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[ On-Street Parking | Tickets & Towing | Parking Lots ]
If you drive, where to park is always an issue. Unlike most cities, parking in downtown Sudbury is relatively easy; the city has over 500 on-street parking metres and three municipal lots. Be sure to have a roll of loonies ($1 coins) and quarters on hand to pay for the empty metre you find. Outside the downtown core parking is not only plentiful but expected.
In the downtown core, be careful navigating on Sudbury's two one-way streets, Cedar & Larch.
On-Street Parking Downtown, expect to feed the standard parkingmeters, which cost $1 per hour.. The City of Sudbury polices its street and metered parking with standard $10 parking tickets (which escalates to $15 if not paid within 5 days). Metres are in operation from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm.
Do not attempt to park in a tour bus loading zone, within 5 metres (yards) of a fire hydrant, alley, driveway, or intersection. You WILL be ticketed.
Parking Lots There are a number of parking lots in downtown Sudbury. Parking in Sudbury comes in three flavours: surface, above ground, and underground.
There are three municipal parking lots in Sudbury, as well as private lots for most office buildings.
Tickets & Towing Interestingly, in Sudbury, the city passes the parking bylaws, but the Region does the enforcement. The gernal policy is to issue a ticket, but not to tow, except in unusual circumstances. Towing is done by the company that has towing contract with the Region (which changes from year to year) and your vehicle is taken to their towing & impound lot. You will have to pay the towing (and any storage) charges before your car will be released.
If you fail to appear in court then you are found guilty in absence and an additional fine of $20.00 is added to the outstanding ticket. You can get also arrested for "Failure to Appear in Court" at which time you will be asked to pay your outstanding fines...or else stay a while... Usually the police are quite nice and often drive you by your local friendly instant teller on the way to the police station. But even if you happen to be lucky enough to evade the police ... the city will eventually collect its dues when you go to renew your driver's license or vehicle registration. You must first pay the entire sum of your outstanding fine(s) before getting your renewal. If you get a city parking ticket, we suggest you just pay it.
Should you happen to receive a parking ticket issued by anyone of the private parking companies around town and do not pay it in the stipulated time, then it will most likely make its way to a city collection company (we have yet to be contacted by anyone of these companies). If you continue to violate the parking regulations on any of their lots then they may tow your car to their impound lot.
If you have any questions about your parking tickets, please call the City at (705)674-3141 extension 2442.


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We're baaaackkk!! I know Lucky apologized for us sucking last week, but I'll do it again. SO SORRY! I'm sure everyone was just so so upset that they didn't get their fill of Lucky and Gizzy dramaz last week (because there's always SO much of it).
Well, let me just begin to tell you about the week from hell I had. Let's start with Monday…
I wake up late (pretty typical) run in the bathroom, flip the light switch (don't notice that the light didn't turn on), and start the shower. I'm almost naked when I realize I'm in the dark and it's Hurricane Katrinaing outside. I paced back and forth for a good 15 minutes about the power being out before I realized I wouldn't be able to get my car out of the garage, and wouldn't be able to get to work. Yes, I could have used public transhit, but seriously who wants to go stand outside in a monsoon and wait for a bus or hail a cab? Not this girl. So I went to the garage to double check that I couldn't get my car out before I called in to work.
So I call in, my boss doesn't answer (also typical), I leave a frantic message about how I'm dying but that all should be right with the world by Tuesday and I'll be back to work. So by this time the monsoon was pretty much over and it was just raining. I laid down to try and go back to sleep when I heard my douche neighbor trying to open his garage door 50 million times. Let me also say that the power wasn't COMPLETELY out, it was like very low voltage, think horror film – dim flickering lights that make the bzzzzzzzzz noise because they're like power surging. Super freaky.
So anyway, I hear my retarded neighbor trying to open his garage door, literally like 10 times. The next thing I know it's about 10 minutes later and there is pounding on the front door. I go downstairs and it's the fire department, telling me that my garage (with my car in it) is on fire and I need to evacuate (without a bra.) The convo literally went like this:
Hot Fireman: You need to evacuate so we can put out the fire in your garage.
Gizzy: There's a fire in my garage?
HF: You don't smell the smoke?
Gizzy: *Snif*Snif* Oh, hmm. Can I put a bra on first?
HF: There's no time, get outside.
Thankfully I was smart enough to not put a bra on but take my purse downstairs with me, so I was able to walk to the coffee shop down the street to get some breakfast, also without my shoes, in the rain.
When I returned back from my breakfast where everyone thought I was homeless, the fire was out and the hottie firemen were checking out our outlets to make sure no other fires would start. They also cut our power, so even when power was restored we still couldn't have life's little pleasures like A/C, tv, or a way to get my torched car out of the garage so I could drive it off a cliff and get rid of it once and for all.
Luckily, one of the coffee shop workers had the same phone as me and allowed me to use his phone charger while I ate so I could have SOME connection to the outside world.
After the fire department left I laid in bed, in the 96 degree heat, painted my nails, organized my room, and eventually laid out on the roof when the sun came out. All while on the phone with insurance claims departments (for the car accident, the fire, and my lame accident prone life.)
*Side note: The investigators determined the cause of the fire was from the motor on my neighbors garage door when he was retardedly trying to open it for 2 hours non-stop. Hooray!
Apparently, when you file a claim with your insurance company regarding a fire they take it upon themselves to let their life insurance department know and belittle you into thinking your existence is only hurting you, and mankind.
Life Insurance Bitch: Hello Gizzy, we were recently made aware of the fire in your home, I am so sorry to hear about this horrible tragedy, but you are now aware of the surprises life can bring upon you in an instant. Could you imagine if you had been badly harmed or even suffered from death? How would your family have gone on without you, both emotionally and financially?
Gizzy: Um, yeah, they'd be ok.
LIB: I think you are underestimating the things you bring to the table for your growing family. How would they have paid the mortgage, the bills, for your funeral? How would your children go to college?
