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Grigori Evreinov, Ph.D.
University of Tampere, Department of Computer Sciencesüber das Thema:
Advanced Interaction Design: Principles and Techniques for People with DisabilitiesZeit: Thu 24.11.2005, 09:00, 60 Minuten
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ZusammenfassungNowadays, multi-modal is a ubiquitous and popular keyword. Whether the multi-modal input-output techniques really improve something (e.g., performance, cognitive load) and lead to the progress in human-computer interaction (new dynamic strategies, productivity and safety of interaction, flexibility and adaptability)? Does the user benefit of multi-modal input? Maybe naturalness and intuitiveness is in ?amodal? interface? By other words, the term
VortragenderGrigori Evreinov received his Ph.D. degree in Technical Sciences (Computer Science) from Rostov State University (RSU), Russia, in 1998. He has been doing research on human-computer interaction since 1982. He specializes in sensor technology and transducer construction for alternative input-output techniques. Until 2001, he worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the Computer Center in RSU and as the head of the Laboratory for Designing of Information Imaging Systems. Since 2001, he has worked as a researcher and assistant professor at the Department of Computer Sciences in University of Tampere. His current research projects are in the field of advanced assistive user interfaces based on non-speech audio, tactile signals and adaptive algorithms for cross-modal transformation textual and graphical information.
Einladender: a. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Miesenberger
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Watch for the fine print in advertising
Mouse print: It's the catch, the gotcha, the bait-and-switch.
It's print advertising's tiny type, fit for reading by mice, or a speed-talked disclaimer on television or radio that often makes an advertised claim false or misleading.
"FREE BOX OF CORN FLAKES … with purchase of a box at regular price."
Companies selling cable TV packages, cellphone service, restaurant food or just about any type of retail good or service might be guilty of it, said Edgar Dworsky, a former deputy attorney general in Massachusetts, who tracks such advertising fibs at MousePrint.org.
"Companies like to put the happiest face on their claims, but they know if they really told the truth in the big print, people would be less interested in the offer," said Dworsky, also founder and editor of ConsumerWorld.org.
Marketers think it's OK to say almost anything in an ad as long as they reveal the truth with an asterisk, Dworsky said. A fair advertising rule would be simple: "The fine print can't change the meaning" of a primary claim, Dworsky said. "But unfortunately, I see advertising that does this every day."
Here are questions and answers about mouse print:
Q Where am I likely to find mouse print?
A It's all over the map, Dworsky said. "If they advertise, they probably have fine print. I can't say one industry does it more than another."
Recent examples include Best Buy's new policy to match online prices, which sounds great. Fine print reveals Best Buy will match prices of a few specified online retailers and only on certain categories of products. That will exclude some of the best sale days, such as Black Friday.
Others are T-Mobile's "unlimited nationwide 4G data" service, which comes with limitations; Excedrin pain reliever products marketed under three names but containing the same active ingredients; and an Avis offer for $30 off "your next Avis rental," which applies only to a weekly rental, fine print reveals.
The inside back cover of Consumer Reports magazine, in a section called "Selling It," is another great source of mouse-print revelations. Examples include the Tiki Island King Windfighter torch, which claims it "Stays Lit In The Wind." Yet the fine print cautions, "Do not use in windy conditions."
A box of Royal brand instant pudding shows the flavor in big letters as "pistachio" with a picture of nuts in the green dessert. The fine-print ingredients reveal the nuts are diced almonds, the flavor artificial and green color from yellow and blue dyes.
A TV ad for Western Sky Financial offered loans of up to $5,000. The small print states, "The APR for a typical loan of $5,000 is 116.73 percent with 84 monthly payments of $486.58." Notes Consumer Reports: "So if you take $5,000 and pay the loan back over seven years, you're out $35,872.29."
Be skeptical of sale prices. A "30 percent off" sale seems like a good deal, but you have to ask, "30 percent off what?" Sometimes, it's off a full retail price the retailer never charges.
Q What can I do to protect myself against mouse print?
A Simple: Read the fine print and be skeptical of claims that seem too good to be true.
"The consumer just has to be watchful and understand that most broad claims are going to have some type of limitation, footnote or disclaimer," Dworsky said.
Q Does the government monitor false advertising?
A Yes. But there are limits to how much the Federal Trade Commission or state attorneys general offices can do.
The FTC has been clear that "advertisers cannot use fine print to contradict other statements in an ad or to clear up misimpressions the ad would otherwise leave," according to the FTC's Division of Advertising Practice.
It has used the example of an ad for a diet product that claims, "Lose 10 pounds in one week without dieting," with a fine-print statement, "Diet and exercise required." The mouse print "is insufficient to remedy the deceptive claim in the ad," the FTC advises.
The agency tends to focus on ads that make claims about health and safety — ABC-brand sunscreen reduces risk of skin cancer — and ads that consumers would have trouble evaluating for themselves — ABC gasoline reduces engine wear.
"There are so many misleading ads that use fine print that no government agency is going to be able to review all of them," Dworsky said.
Q Are there other types of mouse print?
A A cousin is downsizing, which is especially prominent in food items. A firm will keep the price of a product the same but change the number or ounces in the container, disclosed in small print.
Many brands have done it, but a recent one is Kellogg's Raisin Bran. The 15-ounce box now contains 13.7 ounces.
While the new and smaller volume of the product is typically identified on the label, Dworsky counts downsizing as deceptive.
"Manufacturers will tell you, 'We don't want to raise the price,'" Dworsky said. "But of course they're raising the price because the coffee is going to run out sooner or you're going to get fewer glasses of orange juice or fewer servings of ice cream."
The American Marketing Association advocates that members adhere to ethical norms, among which is "foster trust in the marketing system," according to the group's website. "This means striving for good faith and fair dealing, as well as avoiding deception in product design, pricing, communication and delivery of distribution."
