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|2011-05-19, 13:03
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Join Date: May 2009
Battler's particular degree of incompetence in that context is not relevant in any factual or evidentiary sense, only in terms of how he is performing.
And by the way, a person having an abstract quality such as competence actually cannot be verified in reality. It's unfalsifiable; you can only demonstrate whether they competently handled a particular situation. The fact that a person failed to assemble a puzzle does not actually prove that they are incapable of solving any puzzle or indeed that they are even incapable of solving that puzzle. They could be feigning incompetence or just not interested. That one puzzle could just be really hard for them. Any assessment of their overall competence derived from that would solely be the opinion of the individual doing the assessment.
That's incredibly pedantic, but a spade's a spade.
Competence is not a binary state. Additionally, factual evidence suggests Battler possesses some measure of competence. It's simply more reasonable to believe Beatrice was joking or expressing an opinion than making a statement of fact. A statement of fact in that situation which is indisputable would be "The logic you are using cannot possibly lead to the correct solution." This is a fact statement properly tailored to the situation and cannot reasonably be construed as her opinion (it could potentially be viewed as such, but at that point the author would lose our confidence).
|2011-05-19, 13:28
|Link #1062
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Yesterday!
Look back at my example with the knowledge of arc 1-2-3-4 but not 5-6-7-8. This is pretty much what the letter is talking about. Ryuukishi used the example of "the secret files of Watanagashi/Meakashi, that even a writer could not predict their own future. This inability to do so makes "the truth" something that can be redefined and changed after, making it even less absolute then in the real world.
Edit: Think of Lambda Delta, the Witch of Certainty, who knows that it does not exist.
Think of why she is needed for Beatrice's game to work.
|2011-05-19, 13:40
|Link #1063
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
We have statistic for that and tests based on statistic. If you think anything in the human knowledge can assume a level higher to a stastic probability except for things that humans themselves invented you are a fool.
The fact that competence and incompetence aren't a binary state doesn't change my point. A lot of things couldn't be classified as true or false according to your logic just because they aren't a binary.
According to your distorted logic I couldn't even say that I'm happy or sad or that a particular student has good grades or that people are free or prisoners.
You also seem to forget that the nature of red truths is trascendental by definition. Most of them wouldn't be verifiable in any way in a real scenario. So your arguing about verifiability is completely pointless.
The fact that some authors don't know any better, doesn't mean that there's never been a a story with absolute truths. Most stories have them.
|2011-05-19, 13:54
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Join Date: May 2009
Is that your position? Because as respects Umineko it's precarious. Why? Because it makes Beatrice's statement false. Battler is provably capable of performing some tasks, and doing so with great "competence." Therefore you would pretty much have to take one of two positions:
So... yes? That's not really distorted logic at all.
It's a prediction. Predictions are not logical statements; at best they are hypotheses. A hypothesis only becomes a logical statement when it is tested and a conclusion is derived. In other words, a prediction cannot have a truth value until circumstances arise which actually prove or disprove the prediction.
Worse yet: "These seals will not be broken [from this moment forward]" is a statement that you not only can't prove unless it happens, it's a statement you can never prove to be true. You can prove it false (by breaking them), but you can't actually confirm it (because as long as the seals exist, they may be broken in the future). Therefore, by simple logic, a prediction in red can never be true, yet could possibly be false.
In other words, predictions in red aren't just worthless, they completely undermine red and Ryukishi should never have used red for that purpose. But he isn't breaking his rules to do so.
EDIT: Note that there may be an implicit qualifier such as "until the end of the story," since a narrative has a discrete ending point. That doesn't actually make a prediction in red logically meaningful, but it would make the red retroactively true if we assume that all red text issued during the narrative will hold as true for the entire narrative at the end. The only problem there arises if the narrative can be altered while it is ongoing, and it's not actually clear that such a thing is even possible in Umineko's meta-fictional plane.
|2011-05-19, 13:58
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Yesterday!
I think your view on authors is a bit too extreme. One of the thing that generally interests me the most about any given story is how much it was "changed while being written". What you call an absolute truth is simply a "lack of new truth". If you personally believe an author won't do this, it doesn't mean they will follow your opinion. You can never be certain of that unless they are dead. I don't think that's a very good basis to declare anything as absolute.
Spoiler for Bern said it before LD was even introduced.:
|2011-05-19, 14:13
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
The specif statement of incompetence said by Beatrice is to be related to the game, and I think the context is quite obvious there.
In this specific case I believe that Battler incompetence can be inferred even without the help of the red truth.
His incompentence in that situation and in that moment is a narrative fact unless you imagine that what was described is false.
You see your logic only works in a pure abstract philosophical context. In our real world it doesn't work. For non binary situaton there are well established tresholds when one can be considered in either side. freedom is not a binary condition, and yet there are laws that enforce freedom and abolish slavery. You should know that well.
As for Lambda you clearly said that "she knows". What you quoted is a Bern's monologue. As far as I know Lambda never admitted or thought that certainty doesn't exist.
|2011-05-19, 14:24
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Join Date: May 2009
Battler didn't do something correctly. But he provably can, he just didn't at that time.
What I said was "the evaluation of grade quality is subjective." This is absolutely true. And universities have subjective criteria for what level of grades they consider acceptable to admit a person to their programs. Harvard has higher standards than the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan has higher standards than Essex County Community College. Essex County Community College has higher standards than Generic Online University.
It can be objectively said that Harvard has higher grade standards numerically than Generic Online University. That does not prove anything except that one is more choosy with respect to a number that derives from various other factors, factors the universities may not even be aware of. It doesn't prove that Harvard always accepts better students.
Confinement and slavery are facts, interpretations are not. I was not making any sort of moral statement as to whether it is or is not right to confine a person. I was merely making the argument that a person who is absolutely confined (that is, his ability to do anything he wants is in some way restricted) does not necessarily believe he is confined, and does not necessarily believe that confinement is a bad thing.
As an example, say a man is born in an environment dome on the Moon. He is not aware that anything exists outside of his environment dome. The people who run the dome will not allow him to leave; however, since the man has no idea that it is even possible to leave, he has no negative emotional association of confinement as a bad thing. He does not know that he is confined, therefore he does not feel bad about it. Since he can do anything he wants inside the dome, and since the dome itself is his entire world, he believes himself to be free. And, from a certain perspective, he may indeed be free.
That doesn't make it moral or immoral to keep him confined in the environment dome. That is a wholly separate debate. But it is possible to imagine a scenario in which a physically confined person is mentally and emotionally free without deception.
|2011-05-19, 14:46
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
let's look at the definition of the word then, shall we?
Number 1 is the only acception that we care about, there are two cases:
In case "a" the statement has no meaning unless it's related to something
In case "b" it clearly specifies that it must be specific.
Battler objectively lacked the required means to perform his role in a satisfying manner. The mere fact that he didn't know all the rules and what that game was really about is a definitive proof of his incompetence.
If I say "Mark is a sophomore" I take for granted that you aren't dumb enough to not realize that this statement is true at this given moment and not forever.
As for what concerns the slavery argument, what you are saying is irrelevant for the discussion at hand. The fact that one might consider himself free because of ignorance is not relevant for the purpose of determining whether it is possible to consider him objectively free or not.
Your logic assumes that only binary conditions can objectively defined as such. But you are forgetting that as well as there are conventions about definitions there are conventions about tresholds above and under which those definitions apply.
So it doesn't matter if freedom and slavery aren't a binary. There is still a convention that defines how much freedom is required for someone to be considered free and how less of it one must have to be considered a prisoner or a slave.
of course conventions can change with time, but that's true for every definition. And that means there is absolutely no difference between binary states and those who lie on a spectrum.
The concept of incompetence isn't as well as defined as the concept of freedom, but I believe there is a treshold under which everyone or at least a good majority would agree that you can talk about incompetence.
That would still be a convention. But ANY definition is a convention.
|2011-05-19, 14:51
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Yesterday!
Then I guess replace my statement about LD with that Bern screenshot. I still believe there's a reason that point was bought up very early in the story.
|2011-05-19, 14:55
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Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Ironically Ryuukishi seems to realize the importance of trust between reader and author. So why he decided to betray it is beyond me.
|2011-05-19, 15:02
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Join Date: May 2009
Competence is itself defined as "a particular or adequate amount of skill." As with the grade example, how much proficiency is "adequate" is subjective so long as it is non-zero. If Battler displays more than zero competence (and he does), the only fair assessment of his insufficiency Beatrice can make is her own personal subjective one. Battler is not competent enough for Beatrice. He is not objectively and absolutely not competent. In fact, he is exceptionally competent to solve certain types of mysteries, as he suggests answers that have actually appeared in other such mysteries.
