not inflation (9:32am est mon jun 18 2007)
if you think inflation has anything to do with the insane pricing for the ps3 then you have no grasp on the concept of that financial state of the us. taking your comparison of the original ps1 that launched in '95 and applying averaged compounding inflation rates of the last 11 years (since the ps3 launched in 06 nto 07). the price of the ps1 launch(which launched at $299.99) in today's us dollar value lands around the $386.03 mark.(this is using the average of the monthly inflation rate in the us for each year available from the us dept. of labor).
now, we all know that the ps3 is heavily overpriced and sony guessed wrong about people wanting to take a second job to afford one. when i say it is overpriced i am speaking only in terms of a gaming console and i understand they are losing money on it right now but people do not want to pay $600 for a game console. the bluray drive should not be a factor in this since despite what sony wants to claim, it is a gaming console. early adopters of hd movies would look elsewhere for a player.
the worst part about this is that they shot themselves in the foot with this announcement. stating you are going to drop the price without doing so at the exact sime time makes anyone who wants your product to wait unti lthe dro psince they know it is coming. sure, every other console maker drops the price eventualyl but they usually don't announce it without making the actual cut at the same time or giving a time frame when it will do so. that, and they really hosed the business owners who have stock piled ps3s…not sure how that is possible though since sony has stated that they are continually selling out. – by crzyone01
|crzyone01 (9:52am est mon jun 18 2007)
actually most of the retail price index sites i could find cam out around $400-$410.
y9ou're missing the part of the point where the additional functionality that the device brings, brings a premium.
as for cost savings offsetting a $100 cut, i think you'll find that most stories regarding the easing of supply on blur laser diodes talk of the price drop for that component being of the order of $100, if they can also make the move to 65nm and reduce component count, then $100 is certainly not the limit of their cost savings.
as for your second point about the announcement, i believe i already pointed out the stupidity of announcing you're thinking of a price cut when everyone in the world knows that there are a lot of people waiting for a price cut who will now certainly wait for that price cut since they know it is for sure coming. it does no good to announce that you're thinking of a price cut, you have to simply make the cut. i figure that unit sales of ps3 will tank on the news, and only recover when the cut happens.
|agreed (10:23am est mon jun 18 2007)
the sales will tank even further than they are now…not sure how that is possible to sell less than they are now but it will slow down until the price drop comes like you said. the big issue with this is the developers are constantly pouring over the numbers on installed base. they do not develop games on the hope or belief that a console will have eventually get to a higher amount sold. they want guaranteed numbers of consoles in the hands of consumers to make sure that they make the most money possible on every release.
this could cause even more devs to go multi-platform. and this is why there is no way for the ps3 to win this generation like they did the last. they will sell well once the price comes down but the damage to exclusive titles will already have been done. the only reason the ps2 sold as well as it did was that the games it had were not available on the competition. – by crzyone01
|crzyone01 (1:15am est tue jun 19 2007)
ps2 didn't have the games in the first year, neither did ps1. ps2 sold slowly at first and then picked up steam as dvd took off and more games arrived.
more games are coming this year for ps3, some will be here soon, lets see how having more games and a lower price help the situation. it's also worth noting that the annual hdtv promotion also known as the nfl season is almost here. that will drive further hdtvs into homes making 360 and ps3 more attractive to consumers.
btw i also read a report today about blockbuster extending bluray rentals from it's 250 pilot stores to more than 1400 locations nationwide, and also expanding the number of titles. hd-dvd remains only in the 250 pilot locations. more bluray movies will help ps3 also, as greater dvd availability helped ps2.
it's interesting, there were reports earlier in the year that suggested that retailers would begin making shelf space decisions this year on which hd format would win. seems like blockbuster has cast the first vote.
i think you're right about games going multi-platform, however there is something about that you may not have read. several key developers in software houses on both sides of the divide have suggested that developing for the ps3 as the target platform and then porting to the 360 is easier, and less costly than building on the 360 and porting to the ps3. the quality of the game is better on both consoles when starting on the ps3 as well, according to the same developers.
the argument could be made that anyone considering multi-platform releases might be better served by making the ps3 their primary platform. that wouldn't mean that games would come out first on ps3, nor would it mean the end of exclusives, but it might just mean better quality multi-platform releases on both 360 and ps3. – by highlandcynic
|hc: (9:29pm est tue jun 19 2007)
you're right about hdtv's and football. this holiday season will no doubt have some of the highest hdtv sales to date. the trade deal with korea will finally start bearing fruit around that time.
this will also finally give a lot of people reason to buy an hd console. that has been a "selling point" for the 360 and p$3 so far, but only to those who own an hdtv (still the minority of consumers out there). it wont hurt that these consoles will probably be a hundred dollars cheaper by that time.
