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The Theodosia Area Volunteer Fire Department asked us to clarify that the scholarship awarded this year in memory of junior TAVFD firefighter Savannah Leckie was a one-time award that will not be given again. The department expressed thanks to those who made donations so that the scholarship could be given this year in Savannah's memory. As reported in the May 23 edition of the Times, the scholarship was awarded to Gainesville graduating senior Martha Wood.


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Have you ever used one of these words wrong and been embarrassed when someone corrected you?
Or maybe you misused one and realized later you'd made a mistake, leaving you wondering whether anyone recognized it.
Or maybe someone recognized it and didn't tell you, a scenario akin to getting home from a date and finding spinach wedged in your front teeth.
You'll never have to worry again if you pay attention to the differences in these words that start with a.
accept / except
When you accept something, you receive it. When you except something, you exclude it:
I accept every compliment except the one about being a good cook.
advice / advise
Advice is a noun, a thing you give. Advise (ad VIZE) is a verb, a thing you do.
The financial advice he gave you was wrong, and I advise you to ignore it.
affect / effect
Affect usually is a verb meaning to influence. Effect usually is a noun meaning result.
His harsh words did not affect her high spirits. In fact, they had the opposite effect.
Effect also can be a verb meaning to bring about.
Only she can effect the change needed to improve her image.
(In psychological parlance, affect [the AF pronounced as AF in AFTER] is a noun that describes the outward expression of feelings and emotion. A depressed person might have a flat affect, meaning a restricted show of emotion.)
all ready / already
All ready means completely prepared. Already means previously.
She was all ready to discuss the meeting agenda with Bill, but he'd already left.
all together / altogether
All together means everything or everyone in one place. Altogether means entirely.
I was not altogether certain that I could bring committee members all together for a Friday afternoon meeting.
allusion / illusion
An allusion is an indirect reference. An illusion is a misconception or false impression.
His allusion to holding great wealth was misleading. He created an illusion of being someone he is not.
among / between
Among generally involves three or more elements, where between involves two.
Dinner will be divided among seven people, so please choose between spaghetti and lasagne.
amount / number
Use amount with quantities that cannot be counted. Use number with countable items.
The cookie recipe calls for a large amount of sugar and butter. One batch of batter will make a large number of cookies.
anxious / eager
Anxious means worried or apprehensive; it implies anxiety. Eager means to look forward to with enthusiasm or even a level of impatience.
I'm eager to see your design of new shop floor layout. Are you anxious about expectations to have it done by Monday?
any one / anyone
Any one refers to a particular person or thing in a group. Anyone means any person at all.
Anyone who shows up can pick any one of the prizes displayed on the table.
a while / awhile
A while means a length of time.
Let's sit down and chat for a while.
He'll be back in a while.
A while can be replaced by a more exact description of time:
Let's sit down and chat for 15 minutes.
He'll be back in an hour.
Awhile means for a time (or for a while), but its implication is less exact.
I read awhile before bedtime.
Let's talk awhile.
Awhile is an adverb, so if you're including it in a phrase, consider whether you could substitute a different adverb:
I read slowly before bedtime.
Let's talk quietly.
If you're thinking there is not much a difference between a while and awhile, you're right. I have looked up both more often than I can count.
When I find for awhile in content I edit, I try to remember that awhile means for a time, so it would be incorrect to say for for awhile.
I choose blog topics in response to questions, suggestions, and what I see online or in print that relates to current language use — and misuse. Please use the comment section below to let me know if you find my topics helpful. And remember that I welcome questions and topic suggestions!Like it? Share it!


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(CNN) - Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich stumbled upon a new campaign line Tuesday during an appearance on CNBC. The former House speaker came to the conclusion that policies he shepherded through the House of Representatives led to GOP rival Mitt Romney's personal wealth.
"I was part of (the late Rep.) Jack Kemp's little cabal of supply-siders who, largely by helping convince (President Ronald) Reagan and then working with Reagan, profoundly changed the entire trajectory of the American economy in the nineteen-eighties," Gingrich said. "You could make the argument that I helped Mitt Romney get rich because I helped pass the legislation."
Washington (CNN) - New questions are being raised about Mitt Romney's last days as governor of Massachusetts and the way he handled records of his administration. Those same questions are following Romney on the campaign trail, raising concerns by some about how transparent he would be if elected president.
The office of Romney's successor, Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, sent CNN documents showing that Romney's administration spent nearly $100,000 in state funds to completely replace computers in his office, just before Patrick assumed the governorship in January of 2007. The documents are two lease agreements for the computers. The first one, from 2005, shows the state paid just over $107,000 for the computers. That agreement was supposed to last three years.
Paradise Valley, Arizona (CNN) - Mitt Romney signaled Tuesday he would step up his media outreach as he attempts to fend off a steadily encroaching Newt Gingrich, and vowed he "will not be quiet" about contrasting his record with that of the former House speaker.
Gingrich's lead in Iowa has solidified in recent polls, prompting questions about Romney's continued focus on attacking President Barack Obama amid what some now view as a two-man race for the GOP nomination.
New York (CNNMoney) - President Obama traveled to the heart of Republican Kansas on Tuesday, where he presented Americans with a choice: a "fair shot" with him, or a return to "you're on your own economics."
Obama firmly embraced the rhetoric of income inequality, and laid out a plan to rebuild the middle class.FULL STORY
(CNN) – Rick Santorum became the latest GOP presidential candidate to criticize opponent Newt Gingrich over immigration, saying the former House speaker's policies amounted to "false compassion."
"I understand Congressman Gingrich saying, 'Well, you know, people have been here and they've been good citizens and paying taxes.' Yeah, under somebody else's Social Security number because you stole it," Santorum said Tuesday to a group of supporters in Spencer, Iowa.
(CNN) - Newt Gingrich leads the pack of GOP presidential candidates in a fourth straight poll of likely Iowa Republican caucus goers.