Beatrice-the-character can only speak of a non-absolute.
|2011-05-19, 15:14
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
Definitions themselves aren't objective, but once they are set, you can make objective statement using them. Of course your statements will be only objective using the preset definitions.
I think we discussed before that red truths in order to work should use the most common definitions and when they do not, the new definitions should be clearly specified.
|2011-05-19, 15:43
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The True Culprit
|2011-05-19, 16:21
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Yesterday!
In the general expectations I have of literature to give foreshadowing enough to allow reasoning out the story, I don't really think Ryuukishi broke any trust.
He did a lot of unconventional things, but he gave us plenty to guess at them.
The only thing I think anyone can say is that Ryuukishi didn't explain to us what game we were playing at and what rules it used. However we were warned in arc 1 itself that the goal of the game was to figure out these rules. Explaining the rules of his game is the equivalent to giving the answer, so he can't do that.
Trust however remains something that cannot be 100% certain, or else no one would ever fall to deception.
Edit: Aura, I think Jan was saying something like you can objectively fit a consensus within that subjectivity.
For instance "What is a christian?" would probably spawn an endless debate of subjectivity, but within a specific time and society you can reach a consensus as to that subjective definition. You can then assert wether someone objectively fits that consensus or not.
The best example I could give of that is that you can objectively say that someone is a "kid" or an "adult" even tho that is a very subjective definition, as long as I refer to the social/legal consensus of what is an adult/what is a kid.
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|2011-05-19, 20:12
|Link #1076
The True Culprit
But even in that sense, you can only subjectively fall within those definitions because it requires a subjective observer to judge and establish these criteria. You cannot objectively fit into something subjective.
|2011-05-19, 20:28
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Blick Winkel
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Gobbled up by Promathia
Beatrice didn't say it to state a fact, she did it to troll the hell out of him and goad him.
What I think she was referring to:
Battler was incompetent at that moment because he couldn't solve the First Twilight of Episode 2. Her criterion was "Battler is incompetent if he cannot solve the puzzle". However, once he solved the puzzle, he became competent so the Red Truth no longer applied. It did apply when she said it, because she thought he was incompetent. It is a subjective ruling, but as we have been shown the Red Truth's context must be considered.
|2011-05-21, 00:49
|Link #1078
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
I doubt it's canon and all (though 'canon' becomes a pretty lulzy notion when it comes to Meta-World shenanigans), but I do recall during the extra tip, "Beatrice's White Day", Battler made a predictive Red Truth I will never ever, from this day forward, get you something for White Day!
And Beato went all moe about it, and they bullshitted around it with the uncontested blue truth "White Day is the on the same day as Valentines Day, just a month later. So, tomorrow, when the man accepts your chocolate, hell reciprocate a month from the day its given.
I can't quote a specific source, but I think someone (possibly Lambda) mentioned, or maybe it was implied, that using the red truth in certain ways was "vulgar" or "unrefined", and thus looked down upon and avoided, like using it to predict the future. It sort of fits the whole author thing to the degree that "If you say something about the future of your series, you have to keep your word, and you might create a situation that's hard to write your way out of". Like, bad example, Miss Rowling had red truth'd early on Dumbledore will not die during the series. I mean, I guess you can, but why place that kind of arbitrary limitation on yourself, unless it's someting like the Decalogue, which serves to prove you're "playing fair" with your readers?
I mean, I guess it's a little more nuanced than that, because Umineko deals with mystery, based on a ruleset, and fantasy, based on the lulz. I just sort of assumed that predictive red truths were true - Dlanor declared that certain things would NEVER exist, IIRC - they're just generally avoided as a rule, because they can make things awkward as the tale gets longer and more restricted by what came before.
As far as the cackling, well, it's not like they were ... lies. So... It's not that I never think to question the red's validity, but, geez. I'm pretty sure Battler was certainly incompetent at that time
|2011-05-21, 01:25
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The True Culprit
But he WASN'T incompetent, is the thing. He was perfectly competent, and his inability to rise to Beatrice's expectations was because of her own shortcomings in providing information he needed to know to solve the mystery.
|2011-05-21, 17:23
|Link #1080
Join Date: May 2009
For example, if I write a story about a man who lives alone on an alien planet, and then a woman appears before him and they get married and settle down. I declare the following things to be red truth:
However, if someone were somehow more powerful than her, her prediction would falter. Exactly what that means on a meta-fictional level is probably not worth worrying about, but as an example you have something like Asimov's robot stories, which feature a level of technology that can technically follow Knox's rules while also having things like starships and robots in them due to their setting.
A clever writer could "write around" Dlanor's objections with the right kind of story, not actually breaking Knox but essentially trivializing the rules by incorporation. Or an amazingly skilled writer could outright break those rules intentionally to show off his or her mastery of the mystery genre. Some people have broken every convention of the mystery genre before (to varying success), so it's not unimaginable that on a meta-level those authors would have been able to "defeat" Dlanor even if she stood in opposition to them.
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John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston are new parents to son Benjamin, who was born Tuesday evening, Nov. 23 in a Florida hospital.
The baby weighed in at 8 lbs., 3 oz.
"John, Kelly and their daughter Ella Bleu are ecstatic and very happy about the newest member of the family," they say in a statement.
"Both mother and baby are healthy and doing beautifully."
Preston, 48, told PEOPLE recently that the entire family was in major preparation mode for their new addition as her pregnancy neared its end.
"I've been cleaning out everything in the house," Preston said in September. "Ella has been helping too. She's looking forward to being a big sister."
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Las Vegas has an arid climate, with sunny, dry and hot summers/falls that often reach into the 90s and 100s during the daytime, and little humidity. Winters and springs are much cooler, with temperatures that can be as low as 25F at night. Snow has occured before, but is rare.
Compared with other cities in the western US, Las Vegas is a relatively recent arrival. It was founded in 1905, and for many years it was merely a small settlement in the middle of the desert. However, several pivotal events would come together in less than twenty years that would help Las Vegas grow into what it is today:
The city is laid out as follows: Main Street as well as the numbered streets run north-south, starting with Main Street in the west. The bus station is on Main Street. Downtown has several hotel-casinos, as well as the "Fremont Street Experience", a pedestrian mall lined with casinos, near the western end of Fremont Street. A couple miles south of downtown starts the "Strip" (Las Vegas Boulevard South), a north-south street lined with large casino-hotels, shopping malls, and other attractions. The northern end of the Strip is marked by the tall Stratosphere tower. Frequent city buses run up and down the Strip and connect the Strip to downtown. The Las Vegas monorail and the convention center sit just east of the Strip, and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) is located slightly more east of the Strip on Maryland Parkway. The airport is at the southern end of the Strip.
Get in
By car
Southern Californians crowd Interstate 15 every weekend going back and forth to Vegas. Expect this drive to be crowded and frustrating, unless you can come and go at off-peak hours. However, many find the 280 mile (450 km) drive along I-15 restful and scenic. Attractions along the I-15 include the California towns of Barstow and Baker; the Mojave Desert; and small hotel-casinos in Nevada at Primm (at the California border) and Jean, respectively. Those who traverse the I-15 should remember that they are crossing a desert, and should carry (and drink) ample amounts of water, especially on hot summer days where temperatures can reach 110°F (43°C).
From east of Las Vegas, travelers typically drive on I-40 through Arizona, and then head north toward Vegas on US-93 in Kingman, before finally picking up I-15. This route will take you along the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and directly through Boulder City, near the Hoover Dam. Traffic there can be extremely congested and slow-going; although less so than in past decades since US 93 was rerouted to bypass Hoover Dam, using a new bridge. Still, this stretch is usually the slowest part of an otherwise sparsely populated desert area.
From the North I-15 meets the Arizona border at the more relaxed town of Mesquite, NV and shortly goes into Utah. The junction of I-70 and I-15 is where most people driving from the east will take. Those from further north may meet I-15 from I-80 in Salt Lake City.
Those traveling from the north drive on US-95 from Reno and Tonopah. This is a two lane highway until it reaches the community of Mercury, where US-95 is a four lane highway. The route is sparsely populated and travelers should ensure that their fuel tank is full.
By bus
By plane
McCarran International Airport (IATA: LAS) [297] is served by many domestic and international air carriers. Southwest Airlines [298] has a hub at LAS. The cost at the airport to rent a luggage trolley/cart is $3.
Henderson Executive Airport (ICAO: KHND) is the corporate choice for aviation in Las Vegas. Located just minutes from the world famous Vegas strip, Henderson Airport is the ideal alternative to McCarran International Airport. Air taxi and air charter companies such as The Early Air Way [299] and Jetset Charter [300] fly a variety of private charter aircraft and jets, from charter luxury Gulfstream's down to economical piston twins for small groups and individuals.
