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1. Survival instincts, Tomb Raider (2013)
X-ray vision and similar superhuman visual tricks have become a video game design staple. As the worlds in mainstream games grow more detailed and complex, it can be helpful to let a player see through walls or to highlight objects of interest—used properly, x-ray vision not only enlivens an environment but also makes it more manageable. The one sticking point is that nobody in the history of the world has possessed x-ray vision. So when hapless writers are forced to explain the extraordinary eyes of otherwise human characters, it figures that the resulting narrative justifications are often a stretch. These stretches pop up even in games that take themselves somewhat seriously, like last year's Tomb Raider reboot. This origin story casts the hero, Lara Croft, as a greenhorn who grows into an adventurer when her expedition faces deathly peril. Fittingly, she starts out weak—except for her extremely helpful "survival instinct." Engaging this "instinct" grays out the background and lights up important objects on the screen, essentially serving as a "here's how to solve this puzzle, you idiot" ability. Sure, you could argue that this is one way to dramatize Lara's heightened focus in a life-or-death situation. Still, such outsized talent undermines Lara's "zero to hero" arc, and by offering players such a handy parlor trick, Tomb Raider stunts the growth of our own survival instinct, as well.
2. Murdering instincts, Hitman: Absolution (2012)
Lara Croft may be a survivor, but Hitman: Absolution's Agent 47 is a killer. That's okay, because it turns out that murder instinct makes you extra-good at seeing stuff, too. Lucky! Activating "Instinct Mode" in Absolution drenches the world in grayish blue and allows 47 to see his enemies through walls. Better yet, 47's intuition is so keen that he can also see into the future, with streaks of red fire illuminating the exact path that his rival will take in the coming moments. Such extraordinary sight and foresight are ostensibly the product of 47's vast experience as a ruthless killer. But Absolution can't let 47 use these abilities all the time, because that would make him even more of a demigod—that is, it would make the game too easy. The bizarre upshot is that 47's raw intuition is assigned to a meter that rapidly drains as you use his x-ray vision. So this is the rare "instinct" that becomes deeply ingrained through years of intense training and then disappears after it's used for five seconds. With instinct like this, it might be better not to trust your gut.
3. Feral instincts, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
In the gory video game companion piece to the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, Logan's acute animal senses allow him to enter a feral vision mode that turns the world gray and highlights his enemies. That part makes sense. He could easily sniff them out with his heightened sense of smell. But those feral instincts pick up on a lot more than just enemies. Apparently, Wolverine can also smell ledges that would be good for climbing and pointy things in the environment that would be good for impaling, and he can "see" the path to his next objective (represented by a trail of floating blue particles). Some people chalk this up to heightened animal instincts. We choose to believe that Wolverine can smell the trail of whatever he's chasing. And he's always chasing something.
4. Humanity's dormant sixth sense, Assassin's Creed series (2007-present)
Although it was one of the earliest proponents of the modern x-ray vision trope, the Assassin's Creed series might still take home the prize for most contorted explanation. "Eagle Vision" exists in all of us, they say, as a genetic gift from the superhuman race that preceded our own. In people where this gene expresses strongly, like the master assassins who star in the series, an ability develops to sense friends, enemies, and targets from a distance. Or maybe (bear with us here) it's the Animus—the sci-fi virtual reality system through which you inhabit these assassins—approximating the subject's talents through Technicolor trickery. Or maybe it's some combination of the two; it depends on when you ask. So Eagle Vision might never have been an actual sense, even though it has been called Eagle Vision for nearly a millennium and for all intents and purposes looks and acts like magical glasses. It's the sort of half-nonsense explanation you'd expect to find in the manifest of a lunatic who cuts out all the eyes in Us Weekly.
5. Awesome smartphone, James Bond 007: Blood Stone (2010)
For better or worse, James Bond's vast arsenal of gadgetry did not survive the transition into the gritty Daniel Craig era. This new 007 gets by with little more than some guns, nice cars, and modestly souped-up Sony Ericsson cellphones. That's the setup in Craig's movies, anyway. The Bond of Blood Stone, a video game follow-up to Quantum Of Solace, is blessed with an omniscient smartphone. (Whether or not it's a Sony Ericsson, it's hard to say, but let's give Bond the benefit of the doubt when it comes to unwavering brand loyalty.) This magnificent device can tell him all sorts of things about the environment around him. When he stares at the phone, your view is obscured by a green filter with all the blurriness and scan lines of a worn-out VHS tape, but you're now able to see the location of your next goal and any enemies or items around you. As you might imagine, this is important information, so you're liable to spend most of a mission walking around or hiding behind cover while looking at your phone. If you try to run while staring at it, though, your view gets all blurry, because it's hard to look at your phone while sprinting. A minor victory for realism.
6. Psychic bond with your dog, Game Of Thrones (2012)
In George R.R. Martin's A Song Of Ice And Fire series (on which the Game Of Thrones TV show is based), Bran, one of the narrating characters, is a "skinchanger," able to transfer his consciousness into animals like his pet wolf. That strange ability is the major driving point of his story as he journeys to discover what the power means and how he can use it to protect his family. In the Game Of Thrones video game, the psychic link your character shares with his pet is just an excuse to have wavy, colorful "scent trails" lead you to the next quest objective. Your skinchanging talents can also tell you whether to ambush enemies by reading their emotions. Your bond is so strong that when your dog goes tracking and finds something, he can just bark and you'll appear beside him, even though you're supposedly in a trance somewhere else.
7. Medallion filled with the magic of proto-Nazi giants, Wolfenstein (2009)
Old BJ Blazkowickz didn't need no fancy eyes to shoot Nazi scum back in the '90s, but when he came back around for a new Wolfenstein adventure in 2009, he started seeing Nazi castles bathed in a weird green glow and his foes blotched with glowing red weak spots. No, BJ didn't get super-soldier eye implants. He was just peering through the Veil, a mystical barrier that exists between our dimension and another magic-filled one. As evil dimensions go, this is an awfully helpful one, as the Veil visions let BJ know exactly where to shoot his enemies for maximum damage. You summon the Veil by using the Thule Medallion, Wolfenstein's MacGuffin. BJ has it, and the Nazis want it. Why? Because it was made by the Thule, a mythical race of giants who might be ancestors of the Aryan race. And also because it turns you into some sort of magnificent slaughter wizard.
8. Batman is a really good detective, Batman: Arkham series (2009-present)
There are good detectives, and there are great detectives, and then there is Batman. It makes sense that the world's greatest detective would rely heavily on something called "Detective Mode," a combination of intense concentration and in-cowl optical technology that allows him to—stop us if you've heard this one—see highlighted enemies through walls. And since Bruce Wayne is an incredible hypocrite about personal privacy, Detective Mode shows him everything right down to people's heart rates and naked skeletons. Batman primarily uses this deep personal invasion to detect better ways of dive-kicking enemies in the face. Hey, if your town's greatest criminal was holed up in a fun house named after himself, you'd need to find other outlets for your detective skills too.
9. Sherlock Holmes is also a really good detective, The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes (2012)
Both Batman and Sherlock Holmes have been called "the world's greatest detective" so perhaps it's appropriate that, like the Arkham games, The Testament Of Sherlock Holmes has a special mode to represent the title character's impressive powers of observation. If you're stumped while investigating, you can turn on Holmes' "sixth sense," which makes little magnifying glasses hover over clues in the scene—which is handy, given how hard it can be to make out small objects in the game's cluttered tableaux. But you'd better have a good memory and get as many clues in your line of sight as possible because the ability can only be used every few minutes. Still, having the clues doesn't solve the mystery on its own, so players have to test their own detective skills by putting all the pieces together. Enhanced vision is no substitute for good old-fashioned deductive reasoning.
10. Powers of a generous but morally ambiguous deity, Dishonored (2012)
Shortly before Corvo Attano, the main character of Dishonored, is to be executed, a mysterious figure called The Outsider appears and deems Corvo worthy of using The Outsider's magic powers. While everything about The Outside screams "I'm a creepy demon guy," he doesn't seem to actually care if you do good or bad things with his gifts, preferring instead to sit back and watch how your choices play out. One of the earliest powers he gives you is Dark Vision, and it's the stealthy assassin's best friend. Dark Vision highlights objects of interest (loose cash, food, ammunition) and uses beams of light to indicate where your enemies are looking. Most enhanced vision modes have a drawback to discourage overuse, and while Dark Vision limits your view quite a bit, the biggest reason to avoid using it is the annoying noise it makes. "Hunts and dies," it whispers when you activate the power. Or maybe it's "enhanced eyes." Or it could be "it hands the dice." It's suitably magical-sounding (and probably just gibberish), but if having to hear it over and over again is the price The Outsider demands for his powers, maybe he's not as morally ambiguous as he lets on.
11. Magic rocks in your eyes, Thief (2014)
In the original Thief series, master criminal Garrett didn't need flashy x-ray vision to see what he could climb on, spot traps, or identify valuables to steal. In 2014's Thief reboot, though, Garrett has magic eyes just like everyone else. His own larceny earns him those magic eyes in the first place, though. In the opening moments of the game, Garrett and his gal pal Erin are trying to steal a glowing blue rock called the Primal Stone. Meanwhile, spooky old men in robes are trying to make it do something crazy and magical. The ritual goes haywire, and the rock explodes, seemingly killing Erin and embedding chunks of magic rock right into Garrett's face. The experience is traumatic enough to sideline Garrett for a year, but the magic rocks do make his life easier by giving him the ability to highlight everything he can interact with. Purists that want the most out of Thief can go into the settings menu and turn off "Focus" completely, making those eye rocks nothing more than a goth-tastic fashion statement.
12. You can see with your ears, The Last Of Us (2013)
When superpowers don't quite jibe with narrative logic, one way for developers to resolve the conflict is to ignore it altogether. Naughty Dog's The Last Of Us earned praise for its thoughtfully drawn characters and its moving story, all of which hold together nicely if you ignore the playable action sequences. When the developers want to contextualize the fraught relationship that your character, Joel, has with his young sidekick, Ellie, they provide a fleshed-out backstory in which Joel fails to save his daughter from the zombie scourge. Conversely, when The Last Of Us seeks to explain your ability to see scary zombies through walls, it just tells players that Joel has extraordinary listening skills—you hear so well that you can see, essentially. (If you think that doesn't make sense, shut up, or you'll damage Joel's delicate ears.) The irony is that the "Clickers," the infected humans who are terrorizing the populace, are supposed to be endowed with their own extraordinary quasi-sonar. In practice, though, Joel "hears" far better than they do. It's a clumsy setup, but in Naughty Dog's defense, the studio is just acknowledging a reality of video games: Audiences are far more willing to suspend disbelief when they're in control of the action than they are when they're watching scripted scenes. Put another way, we're less concerned with the rules of reality when we're the ones bending them.


