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England get the job done against Hungary
Date: 12/10/2020 8:15 PM
In the second match of the opening day for Group 1, hosts England took on Hungary to get their qualification campaign underway.
Players arriving in England two days before the start were subjected to the increasingly familiar COVID-19 restrictions necessary in competitive sport. England had a brief scare when a squad member received a positive test on-site. Subsequently, three players had to pull out from the squad.
England has a lot of strength in depth, which was on display today against a determined Hungarian team.
The singles categories were up first with Toby Penty facing Gergely Krausz. Three years previously, it was a smooth victory for the English left-hander. Today, by his own admission, it was not his best game.
-It was probably not my best performance. I made a lot of errors. The shuttle was very, very fast today. He played with good speed at times and when I lost my focus in the second he capitalised on it.
-But I am happy with my response in the third game because that is something I am trying to work on, Penty added.
In the second game, Krausz showed a nice demonstration of sportsmanship when admitting to a double-hit, something that was not spotted by the umpire. The act was applauded by the onlooking English team.
-Fair play to him. It was good sportsmanship and a nice gesture. I appreciate that.
Penty was able to kick away in the decider and give England a 1-0 lead.
Sarosi happy to return after getting COVID-19
Olympian Laura Sarosi was able to level the score against a young English talent in Freya Redfearn. Sarosi had to dig deep to get over the line but is delighted to be back on court.
-I am really happy I can play because three months ago I got the coronavirus. I could not practice for eight weeks. Getting it hit me quite hard, I am recovering from the impact, but I am happy my level is coming back!
England bounce back in the men's doubles
Ben Lane/ Sean Vendy are in top form after a semifinal result at the Denmark Open. They admitted frustration that they cannot build on this further and are eagerly awaiting the tournaments in Thailand next year. Today they showed their power and won decisively over Gergo Pytel/ Gergely Szita.
The doubles keep coming
Following up in a similar fashion, Jenny Moore/ Chloe Birch secured the win by extending the lead to 3-1 against Vivien Sandorhazi/ Laura Sarosi in a straight-game victory. This English pair combination was not expected to feature in these matches. However, with Victoria Williams unable to take part, England relied on their strength in depth.
-It's never nice to not have a teammate here, as we all support each other and play to represent our country. We are really lucky we have a big team and if one player is unable to play, then another can step in.
That one point
In the final match of the day, world number nine pair Marcus Ellis/ Lauren Smith put on a show for everyone in the venue with a clinical 21-1, 21-11 win over Gergely Szita/ Daniella Gonda. Talking about being 13-0 up in the first game, Ellis explains.
-I don't think it is something we particularly think about. I think it is important to show maximum respect to the people we are playing. I hope they appreciated that we played our best just to show some respect for them.
This gets England off the mark with now the prospect of facing Estonia tomorrow, who defeated Sweden 3-2 earlier on today.
For livestreaming from all qualification groups, read: EMTCQ: How you can follow the action


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Tufts Children's Hospital to close, convert beds into adult ICU beds in July
Pediatrician-in-Chief Geoffrey G. Binney, Jr., MD, MPH (far right) reveals the new name of Tufts Medical Center's pediatric hospital – Tufts Children's Hospital – at an unveiling ceremony Monday morning. (From L to R) President and CEO of Wellforce Michael Dandorph, Executive Director of Patient Care Services at Tufts Children's Hospital Mary Beth Williams, RN, and Massachusetts State Senator Joseph Boncore and his family look on. (photo – Lucyus Fevrier)
By Amy Sokolow |
PUBLISHED: January 20, 2022 at 12:37 p.m. | UPDATED: January 20, 2022 at 5:37 p.m.
Tufts Children's Hospital will make a major pivot this July, closing down its renowned children's services to convert its 41 pediatric inpatient beds to adult ICU and medical/surgical beds in response to changing patient needs.
Tufts will refer children to Boston Children's Hospital, a former competitor the hospital said it is now collaborating with.
"Our Medical Center has never been stronger, but now patient needs are changing," said Dr. Michael Tarnoff, president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center. "As we look toward the future, we must make this difficult but crucial decision. I am confident that through this collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital, we will best serve the long-term health needs and well-being of our patients, our families, our employees, our trainees and the communities Wellforce serves."
Wellforce, the parent organization of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Healthcare and other health networks, approached the hospital about the collaboration, set to become effective on July 1, pending regulatory approval.