Hotels owned by MGM Grand (MGM Grand, and New York New York) and Harrah's Entertainment (Rio, Harrah's, Bally's, Paris, Caesars Palace, and Flamingo) allow you to check in at the hotel and transfer luggage between the hotel and the airport.
For departing flights:
To travel between the airport and your Strip hotel:
By rail
Amtrak's Southwest Chief [302] operates daily service from Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico to Needles, California, 113 miles south of Las Vegas. From Needles, there is bus service to Las Vegas, with a stop in Laughlin.
Amtrak's San Joaquin Route [303] operates between San Francisco and Bakersfield. From Bakersfield, Amtrak operates 2 daily buses to Las Vegas.
Get around
By foot
If traveling along the Strip, walking is a reasonable option as the hotel-casinos are close to each other. In most cases, hotels are connected to each other either by bridge or underground or in the case of Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay, by a complimentary rail shuttle. Be aware that during the summer, the oppressive heat during the daylight hours may make walking a very uncomfortable activity.
By monorail
The Las Vegas Monorail [304], ☎ +1 702 699-8200, runs along the east side of the Strip with stops behind several of the hotels and at the Las Vegas Convention Center [305]. It costs $5 one-way, $9 return and $15 for a one-day pass. Do the math before boarding, it could be cheaper for a small group to take a taxi. Because the monorail stops at the back entrance of the hotels, it takes a long time to wind through the maze of casinos, often taking 30 minutes to an hour to get from one point to another on the Strip - if you're in a hurry, take a taxi. The monorail's carrying capacity of 4,000 people per hour is woefully insufficient to handle the evening exodus from the larger conventions which have as many as 150,000 attendees. If you are visiting with a friend from Nevada and want to ride the monorail, consider asking them to buy your fare because by showing a Nevada State ID or Clark County Work Permit Card (issued to all hotel employees) they qualify for the locals fare of $1. The discounted fare can be purchased from the customer service booths located at each station.
Due to high prices, inconvenient station locations, low passenger ridership, and the fact that it does not connect to downtown or the airport, the Monorail is widely regarded as a failure. It has been operating under the supervision of a federal bankruptcy court since January 2010 while it tries to reorganize its finances under the protection of Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
By bus
Buses can be an inexpensive and convenient option, especially if just traveling up-and-down the Strip, or to-and-from downtown. A bus ride is a good way to recuperate during those hot summer months after a long and tiring walk on the Strip since the buses are air-conditioned.
The city bus line Citizens Area Transit [306] (CAT), +1 702 228-7433, operates 49 routes throughout the valley. Most routes operate 5:30 a.m.-1:30 a.m daily, but some routes operate 24 hours per day. The fare is $2 for adults and $1 for kids and seniors for all residential routes. The Deuce, the London-style double decker bus operating the route along Las Vegas Blvd, costs $3 for adults and $1.50 for children and seniors, and the fare may be paid directly to the driver (no change given).
If purchasing a child or senior fare, be prepared to show some form of picture ID to prove your age to the driver. During the larger conventions (such as CES, NAB, and MAGIC) the Deuce also operates on a special one way service from the Las Vegas Convention Center. This service operates only in the afternoon from the convention center to the Strip, and the bus travels southbound and services all regular stops from Circus Circus onward. Tickets must be purchased in advance from the ticket vending machines (located in front of the north and south halls). In addition, two additional ticket vending machines are located on the Strip, one at the Slots-of-fun/Circus Circus stop and one at the Showcase Mall/MGM Grand stop.
The bus drivers do not give change. However, the ticket vending machines give change and accept credit/debit cards. Transfers require payment of an additional fare.
Be aware that on the Strip, buses may stop at short intervals and may be there for a couple of minutes as passengers board and disembark. If traveling longer distances, it is often worth it to wait and catch an express bus, which has less stops and does not collect tickets or money, making it faster to walk on and off. Tickets must be purchased in advance at bus station kiosks along the strip.
A residential 24 h day pass ($5 for adults and $2 for kids and seniors) covers all routes except The Deuce, which costs $0.50 extra, and an "all-access pass" for $7 covers all routes on the system. If you will be staying for a long period of time (at least 8 days for adults or 4 for children and seniors) and plan to buy an all access pass, a more economic option is to purchase a 30-day bus pass. These can be purchased from either of the two bus terminals (both can be reached by riding the Deuce to Downtown terminal, or to the South Strip Terminal), or from any ticket vending machine.
It is important to note however, that if you would like to purchase a child or senior fare pass, you will need to do so from the customer service agent at the terminals. These passes are valid for 30 days following the first use and can be used on all routes.
If the buses are crowded, a good way to avoid waiting for the next bus is to walk one block east from the Strip and use route 108 Paradise Road or walk one block west to Industrial Road and use route 105, Martin L King Blvd and Koval, which runs parallel to the Strip route.
One of the easiest ways to get around is by taxi. It is relatively cheap to go from hotel to hotel, but be aware that since traffic is often so congested on the strip, taking a taxi often isn't much faster than walking. Many taxis will cut off the strip to use a parallel road--this is often faster but can double your taxi fare. The taxi driver is required to use the meter and to take the shortest route to your destination. There is a surcharge for rides originating at the airport, but not for extra passengers. Taxi lines (queues) are typically found at the front of hotels. You would be unwise to attempt to hail one on the street, especially on the Strip, as it is illegal for a taxi to stop traffic to pick up or drop off a passenger. The best way to hail a taxi outside of a cabstand is to use the following method: if you are wanting to go north on the Strip, stand on the east side about 20 feet before a turn off. The taxi you want to wave over will have the yellow lights off. Standing like this allows the taxi to turn off the road and pick you up. It is customary to tip the hotel taxi dispatcher $1 and tip the taxi driver 15% of the meter, and about $1 per piece of luggage.
If you are traveling with a large group, consider hiring a limousine, as you will often forgo a wait and the price per person may even be lower than that using a taxicab. Limousines usually queue in front of the taxicab line and can be approached directly.[307]
By car
Driving Las Vegas Boulevard (the "Strip"), especially on weekends, is an exercise in frustration. Due to extremely severe gridlock, you could easily spend an hour (or more) sitting in traffic on the Strip just to travel a couple of miles. The Strip's most critically congested section is the 1.7-mile-long portion between Spring Mountain Road/Sands Avenue to the north and Tropicana Avenue to the south, which happens to be where almost all of the major hotel-casinos are located.
Do what the locals do and avoid driving long distances on the Strip altogether. Instead take I-15, which parallels the Strip, and get off at the exit nearest your hotel and park there. Frank Sinatra Drive (which dead ends into Industrial Road) lies just west of the Strip, runs behind the casinos, and provides another option. Koval Lane and Paradise Road provide similar access on the eastern side of the Strip. If you need to do an east or west traverse of the northern half of the Strip and I-15, consider using the Desert Inn Road superarterial, which was built specifically to provide a fast grade-separated route for east-west traffic.
Virtually all major casinos on the Strip, and downtown, offer free parking and many also offer valet parking for an additional charge. On Friday and Saturday nights, the self-parking lots fill up fast; consider splurging on the valet to avoid cumbersome delays and endless circling around.
Rental cars
If you mostly plan to hang around one casino and your time in Vegas is short, you might want to forego a rental car altogether and just take taxis. On the other hand, taxi fares add up quickly, and with car rental so cheap, anyone staying a few days or longer would be better suited with the flexibility of a car. Some of the best sights are located just outside of Las Vegas and require that you drive to those destinations. If you need to or might go farther (e.g., out of state), ensure your rental agreement allows it and sharing of driving duties.
The base rental price for a car at McCarran International Airport is quite competitive with other major cities. Unfortunately, agencies at the airport must levy very large fees (e.g., for airport improvements) and taxes on those base prices. These can increase the modest weekly cost of a compact or intermediate size car by nearly 60 percent.
By scooter
For mountain activities such as hiking, climbing, and skiing close to Las Vegas, see Get Out
Concerts & Special Events
One Night Only
Limited Engagement
Free shows
Cirque du Soleil shows
Las Vegas hosts 7 very popular Cirque du Soleil [310] shows. To secure the best seats, reservations well in advance is recommended. In order of opening date, the shows are;
Production/Variety shows
Reserve your tickets well in advance for the best available seating. The most popular shows are sold out on the weekends.
Headliner shows
Comedy shows
There are always different comedians coming to Las Vegas. Some comedians that have recently performed in Las Vegas include Robin Williams, Howie Mandel, and Carrot Top. Always a great way to get a laugh and end the night.
