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Fear, Safety, Control, and Resistance: Shifting the Dialogue on Policing
Screenings of Fruitvale Station and the recent controversy over the New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk practices are stirring up new conversations about policing, crime, and violence among white people who are not targeted by policing.
I have heard a few ideas thrown around among other white people that I would like to investigate and respond to. For example, in response to Fruitvale Station, the new film that tells the story of Oscar Grant, the unarmed black twenty-two-year-old shot and killed by transit police in Oakland, I've heard some white people express grief at the tragedy while insisting that it was an isolated incident. And in response to a federal judge's ruling against the NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk practices, made visible nationally by powerful organizing, I've heard others express fear at the spike in violence that they anticipate.
All of us are actors in this system of policing, and we are both complicit in and affected by how it functions. I hope that those of us not targeted by the police because of skin privilege, gender privilege, and class privilege can use this moment to examine our beliefs and negotiate how we can participate in eliminating police harassment and violence to begin building safer communities, whether through copwatching, transformative justice, or simply taking time to locate the sources of our fear.
Below, I have listed five common remarks that I have heard from other white people. Each is followed by a response drawn from several original interviews with organizers, statistics, and other texts and news sources. These are not conclusive but meant to serve as starting points for effective conversation and action.
Defining Safety
Comment: Stop-and-frisk, as currently practiced by the New York Police Department, is a necessary reality for keeping everyone "safe."
It is important to think about what safety and unsafety mean for different people, and why.
For example, in response to a Tikkun Daily piece on the federal judge's ruling against the New York Police Department's practice of stop-and-frisk, one commenter wrote:
I live in NY, Can't wait for the bullets to start flying, old ladies afraid to walk around. The drug corners to come back. And rapes to skyrocket. Back to the 70's. It's going to be a blast.
Stop-and-frisk has not been shown to reduce crime. But regardless of this, many recent comments have demonstrated deep-rooted anti-black fear. Since the outcry in response to George Zimmerman's acquittal and continuing today, they commonly reference fear of muggings and violence by black men.
At the same time, fear and precaution is often an ongoing reality for people targeted by the police, such as trans women and gender non conforming people of color, black, Latina/o, and South Asian people, unhoused and other poor people, Muslims, other religious minorities, and recent immigrants.
Gahiji Barrow, a staff member of Voice of the Ex-Offender (VOTE) and organizer with Critical Resistance, has been in many community meetings in New Orleans. He reports that often in those meetings, black parents say, "I don't want to raise my kids here, I don't want to send them out into these streets where all this stuff is … very much happening and very likely to happen because of the ways in which the police operate here."
Barrow adds:
It is specifically black people who are concerned about their children's safety from the police. There's already the street violence that's happening, which is a symptom of the institutional racism and inequality, so there's a concern with that. And then there's also a concern from the police themselves, because [black youth are] targeted by the police.
I've heard of kids being chased down by the police. These young kids [are] brutalized by them in front of their family members. How can we allow this to happen to our children? They're being shown, they're being taught that their bodies don't matter, that their rights don't matter.
In New York City streets, everyone is viewed as a potential suspect. The turn of a head or the outline of a wallet in your pocket can get you stopped—but in 2012, the people determined by police to be "suspect" were black and Latino 87% of the time.
Marjorie Dove Kent, Executive Director of New York-based Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), points out that not only are targeted populations not safe with current police practices, but their unsafety makes everyone less safe:
When someone is repeatedly and unnecessarily being stopped, frisked, and physically searched by the police, day after day, they are experiencing a kind of trauma. Through stop and frisk, we are inflicting this trauma on thousands of city residents every day, and that is very dangerous for a city as a whole. There is now a collective trauma happening, and it does not make me or anyone else safer. We are being collectively harmed.
Kent and Barrow both emphasize that police harassment is a danger. Rather than a "safety precaution" or "violence prevention," police harassment in and of itself causes harm, as reported in this human impact study.
Addressing Fear
Comment: I understand that policing is awful for a lot of people, but without it—or even with it—I feel afraid in lots of places. When I talk about this, people call me racist.
Stemming from patriarchy, frustration, desperation, rampant access to guns, or whatever else, civilian violence and other harmful behavior does happen and is not going away overnight. How should white progressives talk about fear and safety in a society that so readily racializes conversations about precaution?
Kent responds to this question:
I think it's real important to tap into those feelings of being unsafe, as a first step, because it actually connects us to our neighbors. If you go through your whole life and you don't let yourself feel the moments when you feel unsafe, you're not going to have a very clear understanding of what people feel like when they're put at risk.
Kent says that there is a shaming that can happen in white communities trying to be anti-racist, where people try to shut down each other's fear. Instead, try to take and help others take time to figure out where the fear might be coming from, tangibly and specifically:
Are there no street lights on the walk home from the station? That is probably not a safe situation. But if people look around them and untangle what is going on, [they can sometimes realize that] there's nothing I can visually see that is putting me at risk, so I've got some racism I have to deal with.
Not an Accident: The Structure of Policing
Comment: The killings of Oscar Grant, Fong Lee, Trayvon Martin, Ramarley Graham, Duanna Johnson, Israel Hernandez-Llach and others are isolated accidental tragedies or individual acts of racist policing. They're outliers, not part of a consistent structure.
The message that seems to be sent by regular police killings of black and brown people and the absent or halfhearted legal follow-up is that the "process of crime prevention" is worth, or at times demands, some casualties. And when people in many low-income communities of color call the police for help and they do not come, it sends the very clear signal that the "prevention of crime" is really "the prevention of crime against white people and people with money."
What role does policing play in our society, if this much harm is inflicted on so many people in its name, and "protection" is offered so selectively?
As Kristian Williams argues in Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America, these practices suggest that policing is and always has been about maintaining property ownership, not about the collective safety of people's bodies and emotional well-being.
