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Man 'stabbed his pet Staffordshire bull terrier to death to save his own life in attack on Christmas morning'
The owner has been rushed to hospital and will not face animal cruelty charges because he killed the animal in self-defence
A MAN stabbed his pet dog to death and dumped its body in a wheelie bin after it attacked him on Christmas morning.
The owner killed his Staffordshire Bull Terrier to "save his own life" after it ambushed him.
They were rushed to hospital following the incident in Grimsby, which police say is not being treated as animal cruelty because the owner was acting in self-defence.
The pooch's body is believed to have been found in a bin in the Weelsby Street area today.
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A Humberside Police spokeswoman told Mirror the man was forced to stab the dog to death "to save his own life".
She said: "We were called on Christmas morning shortly after 6am to a report that a man had been attacked by his dog and in order to stop the attack the dog had been killed.
"The incident happened on Weelsby Street in Grimsby.
"We attended and spoke with the owner (who was the) victim of the attack to check on his welfare and in order to establish that there were no animal cruelty concerns, of which there were none.
"The owner suffered deep puncture wounds to his arms and was treated for his injuries at Hull Royal Infirmary.
"On 29 December we received a call from a member of the public who stated that they had found a dead dog on Weelsby Street.
"We have conducted initial enquiries and believe that this is the same dog that attacked its owner on Christmas Day.
"We are satisfied that there are no further circumstances that would concern the police. The RSPCA have been informed."
An RSPCA spokeswoman confirmed it was aware of the incident but said the charity are not investigating.
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Psalms for the Journey
There are two ways to think when rising for another day. "Good Lord, it's morning", with a groaning sigh, or "Good morning, Lord! What's next?" I prefer the latter, because it gets me physically out of bed. I am grateful that God was with me (and you!) through the night and knows what is on our agenda for today.
David is asking God, "Oh let me rise and live always with you!" David has sinned, repented remorsefully and now is seeking God's favor and presence in his life. He now clearly sees the enemies of God who lurk in the dark reeking havoc on others who believe in God. He wants God to take care of those enemies who are against our Creator. "I hate those who hate you, God", David cries out. These are strong words, but I think David is reminding us to seek what God wants, who God is, and what is important to God and leave evil behind. He is praying for all of us to see life as God sees us in this life and make wiser choices and better decisions.
May we avoid the entanglement of sin that so easily draws us away from all that is good. May we pray for God to open our eyes so we see evil more clearly and run from it. May God live in us as we live for him so that we love more deeply, extend grace and walk humble with Him.
Yes, my song joins David's.."Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!". Yes! and Amen!
Psalm 139, The Message (part 5)
Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!
And please, God, do away with wickedness for good!
And you murderers—out of here!—
all the men and women who belittle you, God,
infatuated with cheap god-imitations.
See how I hate those who hate you, God,
see how I loathe all this godless arrogance;
I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred.
Your enemies are my enemies!
I am reminded of an old hymn…Living for Jesus…as I meditate on this passage this morning…and I'm singing…
Living for Jesus, a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I do;
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.
O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee,
For Thou, in Thy atonement, didst give Thyself for me;
I own no other Master, my heart shall be Thy throne;
My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.
Living for Jesus Who died in my place,
Bearing on Calvary my sin and disgrace;
Such love constrains me to answer His call,
Follow His leading and give Him my all.

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The ancient indigenous people of the area were called the "Scile's", which is where this island gets its name. It lies to south of Italy and has more vineyards than any other Italian region. Moscato and Malvasia grapes are grown there on volcanic soil. Sicily's most proud of its Marsala.


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You have to really admire the inventors on the televisions Shark Tank. Putting themselves out there with an idea, often with little funding and resources. Believing in a product and the willingness to try to come up with a viable plan. Putting together what they can with what they have. These gritty creators often make a product and iterate, while most of us wouldn't even try. They have the willingness to ask for help. Perhaps that's why we admire the show.
The original Japanese version of the show went by The Tigers of Money. Before the show came to American networks, I recall watching the BBC version called Dragon's Den. Hannah Jeffrey is producing a comedy show inspired by the television hit, as she explains in the below transcript:
Tell us all about Shark Tank. How might you describe your show to someone who knows nothing about improv?
If you've ever seen "Shark Tank" on TV, you'll feel right at home watching the improvised version of the show! In our show, the entrepreneurs solve the audience's every day peeves on the spot and pitch the solutions to our panel of distinguished Shark-provisers. Watch your problems disappear and root for your favorite pitch to score a hefty investment from the Sharks!
For the more knowledgeable improv crowd, what do you hope they'll take away from the show?
This show is all about heightening. Just like on TV, the action should build and end with the most exciting moments. That's why we try to start off small and build to the big stuff — the highest deals, the craziest inventions, the weirdest companies. Our cast works really hard together to make sure we're all on the same page and not trampling each other in the middle of a show, since it's one person vs. a panel of five.
What's the story of how you entered into improv? (Why/When/How etc)
My parents actually signed me up for my first class in January 2016. It was my first year out of college, and I was still living at home, so they were the ones hearing the most about how much I wanted to try improv and pursue comedy. I guess they were getting tired of me talking about it all the time, so they got me classes for Christmas to shut me up.
What other skills might people in improv develop to further enhance themselves in their craft?
Improv is a team sport, and it's crucial that everyone on stage respects each other. Nobody has a good show when they're feeling uncomfortable or left out. Plus, improv requires you to be up for anything. You learn flexibility really quickly because it's impossible to plan an improv scene — it'll never happen the way you think it will.
What brought you to Baltimore and Maryland?
I was born and grew up in Baltimore County, left for a few years to go to college and then moved back home because rent at my parents' house was free. I haven't left again since, although I have moved out of my childhood bedroom.
Often things we liked as a kid reflect in our adult lives? How is that true for you?