But the AMA norm is not the norm for many marketers, Dworsky said: "The truth tends to be in the fine print, not in the headline."
So keep handy the spectacles and magnifying glass.
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USAF weather dude working near Ramstein. Living overseas is amazing (as I post from a hotel room in France) and the compensation is more than I was expecting... but I'll probably be force shaped out next year. I have mixed feelings about the "clown college", so hit me up privately if you have any specific questions.
Visi: I'm going to Australia for a year in November. They're crying out for IT people. My friend applied for his Visa last Monday morning. He filled in a form on the embassy website, and by 3pm that day he had an email saying his visa was approved. It's a one year "working holiday" visa, with an option to extend it for another year. You can only work for one company for 6 months, though. Perfect for working for a bit, saving every penny, then going travelling until the money runs out, rinse, repeat.
Lot of roadblocks being thrown up there. If you lose your current situation, however, a significant one comes down.
You know that Ars is academia-centric and degree-heavy, and many or most of us benefit from having a credential. As you can read, there is a lot of emphasis on it here.
What are your thoughts about going to school? You've said plenty about why you can't (at this moment, anyway). But if you could, would you?
Frankly, that's bull. I grew up in section 8 housing, ate "gubnant" cheese, and was on welfare up until I was 18.
If I can manage to get a degree, anyone can. If you CHOOSE not to get a degree, or not to invest in yourself by taking out student loans to get a degree, that is a choice you make, not a lack of availability.
Get another job. Get 2. Get a janitorial job at a local community college and get some classes in for free. Offer to work weekends if you are allowed to leave early enough to get to class on time. Take CLEP tests and shave 2 years of school (and tuition) off. Do what it takes to make what you want happen. I lived off $250 a month for 5 years to get my degree. And I busted my ass in the summer to earn as much as I could. And I still graduated with about $27k in student loans. But without that degree, I wouldn't have the salary I have now.
If you don't want a degree, or don't want to do what it takes to get one, then don't complain about the lack of opportunity you are running into because you don't have a degree.
And let's be clear, the "could you" is not so hard to achieve. There are plenty of jobs out there where you can work 9 to 5, and have the time to attend classes. If your current gig is not such, then it shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to change it, if you have 10 years in IT and can demonstrate the knowledge that that should bring.
This is INSANELY expensive, and no one will hire someone who just got their certs. It's strictly ex-mil territory.
Presumably this scheme only works as Australia's a Commonwealth country, while the US is not.
Ireland is not a Commonwealth country either. Consult your embassy to see if you are eligible.
Let me be a little more specific;
I make an "ok" salary of ~$43k/yr.
The reason I can't afford to go to college, is because my work schedule is 7am - 9pm, with almost zero exception, 6 (sometimes 7) days a week.
When I was laid off from Earthlink, I was unemployed for 6 months while I looked for work. The company that hired me is the only company that even called me after ~70 some resumes that I sent out. Needless to say, the job market for IT in Los Angeles is not overly friendly.
Also, it is fucking expensive to live in L.A. If I were to go back to school, I'd have to quit my job. Quitting my job means losing my apartment, as I'd have no income. Like I mentioned before, I do not have anyone that I can "crash" with, either. I have no family, and I have no friends with extra space or room for a student.
...and I am not about to give up my current job to go to school, when I cannot be guaranteed of landing a job for income while I'm schooling. Abandoning my current job without lining something else up first is simply foolish.
You've said that you're 99% sure that a layoff is coming. I think it's fair to say that most of the posts with constructive feedback about school have been made with that in mind.
In terms of spending power, isn't 43k in LA like 20k in most places in the country? Have you thought of just moving to a cheaper city, or do you like LA too much?
then leave LA. you seem to want to go somewhere else pretty badly.
Like I mentioned, a Free Trade Agreement was concluded recently. Visas for non-undesirable US citizens should be pretty easy. Are you desirable, Visi?
No criminal record, not even an arrest.
financial aid/student loans?
(I realize you want to avoid debt, but if it's the only way, it's really not such a bad thing (certainly much better than CC debt))
14 hours/day, 6 days a week is like 4300 hours.
So basically, you make about $10/hour? No wonder you want to quit.
OK, so get another. Do the poor student thing while going to school, living on student loans and two chump jobs.
If you really want to make a change, you can.
It sounds to me like your JOB is the problem. It's holding you back from getting somewhere in life.
Damn... Honestly, I'm going to have to go with the "go back to college" thing one more time.
I saw this thread the other day, but figured that it must be a piss-take.
We're you willing to change your work attire, you could make double what you do in my town(Grand Rapids, MI). The problem is that it's so much less expensive to live here -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif -- . I'm in a custom 3k-sq/ft ranch on over 1/2 acre for less than $250K. Fly-over country FTW. I make six figures with no degree and 9 years in infrastructure. LA is a great place to visit...wouldn't want to live there. Just find a place on the east side of town. You'd not do well on the west side.
Yeah...the midwest really isn't my thing. I traveled all over the USA when I was younger, and the "country bumpkin" level of every place I visited was waaaaaaaaay too high. That, and the bible-belt factor really pisses me off.
Each to his own. I'd have not moved out here either. Glad I was "forced" to, though.
Go for it. You will probably test out really high which will open up quite a few jobs for you in the military.
Career enlisted Navy with 12 years experience here.
Visi, are you REALLY sure you are willfully giving up the ability to SAVE $40-$50k a year for the next 5 years, just because people wave at you while driving by?
I mean, COMEON! It is only just slightly harder to find your type of people anywhere you would go, but GO WHERE THE MONEY IS. You're young enough to really haul ass on this. Once you get the skillset and the experience, you can make a change in 5 years with favorable results. That, plus $200k in the bank.
My mistake; it looks like Ireland has a reciprocal arrangement with Australia for working holiday visas. Andy, is that what you and your friend are traveling on?
Visi, here's the Australian embassy info for professionals and skilled migrants--hope it helps.