Impressionist/Impersonation shows
Tribute shows
Magic shows
Adult shows
Topless female dancers
Topless male dancers
Age restrictions
It is state law that all gamblers must be at least 21 years of age. Even if you are at least 21 years old, you are required to bring to the casino a valid ID that shows your current age or complete date of birth (e.g. driver's licence, passport) as proof of your age. Photocopies of valid IDs are usually not considered valid. In-house security makes rounds of inspections to check compliance. If you are under-age or without a valid ID to prove your age and found in the gambling premises, hotel staff will ask you to leave, and could ask the metro police to issue you a citation. Moreover, under-age gamblers cannot collect any jackpot; such bets are void and the casino will at best return your wager before asking you to leave the premises. There is a curfew for anyone under the age of 18 and metro police regularly transport violators to a juvenile center.
The odds
It is beneficial to understand the rules, strategies, and odds of each game before you arrive. The games with the lowest house advantage if you know how to play are craps (dice) with full odds and blackjack; however, tables where a 21-blackjack pays only 6:5 or even-money instead of the traditional 3:2 give the house a big advantage, and should be avoided. Games in which the casino has the best house advantage include slot machines, roulette, and some craps bets (hardways and propositions). If a game is unfamiliar to you, just ask the dealer for advice on how to play. If you are playing during the daytime at a table that is not crowded, most dealers will be happy to explain the game to you, and even slow down the dealing.
Pre-paid gambling cards
To facilitate gambling in machine-based games, you can use a pre-paid card to make wagers and collect winnings. Obtain one of these from the counter, insert the card into the gambling machine you choose to play and the machine will deduct your wagers as well as add your winnings to it. You can go to another cash dispensing machine to redeem your winnings as well as reload the value.
Most casinos offer ATMs and over-the-counter cash facilities, but beware about the charges set by your bank and the machine operator or establishment. ATMs in casinos may charge exorbitant fees for withdrawals.
One reason to gamble, aside from the hope of winning money, is that by doing so, you could receive complimentary ("comp") rooms, meals, and even airfare depending on your play. Most casinos issue free "player cards." It is generally to your advantage to show or insert your player card every time you play a table game or slot machine. At the end of your trip, you can ask the hotel if you are eligible for any comps, you might be pleasantly surprised. And if you arrive at the casino prepared to lay out $1,000 or more, don't be bashful; ask the pit boss to be "rated" for comps before or while you begin playing. Separate from comps, many hotels offer discount packages for travelers who book a Sunday-Thursday night arrival. Most of these packages offer gambling coupons or a matching play -- see the Sleep section for details.
Texas Hold'em, 7-card stud, and Omaha can be found at almost all Las Vegas poker rooms. However, not all casinos have a poker room, so call the casino or ask a gaming floor attendant. Casinos with non-smoking poker rooms include Wynn, Bellagio, The Palms, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, and Mirage.
During June and July, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is held in Las Vegas [311]. If you are interested in poker, this is a must see and all top poker players are present. And if you are a skilled player, you can play the sidegames taking place during the WSOP.
Spectator sports
Get married
Las Vegas is the wedding capital of the world. To get married, first go to the County Clerk's Office and apply for a marriage license. Both parties must have valid ID, such as a driver's license or passport. The cost is $60 per opposite-sex couple. The Las Vegas Wedding Bureau is open from 9AM-midnight seven days a week, including holidays. No blood test or waiting period is required. The marriage license itself is valid for one year. The minimum age to marry is 18; a 16 or 17 year old may marry if one parent is present or has given notarized permission.
Once you have a marriage license, the wedding ceremony can be performed by any priest, minister, rabbi or Justice of the Peace authorized to perform weddings with in the Las Vegas area. Numerous wedding chapels are located around the Wedding Bureau and on the Strip. You can choose an elaborate theme wedding, such as an Elvis impersonator as officiant, or a simple ceremony and reception celebration.
Most major hotels and Vegas wedding chapels offer wedding packages for those who wish to plan a larger wedding ceremony. But don't let a lack of planning stop your nuptials; all Vegas wedding chapels can perform immediate weddings with no prior appointment, although it is recommended to make a reservation for your wedding. If you make a reservation most chapels will provide courtesy limousine transportation from your hotel to the chapel and back. Making a reservation also decreases the likelihood of having to wait.
Finally, you can check with the Las Vegas Better Business Bureau before making any arrangements with any wedding chapel or service provider. You may check the local BBB reports online [318].
Las Vegas is a great place for tennis fans. Not only do many of the hotels offer excellent courts but public courts abound as well. Vegas is also home to many amateur tournaments, UNLV tournaments, as well as The Tennis Channel Open [319].
Ice skating
Given the very high temperatures during the summer it maybe a surprise that ice skating is popular, but at inside rinks!
Shopping malls
There are a handful of shopping malls that are not affiliated with casinos:
Many of the larger casinos include high-end shopping areas with designer stores, including:
Outlet malls
Las Vegas is a hub for outlet malls.
Large casinos will invariably offer a variety of dining options, ranging from the omni-present buffet to simple cafes to gourmet restaurants.
The most famous buffets in Las Vegas are at the Rio, Bellagio, Paris and Planet Hollywood (formerly Aladdin), though the newly opened Wynn buffet is becoming more and more of a favorite with tourists and locals alike. The best buffets typically run about $30 a person for a weekend dinner. Lunch is your best value at most buffets when they are around half price, breakfasts are cheapest and often have a great spread too. Do not forget that tipping your buffet waiter 10-15% is customary. You can leave cash on the table at the end of your meal or tip the cashier at the counter on a credit card.
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Off the Strip
Luv-It Frozen Custard: Hidden some two blocks north of the Stratosphere Tower and just east of South L.V. Blvd on the north side of Oaky. This family operation offers excellent frozen custards with outstanding toppings. Their blue building with white pillars and trim shares a parking lot with a convenience store. [320]
In Las Vegas, free drinks are offered to all gamblers, even those playing 5-cent slot machines. You should tip the waitress at least $1 per drink; failure to do so will likely cost you free drink privileges.
Although it is offically NOT allowed per the lawbooks, drinking on public sidewalks and other areas on the Strip and Downtown is rarely if ever enforced. Thus it is entirely common to consume alcohol in public areas, including the public sidewalks within the Las Vegas city limits which includes all of Downtown, The Strip and close-by areas. Again, as previously mentioned, over-intoxication and disorderly conduct is frowned upon, so stay within your own limits. On special occasions (New Years Eve and Independence Day for example) there may be bans on glass bottles and/or aluminum cans for the Strip and the Downtown area. Plastic cups and sports bottles are allowed at these times and either provided at purchase or often available at hotel/casino exit doors. When inside a casino or hotel there is seldom any restrictions on carrying drinks from one bar, restaurant or playing location to another with the exception of some showrooms and theaters where it will be clearly posted. Individual shops may also have rules about carrying in food and drink of any kind.
The town of North Las Vegas, Henderson and other outlying areas have very DIFFERENT regulations forbidding removal of alcohol from bars, etc. so check with your host or doorman if in doubt. Many bars and liquor stores are open 24 hours a day. There are also special posted laws for convenience stores, grocery stores and other retail liquor outlets restricting consumption in the immediate vacinity. Most of all, always remember to drink responsibly and realize that the hot, dry desert air in the summer months can have very adverse health affects on people consuming alcohol such as rapid dehydration and deadly heat stroke, even after dark. Drink plenty of water as well!
There is a club or lounge in nearly every hotel and casino. Most clubs remain open until 4AM, with various after-hour clubs available for the truly hard-core partiers. Drink prices can range anywhere from $4-8 for a domestic bottle of beer, $8-10 for well drinks made with cheap generic liquor, and $200 or more for a bottle of spirits. Clubs are always busy on weekends, and may also be packed during weekdays at places that have Service Industry Night (SIN), usually Tuesday to Thursday, when locals working in the service industry have their night off.
A good way to find out what places are currently hot in Vegas is to ask service staff who look like party-people. People working inside hotels are bound to recommend the hotel's institutions, so rather go for waiters or shop-assistants in restaurants or malls outside the hotels.
The top clubs will charge entry of $15 or more. Exceptions may include those who have reserved a table, those who get there early, ladies, and locals. Expect to wait in a line for 10 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the night. It is usually best to arrive before 10PM; while the club may be emptier, the line will be shorter and you may avoid paying a cover charge. Sitting at a table often requires a bottle purchase and if you stop making purchases, they will ask you to vacate the table so that someone else can occupy the table. The dress code varies by club. The general rule of thumb is most of the time women know what to wear when they are going out, and men should avoid wearing tennis shoes, tank tops, hats, t-shirts, and blue jeans.