so again, early adopters, your 1337ness has made you "cool" but (i'm sure) not too pleased about the drop in prices.
|not too please (4:35am est wed jun 20 2007)
i dunno what the other early adopters feel, but i'm pleased that sony drop their prices. it's good for competition, and a win to the consumers.
to gamers, it's like getting a graphic card, which would be about the same price as a ps3, just so fear looks and plays close to halflife 2. a gaming rig itself easily cost 5 or 10 times more. now imaging that cost goes down 25% less. i know your cracking a smile when you see a pricedrop on pricewatch.
as a gamer, i like to have fun first while competing. rfom is not fun. tekken should be fun with the online capabilities, unfortunately for the vf5.
i'm just saying that they should get the good games out sooner than later. this is for whatever console it comes out. and yes exclusive to the console is some thing that should be offered, this is limiting factor of not having thee console!
also apple now is pushing the game market to their hardware. finally steve saw the light. – by greekgod
|mark (12:21pm est wed jun 20 2007)
no |337n355 f0r m3.
my wife was kind enough (ok, she's a colts fan, and demanded hd also) to permit hd last year for nfl – it makes a *huge* difference in the viewing experience.
the ps3 arrived this year due to an anniversary, and now she uses it as much as i do.
with regard to prices, and not being pleased….meh. i mean, really. i bought a pc and within a few months i could have spent the same money on a core2 system with better graphics. i have learned that you have to be please with what you have and not regret what might have been. in other words, assume that when buying any tech product it will be out of date within a year, and cheaper within a few months.
one thing that is fun about being an early adopter is that right now, it appears that sony has done a huge amount of work on the quality of the unit to make sure that they do not have the high failure rates that xbox360 owners are anecdotally reporting all over the web. google ring of death and you'll see what i mean. i doubt that the quality level will drop off much if at all. but, once past the launch window, who's to say how carefully all the components are chosen or handled?
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|greekgod (12:25pm est wed jun 20 2007)
apart from the interesting games still coming this year – warhawk, lair, ratchet, madden…. soul calibur 4 next year looks interesting.
interesting comment on apple. the only thing is that apple hardware is now pc hardware. there isn't a lot to distinguish the innards of a mac from the innards of a pc any more. from a game developer's point of view there are some different libraries because of the differing os, but other than that opengl is opengl, x86 is x86. back when apple went x86, i wondered whether games might be part of the incentive. gaming on macs has always seemed very limited to me. but entering the x86 world, apple should be in a *far* better position to get gaming love from software houses, not to mention being able to dual boot windows and run any windows game natively.
|you need firefox? (1:17pm est wed jun 20 2007)
not 1337 at all…
heh, just kidding.
my major point is that if you are an early adopter of the p$3 as a gaming machine only, you have to be a little miffed. i certainly would be. i have five games for my wii, zelda 64 and mario 64 on the virtual console, and i'm happy.
anywho, i haven't even started re4 yet, i'm gonna read world war z first.
|early adopter (4:47pm est wed jun 20 2007)
i understand. i think slightly miffed would have applied a few months ago. sony is now finally getting their firmware to the point where it should have been at launch. now if they could just get more content into their online store, and push some games out, things might be better.
i think the one things that truly pisses me off about the ps3 is the fact that the firmware doesn't even match the psp for end user functionality. i still cannot use an image as a wallpaper!?!? upscaling arrived in the last major update, why wasn't it there from the beginning?
don't get me wrong, it's a great machine and with the latest firmware it really is very, very good for dvds, ps2/ps1 games, bd movies as well as (of course) ps3 games. but there are a lot of small things that *should* have been there in the firmware at launch, and not nearly 9 months post launch.
if you google the feature list for version 2.0 of the firmware (supposedly the next release) then you'll see that almost all of the missing items will finally make an appearance. supposedly this will happen over the summer. it needs to.
i still cannot understand why they don't ship an hdmi cable in the box either. they only cost $5 at most (even less to sony), throw one in with the unit. hell, make it grey and boring with no cool gold plated connector or ps3 logo, but put one in the box. you can still sell your over priced premium cable with gold connectors and logos and fancy colored insulation. lot's of people will upgrade to the cool cable. it's a win both ways.
hdmi cables average $30 in stores, the sony one is $50 and i've seen monster ones for as much as $130. by throwing a generic hdmi cable in, sony add perhaps $3 to the total cost (to them) of the box, but increase the apparent value to consumers by $30-$50.
ain't gonna happen though.
|goodgames (7:46pm est wed jun 20 2007)
hc—>warhammer, heavenly sword the next final fantasy xiii and tekken 6 looks mighty interesting those i will definitely buy. for the other multiplatform, guess i'll wait a little since i want to compare which port has more value. for example the gta game, i know has some deal with microsoft. so what i do is wait for a year and see what pans out.
for example halflife 2 orange box, definitely best for pc. – by greekgod


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American Horror Story Recap: Twin Set
Time for those babies to be born.