Gizzy: My children? I don't have kids lady.
LIB: What about little Gizzy, and little Ella.
*It was at this point that I realized this lady thought I was my mom, and that our house caught on fire. Clearly the other bastards didn't tell her I was inquiring about a renter's insurance claim. MWHAAA*
Gizzy: I'll haunt those little betches.
So at that point I was literally going crazy, not to mention I was finally getting calls that day from the insurance companies about the car accident that happened almost 3 weeks ago.
It seems as though homegirl that I got in the accident with got word that I was filing a claim against her with her insurance company (Duh! Because it was her fault) and decided to try and one up me and file a claim with my insurance company saying it was my fault. Of course her insurance company finally took liability on it on Friday – because look it up slutski, you were pulling out of a parking spot it's your fault 100% of the time! Even if I was doing lines of crack off the dashboard while driving, still your fault. Ugh! People.
So that was Monday…


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Glenside Health Services: Facilitating wellness through design
The city of Brisbane recently hosted the 9th Design & Health World Congress & Exhibition in July. The international event was attended by researchers and practitioners from more than 40 countries and promoted the exchange of knowledge and research findings. Through a leading-edge scientific programme, the focus was on the development of a 'salutogenic approach' to health and public infrastructure investment. At the core of this preventative care strategy is a change that will see the emphasis from risk factors and the treatment of disease alter to a more holistic understanding of a healthy society that promotes wellness.
Medical Architecture's Senior Director, Raechal Ferguson attended the conference, presenting alongside David Bagshaw of Swanbury Penglase on Mental Health Design: Global Knowledge / Local Identity using recently completed Glenside Health Campus as a case study. Their presentation demonstrated the approach of utilising international evidence based design and applying the lessons learnt in a local context in Adelaide, Australia. It was also discussed how international involvement facilitated a rethink in operational policy and encouraged a change in the way the facilities are designed.
The successful event has launched the book 'Australian Healthcare Design 2000-2015', edited by Kate Copeland of Queensland Health and published by the International Academy for Design & Health that included Glenside Health Services as a case study. The International Academy for Design & Health is a global, interdisciplinary knowledge community dedicated to the stimulation and application of research concerning the interaction between design, health, science & culture.


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Ability to fully relax and rest – it's a real art, which is owned by only a few, regardless of how they have succeeded in their professional, financial and other spheres of activity. Rarely can meet a person who somehow miraculously preserved blessed child's ability to relax instantly. And even more rarely come across those who had lost her in the confusion of modern business life, but could recover with the help of targeted training. Read more here: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.. But despite the uniqueness of these cases, it is clear that the ability to fully relax and rest should have it all: the inability to relax and how to relax, to recover and "recharge" his nervous system, which is so in need, the same thing as being hungry, throw out the window his lunch. What is the difference which way to starve? You do it fast: no relax your body is deprived of the opportunity to assimilate food and benefit from her energy. Throwing a curve dinner – no smarter than call relaxing those ridiculous attempts, most of us are called rest and sleep. A We wonder why it does not have time we get out of bed, as we already beset tired! With this problem constantly faced at least half of modern humanity, especially those living in big cities. In his book "Empowerment through Sports", recognized as one of their classic works on the subject, Annie Payson Call wrote: "Few of those who intend to rest, is given to the bed with all his being, the whole weight of his body: They not only provide beds to support them as themselves trying to stay on the bed "Make sure themselves, and if this is your case (the exception, alas, rare), you are surprised to discover that it does not metaphor: you literally clinging all over the bed, straining his muscles to such an extent that it seems just a little – just a little and you, instead of rest, even more tired. Focus of this tension – back: it does not resting in bed the whole plane, and in contact with it only in the upper and lower points and adjacent areas. Legs straight at the knees and tight, double up your hands, fingers are compressed in a fist, or cling to my pillow. Head rests on the pillow is not the whole weight, and if it strives to fall. Tongue pressed against the sky, neck muscles tensed, his face frozen in a grimace, "I will not longer try your patience and scare you with these weird descriptions. And refrain from further enumeration of the facts – they do not bear any practical use. However, we emphasize again that this muscular activity – one of its main flow of our life force and energy. On this single grounds and based the main idea of relaxation
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Protection Against Influenza
In 2009, the world is covered by the hysteria of swine flu. Humanity is sick and in each season will hurt the new flu and need to be able to protect themselves and loved ones, but an unnecessary panic do not need anyone other than the farm. companies whose income in the past months skyrocketed. Influenza disease is a little nice and even dangerous, and do to prevent it, if you have not yet risen up the ranks of the ailing never too late. And so the simple rules of protection: We drink as much fluid.
Thoroughly and frequently washing hands, they are a source of infection. ventilated, and moistens the air in the room. Avoid contact with non-healthy people (shaking hands, kissing, etc.). All the above measures may help, but not for a hundred percent. The surest way – to normalize the immune system. How? Eat right! We need: vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which in our everyday poor in nutrients food, not enough for 70% of normal. You can fill the gap with natural ingredients that are found in biologically active food additives (BAA).
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8.223670 - LAJTHA, L.: Symphony No. 1 / Suite pour Orchestre / In Memoriam (Pécs Symphony, Pasquet)
László Lajtha (1892–1963)
László Lajtha, one of the greatest Hungarian composers of the first half of the twentieth century, was born in Budapest on 30 June 1892. He took his composer's diploma as a pupil of Viktor Herzfeld at the Budapest Academy of Music and continued his studies in Leipzig and in Geneva, until 1914 spending six months of each year in Paris. There Lajtha was a pupil of Vincent d'Indy, who introduced him to the musical world of Paris, and the periods he spent there brought friendship with a number of people who exercised a decisive influence on his musical language. He began to collect folk-music in the second decade of the century, then spending the four years of the war at the front as an artillery officer. In 1919 he was appointed to the teaching staff of the Budapest National Conservatory. From 1928 Lajtha was a member of the International Commission of Popular Arts and Traditions of the League of Nations and later a member of the Commission of Arts and Letters until the outbreak of the Second World War. He was also a member of the committee of the International Folk Music Council, based in London. It was in 1930 that he signed his first contract with the Paris publisher Leduc, his exclusive publisher from 1948. His international career as a composer began in 1929 with the award of the Coolidge Prize for his Third String Quartet.