Have you considered the East Coast? Preferably Boston?
If you think of it, there are more opportunities IT-wise out here than in LA, from what I'm gathering. Hell, I'll e-mail you my resume to show how "inexperienced" I am (my knowledge of computers is solely based upon my own findings as of right now), and I have been getting calls all over the place.
If you need help, you know you got some of us "bah-ston" Arsians to help you out -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --
What about getting a degree overseas? I know for instance for Belgium it's reasonably simple to get a time-limited visa to study, and well, uni here is cheap compared to the US...Sure it'll be time-limited for the course of the degree, but that can always be changed after the fact. Also remember that once you get a visa for a .eu country, it's fairly easy to hop between coutries here.
One of the main reasons I'm "fed up", is with the current sociopolitical climate in the USA. I hate it. It's based on religious dogma, superstition and selfishness.
Get the fuck out of LA.
First off, the degree thing is crap, at least domestically. If you really have ten years of solid, provable IT experience (and given that you say you're 25, I think it'd probably be best to underestimate), you CAN get a very well paying IT job. You just need to be either actively looking now or get the fuck out of California. I have no degree, nor even a high school diploma, but I'm making much more than what they're paying you even though I'm only claiming six years of experience. It's tough to "break in," but once you land a "real" position, you're made.
In regards to living here:
for a decent 1BR (which is what I'm assuming you live in right now), expect to pay about 600-800/month, including heat and hot water. Thats basically outside the "495 Belt" (or, the suburbs West of Boston). There is housing that is just as cheap in/around Boston, but don't be suprised to hear about murders going down around you. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --
But there is cheaper housing than that, in decent areas of the Central - Eastern Mass area. As of late, I have been checking out Craig's List, and seeing some nice places (and we're talking 2BR apartments that take up whole floors of multi-family houses) for about 600-800. It's all about looking around the area and determining what is best for you, as I'm sure that you are aware of that already.
IT related: From what I remember from your past posts, you seem to have a heavy knowledge when it comes to IT. If you want, I may be able to hook you up with a guy that might have some work for you. Granted, its on an as-needed basis, but it may work in your favor. Also, as I said before, I work for a prestigous job board, I may be able to help you out there as well if you are truly interested.
And I know you stressed the fact about not really wanting to go back to school, but have you considered part-time?
check out www.wit.edu <- that is the school I attend for night classes towards my bachelor's degree... about 6k/year for tuition alone. Wentworth is one of the better technology schools in the area, and I have heard various recruiters telling me about the students that come out of the school. My friend's father works as one of the top-notch software developers for Intel, and he says he will take anyone with a Wentworth degree before any other school. But enough about that pimpage -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif --
I say, if you have the time / coin, come out for a week to check it out and see if things might/will work out. Sounds like you should have better luck out here than in LA.
Hey, that's what I did today! And it actually felt kind of good.
I love them already.
The Boston thing sounds interesting.
One of my biggest hurdles right now though is funds. If I take time off of work, especially now, I am certain my job will fire me and seek a replacement. That's simply the way Hollywood works, unfortunately. The other problem with that, is since I don't get paid vacation, I have to save up enough money before I go anywhere to make sure all my bills at home are covered for the time that I'm gone.
I am going to have to play it by ear.
Also, I am not opposed to going back to college, however, I honestly have no idea what I'd do, other than art (and that's expensive).
Hm. How about a job at NATO? That's the job listing for the HQ in Brussels, there's other stuff available...Mind you, traffic to and from Evere sucks, which would make you feel right at home (I swear putting the HQ in such a bad traffic spot is their primary defense mechanism or something -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif --). Have you looked into jobs available at American embassies around the globe? Do you speak a second language? Are you willing to learn a second language?
You're completely out of your tree.
I really like that expression.
The United States is not a part of the working holiday program.
Wow, they give you no vacation time?? @_@
uhh, yeah, dude, save up some cash, and come out this way to feel it out. You are going to get laid off anyways, so either way, they are going to get rid of you. Not to mention, I could never work for a place that demands you 14 hours a day to tend to their server farm, only to get barely enough to pay my bills.
In terms of school, there's Mass College of Art (which is right across the street from Wentworth), which is also another good school from what I hear.
No vacation? Terrible salary? Ridiculous hours?
How can that possibly be legal under California labor laws?


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Fox has set a Dec. 25, 2015, release date for the film, a rags-to-riches tale based on the life of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. A holiday release indicates the studio sees the film as an awards-season contender.
Lawrence, a frequent Russell collaborator, is to play Mangano, the Long Island single-mom-turned-entrepreneur and shopping-network star who built an empire on a plastic mop that could be wrung out without getting one's hands dirty.
Russell will direct from a script by Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote "Bridesmaids."
Lawrence recounted how Russell pitched her on the project during an appearance on "Live With Kelly and Michael" last month.
"He recently texted me at, I think, 4 in the morning, and was like, 'I think I want to make a movie about the woman who invented the [Miracle] Mop. You want to do it?' And I was like, yeah," Lawrence said.
She added, "I could just imagine David looking at somebody mopping and being like, 'Yeah, that's my next screenplay.'"
Russell previously directed Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook," for which she won an Oscar, and "American Hustle."
Lawrence is currently shooting "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Parts 1 and 2."


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Follow this general advice and hints for pushing through and finishing the intended job.
For the novice renovator, one of the chief frustrations of the process is the hurry-up and slowdown nature of the work. At times, you feel like the job is progressing so well… but there's so far to go. Well, the finish work will provide pleasure and test your patience.
The finish work falls into two basic categories, the surface finishes and the mechanical installations. The walls get closed up, the plaster and trim are applied. The floor surfaces get put down. This is the time when plumbers put in your toilet and sink (it's called "trimming out" or "setting the fixtures"). The painters paint and the sanders sand. The electricians will install your dining room chandelier and your electric range. The plugs and light switches get tied in now, and the power comes on, too.