The groups said the change is necessary to keep up with the demands of today's health care system. Tufts Medical Center, which serves adults in its 415-bed Chinatown facility, has had to turn away "hundreds of patients each month," Wellforce said in a release. Many of these adults need highly specialized care.
Tarnoff told reporters the trends leading to the decision announced Thursday pre-date the COVID-19 pandemic.
"These demands on Tufts Medical Center were here even pre-pandemic, they've just been intensified," he said. "As high-quality of care as (Tufts Children's) provides and as big as its heart is, (it's) been a long-standing question, and the timing of this inside the pandemic may seem unusual, but this is a conversation we've had for a while."
Meanwhile, fewer children are projected to require hospitalization, Wellforce added, while those that will need care will need more specialized care themselves. Wellforce said that pediatric patients in need of "acute or specialty care" will be sent to the Harvard-affiliated Boston Children's Hospital.
The 41-bed closure will translate to up to 2,000 discharges per year that will be transitioned to Boston Children's Hospital, and to an additional 20% expansion in adult beds for Tufts Medical Center. The announcement comes six months early to allow the "several hundred" affected employees to transition to new roles.
Tufts Medical Center will continue to operate its neonatal intensive care unit, as well as pediatric primary care services, including the Pediatric and Adolescent Asian Clinic as a resource for the local Chinatown community. The Center for Children with Special Needs will stay operational, as will New England Pediatric Care, a long-term care facility for children.
Tufts Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital are also in talks to coordinate delivery of "pediatric ambulatory specialty services, including satellite physician services," Wellforce said, for its 70,000 pediatric patients in the area.
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I only knew Paper.js "by sight", therefore I decided to test it before using it for a business project; to do this I created this tiny 2D racing game.
I wanted to partially recreate the physics and gameplay of Racer; I recalled this splendid Chrome Experiment developed by Active Theory and I remembered that it had been developed in Paper.js, it had good physics and great performance on mobile also. Moreover (thanks to the active theory coders!) I could also find this HTML5 ROCK case study, a great place where to start.
I used Paper.js both for designing the track by reading an SVG file created with Illustrator, and for all the calculations regarding velocity, location, rotation, tangential velocity, etc.
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WTTW 11, Chicago's public broadcasting channel, recently held a pledge drive on Saturday, March 2, 2013. The drive showcased the video series, "Remembering Chicago", and covered all things Chicagoland from the 1920's to the 1980's.
Sterling Engineering, Inc. volunteered by answering phones and taking pledges from customers. Despite a few technical difficulties, the day was a success for WTTW and Sterling Engineering. Employees are excited to return to support WTTW's efforts again in the near future.
If you are interested in volunteering for this or other fun Sterling initiatives, please contact Marian Brady (630) 993-3409 mbrady@sterling-engineering.com for details on upcoming events.


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Emma has not been in a serious relationship since 2008. She's looking for a cute queer lady who can match her enthusiasm for burlesque and World of Warcraft. Comedian Patti Harrison joins Jane on the quest to find a date for Emma. Along the way, Patti shares what it's like to date online as a trans woman, and how she found love on Tinder.
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Scott is an accomplished guy — he's a Harvard grad and reality tv star. He's also 34 years old and has never had a boyfriend. Jane and TV writer Gabe Liedman (Broad City, Transparent) decide to make Scott a playbook for dating, to see if they can help him accomplish this goal.
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West Nile virus (WNV) has become the most epidemiologically important mosquito-borne disease in the United States, causing ∼50,000 cases since its introduction in 1999. Transmitted primarily by Culex species, WNV transmission requires the complex interplay between bird reservoirs and mosquito vectors, with human cases the result of epizootic spillover. To better understand the intrinsic factors that drive these interactions, we have compiled infection data from sentinel chickens, mosquito vectors, and human cases in Iowa over a 15 year period (2002-2016) to better understand the spatial and temporal components that drive WNV transmission. Supplementing these findings with mosquito abundance, distribution, and host preferences data, we provide strong support that Culex tarsalis is the most important vector of human WNV infections in the region. Finally, we identify underlying climatic factors (temperature and drought) that are associated with inter-annual trends in WNV intensity. Together, our analysis provides new insights into WNV infection patterns in multiple hosts and highlights the importance of long-term surveillance to understand the dynamics of mosquito-borne-disease transmission.


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Care home workers recognised with badges from government
We always ensure that we offer the best possible care experience to our residents.