After the Second World War László Lajtha became director of music for Hungarian Radio, director of the Museum of Ethnography and of the National Conservatory. In 1947, commissioned to provide film music, he spent a year in London, but on his return lost all his official positions, for political reasons. In 1951, he received the Kossuth Prize for his activities in the field of folk-music. He was the only composer since Liszt to be elected a corresponding member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts. Lajtha died in Budapest on 16 February 1963.
Although it is not so indicated by the title, the composer compiled his Suite pour orchestre, Opus 19, from the ballet Lysistrata. Lajtha wrote for works for the stage, three sparkling ballets and a brilliant comic opera. The first of these was the one-act ballet Lysistrata, composed in 1933, the only such work of Lajtha's to be staged in his life-time. The ballets Le bosquet des quatre Dieux ("The Grove of Four Gods") of 1943 and the Capriccio - Puppet Show of 1944 are only known from the suites derived from their music, while the opera Le chapeau bleu ("The Blue Hat"), with a libretto by Salvador de Madariaga, had its first performance on Hungarian Radio as late as 1990 and has still not been staged.
The libretto of Lysistrata was based by Lajtha and the Hungarian poet Lajos Äprily on the Lysistrata by Aristophanes. The women on both sides are tired of the war between Athens and Sparta. They want peace, but the elders who control matters keep the hostilities going. At the instigation of Lysistrata, the women offer a sacrifice to Aphrodite and seek her help. She also persuades the women to refuse their husbands their conjugal rights, as long as the combatants refuse to make peace. The army of women defend their citadel against the elders, who want to set it on fire. The warriors of Athens and Sparta make common cause and, joining forces with the women, defeat the old men. After this everyone goes home happily together and Lysistrata, still single, thanks Aphrodite.
Shortly after the first performance an interview with Lajtha was carried by the periodical Delibab: Reading the Lysistrata by Aristophanes in Janos Arany's translation, I was captured by the theme being so danceable: everything can be expressed by movement, every confession of love or feeling. In Lysistrata the protagonist is the crowd, with the soloists merely episodic. The main events are the conspiracy of the women, the fratricidal strife, with individuals only providing additional colouring.
The ballet was produced at the Hungarian Opera House on 25 February 1937, when the conductor was János Ferencsik, the stage director Gusztav Olah, the choreographer Rezsö Brada and the stage designer Zoltan Fülöp. The famous mezzo-soprano Piroska Tutsek was cast in the title role, because Lysistrata does not have to dance. The piece had a run of four nights, but since 1937 it has never been staged again.
The ballet score consists of a series of closed numbers. This must also have facilitated the composition of a suite. The latter has four movements, Prelude et Hymne, Marche Burlesque, Valse Lente and Can-Can and was first performed in November 1936 in the Vigadó (Redout), six months before the staging of the ballet. As Lajtha's most detailed biographer, Janos Breuer, notes, the suite was the only orchestral composition by Lajtha to be played in concert in Budapest unti11945. This fact shows the neglect that Lajtha suffered all through his life, while his music was better known abroad, in Western Europe. To Breuer's knowledge the suite was performed in Rome and in Brussels in the 1936–37 season, and also, in the composer's life-time, in Paris, London and Melbourne.
Lajtha wrote his In memoriam in 1941, describing it, in a sub-title, as Piece symphonique pour orchestre. His intention was to give a measure of eternity to the victims of the Second World War and the incompleteness of the title may suggest the anonymity of the dead as well as the incomplete nature of the list of the fallen, with millions still to be killed in the most terrible of all wars. As a young man, the composer had served as an artillery officer and had first experience of these horrors. The shocking single-movement dramatic composition lasts about twenty minutes and is an eloquent protest against war and against the helplessness and senselessness of human suffering. The basic dynamics of the work range from piano and pianissimo to fortissimo, as the cries of pain burst forth, always followed by the silence of shock. Having already written music for the cinema, Lajtha almost projects before the listener's inner eye the procession of victims and the agony of those left mourning.
In memoriam was dedicated to the BBC and was conducted in London by Sir Adrian Boult. In May 1945, when concerts could be held once more, this work was the first premiere to be given in Budapest, where it was played again on 2 April 1963, six weeks after Lajtha's death, together with the ballet suite Capriccio, conducted by one of the composer's most talented pupils, János Ferencsik.
With nine symphonies and several other symphonic works, Lajtha is the first major symphonist in Hungarian music. While his contemporaries Bartók and Kodály made little use of the genre, Lajtha found it the most meaningful, together with the string quartet. This affinity with the symphony, inherited from classicism, was also relatively rare among contemporary composers abroad. Written when Lajtha was 44, the Symphony, unnumbered at this time, has three movements, like several of his later symphonies. These are fast (Allegro), slow (Andante) and fast (Allegro molto), are turn to the traditional three-movement form of the Italian opera overture or sinfonia, a forerunner of the classical symphony itself.
Lajtha's symphonies can be divided into two groups. Chronologically close but sharply different in contents are the vigorous and optimistic First Symphony of 1936 and the dramatic and ominous Second Symphony of 1938, the latter suggesting the dread that came over the composer at the signs of coming war. After a break of ten years, he continued the series, with a new symphony every two or three years, until 1961.