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Squarespace editor stopped working after adding script
Sanjeev1236 posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://cello-octahedron-fc3t.squarespace.com Hi, I have embedded an RSS feed to my squarespace site and after saving the page, that page is no more editable. Clicking on edit(Pencil) icon doesn't work. It ends up only by deleting the page. I'm using following script for that  Although it's working fine when actually preview the site but squarespace editor is not working, is there any way that we can stop running the scripts in editor mode or something like that? Thanks in Advance
MIME type is not executable
JoshE posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://www.goodbeerhunting.com I'm getting the error Refused to execute script from 'https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/dynamic/1234kdjeld?format=json&callback=jQuery1111035353247486359707_1594910433540&_=1594910433541' because its MIME type ('application/json') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled. I'm not sure what changed or why the MIME type is no longer executable. Anyone else having this type of issue? My code in the js file looks like this: $.getJSON('//goodbeerhunting.com/dynamic/1234kdjeld?format=json&callback=?', function(data) { children.forEach(function(item){ var content = $(data.mainContent).find('.' + item); $('.ddd-' + item).replaceWith(content); }); }); I tried adding this: $.ajaxSetup({ scriptCharset: "utf-8", contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" }); And that made the error message go away, but it didn't fix the issue and allow the correct info to display on the page. Any help is appreciated.
Shrink Navigation on Scroll
thefrolickinglime posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://cow-bellflower-d5mf.squarespace.com I'm trying to add code that creates a sticky navigation where the logo shrinks and spacing decreases upon scrolling. I've been working on this for a few days and nothing I find online seems to help. Link: https://cow-bellflower-d5mf.squarespace.com Password: temp2020
Banner Image Link - Brine
displaynamed posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://demo-61w23.squarespace.com/ Hello forum members! Does anyone know of a way that I can assign click through links to my parallax banner images in the Brine template? I ultimately want to be able to click on the banner images and open them in a light box. I purchased this lightbox plugin , but it must be used with a link in order to work. I'm open to scrapping this approach, if anyone knows of another way. the password is: demo61w23 thanks in advance! 🙂
Can I create a Scrolling/Floating Logo for Templates?
marcellnagy posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty Hi! I've recently started discovering the options Squarespace offers for site customization, but was left without answers on this question. Is it possible to create a Floating/Scrolling Logo, like the one the Dazed Beauty site has? If so, how would you/should I go about it? I appreciate the answers!
Script disabled when trying to HTTP request
Currency conversion
Arrah posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: http://mamasanshopping.com Hi everyone, I saw an older post that fixed this problem by showing an approximation of the other currency you'd like to show on the website. But for some reason the code in the post had been hidden or deleted. Please help me!
Pre-made script not showing on website
ConnorSW posted a question in Coding and CustomizationI am using a script from a 3rd party company to add a plug-in to the website, i enter the script into a code block and it shows on when viewing it from the computer i added it on. But when i look on another computer the plug-in isnt there. Is worked fine when i first added it but now its been a week and its gone. any help would be great thanks. Below is the script im using (using 4 of them but this is 1 of them)
Slow Script on all pages?
agie971 posted a topic in SEO and MarketingSite URL: https://stamba.co/terms Hi all, So we are using a template on our website. We use custom css. On some pages I added some script (for instance script to create a dropdown menu and Shopify buy buttons code blocks). In the Header Code Injection there is only google analytics and a Pixel account. However, we have a slow issue on all pages. The page provided for instance really just has text on it but is still tagged as having a slow issue with Google and GT Metrix both. What could be the problem? I have tried removing all scripts in the header to see if that was the problem but it was the exact same results. Should we switch theme on Squarespace? If so what theme is the best with speed? Looking forward to hear your perspectives.
Different logos on home and other page(s)
erikwiss posted a question in Coding and CustomizationSite URL: https://www.tonetension.com/ tonetension.com password: erikwiss How do I put this logo (uploaded to the css custom files): https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d85d4c22d59120f5fe31180/t/5e36955d9995006209f21812/1580635485836/Tone+Tension+Bold+white.jpg Onto this specific page: https://www.tonetension.com/full-client-list ? I've tried a few different scripts circulating on the forum, with no success so far. Thanks!!
Hide Thubnails
kinnoda posted a question in Coding and CustomizationI would like to hide the thumbnails from this product page: https://www.loungepair.com/offer-access Can anyone think of some custom script that I can inject to do so?
Embedding Society6 Script
saf posted a question in Coding and CustomizationHey I am hoping this could get answered once and for all as I know this question has been asked before, but the answers prove to be unable to resolve this issue. I'm trying to embed the following code on a page of my website to display products from a 3rd party website. The code looks like this:   I've tried code block, I've tried embedding script. None will work, even after logging out of the admin panel and loading a fresh page. It always turns up blank. Any step by step help someone can offer would be really appreciated.
2nd Embedded PayPal Script not showing
jeannettemeier posted a question in Coding and CustomizationHi Everyone! I have created 2 embedded scripts that show 2 different PayPal subscriptions plans. One of the embedded scripts shows the Paypal Buttons, but the other one does not show the embedded PayPal buttons. There's no way I can make it show it. I tried with Safari and Chrome. Both behave the same. I have disabled the AJAX loading on the Site Styles. The template is "Mentor". The site is http://pimov.org/payments. Could someone advise? Many thanks in advance! Cheers, Jeannette
Script Disabled
mlaman posted a question in Coding and CustomizationCurrently using a code block to embed a widget to display reviews via (ReviewsOnMyWebsite). The widget is placed on the bottom of every page. On mobile, when clicking to a page from the navigation menu the widget doesn't appear. It only appears when I refresh the page manually. Even when going back into the navigation menu to click into another page, the widget is hidden again until I refresh. Is there a solution to this mobile bug? Code:

Brine Gallery Block - Horizontal Touch Scroll
sam.sargent posted a question in Coding and CustomizationHi there, Does anyone know of code or script that can enable the images in a carousel gallery block to be swiped through with a thumb on mobile or dragged side to side when held with a mouse? Any help would be most appreciated. Many thanks, Sam,
HELP!!! API for user login
javascript upload?
Marinske posted a question in Coding and CustomizationHello, Is it possible to upload js files? Thanks a lot in advance,Marinske.
How to embed showclix script code?
mazie posted a question in Coding and CustomizationWe are trying to use this piece of script code on our site  I am using the Embed Content Block. it works fine on desktop/laptop displays but gets very wonky on phones. The biggest problem is that as you advance in the embedded app, it advances to a weird spot, keeps moving lower and lower. You can test it at these temp page, one with text and images and one with nothing but the embedded code:https://www.intothedarksf.com/showclix-tix3 https://www.intothedarksf.com/showclix-tix5
Script not running on initial load
TrinityWeb posted a question in Coding and CustomizationI recently switched from the Peak template to the Impact template. I have three forms that are managed through a script that sends the data back to our donor manage system coded into the page. The script loaded and functioned perfectly on the Peak template, but now that I have switched to the Impact template, the scripts won't run on initial load. You actually have to reload the page to get the form to show up. Since the same script worked on the old template as well as on the new template once the page is reloaded, it seems pretty obvious to me that there is some kind of error in the code base for the Impact template that is not executing the script on initial load. Jessii from Squarespace has been giving me the runaround all week, insisting that the problem has to be with the script, when it clearly isn't. Anyone out there have any idea what else I can do on my end to encourage the script to load? (Or alternatively, to reach someone at Squarespace who can actually aid me with this problem?)
On the front page of Squarespace, there is animated text at the moment: Make it beautiful.Make it loud.Make it tasteful.etc. etc. What's the simplest way to do something similar on my own website? Is it done with js or css or something else? Thanks for your answers.


