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Bella Swan spent the first two years of her life in Forks developing a friendship with Jacob Black that finally turned into something more. As she begins her senior year of high school, a new family moves to town and Bella slowly begins to question the path she thought her life would follow. Sometimes there is a difference between what you think you need and what you never knew you wanted. Takes place during the timeframe of New Moon and Eclipse. J/B at first, but eventually E/B.
Welcome back.....yipeee!
Well, I'm not going to bitch at you, girl! Awesome, awesome, awesome!
Bella went cliff diving, but it didn't turn out so well. She broke her back. A decade later, Edward reappears in her life on the same night she loses her best friend and husband to a freak accident. Now a graduate student in Women's Studies, Bella isn't thrilled to see him. But when the Cullens re-enter Bella's life, they bring change, hope, and a new joint project that will require all their expertises.
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Special Update:
For personal reasons (a ridiculously full teaching schedule and being recently put in charge of a bi-annual local conference and ongoing project), I am no longer able to reply to reviews and questions. But that said, I wanted to give a BIG THANK YOU to EVERYBODY for the wonderful feedback and kind words that have been sent my way since the completion of this story in August 2009. I do still check my messages about once every 1-2 weeks and read *every* review. I just have too many to reply to anymore, but I didn't want anyone to think I was ignoring her/him in particular, or didn't appreciate readers taking time to leave a review. Writing this story was tons of fun and I'm thrilled readers seem to enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed the chance to write it. I can't tell you how flattering that is!!! As I used to reply to all reviews, I feel a little badly about this decision, but work has been requiring virtually all of my time since the new (academic) year began.
Best to all of you in 2010 and beyond!
WOW! SO. Worth. The. Wait.Author's Response:
Thank you! :-D
I love this story so very much.
And I must be terrible bc/ I want her to become VampBella so they can be together for a proper forever.
Thanks somuch for your lovely story!
Thank you! And I'm not giving away the end (of course), but I hope you like it!
Bella is sitting---Yippeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This story is so effing awesome.
Geeky Edward thinks he has absolutely no shot with the popular, beautiful Bella. Is he right, or will she be one of the many girls who thinks geeks make for better lovers? M for language, sexuality and some underage drinking. A little OOC… okay, a lot OOC.
Yea, welcome back! Loved the update!
AU/Human, EPOV
While trying to run away from his future, Edward gets into a car accident. He is bruised, broken, and covered in bandages from head to toe. His disdain for the hospital staff extends to the woman who saved his life; a new nurse he won't even talk to, let alone look at.
Though when Edward finally does meet his savior, he feels an inexplicable pull towards her. Without the aid of his good looks, can he charm her? Is he sure he wants to charm her?
Ahhhhhhhhh!Bandages being removed! Hurry, hurry!
the redi whip scene was fucking hilarious, woman! Thank you for the update.
Bella and Edward's relationship is interrupted by WWI. He dreams of glory as a soldier, and she must figure out life without him. A moving story of how friendship turns to love when survival is in doubt. ExB AU/AH.
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I love this story, although I have to say the whole Jake & Marie thing makes me very tired. I didn't care much for Jake's character in the original books and (kudos to you!) he's just as anoying here. The rest of your characters & plot, the descriptions of places and such are so very wonderful! I love everything else. Please keep up the good work.
An send Jake to the front like very soon. He really sucks ass.
Well, I suppose I should be flattered that you hate Jacob as much in my story as in Meyer's original. That is a compliment, I feel ;) Sorry that Jake annoys you so much - he is stirring things up a bit in this chapter. Trying to get Edward in trouble. I wonder if it will work?... Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you liked it.
Edward, the new, fresh meat at Bella's office, is a complete geek, which is ultimately her undoing. She fantasizes about him at work constantly... Will her fantasies become a reality, or will real life get in the way? Original O/S now extended. BxE, AH
A continuation of one of my very favorite 1 shots?
::fist pumps::
Four weeks before her wedding to Edward, Bella is frustrated. She knows there's little-to-no chance of getting him to bend his rules and boundaries now, but there's no harm in fantasizing about what could happen later. So she begins compiling a list of things that she and Edward can do together once they're happily married. She's surprised to find she might be able to cross some things off earlier than she thought...
Story contains mature themes and is not intended for younger readers.
Thanks to Mandi, aka m81170, for the great banner!
Oh God this was wonderful! And Jasper's part in it has tears in my eyes--just wonderful! I can't wait for the next part.
Thanks for the beautiful update.
Oh, this was wonderful! And super congrats for your novel....go, you!
What if Bella's thoughts on the plane flying back to Seattle from Italy take her in a different direction from the plot in New Moon? Just where could a little twist of fate take the characters? An indepth look at Bella's thoughts and feeling at the end of New Moon and into an AU Eclipse.
Canon couples, and rated NC17 just to be safe. I am Bella and Edward all the way, so if you like Bella and Jacob, then I am afraid this is not the story for you.
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Thank God she stood up to Charlie. I wish she had done some standing up to fucking SOMEONE in the books. This chapter rocked hard, BB. HARD.
Oh, BTW, Fuck Jacob and his Mickey Mouse High School bull shit. I hate his fucking characrter. Cannon jake, your jake, i doesn't fucking matter. Too bad we can't take that motorbike and shove it up his ass.
Can't wait for the next chapter!
Didn't think it was possible for me to hate a cannon based Jacob more than I already do (without -God forbid- a rape or something) but you did it, girl. I do. HATE HIM SO MUCH.
Love this story so much though. Can't wait for more Edward/Bella!
Bella works as a Resident Advisor at Seattle University. She meets Edward at a Halloween Party thrown for the residents and employees of Weston Hall. A friendship slowly builds and Bella finds herself falling in love with Edward throughout the semester. What could the popular Edward Cullen possibly see in her? BxE, AH
welcome back! Please fix B&E!
Thanks for the welcome & I promise I'm trying my darndest to honor your request! Thanks for reading! ;)
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When Bella goes to live with her father in Forks, things go much better than she expected. At least until a slick parking lot, a careening van, a broken arm, and her weird lab partner from biology get in the way...
Awesome update! The cooking issues that Edward has are so funny. Can't wait to read the next installment.
Thank you :)
Edward reveals a secret from his human time which leaves Bella shocked and wondering just how well she knows the man she is about to marry.
This is very much an Edward and Bella love story.
Thank you angel-gidget for the banner!
This is probably the most moving, perfect Twilight fic I've ever read. Thank you so much for continuing it.
"....Hope it was ok..."? Well,you are obviously high. It was WONDERFUL and STUNNING as usual. Can't wait for part 2 of this!
You made me laugh :) I've written and re-written and re-written this chapter so many times ... your words really mean a lot, thank you.
Oh, I can't believe it's over, either! This was one of the most beautiful stories I've ever read. Thanks for it and Merry Christmas!
Wow, thank you, that's just ... wow! I'm glad you've enjoyed the story so much, thank you! Merry Christmas!
Edward Cullen needs to pass Statistics. Bella Swan is his tutor. She thinks he's a flighty, arrogant--albeit sexy--asshole, and he thinks she's Bipolar, but tries to win her over, anyway.
Can he change her mind, or do first impressions really last?
Thanks to my baby momma, Maximista, for the banner! <3
Oh, I loved this chapter! I'm glad she let him "explain" himself but I love what she fucking told him!
I motherfucking missed this story! Thank you for updating, BB!
Glad you updated....glad Bella was still thinking about Edward during her date, even tho he's been such an asswad to her. But please make himwork harder for it, Jace or no Jace.
Scarred by events in her past, Bella relies heavily on her best friend and roommate, Jasper. When Jasper falls in love with a girl named Alice, Bella is excited for him but can't help but wonder – where will she fit in? Her answer partially arrives in the form of Alice's older brother, Edward, but as their friendship grows, Bella comes to realize that she may be too broken to give Edward everything he needs. Canon pairings, AH/AU
This contains explicit content, elements which may be offensive to some, and dark themes. It is intended for a mature audience.
Welcome back! I hope you're ok (I know no details, so...)
Great chapter, although I wish Jasper -or ANYONE, really- had kicked Jake's ass. He's getting off waaaay to easily. And he's going to be an on-going issue isn't he? I really hate that mother fucker.
I did like the sleep over (and the Bee Gees!) and all the bonding, but of course I missed Edward.
Can't wait for more!
Bella is devastated by the loss of her mother and is forced to go live with Charlie, her Mom's best friend, when there is no one else to take her in. She gives up on living, too lost in her own anger to let anyone close to her. Enter Edward, the handsome teenage vampire, and the beginning of a complicated love-hate relationship. Neither can deny the connection between them, but can their love survive the fear that rules her and the secret he hides from her? AU and OOC, Rated NC-17 for language and sexual content.