Symphony No.1 has been particularly neglected and the composer's affinity with the Latin or French spirit, mastery of Western musical idiom and reliance on Hungarian folk-music is here apparent. He had had earlier experience of writing for a large orchestra, with film music, ballet and orchestral suites before 1936. In the symphony his exceptional gift for instrumentation, the richness of his melodic invention and his humour are all present.
The First Symphony is dedicated to the famous Austrian film director Georg Höellering, in memory of their collaboration in Hortobligy, a film of the Hungarian puszta. The first performance of the symphony was in the Netherlands and in Hungary it was performed by the Radio Orchestra under the direction of János Ferencsik. This studio concert was broadcast also in London, Paris and Prague.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Trade house Trafigura plans to export a cargo of Libyan oil from the port of Brega and Vitol has shipped a gasoline cargo into rebel-held Benghazi in signs oil trade is reviving despite heavy fighting.
Trafigura has contacted at least two oil firms to offer a Sarir grade crude sourced from eastern Libya and shipped from Brega, trade sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
"Trafigura has offered a Brega-loading cargo....they are looking for a refiner who can run the oil," said a trader.
A spokesman for Trafigura was unable to give an immediate comment.
Brega was previously rebel-held but has been close to the scene of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi.
If placed, this cargo would be only the second shipment to leave Libya after Vitol shipped a cargo to China last week.
Oil exports were halted from early March due to low field production and as oil firms balked at international sanctions and security challenges.
Trade house Vitol has shipped a cargo of gasoline to the rebel-held port of Benghazi in recent days, shipping sources said on Tuesday, providing rebels with much-needed fuels to continue their war effort.
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You could call it the crack heard 'round the world.
For years, scientists had been monitoring the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, watching as an enormous rift in the ice grew in fits and starts. Then, on July 12, one of the largest icebergs in history broke off the shelf. (See maps that show the decades-long decline of Larsen C.)
Now known as A68, the massive iceberg has completely separated from Larsen C. But for scientists concerned about polar melt, their work is only beginning. Keeping a close eye on A68 and other icebergs in the Weddell Sea is important for understanding the global effects of climate change.
There's just one problem: It is currently winter in Antarctica, and it's totally dark.
Due to a combination of Earth's orbit and tilt, Antarctica technically has only two seasons—winter and summer. Six months of the year Antarctica is on the sunny side on the globe, and for the other six months it is shrouded in darkness.
So NASA scientists have deployed a special instrument on their Landsat 8 satellite that allows them to monitor the situation no matter the season. Instead of relying on visual light, the Thermal Infrared Sensor, or TIRS, is able to capture pictures by measuring the differences in temperature between the water and the ice.
"Like you or I, taking pictures with our cameras at night is hard. In order to broaden the sensitivity, Landsat is equipped with the thermal sensor for emitted energy," says Christopher Shuman, a research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
"These images have allowed us to see the evolution of the rift and also the scale of the iceberg that has been released while the area is in polar darkness."
TIRS images are either in grayscale or are colorized for emphasis. Warm colours like purple and yellow represent the comparatively warm ocean water surrounding the cooler blue ice shelf.
When the A68 iceberg actually broke off, scientists couldn't pinpoint down to the second when it happened.
"We had to look for suggestions in the thermal data that the iceberg had calved," says Shuman. Thermal images were ultimately able to confirm the iceberg and the shelf were fully separated.
The temperature of the ice and water changes on a daily basis, but the satellite frequently makes the same passes overhead, so these changes can be closely and accurately monitored.
This footage from February 2017 shows a major rift in the ice shelf before the iceberg broke free. The newly independent iceberg is one of the largest ever recorded.
Using these tools, NASA scientists can see that since the big break, A68 and the other icebergs have been moving around at different rates due to storms and currents in the Weddell Sea. The images also show also some potential new rifts forming in the Larsen C ice shelf that could threaten its stability.
When the sun comes back to Antarctica later this month, Landsat 8 will again be able to use its high-resolution imager to keep an eye on the ice from above.
"We are continuing to watch and continuing to monitor, when the weather allows," says Shuman.
Header Image: On June 17, the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) on Landsat 8 captured this false-colour image of the crack in the Larsen C ice shelf. Orange depicts where the surface is warmest, while light blues and whites are the coldest areas. The deep blue hue around the crack indicates that relatively warm ocean water is not far below the icy surface. PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY


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Quasi-Monte Carlo method
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In numerical analysis, quasi-Monte Carlo method is a method for numerical integration and solving some other problems using low-discrepancy sequences (also called quasi-random sequences or sub-random sequences). This is in contrast to the regular Monte Carlo method or Monte Carlo integration, which are based on sequences of pseudorandom numbers.
Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods are stated in a similar way. The problem is to approximate the integral of a function f as the average of the function evaluated at a set of points x1, ..., xN:
Since we are integrating over the s-dimensional unit cube, each xi is a vector of s elements. The difference between quasi-Monte Carlo and Monte Carlo is the way the xi are chosen. Quasi-Monte Carlo uses a low-discrepancy sequence such as the Halton sequence, the Sobol sequence, or the Faure sequence, whereas Monte Carlo uses a pseudorandom sequence. The advantage of using low-discrepancy sequences is a faster rate of convergence. Quasi-Monte Carlo has a rate of convergence close to O(1/N), whereas the rate for the Monte Carlo method is O(N-0.5).[1]
The Quasi-Monte Carlo method recently became popular in the area of mathematical finance or computational finance.[1] In these areas, high-dimensional numerical integrals, where the integral should be evaluated within a threshold ε, occur frequently. Hence, the Monte Carlo method and the quasi-Monte Carlo method are beneficial in these situations.