Black people in the U.S. have always been targeted with state-supported violence, going back to slavery. Gahiji Barrow highlights the ways in which policing has always been used strategically to create a "constant state of emergency" in black communities, discombobulating, traumatizing, and destabilizing people so that they cannot organize for better economic or political conditions. This same tactic has been used in other cases against other communities in order to maintain economic and social control.
Among non-black groups, who is targeted tends to depend on political power and access to resources. For example, in the 1909-1910 Shirtwaist Strike in New York City, Jewish factory workers were targeted by the police—but the owners of the factory were protected and guarded by the police, and they were also Jewish. JFREJ has addressed the ways in which Jewish-based organizing has always been complicated because of the ways in which Jews are and always have been treated differently by police depending on race, ethnicity, class, and immigrant status. Marjorie Dove Kent points out that "when Jewish meant 'poor immigrant,' it was a targeted identity. When Jewish meant 'wealthy property owner,' it was protected. And those dynamics still continue within the Jewish community."
Among Asian American people, too, communities' experience of police violence has shifted over time depending largely on immigrant status, class, ethnicity, nationality, and religion.
In addition to keeping poor communities and communities of color from organizing for better conditions or otherwise resisting the status quo, policing practices can also be used to keep the middle-class quiet and working consistently through seeing and fearing the conditions that those "just below" are subject to.
"Not In My Name": Non-Targeted People's Role in Taking Action
Comment: This is a strategic moment for people of color and other targeted people to step up and fight their battle. I'm sorry that police harassment happens, but it's not my job to intervene.
Many targeted communities all over the U.S. have been organizing for police accountability and community-based safety practices for a long time, and have done and are doing powerful work. Non-targeted people also have a role, responsibility, and self-interest in helping interrupt policing practices, both materially and culturally, in both the short and long-term, through accountable relationships with people targeted by policing.
Marjorie Dove Kent highlights that JFREJ is committed to supporting the leadership of people targeted by policing, and where the energy is most right now is on "stopping the bleeding." JFREJ approaches its organizing for police accountability using a three-pronged approach: legislative, legal, and on the ground.
It focuses on mobilizing Jewish people to offer legislative support and pressure, and to help maintain the visibility and accountability of legal battles, such as the recent victory against stop-and-frisk and the current lawsuit against surveillance of Muslim communities.
The approach on the ground is more complicated. As an organization of Jews, JFREJ has a diverse membership of people who are targeted by police harassment and those who are not targeted. The organization holds the tension, then, of people's engaging in different ways in the campaign.
A common tactic of maintaining police accountability in the short term is the practice of "copwatching," in which groups of people monitor police, particularly at night, to ensure that they are treating people respectfully, humanely, and legally.
It is often safer for white people to watch the cops, but as Kent points out, this can fail to "shift the power dynamic of policing—because police have always been accountable to white people." There has been conversation within Communities United for Police Reform about having "watchers of the watchers," to shift the power through people of color directly holding the police accountable and make sure everyone stays safe by having white people present to use their privilege strategically, but this is still under discussion.
It is safest and most effective to do copwatching in groups. In many cities, there are active websites where people interested in this work can connect with others. But regardless of whether you are actively participating in an organized copwatch, if you are someone who is not typically targeted by the police and you see someone being harassed, frisked, arrested, or antagonized by the police, it is always a good idea to film or, if no camera is available, simply watch others' interactions with the police.
Rose City Copwatch advises this:
It's your legal right to watch the cops and your presence may stop them from violating someone's rights! If they talk to you, tell them, "I'm here to observe. I do not intend to interfere." This means staying 10 or more feet away from the action and not doing anything to distract the officers or other people involved. If police tell you to go away, ask them where they want you to stand and move there.
If something seems wrong or illegal, get the number on the police car. Write down what you saw, when and where. This information may help someone get justice for police violations!
Rose City Copwatch, though disbanded, also has several very useful "know your rights" materials that you can reference in case, like me, these are things you have never learned.
The Collective Need for Transformation
Comment: We white communities are doing just fine. We're healthy and safe and can call the police if there's ever a problem. It's the black-on-black crime and the black-on-white crime that's causing all the pain.
It's first important to recognize that 74.9% of reported rapes and sexual assaults of white people in the U.S. were committed by attackers perceived to be white. And white people killed in the U.S. were killed by another white person 84% of the time.
Not only this, but it cannot be healthy psychologically for us to live in a situation in which we (passively or actively) participate in locking in cages the people we fear.
In the words of Andrea Smith, how can we begin to practice the place we want to bring into being? It requires both "working in the world as it is, and working toward the world as it should be."
In addition to participating in short-term accountability measures on the street and in the courts and legislature, what can conversations about community-based violence prevention and accountability practices look like inside our intimate spaces, social communities, broader geographies of our towns and cities? Are there ways to discuss hard things that happen in our communities rather than embracing a culture of silence and shaming? How can we value everyone's lives and also stay safe?
Safety, well-being, and creative long-term solutions all begin with healing. Healing, for white people, is in part about recognizing and addressing harmful behavior among white people, such as domestic abuse, corruption, addiction, physical and sexual assaults, etc. Activist and writer Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha emphasizes the importance of healing ourselves and not throwing people under the bus (by calling the police, etc.) when they mess up, as part of a long-term shift away from the culture of policing that is harmful to all of us.
Healing is also about connecting to the communities we are taught to fear. Erika Slaymaker, an organizer with Decarcerate PA in Philadelphia, suggests that people without relatives or friends inside prisons can begin by realizing that imprisoned and formerly-imprisoned people are not "in another world. They are in our streets, prisons, nearby. … You can write to people, visit, connect, even if you don't have a family member or friend currently incarcerated."
In addition, Gahiji Barrow talks about the potential of people with privilege to infiltrate the leadership of prison and policing systems—with accountable support so that they do not get confused once they are inside—to help dismantle and heal them from the inside.