SO beautiful and heartbreaking! Am now hoping that he will change her soon.
Keep up the wonderful writing!
I love this story so much-this chaoter was def worth the wait!
Thanks for saying so, and for the review. I'm glad you liked it.
Bella is a sexual therapist with unusual methods that get results, but when she goes on sabbatical to write a book, Dr. Hale calls in a favor and sends her a new patient. When Edward, a shy, eclectic scientist and inventor who has social problems comes for counseling, Bella must put aside her training and follow her gut instincts to help him overcome his difficulties. But will she be able to maintain her professionalism and continue in her career in the face of her intense attraction.
Oh welcome back! Loved their together time. And it's ok that you are wrapping this up soon if only because I don't want them to be apart forever. Never been so glad that Bella talks in her sleep!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. Stick with me. Not too far to go.
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It's my baby's birthday on July 3rd. Okay, so my baby is 26 and six-feet tall, but he's still my baby. Every year we celebrate his July 3rd birthday with a backyard barbecue, then we bring the whole gang back the very next day to celebrate July 4th with an entirely different barbecue. Yes, we're barbecue obsessed.
My baby, or as I refer to him in this blog as "the chef", has requested shrimp cocktail on his birthday menu. I am not a fan of boiled shrimp, personally I think it's a bit of an insult to the shrimp. I'm sure they much prefer to be served grilled. Grilling just brings out their natural sweetness.
Then of course there is the cocktail sauce. Since we don't want to offend the shrimp in any way, it is mandatory that you prepare the cocktail sauce fresh. Serving bottled cocktail sauce to these glorious shrimp is a real slap in the face, to the shrimp I mean.
And just because it's so darn fun, I'm going to serve each shrimp in it's own shot glass with a little spritz of lemon and it's own personal dollop of cocktail sauce. Tell me what you're grilling this July 4th!
Grilled Shrimp Cocktail
- 1 1/2 lbs. large, uncooked shrimp – deveined with shells off, but tails left on
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
- zest of 1 lime
- juice of 1 lime
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon red chile pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped ginger (I used ginger in the jar) – optional
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- Take your skewers that you will be threading your shrimp on, and soak them in cold water for at least thirty minutes, or overnight.
- My market sells the raw shrimp already deveined. If your does not, then devein your shrimp, take off the shells but leave the tails on. Rinse under cold water, and pat dry with a paper towel. Add shrimp to a large bowl.
- Add 2 tablespoons of minced garlic to the bowl. Then add 2 tablespoons of finely chopped cilantro to the bowl.
- Using a microplane, zest a lime over the bowl of shrimp, then add the juice of the lime to the bowl of shrimp.
- Add the salt, red pepper flakes and chopped ginger to the bowl.
- Add the 1/4 cup of olive oil to the bowl and toss all the ingredients together until the shrimp are coated.
- Cover the bowl with plastic and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so all the flavors meld together.
- Thread your shrimp onto the skewers. (I put 3 on a skewer). Heat your grill to medium-high, and brush your grill with oil or cooking spray so shrimp won't stick.
- Cook shrimp 2-3 minutes on each side until no longer translucent. Serve immediately.
Makes about 40-45 large shrimp
Cocktail Sauce
- 1 cup Heinz ketchup
- 1 cup Heinz chili sauce
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning (if you have it)
- pinch of cayenne pepper
Place all the ingredients in a medium size bowl, and whisk together until all ingredients are incorporated. Cover with plastic, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Mama's Tips:
When grilling your shrimp on long wooden skewers, soak the skewers submerged in water for at least 30 minutes (or overnight) so that they will not burn on the barbecue.
I rub my grill with a paper towel dipped in oil so that my shrimp will not stick to the grill. Plus it makes it easier to clean the grill. Home Depot told me so.
Cook the shrimp just til they are no longer translucent, a minute longer and they will be dried out. That could make you very unpopular.
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Cardtronics Atm
603 Main Street, Cambria, CA, USA
Cardtronics Atm Cambria Reviews
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Great food, delicious fries!! Nov 18, 2007
The Main Street Grill is owned by the folks who own Firestone Grill in San Luis Obispo, they have twin menus and similar atmospheres. Both Main St. and Firestone have the most delicious seasonsed fries- so if you like fries then order a whole bowl (and that's just for yourself!)!! A personal favorite of mine is the garden burger and the veggie sandwich, which has delicious avocado, cheese and sprouts with yummy cheese. A great place for burgers, ribs, roast chicken and pulled pork as well if that's your thing.
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Feb 08, 2006
I really liked this place. A great place for good, old-fashioned
American food. Servings are huge and super cheap-- we're talking about
two dollars for a basket of fries big enough for a family of 5, and
meaty, juicy burgers done right. I got a grilled chicken sandwich and
enjoyed it a lot. Order at the counter and the food will be ready in a
minute. The restaurant seems quite popular, as well. Not a gourmet
burger (buns were just your basic stock burger buns), but tasty and
filling. I wish I had one of these in my neighborhood!
408 reviews
Jan 06, 2006
This is an cheap and decent place to eat right off Highway 1 in
Cambria. It seems like there is only one big street in Cambria, so it
shouldn't be too hard to find. They serve mostly American food, like
burgers and fries, with some slight variants like swordfish sandwiches
thrown in for good measure. I had a a dish called "The Pig", which
consisted of shredded, barbequed pork on a sandwich bun. The bread
could have tasted better, but the meat was pretty tasty. The best part
about this place is that it is dirt cheap. Most of the entrees are less
than $5 and a huge bucket of fries only costs $1.39.
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I was flabbergasted when I read the quote from Tacoma Education Association president Andy Coons (TNT, 9-24), who stated that the teachers needed their pay or they might not be able to pay their mortgages and that many teachers live paycheck to paycheck.
What does he think happened to all of those parents who had to miss work to take care of kids who were supposed to be in school? How about parents who had to come up with $35 per day per child for child care while the teachers were off not doing their jobs? How about the hourly employees like bus drivers and cafeteria workers who lost pay because these teachers decided to take the law into their own hands?
I think that not only should they not get paid for strike days (just like other striking union members) but they should be fined contempt-of-court fees of upwards of $500 a day per teacher. They have learned nothing from this except that they continue to whine.


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Saw Mother for Christmas. She's doing well. She insisted on formality, of course, despite the fact that the dining room is about the size of my old closet. I think she wanted to make an effort, being the first Christmas since Father died. If he could see where she lives now, he'd probably have held on a little longer, if only for the pride of it.
But I couldn't stay long. I have to get back to the city, and as soon as I did, it was like walking into a warzone. It took me a little while to gather the facts, rumors were sprouting around like wildfire. Four days after Christmas, the Minister's maid walks into the drawing room and finds him cold on the floor, along with his wife and grown daughter. From what I can gather, it wasn't a neat execution, either.
The Ministry is scrambling to set someone up, half the world is screaming about the return of the Dark Lord, the other half is screaming about the rise of the Muggles, every pub is packed every night with people swapping horror stories about the war. As though they had any more to talk about. Seems like they'll never be over it, every messy thing that happens goes back to the start of it all. Oh, and I heard something in the streets the other day that made me laugh, believe it or not. Some old crocker on his soapbox, passing out "Elect Harry Potter!" badges.
He should know better by now than to trust in empty promises.
Suddenly there's a sharp cry from behind him and he knows without thinking that it's Rose; it's the sound of a young woman's hopeless pain, and when he turns around he sees that someone has grabbed her wrist and is pulling her backward. Draco slashes his wand at the hulking figure, which gives a grunt and lets go of Rose, but he's in the thick of now because he's used his wand against them in the middle of their territory and they can't let him get away with that. Ducking and darting forward with all of the Seeking skills he never got the credit for, he snatches Rose up by the waist and drags her forward, because she's limp with terror and useless with confusion. She's gotten her bearings now and she picks up the pace, but he can see already that it's too late, far too late for her, because there are men covering the exit now and more emerging from the back room every second, their wands drawn.
He has to act fast before they get their wits together. They're still confused, surprised by the unexpected ruckus and looking for leadership. Draco stops abruptly in the middle of the room and gives a tug to Rose's arm; the momentum swings her around, back to face him. He shoves his wand into her hand.
"Go," he says shortly, and goddamnit she has no idea what he's talking about, she doesn't belong in this chaos. "Go," he growls, motioning with the wand which she reluctantly takes. There's a stroke of good fortune in that she is too frantic and too afraid to argue with him or to insist that he accompany her, and she nods with a gulp and takes hold of the wand at last.