The mechanical work must be meticulously coordinated with the surface finishes: the toilet goes on top of the tile floor, so the tileman must do his bit before the plumber can do his. The order of things calls for the walls, ceilings, and floors to be finished, then for the bathroom fixtures to be set, along with the final electrical and HVAC work. After everything is tested and inspected the job is done. Except for those items on the punch list, of course. But we'll get to all that shortly.
I think of finish work as the hardest part. You look around you at the new walls and ceilings, knowing full well how much work has gone in already, and how many tasks have been completed. In reality, however, a remodeling job at this stage is only about half done: Finish work—which for practical purposes includes all the tasks that follow the rough-ins—takes a disproportionately long time.
Yet this is perhaps the worst time for impatience: Quality finish work, when executed just right, can make or break a job. Don't telegraph to the workers I just want my house back! That's the surest way to get them to slam-bam their way to completion. On the other hand, don't allow the carpenters and other tradesmen to come and go and finish at a snail's pace while they are working on other people's jobs. Keep your attention focused, be a little bit patient, and try to enjoy what's happening around you.


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Do you hide the fact that you watch anime?
I'm a 20 year old college student, have been heavily involved with sports my whole life, usually considered a "ladies man" or "pretty boy" and I'm not what people think of when they think of anime..and we all know that in the U.S. anime is looked down upon as being "lame" or stupid or whatever. In the past, I would feel extremely pressured to hide the fact that I watch anime...because of my personality and interests I find myself around people who don't watch anime and usually think it's weird. I'm a lot more open about it nowadays seeing as to how it's my life and I shouldn't be embarrassed about these kinds of things. I also listen to J-pop and am still self-conscious about that too..as far as others hearing me listening to it. Does anybody feel the same way or maybe used to and just got over it like I'm trying to?
Hmm its kind of hard to answer that. I dont really hide it, but i dont deal much with anime around the people i hang out with. Far as i know they dont watch anime, so you could say i separate anime and friendship.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
Why do you feel that people need to know every aspect of your life? Indulge in your interests and share them with like-minded people.
I couldn't give a shit if people like Bieber or Gaga or whatever. It doesn't affect me, so I shouldn't affect their lifestyle choices.
I don't hide it, but I don't advertise it either. If I decide to wear some anime apparel it's usually stealth-level. Things like emblems and vector-type art that looks stylish without people knowing what it actually is.
In regards to talking about it I don't advertise that either. If someone asks me what I was doing last night and I was playing video games, drawing, and watching anime, I'll tell them I was playing video games, drawing, and watching anime.
Through taking that kind of casual route to others in regards to anime I've managed to unintentionally turn two of my friends into anime fans.
Just don't act like you should be embarrassed about it and people shouldn't bother you for it.
My last status was moderated for no good reason.
i don't hide the fact i watch anime, listen to j-pop( miku-chan<333) or anything like that personally but i do understand how you feel and the only advice i can give is this: you shouldn't feel pressured to hide the things you enjoy as long as you are not hurting yourself or others around you. everyone else has to just except you like what you find interesting and tell them tough shit if they aren't mature enough to accept that.
Fabulous max!
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Why do you feel that people need to know every aspect of your life? Indulge in your interests and share them with like-minded people.
I couldn't give a shit if people like Bieber or Gaga or whatever. It doesn't affect me, so I shouldn't affect their lifestyle choices.
Indeed. Must be dull letting people know everything about you.
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
I don't hide it nor advertise it.
I do watch it during 3 hour long lectures in class when I'm too bored to pay attention.(With headphones on ofc).
I could care less of what people around me think.(As long as I'm not disturbing them).
It's College, It's not High School or Middle School where some stupid kid would come up to you for no other reason but to hate.
Even if some college kid came up to me, I would tell them to get a life and suck it.
I'm not 'ashamed' of watching anime publicly.
It's my thing, interest.
If you're hating, I suggest you get a life and find a hobby.
EDIT* The only types of Anime I do not watch in public...
Are the ones that include ecchi or Little girls or girls in general with big breasts or hentai....
Anything that would make people think I'm a weirdo.
I am 35. I grew up watching funimation butcher DBZ. Love anime. ANd good music is good music regardless of who the artist is or from where they hail. I don't hide it, but I don't flaunt it either. I have many international influences besides Japan. Remember, Anime does not define us. What we accomplish in this world does. Make it a part of you but do not make it all of you. That aside, I have some suggestions that may help:
1. Be honest with yourself in what makes you happy.
2. Music - Make a playlist of some of your favorite Japanese songs and add some of your favorite English songs. Then seek out some other genres and music from other countries besides Japan and the US. Make it eclectic so that the J-pop is PART of the playlist, but not all of it. This will get you used to not turning it down when those songs come on. Also, if you use that playlist some time as background music, it will actually be quite the conversation starter.
2. Anime - "Maybe next time we get together, I'll show you my second favorite thing in the world." <------ I've been using this phrase for years. It drives dates crazy and makes you seem a bit mysterious. Keep finding ways to "show them next time." If she is really interested in you, after a couple months, she will be DYING to know what it is. Just be sure to have a female friendly anime qued for when you finally show her. And do so with FULL confidence.
Hope this helps. Feel free to message anytime if you have any questions.
I'll just say that if you're hanging out with people who say you're weird for liking stuff that you like I think that you're hanging out with the wrong people
What even
I dont hide it all but I've got friend who also like anime
Nope, I watch it all the time in public at my college when I have free time.
A few of my friends are into anime but they only confine themselves to actioney ones.
If I could just make them watch Clannad or perhaps Toradora then my mission would be accomplished.
If somebody insults anime then I simply say whatever I shall watch my anime and you can watch your Jersey Shore or whatever other crappy reality show is hot this month.
Not in the least.
Folks that have a problem with my hobby can go frak themselves.