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hi m8, after installing this mod ive noticed that the first battle is ok when the battle ends and go back in the garaze there is gear turning saying updating garaze and stays like this forever. Did I miss something in installation procedure?
[1.4.1] The calculator of effectiveness in battle: WN8, EFF, XWN8, XEFF, COEF, DIFF, DAMAGE
This mod will help you to always monitor your effectiveness during combat. Among the large number of mods for World of Tanks, there is a mod that remains the leader in providing performance information, and it is called the XVM. But the XVM mode shows the effectiveness of your tank for all players.
We propose to control your own effectiveness, this mod will show useful information right in the battle:
- Average tank damage on this server
- Amount of damage caused
- A number of accurate hits during the battle
- Amount of damage
- Displays the nominal efficiency and WN8
- List of your damaged tanks
There are 18 options to choose from, depending on the information you need. Before the battle appears after subtracting the amount of damage on the screen, this number indicates the amount of damage you must apply to get moderate damage to the server. Good luck in the fight.
Copy the mods folder to the folder with the installed World_Of_Tanks game.
To change the config copy the folder configs from the desired archive to the folder World_Of_Tanks/mods
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3.1 Phillip Lim Catwalk Fashion Show Womenswear New York FW2013
February 12, 2013 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, New York, womenswear
Phillip Lim presented a well balanced fall-collection, good design with commercial value. The designer referred to motor-racers and played along with biker-vests, racer-back dresses, zipper details and leather patches. The layers gave a modern, streetwise touch – as did the outerwear, roomy shorts and skinny cargos.


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MasterEmaco S 620 - Cementitious hand applied repair mortar for agressive environments
How does MasterEmaco S 620 work?
MasterEmaco S 620 is a ready-to-use, high Alumina cement based mortar.
Recommended uses:
- Repairs to brick, cast in place concrete and precast concrete sewers
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Seeds of Suffering
"Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." - (Psalm 126:5-6)
The ancient inspired hymn writer is describing a father who is sowing seeds his family desperately needs because they are hungry. As a provider he knows that if he does not plant these seeds, there will be no food for them and they will starve to death. He therefore sows these precious seeds with tears streaming down his face.
The Holy Spirit leads the author to a beautiful application after he paints this solemn picture for us: sometimes when we are suffering to the point of tears, those tears are precious seeds our heavenly Father is sowing in the soil of our suffering. When that is the case, we will doubtless come again rejoicing and bringing the fruitful results of our suffering with us.
This is a truth that is often shared in the Bible. Sometimes suffering is not the setback it appears to be. It is rather the cutback of our heavenly Father who is like a divine Vineyard keeper. He cuts us back to increase the quality and the quantity of the fruit our life is yielding for Him.
I sometimes think God is more real and works more effectively in the lives of people while they are in the waiting rooms outside the operating theaters of our hospitals than He does in the sanctuaries of our churches. God does not waste our sorrows and we should not waste them either.
Listen to the wisdom of the hymn writer when he tells us our tears are precious seeds that will ultimately rejoice our hearts.
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He was not a martyr dying a martyr's death, He was a King marching through the barrels of victory!
Christ said, "Let this cup pass from me." The cup He did not want was the cup of our sin. Our sin is more painful than the beatings.
Pastor Johnny Pope
The Lord never entertains people by miracles."
The stone wasn't rolled away so Jesus could get through, but so others could go in and see that He had risen.
Pastor Kurt Skelly
3 Reasons Not to Serve God
1.)Some people will hate you.
2.) Some people are going to try to talk you out of it.
3.) Crazy people will call you crazy.
When you have a pure heart, you can go anywhere and do anything and still walk away with a pure heart.
You can't change what God has divinely destined for you life. God has given you everything you need for His plan. Don't be something that you're not. Your destiny is not going to look like any body else's. Intersect the strength you have and the passion He gave you.
David talked boldly to Goliath. You need to know your God if you're going to talk to a giant like that.
God wants to do some miracles in your life, but He wants your pure heart. Don't let the world define who you are or what you can do.
Evangelist David Ring
Facts about David Ring:
-When he was born, he died for 18 minutes.
-He was born with cerebral palsy.
-His mother did everything for him, so it was extremely tragic when she died unexpectedly when he was under the age of 16.
-After his mother died, he tried to kill himself every day for 2 years.
-He was adopted and was molested for 2 years.
-At age 16 he found Christ.
-He is now 61 years old, even though he was not supposed to live past the age of 30.
What did you do with what He gave you according to your own ability?
The more you tell your story, the more you overcome yourself.
God never says oops.
When I found God I found Someone worth living for and Someone worth dying for.
Get your eyes off yourself and encourage somebody, and eventually somebody will encourage you.
-----> God wants every one of you just the way you are. <-----
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Clean Air Asia's Interview with Dutch Minister Edith Schippers
On an official visit to India during January 29-31, 2014, one of the most important assignments for Ms Edith Schippers, the Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sports, was a cycling tour around the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. Considered the most cycle-friendly country in the world, the Netherlands is hoping to show cycling… Read More ›
Makati Barangays present plan for walkable city
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The shocking incident, in which leading Indian environmental activist Sunita Narain was seriously injured after being hit by a car while cycling in New Delhi, has raised several questions about the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in the country. According to the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi-based and highly respected public advocacy… Read More ›