Now more than at other moments, there may be a bit of space to make change through Barrow's method, as the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted last Thursday to reconsider mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines. This change, along with Eric Holder's historic statement that "too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason," suggests both the effect of grassroots pressure and the potential and need to continue to push for change and dismantlement of the U.S. prison industrial complex. (The cyclical combination of surveillance, policing, and imprisonment is often collectively called the prison industrial complex because of the government and industry interests that benefit from keeping the structure in place.)
Gahiji Barrow emphasizes the importance of building up alternative solutions to violence while we take down the current system, because people "are not going to want to come over if they don't see an alternative in play."
There are many possibilities and most likely not one singular fix to violence within all of our communities. Tightened gun regulations, work to shift the rape-supporting and transphobic culture of patriarchy, conflict resolution trainings, community-building and addiction recovery resources, meaningful and living-wage employment, and restorative and transformative justice circles could be a few places to start. These and other effective solutions often come from communities targeted by police harassment and arrests, but many other solutions are not able to surface because of the ways in which people are in a constant state of emergency.
What do we want from policing, if we want it at all? Conversations about this are ongoing, and people have a wide range of suggestions and perspectives. But as Marjorie Dove Kent says, "Bare minimum is that the police do not inflict trauma on residents on a regular basis. Just as a starting place."
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After Susannah Kelton (Carol Lynley) inherits a mill in her small New England hometown, she travels there with her husband, Mike (Gig Young). When they arrive, they are treated coldly by the villagers and are warned against entering the mill by Susannah's gloomy Aunt Agatha (Flora Robson) and shady cousin, Ethan (Oliver Reed). When Susannah ignores the warnings and begins to investigate the mill, she learns that its attic hides a sinister family secret.

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World travel and an insatiable curiosity have shaped harpist Rudiger Oppermann into an unusual musician. Although he has mastered styles from Celtic, Asian, Indian and European traditions, he's proud that most of his work over the past two decades has gone beyond traditional harp music.
"I don't play anything specifically harp, I mostly compose my own stuff," said the Germanborn musician. "It's not New Age. It's a lot of different interesting sounds played on the harp. There's the influence of jazz and blues and some Indian styles."
Oppermann spoke from his home in Alsace, the farming country in northeastern France that borders Germany. He was enjoying a brief respite in a hectic summer schedule before leaving for an American tour that includes a Juneau performance at 8 p.m. Saturday at Northern Light United Church.
"I played in Florence (Italy) yesterday," he said. "The day before I drove a thousand kilometers. Being a musician, you get to travel a lot."
Oppermann is more than an award-winning composer and musician. He builds his own instruments, including innovations that allow him to bend the strings of the harp so he can play styles usually associated with blues or rock guitar. He's incorporated tone-altering and sound processing effects into his playing as well.
"There are so many people around who play sweet, soothing, sleepy music and that's what people expect," said the German-born harpist. "I don't play harp music, I play music."
Oppermann will bring a variety of instruments to Juneau, including a wirestrung Celtic harp and a nylon-strung harp.
"It's a big, tall harp, human size," he said. "I'll bring an African harp and I play the African mouth bow, the mother of all harps."
"He's very innovative," said Liz Saya, who is producing the concert as a benefit for the Alaska Folk Festival. "He knows traditional medieval and African (styles) but he loves to make it his own. He loves to improvise. He'll jam with anybody on anything."
Saya's sister Diana Stork is a harpist and professional musician in San Francisco and produces "The Festival of Harps," an annual music event. Saya met Oppermann at that festival and has been determined to bring him to Alaska.
More than 20 years ago, Oppermann left Germany and studied dervish music with Sufi musicians in Turkey. He traveled on to India, Africa and Asia, playing with local musicians and adding a variety of ethnic instruments to his repertoire. He built lasting musical relationships with players from Mongolia to the Congo, becoming a champion of "world music" before the term was a musicindustry buzzword.
Oppermann founded and serves as artistic director for "Sommerfest," an international music and dance festival in Germany. He's produced recordings of a variety of ethnic musicians and frequently collaborates with world musicians on his own recordings.
"I have 38 recordings out, 19 of my name, and 19 where I have pieces and samplers," he said.
Oppermann has produced four CDs in a series called "The Art of the Harp," which feature all manner of traditional and cuttingedge contemporary harp players from around the world. Although he frequently performs solo, as he will in Juneau, he has a regular musical ensemble comprised of a percussionist an Indian tabla player he's worked with for 18 years a German keyboardist and two Mongolian multi-instrumentalists.
The Mongolians share the rural farmhouse with Oppermann and his wife, American classical harpist Cynthia Mowry, and their three sons.
"They came over seven years ago for a tour and they stayed," Oppermann said.
Oppermann will spend two weeks traveling in Alaska and will also perform in Skagway and Haines before heading south to California. Tickets for the Saturday concert are $14 for adults and $7 for children 7 to 12. They are available at Hearthside Books and at the door.
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Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
News from the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium (CANB), for the information of CPBR and ANBG staff and volunteers.
CPBR News is produced monthly. If you wish to contribute, please email your suggestions to Val Oliver, the coordinator.
Val Oliver: ph (02) 6246 5533; fax (02) 6246 5249; email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Summer Students
Six students have been awarded Summer Scholarships with Program U. The scholarships will run for a 10 week period from 6 December 2004 to 11 February 2005 and successful applicants will undertake full-time work on the chosen project, present a short seminar and write a two page report for the Centre website. A list of students, projects and supervisors is provided below:
Susan Brandner
Interactions between Mycorrhizal Fungi and a Rare Orchid Hybrid
Tupac Otero
Todd Green
(funded through CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program)
Interactions between Soil Microfloral Diversity and Fusarium Wilt of Cotton
Bo Wang
Imogen Malpas
Phylogeography and Evolution of the Grey Fantail Complex in Australia
Terry Chesser (CSE)
Nathan Potter
Evaluation of inoculation methods to determine disease response of cultivated and native cotton cultivars to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp vasinfectum
Augusto Becerra
Tristan Reekie
Evolutionary Relationships among Rust Fungi in the Family Melampsoraceae
Marlien van der Merwe
Gemma Topping
(funded through CSIRO Plant Industry Summer Student Program)
Evolutionary Relationships in the Paper Daisy Genus Helichrysum Mill.