We're keen to highlight the dedicated work that our team of care workers, cleaners, catering staff, registered nurses, wellbeing teams, and administrators put in on a regular basis and the extra efforts they have made throughout the pandemic.
As part of this recognition, every member of the team was recently presented with a green 'care' badge from the Department of Health and Social Care. The badges also came with a colourful card featuring a thank you message on behalf of their colleagues and the residents that the team look after.
Across the UK, there are an estimated 1.6million social care workers in the UK who look after half a million people every day and who stand amongst the 1.4 million NHS workers on the frontline.
Lindsay Rees, Director of Health and Care, said: "We are delighted to receive the care badges to present to the team. It is just a small gesture of goodwill and thanks, but I hope it will provide some formal recognition of how proud we all are to work in adult social care, and how much we value and champion every member of the team."
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, has championed the lapel badges for adult social care staff which ensure that people working in homes for older and vulnerable people received the 'same recognition and benefits' as NHS staff.
Cecilia Thomson, Home Manager at Fairmile Grange in Christchurch, said: "When I told the team that we were going to get these badges, everyone was happy because it makes you proud to wear them. I think people feel valued when they receive something like this and it's a nationwide initiative so it's recognisable across the country."
Our team have gone the extra mile to ensure that our residents are able to see their families and loved ones over Christmas. The Covid-safe Visiting Lounges have been introduced ahead of a vaccine and rapid testing being provided to the care homes for the safety of residents, staff, and visitors. It means that families have been able to reunite and catch up on family news in person in the Visiting Lounges, as well as being able to chat over the phone and on video calls.
In the spirit of Christmas, our Visiting Lounges have been given a festive makeover to bring some extra cheer during the visiting sessions, with mulled wine and mince pies for residents and their relatives to enjoy. Appointments are available to book in advance from your care home reception.
Dave Black, Head Chef at Oakdale Care Home, said: "It's great to have the badges to recognise what everyone within Encore Care Homes does. I watch these guys work very hard every day and give such good care, so to have this recognised is a great morale boost, especially in these tough times."
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Tech investor Nick Hanauer goes off on Twitter, rips Trump supporters and climate-change deniers
by Kurt Schlosser on September 5, 2017 at 4:19 pm September 5, 2017 at 4:19 pm
Nick Hanauer, an investor and civic activist, on stage at the 2015 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo)
Perhaps all that ash in the air around Seattle on Tuesday was coming from the fire burning inside Nick Hanauer.
The sometimes-heated and always opinionated tech investor let loose on Twitter with words for those who disagree with his stance on everything from workers' wages to climate change.
It started with a couple retweets around mid-morning in which others were lobbing their own slams against the far-right site Breitbart News. From there it transitioned to a tweet showing a satellite image of Hurricane Irma, gaining strength in the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm and possibly headed for Florida.
On the heels of Hurricane Harvey's massive destruction in Texas, Hanauer used the new storm as an opening for a shot at climate-change deniers.
Hey all you republicans in the south- how's that climate change denial working out for you? https://t.co/ZG8E4l61cc
— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) September 5, 2017
A couple more retweets to his 33,500 followers came after that, including one in which Hanauer shared a post from Wired's Ashley Feinberg in which she mocked Attorney General Jeff Sessions. She said Sessions looked "f–king giddy for destroying people's lives" during his announcement Tuesday on behalf of the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, or DACA.
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— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) September 5, 2017
Hanauer, a champion of the $15 minimum wage, also took on House Speaker Paul Ryan, by sarcastically saying we should return to the "good old days" before child labor laws.
Today's children are freeloader's. We should go back to the good old days- amiright @SpeakerRyan ?? https://t.co/Jj19ttCaQP
That was followed by a retweet alluding to the size of President Trump's hands and another saying that the Canadian government has resorted to treating the U.S. as a failed state and is bypassing the federal government to deal with the states — or "local warlords" as the tweet put it.
By the afternoon, Hanauer had reached full boil and finally just came right out and told the white middle and working class to f–k off because that they had gotten what they deserve, presumably by voting for Trump. His tweet linked to a piece from the Economic Policy Institute headlined "Trump administration moves to take overtime pay away from workers."
Fuck you, white middle and working class. You get what you deserve. https://t.co/DbK0ZPczaF
Hanauer, an early investor in Amazon and Juno Therapeutics among others, gained national attention earlier this summer with an essay in Politico in which he challenged his wealthy friends to step up and pay workers a fair wage. He argued that economic inequality could destabilize our democracy to the point of civil war.