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This episode is called "Birth," just like the creepier-than-a-jar-full-o'-babies Nicole Kidman movie, but it should really be called "Kramercrantz vs. Kramerstern Are Dead." Except that there aren't two but a half-dozen unfit parents fighting for custody of Murder House's bi-dimensional nightmare moppet.
We open in 1984 and set the mood for horror with a clip from the television show Newhart. Specifically, the episode "I Enjoy Being a Guy," in which Bob Newhart, paragon of machismo, explains "the guy code." Chilling!
Good ol' Constance is living our collective dream in Murder House, wasted drunk and enjoying some goofy TV (meta!). Tate, still a toddler at this point, takes an unsupervised jaunt into the scary basement. Is it just me, or do you guys spend the majority of these Basement Scenes yelling, "LENS CAP!"? I can't see anything! It's all for effect, obviously, because RAWRRRRR! It's our old friend, Basementy, alias Thaddeus Montgomery. We get our first good look at him when he leaps out of the film-extra-noir shadows to reveal that he's actually the son of Danny DeVito's Penguin and Frank N. Furter.
Tate is rescued from Thad by ol' Baby Crazy Nora, who teaches him the "shut your eyes and say 'Go away'" trick. Cut to the future, where he explains to Nora that he can no longer give her the baby she wants. You know, because he's in love with Violet and love changes everything, specifically the way you feel about rape and kidnapping (lyrics copyright: Andrew Lloyd Webber). Nora vows to get the baby herself, aaaaaand roll titles.
Back in Harmon times, Ben is finally taking some initiative as a dad and bodily dragging Violet to visit her mother. Poor Vy can't bring herself to tell her dad that she's dead and promptly disappears. But because Ben is Chairman Oblivious of the Senate Committee to Not Notice Things, he herp-a-derps his merry way to the psych ward to pick up Viv, who is gravid with more children he is stoked to neglect.
Vy goes back to her bedroom and Tate is trying to log onto YouTube, but spelling it wrong. You know, because he's actually like 36 and in the AHS universe, Google does not exist (see also: RoundSearch). Old guys and the Internet, right? Ha. While he's probably, like, e-mailing Vy some old-ass videos of Keyboard Cat (subject: LOL), she's very reasonably contemplating an eternity in the house and the fact that it maybe doesn't sound so appealing. But Tate Everlasting is all, "We have love," blah blah blah. "We'll never have kids," she laments, but if there's any genetic component to parenting, PROBABLY FOR THE BEST.
Speaking of eternal love — CHAD! Chad is here, everybody! Chad and Patrick are sponge painting a creepy undead nursery. (With YAMS, naturally. It's too bad Chad is dead and Not Real because he and I would have so much fun going to the Union Square Greenmarket together. Maybe holding hands. Maybe skipping.) Violet comes in to offer decorating advice, which of course Chad is not having. Also, Chad and Patrick think they're going to be stealing Viv's babies. (1) Get in line, (2) Probably best! Probably best for those babies.
Tate (who apparently had not gotten to that adorable YouTube video with the two old gay guys that makes me cry EVERY TIME) counters, "You pathetic homos couldn't steal the shit out of your own ass." Uh. Wow. Did you die in 1991 or 1882, sk8r bigot?
Violet asks for Constance's help, and they split a smoke in the kitchen. Vy wants to know if there's any way to get rid of the Ghaysts, prompting the scene we've all been waiting for. Lang and Quinto, together at last, jamon y jamon, chewing the scene like two cartoon dogs splitting a noodle.
"For a man to lie with another man is an abomination," she says, gliding into the hearse-ery.
"So's that hairdo," replies Chad.
"SPINOFF," cries the world.
They proceed to have an amazing fight about gay adoption, and I proceed to shriek into my chamomile. Forget splitting the babies! How are we going to divvy the EMMYS? Constance accidentally reveals the two-babies, two-baby-daddies situation, which Chad of course only finds delicious. Oh, and by the way, you know when you're high you're like, "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if there was a kitty that could stay a kitten forever and never age?" Chad and Patrick have the same idea: They're going to smother the babies at their peak cuteness.
The parade of our favorite guest stars continues, and here is Billie Dean doing her "Ghost Adventures" routine. Constance and Vy want her to exorcise Chad (PLEASE NOT FOR GOOD!) and Patrick. Billie explains that the house is haunted because it absorbs negative energy, like a battery. Murder House uses ghosts as a way to transfer evil from this world to the next. Interestingly, she doesn't like it when Tate comes around.