Thirty-one percent of people questioned in a CBS News/New York Times survey say that the former House speaker is their choice for their party's nominee, with 17 percent supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 16% backing Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. The poll's Tuesday afternoon release comes four weeks before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, which kick off the Republican presidential primary and caucus calendar.
(CNN) - Donald Trump's Republican presidential debate took another hit Wednesday when White House hopeful Mitt Romney said he wouldn't participate in the event.
Romney is now the third candidate to decline Trump's invitation to participate in the event. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Texas Rep. Ron Paul both said earlier this week they were skipping the debate, questioning Trump's seriousness as a political moderator.
(CNN) - Two of the most socially conservative Republican presidential hopefuls were quick to pound Pres. Barack Obama Tuesday for a new administration directive promoting gay rights abroad through the use of American foreign aid dollars.
Obama's order, issued in a memorandum Tuesday, instructs "all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons."
(CNN) - Mitt Romney's stable and honest and will be the next president of the United States, just ask his wife.
Ann Romney hit the campaign trail Tuesday to make a personal case for her husband to be the next GOP nominee in the race for the White House.
Sioux Center, Iowa (CNN) - At times Rick Santorum came across as testy and some might say condescending at an event with students Monday night at a conservative Christian college in rural northwest Iowa.
During a question and answer session, a couple of Dordt College students –one former and one current– within the span of about 20 minutes of each other gave the Republican hopeful an earful about his positions on social issues.


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"Alcohol & HIV Nutrition: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"
"Alcohol & HIV Nutrition: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly"
By: Alan Lee, RD, CDE, CDN, CFT
Once upon a time, many HIV specialists may have made a blanket "Just Say No" recommendation to you about not drinking alcohol, but as life expectancy for people living with HIV is getting better, a more nuanced approach may make sense. As a Registered Dietitian, I get asked many times during the course of a therapeutic relationship with people living with HIV whom I am counseling–can I drink alcohol? The answer to that question for you can be answered only when a clinician knows your entire health/medical history, family history of alcoholism and addiction, and what other chronic conditions you may be living with.
This article will explore the nutritional value of alcoholic beverages, alcohol's effect on essential nutrients, evidenced-based hangover remedies, risks vs. benefits of alcohol, and guidelines for what the definition of moderate drinking is.
Humankind knew how to brew before we learned how to bake. Alcoholic beverages are usually compromised of water, pure alcohol (ethanol – chemical name), and variable amounts of calories. You have probably heard that alcohol calories are "empty calories" and this is because alcohol provides little amounts of vitamins and minerals. What kind of nutrient is alcohol? Is it a carbohydrate, protein, or fat?
None of the above. Alcohol is its own nutrient! And as you can see in the table below……it is closer in caloric density to dietary fat than it is to starches or carbohydrates! As a diabetes educator, I remind people living with diabetes that alcohol DECREASES blood sugar and it is a nutrition myth that alcohol increases blood sugar levels.
|Nutrient (Macronutrient)
|Calories per gram
|Four (4)
|Four (4)
|Nine (9)
|Seven (7)
What counts as one (1) alcohol choice? (Each choice is 12-14 grams of ethanol)
- 12 ounces beer
- 5 ounces of wine
- 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits
Alcohol is also a drug and is legally available in the United States for adults over the age of 21 years. Some enjoy alcohol in moderation for a lifetime and a good amount of research has shown that people who choose to drink "moderate" amounts of alcohol regularly are potentially less likely to have heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and gallstones. Remember the French Paradox in the news? There appear to be polyphenols in red wine (namely reservatrol and quercitin) that may have a cardio-protective effect.
A hangover (defined as feeling sick and tired, headache, dry mouth) is a very common effect after an episode of heavy drinking. Excessive or binge drinking is not recommended as it can lead to vomiting, amplified emotional reactions, poor motor skills, and unconsciousness. Binge drinking is defined as (4) four or more drinks within two hours for women and (5) five or more drinks within two hours for men.
Heavy drinking is defined as more than (3) drinks on any day or more than (7) seven drinks a week for women and more than (4) four drinks on any day or more than 14 drinks a week for men.
There are no known evidence-based hangover cures. Purported hangover remedies can alleviate the symptoms of a hangover and lessen the perception of the time it takes to get over one. A recent study done in Australia looked at pear juice and preliminary evidence that it may inhibit a key enzyme in alcohol metabolism. But nothing definitive seems to work.
Alcoholism can be a major cause of nutritional deficiency in people living with HIV. Those who take in more than 30% of their total calories from alcohol are more likely to have significant deficiencies in micronutrients such as folate, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin A & C as well as all macronutrients.
- Drinking patterns matter. Whether you drink wine or beer may matter less than how you drink. Having six drinks in one evening and then not drinking the rest of the week is not the same as having about one drink per night.
- Wine with a meal is more enjoyable and potentially more beneficial than having it alone. Some nutrition research suggests that the components of wine may be prohibitive of fatty acid absorption.
- The risks and benefits of moderate drinking shift over a lifetime. Risks exceed benefits until middle age, when heart disease begins to a greater burden of morbidity and mortality.
- For a 60 year old man without a predisposition to alcoholism, according to the Cardiovascular Health Study, a drink a day may offer protection against heart disease that is likely to outweigh potential harm.
- For a 60 year old woman without a history of alcoholism who is at moderate to high risk for heart disease, the possible benefits of a daily drink need to be balanced against the small increase in risk of breast cancer.
In conclusion, alcohol is a nutrient that has two distinct faces. On one hand, moderate drinking is associated with lower rates of some conditions. On the other hand, heavy drinking can damage the liver/heart, lead to cancer, and interfere with relationships for you. If you choose to drink alcohol, then do so in moderation. Moderation means no more than two (2) alcohol choices for men and one (1) alcohol choice for women per day according to the USDA. If you do not already drink alcohol regularly, there is not enough evidence to suggest that you should start drinking.