Ultra pool
An Ultra Pool is a mix of a pool, and club all in one.
Ultra lounge
An ultra lounge is a mix between lounge and a night club, but the difference to "real" night clubs is tiny and vanishes completely, when the DJ pulls out hard-core dance hits.
Las Vegas is a very peculiar destination - and hotels in Las Vegas have a lot of peculiarities that you won't find in other cities.
The vast majority of visitors to Las Vegas arrive on Friday or Saturday nights and stay for the weekend. As such, room rates can seem ridiculously cheap from Sunday-Thursday night but zoom upwards on weekends. Travelers can plan a trip to their advantage: by staying, say, Sunday through to Thursday, one can not only save a bundle on hotel rates, but also take advantage of package deals that may include a show, meals, and gambling coupons -- occasionally worth more than the cost of the hotel room itself.
A bad surprise at check in are so-called "Resort Fees". Many hotels in Las Vegas collect this fee on top of the actual room charge(typically between 10$ and 20$ per night) when you check in. You won't get around paying it, even if you claim that your hotel booking website had indicated the total pricing as final. The resort fee is apparently an attempt of introducing low-cost airline pricing to hotels: splitting up the price into an attractively cheap basic fee, and charging the customer for almost everything separately. Thusly, in Las Vegas, the resort fee typically "covers" the usage of the swimming pool and of the fitness centre. Some hotels do not collect resort fees. It may be worth it to ask the front desk to remove this fee; especially if you had a bad experience with your stay. However, keep your expectations low but be polite and reasonable.
Be aware that in Las Vegas hotels, even the resort fee does not always cover hotel amenities that are included for free in hotels in the rest of the world: These charges may be quite expensive; most hotels charge for use of the fitness center with rates around $20 to $40 per visit, local calls are usually billed, and wireless internet is generally at least $12 per day. Unless the service is free; it is better to use your own cell phone or mobile router.
Due to the flamboyant and lively atmosphere of most casino hotels, be aware that you may not get a good night's sleep, especially on weekends or during busy tourist seasons. Drunken parties and associated recklessness are frequent occurences in most of the motels and hotels on The Strip. Most hotels will send security personnel up to dispel loud parties or to warn drunk patrons to keep the noise down if you call the front desk, but their effectiveness may vary.
In Las Vegas parlance, the words "hotel" and "casino" are interchangeable. There is a big difference between casino hotels and mainstream hotels without gambling. Casino hotels tend to be large (often with a long walk from the parking to your room and often via the gambling floor). The size of casino hotels means that they often have a wider range of services (restaurants, bars, shops, coffee shops, etc.) and many facilities have long opening hours or are open 24 hours.
On the Strip
Off the Strip
Downtown/Fremont Street
Many modest hotels, well-away from the Strip and downtown, cater to "locals"; many offer lower rates and (often) better games. Among them are:
They are complemented by plush, full-resort hotels/casinos in select locations. Examples include:
Bed & Breakfast
Stay safe
Given the city's lure of easy money and "Sin City" reputation, Las Vegas naturally attracts a lot of unsavory characters, as evidenced by its rather high violent crime rate: 763.4 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants in calendar year 2010 (according to the FBI's Crime in the United States report). This is substantially higher than big cities like Los Angeles and New York, where the comparable numbers were 442.6 and 391.9 in 2010. Naturally, the crimes that drive Vegas's numbers so high are robbery and aggravated assault.
Be vigilant and do not leave any valuables visible in your car. If you are lucky enough to win a large jackpot, you can ask the casino to hold your winnings in its safe or to pay you with a check so that you are not walking out the door with a large amount of cash. If you insist on receiving all your winnings in cash, all casinos have security personnel available to escort you to your car or room upon request. Like most large tourism destinations, the Strip has its share of pickpockets and purse snatchers, so keep your wallet in a front pocket or keep a tight hold on your purse.
Major casinos are generally very safe. Casinos take security very seriously and have cameras recording almost every square inch of their property, as well as uniformed and plainclothes security personnel patrolling at all times.
Make sure your hotel door is closed safely at night and use the deadbolt if one is provided. If there is knocking on the door at night, don't open it unless you are sure of the good intentions of the persons that knocked. They might just be drunk, but there could be more serious trouble. Remain calm and call security when necessary.
Numerous people along Las Vegas Boulevard will attempt to hand you fliers advertising adult entertainment or prostitution services. Simply ignore them and they won't harm you, although they are profoundly annoying.
Other crimes
Despite the advertising slogan What happens here, stays here, Las Vegas has laws that are vigorously enforced. Contrary to popular belief, prostitution is illegal in Las Vegas and all of Clark County, although it is legal at licensed brothels in a few rural counties of Nevada. Pedestrians may drink alcohol from an open container on "the Strip", but not in automobiles (not even for passengers).
Driving dangers
Remain vigilant while driving. Las Vegas Boulevard ("the Strip") is notorious for fender benders and other traffic collisions as a result of the heavy stop-and-go traffic and the numerous distractions (pirates, volcanoes, women) offered to drivers.
Some part of Interstate 15 is always under construction to relieve its perennial traffic jams. The current portion under construction is between Blue Diamond Road and Tropicana Avenue. The construction zones tend to have inadequate signage and poor lane markings, which combined with the large number of tourists results in frequent last-minute lane changes and in turn, many multi-vehicle car accidents. Many people are also driving intoxicated as well; Nevada has an unusually high frequency of traffic deaths with alcohol involved, and most of them happen in and near this city.
Heat exhaustion and dehydration
Expect extremely low humidity and temperatures above 105°F (40°C) May to September. Bring sunscreen and wear loose, light-colored clothing that substantially reflects sunlight. Avoid dehydration by drinking plenty of fluids.
Most hotel charge a separate fee (typically $13/day) for WiFi usage. An alternative option for occasional WiFi users are Burger King joints - WiFi is free for all customers and you don't even need a password.
Las Vegas Airport has free WiFi. On the Strip some internet cafes exist with prices from 20¢/minute.
Inside all large casino (generally those casinos exceeding 15 slot machines), strip clubs and standalone bars not serving food, smoking is permitted. In large casinos, there are areas which are smoke-free, but they may be very close to smoking areas. Poker rooms are typically smoke-free. Smoke-free table games and slot areas are also available. Restaurants inside casinos are non-smoking. Nightclubs and lounges may allow smoking if they do not serve food.
For all other standalone restaurants, bars, convenience stores, grocery stores and airport facilities smoking is banned in all establishments which sell food other than prepackaged snacks. This ban will be obvious in most places by the absence of ashtrays and the required clearly posted signs. In most cases, smoking areas may be provided outdoors, so always ask your server since various options are almost always available. The penalty can be a $100-$600 ticket if you are caught by authorities.
In practice, there is extremely lax official enforcement in most informal off-strip locations due to a lack of enforcement personnel, and some will even offer ashtrays "at your own risk" if you ask for one. Smoking is still permitted in any stand alone bar or club (with or without gambling machines) that do not serve food other than prepackaged snacks (such as chips, pretzels, candy bars). Although a gray area, some smoking-permitted bars which do not serve food will let you carry food in from adjacent/attached non-smoking restaurants so ask. Many stand lone restaurants now also provide a physically separated (separate entry doors and separate ventilatation) non-smoking dining area and a smoking bar or gaming area to accomodate both smokers and non-smokers.
Considering the transaction fees applied in most ATM in the casino, it is good idea to get the cash before going to the casino. There are ATMs at the airport so feel free to get some cash there. Should you missed that, the following place will have ATMs:
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Interview with "No Impact Man" Colin Beavan
Listen to Amy Goodman's Interview with "No Impact Man" Colin Beavan.
|Colin Beavan drives the family vehicle. In the NoImpactMan world, cars are a big no. There are others. No trash, no carbon emissions, no toxins in the water, no elevators, no subway, no packaging, no plastics, no air conditioning, no TV …
Amy Goodman talks with Colin Beavan on Democracy Now. "And finally, on this Christmas Eve, I'm joined by a man who makes a compelling environmental case for a non-consumptive Christmas. Colin Beavan is also known as the No Impact Man. Beavan, along with his wife, their two-year-old daughter and dog, spent a year attempting to minimize their ecological footprint while continuing to live in the heart of New York City."
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Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Advisory Mental Health Council.
The meeting will be open to the public as indicated below, with attendance limited to space available. Individuals who plan to attend and need special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should notify the Contact Person listed below in advance of the meeting.
The meeting will be closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in sections 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., as amended. The grant applications and the discussions could disclose confidential trade secrets or commercial property such as patentable material, and personal information concerning individuals associated with the grant applications, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
Name of Committee: National Advisory Mental Health Council.