At the psych ward, Ben is NOT AT ALL FAZED by the fact that his daughter disappeared out of a moving car. JESUS. Viv, ever the practical one, is ignoring her doctor's advice and still planning to jet off to her sister's in Florida. A doctor recommends an emergency C-section, and explains to them that one of the babies is growing rapidly while the other one is getting weaker. Just like Jason and Jeremy London!!!!
Back at Murder House, Bille delivers an equally grave prognosis: The last successful exorcism she knows of was around 1590 … in Roanoke. Yay, I love when we get American Horror Historical Channel Reenactment. Apparently, using a talisman and shouting the word "CROATOAN" — found carved on a tree at Roanoke after the colonists mysteriously disappeared — can banish old-timey ghosts. Well, cool, good to know, could have saved me a lot of sleepless nights at historical register B&Bs.
Vy and Tate plot to steal Patrick's wedding ring and use it as said talisman. Tate tries to have a talk with him about fatherhood, but as Tate once sodomized him with a fire poker, Patrick is like, "Thanks, please go back to being Christian Slater in Heathers." Tate tries to come on to him and gets straight-up head-butted, which in this case is definitely the appropriate response. Patrick is yelling about leaving the house to be with the guy he was leaving Chad for, and of course, Chad overhears. POOR CHAD. But, during their skirmish, of course, Twink Golem managed to grab Patrick's Precious.
Viv and Ben arrive back at Murder House, and he goes in to fetch her bags. Of course, she goes into labor in the car.
Inside, Vy reveals that she's also stolen Chad's Rolex. "Why does a ghost need a watch?" she asks, and because I eat a lot of those Popsicles with jokes written on them, I paused here and spent a few minutes trying to come up with a funny answer. (Q: Why do dead people wear watches? A: Because they're "late." I'll let you know where to send the check, Good Humor Corp!)
Ben tries to collect Violet, and poor kid, she's having a hell of a time trying explain why she disappeared from the car and why she can't come to Florida. Bens will be Bens, though, and he just keeps demanding to know what pills she's on. Hope he remembered to pack that No. 1 Dad mug with his swim trunks.
Violet finally just comes out and tells him that she's dead, which is not helping her whole, "I'm not on drugs" case. Again, he tries to bodily take her out of Murder House, which is around the same time that Constance is trying to drag her in.
While Ben tries to get reception on his phone(fucking T-Mobile, am I right?), Constance the Super Midwife exhorts Vy to "CROATOAN!" those yam-loving babynappers into the next dimension. We can magically disappear people but not place outgoing calls? Aveda ke-CELL-PHONE SERVICE!
Around now is when the Ginger Twins, Troy and Bryan, show up to total Ben's car, which is right when he notices that they're like, 90 percent beheaded. It's when the lights go out and Dr. Charles and the Dead Nurses (opening soon for Danzig at the Troub) arrive to aid in the birth that Ben is kind of like, "I'm beginning to think the house may be haunted! Wish my phone was working so I could call the Doi police at 1-900-DuhDuhDuh-DuhDurpDoiDuh."
This is where we get an amazing, Vaseline-lens montage of all the ways in which Ben has been drunk Okie ignorant to the fact that 90 percent of the people living in his dumb house are dead. Viv is in horrible labor pain and Dr. Charles gives her some ether. SAVE SOME FOR US, DR. C!
Sadly, the first baby is stillborn and goes directly to the loving arms of Mama Nora. Down in the basement, Violet is burning the ghayst talismans and shouting "CROATOAN!" at Chad, to seemingly no effect other than making him giggle (works for me!). He tells Vy that he's not going after the babies because he doesn't want to bring kids into a loveless marriage, and warns her that her own boyfriend is a murderer and rapist. What are gay friends for, after all?
Viv delivers the second twin but starts bleeding out. Moira appears, and she and Constance coo and admire the unseen but supposedly very beautiful baby, juuuust as Hayden pops up to steal it. As Ben encourages Viv to hang on to life, Vy tells her it's okay to die and encourages her to let go. One neat camera trick later and she's gone. Never thought I'd say this, but: poor Ben.
Upstairs, it's time for Violet and Tate to have the awkward "You impregnated my mom and now she's dead" talk. Turns out Tate has known all along that he's dead and also a pretty prolific killer (if a dreamy one, I'll say it). Violet, once again my favorite character ever, tells him that she thought he was cool and goth like her, but it turns out, he's just an a-hole. She says she loves him, but that he has to pay for what he did. PREACH. Croatoan his ass to the curb!
She closes her eyes and makes him go away.
Aw. And just like all good moms of heartbroken teenage girls, Viv shows up to hug her daughter and this scene is actually very touching and NO! NO! NOOOOOOT going to get choked up over American Horror Story. NOPE! Not going to happen, Ryan Murphy! Dangerous Liasons-ly jamming a fork in my thigh!
Needless to say, I loved this episode, and not just because of the deus ex monster birth, myriad guest stars, and awesome capital a-Acccctinggggg, but also because this show is starting to make sense, and I feel like I'm actually in capable hands.