About The Author:
Alan Lee, RD, CDE, CDN, CFT is available for nutrition counseling and education to members of The Eating Well Nutrition Program at TOUCH for people living with chronic illness. He has been the Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist at TOUCH since 2001. He is a well-respected nutrition expert and has given presentations around the globe from London to Vancouver and the Caribbean. He did his dietetic internship at New York Presbyterian Hospital and graduated from New York University. You can also stay in touch with Alan via email anytime at firstname.lastname@example.com or by leaving at voicemail at (212) 229-2298.


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The History of Aluminium
Although alum has been known to man since the ancient Greeks and Romans used alum salts as dyeing mordants and as astringents for dressing wounds it was not until 1761 that Guyton de Morveau suggested calling the base alum alumine. The metal drives its name from Alumen, the Latin name for alum.
In 1808, Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of alum, which he at first termed alumium and later aluminum.
The metal was first produced in 1825 (in an impure form) by Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted. He reacted anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium amalgam and yielded a lump of metal looking similar to tin.
Friedrich Wöhler conducted a similar experiment in 1827 by mixing anhydrous aluminium chloride with potassium and yielded aluminium. Wöhler is generally credited with isolating aluminium, but often Ørsted is credited with being the discoverer.
At Les Baux in 1821, the Frenchman Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite ore, the raw material for industrial aluminium production and successfully extracted aluminium from it.
Frenchman Henri Etienne Sainte-Claire Deville improved Wöhler's method in 1846 with the substitution of sodium for the considerably more expensive potassium. Deville likely also conceived the idea of the electrolysis of aluminium oxide dissolved in cryolite; however, Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult might have developed the more practical process after Deville.
Before the Hall-Héroult process was developed, aluminium was exceedingly difficult to extract from its various ores. This made pure aluminium more valuable than gold. Bars of aluminium were exhibited alongside the French crown jewels at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, and Napoleon III was said to have reserved a set of aluminium dinner plates for his most honoured guests. Aluminium was selected as the material to be used for the apex of the Washington Monument in 1884, a time when one ounce (30 grams) cost the daily wage of a common worker on the project, aluminium was about the same value as silver.
The Cowles companies supplied aluminium alloy in quantity in the United States and England using smelters like the furnace of Carl Wilhelm Siemens by 1886.
Charles Martin Hall of Ohio in the U.S. and Paul Héroult of France independently developed the Hall-Héroult electrolytic process that made extracting aluminium from minerals cheaper and is now the principal method used worldwide. The Hall-Heroult process cannot produce Super Purity Aluminium directly. Hall's process in 1888 with the financial backing of Alfred E. Hunt, started the Pittsburgh Reduction Company today known as Alcoa. Héroult's process was in production by 1889 in Switzerland at Aluminium Industrie, (now Alcan), and at British Aluminium, (now Luxfer Group) and Alcoa, by 1896 in Scotland. By 1895 the metal was being used as a building material as far away as Sydney, Australia in the dome of the Chief Secretary's Building.
Many navies use an aluminium superstructure for their vessels, however, the 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap that gutted her aluminium superstructure, as well as observation of battle damage to British ships during the Falklands War, led to many navies switching to all steel superstructures.
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This came up recently with the WordPress upgrade to 3.0 (and subsequent 3.0.1 bug fix). A lot of people had problems upgrading from WordPress 2.9.2 to 3.0, and for the most part, the fixes were simple.
There was a known 'memory bug', where WordPress didn't request enough memory from the server when upgrading and, since 3.0 is a bit bigger than 2.9.2, it failed. This was fixed with the plugin Memory Bump. Once you upgraded to 3.0, you could remove this plugin, because the new WordPress version took care of it on it's own. There were other issues, though most of them seemed to be plugin conflicts or people using weird versions of PHP. I even had a note I kept handy:
Memory Issues
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We're in the process of pushing out a plugin for this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/memory-bump/
In the meantime, you can also add this to your wp-config.php file:
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
The issue is that WP *may* need more than the default 32 MB to upgrade to 3.0, due to the increased package size over 2.9. This is a "known issue".
3.0 handles this by always bumping you to a very high memory limit in the admin area, so you won't see this once you've hit 3.0.
Weird Errors and blank screens
Rename your plugins folder to plugins-old (via FTP or SSH) and see if that fixes it. If so, name the folder back to plugins and reactivate your plugins, one at a time, testing between each copy.
Believe it or not, those two answers were probably 90% of what I posted on the WordPress forums for the better part of a week. That and 'Yes, these plugins don't work on 3.0 yet' (and I had a list for that too!).
Then came Zarathustra — I mean WordPress 3.0.1 — and people began to have new issues. The most common was something like this:
Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.0.1.zip…
Unpacking the update…
Verifying the unpacked files…
Installing the latest version…
Could not copy file.: [some file]
Installation Failed
The file would be different for pretty much everyone.
As far as I know, we've not found a fix yet, however I pointed out that when the auto-upgrade fails, you should try installing the update manually. It's not that hard. It's basically copying files to a server and if you can't do that, I don't think you should be running your own self-hosted site. This is why I run the techside of a site for someone else. Know your limits, I always say (my limits self-tests haven't always been non-destructive, by the way).
In this support post for the failed install, riddle said:
I'd like to get back to the original poster's point: 3.0.1 automatic upgrades are too unreliable for the very WP admins who most need one-click upgrades.
ipstenu's reply ("This is a problem with your server setup, most likely, not WP. The most likely reason would be that your PHP setup doesn't like the way WP 3.0.1 is unzipping and copying files.") misses the point. If there are common PHP configurations under which the automatic upgrade won't work, then at a minimum the upgrade script should test for them before breaking the site.
And I replied:
You just hit the nail on the head as to WHY automagic upgrades fail.
There aren't config standards for PHP and server software that are across the board on every server known to man. Each company has their own settings and standards, and even then (as I pointed out to a coworker yesterday), unless you clone a machine onto the exact hardware, you're still going to have an inexact copy.