Date: September 12-13, 2002.
Closed: September 12, 2002, 10:30 a.m. to recess.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant applications.
Place: Neuroscience Center, National Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892.
Open: September 13, 2002, 8:30 a.m. to adjournment.
Agenda: Presentation of NIMH Acting Director's report and discussion on NIMH program and policy issues.
Place: National Institutes of Health, Shannon Building, Wilson Hall, 1 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Contact Person: Jane A. Steinberg, PhD, Director, Division of Extramural Activities, National Institutes of Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6154, MSC 9609, Bethesda, MD 20892-9609. 301-443-5047.
Any member of the public interested in presenting oral comments to the committee may notify the Contact Person listed on this notice at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. Interested individuals and representatives of organizations may submit a letter of intent, a brief description of the organization represented, and a short description of the oral presentation. Only one representative of an organization may be allowed to present oral comments and if accepted by the committee, presentations may be limited to five minutes. Both printed and electronic copies are requested for the record. In addition, any interested person may file written comments with the committee by forwarding their statement to the Contact Person listed on this notice. The statement should include the name, address, telephone number and when applicable, the business or professional affiliation of the interested person.
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Information is also available on the Institute's/Center's home page: www.nimh.nih.gov/council/advis.cfm, where an agenda and any additional information for the meeting will be posted when available.
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Couple Pushes For Law To Limit Photoshopping Models; Because It Hurts Young Girls' Self-Esteem
from the self-esteem-act? dept
It makes for a nice campaign, but it seems like a huge waste of time. Are girls really going to feel different after seeing a photo that says "this photo was adjusted" in fine print somewhere? They're still going to look at the photo. In the end, it seems like this may be a case of trying to fight the symptoms of self-esteem issues, rather than the actual causes. I believe the studies that say many young people have serious self-esteem issues, but part of that is just being young. Tons of young people have low self-esteem because that's generally a part of growing up and learning to be you. Is putting a silly stamp on magazine ads really going to change that? Why not focus instead on programs that actually improve someone's self esteem such that even if they saw photos of impossibly skinny models, it wouldn't bother them?


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 8, 2013) – Laura Jansone's dream is coming true.
A former ETSU women's golf standout and two-time Atlantic Sun Conference individual champion, Jansone recently finished tied for 25th at the Ladies European Tour qualifying school. That effort was good enough to earn her an LET card and guarantee her status for the upcoming year on one of the world's premier professional tours.
"I had trained hard on and off the course for this tour school and I knew I could do it," said Jansone, a four-time individual tournament champion during her time at ETSU from 2006 to 2010. "It was a good challenge and great fun, especially on the last day."
A Jurmala, Latvia native, Jansone ultimately needed some heroics to qualify. By her own estimation, she needed to shoot at least 3 or 4-under par on the final day of qualifying to earn her card. After a bogey on the 17th hole of her final round put her at 3-under-par, she found herself 182 yards from the 18th green after an errant tee shot left her behind a mound of bushes.
Facing a blind shot and with her tour card on the line, Jansone stuck a 4-iron just 12 feet from the pin and drained the subsequent birdie putt.
One person not surprised by Jansone's ability to overcome adversity and make the critical shot when needed was ETSU women's golf coach Stefanie Shelton.
"Laura is one of the most accomplished golfers to ever play in our program," Shelton said. "She is a winner in every pursuit, from setting records on the golf course to graduating Summa Cum Laude. Her work ethic is second to none and she is a great role model for all golfers at ETSU."
Jansone said she is looking forward to the upcoming season on the LET.
"I am very excited about next year – to see new places and to play new tournaments in different countries," she said. "Also, it's going to be great to be closer to home."
For more on ETSU women's golf, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's golf link.


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Leonardo DiCaprio locks lips with his 66-year-old co-star Joanna Lumley for a passionate kiss on the set of their movie The Wolf of Wall Street on Tuesday (November 20) in New York City.
The 38-year-old actor stars in the film about a New York stockbroker who refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
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Science of Living (Jeevan Vigyan) - Introduction
Science of
Acharya Mahapragya
Jain Vishva Bharati
Science of Living (Jeevan Vigyan) - Introduction
The sages have preached about Science of Living
from time to time as under:
"Science of Living is a process of bringing about
changes in the nature and habits of human beings. It can pave the way for
building a healthy society through positive feelings."
"Science of Living is a system of yogic exercises,
yogic Asanas, Pranayam, Preksha Dhyan, Kayotsarg and contemplations
"Science of Living makes us aware of the conditions
of morality, dignity of labour and our responsibilities."
"Science of Living is a unique combination of discretion and
Education provides the foundation for all-round development of a human
being. It shapes the personality of an individual. Of all the experiments
which have so far been conducted in the field of education, Science of
Living has come to be reckoned as an original experiment. In this system a
student is made to study less and more time and energy is devoted to
practice and experimentation on the self. For the revival of values and
fuller development of the human personality, the subject of Science of
Living has been conceived and developed, its source of inspiration is
Anuvrat Disciplinarian Shri Tulsi. His thoughts have been further
developed and expanded by Acharya Shri Mahapragya.
The syllabus of Jeevan
Vigyan has been formulated for all levels of students beginning from
class-1 up to graduation standard. Keeping in view the needs and the pace
of learning of the students, the syllabus has been divided into twelve
units as under:
Right Exercise
Right breathing
Preksha Dhyan
Health science
Mental health
Emotional health
Awareness of values
Beginning with the use and
development of sound, these units graduate into generation of awareness of
values and promotion of non-violence. The sound has utmost impact on the
way we live and conduct ourselves. We receive and communicate knowledge
and scientific attitude through sound. The balanced development of sound
is the basis of peaceful coexistence. No human being can succeed in life
without the development of resolute will-power. Strong will-power
liberates us from undesirable conduct and guides us towards right conduct.
The experiments in the
field of education have convincingly proved that Science of Living is
fully capable of bringing about desirable transformation in the
personality of children.
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Justice Denied - Judge says 'F you!" to jury
On April 2, 2009, after hearing evidence for a month, a Denver jury unanimously found that Ward Churchill had been fired from the University of Colorado *not* because of research misconduct but in retaliation for speech protected by the First Amendment.
After more than four years of political attacks on Ward Churchill, a clear statement had been made: the University of Colorado had violated the U.S. Constitution when it fired Churchill, a tenured full professor of American Indian Studies.
The normal remedy in such cases? Reinstatement.
Today, July 7, 2009, Judge Larry Naves of the Denver District Court threw out the jury's verdict, adopting the University's argument that the Regents have "quasi-judicial" immunity from such lawsuits. In essence, this means that the Regents and University administrators are free to continue to violating the Constitution.
In a 42-page opinion lifted wholesale from the University's pleadings, Judge Naves went on to explain why Ward Churchill should not be given front pay, back pay, or be reinstated.
All of these are irrelevant, of course, if the jury's verdict is not upheld. But the fact that the judge went to such pains to adopt the University's arguments – which often directly contravened the factual record in this case – speaks volumes.
This ruling simply confirms what we have observed so often. When given access to the facts, regular people on the street can make clear, reasoned decisions that uphold constitutional values. It is rare, however, to find persons in positions of power who will not bow to political pressure.
Attorney David Lane will, of course, appeal this decision. Ward Churchill's reaction? "I can't think of any way to improve upon Steve Earle's line from *The Hard Way*: 'There are some who break and bend. I'm the other kind.'"
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Russell Means:
July 7, 2009
If you're an American Indian in the United States of America, whether you are a Lakotah or a Navajo, a tenured professor or a Nobel Peace Prize winner, or an elected president of another country, you will not receive justice in any form from the white people of America.
They attacked Vine Deloria, Jr. (on the day of his funeral), Rigoberta Menchu and Evo Morales. An Indian on a reservation can't get justice. And a tenured professor can get unconstitutionally thrown out, vindicated by a jury of his peers in a court of law, and it doesn't matter.
Everyone I've named cannot fight back. Evo Morales has to worry about being the president of a country; Rigoberta Menchu has to continue working for her people. Vine Deloria is dead. Indian people on reservations have no power of any kind.
Only Ward has the ability to fight back and win, and it's still not good enough. They still quash him.
The American Indian has been living at Guantánamo Bay since the founding of the United States of America
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Yale PRs
3000m 8:34.17
5000m 14:45.80
XC 8k 25:14
High School PRs
3000m 8:33.42
2 Mile 9:03.10
Mile 4:20.69
5k 15:05.23
2011-2012: Was the fastest Yale runner at the New England Championships, where he set his PR… Second on the team at the Princeton Invitational (25:18)… Also competed at cross country Heps (26:26.6).