Approximation error bounds of quasi-Monte Carlo
The approximation error of the quasi-Monte Carlo method is bounded by a term proportional to the discrepancy of the set x1, ..., xN. Specifically, the Koksma-Hlawka inequality states that the error
is bounded by
where V(f) is the Hardy-Krause variation of the function f (see Morokoff and Caflisch (1995) [2] for the detailed definitions). DN is the discrepancy of the set (x1,...,xN) and is defined as
where Q is a rectangular solid in [0,1]s with sides parallel to the coordinate axes.[2] The inequality can be used to show that the error of the approximation by the quasi-Monte Carlo method is , whereas the Monte Carlo method has a probabilistic error of . Though we can only state the upper bound of the approximation error, the convergence rate of quasi-Monte Carlo method in practice is usually much faster than its theoretical bound.[1] Hence, in general, the accuracy of the quasi-Monte Carlo method increases faster than that of the Monte Carlo method.
Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo for multidimensional integrations
For one-dimensional integration, quadrature methods such as the trapezoidal rule, Simpson's rule, or Newton–Cotes formulas are known to be efficient if the function is smooth. These approaches can be also used for multidimensional integrations by repeating the one-dimensional integrals over multiple dimensions. Cubature is one of the well known packages using quadrature methods that work great for low-dimensional integration. However, the number of function evaluations grow exponentially as s, the number of dimensions, increases. Hence, a method that can overcome this curse of dimensionality should be used for multidimensional integrations. The standard Monte Carlo method is frequently used when the quadrature methods are difficult or expensive to implement.[2] Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods are accurate and fast when the dimension is high, up to 300 or higher.[3]
Morokoff and Caflisch [2] studied the performance of Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods for integration. In the paper, Halton, Sobol, and Faure sequences for quasi-Monte Carlo are compared with the standard Monte Carlo method using pseudorandom sequences. They found that the Halton sequence performs best for dimensions up to around 6; the Sobol sequence performs best for higher dimensions; and the Faure sequence, while outperformed by the other two, still performs better than a pseudorandom sequence.
However, Morokoff and Caflisch [2] gave examples where the advantage of the quasi-Monte Carlo is less than expected theoretically. Still, in the examples studied by Morokoff and Caflisch, the quasi-Monte Carlo method did yield a more accurate result than the Monte Carlo method with the same number of points. Morokoff and Caflisch remark that the advantage of the quasi-Monte Carlo method is greater if the integrand is smooth, and the number of dimensions s of the integral is small.
Drawbacks of quasi-Monte Carlo
Lemieux mentioned the drawbacks of quasi-Monte Carlo:[4]
- In order for to be smaller than , needs to be small and needs to be large.
- For many functions arising in practice, .
- We only know an upper bound on the error(i.e., ε ≤ V(f) DN) and it is difficult to compute and .
In order to overcome these difficulties, we can use a randomized quasi-Monte Carlo method.
Randomization of quasi-Monte Carlo
Since the low discrepancy sequence are not random, but deterministic, quasi-Monte Carlo method can be seen as a deterministic algorithm or derandomized algorithm. In this case, we only have the bound (e.g., ε ≤ V(f) DN) for error, and the error is hard to estimate. In order to recover our ability to analyze and estimate the variance, we can randomize the method (see randomization for the general idea). The resulting method is called the randomized quasi-Monte Carlo method and can be also viewed as a variance reduction technique for the standard Monte Carlo method.[5] Among several methods, the simplest transformation procedure is through random shifting. Let {x1,...,xN} be the point set from the low discrepancy sequence. We sample s-dimensional random vector U and mix it with {x1,...,xN}. In detail, for each xj, create
and use the sequence instead of . If we have R replications for Monte Carlo, sample s-dimensional random vector U for each replication. The drawback of randomization is the sacrifice of computation speed. Since we now use a pseudorandom number generator, the method is slower. Still, randomization is useful since the variance and the computation speed are slightly better than that of standard Monte Carlo, from the experimental results in Tuffin (2008) [6]
See also
- Monte Carlo method
- Monte Carlo methods in finance
- Quasi-Monte Carlo methods in finance
- Biology Monte Carlo method
- Computational physics
- Low-discrepancy sequences
- Discrepancy theory
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Søren Asmussen and Peter W. Glynn, Stochastic Simulation: Algorithms and Analysis, Springer, 2007, 476 pages
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 William J. Morokoff and Russel E. Caflisch, Quasi-Monte Carlo integration, J. Comput. Phys. 122 (1995), no. 2, 218--230. (At CiteSeer: [1])
- ↑ Rudolf Schürer, A comparison between (quasi-)Monte Carlo and cubature rule based methods for solving high-dimensional integration problems, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Volume 62, Issues 3–6, 3 March 2003, 509–517
- ↑ Christiane Lemieux, Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Sampling, Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-1441926760
- ↑ Moshe Dror, Pierre L'Ecuyer and Ferenc Szidarovszky, Modeling Uncertainty: An Examination of Stochastic Theory, Methods, and Applications, Springer 2002, pp. 419-474
- ↑ Bruno Tuffin, Randomization of Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods for Error Estimation: Survey and Normal Approximation, Monte Carlo Methods and Applications mcma. Volume 10, Issue 3-4, Pages 617–628, ISSN (Online) 1569-3961, ISSN (Print) 0929-9629, DOI: 10.1515/mcma.2004.10.3-4.617, May 2008
- R. E. Caflisch, Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods, Acta Numerica vol. 7, Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp. 1–49.
- Josef Dick and Friedrich Pillichshammer, Digital Nets and Sequences. Discrepancy Theory and Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-19159-3
- Michael Drmota and Robert F. Tichy, Sequences, discrepancies and applications, Lecture Notes in Math., 1651, Springer, Berlin, 1997, ISBN 3-540-62606-9
- William J. Morokoff and Russel E. Caflisch, Quasi-random sequences and their discrepancies, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 15 (1994), no. 6, 1251–1279 (At CiteSeer:[2])
- Harald Niederreiter. Random Number Generation and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1992. ISBN 0-89871-295-5
- Harald G. Niederreiter, Quasi-Monte Carlo methods and pseudo-random numbers, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), no. 6, 957–1041
- Oto Strauch and Štefan Porubský, Distribution of Sequences: A Sampler, Peter Lang Publishing House, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-631-54013-2


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Big brands use Twitter to get people interested in products, contests, memes, movies, songs, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and more. But they're brands you already know. Would you click on something or somebody who wanted to sell you something you never heard of? Me neither.