Servers are snowflakes, man. It sucks, but that's it.
WordPress is able to say 'Your server must be able to do these things to RUN WordPress', but even then, someone may have a wildly weird setup where stuff works poorly. It's the nature of the beast and it's impossible to test everything.
If the automatic upgrade fails, do it manually. It's not that hard (copying files). Heck, it's easier than installing manually the first time!
And really this is the problem with all software, web or otherwise. There's a reason software has 'minimum requirements.' It's the bare minimum someone tested on and the software worked. WordPress says 'To run this software, you need PHP 5.2 and MySQL 5.0.15' (as of of 2011, so get on that now!) and that's pretty much it. That's all you need to have WordPress run, but that's not all you need to do everything you could possibly do with WordPress, and this includes those pretty auto-magical upgrades.
For what it's worth, I come at my viewpoint from someone who spent 3 years doing application testing. I had to make sure all the apps used together worked together on every computer. Which is impossible. There's no way I could promise that every app someone might use will always work on a computer with every other app. To make our goal realistic, we 'certified' applications, and would list any known conflicts, as well as everything we knew it worked well with or needed tweaks.
Knowing that, and knowing that servers are setup with just as much variation as desktops, means that when someone says that WordPress should have standards it works on I think they're just naive. There's really no such thing as a 'standard.' There's no standard location for temporary files, there's no standard location for a home folder, and there sure as hell is no standard setup for installing PHP on a Red Hat box. There are variables galore that could cause all sorts of issues. There are application conflicts, configuration miss-matches, setup issues and, of course, the fact that there are so many different types of 'standard *nix servers' that are used, with hundreds of patches and tweaks, that the target's moving so fast, I think it just hit you in the head.
So why doesn't your automated upgrade work when you click the button on WordPress? The possibilities aren't endless, but they're pretty thick. You're better off learning how to do the manual upgrade if you have wild errors no one's seen before.
And I hold by my belief that if you can't perform a manual upgrade, you need to rethink your capabilities of running a website on your own. If you're running MultiSite and you can't do it, you're going to be in a world of hurt one day, and I will do the 'Told you so' dance.


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The AA has welcomed the publication of the new law controlling the behaviour of private clampers. "The law contains exactly the provisions that we had asked for." Says Director of Consumer Affairs Conor Faughnan. "This is what we recommended to the Oireachtas Transport Committee when we spoke...Read more →
I was very pleased to see this month that Leo Varadkar is planning to tighten the rules for private clampers. Back in February of last year I attended a session of the Oireachtas Transport Committee to let them know what the AA felt about the issue. (more…)Read more →
Three quarters of drivers in Ireland who have had their car clamped within the last year feel the circumstances were unfair, results of a new study carried out by AA Motor Insurance suggest. The study by AA Motor Insurance which is based on a robust sample size of close to 20,000 drivers suggests...Read more →
AA Ireland is making a presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport today on the subject of clamping. No one likes being clamped. Nearly 7% of AA members have been clamped within the last year and 2/3 of those felt the circumstances were harsh. At the same time it is effective in controlling...Read more →


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For many years, research has supported a link between high-quality early experiences and later success in school and life. The social, emotional, and cognitive skills learned in a child's first five years of life will influence his or her future relationships, academic performance, coping skills, and career path. Children—especially those from low-income families—supported in high-quality early environments are less likely to require special education services, drop out of school, use drugs and alcohol, be involved in the criminal justice system and utilize social welfare programs than their peers. High quality early experiences can also play a significant role in eliminating disparities in school readiness, thus reducing the achievement gap.
A growing body of research indicates that investments in quality early learning programs result in large, positive economic returns to society. Studies completed by economists have found return on investment rates of up to $17 for every $1 invested. University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate, James Heckman, has completed groundbreaking work, producing some of the strongest evidence supporting investment in high-quality early education programs (see graph below).
Economists and early education organizations are not the only ones who have recognized the tremendous impact that high-quality early education can have on children, families, and society. Leaders in law enforcement, business, faith-based organizations, sports, and the retired military, through the Council for a Strong America (CSA), have begun publically touting the benefits of access to high-quality early childhood care and education.
Even more impactful are recent studies, demonstrating how early experiences actually influence brain growth and development. What we now know is that early environments and experiences have a remarkably strong impact on the architecture of the brain. Brain development happens over many years, from before birth into adulthood. Even though the brain continues to develop well beyond childhood, the early years of brain development are critical because they form the foundation for subsequent growth. Because 700 and 1,000 new neural connections are formed every SECOND in the first few years of life, a child's early environment and life experiences impact the brain more than any other time period.
Moreover, during the early years, the brain is adaptable and responsive to interventions and experiences. It is much more effective to form strong brain circuitry early in life, than try to "re-build" connections later on.
Unfortunately, current public investment in education conflicts with research findings around brain development and return on investment. Instead of strong public investments in early education, the United States spends almost three times more funding per child on school-age children than on infants and toddlers. Moreover, preschool age children receive approximately 60% as much funding as school-age children.
Providing a child with high-quality early experiences is one of the best ways to support all children, especially those who are exposed to early risk factors including abuse, neglect, poverty, and domestic violence.


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The Oscars is the mother of all awards ceremonies. If we were ever to make our way down that famous stretch of scarlet carpet it's fair to say we'd want to look our VERY best. It would demand the kind of preparation usually reserved for one's own wedding day (facial-scaping, body sculpting, fittings and beauty rehersals).
US beauty brand Kerstin Florian International gets this, which is why they've sent a hamper stuffed full of pampering products to each of the women nominated for an Academy Award.
The crate of presents is worth an eye-popping £3.2k. In addition to Kerstin Florian International's range of tightening and brightening skincare each star will receieve Ruinart champagne, Sama Eyewear sunglasses, a luxury stay for two at The Montage Hotel, Voluspa Laguna candles, a cashmere robe and slippers from Kashwere, and champagne macaroons.