2010-2011: Competed in 5000m run at outdoor Heps … Placed sixth in 5000m at Harvard-Yale … Ran PR of 14:45.80 at Larry Ellis Invitational … Indoors, ran 8:34.37 in 3000m at Dartmouth-Columbia … Opened cross country season at Dartmouth Invitational.
High School: All-American in track & field … National champion in 4x1 mile relay … State champion in 3200m … All-State cross-country and track & field … Set school records in 3000m, 2-mile, 5000m and 1600m (indoors) … Captained cross country and outdoor track teams … Helped team win state championships in cross country, indoor and outdoor track … Academic honors include CABE Award for Leadership, Phillip M. and Matthew A. Oravetz Scholarship for Scholar?Athletes and Bryant University Book Award for Leadership.
Personal: Timothy Dwight College … Hobbies include photography and guitar… Grandfather played Division I basketball for the University of Bridgeport; held the record for most points scored until NBA star Manute Bol erased it.
Q: If you could set a World Record in one event, which one would it be?
A: I would like to set a World Record in the 10,000m because it's the longest and perhaps the most difficult of the standard track events. The 10,000m requires exceptional levels of aerobic endurance, as well as finishing speed, and most importantly, it requires a steely resolve to push through the fire burning in one's legs and chest, as well as the doubt welling up in one's mind over the course of 25 laps.
Q: Favorite motivational quote?
A: "When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the shoe leather has passed into the fiber of your body. He is the richest man who pays the largest debt to his shoemaker." - Ralph Waldo Emerson


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text: Mayville, ND light snow 14°F details Humid.85% Wind19.46ms Prec.0mm Clouds90% Cold Weather Pet Tips 1. Walking your Dog in the winter? Try this. As pet owners we generally wear shoes, boots or some other form of footwear. So generally we don't need to wash our feet every time we come in from the snow. Our pets on the other hand (or should we say paw) trudge through the salt leaden city snow, slush and grime. A dog's paws after walking through high salt content slush can become irritated quickly. Make sure to always wash off and dry your animals paws after each and every walk in the winter. If you're not going home after the walk or don't have the ability to wash them bring a towel to wipe them off and clean them. If you notice redness, cracking, swelling or another irritation on your animals feet be sure to bring them into your local veterinary service to get checked out. 2. Too cold for you? Too cold for your pet. Even if our animals have furry coats, if left outside in cold they can quickly get frostbite or worse! Lastly, we've all heard not to leave our dog, children or other pets in a car on a warm summer's day, right? Did you know that leaving your four-legged friend inside a car in the winter is also very dangerous? Because of a vehicles insulation they can act like iceboxes and freeze whatever or whoever is inside. More Pet Owner Weather Tips


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This morning NVIDIA introduced the GeForce GTX 680 video card which is the first card in the long awaited GeForce 600 series and also the first desktop GPU based on the new 28nm 'Kepler' core architecture. This means that the GeForce GTX 580 has been officially dethroned after over 16 months of rule! Its hard to imagine that the GeForce GTX 580 was released back in November 2010 but it was and the card has served gamers well. Priced at $499, the GeForce GTX 680 comes at the same suggested retail price as the GeForce GTX 580 did, but features a new GPU core that has 1536 CUDA Cores. The GeForce GTX 580 had just 512 CUDA cores, so with three times as many CUDA cores you know things are about to get very interesting.
NVIDIA focused on three principles when they designed the GeForce GTX 680: Make it Faster. Smoother. Richer. By doing so they developed the Kepler architecture on an optimized 28nm process and squeezed all the performance and power enhancements out of it that they could. The GK104 is the first GPU based on this architecture and it is the core used on the GeForce GTX 680.
With a total of eight Streaming Multiprocessor (SMX) units, the GeForce GTX 680 video card has 1536 CUDA Cores. The memory subsystem of the GeForce GTX 680 consists of four 64-bit memory controllers (256-bit) with 2GB of GDDR5 memory. The base clock speed of the GeForce GTX 680 is 1006MHz and the typical Boost clock speed is 1058MHz. The typical Boost clock is based on the average GeForce GTX 680 card running a wide variety of games and applications. The actual Boost clock will vary depending on actual system conditions. GeForce GTX 680's memory speed is an impressive 6008MHz (effective). The best part of these specifications is that NVIDIA managed to get it all on a 10-inch PCB with two 6-pin PCIe power connectors and a TDP of just 195 Watts!
Compared to the GF110 GPU used on the GeForce GTX 580, the GK104 and the GeForce GTX 680 is a whole new beast. For starters the core clock and shader clock are now running at the same frequency. The graphics core clock is now also dynamic, but we'll talk about that more on the next page. The transistor count is up by 18% to 3.54 Billion, but the CUDA cores have tripled and the number of texture units has doubled. The compute performance has nearly doubled from 1581 GFLOPS to 3090 GFLOPS! You would think that all this would come at the cost of increased power consumption, but that is not the case as the TDP has been lowered down to just 195Watts. NVIDIA has also doubled the number of displays that you can use off a single card, so four monitors is now supported. This is huge as you can run 3D Vision surround plus an additional monitor as an accessory display off a single card. AMD Eyefinity was a multi-monitor feature that NVIDIA couldn't touch with a single card prior to this, so this does help build a richer gaming and overall PC experience.
What is new with the GK104 GPU on the GeForce GTX 680? NVIDIA told us that the GK104 has roughly 3.54 Billion transistors on a die that is just 294mm². This yields a transistor density of 12 million per mm², which is competitive with what AMD has done on the Radeon HD 7000 series.
Like Fermi, Kepler GPUs are composed of different configurations of Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs), Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), and memory controllers. The GeForce GTX 680 GPU consists of four GPCs, eight next-generation Streaming Multiprocessors (SMX), and four memory controllers.
In GeForce GTX 680, each GPC has a dedicated raster engine and two SMX units. With a total of eight SMX units, the GeForce GTX 680 implementation has 1536 CUDA Cores. The CUDA cores themselves remain unchanged from the previous generation.
Many of our readers love specification charts and here is a good one that NVIDIA provided that shows what the GTX680 has to offer. The GeForce GTX 680's memory subsystem was completely revamped, resulting in dramatically higher memory clock speeds. Operating at 6008MHz data rate, the GeForce GTX 680 offers the highest memory clock speeds of any GPU in the industry. Tied to each memory controller are 128KB L2 cache and eight ROP units (each of the eight ROP units processes a single color sample). With four memory controllers, a full GeForce GTX 680 GPU has 512KB L2 cache and 32 ROPs (i.e., 32 color samples).
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Each year a select number of student-athletes are selected to be members of the Academic All-America First Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The national honor is based on excellence in academics as well as excellence in athletics. Only athletes who have made a significant contribution to their respective teams are eligible regardless of their grade-point average.
The 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team for baseball included former Lipscomb University first baseman Ryan Mitchell. He is the first student-athlete from Lipscomb to receive this national recognition for academics in the NCAA era.
Mitchell, from Andalusia, Ala., was also named to the District IV All-Academic First Team, making him eligible for the national honor.
Also a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team, Mitchell is a senior with a 4.0 grade-point average in Biology with a minor in chemistry.
He led the Bisons in hitting with a .341 average and was second in the team in home runs, doubles and slugging percentage. He also had a .988 fielding percentage and was named the 2006 Most Valuable Offensive Player for the Bisons.
Mitchell received his awards at half-time of the Bisons game with North Florida from Dr. Steve Potts, Lipscomb athletic director, and Professor Jon Lorance, Mitchell's faculty advisor.