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New DSS board members sworn in
Linda Sutton, vice chairwoman of the Lenoir County Department of Social Services Board of Directors, has been reappointed to another three-year term on the Board. Sutton, who has been a Board member since July 1, 2007, also is a county commissioner.
June Cummings was appointed to the DSS Board for a three-year term. She is executive director of Lenoir-Greene United Way and served on the DSS Board from 2005-2011.
Pam Rich, Register of Deeds, administered the Oath of Office to Sutton and Cummings at the July 25 meeting.
Gardening Guru: Soil testing fees change
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has provided soil analyses since 1940, having analyzed more than 350,000 soil samples in physical year 2013 alone. The peak time for samples is from December through March, which can slow the response time to nine weeks.
A new soil-testing fee is being implemented by NCDA&CS to encourage growers to sample earlier, to shorten the peak-season response time and for lab improvements. Starting Nov.27, a $4 fee will be charged for all soil samples processed during the busiest season of December through March. There will be no fee from April through November.
The soil analysis checks for levels of major plant nutrients: phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. The reports include the levels of plant micronutrients: copper, manganese and zinc. Recommendations, including the rate of lime and fertilizer, are given for the specific site tested.
The information from soil testing on the acidity of the soil and pH is important. Soil pH is important because it is a key to the availability of nutrients to the plant. The parent rocks that formed our soils and our frequent rainfall both attribute to the acidity of our soils. Adding lime to the soil reduces the acidity and increases the pH.
There are 16 plant nutrients that are essential for plant growth. Three of them (carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) are taken from air and water. Lenoir County soils are frequently low in nutrients and acidic. Good plant growth and yield often require the addition of lime and fertilizer. Soil testing is the best way to find out how much lime and fertilizer to apply.
The reliability of the soil test depends on the quality of the sample you submit. A sample from only one spot cannot accurately reflect the diversity of the soil in a planting area. Soil gathered for each soil sample should consist of 15 to 20 thoroughly mixed core samples. Areas that are managed separately should each be sampled separately. For example, a lawn should have a separate sample from a vegetable garden area.
Soil testing boxes are available from the Lenoir County Cooperative Extension office at 1791 Hwy 11/55. Save money, shorten your waiting time and be a more knowledgeable gardener by sampling early.
Peg Godwin is horticulture agent, Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or 252-527-2191.


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President Obama is urging the NHL and the players' association to "do right by your fans" and find a solution to the league's lockout.
Obama says in an interview with WCCO-TV in Minneapolis that as president, he shouldn't have to get involved in a sports lockout.
Representatives from both sides met with a federal mediator Thursday but didn't make any noticeable progress. The two sides appear no closer to a deal to save the season.
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"My message to owners and to players is, you guys make a lot of money and you make a lot of money on the backs of fans, so do right by your fans," Obama said. "You can figure out how to spread out a bunch of revenue that you're bringing in, but do right by the people who support you.
"And I shouldn't have to be involved in a dispute between really wealthy players and even wealthier owners. They should be able to settle this themselves. And remember who it is that's putting all that money in their pockets."
House bill OKs bill to aid Red Wings arena
Michigan's House approved a bill that could lead to the Detroit Red Wings finally getting a new home.
The bill was passed Thursday and now goes to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder for his signature. State senators approved the legislation last week.
Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch currently leases aging Joe Louis Arena in downtown Detroit. Last week, he announced plans for a $650 million multi-use development, which would include an events center where hockey games could be held.
The bill would allow tax dollars collected by Detroit's Downtown Development Authority to be used for the project. Already, the DDA has been allowed for nearly two decades to pay down Detroit's general obligation bonds with about $12.8 million a year that otherwise would have gone to education, Senate Democratic leader Gretchen Whitmer has said.
"Funding a private stadium with taxpayer dollars cannot be our priority at this time," House Democratic Caucus leaders said Thursday in a release. "The money that would go to a Red Wings stadium comes from local property taxes and millages that would otherwise go to the School Aid Fund and we are against the continuation of that transfer."
Supporters of the stadium bill say it will create upward of 8,300 new construction jobs and pump $1 billion into Michigan's economy.
Arena operator disputes back taxes
The operator of Joe Louis and Cobo arenas in Detroit is disputing more than $971,000 in unpaid property taxes on the venues.
Olympia Entertainment says Thursday that the taxes "have been accrued to" the company "in what appears to be an error," and that it is incorrectly listed as the property owner on the tax rolls.
Olympia Entertainment is part of Mike Ilitch's stable of companies, which include Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers and the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings play in Joe Louis Arena which is leased from the city.
The Detroit Free Press reported earlier that documents show the taxes have been in arrears since 2009.


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RICHLAND, Wash. -- Some types of breast cancer can be successfully treated with drugs such as tamoxifen, but treatment for a type of breast cancer more common in young and black women is still limited to radiation and general chemotherapy. Called triple negative breast cancer, this type of cancer is the focus of a 20-month, $8.6-million research project that aims to find new diagnostic tools and options for drugs.
The project takes advantage of one of the most comprehensive collections of breast cancer clinical samples in the U.S. -- the Clinical Breast Care Project located at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., and the Windber Research Institute in Winder, Pa.
Researchers will explore these samples using advanced proteomics technology at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and EMSL, DOE's Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in Richland, Wash. Led by PNNL proteomics researcher Richard D. Smith, the study is funded by the Department of Defense.
"Triple negative cancers are more likely to hit young women and African American women. That's a health disparity issue. We need a better understanding of this disease," said team member Karin Rodland, a cancer biologist at PNNL. "And what's been holding that up has been getting enough samples to thoroughly examine how triple negative cancers operate."
Because the Army has such a large population of women that receive health care for years, as well as a higher percentage of black women than the general U.S. population, the Walter Reed-Windber breast cancer repository will provide many high quality samples with well-documented health histories.