Matt Unwin
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2005 Internship Program
Eighteen students will join the CPBR in early January, as part of the 13th annual Student Botanical Internship Program. The Program will include the traditional four-day field trip to Jervis Bay, continuing the assessment of vegetation recovering from the late 2003 bushfires. Curatorial efforts this year will focus largely on the processing of QRS duplicate specimens. Research assistance will also be provided to the CPBR study on ecological and genetic constraints on population persistence within areas of remnant vegetation. The enthusiasm of the students has definitely come through in their applications; I am sure all staff will make them feel welcome when they arrive on the 4th January.
[Anthony Whalen]
Professor Brian Murray
The last three weeks has seen Prof Brian Murray (Auckland University NZ) in the lab working with a range of staff on a variety of projects in UB including work on Swainsona, Acacia, Linum, Glycine and Austrodanthonia, as well as finishing up some work on Metrosideros. As always the time has been very productive and the cytogenetic work is providing critical insights into interpretation of our molecular data.
[Andrew Young]
Eucalyptus foelscheana, the policeman, and Darwin photos...
For those with an interest in the old Northern Territory there is an excellent exhibition on at the National Archives (behind Old Parliament House). Paul Foelsche was first Inspector of Police at Darwin from 1869 and a keen photographer in the days of wet plate glass negatives. His photos reproduced digitally from these glass plate negatives are really worth seeing. They are mostly town-scapes, landscapes and photos of the local Aboriginals.
He also collected specimens for Mueller, and the exhibition even includes a couple of these. Eucalyptus foelscheana was named by Mueller in his honour.
Exhibition: 'The Policeman's Eye', 18 Nov - 6 Feb, National Archives of Australia.
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Dampiera fusca, a new species for the ACT
Jo Walker (Australian Native Plant Society) recently reported to the CPBR an occurrence of Dampiera fusca growing at Booroomba Rocks in Namadgi National Park. This plant was previously unknown to the ACT, the closest previous collection being in the Tinderry Ranges.
A day trip to Booroomba Rocks was undertaken to collect Dampiera material in mid November. David Mallinson, Anthony Whalen, Jo Walker and visiting research scientist Cynthia Morton explored the hilltops around Booroomba Rocks. Two populations, each of several thousand plants were found in full flower. The local abundance seems to relate to the species being an early recoloniser after the intense burning of these sites during the January 2003 fires. Herbarium specimens of the Dampiera and several Rutaceae species were collected. Cynthia Morton is working on the phylogeny of Rutaceae and required fresh DNA samples.
Booroomba Rocks is also known for an undescribed species of Logania. Anthony Whalen recorded one population of about 30 plants in 2001 as part of a revision of the Logania albiflora complex. This being the first trip back to this population since the fires revealed the former generation had been completely burnt. Large numbers of Logania seedlings were found growing around previously recorded female plants. It seems Dampiera fusca is not the only species to take advantage of a good burn!
[Anthony Whalen]
The next CPBR seminar is by Loren H. Rieseberg on 15 December at 12.30pm in the Herbarium tea room and titled:
"Hybridization, Adaptive Evolution, and Speciation in Annual Sunflowers"
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CPBR Staff and Visitor Handbook
A handbook has been compiled providing a summary of information, facilities and services of the Centre and the Herbarium for staff, particularly new staff, and for visitors. The URL for the handbook is www.cpbr.gov.au/cpbr/handbook/index.html
Feedback on the Handbook would be appreciated together with any updated information to keep it current.
[Val Oliver]
CPBR Executive Committee
The next meeting of the Executive Committee is 9 February 2005
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The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival is this next weekend - September 9 - 11! Three days of fiber, sheep, herding dogs, food, classes, auctions, demonstrations, the state "Make It Yourself with Wool" competition. Something for everyone - the shepherd, the fiber artist (whether you spin, knit, weave, crochet, hook rugs, make baskets - it's here for you!), herding dog enthusiasts, anyone who just wants to spend a day at the fairgrounds soaking up all things sheep and fiber!
It's at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, in Jefferson, Wisconsin - see all the details at http://www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com - this is their 10th anniversary, so come help celebrate.