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(Yicai Global) July 10 -- JD.Com, China's second-biggest e-commerce player, is turning its attention to the high-end retail sector with its participation in an investment in Asia's largest online luxury shopping platform Secoo Holding.
Secoo has secured USD175 million through a cooperation agreement with JD and the Asian unit of consumer-focused private equity firm L Catterton, the Beijing-based upscale retail platform said in a statement.
"This partnership will help us enhance our luxury capabilities and provide the best possible luxury shopping experience to consumers in China," JD Fashion & Lifestyle President Shengli Hu said. "Chinese consumers are increasingly discerning about their luxury purchases, demanding more variety and choice than ever. As we look to continue to meet this demand, we see many potential areas for future collaboration with Secoo."
SECOO will use the funds to expand further into the luxury market by gaining global fashion and retail resources from L Catterton Asia. The cooperation will elevate the company's shareholder value and consolidate its dominancein the domestic industry.
The platform has provided consumers with more than 300,000 stock-keeping units covering more than 3,000 brands from its website, mobile applications as well as offline experience centers.
L Catterton manages USD 15 billion in equity capital across six funds and 17 offices around the world. L Catterton Asia's investments include Trendy Group, Marubi Biotechnology and men's fashion retailer GXG.
JD has been consistently expanding its presence in the luxury goods field with participation in fashion weeks in New York, Milan and London. The Beijing-based platform established its own independent fashion division Toplife last year.
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text: Phil-o-mania Posted September 6, 2005 cbs.com The Linz Family ~ Cincinnati, Ohio Team of Four Siblings: Tommy, 19, Megan, 21, Nick, 24 and Alex, 22. The Linz Family is from Cincinnati, Ohio. This close-knit team is comprised of three brothers and one feisty sister who are so deeply rooted in Cincinnati that they have over 50 first cousins living in or near the Cincinnati area. The Linz's parents have been married for more than 28 years. Nick is the oldest on the team at 24 and works in sales in Buffalo, New York. He describes himself as hardworking and friendly. Alex, 22, recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati and works as an emergency room technician. He says he is optimistic and proud. Tommy, 19, is currently enrolled at Miami University of Ohio. Tommy, who played on the Miami University lacrosse team, is willing and outgoing. Megan, 21, is the only female on the team. She also attends Miami University of Ohio and is studying Strategic Communications. Megan enjoys cheerleading and field hockey. Although she's outnumbered by the boys, she and her brothers are very close. The Linz siblings are well-traveled, athletic, very competitive and ready to embark on a race around the world on "The Amazing Race." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Friday, June 9, 2017
Saffron Finch at the Hawai'i Volcanoes Observatory
first appeared on Diamond Head in 1965 and spread throughout Oahu. They appeared on the Big Island about the same time and spread across the lowlands. They've ranged into higher elevations and by 2000 they were noted in the village of Volcano next to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. That's where I saw them on one of my first trips to the islands in 2002. When I was there last month, they were still living in the same trees adjacent to the Hawai'i Volcanoes Observatory. I've previous posted on some I saw last year on the coast north of Kona.
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Facets on a gem bend light and change how we see things.
The same thing happens when bankruptcy law encounters a small business owner and the business itself.
Seen from one angle of the law, the business is a valuable asset.
Seen from another, it is nothing more than a job for the owner, having no real value without the owner.
It depends on where you stand and where the light hits.
Is incorporating dangerous?
The question comes up when individuals have a small business that provides a living, but the owners have accumulated crushing debt.
I wrote earlier about how incorporation could create a separate legal entity that could continue to operate during the bankruptcy of its shareholders.
My good friend Doug Jacobs pointed out that under some circumstances, incorporation could be seen as a fraudulent transfer. And that's not good.
A fraudulent transfer is one where the entity conveying property either intends to put it beyond the reach of his creditors, or, receives less than the asset was worth in exchange, leaving the transferor less able to pay his debts.
The bankruptcy code allows the bankruptcy trustee to recapture assets transferred in fraud of creditors.
My counter argument to Doug's point is that incorporation hardly conveys away the value of the business, as the debtor simply exchanges his outright ownership of the business for outright ownership of the stock in the corporation that owns the business.
If there is real value there, a bankruptcy trustee can reach it by dissolving the corporation.
My second argument is that before incorporation, the business was indistinguishable from the individual. The idea of "transferring" debts to the newly created corporation is facially pleasing, but cannot relieve the individual of any liability he had before incorporation.
It is an axiom of law that no agreement between two entities can bind a third: that is, the individual and his corporation cannot by agreement cut off the right of the individual's creditor to look to the individual for repayment, even though the new corporation and the individual might agree that the corporation will be henceforth liable.
This analysis is probably more theoretical than real.
The small businesses my clients usually operate are little more than personal services businesses. Incorporation simply provides cover for the trustee who, because of incorporation, doesn't have to shut the business down as part of his duties to preserve the assets of the estate.
Law colored by local culture
But whether you see incorporation representing a meaningful transfer or not, the issue highlights the fact that the legal culture does vary from place to place.
I practice in Silicon Valley; Doug practices in the Central Valley. Like it or not, even though the law is the same in both places, judges often bring a slightly different perspective to the bench, depending on where they practice.
For that reason, when you select a bankruptcy lawyer, you want one who knows the judges before whom your case will be heard and understands the legal culture in that community.
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Today silver are fluctuated on domestic market , silver for future delivery gain some good point on early trade after open 43054, on intraday it gain +300 point. Meanwhile after gaining an early up it fall sharply at MCX and touched a low of 42942.more depreciation are observed in MCX silver. In overseas market silver also fall down by early lead. COMEX silver are trading in the range of $22.30 to $22.90 a troy ounce.
Government are worried about gold import and say to take more action against gold, gold import are jumped by 138 % last month that's push up trade deficit to $ 17.8 billion. Gold importation highly affected the GDP and that the main reason behind government taking a strict action towards import of gold and intimate to increase the import rate.
Gold prices drop down after gaining a good momentum in domestic MCX, in upside it touch an intraday high of 26362 with a low of 26000.
Movement is bullion is going to volatile in evening session and expected to trade mostly with green side.
Today natural gas following a negative trend with a low movement, on intraday trade it touch a low of 224.50, more depreciation is look to seen in evening session. For today trading it is expected to trade in the range of 223.10 to 227.40.
Buy lead May above 112.50 tgt 112.80, 113.40, 114 …………sl 111
Buy zinc May above 101.60 tgt 101.90, 102.30, 102.60…………100.60
buy natural gas above 226 tgt 226.50, 227, 228..........sl 224
Buy gold June above 26050 tgt 26100, 26150, 26200……..sl 25900


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"It is great to be in the Rookies Cup and to learn so much, there are so many fast riders here and we get to go to the best tracks. I know that I have to learn a lot and I want to do that every time I get on the bike. By the end of the year I hope to be running in the top 8."
"In the winter I got ready for the season by working-out in the gym as much as I could, in the holidays from school I could spend almost all day in there. The first time I had the chance to get on the bike was at the pre-season test in Estoril."
"It was good that the second test was at Jerez, it is the only Rookies track that I have been to before so I knew it a little. All the other tracks are new to me and it will be very interesting to learn them all. That is the great thing about the Cup, going to so many great GP tracks."
"I want to learn a lot from the Cup and then go into Grand Prix. I watch the top guys and my heroes are Rossi, Capirossi, Kallio and Pasini, it is a real dream to try and follow them."


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — For years, North Korea has enjoyed the freedom for its citizens to visit, work and live in Malaysia, a rare privilege for a nation considered an outlaw by most of the world.
Now that freedom is in danger, with the North Korean Embassy in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, at the center of a murder investigation that is upending the cozy diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
Two North Korean men accused of participating in the Feb. 13 assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, have taken refuge in the embassy and are refusing to cooperate with the police. Their stance is presenting the Malaysian authorities with a daunting challenge as they try to crack a case with major international ramifications.
One of the two men, Hyon Kwang-song, is a high-ranking embassy employee who claims diplomatic immunity and, as a result, is untouchable by the police. The other, Kim Uk-il, an employee of the state-owned airline, Air Koryo, is safe from arrest as long as he remains on the embassy grounds.
South Korean intelligence officials said on Monday that Mr. Hyon worked for North Korea's Ministry of State Security, the country's secret police.
"The embassy is considered the sovereign territory of the country concerned, so the authorities cannot enter without permission," said Sivananthan Nithyanantham, a Malaysian lawyer who has served as counsel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. "To do so would be akin to entering foreign soil without consent and would be a serious breach of diplomatic protocol."
The Vienna Convention of 1961 gives diplomats and embassies a special protected status intended to safeguard the conduct of international affairs. But over the years, there have been several high-profile cases of diplomats and citizens who have sought to use these protections to avoid prosecution for serious, nondiplomatic crimes.
During a tense standoff with the United States, Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator, took refuge in the de facto Vatican embassy in Panama City in 1989 to avoid capture by United States troops who had come to seize him. He was forced to leave after 10 days when the Vatican declined to give him asylum.
And Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, unsuccessfully sought to invoke diplomatic immunity to avoid a lawsuit alleging that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in Manhattan in 2011. But his claim of immunity was rejected by a New York State judge because Mr. Strauss-Kahn had already left that post before the suit was filed.
One of the best-known diplomatic asylum seekers is Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has been holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London for five years to avoid extradition to Sweden on accusations of rape. Although he is not a diplomat, Ecuador has granted him asylum and allowed him to stay at the embassy.
Like Mr. Assange, Kim Uk-il, the North Korean airline employee, is vulnerable to arrest should he ever leave the embassy grounds — or, in his case, if relations sour to the point that Malaysia and North Korea cut diplomatic ties and the embassy closes.
Intelligence services, including the C.I.A., routinely assign agents to work in foreign embassies in the guise of diplomats, largely because of the protections of diplomatic immunity. Governments sometimes expel these agents when espionage is uncovered. But it is rare for someone working under diplomatic cover to be linked to a murder and for a government to seek an arrest.
The police say Kim Jong-nam was assassinated by two women who rubbed VX nerve agent on his face. Siti Aisyah, 25, of Indonesia, and Doan Thi Huong, 28, of Vietnam, were charged on Wednesday with his murder. They have said they thought they were participating in a harmless prank.
South Korea has blamed the North Korean government for Mr. Kim's assassination, and the Malaysian police have identified eight North Korean men, including Mr. Hyon, an embassy second secretary, and Kim Uk-il as participants in the plot.
North Korea said on Wednesday that the conclusion that Mr. Kim had been killed by VX nerve agent was "the height of absurdity" because such a poison is so powerful that it would have killed more than just one person.
The poisoning in the middle of Kuala Lumpur's busy international airport has prompted some Malaysians to call for an examination of their country's role in helping North Korea connect with the outside world — and to question whether the North should be allowed to have an embassy in Malaysia.
Dennis Ignatius, a former Malaysian ambassador to several Western Hemisphere countries, called Malaysian officials "naïve and gullible" in dealing with North Korea and questioned why the rogue state had ever been allowed to open its embassy in the first place.
He urged the government — sometimes known by the same name as its geographic location, Putrajaya — to downgrade relations with North Korea. He suggested expelling North Korea's ambassador, revoking the visas of North Koreans working in Malaysia and closing Malaysia's embassy in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Malaysia has already recalled its ambassador there for consultations.
"The real question is why Putrajaya has allowed North Korea to turn Malaysia into one of its most important bases of operation in the region from which to carry out clandestine activities, circumvent U.N. sanctions and engage in all sorts of illicit enterprises to earn hard currency for the regime," he wrote in a blistering blog post this week.
Under the Vienna Convention, countries can declare a foreign diplomat "persona non grata." Malaysia is said to be considering that designation for Mr. Hyon and his superior, Ambassador Kang Chol, who issued a strongly worded statement last week accusing Malaysia of colluding with South Korea in the Kim case.
Both Malaysia and North Korea have signed the Vienna agreement, which allows a country to waive immunity for its own diplomats.
This happens only rarely. Malaysia waived immunity in the case of its military attaché, Muhammad Rizalman bin Ismail, who was arrested in New Zealand in 2014 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a young woman.
He claimed diplomatic immunity and left New Zealand to avoid prosecution. But given the nature of the charges, Malaysia revoked his immunity and returned him to face trial in New Zealand, where he pleaded guilty.
In another unusual case, in 1997, President Eduard A. Shevardnadze of Georgia revoked the immunity of Gueorgui Makharadze, a high-ranking diplomat at the embassy in Washington, who was then tried and convicted in the drunken-driving death of a 16-year-old girl in Maryland.
In 2011, American officials argued that Raymond A. Davis, a C.I.A. contractor who killed two Pakistanis on a crowded street in Lahore, was entitled to diplomatic immunity, a claim rejected by the Pakistani government. He was eventually freed and left the country after the victims' families were promised millions of dollars in "blood money."
In Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian government, which declined to discuss the case, could face a protracted standoff with North Korea over the two suspects in the embassy.
About 1,000 North Koreans live and work in Malaysia, where their companies have rare access to global markets and the international banking system. For their part, Malaysians can visit North Korea without a visa, but few have reason to go. With such an imbalanced relationship, Malaysia may have little to lose by severing ties with North Korea if it continues to deny the police access to the suspects.
"This is certainly one of the world's most secretive and ostracized countries, and probably for good reasons," said Oh Ei Sun, a former secretary to Prime Minister Najib Razak and an adjunct senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. "We should really think twice about letting them come in freely."