Also, man! This cast! Can I be really lame for a moment and just congratulate this show on (1) being very, very fun and (2) manufacturing the perfect environment for high-profile actors to be part of a huge ensemble drama. Now that most everybody on the show is dead, they can pop in when it's convenient to the plot AND their shooting schedules on Alexander Payne films/Broadway rehearsals. Brilliant stroke, Murph and Falchuck.
Okay. Off to peroxide my fork wound and curtail my sentimentality by remembering that the title of next week's episode is "Afterbirth," which means we'll soon be back to gory, Gorey business as usual.
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Five "Must-Haves" for More Turkeys
Remember, most crops favored by turkeys aren't even planted until turkey season is over. Perennials such as clovers or native food sources should be your focus for the spring season. (Credit: Covert)
Most wildlife species require the "F+W+C+S Formula" (food, water, cover and sanctuary) functioning in an area for them to take up residence. For wild turkeys, it's a bit more detailed and complicated. They do need each element listed, but turkeys are a bit more persnickety, everything needs to be just right for turkeys to take up habitation. There are also a couple of things you MUST NOT have for turkeys to be found consistently in the vicinity.
1) Turkey Chow
Wild turkeys need a wide array of food types at different times of the year. These foods would also vary region to region and thus subspecies to subspecies. An eastern gobbler in Missouri is going to have a different diet than a Merriam's in South Dakota. While some would think that planting a corn field might take care of the majority of their food needs, they aren't even close.
Crops like clover, corn, rye, fescue, oats, millet, sorghum and chufa are great places to begin, but turkeys will also require "bugging habitat" and native foods such as mast (acorns, beechnuts, hickory nuts, pinyon pine nuts) and soft mast (wild cherry, grapes and berries), buds from deciduous trees and shrubs, and other natural foods.
My favorite planting for turkeys is a well-managed clover stand. I prefer BioLogic's Clover Plus because of the specific mix of white and red clovers. I say "well-managed" because turkeys prefer the small-leaved white clovers in the blend. It has small-leaved, medium-leaved and large-leaved white clovers, but the small-leaved varieties will emerge to the forefront if the plot is mowed often and aggressively during the cooler parts of the growing season. Large-leaved varieties typically prefer being mowed less. If managing the plot to attract turkeys, I would suggest mowing four to six times during the growing season.
Remember, crops such as corn, sorghum and chufa are annuals. They aren't even planted until turkey season is usually over. A perennial plot or native food sources are best to concentrate on for hunting time attraction.
While most times you shouldn't need to supply special bugging habitat … I would. Most of the time, mowed open areas or your whitetail food plots create excellent bugging habitat, but insects can make up over 80 percent of a poult's diet! My suggestion would be to provide some wildflowers and an assortment of other pollinators. Besides attracting invertebrates, many of these species will also produce seeds relished by turkeys and other birds.
Oak, cherry, plum and crabapple trees should be fertilized and released. The same can be said for raspberry patches, grape vines and native plants like staghorn sumac. The most important of these are oak trees. Turkeys savor acorns just like whitetails do. In my view, turkeys don't seem to mind as much whether the acorns are from a white or red oak, but any acorn-producing oak is a good one.
2) Cool, Clear, Water
Duh, got to have it! Let's add reliable to that. They must have a consistent, reliable water source. The dew in the bottom of a boot print or a creek that dries up during a drought doesn't cut it for turkeys. In fact, they prefer to roost near water. Just like you, they need it every day.
3) Housing
Here's where a turkey's habitat requirements become a bit more sophisticated than that of a whitetail. Turkeys require roost trees, nesting habitat, open areas and escape cover. Most often they will reside in timbered areas during the winter and utilize food plots, agricultural fields, meadows and other clearings during the summer – where they can find food, but also escape quickly to cover.
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A grit source is possibly the most overlooked habitat feature for attracting turkeys to a property. Managers are often missing grit, but don't realize it. An old stream bed, a gravel county road or a wash-out on a ridge side can all be great grit supplies for your birds. They need these small pebbles to grind down food so it is more easily digested. If you don't have this habitat feature, simply bringing in a couple yards of gravel and putting it out in several locations should suffice.
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Regrettably, this "safety thing" isn't directed just at you and other humans. This means your dog, neighbors on a horseback ride and PREDATORS! You must keep your property relatively free of coyotes, bobcats and fox, but also nest predators like skunks, raccoons and opossums. It's all but impossible to remove all predators, but it's especially important for recruitment to concentrate your efforts just before nesting.
You must look at what turkeys need and on the other hand, things a turkey doesn't like. The solution to more birds may be easier than you think. Over time, add desirable features and remove those that don't benefit these magnificent birds. Just like all wild critters, they need food, water and cover – and what they don't like is "pressure"! Give them these necessities and you'll see and harvest more toms.