She's turning into space and someone is darting toward her and a voice cries out, "Stop her!" and then the CRACK!I of her Apparition fades and there's nothing but the last dregs of momentum swirling out of the scene, and Draco in the center of the room alone, wandless, and trying to force his heartbeat down from his temples.
Someone steps closer to him and instinctively he backs away, but of course he's surrounded, with nowhere to go. Suddenly his chivalry seems pointless indeed, because once he's dead and buried, there's nothing stopping them from plucking Rose up again at their leisure. He hopes her parents have the sense to make their place Unplottable. But he's done it and it's too late for him to change his mind, and all he can do is feel naked and vulnerable with no wand and no way out, and think vaguely of Pansy and what she'll do when she finds out about his untimely demise.
A hand emerges from someone's robes and there's a wand pointed at his heart. Draco almost hears the tiny intake of breath that will carry the curse on the way out, when an authoritative voice rings out from behind him.
"Stop," the voice says, and the hand is still as though it were the voice of God himself. Heads turn in the room with rapt attention as the Savior approaches. Draco follows the collective gaze.
The man is tall and dark-haired, thin, with sharp, angular features and an attitude of quiet focus that borders on compulsion. He enjoys the attention, he passes his pilgrims without glancing from side to side, and yet the slight curl of his mouth betrays his smugness. This is the elusive Teddy, the phantom force whom Draco has been approaching since the day Rose's blindly trusting parents stepped into his office. It is not the man's aura of smug superiority, nor the homage paid to him by the elite who surround his approach, which gives him away as the leader of the operation. It is the fact that Draco knows exactly who he is.
"Malfoy," the man acknowledges his opposite, inclining his head, as though he were welcoming Draco to a dinner.
"Nott," Draco responds with something less warm, but still calm. "Or should I call you Teddy now?"
He's surprised that he didn't put the pieces together before, but it fits now. Everything about the operation spoke of new blood, someone with a fresher, newer idea for business. And everyone Draco spoke to knew him, though he didn't immediately realize that they knew him far before he had ever been given a place in the Dynasty. Draco has known this man since they were eleven and someone he still doesn't feel like having a long catch-up chat. Theodore Nott, the tag-along sixth year, had always been a little on the quiet side, unobtrusive, but ever-present.
Draco had never known what lurked beneath.
"What, would you prefer to do the dirty work yourself, Nott?" Draco taunts him, the arrogance which flows hot and strong in his veins emerging at perhaps an inappropriate time.
"Dirty work? No, Malfoy, you're going to do that for me. Something you're used to, I believe," Theodore Nott replies, with a mocking tilt of his head.
Draco takes the careless remark with a cool exterior, although he is seized with a strong desire to throttle the man in front of him for his stupid superiority. "And how do you plan, exactly, to get me to off myself for you? You seem to underestimate my will to live."
Theodore settles for looking politely puzzled, and then makes a show of letting a smile crack his face, though it is less warm and more predatory. There is no grace in the performance, and Draco raises an eyebrow, unimpressed. "You misunderstand, Malfoy," Nott says with false gravity. "I don't care enough about you to kill you. Not right now, at least, although you have a habit of making yourself incredibly inconvenient sometimes. No, what I want you to do is retrieve Rose Zeller for me. I can't have her wandering around, spouting off secrets. And you're going to do it."
Draco holds his silence for perhaps a solid minute, waiting for an elaboration on the incredible confidence, but Teddy seems determined to play the role of misunderstood evil genius, and will give no quarter until asked. "Alright, i give up," he says at last, spreading his arms wide with a mocking smile. "Enlighten me as to why I should do that."
"Oh, I didn't say you should," Nott clarifies, and Draco sees the eyes of those surrounding him following the shake of his head with their eyes, as though enraptured. "I said that you would. And you will because I have something that you want, and I believe you will be willing to make the trade."
Draco is tired of the melodrama but not quite tired enough to wish someone would just hurry up and murder him already, so he plays along. "Tell me," he says shortly, not able to summon the effort to think of a witty response. He has a feeling he isn't going to like what Nott has to say.
"It would be much more effective if I showed you, I think," Nott admits, shrugging, and for a second the schoolboy Draco remembers is evident in his face. He's enjoying this, Draco realizes, enjoying playing the fisherman with the bait and waiting for Draco to take a fatal bite.
It isn't until now that Draco notices movement on the other side of the room, beyond the wall of silent watchers wearing dress-up finery. Teddy gives a nod to someone unseen and the commotion moves forward, sweeping through the crowd like an ocean wave. Now Draco can see that it is not a commotion, merely two very large and heavyset men, hulking through and pushing the people and either side out of their way. One of them, Draco sees, is the man whom he so rashly attacked to get his wand back. Draco rather regrets this now that he's wandless again, and facing the man head on. They don't seem to be carrying anything of importance and Draco turn to Nott with a raised eyebrow, expecting some dark miracle to reveal what he is supposed to be seeing.
Nott gives a nod to the larger man. With a dangerous leer, he steps forward and holds his hand out, which is large enough to conceal just about anything in the meaty palm. Draco reluctantly extends his hand beneath the larger, and catches what is offered to him, his fist closing around it automatically. It is fine and warm and delicate and he brings it to his eyes with strong feeling of trepidation, as though it is a tiny metal snake threatening to sink its teeth into his skin. He holds it up before the light and it sways hypnotically.
It's just a bracelet. Just a fine piece of gold chain from which dangles a metal flower, delicate enough to be real but cold in it's lifelessness. But suddenly the chain feels heavy to him, though it is essentially weightless. Suddenly it seems to drag not just his arm but his entire being into the floor and to the depths of the fiery Hell beyond. He doesn't know much about flora or fauna but he knows enough to recognize the blossom dangling treacherously from the jewelry in his hand.
"As I said," Nott says, this time slowly and quietly, so that those standing around- the ones who aren't still trying to see what Draco is holding, with confused looks on their faces- have to strain to hear. "I think you'll be willing to do whatever I ask of you now."
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This afternoon I participated in an excellent demo from Groopex [2], a startup that provides seamless WebEx integration and value added features to Moodle (and hopefully soon Blackboard as well).
If you are currently running Moodle and looking for a way to integrate synchronous class collaboration tools into your learning toolkit I highly recommend that you check out Groopex. Talking to the Groopex folks also makes sense if you are on a different learning management system (LMS) and are investigating the synchronous collaboration space.
The demo today got me thinking about how small edtech startups like Groopex can achieve some visibility amongst higher ed decision makers.
6 ideas:
- Turn Every Employee Into a Communicator: Every person that a small edtech startup hires is in marketing. Every developer, every project manager, every user interface specialist is also part of the marketing department. Everyone in the company needs to make time to become active, productive, opinionated, collegial, and responsive participants in the social media and news platforms in which your potential customers (higher ed decision makers) congregate. Of course I am biased towards becoming a member of the InsideHigherEd community, which means becoming an active participant in the discussions around the daily stories, but there are other venues as well. Yes be active, engaged and smart on Inside Higher Ed, but also on other education and edtech blog sites, news destinations, Facebook and LinkedIn groups - basically everywhere. The key is to approach these communities as individuals who happen to also work for an edtech startup. Teach your employees how to cultivate an authentic voice, and encourage them to let their passions and interests shine through. The association of smart people with your startup is more important than the startup message always being pushed.
- Break the Mold of Bland Company Speak: The good news is that as a small edtech startup you have very little to lose. You and everyone in your company should be willing to say exactly what you think about education, technology, and the issues that we all care about so much. Anyone who is both honest and funny about their own company and other technology players will be appreciated by our community. Everyone worries too much about giving offense. As long as your are respectful and positive it is great to express strong opinions.
- Turn Every Employee Into a Networker: Just as every employee should be participating in social media and news sites (and have their own social media / blog / twitter presence), everyone should also be spending time making friends. The higher ed tech world is actually very small. We tend to all know each other (and genuinely like each other), and we are not very exclusive. We like people who challenge us, who have ideas outside of the mainstream, and who teach us new things.
- Educate Us: One of the best ways to connect with high ed technology decision makers is to give us something that enables us to learn new things. If you are running an edtech startup you probably know more than almost anyone about your sector and the technology ecosystem in which you operate. Take the time to create white papers and short briefing articles. It is important that these educational products be balanced, informative and critical - and that they not feature your product more than others or fall into marketing speak. It is enough that you sponsor this research, it does not (and should not) be all about your company or product.
- Partner with Departments and Schools, as Well as Entire Institutions: Try to build relationships with individual schools or departments at first, and worry less about signing institution wide deals. A professional or graduate school within a larger university is a terrific starting place to create (and publicize) new partnerships. Perhaps even think about specializing. Become the expert in the needs of medical schools, or business schools, and be able to offer these entities a product specifically tailored for they're needs.