When I was little I wanted three things: glasses, braces and an inhaler. I set myself up to be a stereotype, so I let my nerd flag fly.
What is something you've always wanted to try but have been too scared to?
I've never gotten a piercing or a tattoo. I don't really want any tattoos because I feel like anything I commit to now, while I'm 24, won't be all that relevant or meaningful when I'm 96. I've also never gotten a cavity, but that's not something I want to try; that's just me bragging.
Describe your ideal way to spend the weekend?
My perfect weekend consists of ZERO plans. The less I have to do, the better. And also, nobody can contact me. I sit in my jammies on the couch and watch tv with my boyfriend and my dog until we get hungry and then we order food and go to bed at a reasonable time. Maybe we do some Legos or a puzzle. And at two separate points throughout the weekend, I have pasta. The pasta should either be angel hair or fettuccine and NOTHING in between.
If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would you have a good chance at winning a medal for?
I'm really good at cup-stacking because I broke my leg in ninth grade, and while everybody else played volleyball, I sat in the corner in my cast and cup stacked by myself. I sat out of gym for about three months. So, yeah, I got good.
What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation?
My favorite TV shows. I watch the same shows over and over and over again until I can recite the dialogue and I've analyzed every character. However, I've been told that my level of expertise is not always appreciated and apparently I "ruin shows" with all my "spoilers" and "extra information nobody asked for" but whatever.
What's something you've been meaning to try but just haven't gotten around to it?
Last winter, I had some really bad seasonal affective disorder and decided I would sign up for spin classes as a motivator to get out of the house and do something good for my body. I never went. But then a guy from the cycle studio came into the cafe where I work, and I told him I had signed up for classes but never went, and he said to come in anytime and they'd honor them! That was six months ago. Still haven't gone.
Outside of improv, what do you spend time doing that you enjoy?
If I'm not at work or at the theater, I'm probably at home watching tv and/or doing a puzzle, working on a LEGO set or napping. I've also been known to dabble in chalk art, which means my hands are often multi-colored, and that's a fun icebreaker.
If you could make a podcast, what would it be?
I have an idea for a podcast (and if anybody steals this idea before I do it, so help me, I will FIND you and YELL at you) where I interview people who have various jobs and ask them how they want to be treated. I've worked in the service industry for a long time, and there are so many things I want to tell people to NOT do to servers/bartenders/baristas/cashiers. My best friend is a nurse, and she hates it when people
If you could write a TV pilot, what would your plot be?
I actually have written exactly one pilot to date, and it was about a college newspaper. I wrote it for a script-writing class in college, and it just so happened to be when I was editor of our paper. I did not go far for my inspiration. Also, the script was garbage.
What's a story you'd like to share that doesn't necessarily have a connection to improv?
I think this is a very telling story about me: In kindergarten, we made time capsules that we weren't supposed to open until we graduated high school. So at the end of high school, I opened mine up and it had cute little facts about me, including what I wanted to be when I grew up. I gave myself three options: a waitress, a secretary or a crossing guard.
What in your personal life influences you either as a performer or a person?
I have severe anxiety, ADHD and general panic disorder, so I'm constantly checking myself to make sure I'm in a good headspace. I'm a chronic over-thinker. But in improv, I can easily lose myself in a character or scene, and all of a sudden I don't have to think.
What kind of work do you do? How does your work or career influence you as a performer?
I studied journalism and started to pursue a reporting career when I realized that I wasn't really interested in reporting bad news every day. I've worked in the service industry since high school, and I've always gone back to it when I needed a job. Now, I work in a French cafe, and it is DELICIOUS.
How has improv influenced your life outside of the theater for the better?
I'm far more open to other people's ideas. I'm not an incredibly adventurous person, and I'm super uncomfy with change. But knowing that I always have to be ready for the unexpected in improv definitely translates into my day-to-day.
What's your favorite improv game and why?
Kitty Cat Career!!! Everybody sings "meowmeow meowmeow meowmeow" and then one person acts like a cat doing a job. Whoever guesses the kitty cat's job correctly gets to go next. It's so dumb. I love it. Meow.
What's the strangest improv suggestion an audience member has ever given you? What happened from there?
During one of my first conservatory shows, I was getting the suggestion from the audience and I heard a man yell out "SCROTUM!" I turned to see my dad, giggling like crazy. My dad is no longer allowed to give suggestions at improv shows.
Editor's note. What was then known as The Conservatory is now Harold Night.
What advice do you have for people looking to do improv?
You can't beat yourself up about improv. Even though we all do it from time to time, it's a really ridiculous thing to get super worked up about. Improv at its core is very dumb. It's silly and weird and not worth the time spent agonizing over specific lines or scenes. If you look like you're trying too hard the audience will pick up on it right away. They want to see you having fun, and that's what improv is all about anyway.
Describe a memorable improv scene from a show that you were in?
I remember a scene from my first conservatory team, Mommy's Wine Club (rest in peace), where Julia Gerhardt and I were rival runners at a track meet. At one point, she asked me who my inspiration was, and I said it was her. The rest of the scene flowed so easily, and I couldn't figure out why until our coach pointed out that we made the scene about our relationship, not what we were doing. Ever since then, I've tried extra hard to make sure my characters have legitimate connections to my scene partners.
What was a memorable show that you were in the audience for? What made it memorable and what did you take away from it?
The first BIG show I saw was GUS at Single Carrot. People were standing outside the door just to listen to the show. I remember thinking these people were so funny, and I wanted to know them so badly. At one point, they asked for a volunteer, and I raised my hand. They gave me a bell and told me to ring it whenever I felt uncomfortable. They then proceeded to try to make me uncomfortable for the next several minutes. It was awesome.
Editor's Note, I found this archival footage of Hannah's reaction to GUS at Single Carrot. She didn't remember being in the video.