text: Cash application is the bane of existence for finance teams, especially those in the accounts receivable department who face this manual, error-prone, and time-consuming process firsthand.Cash application has always been a challenge, but it's even more complex today as businesses are receiving a range of payment methods, including ACH/EFT, wire transfers credit cards and of course checks, which can be settled into number of accounts and lockboxes.To add to this challenge, remittance details are sent in a variety of formats (paper, EDI, email attachments, scanned images, etc). This inconsistency of payment types and remittance advice formats from customers poses a huge challenge to extract and aggregate correct and clean data.Inherently, cash application process is manual, costly and error prone due to the inefficiency of the entire process. What's the impact? The Credit Research Foundation (CRF) Benchmarking report has some interesting efficiency metrics associated with cash application costs for all industries. Where do you stand? Performance MeasureBestMedianWorstCash application cost per check processed$1.47$3.30$7.07Cash application cost as a % Annual Credit Sales0.007%0.019%0.043%Cash application cost per cash application personnel**$34,326$40,289$51,803Many organizations admit they are not doing cash application well – it is difficult and laborious. Looking at the CRF benchmark, cost per 1,000 checks is $7,070 for manual process versus $1,470 for automated, that is a $5,600 savings! This is why cash application is top of mind for finance executives. Their objective is to improve cash application, reduce cost, improve forecasting to remain competitive and protect the bottom-line.So, how can businesses improve cash application and forecasting?This process can be improved by leveraging AR automation platforms to help you accurately capture, aggregate and apply remittance details to open AR balances. Using an AR platform, you can power intelligence to automatically apply over 90% of cash receipts from a variety of sources including lockbox, ACH, EDI, cash and online payments. This enables accurate cash application and improves efficiency – goodbye manual matching of remittance details.So how automated is the process? AR automation platforms deliver straight through end to end process, utilizing a powerful rules engine to match and cleanse data from remittance advice (customer portals, emails, EDI, lockboxes) and payment information (EFT / ACH, wires, checks). This eliminates the manual matching and keying in of information by your team that is costly, error-prone and takes time away from higher value work.Remittance advice data is captured from the array of formats (paper, email, PDF, images, etc.) using a breadth of technologies:Optical Character Recognition (OCR):enables conversion of different types of documents including PDF invoices and images into editable and searchable dataWeb aggregation: collects information from websites including customer portalsEmail Parsing:searches automatically through emails and their attachments to extract and process remittance informationEDI (Electronic Data Interchange): exchange documents electronically between businesses After data is captured, it's aggregated into the AR platform where the real magic happens – business rules are applied, including invoice exception handling and deduction rules to intelligently reconcile open AR and automate matching. This allows you to post a high percentage of customer cash receipts to your AR without manual intervention. According to a CRF report, "Dollars and Sense – Evaluating Remittance Processing Software", a 90% hit rate from an auto-remit solution can achieve a 90% decrease in labor.To achieve an invoice hit rate this high with your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, it would require substantial investment and heavy customization with advanced rules. On the flipside, the cloud-based architecture of an AR platform requires minimal IT involvement, integrates easily with your ERP and allows you to scale your cash application quickly as your needs and business grows.The pain of cash application does not need to be felt any longer with AR automation platforms on the market. Check off your CFOs objective to improve cash application and forecasting by leveraging AR automation to achieve near-perfect invoice hit rates, cost savings and accurate cash reporting. Lisa Soares, Digital Marketing Manager, VersaPayLisa Soares joined VersaPay in 2015 and is responsible for delivering the company's brand and marketing strategy on VersaPay digital channels . Lisa was formerly a Digital Marketing Manager at Sandvine Incorporated, a Network Policy Control for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and was instrumental in building their brand personality and digital presence on social media and other online channels. Lisa holds a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University with a specialization in Brand Communications.


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NYSE Owner Said to Buy Algo Technologies to Overhaul MarketMatthew Leising and Sam Mamudi
The New York Stock Exchange is due for a tune-up.
That was the diagnosis after its new owner, IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc., examined the software known as the matching engine that pairs buyers and sellers, according to two people familiar with the matter. To modernize trading on the 222-year-old market, ICE bought Algo Technologies Ltd., a firm that claims to have the industry's fastest matching engine, the people said.
The system created by Algo Technologies, which was formed in 2010 by executives with backgrounds in high-frequency and quantitative trading, will drive NYSE's U.S. stock and options markets, according to the people familiar with the matter, who asked to not be identified because the acquisition hasn't been publicly announced. ICE considers the current NYSE technology outdated and slow, one of the people said.
High-frequency traders have become the de facto facilitators of buying and selling in the $22 trillion U.S. equity market, and their business models depend on reacting to price movements as fast as possible. Those firms are some of the best customers of exchanges, so the faster Algo Technologies system could help ICE lure business away from NYSE's competitors Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and Bats Global Markets Inc.
Lowest Latency
ICE purchased NYSE Euronext in November, briefly catapulting itself to first place in the rank of world's biggest exchanges by market value. While the crown jewel of the acquisition was the London-based Liffe derivatives market, ICE Chief Executive Officer Jeff Sprecher also picked up the New York Stock Exchange, two other U.S. stock markets and two options platforms.
Brookly McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for Atlanta-based ICE, declined to comment on Algo Technologies. Shares of ICE rose 2.2 percent to $198.03 today, trimming their 2014 decline to 12 percent and giving the company a $22.8 billion market value.
Algo Technologies claims to have the industry's lowest latency, a term describing how long a matching engine takes to process and complete requests to buy and sell. Its AlgoM2 technology takes 16 microseconds, or 16 millionths of a second, according to the Algo Technologies website. That compares with 124 microseconds for London Stock Exchange Plc's Millennium platform, 138 microseconds at Bats Europe, 250 microseconds at Nasdaq, and 500 microseconds for NYSE Arca, according to Algo Technologies.
Needing Speed
The debate over the need for speed, and whether lightning-fast trading gives some investors an unfair advantage, has been reignited by the March 31 publication of "Flash Boys" by author Michael Lewis. In it, Lewis argues that high-frequency traders, exchanges and broker-dealers have rigged the U.S. stock market.
Regulatory and technological changes since the 1990s have reduced trading profits for brokers, squeezing out humans. High-frequency traders have filled the void, becoming the primary market makers that facilitate buying and selling. Faster exchange computers can help high-frequency traders buy and sell quicker.
Even as Sprecher tries to improve the NYSE, ICE has explored ways to nullify advantages enjoyed by high-frequency traders, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. He offered to buy IEX Group Inc., the upstart trading platform that serves as the hero in Lewis's book, the person said. ICE not only liked the firm's technology, but also wanted IEX CEO Brad Katsuyama's expertise, the person said.
Gerald Lam, a spokesman for New York-based IEX, declined to comment.
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ICE met with market operator PDQ Enterprises LLC, but didn't consider buying it, according to a person familiar with the matter. Like IEX, PDQ has marketed itself as a haven from high-frequency traders.
Keith Ross, the CEO of Glenview, Illinois-based PDQ, said he met with ICE last year to discuss the structure of the U.S. equity market. No transaction was discussed, said Ross, who used to work for Chicago-based Getco LLC, a high-frequency trader. PDQ was created by Christopher Keith, an NYSE official during the 1970s and 1980s who served as the Big Board's chief technology officer.
The management team at Algo Technologies has deep ties to high-frequency and quantitative trading. It was founded in 2010 by Hirander Misra, Rami Habib and Alexei Lebedev, who owned stakes along with Algo Engineering LLC, a technology firm specializing in algorithmic trading.