- Practice Full Transparency: You can gain huge credibility in the marketplace if you decide to be transparent from the beginning. Publish your price lists. Don't be afraid to talk openly about your product roadmap, your developer team, and the challenges that you face. I find that most edtech companies vastly overestimate the risk that some other company will steal your ideas or your strategies. Ideas are easy, execution is hard. You have way more to gain from being fully transparent and open than you have to lose if some other company adopts one of your strategies. The degree to which big edtech and publishing companies are not transparent drives us higher ed folks crazy. You could make a mark right out of the gate if you did things differently.
What ideas do you have to share with small edtech startups that may help them get visibility in the higher ed marketplace?


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Rep. Paul Ryan arrives for a GOP leaders meeting at the Capitol. Cheers heard as meeting starts. #shutdown http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVvRF1aCAAEK9BL.jpg
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Celebrating the wildlife releases of the PAWS Wildlife Center
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Progressive Animal
by Kevin Mack, PAWS Wildlife Naturalist
On October 30, 2003, four deer that had been raised at PAWS during the summer months were released. Due to a series of wonderful photographs taken by wildlife rehabilitator Peggy Faranda, I had the opportunity to do something a bit different for this edition of Wild Again. The following is a step by step pictorial of the entire release process for the four deer. I hope you enjoy it. If you receive the text-only version of Wild Again, click here for a web based version of the pictorial.
Meet the Release Candidates
Tag #B3- B3 was found next to a highway on 6/1. At the
time he was found, B3 was attempting to nurse from the
body of his mother who had been killed by a car. He
was rescued by a caring citizen and was brought to
PAWS the following day.
Tag #R 95- R95's story is sad but common. Very young
deer fawns spend much of their time lying quiet, still,
and alone. Does visit their young fawns only when they
need to be fed, since their presence near the fawns may
draw the attention of predators. R95 was found lying
quietly in the grass on 5/19. She was assumed to be an
orphan, and was taken by well-meaning but misinformed
humans. Her finders then illegally kept her for nearly two
months, raising her in their house. By the time she
arrived at PAWS on 7/15 she was acting unafraid of
humans. She was habituated, but not irreversibly so.
After spending 3 months in a pen with other deer (and
with limited human contact), she was deemed releasable.
Tag # R91 (left) and B2 (right)- Much like R95, R91 was
a victim of kidnapping. She was found lying quietly in a
pasture on 6/6, and was taken. After spending two
weeks in the finder's home, she was brought PAWS on
6/19. Like B3, B2 lost his mother to a car on 6/1. He
was standing dazed in the middle of the road when he
was rescued. He arrived at PAWS the following day.
The Roundup
In order to capture the deer for transport, they must be
herded down a chute and into a waiting transport box.
Here you can see (from left to right) veterinarian Dr. John
Huckabee, myself, wildlife rehabilitator Jenny Schlieps,
and seasonal staff member Julia Michalak spreading out
to herd deer towards the chute (not visible in photo).
Dr. Huckabee spreads his arms to discourage R95 from
rushing past him and escaping the trap.
As fawns enter the chute, a wall is
closed in behind them. This fawn
entered the chute and then turned
back around to find his way blocked.
Dr. Huckabee and I enter the chute and start to move
the deer towards a small dark stall. Affixed (from the
outside) to the back wall of the stall is a deer transport
box. A flashlight shined in through a hole at the back of
the box makes it appear to the deer as if there may be
an exit in that direction. I carry a padded board in front
of me in case the deer changes its mind and attempts to
exit through or over me and Dr. Huckabee.
This is the opening in the wall to
which the transport box opening is
coupled. You can see the stall door,
and just beyond it the wall of the
Safely contained in a transport box, one of the deer is
loaded into the back of a truck with the help of
(counterclockwise starting at left) facilities caretaker
Jim Green, wildlife rehabilitator Jenny Schlieps,
seasonal wildlife staff members Tigger Birch and Julia
Michalak, Dr. John Huckabee, and myself.
A second box is loaded and everything is securely
strapped down for transport. The other two transport
boxes were loaded onto a different truck.
In transit to the release site, we were thanking the DOT
for the HOV lane. Hopefully this photo documents the
last time any of these deer will be on a busy interstate.
At the Release Site
After a two hour drive we arrived at our destination- an
800 acre piece of land owned by the Heernett
Environmental Foundation. We unloaded the four
transport boxes in a huge field bordered by forest.
The boxes were carried a short distance from the
vehicles (here with the additional help of seasonal wildlife
staff member Kathryn Reeves), and were lined up facing
the forest (next photo).
The last box is positioned and the stage is set for the
The Release
R95 cautiously exits her transport box. If you look
closely, you can see the rumps of R91 and B3 behind
her. They were facing the wrong direction and were not
immediately aware that they were being set free.
Now free from the box, R95 notices the forest to her left.
There is a break in the fence (not visible here) that
provides an easy path of entry. Notice that B3 has made
a little progress backing out of his transport box. R91
has not moved and B2 is still hesitating to make his
After B3 backs out of the box, he is startled and makes
a short dash. B2 sees this and bolts as well. R95 gets
alarmed and her tail starts to come up, signaling danger
to the other deer. R91 has yet to move. Her rump is still
visible as it sticks out of the box.
At last R91 backed out of the box and joined the other
3 deer. The 4 of them stood on the edge of the forest
with twitching ears and noses. They slowly moved down
a small slope and disappeared into the shadows beneath
the trees...all but one of them that is.
R95 straggled behind a bit and investigated the field
more closely. When she realized she had lost the herd,
she began following the fence line. She stopped every
so often and sniffed between the slats, presumably
following the deer on the opposite side of the fence by
scent alone.
She tracked them all the way to the opposite end of the
field where there was another open gate waiting for her.
She stopped and took one look back at us before
exiting through the gate and rejoining her former cage
Wildlife Release tally: October 15th to October 21st, 2003
Wildlife Release tally: 2003
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How does the line "The child is father of the man" add to the meaning of the poem "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth?
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Wordsworth included the final three lines of "My Heart Leaps Up" as an epigraph to his "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood." In the "Ode," Wordsworth celebrates his experience with nature and life in his youth. He also laments losing the wonder he felt during these experiences, feeling that as he grew older, he'd lost some of that wonder:
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?
Where is it now, the glory and the dream?
However, by the end of the poem, Wordsworth finds reasons to remain hopeful, that he might continue to find profound significance in the experience of ordinary things: "To me the meanest flower that blows can give / Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears." As an adult, he might be less enchanted with a rainbow (or a flower) but he is wiser and therefore can experience more profound meaning in such experiences.
Wordsworth intends a similar gesture in "My Heart Leaps Up." He does not go into such detail as he does in the "Ode", but he does indicate that he will continue to be emotionally moved by natural beauty, such as a rainbow, at all stages of his life.
Comparing the "Ode" and "My Heart Leaps Up," consider the idea that in Wordsworth's life, his childhood occurred before his adulthood. In a linear sense, the Wordsworth child existed before the Wordsworth adult, as if to say that the child lived before the adult and therefore the child's experiences taught the adult how to experience things. As an adult, Wordsworth recalls his childish wonder and learns from his childhood experiences. Just as a son feels loyal to his father, the adult Wordsworth feels loyal to himself as a child and he feels loyal to his future self and future experiences. This is what he means when he says that he wishes his days (his life and life stages) to be bound to each other by "natural piety" (natural duty).
People's personalities form when they are children; a person will have the same qualities as an adult that he or she had as a child. The present is the outcome of the past, so naturally the future will be the outcome of the present. By this the speaker explains his connection to nature, stating that it has been strong throughout his life. There was a rainbow when he was born. There is a rainbow now when he is a grown-up man. There will be a rainbow when he becomes old. He even goes so far as to say that if he ever loses his connection he would prefer to die.


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Wandering with Sam
(After being raised in Seattle, Spokane, and North Idaho, Sam Woodbury graduated from Bonners Ferry High School in 1988. After four years with the U.S. Navy in Florida, California and Virginia, he moved back to the Northwest to attend college in the Palouse area and graduated from Washington State University in 1996. He has traveled extensively throughout Idaho, Washington, Oregon as well as other parts of the United States, Canada, Panama, Australia, China, England, and Iceland. Currently he lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is working on a Master of Arts degree in English Literature at Portland State University)
Although rampant building of convenience stores, lodges and summer cabins has impacted the lake closer to Sandpoint, the lake's eastern shore retains a decidedly wild atmosphere because of its fairly extreme sense of remoteness. This is no accident because Highway 95, North Idaho's primary north-south artery, parallels the western side of the lake, allowing for easy access to fairly well populated locations like Bottle Bay, Farragut State Park, and the community of Bayview.