Tell us about what have you learned in improv? Is there a story about being a student, a performer on a team, or as a teacher?
Improv is all-inclusive. Nobody gets left out of improv because if you leave somebody out, you might be leaving out the best ideas or most fun choices. I tend to go into everything with preconceived notions, but they're almost always proven wrong when it comes to improv.
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Opportunity zones are similar in ways to 1031 like-kind exchange, which allow real estate investors to defer taxes on gains from the sale of a property by reinvesting the proceeds from the sale in another property within six months. A key difference is that 1031s do not allow investors to permanently exclude any portion of their profit from taxes, which the opportunity zone program allows for investments held for at least 10 years.
"To take advantage of the tax benefits, investors need to invest capital gains in vehicles known as qualified opportunity funds, which aggregate money from investors and use it to acquire and improve properties in opportunity zones, within 180 days of the sale of an asset. Investors can choose to work with an existing opportunity fund that plans to invest in an area or type of property they want to put money into or form their own fund. For their part, opportunity funds must invest at least as much in improving a property as they pay for it, and are required to invest 90 percent of their assets in properties located in opportunity zones."
Unlike 1031 like-kind exchanges, which require an intermediary to hold onto the proceeds that come from the sale of property while the seller lines up another investment, funds intended for investment in an opportunity zone don't need to be kept separate. Investors simply have to file Form 8949 with their income taxes to report the investment to the IRS. That said, the rules for these investments are complex and have not yet been finalized by the government. It's advisable to seek professional guidance before proceeding. You can find a directory of opportunity funds at the National Council of State Housing Agencies website at ncsha.org.
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text: They say you should never judge a book by its cover and maybe the same applies to buildings. This drab 1950s brick building is possibly the most boring building in Hull but it has played an important part in the development of the modern world. It's difficult to imagine a world without liquid crystal displays; they're on your phone, your clocks, instrument panels, monitor screens and so on. Without the work of Professor Gray in this building developing liquid crystals that were stable at room temperature we might be living in a very different world. Who said chemistry is boring?


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Hey. Where are the flying cars, and the big futuristic buildings? This is 2019? Looks more like 1991?
What the **** is up with this ****? 2019. Pftt. Sci-fi movies said it was going to be cooler than this.
I mean..... we have cell phones.... but I wanna see some Blade Runner ****.
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- Mr. BluelightLv 79 months ago
1984 wasn't like "1984". Though we're getting closer now.
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- Anonymous9 months ago
science fiction in general, and especially the cheesy science fiction you get in the movies, is intended to be entertainment, not prophecy
if you're stupid enough to think anyone who writes this stuff really thinks they know what the world is going to be like 20 or 50 or 100 years from now, well, there's your problem right there
also, i'd point out that, however crappy the future might be (and it can definitely get a whole lot worse than what you think it is now, real quick), it's only going to become what the people who came before, made it into.
or, in other words, if you don't like the world you're coming to live in, there's no need to blame some flashy movie from decades ago.
not when it's you, and the people around you, who made this crappy future into what it is now.
not me though. nope.
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- Anonymous9 months ago
Dude in NYC for example they are building multiple buildings that are over 1,200 feet tall. Chicago and LA are about to also. Truly creative and artistic things are going on now in architecture.
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- Anonymous9 months ago
We're too concerned with what gods other people worship and what politicians they agree with to get that far.
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- Anonymous9 months ago
I agree.
When 1 was in the 1st grade back in the 80s my teacher said that by the time my class learned to drive we would be learning on (and I remember this very well) boats that would be floating in the sky, traveling at near the speed of light.
I am still waiting for my light speed airboat.
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- Anonymous9 months ago
I'm of the same mind. The future is trash.
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Intel's Core i9 and AMD's Ryzen Threadripper are facing off in the toughest CPU match in years. Historically, if you wanted the fastest PC chip, you bought Intel. If you wanted to save money, you went with AMD. With Threadripper, AMD claims you can have it all: a low price, and the best performance.
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Spec-for-spec, AMD earns the advantage on price, with its Threadripper chips costing from $549 to $999. Intel's Core i9 chips are far more expensive, with prices soaring to $1,999.
Intel's pros include a broader diversity of Core i9 processors, plus a chip with more cores than anything AMD offers. Intel chips are also more power-efficient.
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Three Years On…
Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? I just realised today it's been three years since I started doing this lark full time. I've no clue where the time has gone but it's gone.
All is good in the world of Stickboy with continued growth and reach, a record number of businesses advertising on the site and social media plus other unrelated projects that have come about from running the site growing rapidly.
None of this would have been possible without some good old fashioned hard work and of course, you the readers and the site sponsors.
I love getting up in the morning for a day at my desk… take me away from it and I'm bored within an hour. I'm lucky I do something I enjoy and the rewards are there to see in the stats.
Record numbers just keep coming and that spurs me on to get them even higher.
1.6m pageviews has me chasing 2 million. 27k followers on Twitter has me wanting 50k. And I'm a determined prick so I won't stop until I get there and unlike some, I'm not spending a single baht on traffic or followers.
Sure there are some downsides but lets leave the moaning to others, better to keep the beer flowing and the party going and leave the Prophets Of Doom to the negative stuff. The positives far outweigh any negatives anyway.
I'd like to say a BIG thanks to everyone who stops by the site to read the updates or check out the totty. All the followers on social media whose timelines and news feeds I flood with updates everyday and not to be forgotten are the managers and bar bosses who keep me in the loop.
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1. "Don't worry about your haters. They are just confused admirers who can't understand why many people love you."