'Ultra Low'
Misra had been chief operating officer of Chi-X Europe Ltd., which began a trading platform that challenged traditional European exchanges. He quit Algo Technologies in 2011, citing a strategy disagreement. Bats Global Markets bought Chi-X Europe that year.
Habib, who replaced Misra as CEO, has a doctorate in computational fluid dynamics. He is a co-founding director of AlgoSpan, a "provider of ultra-low latency 'shortest path' fiber networks that gives access to low latency market data and execution," according to a biography on the Algo Technologies website.
Lebedev, an Algo Technologies director, has spent years "applying his technical wizardry to high frequency trading, developing a technological base for redundant low-latency coordinated distributed systems," according to the website.
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The guys reaction was so apprehensive and he said 'I'll tell you what, how about I put $10 back on the card you used and you keep the shirt.' Now it wasn't savings that struck me it was his vibe. This was the owner of the store and it felt like my return was going to put him under. To beg to put $10 back on the card to still keep the sale was a first for me.
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Per the contract, FMC Technologies will supply 49 subsea trees, tooling, and related subsea controls for the development of pre-salt fields, based off the coast of Brazil. The company has planned to design and manufacture the tools at its Brazilian facilities.
FMC Technologies added that, this deal represents the second order from Petrobras after the two companies signed a four-year subsea tools supply agreement on Mar 29, 2012. The first order involved the delivery of 78 subsea trees and was valued at $900 million. The total order comprises 130 subsea trees, subsea multiplex controls and associated tools and equipment, which is expected to fetch FMC Technologies approximately $1.5 billion in revenues.
FMC Technologies has long-standing business ties with Petrobras and has supported many of the latter's operational achievements over the last 30 years.
FMC Technologies is well positioned in the subsea systems market. It is the company's largest and fastest-growing business, accounting for about two-thirds of revenues. FMC Technologies has received numerous attractive subsea contracts in the recent past from energy majors like Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A) and Total SA (TOT).
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As they crossed the Eisenhower Parkway boundary, they were met by a road sign: "Welcome to the Village of Bellwood."
"I didn't know it was a village, James. That has a nice sound to it," Wilona mused.
"I know it do. A village. Bringin' my kids to a village." He chuckled a little sheepishly. "Almost sounds a little hokey."
"Daddy, is we gonna be like the Village People?" Lisa piped up, curious. They were always on the grainy TV and even with the bad picture, who could miss the flamboyance of the group's costumes. Schwartz almost spat his coffee as he tried to cover a laugh.
"No, baby, we ain't no Village People like that," James said, trying not to laugh himself. Kids..got to love them. They were still chuckling as they followed the realtor's car onto 22nd Avenue, and James and Wilona's eyes bulged when the car stopped. The For Sale sign was outside, and it was the only For Sale sign on the block...no way could this be the house.
James had put a modest cap on what he was to spend on the house, and the accountant told him to apply for a small mortgage as well, as James' credit had been fouled up by a computer error, and what better way to fix it than through ownership of a home, and no worries about paying a small bill every month? With that modest cap in mind, though...
"Got to be a mistake, or it's a war zone inside," James said, grimly, as everyone exited their respective vehicles. Lisa, now in Wilona's arms, looked up at the house and said "OH."
The first floor was a brick facade, with an aluminum sided upstairs. The front door was set to the left side, front of the house, under a bricked arch, and six painted concrete steps led up to the front door. The steps were flanked by brick columns..nothing fancy, but very elegant.
The front door was recessed in a way that gave the house an unusual yet very appealing look; the realtor joined the group at curbside and explained. "The octagonal shape before the front door is an addition on the house, but it was done in such a way so as not to compromise the look of the home."
They nodded and followed her up the stairs. The realtor explained a bit more.
"This house was built in the early 1930s, but has been well-maintained..the windows, for example, were replaced five years ago, and the roof is almost new. The basement is fully finished, with a full bathroom and bedroom down there, and the attic has been roughed out with plumbing, if you'd ever care to add another bedroom there.
"There are four bedrooms, the master suite with its own bath, and another full bath in the hall, on the first floor. The garage is a two-car, which is also an addition, and is detached from the house. Did I mention that the furnace is only seven years old?"
"It's older than me," Lisa said with a little shrug.
"Hush, baby," Wilona whispered as James threw his daughter a look. He stood with his mouth slightly agape as he looked at the house...each of his children would have their own room. Junior and Thelma would likely fight over who'd get the basement, but the loser, James knew, would find themselves in the attic..James resolved to finish it for him or her, right there.
A bathroom in his bedroom. Good Lord. No more waiting turns. And he could've fed his entire platoon from back in Korea in this kitchen. Then he came to his senses.
"What's wrong with the house," James asked, almost gruffly. Wilona tensed, being shaken out of her thoughts, as she heard James' tone. She'd just visualized Florida right at that double wall oven, humming and taking out a pan of cornbread. Florida would've loved this house, and they'd be so happy here.
"Mr. Evans, nothing is wrong with the house, if you mean structurally. Not even cosmetically, if the colors are to your liking," the realtor said, her arm sweeping the kitchen's neutral palette.
"Then why this house so cheap," James asked flatly. The other two properties were listed at 10k higher than this one, but this one blew the others clear out of the water..and they hadn't even left the kitchen.
"Mr. Evans..this house is part of an estate sale. The owner passed away and his children are fighting over their shares in the house. None will sell to the others, so buying each other out isn't an option. They decided simply to get rid of it quickly, so the fighting stops and they can have peace."
Schwartz nodded. "James, I can vouch for her words, because one of the inheritors is another of my clients. I thought this house might be just what you're looking for."
Wilona and Lisa were now wandering the house, and Lisa asked Wilona as her wide dark eyes surveyed the beautiful home, "Auntilona, which one is Penny's room?" Wilona blinked. "Honey..you don't understand, do you. Oh, baby..Penny and I are gonna live where we live now. It's you and your Daddy and your brothers and sister who are movin' out here."