The eastern shore is accessible by road as well, but the drive is a rather lengthy journey over three passes along single lane dirt roads cut into the side of steep mountain canyons. Whiskey Rock is an hour's drive south from the mountain valley town of Clark Fork or an hour's drive to the northeast of Bayview. Both routes primarily involve single lane roads that were barely passable by a minivan and the route from Clark Fork also involves a narrow old dilapidated bridge over the swirling Clark Fork River. And this is summer time access. During the winter with several feet of snow and a frozen lake, a trip out here might require a boat, a snowmobile or cross-country skis.
In July, 2001, my father and I paddled his red Coleman canoe along the rocky outcroppings of Lake Pend Orielle's eastern shore, trying to keep a straight course despite the heavy waves and the blustery wind. We had launched our canoe at the Whiskey Rock campground and had planned on spending the afternoon exploring the wild eastern shore.
The waves really weren't all that bad since we are talking about a lake. I made mention of this to my father as the two foot high waves rocked our canoe, threatening us with an unwanted swim at times. I made mention of sea-stories from my Navy days about thirty-foot swells in the North Atlantic that would wash over the bow of a destroyer or a frigate and my dad countered this with his first hand memories of up to ten-foot swells in this lake when he was growing up. Ten foot swells? I've never seen the thirty-foot North Atlantic swells from the sea stories that I've heard and the only time I've seen anything close to ten-foot high waves was in Virginia Beach when Hurricane Hugo was pounding South Carolina in 1989. I couldn't possibly believe that this landlocked lake could be so rough that it would rival the Atlantic Ocean at times.
The sun shined on the blustery white-capped waves that broke against the rocky base of a steep forest covered ridge dotted with primitive A-frame cabins connected to the lake by makeshift ladders and flimsy docks made of rusty castaway pieces of iron and driftwood. These cabins suggested the residence of an ecological or religious hermit rather than a summer cabin for a well-to-do accountant or dentist from Spokane. I never saw any boats tied along these rickety docks, but I don't think that a boat could survive being tossed against the steep rocky incline. I guess the residents tied their boats at a centralized dock and walked back to their cabins by way of a footpath. Often the makeshift docks below the cabins were only accessible by climbing down the steep face of a rock. Some of the cabin owners accommodated this by hanging a rope ladder down the side of the cliff or by building a makeshift set of stairs. I could imagine a summer spent in one of these cabins reading St. Augustine's Confessions or maybe Thoreau's Walden Pond. A person who thrives on solitary existence would not be disappointed residing here because none of these ramshackle old cabins seemed to invite a lot of visitors.
As we paddled by, we noticed that one of the docks had a lone dog standing on it. Since the cliffs surrounding the makeshift dock of plywood supported by rusty iron pieces were extremely steep, I couldn't imagine this poor creature climbing down to the dock by himself. He stood in the center of the platform as the waves sloshed around him impatiently waiting for something. Eventually, a small sputtering motorboat materialized out of nowhere and stopped at the dock to let the poor creature on board. Could they have forgotten their dog? That seemed unlikely so maybe this was their way of allowing him to run around while they remained in the boat, but that made no sense because dog really had no where to run here. This was just one of those little questions of life that we probably will never have answered, nor really need to have answered.
We paddled along the shore quite a ways to the north. Since paddling in this choppy water against the wind was uncomfortable, we eventually gave up and turned back for the beach at Whiskey Rock. However this was not before we passed a fairly isolated community along a more level part of the shore. I could see several houses that were larger than the lakeside cabins. One of them had it's own ten foot long marine railway constructed of rusty iron rails (poles), ties, and boat trailers with tireless wheels that rolled on the rails. This was merely a means of pulling watercraft out of the water and onto the narrow beach that could not accommodate a vehicle. This town (if we can be that generous to a small cluster of houses and docks) seemed to have a sense of community that was defined by a half constructed central building that had potential as a restaurant or lodge.
I couldn't imagine anyone living here all year. Winter-time travel would mean either an icy cruise across the lake from Bayview (provided that the lake was free of ice) or a long overland trek over the three passes on a most likely unplowed road. I try to imagine wintering over in a place like this, but unfortunately all I can think of is the Torrance family up at the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining.
The Whiskey Rock campground (I was never able to figure out which of the rugged granite rocky outcrops that rose out of the lake was actually Whiskey Rock) was populated with a handful of four-wheel-drive vehicles over this Fourth of July weekend, but I could see several empty campsites in this more isolated section of Pend Orielle Lake. My Dad reminisced about a resort and restaurant that used to be located at Whiskey Rock during the post-war years and I thought of how rampant development has eliminated the wildness of other sections of this lake. However, here at Whiskey Rock, the forested ridges and alpine meadows have reclaimed a portion of development, since the restaurant burned down several years ago and was never replaced.
I tried to imagine my grandparents crossing the lake from Bayview in their powerboat to enjoy a fine dining steak dinner in this remote location, far from a civilized America of the 1950's or 1960's. People still cross the lake in their powerboats, but maybe the watercraft of today's era is more capable of jetting back to Bayview or even Sandpoint for a sophisticated dinner while the more frail craft of yesteryear had to lay up for a while after crossing this vast lake. And what better way to allow your boat's engine to rest than enjoying a dinner in a remote but highly civilized establishment.
My dad theorizes that such resort establishments in isolated locales like Whiskey Rock have fallen somewhat out of fashion as people are either more inclined to stay at resorts in tourist population centers with more sophisticated services, or experience these remote locations by living close to nature by sleeping in a tent.
Eventually we got bored (or tired of fighting the waves) and returned to our landing site at Whiskey rock Campground. The campsite was active with a couple groups of boaters who decided to dock at Whiskey Rock so they could enjoy the beach for a while. The crowd that was currently there when we arrived included a couple of thirty to forty-year old men and three younger girls, appearing to range from fourteen to twenty. They were either lying on towels enjoying the sun or they were throwing rocks into the surf of the Lake. After a while, they packed up their towels and coolers and departed in their speedboats, leaving the narrow beach and cool water for us. We sat in the cool shade away from the heated beach enjoying Black Butte Porter beer from Bend, Oregon and watched the rougher than average waves wash up on the gravelly shore and rock the rickety dock where the visiting speedboats had tied up.
After our meager supply of sandwiches, fruit, and beer was gone, we loaded the canoe back onto the van and commenced the two-hour trek over single lane dirt roads back to civilization. This excursion was truly a relaxing North Idaho experience.
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The development of Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems requires solutions that are able to address constraints imposed on design, such as low energy consumption, reduced area, and timing requirements, but also keeping a flexible and reusable approach to cope with the growing complexity of these systems. This paper shows how the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) event service combined with a task scheduler modified to control a Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVS) mechanism can improve a multiprocessor communication service and provide energy optimization. Furthermore, the unpredictability inherent to communication is reduced, improving real-time properties. An illustrative example of message passing is used to demonstrate the concept.
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A big welcome to Alex Hughes author of the new Mindspace Investigations urban fantasy series debuting with CLEAN (published on September 4, 2012 from Roc). You can read Abigail's review HERE. If you are a fan of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, this is a series you won't want to miss. Even better, Alex is giving away a signed copy. See details below.
Alex Huges' Top 10 Things She's Done For Research in the Mindspace Investigations World
I recently got a question from the audience while at a panel at DragonCon. Someone wanted to know what kind of research I had done for the book, and that got me thinking. I started pulling out old research notes, and realized I had done a lot more work over the years than I had remembered. Here's what I got.
Far too many hours of cop shows
I'd be a liar if I claimed most of the early research for the mystery part of the book wasn't cop shows. We watched police procedurals together as a family since I was a kid, and even as an adult I was watching at least two a week consistently. After awhile all that information started to sink in – especially the stuff that made it to two or three episodes of several different shows.
Did research to verify (or disprove) things I saw on CSI
In my history classes they actually taught us to use fiction of a particular time period as a portal into the culture and facts of the day – but also to verify things with independent sources. So, when I got into shows like CSI more deeply, or if I wanted to use something from it, I went and did research to verify my facts. It turns out that – if you're careful about what you use and realistic about budgets – CSI isn't actually all that inaccurate. This is good, because it was an important early research source J
Read widely about neuroscience, the brain and behavior
Meanwhile, I was on this kick where I was reading Oliver Sacks, books about brain surgeons and brain injuries, and a lot of great studies on the brain and behavior. It was cool. It was interesting. And one day, out of the blue, I thought, why not use some of these details in the book I was working on?