Author: Abhinavsr
Author: Abhinavsr
2. "Our exertions generally find no enduring physical correlatives. We are diluted in gigantic intangible collective projects, which leave us wondering what we did last year and, more profoundly, where we have gone and quite what we have amounted to....How different everything is for the craftsman who ... can step back at the end of a day or lifetime and point to an object--whether a square of canvas, a chair or a clay jug--and see it as a stable repository of his skills and an accurate record of his years, and hence feel collected together in one place, rather than strung out across projects which long ago evaporated into nothing one could hold or see."
Author: Alain De Botton
Author: Alain De Botton
3. "Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real."
Author: Amy Grant
Author: Amy Grant
4. "The wolf howled under the leavesAnd spit out the prettiest feathersOf his meal of fowl:Like him I consume myself."
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
5. "A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth."
Author: Christopher Wren
Author: Christopher Wren
6. "The ecosystem of our world is a closed system: it would run out of gas, collapse of its own weight."
Author: Joan D. Vinge
Author: Joan D. Vinge
7. "I respect you as a person too much to respect your ridiculous beliefs."
Author: Johann Hari
Author: Johann Hari
8. "If you just have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price."
Author: John Updike
Author: John Updike
9. "I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking."
Author: Julia Mancuso
Author: Julia Mancuso
10. "I can't believe you're going to sacrifice your archery mojo for MacReive." Lucia would forfeit her fantastical skill with a bow if she was unchaste. "Who am I going to hang out with when your a talentless nobody?"
Author: Kresley Cole
Author: Kresley Cole
11. "He let out a shaken laugh. "God. You'll never let me forget that letter, will you?" "I never even read the whole thing," she said. "Parts of it were burned. And now I'll never know everything you said." "The passages you missed were probably about this," he murmured, pushing gently inside her. They both caught their breath and held still, absorbing the feel of it. Rafe pressed a smile against her cheek. "I wrote quite a lot about this." "Tell me what you wrote." He whispered into her ear, love words and intimate praise, and all the longing he'd felt. And with each word he felt something opening inside him, a sense of freedom and power and perishing tenderness. She moved with him, welcoming him deeper, and the ecstasy of being joined with her roared through him, driving him to a piercing, brilliantly transcending release. Indeed…love made it different."
Author: Lisa Kleypas
Author: Lisa Kleypas
12. "Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming a wolf."
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
13. "Brother Row you could trust to make a long shot with a short bow. You could trust him to come out of a knife fight with somebody else's blood on his shirt. You could trust him to lie, to cheat, to steal, and to watch your back. You couldn't trust his eyes though. He had kind eyes, and you couldn't trust them."
Author: Mark Lawrence
Author: Mark Lawrence
14. "You're far from this. This story is just another few hundred pages of your mind."
Author: Markus Zusak
Author: Markus Zusak
15. "It's like two years straight out of your life doing a film. It's very enjoyable, especially working with the guys, but I kind of like the idea of traveling and growing, and developing as a writer and as a filmmaker."
Author: Martin McDonagh
Author: Martin McDonagh
16. "And that was you?" Dee breathed, looking from Marethyu to Abraham. "I thought I was working for Isis and Osiris."Death's blue eyes crinkled. "You are, but sometimes you-and they-are working for me."
Author: Michael Scott
Author: Michael Scott
17. "My main interest is the problem of the singularity. If we can't understand what happened at the singularity we came out of, then we don't seem to have any understanding of the laws of particle physics. I'd be very happy just to understand the last singularity and leave the other ones to future generations."
Author: Neil Turok
Author: Neil Turok
18. "I also suddenly realized that, as unlikely as it seemed, Adrian and I had a lot in common. Both of us were constantly boxed in by others' expectations. It didn't matter that people expected everything of me and nothing of him. We were still the same, both of us constantly trying to break out of the lines that others had defined for us and be our own person. Adrian Ivashkov—flippant, vampire party boy—was more like me than anyone else I knew."
Author: Richelle Mead
Author: Richelle Mead
19. "Hades smiled coldly. "Hello, Father. You're looking...young.""Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance.""I'm afraid not." Hades sighed. "My son here convinced me that perhaps I should prioritize my list of enemies." He glanced at me with distaste. "As much as I dislike certain upstart demigods, it would not do for Olympus to fall. I would miss bickering with my siblings. And if there is one thing we agree on - it is that you were a TERRIBLE father."
Author: Rick Riordan
Author: Rick Riordan
20. "MR. KHARIS: 'Does Mr. Celine seriously suggest that the United States Government is in need of a guardian?'MR. CELINE: 'I am merely offering a way out for your client. Any private individual with a record of such incessant murder and robbery would be glad to cop an insanity plea. Do you insist that your client was in full possession of its reason at Wounded Knee? At Hiroshima? At Dresden?'JUSTICE IMMHOTEP: 'You become facetious, Mr. Celine.'MR. CELINE: 'I have never been more serious."
Author: Robert Anton Wilson
Author: Robert Anton Wilson
21. "Old Jiko is supercareful with her time. She does everything really really slowly, even when she's just sitting on the veranda, looking out at the dragonflies spinning lazily around the garden pond. She says that she does everything really really slowly in order to spread time out so that she'll have more of it and live longer, and then she laughs so that you know she is telling you a joke."
Author: Ruth Ozeki
Author: Ruth Ozeki
22. "Genshwin?" Jax called after him. "A moment, if you please?"Racath looked back over his shoulder at the Duke."I'd like your name, if you'd be so kind."Beneath his hood, Racath smirked, then continued toward the tunnel. "I told you," he called over his shoulder. "My name is Death."
Author: S.G. Night
Author: S.G. Night
23. "When you chose to follow the way of purity, did you expect it to be easy? When you decided to wait for the best, did you think that waiting would be fun? Did you think that your faith would not be tested? When you decided to take the narrow path, did no one warn you that difficulties, hardship, and tears would be part of the journey, and that you would often face rejection from others and be forced to walk alone? My daughter, that which you wait for the longest you treasure the most, and through much struggle the prize is won."