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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was paid 150,000 euros, or $202,000, for a speech in which he insulted Israel to a room full of Jewish businessmen. Sarkozy spoke at a United Israel Appeal fund-raiser Friday in Davos, Switzerland. But the speech for the influential crowd wasn't what organizers expected. Sarkozy blasted the state of Israel, saying the nation's "surrounded herself with the walls of Jericho . . . It will be necessary to bring these walls down to prevent disaster." His speech called for pressure to establish a Palestinian state, the Times of Israel reports. Guests at the private event, held in conjunction with the Davos Economic Forum, were reportedly offended, with some threatening to withdraw their donations. Sarkozy swiftly left the room after his speech. The Times of Israel wrote: 'The speech was reportedly poorly received by those present, who felt Sarkozy was venting his disappointment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."
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KARACHI: Workers at the ship breaking yard in Gadani have threatened to go on strike if they are denied their 'due rights to health, safety and social security'.
Addressing a press conference at Karachi Press Club on Wednesday, Bashir Mehmoodani, president of the Ship Breaking Mazdoor Union, said labourers of the ship dismantling industry are being exploited by their employers as well as the government.
Mehmoodani, who has been working at the yard for over a decade, claimed there was only one ambulance for more than 15,000 workers but even that was hardly used in cases of emergencies as the contractors have employed it as a means of transportation for their families.
"The ambulance is being used as a pick-and-drop van for the contractors' children from school and home. It is also used to bring their groceries," the workers union president alleged, adding that in case of an emergency they had to call the Edhi rescue service.
In the last two months, two workers lost their lives while a dozen sustained injuries, including a young labourer who lost his leg, he said, adding that, "We are not given any safety gear which is mandatory in the dangerous line of work we are associated with."
Seconding the worker's claim, Nasir Mansoor of the National Trade Union Federation said that Gadani has the second largest ship breaking yard in the world after Alang in India.
"On the 15-kilometre belt, there are more than 132 yards owned by different people. Since its establishment in 1968, it has generated revenue in billions of rupees to the government and the owners but they, in return, have done very little for the benefit of labourers who put their life at risk every day," said the labour leader.
Mansoor claimed that 99% of workers are deprived of their right to be registered with social security institutions and the government departments responsible to keep a check on this had 'criminally' turned a blind eye towards it.
Other speakers at the press conference urged the government to sign the existing international conventions pertaining to ship recycling and implement them at Gadani.
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"I am deeply concerned about the allegations made regarding inhumane handling of non-ambulatory disabled cattle in a federally inspected slaughter establishment.
"We are confident in our inspection system and the food safety regulations that ensure the safety and wholesomeness of the food supply. Among the federal safeguards in place, the U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) prohibits non-ambulatory disabled cattle and cattle tissue identified as specified risk materials for use in human food.
"I have called on the Office of the Inspector General to work with FSIS and the USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to conduct an investigation into this matter. As a result of the investigation, any violations of food safety or humane handling laws will be immediately acted upon.
"While we are conducting our investigation, today, USDA has indefinitely suspended Westland Meat Company as a supplier to Federal food and nutrition programs. Westland Meat Company will not be permitted to produce or deliver any products currently under contract. Under the suspension, no further contracts will be awarded to Westland Meat Company. The suspension will remain in effect until all investigations are complete and appropriate action is taken by the Department. An administrative hold has been placed on all Westland Meat Products that are in, or destined for Federal food and nutrition programs.
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Today is my birthday (I'm 33). I've spent a bunch of the past few weeks thinking about something specific – about creating the life I want to live in.
I'm single: almost three years post-divorce, and now back at a point where I'd like to consider the possibility of a serious relationship again. But to do that, I need to make space and continue working on balance (and on continuing to expand my social circles a bit.)
I have a still-new coven, and how do I want that to take shape and grow? And how do I give it space to do so, and ways to incorporate ideas and things that are not me? We've got a good start, but there's still a lot of work.
There are a lot of things that interest me: how do I make time for them, or figure out which ones to do? Music is a big thing on the plate, and it's somewhat emotionally fraught for complicated reasons. There's writing, and there's fiber art, and there's baking, and all the books I want to read, and somewhere in there exercise would be a good idea.
I have an ongoing relationship with multiple deities (the joys of polytheism). How do I continue to nuture and expand and explore within that context?
I have dear friends, family of choice, and family of origin, all of whom I want to spend time with. How do I balance that against scheduling limitations, and other things that also matter to me?
And how do I make my home, my hearth, my work the kinds of space I want to spend time in – between doing the things I want, and managing the mundane responsibilities as well as possible (dishes, laundry, bills).