Took physics class
Turns out that as an adult one of the most important classes I ever took in high school was Physics with a brilliant teacher by the name of Dr. Clark. Not necessarily for the content of the class – although the crash test dummy videos he made us watch were bracing – but because of the way he taught us to think about science and the world. It's from his discussions on the Inverse Square Law and three-dimensional vectors (and why you care) that I started building ideas about how Mindspace would really work.
Re-walked the city of Decatur with camera in hand and map in fist
I lived in Decatur for years, but by the time I got to the final revision of Clean I'd been away a long time. So I went back – with camera and map in hand – to refamiliarize myself with where everything was. I also found the parking lot where I had always planned the future police station to be was two streets over from where I remembered.
Interviewed college friends and friends of friends from racial and cultural backgrounds different than my own
I've always loved culture and figuring out where people come from and the influences that have shaped their lives. We all have a story, and I love to talk to people about theirs. For this series, though, I've tried to go find someone from a background very similar to several characters and asked questions. I'm sure I don't always do it perfectly, but I'd like to present characters in a way that's true to life and influenced by their backgrounds.
Interviewed a senior AA sponsor
I ended up doing several hours of interviews over time with a friend of my dad's who was an AA sponsor who had helped literally dozens of alcoholic guys turn their lives around. He had some great insights to share, advice to deliver, and details to correct about my work. One of the wisest men I've ever met, and I miss him terribly. (He died this year of cancer.)
Attended open co-ed Twelve Steps Meeting
Through my conversations with this senior sponsor, I eventually got to the point where he would take me with him to a meeting and introduce me around. I heard things there that made my characters – and me – grow.
Interviewed retired Atlanta patrolman
I also had the opportunity to interview a retired Atlanta patrolman, who talked about being a cop on patrol in the 1970s in Atlanta. He had amazing stories and details to share.
Attended Writer's Police Academy
This week I also had the opportunity to attend the Writer's Police Academy in North Carolina, where I learned more about the realities of crime and policework than I ever would have known how to ask. Already I can feel new ideas and stories emerging. The highlight of the weekend was Dee, a female sherriff's office law enforcement professional and former Marine who both charmed us with niceness and taught us how to blow out an attacker's eardrums and crack ribs with a knee while yelling like a crazy person. I want to be Dee when I grow up!
I realize going back through this list that I came up with initial ideas from my existing knowledge and then figured out what I needed to know from there. I'm extremely grateful to the many people and professionals who've shared their time and expertise with me, and I look forward to a lot more stories!
Alex Hughes was born in Savannah, GA and moved to the south Atlanta area when she was eight years old. Shortly thereafter, her grandfather handed her a copy of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series, and a lifelong obsession with scifi was born.
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Available on September 4, 2012 from Roc
A RUTHLESS KILLER—OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND I used to work for the Telepath's Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn't entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it—real scary. Now the cops don't trust the telepaths, the Guild doesn't trust me, a serial killer is stalking the city—and I'm aching for a fix. But I need to solve this case. Fast. I've just had a vision of the future: I'm the next to die.
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New Lobane and Cembrane Diterpenes from Two Comorian Soft Corals
AbstractPreliminary biological investigation of a collection of Comorian soft corals resulted in the selection of two specimens, one of Sarcophyton and the other of Lobophytum, on the basis of their toxicity on larvae of the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, respectively. Bioassay-guided fractionations provided a known antitumor promoter cembrane diterpenoid, (+)-sarcophytol-A (1), along with a new lobane diterpenoid, carbomethoxyfuscol (2), from Sarcophyton sp., and a new cembranoid, crassumolide E (3), from Lobophytum sp. The structures of compounds 1–3 were determined by spectroscopic analysis and by comparison of the spectral data with previously reported values. The cembranoid 3 was found to exhibit a moderate inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase. View Full-Text
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Bonnard, I.; Jhaumeer-Laulloo, S.B.; Bontemps, N.; Banaigs, B.; Aknin, M. New Lobane and Cembrane Diterpenes from Two Comorian Soft Corals. Mar. Drugs 2010, 8, 359-372.
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After many years in the making, Harrogate's plan to move to Rudding Lane is on its way with mid-January 2015 as the target date for the commencement of playing. The club have rebranded with a new badge ready for their move to Rudding Lane. The squad have also been under a rebrand with Structured off season gym work identified by an end of season session to identify where to enhance their physical capabilities and aid performances on the pitch all under the watchful eye of their 3 students assisting and developing the next generation of coaches and sport scientists.
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I am a graduate student at an American university with a B.A. in religion from Carleton College. I am interested in issues pertaining to Japanese esoterism and traditionalism. I enjoy bridging the gap between academia and the general public.
My first book for a popular audience, The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan: Lost Chronicles of the Age of the Gods, introduces Japan's ultra-ancient parahistory to the English-speaking world, explaining the symbolism of ancient eras using the methodology of Julius Evola. It is available for purchase on Amazon and other sites.
I've also published work in several academic journals about Asian traditions and traditionalists of all stripes.
My blog is where I put other interesting tidbits that don't fit into my major studies. Comments are now off, but you can email me.
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After thorough data-gathering and benchmarking, Technip Malaysia felt the need to embark on a change initiative to enable the organization to improve and guide career development. To remain relevant and adapt to the changing needs of the marketplace, there was also a need to improve retention rates and win the war for talent in a highly competitive industry.
With the support and commitment of top management, Technip Malaysia together with DDI set up a comprehensive talent management program which included: competency profiling for up to 31 unique positions; interviewer training for hiring managers as well as for the executive committee; and a leadership development curriculum which focused on building interpersonal skills needed to empower, engage, and retain their teams.
Employee turnover dropped from 18 percent in 2006 to 5 percent in 2008. The development of a competency framework has resulted in better-defined career tracks, more accurate performance management, and greater clarity around development.


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Beaudin, A. M. R. and Song, N. H. and Bai, Y. W. and Men, L. Q. and Gao, H. P. and Wang, Z. Y. and Szablewski, Marek and Cross, G. H. and Wenseleers, W. and Campo, J. and Goovaerts, E. (2006) 'Synthesis and properties of zwitterionic nonlinear optical chromophores with large hyperpolarizability for poled polymer applications.', Chemistry of materials., 18 (5). pp. 1079-1084.
The electric-field-dependent change in refractive index in nonlinear optical (NLO) materials can be utilized for electrical-to-optical signal conversion, such as fast electrooptic (EO) modulators needed in optical telecommunication. Compared to inorganic NLO crystals (e.g., LiNbO3), organic NLO materials offer advantages such as higher EO coefficients, lower dielectric constants, and good processibility. To obtain a large EO response, chromophores with a high molecular nonlinearity (hyperpolarizability ) need to be oriented to form a macroscopically noncentrosymmetric material. For chromophores with a large dipole moment (), one way to achieve such a polar ordering is by electric-field poling of the chromophores in a polymer matrix. Consequently, the main figure of merit describing the performance of NLO chromophores in such EO polymer applications is the scalar product . Among many types of organic NLO chromophores, zwitterionic derivatives of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) such as (Z)-4-[1-cyano-3-(diethylamino)-2-propenylidene]-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1-ylidenepropanedinitrile (DEMI; Figure 1) are known to possess very high molecular hyperpolarizabilities and show the largest values reported to date
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Strathmore colonial walking distance to Onondaga Park offers: three season sunroom/foyer to livingroom to formal diningrom, inlaid hardwood floors to kitchen with kitchen nook. Mahogany staircase and woodwork throughout to updated bathroom and three bedrooms. Majority of newer windows, cellulose insulation, new chimney, metal roof on house & sturdy garage, deck, fenced yard. School taxes do NOT reflect basic star savings (in place)
Listing information
- Year Built: 1925
- Status: Sold on 5/20/2016
- Fireplaces: 1
- Foreclosure: No
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $3,215
- School District: Syracuse
- Property ID: 103894894
- Beds: 3
- Total Rooms: 6
- Parking Type Description: Detached 1 car
- Total Square Footage: 1,249 ($54.36 per sq. foot)
- County: Onondaga
- Subdivision: Strathmore
- Style: Colonial
- Baths: 1 (Full: 1 3/4: 0 1/2: 0 Other: 0)
- Stories: 2
- New Construction: No
- Lot Size: 60 x 53
- Neighborhood: Strathmore
Additional Exterior Features Cable Available, Deck, Fully Fenced Yard, Internet
Additional Interior Features Circuit Breakers Some, Copper Plumbing Some, Natural Woodwork Some
Additional Rooms Den Study, Laundry Basement, Living Room, Office, Porch Enclosed
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Lot Information Near Bus Line, Neighborhood Street
Other Bedrooms 2nd Floor - 3, City Village Tax - 950, Full Baths 2nd Floor - 1, Island - Na, School Tax - 975, Town County Tax - 1290
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Water Heater Fuel Gas
Water Resources Public Connected
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Kering 1st-Half Profit Rises 7% Despite Sharp Drop in Gucci Sales
Weakness in Asian Markets Continues to Weigh on Luxury Firms
Kering SA said Wednesday its first-half profit rose 7% on strong growth at some of its luxury brands, though a steep decline in sales at its flagship Gucci fashion house exposed how weakness in Asian markets continues to hit luxury firms.