That might not have been entirely true at that moment, because JJ had been begging Wilona to talk to James, to allow him to stay with Wilona until the end of the school year. He wasn't ready to leave his friends and girlfriend Henrietta quite yet, even though the trains ran nearby back to the heart of Chicago...but that is another issue for another time.
"But..well then I'm not goin'. I ain't leavin' Penny." A meltdown was sure to follow..Wilona set Lisa down and said, "Honey, we'll talk about this later," and quickly went into her handbag to pull out an emergency candy for Lisa. "I don't want it!" And the meltdown began. Lisa, when in the midst of a tantrum, couldn't be reached. There she was, on the floor, wailing, kicking and screaming.
Wilona winced, and walked out of that bedroom, closing the door and letting the child cry it out..it was the only way to make her stop. Meltdowns like these were rare but memorable. She rejoined James and the group back in the kitchen, where Lisa's wailing was beginning to reach.
"What's the matter?" James asked, and Wilona shook her head. "You know kids," she said noncommittally, and added, "Let her be. She's overtired."
Wilona stayed near the closed door as James toured the house with the realtor..and once he was done, he almost ran to Wilona. "You GOT to see the whole place. I'll stay here..you go with them and let 'em show you. Oh, Wilona..this might be it."
Wilona felt a strange pull in her chest but nodded...it dawned on her, the realization that they'd be leaving her behind, was like a baseball bat to the head. Granted, she'd known about it..she was the confidante..but to think of the Evans apartment empty, or worse yet, filled with someone else..that Wilona would always think of as trying to take the Evans' place...she looked back at James and realized as well that she'd been harboring feelings for him.
It was something she'd always tried to deny. After all, one doesn't look at their best friend's husband! But even when Florida was alive, James had times, when he'd put on his grey suit, or just be caught in a certain light, and Wilona felt an attraction, one she was positive was one-way and one she'd never divulge. She let Schwartz lead her by the arm and pretended to listen to the realtor explaining the house. Showing the laundry room, the living room, the dining room, each room, noting the gleaming hardwood floors, the crown moldings...this was truly a home.
Meanwhile, James quietly entered the room where Lisa had finally calmed. He opened the door to find her in a little ball, her so-proudly-zipped-by-herself-jacket off and being clutched like a blanket, as she lay sniffling. This sight broke James' heart. Even though Lisa's conception and birth were not something he was proud of, he loved this little girl fiercely. It was without irony that he realized that had the girl's mother lived, that he'd never have known fathering his littlest as he was. And had Florida not passed, he'd have had to continue the charade of being the slightest bit disinterested in his baby's accomplishments.
All that was aside right now. He knelt on the floor and scooped her up in his powerful arms. "Baby, don't you like the house?" he asked, wiping her tears and fumbling for his handkerchief to clean Lisa's face and nose. She'd truly cried herself out.
"No," she sniffled, with a hiccup. "I wanna go home"
"This could be home, it's a nice place, Lisa, and the backyard..you can go outside and play on grass. Maybe get you the puppy you was wanting, to play with you"
"NO, Daddy. I don't want a puppy..I WANT PENNY!" And fresh tears began.
Oh..so THAT's what the tears were about. James stroked Lisa's hair and held her close, telling her not to cry, that everything would be okay, he promised. And he thought to himself...
We're gettin' out. Why leave Wilona and Penny behind? My children ain't got a mother. Penny ain't got a father. The kids think of her as an aunt..hell, Lisa even calls her aunt. Penny calls me Uncle James. Mentally counting the bedrooms..it could be done. They'd been in tighter quarters.
He was going to ask Wilona to come with them, he decided silently.
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FORTY-TWO homes could be built on land currently owned by Northbrook College after a planning application was submitted to Worthing Borough Council.
The homes, expected to be a mix of two and three bed properties, would be built on land just north of the university centre campus, in Littlehampton Road, Durrington.
Sue Dare, college principal, said: "It's part of our estate development where we have been selling off land in order to fund some exciting new resources.
"We are going to be building new student facilities including social areas and learning areas and exhibition space."
Should the application for the new homes be approved, building work is expected to begin by late 2015.
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PS3 DualShock 3/SixAxis x64 & Windows 7 Drivers Now Available!
Over the last few weeks, Motion-in Joy (linked above) has made available PS3 DualShock 3/SixAxis x64 and Windows 7 drivers, along with detailed instructions.
Download: PS3 SixAxis DualShock 3 Vista 64bit Driver / PS3 DualShock 3 SixAxis Windows 7 Driver
PS3 SixAxis DualShock 3 for Windows x64 Instructions
1. Download from http://www.motioninjoy.com/blog/show/7
2. Install it, you can refer to http://www.motioninjoy.com/blog/show/5
3. This program will let you run unsigned drivers on 64bit Windows system.
a. Use it to sign "C:WINDOWSsystem32driversMijUfilt.sys".
b. Enable test mode
c. Reboot your PC
4. Press PS button can work now
PS3 SixAxis DualShock 3 Vista 64bit Driver
1. It can work on my Vista home premium 64bit debug mode.
2. You can download it here, because Windows 64bit system needs signed drivers from Microsoft.
3. Having issues? Use this to get the driver signed.
PS3 DualShock 3 SixAxis Windows 7 Driver
1. In Device manager, look for USB human interface device.right click "USB Input Device" check the VID&PID.
2. Click Update Driver select "Browse my computer for driver software"
3. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
4. Select "Have Disk..."
5. Navigate to your download files. Select the "sixds3".
6. Select "MotioninJoy USB GamePad" and click Next.
7. Select "install this driver software anyway".
8. Your Device Manager will like it as follows.
9. Press PS button, now you can use SixAxis or Dualshock 3 as a general gamepad.
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05-12-2009 #2keytor69 Guest
The signature signing program link shows correct program but downloads Driver scanner, download correct program here: download.softpedia.com/dl/8d363544c540c185a87a8ac5c2260486/4a0922d7/100103154/software/tweak/dseo13b.exe
05-12-2009 #3hunter316 Guest
will this also work with the original sixaxis?