Author: Sarah Mally
Author: Sarah Mally
24. "Then come. Let me send you to see if you have lived your life serving a deity or a dream."
Author: Shaun Hick
Author: Shaun Hick
25. "Do not fear for me. Make straight your own path to destiny."
Author: Sophocles
Author: Sophocles
26. "You've suppressed all your rage and resentment because you wanted to be loved," he says, no longer smiling. "Maybe I understand you, Juliette. Maybe you should trust me. Maybe you should accept the fact that you've tried to be someone you're not for so long and that no matter what you did, those bastards were never happy. They were never satisfied. They never gave a damn, did they?" He looks at me and for a moment he seems almost human. For a moment I want to believe him. For a moment I want to sit on the floor and cry out the ocean lodged in mythroat."It's time you stopped pretending," he says, so softly."Juliette—" He takes my face in his gloved hands, so unexpectedly gentle."
Author: Tahereh Mafi
Author: Tahereh Mafi
27. "There is no question that knowing someone in the business will get you in the door. But it is your skill that will keep you in the room."
Author: Vic Mignogna
Author: Vic Mignogna
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By Karen
Anthony Bourdain took No Reservations back to Brazil, where he fished in the Amazon and made an impressive catch. Is it a trick of light, or does he look unusually svelte? (Tony, not the fish.)
Meanwhile, controversy simmers back in the States after Hannah Hayes, daughter of a Cargill executive, publicly called Bourdain out on Chapter 9 of Medium Raw, his rant on "Meat" where he named food giant Cargill as a force of evil.
Bourdain was surprisingly benign in his blogged response, although he stood his ground (beef) on treating meat with ammonia.
A Faustian Bargain declared "Bullshit!," saying Bourdain at any other time is "the Glenn Beck of the food world." He also claims his comment on Bourdain's Travel Channel blog got deleted, so he posted it himself and expanded upon everything that he thinks is wrong with Tony.
I'm going to claim non-foodie neutrality here and not pick sides. However, I do think that Faustian may be spot-on that Bourdain softened (or was advised to soften) his stance because HarperCollins' lawyers smelled a potential libel suit cooking.
In the Win Some, Lose Some Department…
The 2011 Producers' Guild Awards were held on January 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. No Res lost to Deadliest Catch for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television.
And on a lighter note, Chicago Foodies posed an interesting question: Is Bourdain starting to look like Eric Ripert? Hmmm…
Tony returned as a judge for week 7 of Top Chef All-Stars. If the Quickfire Challenge of filleting fish at Le Bernadin really was his brainchild it was, hands down, his finest hour ever on TC. Not only did he refrain from gratuitously making the cheftestants look silly just because he could, but he gave them an opportunity to display real-world skill.
Bonus: Padma was nowhere, which instantly elevated the challenge's stature.
Tony shared judging duties with Justo Thomas, Le Bernadin's resident fish prep chef and the hero of Medium Raw's Chapter 18, "My Aim is True."
Dale won the Quickfire, but the ensuing Restaurant War made me a bigger Fabio fan than ever. Last week, Fabio launched his own hilarious blog, and one of his first posts was about the Restaurant War, where he distinguished himself with a superior dessert and his management skills.
I'd like to see Fabio with his own cooking show. He could be the Italian Emeril.
Bourdain also blogged about the Restaurant War. In case you missed it, the increasingly scary/delusional Marcel had to pack it in with the foam and go.
There are many great recaps of this episode in the blogosphere, but David Dust's had me laughing out loud.
Gawker was also hilarious. You know how I love a good Padma joke.
Tonight, I'm off to Sur La Table for Session 2 of Bourdain's Kitchen Basics class, where I'll learn about Stocks, Soups, and Sauces. Our dishes include: Rich Chicken Stock, Fish Stock, Mushroom Soup, Mussels Steamed in White Wine (Moules à la Grecque), and Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Bearnaise Sauce.
Full report on Wednesday…


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Worth more than cinnamon on the Silk Road; acidic in the cold, but good for dyeing; your great-aunt dips the raw stalks in sugar.
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You're told to own your words. But if this was written in first person, how would you ever be held accountable?
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Most people know today as tax day, but for me it's a year since this dapper chap wandered into the department office suite while I was prepping for student conferences. After a good five minutes of watching him wait in the empty admin assistant's office, I got up and asked if he needed anything. We chatted, we joked, we laughed. He left me his business card and a book release party flier. We independently emailed each other later in the day with Jon Lovitz in the subject line. I went to the party.
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An exhilarating thrill-ride through the underbelly of cyber espionage in the vein of David Ignatius's The Director and the television series Leverage, CSI: Cyber, and Person of Interest, which follows five iconoclastic hackers who are coerced into serving the U.S. government.
An Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll are each offered a choice: go to prison or help protect the United States, putting their brains and skills to work for the government for one year.
But being a white-hat doesn't always mean you work for the good guys. The would-be cyberspies discover that behind the scenes lurks a sinister NSA program, an artificial intelligence code-named Typhon, that has origins and an evolution both dangerous and disturbing. And if it's not brought down, will soon be uncontrollable.
Can the hackers escape their federal watchers and confront Typhon and its mysterious creator? And what does the government really want them to do? If they decide to turn the tables, will their own secrets be exposed—and their lives erased like lines of bad code?
Combining the scientific-based, propulsive narrative style of Michael Crichton with the eerie atmosphere and conspiracy themes of The X-Files and the imaginative, speculative edge of Neal Stephenson and William Gibson, Zer0es explores our deep-seated fears about government surveillance and hacking in an inventive fast-paced novel sure to earn Chuck Wendig the widespread acclaim he deserves.
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An environmental and health group has warned the public anew against the presence of cosmetic products containing toxic substances in the market, particularly in Baguio City.