One of the first things doctors check when a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer is whether her cancer will grow in response to any or all of three hormones: one that stimulates cell growth and two sex hormones, estrogen or progesterone -- cancers that can be treated with particular drugs. But many other breast cancers don't respond. Called triple negative breast cancers, these types represent a wide variety of cancers and are typically more aggressive and harder to treat.
The research team will profile the complement of proteins -- known as the proteome -- that the breast cancer tissues produce, looking for proteins that triple negative cancers share. The shared proteins could suggest new options for drug therapies. In addition, comparing how aggressive the cancers are to the complement of proteins the cancers make or other metabolic products could lead to new diagnostic tools.
In addition to finding leads on diagnostic tools and therapies, the study might reveal proteins and molecular pathways that have gone astray and led to the cancer in the first place.
A recent, unrelated study reported in the news from the journal Nature re-grouped breast cancers into 10 sub-groups based on the cancer's genes and which genes were turned on or off in the cancerous cells. But genes are like a raw movie script -- how the movie turns out depends on many details beyond the words in the script. This new study will look beyond genes to see how cancer cells translated their scripts into live action.
The PNNL research effort will draw on the unique instruments and expertise developed at PNNL and EMSL in support of DOE-funded research in biofuels and bioremediation, which are also applicable to biological questions related to human health.
Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. PNNL employs 4,700 staff, has an annual budget of nearly $1.1 billion, and has been managed for the U.S. Department of Energy by Ohio-based Battelle since the laboratory's inception in 1965. For more, visit the PNNL's News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Iceland's president wins record fifth straight term
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Incumbent Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, a 69-year-old socialist who is popular for having defended taxpayers during the country's 2008 financial crash, has won a record fifth straight term in office, early results showed Sunday.
AFP - Thora Arnorsdottir, a 37-year-old respected journalist with no political background who just had a baby, acknowledged defeat in Iceland's presidential election on Saturday.
Incumbent Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, a 69-year-old socialist who has held the largely ceremonial post since 1996, won a record fifth straight term in office.
With 48 percent of votes counted, Grimsson was seen garnering 52 percent, while Arnorsdottir, who interrupted her campaign for a week in May to give birth to her third child, was credited with 33 percent.
"This has been a valuable experience. Now I will take a holiday, attend to my new daughter and the other children and go on maternity leave and think how I can put this experience to use," Arnorsdottir told public broadcaster RUV.
"To get more than one-third (of votes), I'm overwhelmed. I of course hoped to win," she said, adding she had no plans to run again in four years: "This is something you only do once in a lifetime."
The fact that she had a newborn as she sought the presidency had raised some eyebrows, even in Iceland.
A pioneer in women's rights, the country is home to the world's first democratically elected woman head of state, Vigdis Finnbogadottir, and current Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who is an openly gay woman.
"Women can't be blocked from doing things just because they have a baby," Arnorsdottir said in a pre-election interview.
In her campaign, she had called for a change after Grimsson's 16 years in power.
She had vowed, if elected, to return the presidency to its ceremonial role after Grimsson's unusually political, and at times controversial, approach.
A striking blonde with piercing blue eyes, Arnorsdottir was seen as a fresh face at a time when many Icelanders clamoured for a new breed of politicians to clean out the ranks following the country's devastating economic crash in 2008.
She decided to run after reading an official report on the crash and found that, especially when it came to "ethics and our political system... nothing had really changed."
Grimsson, a former finance minister, had meanwhile argued that his political savvy was needed as Iceland, which is recovering rapidly and has already returned to growth, prepares to tackle thorny EU membership talks and an October referendum on a new constitution.
"Iceland is now at a crossroads. Behind us are difficult years. Ahead are decisions on the constitution and our relationship with other countries in Europe," the silver-haired president wrote in an article published in daily Morgunbladid on voting day.
"There is still turbulence in the continent's economy and in many areas... The president ... shall assist the country in tackling the biggest issues; they will determine the fate of Icelanders for decades," he wrote.
Grimsson, like a majority of Icelanders, is opposed to EU membership for fear the North Atlantic nation will lose its sovereignty.
The left-wing government applied however to join the bloc in 2009 after the financial and economic crash that saw Iceland's three biggest banks collapse and required a $2.1 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
Grimsson was subsequently heavily criticised for befriending bankers during the boom years and hailing their entrepreneurial spirit, and was ridiculed for supporting what turned out to be a bubble that burst.
But he vindicated himself in the eyes of the public with his refusal, twice, to sign a bill to use taxpayers' money to compensate Britain and the Netherlands for the 2008 collapse of online bank Icesave.
While allowed to do so by the constitution, no president had exercised that right until Grimsson did so in 2004 over a controversial media law.
That prompted debate in the election campaign on what sort of president Icelanders wanted.
A former university professor, Grimsson will now begin a record fifth four-year term in office, though he has won only three presidential elections: in both 2000 and 2008 he was the only candidate and was granted a new term without a vote.
Iceland has had five presidents since its independence from Denmark in 1944, three of whom have served four terms.


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text: Update (9/17/2013) Graph says it all _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ So far my collection of headphones has only been the Koss KSC75, DT990-600's, Grado 60i's and Sony V6's. My experiences so far? The KSC75 and DT990 are nearly identical, despite the $300 Difference. The DT990's just have a larger soundstage, bit less distortion, and more exaggerated highs. In all honestly, i prefer my 75's. Why? They're more comfortable. They Sit on my ears and do not apply any clamp pressure nor weigh the top of my head down, and the lessened highs of the 75's are less fatiguing. Look how similar the curves are to the DT990's. Despite the curve, i can't tell a difference in the bass response. This is possibly due to my source's 10-ohm output impedance. And the M50's, despite a $100 Difference. Odd similarity to Equal Loudness Curve. Checkout the boosted bass, 2k Hz peak, and 10k Hz Spike. Shockingly close to that magical goal. So head-fi, i beg you, don't forget the Koss ksc75's in all the "hidden gem" hype threads.