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Anchor Ceramics Potter Light - Medium
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- Not supplied with globe. All electrical components are approved for use in Australia. The fitting must be installed by a licensed electrician.
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LEOMINSTER — Who said cooking is only for the grown-ups? Admittedly, being older makes it easier to reach ingredients on the top shelf, and maybe makes you a bit more confident working at the stove, but that isn't what cooking is about. For students at the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster, cooking isn't about age, it's about passion.
"I am very passionate about cooking, and I was willing to do anything to get into this class," said 11-year-old Zoey Ellis.
Ellis is one of the lucky 20 local children, selected among a list of 90, who we're able to get into the ChopChopKids cooking program being offered at the Boys & Girls Club. The eight-week program features a different healthy dish each week that is cooked by kids under the supervision of on-hand support staff.
"We're in week five now, so they're kind of seasoned pros at this point," said Abby Reich, a special-projects associate for ChopChopKids and who oversees the kitchen.
On Thursday, quesadillas were on the menu. Students ranging from ages 6-11 gathered around the brushed steel table at the center of the Boys & Girls Club's kitchen. Taking turns, they read aloud from the menu, going over each step. It's not just a quesadilla, it's a black bean and corn quesadilla.
Trying new things is a big part of the experience.
"Last week, one of them said how they hate salad and they'd never eat it, but when we did make it he ended up eating two whole bowls of it," said Reich.
The program was made possible by a $100,000 grant that The Harvard Pilgrim Foundation put toward creating healthy cooking classes in and around Greater Boston. Though it's not the first cooking class offered at the club, it's quickly becoming the most popular.
"We've had a couple in the past we've run ourselves. It tends to be expensive, and the staff might not have the same expertise, but the kids are still always interested," said Rocco Spagnuolo, a Boys & Girls Club unit directors. "Kids love the cooking programs."
The idea behind it is to form the basic building blocks of cooking ability, creating simple dishes that are both healthy and easy to make at home. It's intended for newcomers, but many claim to already know the joy of cooking.
"It's really fun because here you actually get to cook. Usually in other classes you can't stand in front of the stove and actually do it," said Iayanasade Williamson, who, in addition to what she's learned so far with the new cooking program, has a cooking repertoire that includes a couple pasta- and soup-based dishes.
Iayanasade is also just 6 years old.
Because of their age, the children aren't able to handle anything too dangerous. The sharpest things they get near are vegetable peelers and cheese graters, but they're still able to make do.
Ben Boyer, 11, displayed a steady hand in his spatula work. He was among the few students able to flip his quesadilla without help.
"I think it's important to start learning how to cook when you're young, because you need to know how to fend for yourself when you're older," he said, midflip. "It's also a great way to relieve stress."
The cooking class is part of a larger effort in Boys & Girls Clubs around Boston and Worcester. It was designed by ChopChopKids founder Sally Sampson and former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses.
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Receiving referrals from physicians not only improves your fitness business, it also helps you build credibility and respect throughout your community. However, not all physicians will be ready and willing to refer their patients to you right away. You must first gain their trust by demonstrating that you are a fitness professional who gives back to the community and treats the fitness profession as more than just a job, but as a career.
Even with all these qualities, don't expect to just walk into a medical office, give them your business card and have clients begin calling you. Working with the medical community takes planning, preparation and a lot of patience. Don't get frustrated if several physicians say no to you and your services. The key is finding the first physician who says yes!
STEP 1: Professional Preparation
The first step in receiving referrals from the medical community is developing yourself into a credible and respected fitness professional:
- Degree: While not mandatory, earning at least a bachelor's degree in the fitness/exercise field will improve your chances of being noticed and respected by the physicians.
- Certifications: Being certified by an accredited fitness organization will enhance your credibility.
- Practical skills: Gaining practical skills from internships, seminars, conferences and school-related projects are vital.
- Work experience: Health club settings, corporate fitness centers and private fitness studios provide valuable and unique experiences.
Preparing marketing kits for education department directors and physicians shows your professionalism and willingness to go that extra mile. Prepare the kits with the documents listed below, and place them in professional folders with binders and clear plastic covers.
For education department directors:
- Resumé
- Community fitness and exercise projects that you have been involved with
- Detailed job descriptions of previous work experiences
- Fitness/exercise articles that you have written in the past
- Testimonials from clients that you are currently working with
- Fitness/exercise programs that you offer
- Contact information
- (All of the above)
- Personal training insurance
- Agreement and release of liability form
- Health and medical questionnaire form
- Assessment form
The medical community is comprised of hospitals, medical plazas, medical facilities and their staffs and patients. Hospitals and bigger medical facilities will usually have an education department; this is where the health educators, registered dietitians are and where most of the educational seminars and lectures occur.
Locate medical facilities or offices, and gather the following information:
- Phone numbers and email addresses of the education department
- Whoever is in charge of lectures and seminars (look for an education department coordinator or director)
- Classes offered
Questions to ask the director:
- "What can I do to help improve your
- education department?"
- "Would you like a free training session to see what I can do for you and your classes?"
- "Can you give me an opportunity to do a presentation to your class?"
"Excuse me, my name is Michael, and I am a personal trainer [they will not understand what a fitness professional is]. May I leave this press kit for Dr. Jones? Can you please make sure you give it to him when you get the opportunity? Thank you."
What not to say to the front desk employee:
"Can you make sure you give this to Dr. Jones?"
Follow up after the press kit is given to the front desk employee. Come back one or two days later, and ask the front desk employee if she or he gave the press kit to the physician. If she did and the physician has not given you a call, ask the front desk employee for the physician's business card and all the information you need to get in contact with the doctor. Also, ask for the front desk employee's office phone number and extension.
STEP 4: Marketing Yourself to the Physician
The key to contacting physicians is being methodical and patient. Here's how:
Call during their off hours. When they are in their office, their thoughts are consumed by work and their patients' well-being, and they don't like being interrupted. When you leave them a message after hours, you can get your point across without feeling like you are in a hurry to say everything.
What do I say?
"Hello, Dr. Jones. My name is Michael, and I am the fitness professional who provided you a press kit containing information on how I can help your patients achieve their fitness goals. I have a masters degree in exercise physiology, and I am certified by two of the most recognized fitness organizations in the world. I would really appreciate it if you give me an opportunity to meet with you and discuss the services I provide or give me an opportunity to help one of your patients achieve their fitness goals. Thank you for your time and consideration."
The ones who care are the ones that will call. Remember, not all will call you back. Accept it, and move on.
The physician contacts you. Now what? This is your opportunity to shine. Have your press kit ready again, and be prepared to explain it to the physician in detail.
- Contacted by email — Email them back accordingly. Answer questions professionally, and show them that you will do your best taking care of their patients. Remember, new clients will always be their patients first and your clients second.
- Contacted by phone — If they leave a message, call them back as early as possible. They are showing you that they are very interested in your services; therefore, you must do whatever it takes to make it happen.
- Contacted by a meeting — This is the best scenario for you, but don't expect it often. The most important thing to do in this meeting is prove to the physician that you will take care of the patient. Go over your press kit again, and show them your medical questionnaire, how you would go over it with their patient and how you can care for their patient. Tell physicians that you will always be open to their suggestions and opinions, no matter what.
- At this point, the physician approves your services, and you both agree that the physician will refer you patients. The only thing that is left is proving to the doctor that you are taking care of the patients.
STEP 5: Getting Physicians to Consistently Refer Patients
Maintaining a great relationship with a physician is all about them trusting you with their patients as well as them liking you.
Once a month, provide a brief hand-written note to each doctor that you work with about the status of their patient that you are training. Use quality stationery. Hand-written notes mean more to them than computer-generated letters, and they provide a personal touch. Here is a sample note:
Dear Dr. Jones,
Ted is doing really well with me. His wife has been telling me that when he wakes up in the morning, his left leg rarely hurts him anymore. He is walking better and feeling less pain with his right hip. I will keep taking care of him. Thank you and take care.
Best in health,
Provide them with your business brochure or flyer to be placed in their office to give the physician easier access to your information when referring their patients to you.
Give them a gift card them a gift card to their favorite coffee place along with a hand-written thank-you note to show them your gratitude and your willingness to maintain a great relationship with them.
Having a great referral program with a physician will help your credibility throughout the community as well as other physicians. But more importantly, the patient will benefit tremendously from the guidance of a credible and educated fitness professional. Working with a physician takes a systematic approach that will require time, preparation, discipline, patience and hard work, but the benefits will always supercede the work it takes to make this relationship happen.
Michael Y. Seril is the founder/president of Michael Seril Fitness Inc. (www.michaelserilfitness.com) and the Excellence Through Exercise Foundation. You can contact him at email@example.com or 562.902.0100.