"We lament the unabated sale of cosmetics contaminated with chemical poisons like mercury and lead that could spell real trouble for human health as well as the environment," said Thony Dizon, chemical safety campaigner of EcoWaste Coalition.
The group said that it discovered high concentrations of mercury in 14 skin whitening creams and lead in eight lipsticks that were purchased from some retailers in Baguio City.
"The items were obtained from beauty and herbal product stores operating inside the Baguio Center Mall and the Maharlika Livelihood Complex, and from general merchandise shops in Magsaysay Ave., Rajah Soliman St. and Lower Session Road," the group said.
Citing the World Health Organization, the group said that exposure to mercury may cause kidney damage, skin rashes, skin discoloration, scarring, and reduction in the skin's resistance to bacterial and fungal infections.
"Mercury in skin whitening products is hazardous to health and may affect not only the person using it, but also other members of the household, including babies and children, who may be exposed through direct contact with contaminated objects or through the inhalation of mercury vapors," said Dizon.
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COMPOSITION: 18k Yellow Gold, Acid tested
GEM: Green Tourmaline 11.2mm X 7mm
CONDITION: Estate Item, Very Good
WEIGHT: 16.9 Grams
MEASUREMENT: Shank 5.1mm, Design Just over 1/2″
MARKS: Kieselstein Cord 18k Moon and Star Hallmark
SIZE: 7 1/4. Ring can be sized for an additional fee. Please inquire if needed.
COMMENTS: Luxury at its finest. Crafted of 18k yellow gold, the ring is set with a very dark green tourmaline. The stone is carved with a horse. Barry Kieselstein-Cord is that rare artist in the design and fashion world who speaks his mind, bucks trends and decrees of direction, and whose firm has remained a potent force in the industry for more than thirty five years. Cord is an award winning artist, designer and photographer of the first magnitude. He is also an entrepreneur. Though he often sees the world through the eyes of the poet, his unique combination and skill-set allow him to imagine, create and deploy his concepts on a successful global basis. While he knows the power of a beautiful object, he also knows that it has no power at all unless it succeeds in the marketplace. His unusual combination of artistic expression and commercial prowess have made him one of the world's most successful and respected artist-designers–a winner of fashion's version of the Oscar, the Council of Fashion Designers of America award, and a favorite of a mind-boggling array of tastemakers and celebrities, from Tom Hanks to Spike Lee, Oprah to Jerry Bruckheimer, Georg Soros to Sharon Stone, Steven Spielberg to Jay-Z to Vladimir Putin, Eric Clapton to Barack Obama, Madonna to Sir Elton John, Bruce Springsteen to Bob Pittman, Henry Kravis to Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld to Wayne Gretzky and more. Circa 1980's. Pictured as received from a local estate. Very good estate condition with minimal wear indicative of age. Items will be cleaned but natural patina will be preserved if applicable. Polishing to near new is always FREE upon request!
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July 7, 2017
Volvo: Sales Suicide? Edition
Volvo announced this week that it will stop making combustion engine only vehicles by 2019: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/volvo-going-all-electric-first-automaker-ditch-combustion-engine-n779791
I've been a big fan of Volvo's design and direction lately but I'm not so sure this is a good idea. Their new sedan, crossover, SUV and even their wagons are simply gorgeous and their supercharged and turbocharged motors (yes, a supercharger and a turbo on the same engine) are technological marvels that produce a ton of power while still being efficient.
But, now Volvo wants to scrap these engines in favor of hybrids and electric vehicles only. In fact, their Polestar performance division, which is the equivalent of BMW's M performance division, is going completely electric to compete with the likes of Tesla.
Why? I get that electric vehicles have a ton of low-end torque and are monsters off the line, but what about range? Just how far can these performance vehicles go before needing to be charged and where is the charger infrastructure? This will only make the niche Polestar cars even more niche.
And as far as the rest of Volvo's lineup is concerned, I have so many questions concerning their motivation behind this decision. I get that EVs and hybrids are huge in Europe where gas is $8 per gallon, but U.S. drivers, who enjoy low gas prices, really don't want these types of vehicles. Electric car sales were not even three percent of all vehicles sold last year in the United States. Plus, what happens when the EV subsidies dry up? For that matter, what happens when the plug-in hybrid subsidies are no longer available?
That leaves the standard hybrid engine option, which will probably be the volume seller for Volvo. If I had the choice between an EV, a plug-in hybrid or a standard hybrid, I would choose the standard hybrid just for the simple reason that you don't have to worry about plugging it in. Still, hybrid sales totaled roughly only 375,000 vehicles last year versus 17.5 million vehicles sold overall. Is this the market share Volvo wants in the U.S?
The way I see it, one of two things need to happen for Volvo to still be successful here: 1. Gas prices need to go way up so consumers will start embracing alternative fuel vehicles
2. The government mandates that all driving households have at least one alternative fuel vehicle
We know number two will never happen and gas needs to really increase for number 1 to happen. I'm talking like $5 per gallon, which isn't very likely anytime soon.
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So France has gone and done it: http://time.com/4846761/france-to-ban-sales-of-gas-diesel-vehicles-by-2040/
France announced today that it's banning sales of all gas and diesel cars by 2040. I hope they build a great EV charger infrastructure and that car companies perfect quick charging by then.
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How To Manage Repeated Headaches In Children
Approximately fifteen percent of children experience regular headaches, and five percent are from migraines. Although most headaches are not serious, they can be disruptive to daily life and may affect mood and learning. In rare cases, headaches, particularly repeated ones, can be a sign of a brain condition and should be checked out immediately. Prevention is an important part of treating repeated headaches. The following guide includes common causes of repeated headaches and treatments for children who suffer from them.
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Approximately four percent of children have their first headache before they start going to elementary school. It can be hard for a child of this age to describe their pain; therefore, it is important for parents to know the visual signs so they can help spot it in their children and get them the help they require.