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Name: Cheran (director)
Cheran is a Tamil film director and actor, who has a reputation for directing and producing culturally strong films. His movies are characterized by their realism and the strong social messages that they convey. He has won the National Award twice, one for Most Entertaining Film in 2004 (for Autograph) and the other for Vetri Kodi Kattu (which won Best Film of 2000 dealing with social issues).
Born at Pazhaiyurpatty, near Melur in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. His father was a cinema (machine) operator and his mother was a school nursery school teacher. Cheran nurtured his acting skills by the stage dramas enacted in those days during local festival seasons. He went on grooming himself and his dreams by undergoing self-designed rehearsals by himself standing in front of the mirror, speaking out the film dialogues of Sivaji Ganesan, which he carried out with the accompanying acting gestures.He was worn out after he ran away from home to Chennai with dreams of becoming an actor. As his endless chasings after people and cinema studios for getting cinema chances proved to be failures, his hopes were shattered. At last, putting an end to his day-dreaming of becoming a film actor, he succeeded in turning his attention towards the other sides of film-making. He learnt the art of film direction under the mentorship of director K.S Ravikumar.
He earned the reputation of remaining a good film director capable of making quality films. This became possible only through his directional ventures, starting from Bharathi Kannamma to Paandavar Boomi. While directing Paandavar Boomi he demonstrated to the artistes how to enact their part. The film's cameraman Thangarbachchaan noticed this and identified the actor in him during such instances and introduced him as an actor in Solla Marantha Kathai. The people, on their part, have accepted him as an actor too. Cheran is a person who is against selling pirated VCD's. He conducted raids in his own style to stop them.Cheran began his career as an assistant to K.S. Ravikumar. The young man caught the attention of the film producer, Henry. Henry was the producer of the Malayalam film 'Yavanika' directed by K.G. George. Consequent to the success of that movie,he made his entry into Tamil Cinema with 'Kolangal', a subject based on a girl rescued from the red light area in Mumbai who faces social problems back home in Chennai. Henry insisted that the film should not only be commercial but also have a strong social theme.


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At first blush, Erik Leopold's job seems simple enough: Drive around Franklin County taking photos of buildings. All 400,000 of them.
At first blush, Erik Leopold�s job seems simple enough: Drive around Franklin County taking photos of buildings.
All 400,000 of them.
Every house, church, office and store on every street, road, drive and boulevard.
Leopold�s results will appear late next spring on the Franklin County auditor�s website, where they will be viewed by 8.2 million visitors a year.
During the next few months, you might catch Leopold and his colleagues in their nondescript white vans, inching down streets from home to home, a camera sticking out the side window.
Ohio�s county auditors are required by law to update property values every three years. Many counties, including Franklin, take photos to help the appraisal process. This year, Franklin County hired Leopold�s firm � Tyler Technologies, which is based in Texas and has offices in Dayton � to tackle the chore.
The last time around, in 2010-11, updating all Franklin County property photos took about 11 months and cost $1.32 million.
This year, Tyler�s crews hope to accomplish the task in six months at a cost of $820,000 by putting as many as 10 vans on the road at a time.
For the most part, crews wait until leaves fall before embarking on the photo journey. They can cheat the leaves a bit for office buildings and homes in new subdivisions, where trees are small.
But, workers point out, there�s no ideal time. Fall brings election signs in yards, followed by Halloween decorations, then Christmas decorations and, finally, bad weather.
On a recent Wednesday, crews started prowling new subdivisions in Hilliard about 7:30 a.m.
With Brian Roby of Lancaster at the wheel, Leopold sat at a table in the back, two large monitors in front of him. One monitor showed a parcel-by-parcel map of the subdivision, the other the image from the camera.
Leopold directed Roby slowly up the street until the angle was right.
�Between the tree and the car, hold it. There. Go late (slightly past) on the next house, a little more, a little more. There,� instructed Leopold, who lives in Chicago when he isn�t on the road.
The crews are responsible for photographing every building in the county, but sometimes they�ll take a temporary pass on a property. They try to avoid taking photos of residents or even pets. Likewise, they seek to skip images of open garages, although, if necessary, they can sometimes darken garages enough to hide the belongings. They don�t photograph the 40,000 or so vacant parcels in the county.
Because most of the photos are taken during cold weekdays, the workers often bypass residents. On a recent afternoon, though, a homeowner arrived just as Leopold and Roby were photographing her house. She asked them to shoot it again, after she removed yellow lawn tape surrounding a patched part of her grass. They obliged.
Other challenges include gated communities. If a crew can�t get in, it passes the address along to the auditor�s office to shoot. Crews will drive down lanes to shoot rural homes, but they won�t open gates.
The white vans have a Franklin County auditor sign on the side, but, nonetheless, when a couple of middle-aged men drive a plain white work van slowly down the street taking photos, people notice.
The crews have county identification badges and fliers explaining their work.
But surprisingly, when residents confront the crews, security isn�t often their top concern, said Kevin Rawlings, a project supervisor for Tyler.
�They see the auditor�s office sign on the side and want to talk about taxes,� Rawlings said. � We tell them we have nothing to do with that.�
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Federal authorities have caught Cara L. Dickey, the former charter school teacher convicted of rape for having sex with a 14-year-old male student and considered to have been a fugitive because she allegedly removed an ankle bracelet that she was required to wear while she was on parole.
They found her and the girlfriend she met behind bars in a motel room Saturday near Chicago.
The U.S. Marshals Service in Western New York said Dickey was with Candice Brighon, a woman from Niagara County who has served time in prison and also was wanted as an absconder by the state prison system. The women were being held Sunday night in Chicago's Cook County Jail until New York parole officials retrieve them there.
Dickey, 34, and Brighon, 25, met while doing time in the state's medium security prison for women at Albion and struck up a romantic relationship, said Marshals Service spokesman Dan Larish. He said Dickey spoke of their involvement in a call to a Buffalo television station – WKBW – while she was on the run.