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Every artist is influenced by the world around them. The people, places and things that define my work are what the Influencers post is all about. I hope you find inspiration from what you read/view.
This week's Influencer has been helping me get my photographic ish together since I started shooting seriously last year. His name is Peter Hong of Peter Hong Photography. His images have a light and airy feel to that I enjoy; it's an almost magical appeal. I also like the level of creativity he brings to his images. You can tell he really enjoys what he does. So, this week, I'd like you all to meet Peter Hong!
How did you get into photography (or a specific genre of photography)
I got into photography by accident. Before going to my year abroad in Japan I decided to find out a little about photography in the hope to be able to take better photos to document my time there. Unknown to me, I unlocked a secret passion for photography. I guess I knew I was getting addicted when I would spend hours watching how to videos and do loads of test shoots.
How do you want others to view your work?
I'm not sure since I take photos and edit them to the way I like it. I think the ones who like what I do will let me know and the ones who dislike my style would also tell me hahaha. But I think with art, to get better, you need to realize that you can't please everybody.
Who are the artists that influence and inspire your work? Why?
I'm really into Chase Jarvis, Edward McGowan, Alice Gao and Joey L. I like the way they see life through a lens.
What do you like most about your own work?
I like the fact that I don't like spending time on something too much. I'm really fast in photo shoots and editing. It really helps to visualize what you are after before executing it.
What about your works brings you joy?
I guess the ability to share. I like sharing. I often do lots of tutorials and such. We all start off somewhere so it is nice to give back to the community!
What do you do to positively influence the next generation of photographers/visual artists?
Kinda mentioned it in the last question hahaha.
What are some of your favorite processes and techniques?
My style would come across as bright with a vintage twist. I love over exposing images and then adding a little vintage color. That is my signature style I guess
How can readers find out more about you and your work?
I have a main site and a Facebook site:
Peter Hong Photography Facebook Page
Peter Hong Photography Personal Site
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Sony's been talking a little more about how PS4 and its systems will work over at the Tokyo Game Show, revealing one big change to its online service in the way it'll encourage players to use and display their proper names.
Instead of calling yourself XxSephitrothxX, the idea is that the more casual gamer who sees a real person requesting to play and friend status might find the experience a little more welcoming. And as we've seen plenty of times on the internet at large, people usually behave significantly better when they're not shielded by the anonymity of a fake name and a Star Wars character avatar.
But it won't be compulsory or anything. The real names will be used in addition to its existing PSN ID system, so all your existing internet friends won't suddenly be shocked to discover that your MenKiller666 name is actually just a front for Ian Johnson.
In terms of hardware performance. Sony spoke a little more about PS4's architecture at its Tokyo keynote, underlining the ease of use and price friendliness of the X86 CPU and GPU combo, also taking time to pat itself on the back over the decision to stick 8GB of unified RAM inside the machine. [Slashgear 1 & 2]


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259: Fix Yo Face, Fix Yo Life – Epiphany Mattel
If you don't respect yourself ain't nobody else going to respect ya either…no matter how pretty yo face is or isn't. And even if your own parents don't respect who you are, then sometimes you just gotta sashay away and say, "I'm here to respect myself first and foremost and using that power to spread love and light."
From praying the trans away to getting it beaten the hell out of her, Epiphany Mattel has found her path to being her, yes her, not him. Born a boy, but knowing from a very young age that she was a girl, she's fixed her face and on track to fix a few other things to be the perfect doll she's always been. This is her life uncloseted story, and don't you dare think of changing it for her…LOL!
Show Highlights
* Her Mom's house got shot up because of this
* 20/20 wasn't her hind site, it was her reality check
* Her Father was this but was also in denial
* Exorcism, praying it away, even mental illness didn't change the music inside and the woman within
* Quote: You block your blessings
About Epiphany
Epiphany Mattel grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. Her parents raised her to be confident and speak her mind, that is, until she told them that she was girl. Her mother, a devout Baptist, took the religious "God doesn't make mistakes" and "let's pray the demon out" path, sending Epiphany to priests, psychiatrists and other medical professionals to fix the problem. Her father's approach was more physical. He sought to beat the trans out of Epiphany and would tease, taunt and shame her. At one point, he even shaved her head.
Once puberty hit, Epiphany left home and sought refuge in the hood where she learned about street code and survival. She became a dangerous beauty, a chameleon who can thrive in any circle or setting, a boss more concerned with creating her own lane rather than trying to fit into a predetermined space someone else chose to place her in. She stands strong in her truth, even if it offends others, and while she rarely starts trouble, she isn't afraid to finish it. "My message is to respect yourself first and foremost and then use that power to spread love and light," she explains.
Epiphany Mattel first met drag sensation, Latrice Royale, through a mutual friend when Royale was seeking a feature rapper for her song, "Weight". "We instantly clicked like we'd known each other for years," Epiphany remembers. Latrice Royale would eventually take Epiphany Mattel under her wing, becoming her manager and guiding Epiphany's new rap career. "She recognized that a trans woman doing hip hop offered a different point of view from anything else out there. I can be as sexy as any cis chick in the game and as hard as any male: I'm the best of both worlds."
Epiphany Mattel has big dreams. She aims to create a movement in sound; something similar to Neyo, The Dream, and Kanye West where other artists might create similar songs but fans will always recognize it as an Epiphany Mattel joint. "What I hope fans take away from my music is that they are not alone," she says. Epiphany Mattel's new single, "#FIXYOFACE," is available on iTunes, Spotify and all digital formats.
Connect with Epiphany
#FIXYOFACE music video
Latrice Royale's music video that featuring Epiphany


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HSB Note: "Alex Dunnachie, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound punter from Australia, has orally committed to join the Warriors next season, and figures to help fill the void left by the departure of senior Tim Grasso. Dunnachie's background is in Australian Rules Football, and he is still learning the American style of kicking. Dunnachie was on his way to California to attend the Ray Guy/Prokick.com Academy's camp in Walnut Creek yesterday."
About Dunnachie, Ray Guy/Prokick.com Academy camp director Rick Sang said:
"He looks like a major college tight end. He's very talented. He's got natural power, he's got a really strong leg. … He's a raw talent, and he's getting better." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Sang said Dunnachie worked under Nathan Chapman, who runs a kicking program in Australia, and his distance figures to improve as he refines his technique. Hawaii had success with an Australian punter in the past. Mat McBriar finished his UH career second in school history with an average of 42.22 yards per kick before going on to an NFL career with the Dallas Cowboys. Sang said Dunnachie's leg strength compares favorably with McBriar and Shane Lechler of the Oakland Raiders."