These things are, to my way of thinking, the most fundamental kind of magic: reshaping my own life at the most fundamental levels with focused intention and desires. But these are all big and complicated issues.
So, I started with a party.
I knew that what I wanted for my birthday was a day full of good food, good company, and great conversation. What I got was all of those and then some (there was also some fabulous mead, and some very thoughtful and caring divination readings.)
But how did I get there?
Well, first, I have loving and caring and generous friends (who are also good cooks) which helps rather a lot. My covenmate hosted (she's got more space suitable for a larger gathering) and another friend brought homemade scones, a range of delicious fruit spreads, and there was all sorts of other goodness.
Now, a couple of years ago, I might have made a few plaintive noises about what I wanted. And I might well have gotten some of it (I have nifty friends, after all.) But this year, for a range of reasons, I felt a lot more comfortable being quite specific.
And look! Wonderful things happened.
Why did it work?
Well, I was asking for help with things that the people helping generally like to do. That never hurts.
And while this was something of a production (both my covenmate and I spent most of Saturday cooking and otherwise prepping) it was the kind of production we generally *enjoy* doing a couple of times a year.
And third, it tied into other things. It's a time to celebrate harvest and plenty and abundance – a gathering of great food and conversation and reflection on what to ponder as we move into the dark half of the year certainly fit very tidily in that. And, having poked our heads out and been sociable, we can now focus back on the coven building for a few months.
It's not only a good model of friendships (and I am deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this happen – whether it was obvious stuff like cooking, or just showing up). But it's very much a model of how I want to priestess. I obviously have Opinions and Ideas and Plans – capitals quite intentional. But I also want to be doing things I can do with people I care about, and find the things *they* enjoy and look forward to, and so on.
Getting that mix right yesterday? Very hope-inducing for my coming year and years.


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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
It is all the talk. . . White Castle's Sweet Potato Fries are BACK
Tis the season of sweet potato fries. . . . Well, actually it's the season of sweet potatoes, but certainly having them fried is a unique way to eat and serve the potatoes.
For all it is worth, I just never got the concept of deep frying sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are much denser than their counter partner the white potato. Every sweet potato fry that I have ever eaten has had a vague taste of sweet potato imploded with cooking oil. YUCK!
I would not quite say "YUCK" to White Castle's sweet potato fries, but I wouldn't say "YUM" either. I say, "Why?"
Why take something so healthy and turn it into an artery clogging digestive devil? I need to get off my "high horse" here, because who goes to White Castle for healthy eating? I get that!
White Castle's sweet potato fries are probably some of the crispest fries that I have eaten, which is a plus. (Trust me on this!) I have eaten sweet potato fries that are limp, lame and quite tasteless. White Castle serves their fries with a side of cinnamon dipping sauce which is ordinary at best. A couple of fries dipped in this sauce and you will be on sugar overload and wishing you had a couple of "sliders" to go with those fries.
For $2.19 you get a good portion of the fries and a small container of the dipping sauce. Are they worth a try? Of course they are. I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm for these fries. To be fair, I haven't read one negative thing said about them, so it is probably just me.
There is no special skill or tools required to make your own delectable scrumptious (healthy) sweet potato fries. . . . click here for a complete set of instructions.
Have a happy Wednesday :-)
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Too bad these fried were disappointing. They should take a lesson on how to make fries from you.ReplyDelete
I had to come pretend to eat with you again. We have hardly anywhere to eat out here. The same old thing gets old.ReplyDelete
I've never been to a White Castle. Isn't that sad??? I wonder how far East I would have to go to get to one.
I love making sweet potato fries at home, they are nothing like you would get out. Crispy and not greasy at all. But you know me, I am obsessed with frying everything. Shoes are next.
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have a sweet tuesday!
I tried Krystal's for the first time last week and fact:ReplyDelete
White Castle is better than Krystal's
Hi Ginger! I haven't seen a white castle in a long time! It brings back some good memories. Chef Chuck:)ReplyDelete
Oh my. I've never been to a White Castle joint before!! Look at what am I missing!ReplyDelete


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Bill Burns holds a Master's degree in Fine Art from University of London – Goldsmiths College, London, UK (1988). His work about nature and civil society has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul; the ICA London; and the KW in Berlin.
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by Andre on 8 September 2006
Igor Kulic is a postdoc working with Phil Nelson in the physics department here at Penn and I am excited to say that he has decided to join BioCurious. I've known him since his arrival in Philadelphia about a year ago and I've found his enthusiasm for research to be contagious and his ideas to be invariably interesting.
Igor has dabbled in experiments in the past but most of his work has been theoretical. This will bring a nice balance and an interesting new perspective to BioCurious that I hope our readers will appreciate. I also hope that it will help our more theoretically minded colleagues to appreciate some of the manifold opportunities for them in biology.