Despite his close association with the tech community, no one seems to be advising Hanauer on that rule about reading and re-reading tweets before hitting post. But letting lose on Twitter only serves to add to his reputation as a political rabble rouser.
It's a style of interaction he previously defended on stage at the 2015 GeekWire Summit.
"The truth is that all civic and social change is friction," Hanauer said at the time. "Politics is friction. The only way you can bend the arc of history is to create that kind of friction."
Writer and editor Kurt Schlosser covers the Geek Life beat for GeekWire. A longtime journalist, photographer and designer, he has worked previously for NBC News, msnbc.com and the Seattle P-I. Follow Kurt on Twitter or reach him at kurt@geekwire.com.
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designed for seminaries of learning and private classes
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"I Need Help Reacting To Something." - Abed
It's time to talk Community. My favorite show. The little show that could.
On Friday, not one but two of my friends texted me at almost the exact same time to tell me our beloved show had been canceled.
While I know it seems silly, I thought of the characters as my equals. They are the mascots for outsiders. I don't necessarily mean just the study group. Take Garrett, who is played by Erik Charles Nielsen. ECN and I are friends on Facebook. He's just as wonderfully awkward in real life as he is on Community. I love this about him.
Look at Dino Stamatopoulos. Try to tell me he fits in with a "normal" crowd.
Look at Abed. He turns to TV and movies for comfort. So do I.
Look at Chang. He's nuts!
These are my people.
I may LOOK like I fit in, but I feel uncomfortable almost everywhere. I can't stand the awkward "say goodbye to everyone" moment at parties and events, which is why I'm a big fan of the "Irish Goodbye" where you just duck out when no one is looking. I'm terrible at small talk. I like big talk. I don't know why we always have to ask each other how our weekends were. I barely care about my own weekend. Rest assured, I never want to hear about someone else's.
The Human Beings were my tribe, and I feel like their adventures are over and I know they're not real, but I also know that I have friends just like these people. Hell, I AM these people.
Look at Dan Harmon. Community is clearly his labor of love. He breathed life into Greendale and we all buddy breathed from the same Scuba tank.
Look at the Dean. He is a cross-dressing freak show and we adore him.
Shirley is kind of a bad mom sometimes. We're cool with that because it's authentic.
Jeff is the ringleader. There should always be someone who rounds up the misfits and keeps them in line (or at least in a controlled zigzag.)
Britta has no idea what she's doing, but her heart is almost always in the right place.
Annie just wants what's best for everyone and for her environment.
How about Troy and Abed? Those two taught me more about friendship than I ever thought possible.
Pierce? Well, Pierce was just Pierce. He was the lovable wacko. Every group has at least one.
And then a new friend walked into their lives, and he was weird and crazy, too, but they accepted him anyway, even though his name was Buzz and he based bills on beaks.
The list goes on and on...
I keep funny quotes from Community saved in my email Drafts folder for times when I need a laugh. They never let me down. One of my favorites is, "Abed, what did I tell you? You can't just mumble nonsense. No one's cutting away." - Jeff
Except this time, they did cut away, and it's my sincere hope that somewhere... in a million different timelines... in a million Greendales all over the world, there are a million Abeds mumbling nonsense and a million more people listening and laughing still.
I choose to believe that, in an alternate timeline, #sixseasonsandamovie happens, and it's glorious.
Here's to the outsiders... "We're all kind of crazy town banana pants."
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I haven't watched Community.... shocking I know, but they sound like my kind of people. Please keep writing posts. We need you to go viral.
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Running and managing apps becomes easy with Google's "Anthos"
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"Google Cloud's software-based approach for managing hybrid environments provided us an innovative, differentiated solution that was able to be deployed quickly for our customers".
Keeping in line with his technological direction and staying true to Google's commitment to open source, Kurian announced Anthos, formerly known as Cloud Services Platform which is basically an open-source enterprise product.
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Digital transformation efforts in retail have gained traction in the past couple years, between adding augmented reality (AR) tech in makeup stores, automated pickup stations, mobile device data to improve customer experience, and more.
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Wet 'n' Wacky
In a world awash with look-alike water parks, Texas' offbeat Schlitterbahn has river water, tube runs, and plenty of thrills to chill out the sweltering masses.