New York's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision issued a warrant for Dickey's arrest after determining Jan. 9 that she removed the ankle-monitoring bracelet she was directed to wear in order to be released from prison in 2012, a year before her four-year sentence was up.
Brighon, too, was wanted since Jan. 9. Buffalo police, meanwhile, alleged Dickey broke the rule that a sex offender must notify officials when they change addresses, and they issued a warrant for her arrest. Dickey's last known address was on Bailey Avenue in South Buffalo.
Dickey may have fled so that she and Brighon could be together without interference, authorities said. New York parolees are often banned from contact with other ex-convicts. The woman who called the television station and identified herself as Dickey said state parole officers were upset about her involvement with another felon.
Even without that, Dickey was on thin ice. Another condition of her parole barred her from contact with minors, but Brighon's young brother had been with the couple over the holidays.
Dickey was married with three young children living in Clarence when she worked at South Buffalo Charter School in 2008. She was charged that year with rape for having sex with the underage student.
She pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree rape in March 2009, after it was revealed that she tried to coax the boy into a suicide pact by drinking a cocktail of rum, Nyquil and Tylenol. Dickey's husband, Roy, filed for divorce soon after his wife's arrest. The divorce was finalized in 2010, while she was in prison.
U.S. marshals conducted interviews and received tips before theorizing that Dickey and Brighon were in Atlanta, Cleveland or Chicago. A break came Wednesday when Brighon was charged near Chicago with prostitution, though it took time to make the connection because she gave a different name when arrested, Larish said.
Marshals with the service's Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force swept in and took the women into custody Saturday afternoon in a motel in Elk Grove Village, Ill., near O'Hare International Airport. Larish said the two chose the Chicago area for no particular reason; they were just trying to get far from New York.
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A learning and memory phenomenon in which what is learned in one situation facilitates understanding and behavior in a similar situation.
ubiquitous computing
a term used to refer to the increasingly pervasive availability of computational processing in the world around us
the quality of an interactive computer system with respect to ease of learning, ease of use, and user satisfaction
use case
an enumeration of the complete course of events that can take place in response to some user input; the case specifies all possible interactions between the user and the system
Many human activities incorporate computer applications. In human-computer interaction (HCI), the terms useand users are applied to the common properties of computer applications in work activity, and to the people who use computer applications as part of their daily practice. These terms are somewhat unfortunate, as the people rarely construe their own activity as computer use per se or see themselves primarily as users of computer equipment.
user interface
the physical representations and procedures that are provided for viewing and interacting with the system functionality.
user interface prototype
an operational version or mock-up of a system that supports interaction between the user and the system that is used for user testing and iterative design
In the cognitive-dimensions framework, this is "resistance to change." A viscous system is one that requires many individual actions to achieve what is conceptualized as a single change. It is the opposite of fluidity. See the text for more details.
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Women's Eagles player pool announced for 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
BOULDER, Colo. — Less than a year remains until the Women's Eagles take to the field in Paris at the 2014 IRB Women's Rugby World Cup. To focus the efforts of the team's coaching staff until that time, Pete Steinberg has named a 55-player pool.
The pool will serve in creating the Women's Eagles World Cup roster.
"We've established these players in prior camps and games over the past few years as potentially being contributors for us in the World Cup," Steinberg said. "These are athletes who we believe have the ability to be World Cup-ready in 300 days."
However, the pool still has potential to grow with an open-Eagle Training Center (ETC) camp tentatively scheduled for December.
"Despite us naming this core group, we still want to give a chance to those 'on-the-cusp' players, to show us how they have improved since the last round of ETC [camps]," noted Steinberg.
"We will always look for players that can create competition within the program."
"We are also looking for the athletes that haven't put their hands up yet," commented Steinberg. "We will always look for players that can create competition within the program."
Naming the pool comes in order to give the coaching staff as much preparation time as possible. It also allows a greater interaction with the players that will most likely highlight the roster come August.
"We need to know what the players are capable of and how they perform under pressure," said Steinberg. "We plan on providing players with all of the competition they need in order to be prepared for the World Cup. This also gives us a great deal of time to understand each player and know their tendencies and abilities."
Tentative World Cup preparations include eight test matches along with six intra-squad scrimmages. The high-level competition is based on efforts to have the Women's Eagles performing at top capacity from the opening match in pool play.
"With 12 teams in three pools of four at the World Cup, it will be critical for the team to start quickly and playing test matches is the only way to make sure we are prepared," Steinberg said.
The Women's Eagles automatically qualified for the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup having finished within the top six at the 2010 tournament.
In 2014, New Zealand, England, Australia, France, Canada, Ireland, Wales, Spain, Samoa, South Africa, and Kazakhstan – alongside the Women's Eagles – will comprise the field set for Paris.
The Black Ferns will look to defend their crown for the fifth consecutive time.
At the same time, the Women's Eagles will be trying to erase a 16-year dry spell of making it to the Final. The Eagles last played against New Zealand in the 1998 Final, falling 44-12.
Games for the 2014 World Cup are scheduled for August 1, 5, 9, 13, and 17, respectively. Each team will play five games.
Pools have yet to be drawn for the tournament.
Follow the Women's Eagles as they go for the "Final in '14" @usawomensrugby and through Facebook.
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Ryan Carlyle
Erica Cavanaugh
Sarah Chobot
Jessica Davis
Lauren Daly
Melanie Denham
Kate Daley
Katie Dowty
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Amanda Kingzett
Molly Kinsella
Joanna Kitlinski
Ashley Kmiecik
Tess Kohanski
Lynelle Kugler
Jennifer Lui
Nathalie Marchino
Helen Rose Miesner
Laura Miller
Katie O'Malley
Deven Owsiany
Samantha Pankey
Anne Peterson
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Naima Reddick
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Kimber Rozier
Amanda Street
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