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The illegal dumping of household rubbish in the Wodonga area has dramatically increased and the Wodonga council says offenders are blaming their actions on the carbon tax.
The council has predicted illegal dumping will cost it about $10,000 this financial year, up from $3,000 the previous year.
Spokesman Craig McClanahan says offenders caught illegally dumping rubbish have blamed a carbon tax levy at the Albury landfill site.
However, he says he has no other evidence to back up the claims.
"I can't comment on that, look I'm just speaking from the compliance perspective and the anecdotal evidence before me is that as a result of the carbon tax, it's causing people to illegally dump rubbish," he said.
"We're just trying to bring attention to the community that it is an offence to illegally dump materials in a public place and that also ... asking people for their assistance to help identify and stamp out this problem.
"They're saying the waste over at Albury landfill has increased to $26 per tonne, so it's quite a substantial increase to the general person to be able to dispose of waste, so that's generally [the] excuse that's been given from offenders.
"We've recently investigated one illegal dumping, the person has admitted it and as a result they were issued with an infringement notice and their reason was because of the cost."
The Albury City Council has told the ABC its carbon tax levy is $26 a tonne for household materials going to landfill.
It says the levy targets businesses and large companies delivering large quantities of rubbish to the landfill and the cost to households is minimal.
He says there is no evidence in Albury that illegal dumping has increased.


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I'm working on a theory in my Mindtank. It's about arrogance – something I'm all to familiar with – and gigs. Not as in spectacles, though some of them can be quite the spectacle – no, I mean music gigs. Concerts. Shows. Whatever you want to call them. This Thinktrain has popped into my head a few times before, but it's been re-ignited since I went to see The Gaslight Anthem last night.
See, being well cool and all that (ahem…) I've liked the band for ages (see here for the best interview I've ever done), but they've gone and done that thing that very few of the bands I like bother to do – they've got a bit popular with the plebs. What this has resulted in is an increase in the size of the Gig Bastions they play their musical notes in. No longer is it 150 smelly people in a reasonably small pub together – it's now ten times that many cramped into a big smelly auditorium of furious Sound Wrangling. Also they smell worse, as there's more of them.
What this means is that there are more people from different backgrounds, different walks of life and a broader selection of people that have taken bites from a different Decision Pasty to what we may be used to. Oh, and they dress differently too, like they're real people or something.
Even though this is undeniably a good thing – Gaslight are a fine band, deserving a ride on any Success Minecart they may be offered – it does make for some interesting kneejerk reactions from the likes of myself and Anna (who accompanied me to the Harmonious Cabaret). Along the lines of: "they don't look like the kind of people who would normally go to gigs", or the more contentious "they look like they shouldn't be at this gig".
I call it Garrogance, and it's something I'm going to hold onto til the day my Lifewell springs a leak.


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Introducing The 'Corporate Leadership Award Winner'
Alexis Michaelides was shortlisted and Nominated for a London Leadership & Peace Award, and has now won the prestigious award for creating an organisation that increases aspiration and showing all round efforts to give back to the community. With support from the likes of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Rev Nims Obunge MBE DL and special congratulations from Prime Minister Teresa May.
Hosted by Victoria Everest (Manger of Telco Relationships at Microsoft) & Funmi Olutoye (Television Journalist and PR consultant). Accompanied by performances from the likes of Kelly Armstrong, Gifty Louise, Solomon Oyegoke and many more.
About the awards
Over the last 18 years the Peace Alliance has hosted and organised numerous community and citywide events with a vision of empowering Londoners to become engaged in a collaborative effort to build a stronger, safer and more cohesive city.


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..Coward said officers were feeling disheartened with the dramatic changes that had taken place in the past 12 months.
"I think that the key word here is frustration - with budgets, the judiciary, new systems in place alienating the community and traffic taking precedence over everything," Coward said.
"It is a frustration shared by frontline staff."
Coward said he didn't want to sound disgruntled but believed the public had the right to know what was happening..."
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Get Free WiFi With Your iPhone And BlackBerry From AT&T
It is getting easier to get VoIP Services with more mobile devices (Mobile VoIP) now that AT&T has decided to deliver AT&T free WiFi services to it's BalclBerry and iPhone customers. I have all my business conducted from an BlackBerry when I am out of the office and now the life might get easier, so to millions of other users of iPhone and BlackBerry. But make sure that you have the unlimited data plan, that is one requirement from AT&T.
AT&T announced today that it will begin offering free AT&T Wi-Fi(SM) service to current and new Mobile customers. Mainly iPhone and BlackBerry customers. In addition to the iPhone, iPhone 3G, BlackBerry devices like BlackBerry Bold, the BlackBerry(R) Pearl(TM) 8120 and the BlackBerry(R) 8820 will follow later this year, will have free AT&T Wi-FI service. AT&T plans to make the offer available to more mobile devices in the future. AT&T has the nation's largest Wi-Fi network, with more than 17,000 hot spots including Starbucks, Barnes & Noble,and thousands of other locations to access free wifi.
Additional details, including instructions on how to access the hot spots, are available at attwifi.
"AT&T is committed to providing its customers with the best connectivity at the best value," said David Christopher, chief marketing officer of AT&T's mobility business unit. "We have the industry's leading lineup of smartphones, along with the nation's largest Wi-Fi network. It only makes sense for us to bring these unique capabilities together for our customers."


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10.1.1 Upgrade Scripts - SQL Server
The following implementation scripts must be run on your Responder SQLServer database to add the correct tables, views, and indices to upgrade Responder to version 10.1.1. When upgrading Responder execute ONLY the Upgrade script(s) that fall between your previous release and the new release to which you are upgrading. Do NOT execute any Implementation Scripts.
Responder requires two databases: Responder and Archive. Some scripts are run on the Responder database and some on the Archive database. In the list below, the database on which the script should be executed is in parentheses.
By default, these scripts are installed here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Miner and Miner\Responder\Developer Resources\10.1.0 - 10.1.1 Upgrade Scripts\MS_SQL.
1001sp1_01_RxTables_mssql.sql (Responder)
1001sp1_02_ArcJoinViews_mssql.sql (Responder)
1001sp1_03_ArchiveTables_mssql.sql (Archive)
- Open the SQL Server Query Analyzer window, connecting to the Responder database as the schema owner (e.g., RESPONDER).
- Execute the 1011_01_RxTables_mssql.sql script. This script creates the database tables required by Responder.
- The 1011_02_ArcJoinViews_mssql.sql script creates the views
that are used to display Responder data in ArcMap. Execute 1011_02_ArcJoinViews_mssql.sql.
Even if you executed this script as part of the initial implementation,
execute it again. NOTE: Before executing this script, you will need to modify the object names within it to match those in your geodatabase. Open the script and ensure that the object names in the script match the corresponding object names in your geodatabase.
- Open the SQL Server Query Analyzer window, connecting to the Archive database as the schema owner (e.g., ARCHIVE).
- Execute the 1011_03_ArchiveTables_mssql.sql script. This script creates the database tables required by Responder Archive Explorer.