Children who seem more irritable than usual, hold their head in their hands, become restless, or sleep a lot may be suffering from a headache. Other signs include changes in personality, vomiting, waking up in the middle of the night, vision changes, fever, or a stiff neck.
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In 2011, WATAN held its first annual conference in order to support civil society organisations in the region and help to develop their work.
Throughout the past five years, the organisation has been expanding a network of civil society organisations, partners and donors.
WATAN's fifth convention aims to make further efforts for cooperation and coordination between all these different agencies, through the establishment of integrated programs that meet the different needs of the most vulnerable people.
WATAN also views the convention as an opportunity to establish new channels of communication and relations with donor organisations, and allow teamwork between different organisations and the comprehensive programs of WATAN.
WATAN's 5th convention carried the title "Sustainable Impact" and gives hope of building an interdependent community integrated with each other, in all sects.
WATAN, presented by its Chairman Mr. Moaz Sibaai, is an aspirant organisation with a clear vision, and is backed by a promising strategy, a professional team and a distinct governance system.
"Sustainable impact" carries the broad goal of assisting specialised persons in practicing their profession in their new world, and accelerating student's return to school, the empowerment of women in their society, to enable those who have lost the breadwinners to earn their daily livelihood again and explains the sustainability of work of the emerging civil society as an important component to the new Syria.
WATAN's vision is being made a reality thanks to its eight programs, which help in developing reviving communities in its approach to humanitarian support, economy, health and civil society, and benefits from its own experiences to modify and make the changes.
WATAN was successful through the efforts of the team in planning and execution, through the exchange of experiences and by holding workshops and meetings with counterparts from civil society organisations. This success has given a moral boost and will contribute to presenting more work and contribute to the future of humanitarian work.
The convention was held for 2 days from the 19-20th of January and focused on the work of international and local humanitarian organisations and on how to provide humanitarian aid directly to Syrians. There was a great turnout of more than 300 Syrian, Arab and foreign participants from various humanitarian work sectors.
In his speech about NORWAC, Bilal Al-Jabri felt that the responsibility is a shared one amongst all humanitarian organisations, namely to implement charitable activities to deliver aid to the greatest number of people affected and in need.
Tracks and Recommendations
WATAN's 5th convention included 6 tracks that collectively covered the most important issues that civil society organisations are working on. These include: education and empowerment of communities and civil society, protection, economic and medical empowerment, as well as health and legal frameworks.
These tracks led to many active recommendations concerning researching methods to develop strategic partnerships between international and local institutions, in order to better serve and be more effective in meeting needs. Other recommendations include studying the humanitarian situation and the implications of the current events on civilian and humanitarian work, as well as to address the challenges and identify solutions through internally collaborative workshops. In addition, studying the challenges of integration of refugees in host communities and a wide range of suggestions and mechanisms for future projects with a sustainable impact.Network
On the sidelines of WATAN's 5th annual convention there was a WATAN Network conference. In this conference the networks agenda was presented and it included an introduction to the network, its management and operational structure, the number of beneficiaries of the network services in 2016 and the expected number in 2017, and the introduction of network members of their organisations, what they do and where they work. Omar Dirbas, the Syrian organisations affairs coordinator in OCHA spoke about the importance of coordinating platforms, OCHA and the steps, conditions, obligations and benefits of registering Syrian organisations with OCHA. The Network conference came up with some important recommendations:
• Develop training programs to help develop political and civil society leaders.
• The involvement of human resources in besieged areas through the development of long distance education and training mechanisms based on needs assessment.
• Provide general advisory services (human resources – financial and management consultations, etc.)
The conferees discussed many issues including, the extent of the need so as to enhance the work of civil society organisations, the desire to build Syria based on a shared foundations led by professionals that care about the priorities of humanitarian work, boost the economy and livelihood support, promote social harmony and to have innovative solutions for problems in education.
Gazwan Al-Masri, the representative for MUSIAD businessmen, spoke about in his speech what the host country can offer in sponsorship of these kinds of conferences aimed at creating more opportunities and solving problems faced by Turkey. He called on the audience to cooperate proactively to resolve problematic issues on the political and economic level.WATAN and Donors
Perhaps one the most important events at the WATAN convention was the donors roundtable meeting, where more that 40 representatives of the United Nations, many international organisations and the Turkish Red Crescent participated in. They discussed 3 main topics related to strengthening an organisations work in supporting Syrians in Syria and in countries of asylum, as well as forming local, Arab and foreign partnerships in order to sustain their impact especially with regards to Syrians integrating into Turkish society and women empowerment.
The conference concluded with honouring intellectual figures, activists, experts and academics involved in the conference. WATAN's partner associations were also honoured, as well as the teams and civil society institutions and all those that work for WATAN.
WATAN would like to express its sincere and heartfelt gratitude to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs though NORWAC, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Turkish Red Crescent for their support and sponsorship of the WATAN 5th Annual Convention and for all the support they offer civil society organizations and humanitarian work.
Immediately after the convention the WATAN team began working on the recommendations to turn them into plans and projects, so as to effectively translate the findings to the conference participants on all levels and on the ground.
Through these kinds of events WATAN continues to and will always operate at its full capacity to find solutions to challenges, to come up with innovative ideas and to create productive opportunities based on sound research to build a better future for humanitarian work.


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Creating guitar pads with Ableton Live's Grain Delay
If you grew up in a financially strapped family you may have experienced Hamburger Helper, a box of pasta and seasoning to which you add beef. Cheaper than meat, it stretches the budget by making a pound of chuck or flank go further, but grains being more fattening than meat, it sadly may also stretch family belts. Adding a different kind of grains to your pads can increase their girth as well, but fortunately, in the audio world this is often a good thing. Having stretched that simile to a breaking point, let's begin at the beginning.