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Globe Trekker "Colorado to Utah" Trekker Holly Morris kicks off her trip in Denver, where she visits the U.S. Mint and enjoys the city's many outdoor pursuits. Next she hikes the Mesa Trail, joins an archaeological research trip at Crow Canyon, and delves into the history of the region's ancestral Pueblans. She then travels to Utah, home to numerous ski resorts, the Great Salt Lake and a plethora of breathtaking national parks - including Arches, Zion and Bryce Canyon.G
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NOVA "Manhunt - Boston Bombers" At 2:50pm on April 15, two bomb blasts turned the Boston Marathon finish line from a scene of triumph to tragedy. NOVA follows the manhunt for the bombers step by step, examining the role modern technology -- combined with old-fashioned detective work -- played in cracking the case.G
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Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology "Microbial Control" Microbial Control addresses the different levels of human intervention necessary to control microorganisms. These range from the processing and packaging of our food, to sterilization in hospitals to prevent potentially dangerous encounters with microbes to the use of antibiotics to control infections when they occur.G
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Unseen Life On Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology "Microbial Interactions" This program examines the relationships between microbes and other life forms that are essential for most animal life. Although plant materials form the basic food-stuff of most herbivores, they require intestinal microbes to process that plant material into materials animals can use. Examples of both beneficial and harmful relationships are examined. D
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Whole Child, The: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years "It's The Little Things" The importance of a well-ordered and predictable environment. D
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Whole Child, The: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years "By Leaps and Bounds" Physical development and appropriate developmental activities, good health practices, and environmental safety. D
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Earth Revealed: Introductory Geology "Mountain Building and the Growth of Continents" Shows how major mountain belts and continents have evolved.G
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Economics U$A "Resources and Scarcity" Wilderness preservation and WWII productivity show how society allocates and transforms resources. D
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Medidas Drasticas" The Castillo family deals with a number of problems, including the hospitalization of Don Fernando.G
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Clifford The Big Red Dog "Led Astray/Wedding Bell Blues" LED ASTRAY: Clifford's new friend Artie is up to no good.and he talks Clifford into joining him. He "borrows" Cleo's favorite toy and helps digs a big hole. D
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Arthur "The Curse of the Grebes/Arthur Changes Gears" The Curse of the Grebes: The Elwood City Grebes haven't won the Baseball Championship since 1918. But with the addition of three players - voiced by real-life Red Sox players Johnny Damon, Mike Timlin, and Edgar Renteria! - the title is finally within reach. There's one problem - whenever Buster is at the game, the Grebes lose! Is Buster the team's curse?! Or can the players convince Buster that his loyalty as a fan is more valuable to them than winning? Arthur Changes Gears: Arthur finally saves enough money to buy the bike of his dreams! Butà this new bike is way too nice to actually ride. D
7:30 am
Martha Speaks "Nurse Martha/TD Gets The Scoop" Nurse Martha - Being able to translate animal speech sure comes in handy when Martha gets a job as the vet's assistant. TD Gets the Scoop - Carolina is starting a newspaper, the Carolina Town Crier, and she needs some crack reporters to track down the news.G
8:00 am
Curious George "Up, Up and Away/Skunked" George learns that it takes a tether, a basket and hot air for a balloon to successfully lift-off.G
8:30 am
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Show Me The Honey/Migration Vacation" Show Me the Honey - Sally and Nick have run out of honey! Luckily the Cat knows just where to go to get more. They visit Queen Priscilla Buzzoo who invites them to join in the bee dance to learn how to make honey. Migration Vacation - The purple martin swallow that lives in Sally's backyard has gone missing! The Cat, with the help of a variety of forest creatures, help Nick and Sally track down the bird, and learn how and why birds migrate. D
9:00 am
Super Why! "The Swiss Family Robinson" Little Boy Blue is stuck on a little island in Storybrook Pond and can't get back to shore. Super Why and his friends head into the story of The Swiss Family Robinson to meet a family who is just as stranded as Little Boy Blue. They'll need to use what's around them to survive in this do-it-yourself island adventure! Educational Objectives: To learn to think creatively in tricky situations. D
9:30 am
Dinosaur Train "Triassic Turtle/Tank's Baby Brother" Triassic Turtle - Don mistakes a shell for a rock and meets Adam Adocus, a turtle with a head he can pull into his shell. The Pteranodon family travels to the Triassic and meets Pauline Proganochelys, another kind of turtle who shares her own methods of defending herself. Tank's Baby Brother - Tank Triceratops has a new baby brother that everyone dotes on, making Tank feel left out. D
10:00 am
Sesame Street "Telly The Tiebreaker" Elmo, Zoe, Rosita and some friends are making a beautiful block house together but can't agree whether to put a square or circle on top. Alan helps them solve the problem by having them raise their hands for the one they like best. After counting up the votes, the square wins by one. D
11:00 am
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Prince Wednesday Finds A Way To Play/Finding A Way To Play On Backwards Day" Prince Wednesday Finds a Way to Play - Daniel and Katerina Kittycat are playing "house" today at school. Prince Wednesday wants to play too, but he wants to be a loud dinosaur. Katerina tells him that loud dinosaurs are not allowed! Luckily, they find a way to play together with Prince Wednesday as a quiet, friendly dinosaur. D
11:30 am
Sid The Science Kid "The Itchy Tag" Sid notices that the tag in his shirt is really itchy, and he wonders why it isn't soft like the rest of his shirt. At school, Sid and his friends explore and learn about the different textures around them: smooth, soft, bumpy and itchy.like his shirt tag!. D
12:00 pm
WordWorld "Dog's Camping Adventure/V Is for Vacation" Dog's Camping Adventure: Pig and Frog take Dog on his first camping trip. When they lose one of the letters to their TENT, it's Dog who overcomes his fear and finds it in the dark forest.along with a monster! V is for Vacation: The weather is turning colder, and Duck is ready for his yearly vacation (migration). D
12:30 pm
Caillou "Games to Play" Finding fun ways to play is the theme today. Caillou, Clementine, and Leo are disappointed because they can't go to the zoo. They cheer up after Caillou's Mommy and Daddy help them pretend to be animals themselves. D
1:00 pm
Barney & Friends "Pistachio and Full Team Ahead" Pistachio: Barney is snacking on pistachios.and just can't seem to stop! His young friends try to help by hiding them from Barney. When that doesn't work, they tell him a story to help him stop eating pistachios. D
1:30 pm
Thomas & Friends "Listening and Learning" Thomas In Charge - Thomas wants to impress the Inspector and persuades Percy and Mavis to help him shunt coal at the Docks. This means that Mavis and Percy don't get to do their jobs properly. When the Inspector visits them, they are nowhere to be found. D
2:00 pm
Curious George "Up, Up and Away/Skunked" George learns that it takes a tether, a basket and hot air for a balloon to successfully lift-off.G
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Martha Speaks "Nurse Martha/TD Gets The Scoop" Nurse Martha - Being able to translate animal speech sure comes in handy when Martha gets a job as the vet's assistant. TD Gets the Scoop - Carolina is starting a newspaper, the Carolina Town Crier, and she needs some crack reporters to track down the news.G
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The Electric Company "The Great Compromise" The Electric Company and the Pranksters have to work together to preserve their ability to use their special powers in the neighborhood. D
3:30 pm
WordGirl "A Vote for Becky/Class Act" A Vote for Becky: It's Election Day! Mrs. Botsford is running for D.A. and Becky is running for student council president. Tobey decides to run against Becky and uses his robots to distract WordGirl. D
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Wild Kratts "Termites Vs. Tongues" When Aviva and Koki accidentally miniaturize themselves and get carried away by termites, Martin and Chris must split up to search for them. D
4:30 pm
Cyberchase "The Hacker's Challenge" Hacker challenges the CyberSquad to solve a series of puzzles in three hours. If they fail, he vows to turn the cybersite Solaria into a digital garbage dump.G
5:00 pm
Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman "Ruff Needs His Herring Checked" Ruff has finally lost it! He's hearing a voice that no one else can hear. Even stranger, the voice is telling him to bake cookies to woo Charlene, the poodle next door. Ruff's sanity is at stake as he sends Isaac and Liza to meet with an audiologist to find out everything they can about hearing. D
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report - which drug companies are leading the race to develop a new class of cancer drugs? NBR will discuss the battle against cancer with the CEO of Infinity Pharmaceuticals. And, the U.S. government accuses Apple of driving up the price of electronic books. D
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The Fab Four: The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Members of this group specialize in precise attention to detail and note-for-note live renditions of Beatles songs. Costume changes represent each era of The Beatles' ever-changing career in a program that features record-perfect live performances of such classics as "Can't Buy Me Love," "Yesterday," "A Day in the Life," "Penny Lane," "Here Comes the Sun," "Hey Jude" and more. There is an opportunity to obtain tickets to the group's live performance in Boise.G
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Celtic Thunder Mythology At the Helix Theater in Dublin, Celtic Thunder performers return to the roots of the musical odyssey back to the heart of the Celt. The show tells the story of ancestors in Ireland, their legends, history and stories, all still reflected in the people of modern Ireland. The six Celtic Thunder principals perform haunting solo numbers and rousing ensembles, as well as original tracks written for the show. There also is the opportunity to obtain tickets to the group's live performance in Boise.G
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Independent Lens "Love Free Or Die" When Gene Robinson became the first openly gay elected bishop in the high church traditions of Christendom in 2003, his elevation in the New Hampshire diocese ignited a worldwide firestorm in the Anglican Communion that has threatened schism. In the face of it all, Robinson confronts those who use religion as a means of oppression and claims a place in the church and society for everyone.G
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