Frankly, we think this box of gifts screams 'SLEEPOVER'. Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Keira Knightley and Felicity Jones have everything they need for an utterly luxurious night in.


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The heritage of mountain biking runs deep in the Gunnison Valley, especially Crested Butte. Since the early 1970s, Crested Buttians and visitors from out of town have been exploring our Valley on two wheels: building new trails and racing down them (both formally and informally). The history of the sport of mountain biking is inextricably linked to those early pioneers from nearly 50 years ago.
This November Aaron Gulley of Outside Magazine recognized that legacy of mountain biking when he wrote an article titled Crested Butte is the Country's Best Mountain Bike Destination. To say that we're stoked on this honor is an understatement. Thanks, Aaron and Outside, for your words including:
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But after another trip to Crested Butte late this summer, I realized that if I were forced to choose only one place to ride for the rest of my life, this would be it. Mile for mile, trail for trail, the riding in this little town in central Colorado is second to none.
If you haven't made it out to the best mountain bike destination in the country, join us for the 2017 Fat Bike World Championships or plan a trip for Summer 2017.


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Studying the past is both exciting and useful. Whether you're interested in the rise and fall of empires or the experiences of ordinary individuals, history has something for everyone. At the University of Auckland, you'll find world-leading experts in a range of historical fields from ancient to modern times, with a particular emphasis on New Zealand and Pacific history.
The Basics
A Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History takes 3 years, a conjoint degree can take up to 5 years.
University of Auckland history courses are often quite general at stage 1, becoming more specialised at stages 2 and 3.
Most history courses have 2-3 hours of lectures per week plus a 1-hour tutorial.
Stage 1 and 2 history papers have a mixture of coursework (essays/tests) and exams, whereas stage 3 papers usually only have coursework.
The most common form of history assessment in stages 1-3 is the essay, which often ranges from 500-3,000 words.
What You Can Study
Below you'll find some information about history courses that are taught at the University of Auckland. You can find official information about course offerings and availability on the University of Auckland website. If you've got any questions about courses, you should either email the lecturer/course coordinator or the history undergraduate adviser.
Where History Can Take You
While history is full of interesting and engaging stories, it also helps students to develop many useful skills for their future career paths. History graduates go on to a range of careers in both the public and private sector.
Report and essay writing abilities
Critical analysis of sources
Logical argumentation
Transcultural knowledge
Career Options
Public Service
Non-Governmental Organisations
Sales and Marketing
Strategy Consulting
Maori and Pacific Support
Tuākana Arts is a mentoring service for undergraduate Māori and Pacific students. Tuākana Arts is a Māori and Pacific learning community that supports Māori and Pacific Students in Arts in a culturally familiar environment to maximise their success.
Disciplinary areas have Tuākana providing Stage I workshops each week for the first four weeks of semester and then at assessment and exam times. Tuākana also offer weekly office hours and referral support to University of Auckland central student services when needed.
Stage II and III Tuākana support aims to enhance Māori and Pacific student academic achievement through course-specific tutorials, career development enhancement, and scholarship and funding opportunities.
For information about Tuākana and history, contact Marco de Jong.


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Jedi Master Odan-Urr once said "Certainly a Jedi should know the Code, by word and by heart. But seemingly every Jedi is in some fashion negligent, from the lowest Padawan to the highest Master. Consequently, were someone to demand, 'What is the true meaning of the Jedi Code?' the Jedi who promptly answered would be rare indeed."
By this point in your education, you should all know the Jedi Code by word. The words are easy to remember and the complete stanza is only four lines long. Each line focuses on two words that describe opposites: what to avoid and what to embrace. You have even spent time interpreting those words and bending them to fit your own personal view of Jedi. But, as Master Odan-Urr explained, it is another thing entirely to know the words by heart.
Knowing a code by heart goes beyond simply understanding what the code means. In order to reach a full mastery of any code, it must be lived—in mind and in action. Codes are not things to be claimed one day and discarded the next. Codes cannot be "turned on" when it is convenient. We have codes for a reason, and in order to gain from them (which is what they are for) you must embrace them.
Often times I have seen a person on the boards who has claimed the title of Jedi, but their actions do not reflect their knowledge of what it means to be Jedi. The same holds true for following any code. You must be willing to put work behind the words you speak. And when you do this, you will find peace and understanding—you become one with the Force. Following a code is not a simple stroll. If you are truly living by a code, it affects every single decision you make and action you take. And that is what makes it so hard.
For the lecture, please write a paragraph that answers the following question: how would you evaluate the benefits of living by a code?
Homework: Think of a character from any Star Wars genre (movies, books, comics). Describe a situation where he/she was truly living the Code. How does this Code affect his/her life? Do you believe he/she benefits from this connection? Why or why not? Could you, personally, live a code (not necessarily the Jedi Code)?


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Bon Voyage!
Good evening, Camp McGovern. Today has been full of photo taking and sunshine. It was chilly last night and this morning but the clouds went away and we had a hot day outside.
Yesterday's dinner was butter chicken with naan, eaten with only one utensil as is our way here at McGovern. Poor Grimm got the whisk again and Greyjoy was saved by a slotted spoon. Linoleum had the old faithful icecream scoop, Sprocket went back to his roots with the potato masher, and Bambi had salad scoops that he affectionately called "bear claws." There's no taking the nature out of that boy.
The food was delicious if not a little difficult to consume. Veto was smart and tucked a napkin into her sweater so any rice that slipped through didn't stain, while our campers had to eat their meals with only a butter knife. Urban Legend was too busy in the kitchen to lend his "eating with his face" skills to the table.
Today Ohana made the circuit of activities! She went to Archery, where the jug (McGovern's favourite target) was full of arrows at all times. She even asked and was given a chance to shoot; doesn't she look quite ethereal in her flowing skirt while holding a bow? Next was Sports, where many different games were going on, like basketball and badminton.