05-13-2009 #4CrazyBIT Guest
bluetooth anyone?
i think this driver doesn't have bluetooth support... right? i would really like to play with my ds3 wirelessly on my pc...
07-09-2009 #5rajkosto Guest
works fine with bluetooth in windows 7 x64 here!
10-20-2009 #6Akay1337 Guest
Do i have to run Windows 7 always in Testmode to use my Sixaxis on PC?
(Sorry for my bad english. I am from Germany)
05-11-2013 #7andriko92 Guest
can't download the file it says forbidden
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It appears their entire site is down at the moment, if you reply with the exact file name you are seeking from above I may be able to dig it up on my local backup though.
05-11-2013 #9oVERSoLDiER Guest
Searched a bit around - here you go !
A good site to calibrate is xinputer.com I guess !
05-14-2013 #10DKRussell Guest
Tried BOTH of those driver packages and keep getting errors when unzipping... i3 running 7 ultimate x64.
With a little research I found the drivers and instructions for x86 and x64 with both being signed so no test-mode needed.


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Review by akshundude
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Pros: Looks awesome! Perfect size! Amazing in the snow!!!
Cons: Weird options. Oh yeah, the engine goes bad at about 90K. No biggie! :P
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Pros: Good Looking Truck, Will Last a while
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Pros: handles great in the snow
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Pros: roomy, 4-wheel drive system
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Pros: looks, reliability, safety
Cons: gas costs
Review by stsimon56
December, 20 1999
Pros: comfort, nice for towing
Cons: costly at the pumps
Review by bp113
December, 13 1999
Pros: Loads of room
Cons: Spare tire could be located in better area.


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San Andreas has been receiving tremendous coverage online, in the form of reviews and recommendations. If you've taken a break from playing San Andreas or just want something to read, have a look at the articles below.
Digit Online news did "an in-depth look" at San Andreas comprising of their impressions and some in-house screenshots.
The Chicago Tribune has done an article about the race-factor in San Andreas, titled If you play 'San Andreas,' you'll be a black male. Does it matter? It's an interesting read, yet you must fill in an annoying subscription form which includes your name, address, phone number and some other information.
Back a week ago MTV.com did a little article called My First Night In San Andreas: One 'GTA' Addict's Account. Obviously it's about the writer's first impressions of San Andreas, and unsurprisingly it's pretty addictive.
The Technology section of BBC News gave our new GTA a review score of 9.5/10, which seems to be in tune with what everyone else is saying. No new screenshots in their article, they just used the promotional material sent out by Rockstar.
On another topic, we've close to 50 new screenshots to the official publicity screenshots page, and some 20 to the in-game play page.


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today announced a reseller alliance with InVMA,
an agile and experienced company formed by the directors of an advanced
industrial automation integration company with offices in Chesterfield,
UK. This partnership allows InVMA to resell, develop solutions for, and
support the ThingWorx software platform: expanding the reach of
ThingWorx-powered Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things
solutions with their customers and meeting the emerging requirements of
new markets.
This partnership combines InVMA's system integration business experience
in real-time industrial computing and automation together with
ThingWorx, the industry's first application enablement platform designed
to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative M2M
applications for the emerging connected world. InVMA's solutions will
cover M2M industries including manufacturing, utilities, facilities,
energy and emerging Internet of Things businesses, such as smart cities,
smart infrastructure and smart transportation.
"We are pleased to announce our partnership with ThingWorx, a company
whose unique and powerful technology enables rapid solution deployment
for M2M. We have sought a platform like this to underpin our business
evolution," stated Patrick Nash, Managing Directo of InVMA. "With our
many years of experience in connectivity with devices, equipment and
integrated business systems, we are well-positioned to fully exploit the
advantages and functionality of the ThingWorx platform to drive
continuous innovation within our customer base."
"We are pleased to have such talented partners to help grow our
international business," stated Ken Forster, Head of EMEA for ThingWorx.
"InVMA's rich experience in industrial, remote plant and Internet
technologies, combined with its local presence in UK and Ireland, make
them an ideal partner to drive growth of the emerging connected world.
With the predicted 50 billion connected 'things' by 2020, we believe
there will need to be at least 5 million applications created to drive
value. InVMA's industry and market focus, together with the ThingWorx
rapid application enablement platform, will be instrumental in
delivering this value."
About InVMA
InVMA Ltd. is an experienced business system integration company with
expertise in connectivity of intelligent and non-intelligent devices to
systems where real-time data acquisition and automated information
processing produces immediate business value. InVMA has recognized the
challenges of the M2M and Internet of Things trends and is
well-positioned to be a comprehensive solution provider, product
supplier and support specialist for these markets. For more info about
InVMA see www.invma.co.uk.
About ThingWorx
ThingWorx™ provides the first platform designed to efficiently build and
run the applications of today's connected world. ThingWorx's model-based
design and search-based intelligence reduces application development
efforts by 10X, minimizing cost, risk and time to market. The ThingWorx
platform combines the key functionality of Web 2.0, search, and social
collaboration, and applies it to the world of "things", including
connected products, machines, sensors, and industrial equipment.
Businesses use the ThingWorx platform to rapidly deliver innovative
applications and connected solutions across markets ranging from
manufacturing, energy, and food, to Machine-to-Machine (M2M) remote
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applications, including smart cities, smart grid, agriculture, and
transportation. For more information, please visit our website at www.thingworx.com
and our blog at www.thingworx.com/blog
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To coincide with Donald Trump completing 100 days as US president, Pretty Pragmatic have launched the 'First 100 Days' offering for marketing leaders.
The Marketing Society recently reported that the average tenure for UK CMO's is now only 18 months – for some this is down to choice – for others it's the result of pressure from the board for marketing to deliver tangible results quickly.
Getting on with the job is important, but shooting from the hip and cracking under demands to 'just do it' is a short-sighted approach that can lead to a shortened tenure.
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