The French group said Gucci's revenue—which accounts for 37% of the group's total—fell 4.5% to €1.6 billion ($2.1 billion). Kering Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Duplaix said the decline didn't...


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Talk:Document Freedom Day 2013
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We have been contacted by the FSFE asking us to hold an event on Document Freedom Day (March 27th).
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For this to happen we need one or more persons to signup as main organizer(s).
- You :)
The event would properly be co-organized by Labitat, IT-Pol, SSLUG, DKUUG and BSD-DK.
This is just a brainstorm of things we could do:
- LibreOffice install-party
- LaTeX workshop
- Markdown & Git presentation/workshop
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For more ideas see documentfreedom.org/getinvolved.html
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- Ask people to spread the word on Labitat, SLUUG, DKUUG, BSD-DK, opensource.dk, TUG, IT-Pol, PROSA, HK SAMDATA, Ubuntu Danmark and other related announce mailinglists.
- Write press release, try to raise awareness.
- We have 8x A2 Document Freedom Days posters with nice fold lines (thanks to them being shipped as A4)
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For now the venue would be Labitat, but could be moved somewhere else if we need something more like an auditorium.
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In this deliriously dark comedy, Makram Khoury (the youngest artist to ever win The Israel Prize) plays Sallah, an Arab Christian entrepreneur who is stealthily grabbing the candy market away from his main Israeli competitor, Klausner, who resents Sallah as a threat to not only his business, but to Zionism itself. With enough quirky characters, betrayal and homicide for a season of The Sopranos, coupled with a masterful cinematic style, belly laughs are served up with a heavy dose of gravitas.
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Take a look at the below list of Top 10 Best and Most Handsome Japanese Actors 2017. Actors are the heartthrob to the young people who follow their steps. Japan is known well for having the largest and oldest film industry. It is ranked the fourth position in the whole world. The film industry produces feature films. Movies started in Japan in the year 1987.Its actors are not only known in their country but also in the whole world. Japan has J-pop, Manga and anime series. Almost all the people in the world follow actors and it becomes an interesting thing their favorites who are the most handsome in the acting industry in Japan. Here is the list:
List of Top 10 Best and Most Handsome Japanese Actors 2017
10. Takahiro Nishijima
Takahiro was born in September 1986.He is also called Nissy. He holds many titles-he is a singer, dancer and an actor. He is a dancer of a J-pop dance since the year 2005.In addition; he was one of the dancers of the Ami Suzuki's performance. Moreover, he is a guitarist and also in the Hokkaid socity NTT Dacom.His hobbies are fishing, singing and acting.Takahiro is popular among the girls because of his amazing vocals and her exposure of love and signal when he acts. Above all, he is handsome.
09. Yosuke Kubozuka
He is one of the most handsome Japanese actors in 2017. He started as a model for magazines and commercials of the TV. He later debuted to be an actor in the year 1995 in the kindaichi case files' crime drama.Laiter on in 1998; he acted on the GTO TV series. In addition he was the leader in the Ikebukuro Westgate that was done in 2000.Yosuke is recommended for different works where he acted. At the monster club, he played an important role. Moreover, he was a lead character in the Ping Pong aced film that was released in 2002.
08. Hideaki Takizawa
He was born in March 1982.He is an actor as well as a singer in the acting industry of Japan. In addition, he is a J-pop tackey band member along with his acting career When he was 20 years, he started with the Avex Trax group record label.Hideaki is now famous and serious Japanese actor in the dramas.Hideaki has acted in dramas like Strawberry on the short cake and also majo no joken.His Romeo and Juliet acting in 2007, Kokuchisezo in 2008 and Mayonaka in 2013 made him famous
07. Tekeru Santoh
He is a Japanese actor who is handsome. He was born in March 1989.Tekeru is popular for his acting in the Ruroini Kenshin and rider Deno.The first drama that he acted was that of princess D.In this drama, he acted as Toru Kouno.She talked about loneliness and stress in being a popular star in his blog. His hobbies are Rubik's cube, B boying and playing with pets.Furthermore, he is a handsome actor who has won many awards like that of the best actor for the Asian acts and the 2015 Japan action awards. He also won in the Tokyo international drama festival.
06. Osamu Mukai
Osamu is a handsome Japanese actor who has a great talent in acting. She is appreciated in Japan and all over the world's secondary sources. He has a lot of followers who admire him. Most of them who admire him are from the film industry. Many producers prefer him because of his success factor. He was ranked the second in 2015. Osamu increased his popularity for appearing in the men's cosmetics commercials
05. Eita Nagayama
Eita is a Tokyo Japanese actor. He is famous in acting like a child in a movie since his brother; Kento Nasayami was his older brother. He debuted to the modeling career when he was still in high school.Eita become famous from the soda drink commercial act. He has acted on many dramas and videos. The first drama that he acted was the Sayonara. Blue film is the name of the film where he appeared for the first time. Moreover, his water boys' TV drama in 2003 where he got his breakthrough. He is on demand in 2016.The latest movies that he acted was the Planes in the fire and rescue in 2014.He also acted in the magnificent nine. He is one of the Top 10 Best and Most Handsome Japanese Actors 2017.
04. Tamashita Tomohisa
He is one of the handsome Japanese actors in 2016.Tamashita was borne of Japanese acting. He is one of the best actors in the nation. In addition, he is a singer who has a great talent.Tamashita has excellent acting skills that makes him a movie industry character.Moreover,his personality and fans base cross all limits in placing him in position 4.Tamashita released his single called Daite Senorita in 2006.He changed his name from Tomonisa Aoki because his father left the family.
03. Takuya Kimura
Takuya is the third top most handsome Japanese actors in 2017 He is not only an actor but also a TV personality and idol group member. He has a height of 1.76 .Several men take him as their role model. In addition, he gained influence on the pop culture in the mid 90 up to date. Many people call him the Kimutuku generation.
02. Fujiki Naohito
Fujiki is an actor in Japan who is cute and handsome. Many ladies admire him because of her smartness and hottest actions in all times. He has acted in many films and he has come out successful. He is among the Japanese actors with many followers.
01. Jin Akanishi
He is the top most handsome actors in Japan. He was born on July 1984.He is known well as a song writer, singer, voice actor and musician. He is an artist who is mult-talented.Jin is a lead vocalist of the KAT-TUN boy band. Since the start of the group in 2006, the group has been taking position 1.Moreover; he has acted in bandage and Tukan clubs. He made his debut of Hollywood in 2013 with Keanu Reeves as his lead actor.
These are all handsome Japanese actors 2017 who are stylish and hardworking for their achievement of a perfect look. Their famousness and successfulness is achieved by their personality.


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Love the post show pics from the wrap and Vegas bash. Thanks again ugot!! And thanks again to all who did the live feeds - you guys are amazing!!
I am glad that Rachel won; no question she deserved it. But also, she did something that really showed character - when it came time to pick F2, she honored her word to Porsche who was way more iffy than Adam for a win for Rachel. So she took a chance and honored a promise. Have not always cared for Rachel and she can definitely get irritiating, but you gotta respect her character for doing that.
If it had been Sheliar, she would have thrown Porsche right under the bus to ensure a win, but Rachel made true on her promise. Way to go Rachel :tup:
Hi Folks -
You who did live streaming made a very boring and bad season of HG's at least bearable, so THANK YOU!!!! FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS!!!
I have just watched the first episode of Survivor and am loving it. It is going to be a good season, lots of talent, strategies already in formation for social game and best of all NO SHELIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA; What a horror she made of BB last season. :ascared
Don't like Rachel. Always felt the game was geared for her to win. They bought back the partners to secure Rachel/Jordan, they bought back Brendon to help save Rachel another week. They gave Rachel and easy POV when just like the "Hanging Banana" where she hung onto Brendon. I always felt and believed Dominic beat out Brendon plus Brendon had 2 years of fans voting for him vs Dominic, Cassi and Keith. I wanted Porsche to win but oh well. Congrats to Rachel and I hope to never see her again on Big Brother. They used Jordan to become friends with Rachel to get people to like her. Jordan has a large fanbase and Rachel doesn't. BB executives are smart.