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|View of the Porites compressa on Monday morning. Photo - M. Heckman
Trying to recreate nature in an aquarium is always a tough thing to do. We strive to keep a relatively harmonious mix of creatures in our touch/observation table. But with raw seawater coming in and clumps of new sponge continuously being added for the tiger cowries to eat, it is inevitable that some less desirable characters will appear.
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|Phystilla sea slug, C. Pittman photo
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|Note sea slug at top, areas that the sea slug has eaten and the
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|Closer view - M. Heckman Photo
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|Areolated xanthid crab
These are very interesting animals. They are one of the few sea slugs that scientist have figured out their entire life history - think egg to adult in less than 40 days, adults live only a few months, laying thousands of egg a day, then die a couple of weeks later. Contrast this to an adult sea cucumber that might live decades. Some invertebrates move slow and live slow, some move slow and live fast. Phestilla may take down 10 square inches of coral a day, lay thousands of eggs and pass away, leaving their progeny to continue on.
Crawl slow, eat large, live fast.
For some great sites on these animals (and some of my references for this article), see:
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|Dana Riddle Photo
A recent article (this month) in Advanced Aquarist by Dana Riddle on coral eating sea slugs. Broad coverage, information for those who keep corals in captivity and the most up to date information. See: //www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/6/inverts
Other references
Control of populations of the coral-feeding nudibranch Phestilla sibogae by fish and crustacean predators. D.J. Gochfeld and G.S. Aeby. MARINE BIOLOGY, Vol. 130, Number 1 (1997)


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America's Mean Cuisine — Haute & Spicy
America's mean cuisine — haute and spicy
From junk food to ethnic dishes, bolder flavors are the rage
Stacy Finz, Chronicle Staff Writer
If people really are what they eat, we are becoming a nation of hotties.
Something strange has happened to the American palate. After decades of being satisfied with mild foods, it's now craving bold flavors that pack a punch — hot and spicy, sweet and heat, and interesting combinations that add new meaning to kicking it up a notch.
Experts say the population has become more diverse and better-traveled, and taste buds are reflecting this new worldliness.
"We've become much more adventurous in our eating," said Rachel Koryl, a trend analyst for the Center for Culinary Development in San Francisco.
"In the last five years, we've really seen a change in tastes. Baby Boomers are eating out more often and are being exposed to different ethnic cuisines. And today's kids are growing up on ethnic foods like Thai and sushi."
But diners aren't just reaching for pungent curry or spicy tuna rolls. They want bold flavors in all kinds of foods — haute cuisine, fast food, snacks and even candy. Big corporations like General Mills, Wrigley, McDonald's and Denny's are all cashing in on the flavor craze.
Just this month, the Coca-Cola Co. introduced Blak, a new "fusion" beverage of Coke and coffee. Last month, Frito-Lay launched its new Sensations line of potato and tortilla chips seasoned with ingredients like chiles, crushed red pepper and black peppercorns. Blue Diamond's "Bold" line of almonds — four flavors ranging from Lime 'n Chili to Wasabi & Soy Sauce, introduced a year ago in Southern California test markets, are now carried in 46 percent of the nation's grocery stores.
Wendy's advertises a spicy chicken sandwich that is so hot that the guy in the commercial has to douse himself with a giant jug of water after taking only a few bites.
Carls Jr.'s spicy barbecue burger with batter-fried slivers of onion and jalapeño is supposedly so smoking that the fast-food firm hired hotel heiress Paris Hilton for the television campaign. Wearing a barely-there bathing suit, she munches on the sandwich as she seductively washes her Bentley. Now that's hot — so hot, in fact, that the ad was pulled off the air.
Supermarket shelves are packed with Cheetos, sauces and condiments that promote ethnic flavors like habanero, cumin and guacamole. Mints, candy and chewing gum have all been pumped up, with advertisers promising that they are more "intense" and "fiery" than ever.
Even salad eaters are gravitating to the spicy arugula, peppery mizuna and bitter radicchio, leaving the more demure butter and leaf lettuces on the shelf.
Marc Halperin, director of the Center for Culinary Development, which maps trends and creates new food products, said this yen for bold flavors is being driven mostly by Gen Xers — 30- to 45-year-olds — who have seen the world and now want to taste it.
"There is nothing physiological about it," Halperin said. "This is purely sociological."
And the demand has lit a fire under food developers and manufacturers. In the last two years, 1,463 products with the word "spicy" were introduced, according to Mintel International, a Chicago-based research firm that tracks food marketing. In 2005, Mintel said, there was a 4.5 percent increase in "hot" and "spicy" items found on fast-food menus from the previous year, and a 2 percent increase at fine-dining restaurants.
"Restaurants are acknowledging that it's a trend that's here to stay," said Maria Caranfa, a food analyst at Mintel, who believes that food developers and chefs are taking their flavor prompts from Latin America and Asia. That's because, she says, those populations have grown significantly in this country.
There are 15.1 million more Hispanics living in the United States than there were 10 years ago, and 3.2 million more Asians and Pacific Islanders, according to the most recent census data. And the foods of those countries — longtime favorites with Californians — are now the nation's most popular.
Justin Whitney, a 36-year-old technical writer in San Francisco, said he loves all things spicy. After all, he's from Texas. So when Carl's Jr. came out with its jalapeño burger, Whitney ran there as soon as he could.
"It wasn't hot enough," he lamented.
When his local sushi joint put a jalapeño roll on the menu, he ordered up a plateful.
"I kind of liked it," he said, although, "It was just a little overkill."
What he really likes, he said, is that the food industry is taking chances — "they're finally adding some flavor."