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Thread: I acquired a new habit!
12-18-2005, 02:30 AM #1Senior Member
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I acquired a new habit!
I dunno if what I acquired is good or bad habit.. I just decided to scam russians irrespective of there sex.
Elnag, please when u say who hates the russians mention me only. Sonar and lonely boy do not hate them and they should not be blamed. I think I am the only one who hate russians irrespective of there age,sex and background. I am not nazi but I believe that the russian society as a whole is ****ty coz the society knows about all the bad things happening there and there law simply ignores that. I do not blame individuals coz wherever you go you find bad people (Even in the best place on earth.. the United States)... I blame the system that allows these things to happen. North Americans are successful coz they respect everybody and do NOT discriminate at all. They have a wonderful system and rules. Americans who disobey the rules will be sent to trial.... even the president. The system is above the individuals. Whereas in russia there are no rules... they just ignore the scamming issue.... and many other issues.
Russia is way behind! It is just a crappy country and russian women should never be equivalent to our North American women
12-18-2005, 12:57 PM #11Senior Member
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i go nowhere and for a start "to hell" go american tax money, dead soldiers & all the rest, while Doublejew & his cronies get monies for puppeting the masquerade.
Interesting enough, now nobody remembers good old days when Irak (hence Saddam) was the "good guy" versus Iran.
Oh, no...that is a "brutal" regime now.
The answer is: who cares.
Americans slept well at night & wouldn't bother with say kurdish or other "brutalized" groups or minorities...now that's suddenly unbearable and "morally unjust"?
As well, i think such countries cannot be properly governed because of constantly impending tribal/religious/ethnic warfare: see Afghanistan, where americans aren't doing better than russians.
At least here they had a more realistic approach, rather than bogus "good vs evil" cardboard roles (real life is not some Rambo ripoff movie )...they said americans had promised dividends for joining them...reasonable...too bad we're still waiting for the Yugoslavia or the Kuwait US cheque to clear...
12-18-2005, 02:48 PM #12Senior Member
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Interesting enough, now nobody remembers good old days when Irak (hence Saddam) was the "good guy" versus Iran.
The underlying cause and effect of the Iraqi war is terrorism. Seems that the US and the UK are the only ones able to get off their ass and do something about it.
The hawks in America have always known that this war would need to be fought somewhere. And Iraq is the perfect place for it since these coward terrorist's are so unwilling to fight a conventional battle.
Sure, it's easy to stand on the sideline and criticize when someone else is doing the dirty work. Pacifism is not the only option and is a dangerous approach when dealing with such fanatics.
The opinion of more than 70% of the Iraqi people very much outweighs pacifist Europe's critical attitude.
A man's mind, streched by a new idea, will never re-gain it's original dimension.
12-18-2005, 05:14 PM #13Senior Member
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you're very naive.
that's another question like agency propaganda.
oh, Irak?
Weren't they done with Talibans...
No wait...now there's Irak as "terrorist hotbed"...
Hey, wasn't terrorism supposed to stop with Saddam's fall?
no wait...that's Iran...or Syria...
and no, wait, before you had Milosevic (today he'd win an oscar as "rughead grinder" ).
what a joke.
Group 1000 "rugheads" and you'll have the germ...anywhere...invading foreign lands (which produce oil & opium by chance ) serves no purpose but raise funds for crooked politicians...
I am not sure whether Chuck Norris did show that in his movies, but the only reason USA became "a super power" is (think of it) that was the only country not ravaged by the war, which destroyed Italy, France and even Indochina, China, Russia.
Big country of course, but USSR was even bigger.
quote:The underlying cause and effect of the Iraqi war is terrorism.
quote:The opinion of more than 70% of the Iraqi people very much outweighs pacifist Europe's critical attitude.
like the Saddam statue video, when UK media was fired for showing there was much less and sparse attendance than shown by US friendly media.
Americans brought welfare there...too bad a quarter of say tribes or sects have already taken the path to exile, same as in Afghanistan. Impending tribal warfare. News admit many regions in the country are under the dominance of several "mad dog" groups, and although you got soldiers at every traffic light, extremists bomb wherever they please, anytime.
Great achievement. Najbullah couldn't do better.
Newsflash: even occupying Germans had "friendly" governments voted for them.
But of course when Germans invade a foreign country it's another story...they do it to acquire ressources & extend their power, while americans do it for the sake of humankind. When you had a german with a machine gun at every traffic light at home, it was oppression; an american is in your best interest...
Very naive.
Newsflash again: while the USA spend billions to maintain fancy armies, the first coming rughead can make a bomb good enough with kitchen ingredients; they blacked us all out several times and god forbid what could 1kg poison do into a big city's water supply.
While in the meantime a "president-friendly contractor" is working on some "anti-bunker" warheard multibillion project...yea right.
First they jam packed us with muslims waiving the bible (3+ millions in Italy; 6+ in Germany etc ), now they want to start a war based on religion or something...?!!
Come on, every idiot here knows among "muslim culture centres", at least 50% have affiliation with terrorists, whether training, fund-raising, hospitality or else...
Even Hitler thought sending troops abroad would solve the problem, but it created a bigger one.
12-19-2005, 12:35 AM #14Senior Member
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[quote]Originally posted by ham
you're very naive.[\quote]
Yeah right!! And I suppose that you are some kind of self appointed authority on US foreign policy. And I suppose that the majority of the American people along with the Iraqis are also very naive.
Wake up man and join the 21st century. If the UN were not dominated by pacifist European self interest groups,they would have been able to enforce international law and there would have been no need for a second Iraqi war. But we all know the bottom line to that joke.
I'm very naive?? Don't think so. I just don't fall for opinionated rhetoric and that is really all that you have to offer on this subject.
A man's mind, streched by a new idea, will never re-gain it's original dimension.
12-19-2005, 07:05 AM #15Senior Member
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what about good vs evil, "good guys who do the dirty job for the good of humankind" & else?
that come straight from some chuck Norris movie.
quote:If the UN were not dominated by pacifist European self interest groups
That is fine with me, as long as we don't exhume the UN to suit our needs.
quote:I suppose that you are some kind of self appointed authority on US foreign policy
Y@hoo news etc, not the Teheran Telegraph.
Yet they're still there.
where did i get say Cheney's fund raising contributor company gets a fat slice of the Irak cake?
Again public news, not the communist party hotline.
Wasn't "terrorism" bound to die after the fall of Talibans?
i do remember all that rubbish.
Wasn't it supposed to die after the fall of Saddam?
Dodge this as much as you like, but it's there.
Oh, no...now it's Iran the "true" problem...right.
then ok, you be the authority and tell me it's a "conspiracy" directed by "pacifists", commies, frogs, chinks & whatever against knights in shining armour fighting for the benefit of humankind, and dirty personal interest plays no or negligible role.
Stuffed as we are with "rugheads", i hope it doesn't escalate into something out of control.
Ah...Chuck Norris was fatly paid as well to star in those movies...
Believe whatever you want: i'm done.
12-19-2005, 07:19 AM #16Senior Member
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Well, Iraqi war....
That will certaibly share our opinions...
When will it lead to discussion about Russian women and scamming...?
12-19-2005, 07:29 AM #17Senior Member
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Well, Iraqi war....
That will certaibly share our opinions...
When will it lead to discussion about Russian women and scamming...?
but i find extremely humorous when people are brainwashed so completely they think whatever big brother tells them to, which of course varies by the hour.
12-19-2005, 11:45 AM #18Senior Member
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lately Doublejew was caught in a lie (the whole "mass destruction" item in the Irak affair ) and admittedly so (= he admitted he lied ), along with Blair.
Never heard the term ?doublejew? before. Did you invent it??
Since neither Bush nor Blair are Jewish, maybe you can explain the meaning.
Your idea that America is on some kind of mission to save the world from radical Islamic terror is flawed. For more than 20 years these cowards have attacked our embassies and people abroad and more recently here at home. America?s goal is to protect America.
You say that America became the leader of the free world and a super power only because we were not ravaged by the effects of WWII ? It was the industrial revolution of the 20th century that made America great, not the fact that we fought the war on your ground.
And you seem to forget that both WWI and WWII were your damn wars up until the time that we were attacked by Japan in WWII. But every time Western Europe gets their ass in a bind, where do they turn? America of course.
I never take these type of discussions personally and of course you are entitled to your opinion. But your words ?na?ve? and ?brainwashed? are confrontational in nature and definitely do not apply to this discussion. Nothing more than simple name calling.
The End!!!
A man's mind, streched by a new idea, will never re-gain it's original dimension.
12-19-2005, 01:57 PM #19Senior Member
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well, the lie about mass destruction items comes from open sources, their admissions ("CIA lied to me" )+ say UN inspectors ( a bunch of traitors on Teheran's payroll, huh? ).
But i'm sure yahoo news, our local tv, CNN, BBC etc are all lefty traitors...ah, and B&B themselves admitting to "having been misled".
But i understand they now want to focus on something else than mass destruction ghost weapons.
quote:were your damn wars
During the "drole de guerre" WWI, USA would supply UK & France with the "cash&carry" approach (= UK or french vessels or american vessels under their responsibility would first cash, then carry weapons back ).
At one point Germans declared total submarine war.
They had already won zarist russia and planned on a puppet independent Ukraine.
Germans themselves sent Lenin back to Russia from Switzerland in a sealed, closely guarded train (biiig mistake #2 ).
Germans felt confident after the victory over Russia and declared total submarine war.
Of course that would hurt USA interests.
Understandably, much was at stake (alas, nobody cared about the regimes ).
Another question was the huuuuge debt UK & France still had with the USA for anything related to the war...which of course germans wouldn't honor (haha! paying for the bullets they shoot at you ).
That was the propelling force behind US intervention.
WWII saw the attack of Japan ( which mistakenly didn't occupy Hawaii ).
So it's not anybody "turns to"...UK & France had huge debts & USA wanted to secure their repayment + of course extra power is a bonus.
If it hadn't been for France, there would be no USA, too ( Chuck Norris doesn't film XIX century movies ).
Industrial revolution has nothing to do with anything...when you get night-long bombings, what do you do with your factories? Answer: they go down.
quote:But your words ?na?ve? and ?brainwashed? are confrontational in nature and definitely do not apply to this discussion. Nothing more than simple name calling.
which word would you use...misled...unattentive...gullible...circumvent ed...?
i think watching politics through pink glasses (eg good vs evil or junk like that ) is naive.
Why did Mussolini help Franco conquer Spain?
Good versus evil?
No way...he said he didn't want another super lefty actor in the area...Leon Blum was one too many.
Then as i said, think whatever you want.
Hell, some think they can marry a teen model if they're 70 living off food stamps.
Now let's end this feud and as i said, to each its own.
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