Stay tuned for Igor's inaugural post. I'm looking forward to it!
If you can't wait, check out his website. It has a description of his research interests and links to some of his papers.
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"ratchet grass" blowout
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Obvious in context. Hey Igor, is there a Linnean name forthcoming?
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Welcome aboard, Igor!
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Thanks Phil and Andre,
I am happy to be on board and help you make biophysics a big fiesta of inspiration for us and the readers.
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Hi Uncle Al,
It is called "hordeum murinum" by the taxonomists. Under SEM we discovered that the plant has an amazing directional nano-scale surface structure which enables it to rectify fluctuations in one direction (and lock in the other). I haven't seen it in the US but there are some related species here too.
They are called "hitchhiking plants" because they take long rides on animal's fur.
In Europe they are quite common and as kids we played with it letting it climb up on the inside of our sleeves. But if you get it into your ear, you can imagine the fun is over…
Soon I'll post a more detailed article about the amusing experiments we did with it and will explain what exactly makes it ratchet on any natural substrate.
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Hordeum murinum, "mouse barley,"
Cf: foxtails. Kewl! Pursue grant funding hopes for "engineering applications of natural nanophytomechanical component arrays" and "an all-natural self-targeting cerumen dislodgement modality." "8^>)
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We thougth of that. In a series of systematic self-experiments we figured out that in best case it dislodges the eardrum first and works its way up to the brain…


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"I think it's massive for the whole of the north of England, not just the North East, to have Newcastle back in the Premiership," said
Richards, four years after he resigned at Harlequins for orchestrating the use of a blood capsule to create a fake injury to winger Tom Williams during a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster.
"There is this conglomerate of clubs in the London area which think they rule the game and we need to restore the balance of power a little bit towards the North.
"If we can get Leeds back as well, it will make a massive difference to the sport as a national game. We don't want to just be a northern outpost here.
"People forget the rich heritage rugby union has in the North East. There is great tradition up here and the Falcons can tap into that. The surface hasn't been scratched really and I think this club can go on to really surprise people over the next few years."
'Bloodgate' left a deep scar on the reputation of the former England and Lions international and led to a three-year suspension from coaching. His exile ended last year when he took on the challenge of leading Newcastle back into rugby's top flight following their relegation to the Championship and succeeded.
Richards' actions were condemned, but he paid the price for the same "win-at-all-costs" approach England cricketer Stuart Broad has been so happy to boast about this week after he refused to walk when he was caught during this summer's Ashes series.
The former Leicester Tiger does not dwell on the past. He knows he made a mistake driven by his fierce desire to win and while his methods have changed, that fire still burns inside him as he prepares Newcastle for their return to the Aviva Premiership.
Survival will be Newcastle's primary objective but Richards wants to ensure they do more than just keep their heads above water. "I'm relishing the challenge, I can't wait," he said. "The Premiership has evolved since I was in charge of Harlequins, but we are constantly challenging ourselves.
"I've been here before and seen it before. It doesn't faze me if we're tipped to struggle, but I think genuine rugby people will see we've got a balanced team and, barring too many injuries, we'll not be fighting it out down the bottom.
"I hope people don't get the wrong idea when I say I'm not thinking about survival. I want to stay up, but I don't want to be down the bottom, I want to be a little bit higher up.
"If I have a goal, it's to win every game, or at least have a chance of winning. Rome wasn't built in a day, but the changes from when I arrived last August to today have been absolutely massive and there will be more changes over the next three or four years. It's about getting into a position where we are always up at the top, fighting for silverware."
They have made some astute signings over the summer, not least the Scotland international pair, scrum-half Mike Blair and hooker Scott Lawson.
Although the departure of Kiwi fly-half Jimmy Gopperth is a blow, the return of their former academy player Rory Clegg from Harlequins will soften the blow alongside the more experienced Phil Godman.
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«Parcels may be addressed to the A code, while letters may addressed to either. These four places are not really exclaves, as they are connected to the Austrian mainland – though in pathless mountain regions, whilst the roads go in from Germany. Particularily funny is the border around Jungholz: Jungholz's precincts are connected to the Austrian mainland in one single point, on top of the Sorgschrofen mountain.»
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France still owns a tiny piece of North America, the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (Michelon), just south of Newfoundland, the last remaining bit of New France. Mark Brader points out: "It's the only place I know of in North America where, if you go east from any part of it until you enter a different time zone, you put your watch back ; certainly the only one where you put it back half an hour . SPM uses zone -3; the island of Newfoundland, which has a southward peninsula east of SPM, uses -3:30." Saint-Pierre and Miquelon was also one of the few parts of North America controlled by an Axis power (Vichy France) in World War II, until it was liberated by General De Gaulle (who some decades later also tried to liberate Québec :-) SPM is listed in the IMM and addressed is if it were a country:
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