Maybe even too much.
Take, for instance, Cold Stone Creamery's wasabi-ginger ice cream, which Whitney tasted a year ago. When he saw it, he thought he'd gone to dairy heaven. But that was before he tasted it.
"I really wanted to make it work," he now says. "But it was just wrong."
Even young kids are being more adventurous, leaving hot dogs, hamburgers and apple pie behind.
In 2001, Wharf Research, a San Francisco polling company that works with the Center for Culinary Development, asked 400 10- to 13-year-olds from around the country about their favorite foods. Chinese food came out on top, followed by Mexican, Japanese, Italian and, in fifth place, American.
That means that quesadillas could replace the grilled-cheese sandwich. Nearly three-quarters of those polled enjoyed eating quesadillas; 47 percent, spring rolls; 36 percent, pot stickers; 31 percent, sushi; 26 percent, pesto; and 8 percent, samosas. A year later, Wharf Research surveyed 22- to 25-year-olds. Fifty-one percent said they like their salsa either hot or very hot.
Nick Lindauer, a former chef who started selling fiery sauces on the Internet four years ago, says business has never been better. The 25-year-old New Yorker said he's averaging 50 orders a day on his Sweat 'N Spice site.
One of Linduer's favorites is a pumpkin sauce flavored with habanero peppers. He pours it over vanilla ice cream.
Jared Dougherty, a spokesman for Frito-Lay, said consumers are looking for "sweet and heat," or just a whole lot of heat, in their snack foods.
"We take our cues from across the food industry," Dougherty said. "And taste buds are definitely expanding."
Responding to that, in 2003, the company, with the help of its Latino employees, developed potato chips and Doritos flavored with guacamole. Within a year, retail sales hit $100 million, Dougherty said.
That paved the way for Frito-Lay's hottest and spiciest chip ever — Doritos Fiery Habanero. After testing the market in Southern California earlier this year, the company is taking the product nationwide.
Over the past four years, flavored potato chips have taken off. In the last year alone, sales have seen a 13.7 percent increase, according to ACNielsen, a worldwide marketing research firm. During the same period, regular potato chip sales decreased by 7.2 percent.
It's not just chips that are firing up. Blue Diamond, a growers' cooperative based in Sacramento, has sold the same five flavors of its smokehouse almonds for 35 years, which also happened to be the youngest age of the product's typical consumer. The company thought it was time for a hipper nut, said Algernon Greenlee, Blue Diamond's director of marketing.
"Almonds tend to attract an older crowd — 35 and up," Greenlee said. "We're hoping that the new flavors bring in a younger customer."
Even Hot Tamales, the gummy red candies that have been heating up the mouths of babes since the 1950s, found a way to become even hotter tamales. The manufacturer, Just Born, says the new candy has "more kick" and more "intense flavor." And just in case those don't burn enough, the company has added Hot Tamales Fire to its line.
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., which already manufactures some "curiously strong" mints, is adding what some consumers might find to be some curiously odd-sounding products — Altoids Mango Sours, and Eclipse Cinnamon Inferno and Midnight Cool gum.
Lindauer, the hot sauce salesman, says that just because there is sizzle doesn't mean there is fire. He's tried many of the new products that claim to be intense, hot, spicy and bold, he said, and has deemed them unimpressive.
"A lot of the manufacturers and fast-food companies jumping on the hot and bold bandwagon aren't very hot or bold at all," he said. But, then again, this is a guy who collects hot sauce for a hobby.
While renowned restaurant chefs aren't likely to start serving habanero chips with a Ranch-chipotle dip anytime soon, even they acknowledge the changing tastes of their patrons.
Hubert Keller, the chef and co-owner of the four-star Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and its sister restaurant in Las Vegas, said he has taken to using some interesting spices that aren't usually seen in classic French cooking — star anise, native to China and Vietnam; cumin, a spice that plays a major role in Mexican, Asian and Indian food; and coriander and cardamom, mainstays of Mediterranean and Indian cuisines.
He's making sea bass with a black licorice sauce and using other ingredients that "have intense flavors that cause excitement."
"On one hand, it's not French at all," he said while laughing. "But people appreciate it. If they didn't, I'd stop doing it."


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Goldman Thibodeaux is nominated for the Folklife Heritage Award for his untiring dedication to maintaining and promoting traditional Creole music, often referred to as "LaLa music." Having grown up in the Opelousas/Lawtell area, Goldman has a vivid memory of when Amédé Ardoin played at a house dance in the area. He was thrilled to carry the accordion for the musician and watched every minute of the performance. That triggered an urge to play.
He first began playing with his brother-in-law's band at age 14. He did that for about 20 years. From 1966 to 1994, he played with the Lawtell Playboys along with Eraste Carriere, Calvin Carriere, and BeBe Carriere. Just before Calvin died, he asked Goldman to continue the Lawtell Playboys, the name they used when they began the group in 1946.
Thibodeaux has received the Creole People's Award from the Creole Heritage Center, was a 2007 Grammy Nominee, and was recognized by Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu, the LA House of Representatives, and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana for his dedication to music and the Creole language. He has played regularly for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Vermilionville, the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, and the Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Festival. He has also performed in Minnesota and Iowa. Thibodeaux has also taught about the music tradition. He has worked with Guyland Ledet, taught at the Creole Heritage Folklife Center in Opelousas, and taught at the Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week. Thibodeaux has also taught at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia.
He has been called the only person who continues to play true LaLa music. He has recorded three CDs. Thibodeaux himself sums it up best:
"I play old-time LaLa Creole dance music. I can play older Zydeco . . . but I prefer the LaLa music. I've written 30-35 songs, mostly waltzes and two-steps.
I'm willing to help anyone who wants to learn to play the accordion, learn about LaLa music, and learn the Creole language. I think anyone who plays Creole music should be able to sing in Creole and know what the words mean. That way it comes from the heart, just the way I play.