When Greyjoy isn't at Drama, she's the best at shooting hoops. There was some amazing theatrics going on in the Hallman as our campers took the stage and played drama games with Greyjoy and Groot.
Veto has been going around and taking videos of camp for a long term project and there's a great snap of her behind the lens. Ohana posed for a picture while jamming away on the uke and she got me mid-popsicle break.
Our LEAD/LEAD2s are shadowing different staff members for the last week of their programs. Since there's only two Squares shadowing at the moment, they've been bouncing around camp doing a whole bunch of things. The LEADs have been doing both shadowing and prep for their upcoming canoe trip that starts tomorrow.
They were on the pond this evening practicing team work and their canoe strokes while Crush, Strum, and Marv instructed them on technique. The sunset on the pond made a great end to the day as I walked back to the main part of camp for free time.
As I walked into the Activity Forest I found Boost and the camper he's supporting flat on the ground, overtaken by giggles. The two of them and another camper were passing around a frisbee while some skateboarded, scootered, or hung out in the Activity Forest. Professor Oak had a game of soccer going in the lower field and Maps passed a ball back and forth with hockey sticks.
One camper was making her way through camp with her eyes closed and I made sure to stay out of her path so she could complete her challenge. S'Mores was hanging out in the Hallman as campers coloured and played Connect Four and bracelet making was happening everywhere, of course.
After free time there was a loud game of dodgeball on the soccer field. The shouts that could be heard anytime Spinach called "JAIL BREAAAAK!!!" were unreal. Hoover's distinct voice came through the ruckus every few minutes and I think I heard one camper yell for Greyjoy about 40 times, so maybe she was stuck in the dodgeball jail and needed Greyjoy to save her.
It's been a long and fun filled day, McGovern Family, and I will see you again soon!
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Cristian Grossi – La deviazione: personal exhibition at ZUNI
La deviazione is an artist detour which studies the phenomenon of storytelling as a transition between two figures.
A series of drawings, posters and panels where you draw an aesthetic research that correlates lines, mathematical models and visions that evoke innocence and ancestral fear.
From 12th December – 9th January
Spazio Zuni – via Ragno 15, Ferrara, Italy


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The young Canadian artist making soft dream pop sounds debuts his album full to the brim with chilled out vibes
Dream pop melodies and a backdrop of bass with a rush hour purpose threw Teen Daze into the fore only a week after graduating bible college. After an earful of EPs, Teen Daze has snuggled up to a more mature sound. His debut full length, All of Us, Together is out now and he offers a generous return on investment. Rigged with a four on the floor bass line and playful melodies, tracks like "The New Balearic" and "Erbstück" make their mark. The album's lo-fi ambience could engage both a wallflower and a dance floor darling. With two exclusive tracks from the new album, Teen Daze tells of the near completion of his sophomore effort…
…your party trick?
I can say the alphabet backwards with relative speed.
…the story behind your name?
A friend of mine was turning 20, so for his last day of being 19 some friends took him out and spent the whole day doing 'teen' things. The whole time they were shouting, "Teen day! Teen day!" When they told me about it, I thought, "I'm going to make a song for that friend." I decided to call the song "Teen Days", but I was really tired from a day of work so I spelt it d-a-z-e. That was the song I had ready for the [Four More Years] EP, but I ended up not putting it on and just taking the song name as the name of the project.
…your worst vice?
Coffee, because it's going to be something that in 20 years we're going to look back on in the same way that people look back on cigarettes. It's so bad for us, but I drink like 5 cups a day.
…your favourite sound?
Trains in the distance.
…your favourite website?
http://blog.iso50.com/ is a really good one. I'm always really inspired by that site. They post a lot of really great music and great design stuff. Or http://www.grantland.com/ because I'm really into the basketball playoffs right now and they write really great articles about sports.
…better, analogue or digital?
Analogue. I am always striving to make something that sounds like actual synth. Even though I'm in such a digital world I'm always pushing to create something that's more analogue.
…your favourite board game?
Blokus. I think it's Dutch or something. It's Tetris, but on a board.
…your favourite label?
Uniqlo. I just found a jacket on their website that I want to get the next time I'm in New York.
…your worst fashion secret?
White, long socks. All of my socks are gross, teenager gym class socks.
…are you listening to now?
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2, Actress' R.I.P., Daniel Rossen's Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP, CFCF's Exercises EP, and Fort Romeau.
How would you describe your work?
It changes quite often. Right now it's the soundtrack of a modernist, utopian future as described from the 60s. Like 2001: A Space Odyssey.
What's next?
I would say I'm about 75% done a new record. I can't say too much but expect it to be released sooner than later. I started writing a new track and then I finished it and thought, "That sounds really good. I should try to make more stuff that sounds like that." Two weeks later and I have 45 minutes of new music. When I'm in L.A. I'm going to be doing some recording at my friend's studio. It's pretty much done. It happened very quickly. Hopefully that's a good thing.
Teen Daze: 'All of Us, Together' on Lefse Records is out now.
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Extra Credit, Feb. 7, 2012
In lieu of a book review, it feels like time for a link post. I've read plenty of interesting stuff here and there lately, but haven't really had a forum to share most of it. Since I'm replacing a ~1200 word post with a bunch of links, I will try to engage in each of them a bit and offer commentary beyond, "hey check this thing out."
The Monsters of MM9 Haikasoru has been on a roll lately, publishing some of the craziest, deepest, funnest stuff from Japan. Their newest release is by recent Seiun winner Yamamoto Hiroshi, the author of The Stories of Ibis. MM9 is a monster story, or rather a story about the Meterological division that measures and classifies the giant monsters that periodically attack Japan. I have yet to get my grubby paws on it, but Haikasoru has posted an essay by the author giving some background to the story. Hopefully I can get a copy soon and post a review.