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|Supervisor Richard Valle speaks to voters Nov. 3 outside Paddy's coffee house in Union City. PHOTO/MATT SANTOS msantosphotographer.com
According to organizers, the short forum was meant to offer each candidate a three-minute introduction and opportunity for voters to chat one-on-one with candidates, but Hayashi cancelled at the last minute leaving just a campaign staffer in the audience and explanation other than a vague, "something just came up."
The abrupt cancellation, however, led some at the packed coffee shop known for its involvement in local politics to believe the presence of television cameras scared Hayashi away. Some observers standing outside the coffee house described what they believed was the campaign staffer communicating via cell phone with Hayashi and speaking in the direction of cars parked down Smith Street.
The concern over being asked about her shoplifting conviction by the NBC11 reporters on camera would obviously be great for Hayashi, who has been able to both duck the question while being the beneficiary of her opponent's position against using the incident against her in a forceful manner.


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NEW YORK, February 24, 2014 — Covington & Burling advised American Tire Distributors in the acquisition of Terry's Tire Town from Talisman Partners for up to $365 million. American Tire, a portfolio company of TPG, is a wholesale distributor of replacement tires throughout the United States and Canada. The acquisition is expected to close at the end of March, pending antitrust clearance.
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Venezuela Power Market Outlook to 2025, Update 2015-Market Trends, Regulations, and Competitive Landscape
This report elaborates Venezuela's power market structure and provides historical and forecast numbers for generation, capacity and consumption up to 2025. Detailed analysis of the Venezuelan power market's regulatory structure, import and export trends, competitive landscape and power projects at various stages of the supply chain is provided. The report also gives a snapshot of the power sector in Venezuela on broad parameters of macroeconomics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, degree of competition, regulatory scenario and future potential. Financial performance of the leading power companies is also analyzed in the report.
Snapshot of the country's power sector across parameters-macro economics, supply security, generation infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, degree of competition, regulatory scenario and future potential of the power sector.
Statistics for installed capacity, power generation and consumption from 2000 to 2014, forecast for the next 11 years to 2025.
Break-up by technology, including thermal, hydro, renewable and nuclear
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1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 4
1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 7
2 Introduction 8
2.1 GlobalData Report Guidance 9
3 Venezuela, Power Market, Snapshot 10
3.1 Venezuela, Power Market, Macro-economic Factors 10
3.2 Venezuela, Power Market, Supply Security 12
3.3 Venezuela, Power Market, Opportunities 13
3.4 Venezuela, Power Market, Challenges 13
4 Venezuela, Power Market, Market Analysis 14
4.1 Venezuela, Power Market, Supply Structure 14
4.2 Venezuela, Power Market, Key Market Players 14
4.3 Venezuela, Power Market, Financial Deals 14
4.3.1 Deal Volume and Value Analysis, 2004-April 2015 14
4.4 Venezuela, Power Market, Demand Structure 16
4.4.1 Power Consumption by Sector, 2014 17
5 Venezuela, Power Market, Regulatory Scenario 18
5.1 Venezuela, Power Market, Key Electricity Policies 18
5.1.1 Electric Service Law 18
5.1.2 Electricity Restructuring Law 18
5.1.3 Law for the Rational and Efficient Use of Energy 19
5.2 Venezuela, Power Market, Energy Efficiency 19
5.3 Venezuela, Power Market, Renewable Energy Development 19
6 Venezuela, Power Market, Capacity and Generation Overview 20
6.1 Venezuela, Power Market, Cumulative Installed Capacity by Fuel Type, 2014 20
6.2 Venezuela, Power Market, Cumulative Installed Capacity and Annual Power Generation, 2000-2025 21
6.2.1 Cumulative Installed Thermal Capacity and Annual Thermal Power Generation, 2000-2025 24
6.2.2 Cumulative Installed Hydropower Capacity and Annual Hydropower Generation, 2000-2025 27
6.2.3 Cumulative Installed Renewable Capacity and Annual Renewable Power Generation, 2000-2025 30
7 Venezuela, Power Market, Transmission and Distribution Overview 34
7.1 Venezuela, Power Market, Transmission Overview 34
7.2 Venezuela, Power Market, Distribution Overview 35
7.3 Venezuela, Power Market, Transmission and Distribution Future Plans 36
7.4 Venezuela, Power Market, Grid Interconnection 37
7.4.1 Electricity Import and Export Trends, 2000-2014 37
7.5 Venezuela, Power Market, Electricity Trading 39
8 Venezuela, Power Market, Competitive Landscape: Snapshot of Top Power Generating Companies 40
8.1 Key Company in the Venezuela Power Market-Corporacion Electrica Nacional SA (CORPOELEC) 40
8.1.1 Company Overview 40
8.1.2 Business Description 40
8.1.3 SWOT Overview 41
9 Appendix 46
9.1 Market Definitions 46
9.1.1 Power 46
9.1.2 Installed Capacity 46
9.1.3 Electricity Generation 46
9.1.4 Electricity Consumption 46
9.1.5 Thermal Power Plant 46
9.1.6 Hydropower Plant 46
9.1.7 Nuclear Power 46
9.1.8 Renewable Energy Resources 47
9.2 Abbreviations 47
9.3 Bibliography 48
9.4 GlobalData's Methodology 48
9.4.1 Coverage 48
9.4.2 Secondary Research and Analysis 48
9.4.3 Primary Research and Analysis 49
9.5 Disclaimer 50
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Power Market, Venezuela, Gross Domestic Product (USD m), Population (million), and Annual Power Consumption (TWh), 2000-2020 11
Figure 2: Power Market, Venezuela, Annual Power Consumption (TWh), 2000-2025 16
Figure 3: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Capacity by Fuel Type (%), 2014 20
Figure 4: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Capacity (GW) and Annual Power Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 22
Figure 5: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Thermal Capacity (GW) and Annual Thermal Power Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 26
Figure 6: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Hydropower Capacity (GW) and Annual Hydropower Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 29
Figure 7: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Renewable Capacity (GW) and Annual Renewable Power Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 32
Figure 8: Power Market, Venezuela, Annual Electricity Imports and Exports (TWh), 2000-2014 38
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Power Market, Venezuela, Gross Domestic Product (USD m), Population (million), and Annual Power Consumption (TWh), 2000-2020 12
Table 2: Power Market, Venezuela, Completed Deals, 2004-April 2015 15
Table 3: Power Market, Venezuela, Annual Power Consumption (TWh), 2000-2025 17
Table 4: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Capacity by Fuel Type (%), 2014 20
Table 5: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Capacity (GW) and Annual Power Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 23
Table 6: Power Market, Venezuela, Leading Thermal Power Plants, 2015 25
Table 7: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Thermal Capacity (GW) and Annual Thermal Power Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 27
Table 8: Power Market, Venezuela, Leading Hydropower Plants, 2015 28
Table 9: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Hydropower Capacity (GW) and Annual Hydropower Generation (TWh), 2000-2025 30
Table 10: Power Market, Venezuela, Leading Renewable Power Plants, 2015 31
Table 11: Power Market, Venezuela, Cumulative Installed Renewable Capacity and Annual Renewable Power Generation, 2000-2025 33
Table 12: Power Market, Venezuela, Transmission Line Length (Ckm), 2000-2020 35
Table 13: Power Market, Venezuela, Distribution Line Length (Ckm), 2000-2020 36
Table 14: Power Market, Venezuela, Annual Electricity Imports and Exports (TWh), 2000-2014 39
Table 15: Power Market, Venezuela, Corporacion Electrica Nacional, S.A., SWOT Profile, 2014 42
Table 16: Abbreviations 47
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Supporters of two political parties clash in J-K ahead of electionsNovember 13th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Nov 13 (ANI): Supporters of the National Conference and the Congress parties clashed in Srinagar on Thursday.
The clashes occurred during the National Conference President Omar Abdullah''s election road show in Ganderbal constituency.
Security personnel resorted to tear gas shells to disperse the clashing supporters of both the parties.
According to reports, several supporters of the two parties got injured in the clashes.
Abdullah is contesting elections against Qazi Muhammad Afzal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Sheikh Muhammad Ashfaq of the Congress.
I have come to Ganderbal constituency. I have come here to talk to them to listen to their viewpoints. I have come here in the hope that when the elections begin they will give me a chance to represent myself as their leader, said Abdullah.
The seven-phase polling will begin from November 17 and end on December 24 to replace the central rule imposed after a Congress party-led coalition government fell in July over Amarnath shrine land transfer row.
Separatists have said they will boycott any state election. (ANI)
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