"Pad" can refer to a wash of sound that fills space behind a melody, or creates an ambience over a groove. Guitarists usually produce pads by swelling up the volume of a chord, using either the instrument's volume control or a pedal, while running the sound through a delay or reverb effect. The new delay and reverb effects often offer a "shimmer" mode that adds pitch effects to the delay or reverb function. Players availing themselves of this sound can create lush, string-like pads.
Ableton Live does not include a shimmer option for its reverb or delay plugins, but it does offer a plugin called Grain Delay that can emulate these sounds, while adding a unique character. Grain Delay slices the input signal into tiny particles called "grains," which are then individually delayed. Each grain can have a different pitch and you can randomize those pitches. For our purposes we want keep all the grains the same pitch within each instance of the plugin.
Using Grain Delay's Pitch parameter, I have created one instance set to an octave up and another on a separate track set to an octave down. The size and duration of each grain are controlled by the Frequency parameter. I have found it best to set the frequency at around 15Hz to create an octave that is in tune. The Spray control randomly changes the delay time without changing the pitch. We will stick to a moderate value on the upper octave to smear the signal across time, creating an interesting diffusion effect, without descending into sonic chaos.
Feedback determines how much of the output signal returns to the delay line input. I dialed in a high feedback amount on the upper octave to create a more pronounced shimmer, but kept it minimal on the lower octave for better definition, as shown in Fig 1.
To make a massive pad, I installed three tracks and two effects returns in a live session. The guitar's dry signal is sent directly to the master input from Track 1, and simultaneously to Tracks 2 and 3 (See Fig 2), where I have installed the two Grain Delays. The Grain Delay tracks are sent to the effects channels only. This helps hide any digital artifacts in the pitch shifting. In one return I have a huge, 22-second decay time reverb that I then feed into Live's Filter delay for further spread. I am also running the upper octave Grain Delay through Live's Auto Pan plugin to get some motion into the pad.
Another interesting way to create pads for your project is to record a single note through this setup and into a clip using Live's Resampling input. You can then load it into Live's Simpler or Sampler and play single notes or chords using an app like Jam Origin's MIDI guitar.
There are now pedals that offer pitch shifted and granular delay, but no hardware yet quite like Live's Grain Delay. My pad served up sparkling shimmer up top and Gregorian choir-like sounds down below.


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The Kelmscott Bulldogs went into last weekend's games with a team of players on the sidelines with work and injuries but came away from Warwick Greenwood with a League win and a very competitive result in the Reserves.
Nineteen players, including Robbie Turner, Jared Stevens and Gavin Harmer, who already had played 80 minutes in the Reserves, put in solid performances. Ben Bridge rucked all day and the team could not take advantage of his taps in the first quarter, scoring only 7 points.
For the next three quarters, Lawrence Hansen (2 goals), Jamie Miller (2), Shaye Hayden (2) and Joshua Pedder (1) began to run hard. Their hard work was rewarded with goals. Captain Kristian Egan was all over the ground and will pick up more best and fairest votes for his five goals.
Young 19 year old full-forward Kyle Collard settled down after his first quarter yips and used the wind to his advantage, booting six majors. Ryan Erceg has found his place in the backline with his many intercepting marks and accurate kicking, turning defence into attack. Dylan Hansen was turning the opposition inside out on his wing.
The Bulldogs were able to score seven, eight and six goals in the next three quarters respectively to record a 74-point win.
Kelmscott 21.15 (141) defeated Warwick 10.7 (67) to remain third place on the ladder.
The Reserves started with 16 players verses 24.
Being undermanned, the 'Dogs did not score but competed strongly in the first quarter holding Warwick to 3.2. With three more players arriving for the start of the second due to work commitments, the team worked very hard and outscored Warwick 2.4 to 2.3.
Full back David Pedder played his best game for the year and took many contested marks, while Luke Abdilla competed for his fair share of the ball in the ruck and around the ground.
First gamers Ian Collard (1 goal) and Mark Dobson will improve. Seventeen-year-old Blair Forman was unbeatable on his wing and kicked a clever goal.
Jared Stevens, Ryan Butcher (1 goal) and Robbie Turner pushed themselves to repel many attacks into the Warwick forward line and then pop up across the 'Dogs half forward line to lock the ball in. Reece Wardlow (1 goal ) had the opportunity to bag 4. The Reserves had the opportunities, showed commitment and improvement to hold Warwick to 13.8 (86) to Kelmscott 4.6 (30) score line.
This week the Bulldogs League team has a bye and the Reserves will play Warwick at 12.00pm in a curtain-raiser game prior to the MFL 25TH Anniversary, North verses South at 2.30pm on Sunday at Altone Park, Beechboro.


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Rick creatively helps teams solve difficult problems. He has provided strategic and operational leadership as a hands-on executive for 30 years. Adept at directing large-scale strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and working with C-level executives, he has led organizations in the areas of partnership development, sales, and marketing and program management. He served as an external Board member for RSG before being asked to join the team to lead business development efforts in the private sector.
Prior to RSG, he created and led a Strategic Partner program which delivered over 150+ projects to Fortune 500 clients. He has managed strategy consulting projects from framework development through delivery with multi-discipline client teams at Coca-Cola, Home Depot, AT&T, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Northrop Grumman, and IBM. He has also applied his strategy consulting expertise to help non-profits, facilitating strategic planning sessions at the Board level for the American Cancer Society, Atlanta Ballet, Georgia Conservancy, Metro Atlanta Arts & Culture Coalition, Theatrical Outfit, and Moving In The Spirit.
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Their faces are on the covers of top fashion magazines and are etched in our hearts. Ever wondered how they looked in school? Or when was it that they got kissed by the Goddess of Beauty? Well, see for yourself- here are 15 of our favorite celebrities during their childhood years; we know how they look now.
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