Military SF on Tor.com The weekly Tor.com offerings are always a mixed bag, but when they come through, they really come through. The end of January was Mil SF week for Tor, with reviews and commentary about a whole host of topics. Some of the books are good, some are crap, some articles made me tear out my hair, some were brilliant. I'll leave it to out readers to decide which is which. Recommended, however, are any articles by or about David Drake. Frequent readers will already know my opinions about Drake, but they bear repeating. Drake is a rare author who is as interesting as the books he writes. The more I hear him talk about his life, the more crazy his books seem. Definitely check those ones out. Also good is the summary of anime SF and the look at Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato to the Japan-aware).
The World SF Blog Without highlighting a particular article, this page is a treasure trove of the obscure and off the wall. Where else can you find a report on the Hungarian Science Fiction Convention or an article about Israeli pulp novels on display at Arizona State?
My Favourite Reads of 2011 at Walker of Worlds. This is a page I came across recently, forgot how, but I was happy to see this list. I wasn't really paying attention to new releases last year, so someone else's summary is welcome. I've already put one selection on hold at the library, even if I disagree with some of his choices. (Honor Harrington? Egad.)
Fantasy Armor and Lady Bits Just in case people weren't clear on the idiocy of chain mail bikinis and molded breast plates, a real live armorer explains it all.
Good Show Sir I'm always hesitant to pass along funny things, because I fear that I'm the last to know about them and everyone else will just say, "That's dumb, I knew about that in 2009." (Case in point: until about four days ago, I thought that NyanCat was a Japanese smart phone game.) With that risk acknowledged, I can't pass up this collection of terrible SFF book covers. I suspect there are a few hidden in my own library somewhere; maybe I should send submissions.
The Difference Between Science Fiction and Fantasy at Contrary Brin. I've read David Brin's ideas on this before, but it never ceases to interest me. A lot of people seem to take issue with this definition, which probably says more about our contradictory beliefs and self-images than about Brin's penchant for stirring the pot. Still, I wonder if this isn't the root of my preference for SF.
The Nearest Exoplanets at Karl Schroeder's blog. This is a late addition. He looks at some recent data and makes startling predictions for the number of planets actually out there. Heartening for those of us that think life is out there somewhere, even if it isn't whizzing around Nevada in flying saucers.
Two Dudes Twitter Finally, we are at long last Twittering. Join in the fun!
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Brin's column reminds me somewhat of [whose?] distinction between tragedy and comedy, which goes along the lines of "Comedy is when you fall in an open manhole and die, tragedy is when I get a splinter in my finger." Was that Don Rickles, Phil Silvers, Uncle Miltie, Jonathan Winters, Groucho? Can't remember . . . . tragedy!
I remember way, way back in the day reading column by a lady whose nom de plume was Scorpia; she did RPG reviews and walkthrus when Computer Gaming World was a decent magazine. [Boy, that WAS a long time ago!] In any event, her basic definition of a computer RPG was "you kill Foozle, the evil wizard." That seems to be the order of the day in much fantasy–the protagonist(s) have to kill Foozle, or his Grand Vizier, or somebody on his staff of evildoers, and thus save the world as we know it. Patricia McKillip doesn't do this; Gene Wolfe (whom I revere as perhaps the greatest fantasy master of the 20th century, next to Tolkien–check out his tetrology "The Book of the New Sun" if you don't believe me!) doesn't do this; Michael Moorcock doesn't always do this; maybe that's why I like those three so much. (And I like vampire fiction set in the White Wolf World, where you actually get to root for good vampires against bad vampires.) But too much fantasy seems to be derivative from LOTR. I admit Tolkien sets a high standard, but does every fantasy author have to imitate him so much? I remember way, way back in the day when I read the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen Donaldson. The first volume seemed nothing more than a retelling of much of LOTR, except the protagonist was a jerk, albeit a jerk who had leprosy. (And once Donaldson found his voice, the character of Thomas Covenant was so unattractive and his predicament so depressing, that I couldn't finish the series.)
Good sci fi authors, on the other hand, can escape this basic plot line rather easily. Star Wars has it, but a lot of good sci fi doesn't, and doesn't need it. I remember being overwhelmed by the goodness of the plot line, character development, and originality of "Heart of the Comet," by the aforementioned David Brin and Greg Benford. Arthur C. Clarke doesn't need it, neither does Orson Scott Card–and I think "Speaker for the Dead" is still one of the most moving novels of any kind I've ever read. Some of the best sci fi I've ever read involves rather ordinary folks confronting the rather ordinary problems of human existence in a radically different universe. The interest factor is how this alien universe will affect what a human does to get his/her life back on even kilter. Not all of us get to slay evil wizards, but most everyone has a problem child, or difficulties in a relationship, or a toxic work environment in which a co-worker is trying to stab one in the back. The essential problems we face in life seem to be about the same; that's why the Greek tragedies and Shakespeare still resonate so strongly.
Brin may not be completely right, but at least he's given some food for thought. Comments, anyone?


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The Great Fishing Debate
Commentary by Sea Shepherd CEO Steve Roest
Channel 4's television show The Big Fish Fight is currently front-page news in the United Kingdom. Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is in the news following his run in with Costa Rican shark fin poachers, during which he was allegedly covered in petrol and held at gunpoint for following the illegal trade. In the same TV series, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall investigated the practice of discarding, whereby fishermen are compelled by European Commission rules to throw away perfectly good fish caught unintentionally that they have no quota for, while pursuing the species that they do. Fearnley-Whittingstall sailed aboard a bottom trawler that catches a totally random selection of fish in nets dragged over the seabed, note that the year records began in 1889, we landed 4.3 times more fish in England and Wales than we do today from a fleet made up of mainly small sailing boats.
Unfortunately, also in this TV show, multi-award winning and world renowned chef Hester Blumenthal scores a spectacular personal goal of choosing to cook wolffish cheeks. Atlantic wolffish, also known as the Seawolf, has declined in English and Welsh trawl fisheries by 96 percent since 1889. This species is particularly vulnerable to overfishing, and has been so depleted on the other side of the Atlantic, that it has already been declared endangered in Canadian waters. This level of decline in Europe is sufficient to qualify them for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
Do these celebrity chefs care about the sustainability of the fish they cook, or is it really solely about their own profit and celebrity?