I love playing music. Sometimes when I play, I can picture the brother-in-law who got me started. I think about all the old people who used to play LaLa music, and I still feel connected to them. I want to play as long as my health allows and try to make sure that LaLa music continues for future generations since it is true Creole Music."
The Creole Heritage Center nominated Mr. Goldman Thibodeaux for the Folklife Heritage Award for his untiring dedication to maintaining and promoting traditional Creole music, often referred to as "LaLa music." He has played regularly for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival, and for the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Ms. Loletta Wynder from the Creole Heritage Center attended the event.
The Folklife Heritage Award recognizes an individual or organization that has helped create, maintain or promote Louisiana's diverse cultural traditions or made significant contributions to the state's folklife heritage as a tradition bearer, scholar or activist. The Office of the Lt. Governor and the Office of Cultural Development, in partnership with the Louisiana State Arts Council, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation, the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission, the Louisiana Folklife Commission and the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana, are sponsoring the annual Louisiana Culture Awards on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The purpose of this awards program is to recognize individuals and organizations making outstanding contributions to Louisiana's culture.


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1 in 3 Trinity Energy Drink Review
Cost: $2.00
Cost Per Ounce:$0.24
Active Ingredients:Caffeine, Taurine, B-Vitamins, Ginseng
Taste Rating:8.8
Kick Rating:7.5
Final Judgment Rating:6.5
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1 in 3 Trinity Energy Drink Review
Well we have another first for the Energy Drink Ratings Blog. Today I will review the first (to my knowledge) Christian energy drink. This product is being marketed by 1 in 3 Trinity a faith inspired clothing company. So instead of marketing on a hardcore message like the Cocaine Energy Drink, the 1in3 Trinity Energy drink takes a faith based approach. The 8.4 ounce (250 ml) slim line can is littered with whole-hearted words such as; joy, faithfulness, goodness, etc and costs about $2.00. I am going to stay out of the political and religious realm of this drink and just do a review based on the actual merits of 1 in 3 Trinity as an energy drink. If you don't like it, feel free to comment.
1 in 3 Trinity Energy Drink Review: Taste
First off this 8.4 ounce can only has 10 calories. Second the flavor is a lightly carbonated grape that I enjoyed. It is seems really similar to a diet grape soft drink. So if you like grape soda you should have no problem enjoying a 1in3 Trinity Energy Drink. An interesting tid bit of the can states that 1 in 3 Trinity is a special blend from the flourishing vines and trees of the holly land. Whether that means the flavor comes from grapes imported from the Holy Land I am not sure? I am also not sure if they have any other flavors ready for the lineup, this is the only one I know of right now. If they do introduce any other flavors I will let you know. Taste Rating - 8.8
1 in 3 Trinity Energy Drink Review: Kick
This is being marketed as an energy drink but the fact is that it only has 50 milligrams of caffeine (Red Bull has 80 milligrams) combined with 1000 milligrams of taurine, a plethora of B-Vitamins and Ginseng. So no, it is definitely not the strongest drink on the market, its actually not even close, but it does deliver a small kick. Kick Rating - 6.5
1 in 3 Trinity Energy Drink Review: Final Judgment
Well 1 in 3 Trinity seems to be going for a niche faith based market with their newest energy drink. This audience could be rather large so they might even have some success or gather a large following with the right promotions. As far as becoming a mainstream energy drink I don't see this happening as the kick was sub par. However, I did enjoy the grape flavor! The only place I know of to buy these is on their website. You can pick up a 12 pack for $24.00 or a case for $48.00. Final Judgment - 7.5


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Looking to add a little Valentine love to your webcam on this special day? You're in luck! ManyCam users all over the world have already submitted a bunch of heart and Valentine's Day related graphics for you to add to your video.
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Ukrainian brand KOFTA introduced a new A/W 2015 collection of accessories and footwear under the name "Orb." All of his collections are pretty conceptual and are not influenced by world of fashion trend. "Orb" is continuation from previous collection, following geometric shapes and futuristic touch.
"Orb is a perfect manifestation of form. It was the basis of everything.
In the beginning of time... Time began ticking after dividings spheres to billions of particles.
In the beginning of space... The smallest orbital particle that has physical properties is atom.
In the beginning of life... The smallest structural and functional unit of a live organism is cell.
One orb transforms to endlessness to be experienced."
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Came across this in archive of LSE student magazine, The Beaver, 9 December 1991. 'Baby Lemonade' reviews a gig at the New Cross Venue by Spiritualized - 'a band for the post rave 90s' no less'. The bands at the Venue at this time were only part of the night out, as the author notes: 'The night wasn't over there though. The post show club featured sounds as diverse as New Model Army and the Shamen. Trendy spot it must be too, as at one point I found myself dancing on the heels of Mikki from Lush' (see previous post on Lush at The Venue).
The gig was on Friday 29 November 1991 - see flyer below (more Venue flyers here)


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A restaurant I had planned to dine at for the first time cancelled my reservation a day in advance due to unforeseen circumstances. I managed to secure a last-minute reservation at Atera. It had been about 18 months since my last visit. It was a Saturday night, so I was a little surprised that a spot was available for the early seating. But it was there on Opentable.com, so I took it. Once I booked it, I was committed, since they have a 48-hour cancellation policy.
I was seated soon after arriving. It looked like there were a few staff changes, but also some familiar faces. They did remember that I had been there before. I had a side seat this time (despite what they said about solo diner placement the last time). We started with a hot towel to freshen up.
The wine list by the glass seemed longer than the last time. They also offered both a standard pairing and premium pairing (but no explicit premium by the glass offerings). I went with a glass of the Puligny-Montrachet (from a magnum), which was premium enough.
We started the menu off with a beverage of lime snow and warm juniper foam.
Fermented mushrooms and burgundy truffle were served on a crispy waffle as the next small bite.
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