It is fantastic that the media has finally recognized the wholesale rape and destruction that is happening every second, of every day, in every one our oceans. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's President and Founder Captain Paul Watson might have been telling us this for the past 40 years, but hey, we're talking about it now, so better late than never…hopefully.
The only problem is that while governments debate quotas and fishing practices, and chefs debate which fish they can still "sustainably" cook and serve in their Michelin star restaurants, we have experts and marine scientists from around the globe painting a truly terrifying but realistic picture:
"Species have been disappearing from ocean ecosystems and this trend has recently been accelerating," said lead author and expert marine scientist Boris Worm. "Now we begin to see some of the consequences. For example, if the long-term trend continues, all fish and seafood species are projected to collapse within my lifetime -- by 2048." Worm is an assistant professor of marine conservation biology at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada.
"At this point," Worm continued, "29 percent of fish and seafood species have collapsed -- that is their catch has declined by 90 percent. It is a very clear trend, and it is accelerating. We don't have to use models to understand this trend."
It has been estimated that 90 percent of large predatory fish have already been extracted from our oceans, and 40 million tons of fish are discarded each year as unwanted bycatch (that's 40 percent of the global catch). So, we have a huge and totally unprecedented depletion of fish; we expect there to be insufficient stocks in the oceans by 2048 for all commercial fishing; and we currently throw away 40 percent of what we do catch as "unwanted." What an amazing and horrifying paradox.
Sea Shepherd is not an animal rights group, we are a conservation organization, and although I'm a vegetarian, I was brought up in a home where we ate fish once a week. But now many people eat fish every day, families eat filet of fish several times a day from their local fast food restaurants, shark is sold in 14,000 fish and chip shops in England (oddly labeled as 'rock salmon'), environmental groups like Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund debate over what is and is not sustainable and greenwashing entities like the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) provide eco-labels to promote and certify certain fish as 'sustainable,' but the simple and obvious truth is that too many people are eating far too much fish, and if we don't dramatically change our eating habits we will completely destroy all fish stocks within 40 years.
There is a word that describes, 'when something is not sensible and is likely to have extremely bad results,' and that word is insanity.
The way this planet's population manages its ocean resources is insane. While some debate over quotas and which species are sustainable, the commercial fishing fleets are inexorably sucking every living creature from the seas. We have all the scientific evidence we need, we can even look at our own very recent history—such as the collapse of the Grand Banks cod fishery in the 1990s—to see the truth of our behavior…insanity.
What should we do? Well, we should stop eating fish (or at the very least drastically reduce our individual intake), there should be vast ocean marine reserves and No Take Areas covering more than 50 percent of our oceans, and the commercial fleets should be shut down. If we don't do this, there will not be a recovery to the fish stocks and there will be nothing left to debate about.
As Captain Watson so eloquently states, "If the oceans die, we die." Let's remember that the destruction is our doing, and we can stop it if we can find the collective will to act.


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We are collecting military boots to create a Memorial to our WI Fallen. We want to have one boot for each of our Fallen, whether in combat on the battle field or due to combat once home.
We will share this display with other organizations who wish to honor our Fallen at events they are holding.
Contact me at email@example.com if you have boots to donate. We will figure out a way to get them. You can be a drop off point in your community and help us collect boots in your area.
Please spread the word on this endeavor to help us honor those no longer with us.
It is our hope to have over 300 pair by our big fundraiser at the Harley Davidson Museum on Sept 26, 2015, to display outside the museum, along with 300 U.S. Flags. Judith
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Booth: 1849http://www.dbworks.com
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The list of RentalWorks® features is extensive, but the software is intuitive and simple to use. With RentalWorks®, which is fully Web-Based and Cloud accessible, you can easily manage all aspects of your business including; inventory, rental & sales orders, repairs, equipment purchasing, sub-rentals, billing, reporting, and more!
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Swiss Re have published their latest Sigma study on the subject of the microinsurance market and its potential to provide insurance cover for up to 4 billion people around the world. The microinsurance market is growing but still remains an area of huge potential growth as it currently focuses on few classes of risk and needs insurers to lead its development.
The study suggests that microinsurance is highly relevant as an 'effective and viable risk management tool for low-income individuals' and says that growth will come as the scope of risks covered broadens. Currently microinsurance has a strong focus on the credit life insurance area but other lines of business are getting more popular such as weather-index insurance for agriculture (which we cover here), health, term life, pension products and savings.
As many of the pilot microinsurance schemes, which are often launched in cooperation with organisations such as NGO's and aid agencies, mature the re/insurance industry has an opportunity to step in and make these into commercial markets.
Swiss Re estimate that the microinsurance market could realise potential premiums of up to $40 billion in the future. Asia-Pacific is cited as the fastest growing region with Africa and Latin America having smaller (but growing) markets.
Swiss Re break down the potential market size into two sectors, of those who can be customers of a purely commercial market in microinsurance and those for whom subsidised aid or government supported microinsurance schemes will be more suitable (see image below).
The market potential is highest for life and health products according to Swiss Re. They cite agricultural insurance including crop, livestock and index-based weather insurance as an area with strong growth prospects and an effective way to deal with agricultural risks in emerging markets.
The report also discusses come of the possibilities for providing re/insurance cover for major disasters in the developing world and cites catastrophe bonds, catastrophe pools, weather derivatives and exchange traded instruments as possible solutions for low frequency, high severity event financing.
It will be interesting to see how the risk transfer market can help insurers tap the potentially huge microinsurance market. Providing innovative ways for insurers to underwrite their assumed microinsurance risk will be crucial to the markets success and solutions which can transfer those risks to the capital markets could be particularly effective. It seems there is a place in the microinsurance market for players at all levels of the re/insurance chain.
We suggest you download and read the full report from Swiss Re: Microinsurance – risk protection for 4 billion people.
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