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Screeeuuuunnnch! The sound of rubber against rubber filled my ears. Uh oh. Tube lock! A few seconds before, I had been floating along a foam-padded trough filled with rushing Comal River water with not a care in the world. But suddenly I was tube to tube and toe to toe with three complete strangers who, like me, were jammed together in their inner tubes, listening to that aggravating screech while a gaggle of fellow tubers began to stack up behind us. Then, in a wink, a teenage lifeguard sauntered up and freed my tube with a nudge of her knee, sending us merrily on our way toward a precipitous drop-off that made each and every one of us scream with delight. It could have been nowhere else but Schlitterbahn.
Summer in Texas means unbearably hot days, which inevitably prompt a large number of us to immerse ourselves in water. There are few better places to do that than New Braunfels, thirty miles north of San Antonio. Once upon a time, renting an inner tube to take a leisurely float down the Comal River or the nearby Guadalupe was reason enough to visit. For excitement, there was the city-owned tube chute below Landa Park and the rapids at Camp Warnecke on the Comal or along the Guadalupe. But that was before water slides and then entire water parks started to pop up in major Texas cities during the seventies and eighties.
Schlitterbahn (which loosely translates as Slippery Road) is New Braunfels' answer to those high-tech-fun destinations. It opened twelve years ago as four water slides on a man-made hill, but it has grown piece by piece into the weirdest confluence of artificial and natural beauty ever created for tubers. Most water parks — like the Wet 'n' Wild chain, which includes parks in Arlington and Garland, and Houston's Waterworld — emphasize steep, relatively short water slides and giant wave pools. Schlitterbahn has such attractions, but what sets it apart is its extensive network of river-water-fed inner-tube chutes. One tube run, the Raging River, takes 45 minutes to negotiate. Schlitterbahn also plays heavily on New Braunfels' German heritage (down to the pseudo-Bavarian architecture and elaborate landscaping), and the park makes the most of its location on the tree-shaded banks of the Comal (many of the seventeen water slides and nine inner-tube chutes pump 70 degree water from the river and recycle it).
Those attributes have helped Schlitterbahn become the biggest water park in the state. As such, Schlitterbahn is about people and the fine art of accommodating lots of them. In theme-park-industry lingo, that translates into more "recreation minutes," which means visitors spend less time waiting in lines and more time on the rides. Last year more than half a million people passed through its gates from April to September, making it the nation's fourth most-popular water park, according to Amusement Business magazine. If the Austin-San Antonio corridor has become our state's Orlando, Schlitterbahn is our Disney World. With the exception of tube lock in the trough and collisions on the walkways (no pavement is wide enough for two people going in opposite directions carrying inner tubes), I coexisted very well with so many Texans wearing next to nothing in the communal pursuit of heat relief.
My first visit to Schlitterbahn was in the company of my six-year-old son, Jake, his friend Will Haber, and Will's father, Jim. Our initial anticipation was tempered by the thirty minutes it took to get from the car to the water. There was a five-minute wait for the gates to open at ten o'clock, so we lathered our exposed skin with sunscreen in the meantime. It took another ten minutes to queue up to the cash register to pay our admission fees ($16.97 for adults, $13.74 for children under twelve) and to buy $5 and $10 Splash Cash wristbands, Schlitterbahn's waterproof currency. Jim bought a wrist wallet for $1.50, thinking it would keep his real money dry. "It won't do that, but we take wet money all over the park," the girl at the register assured him.
Once inside, we were directed to a barnlike building to pick up our gear and change. Schlitterbahn is not a bring-your-own-tube park, so we picked up child-size life vests and scaled-down tubes with handles and mesh covers for the boys, changed into our swimsuits in the dressing room, and rented two small lockers ($3 each) for our clothes. The locker keys were conveniently attached to elastic wristbands. By the time Jim and I got our own inner tubes, I had so many bands on my wrist that I felt like a patient in intensive care.
Schlitterbahn's layout is similar to a downhill ski area. Each attraction is graded by degree of difficulty: A green square marks low-speed and shallow-water attractions; a yellow circle indicates moderate-thrill rides suitable for beginning swimmers; an orange triangle designates runs requiring rider control and strong swimming skills; and a red diamond signifies the equivalent of an expert run, with high thrills or deep water, and includes the warning "Can be stressful to those who fear heights, high speed, or enclosed places."
My first red-diamond run was on one of the Soda Straw slides emanating from a plastic rendition of the World's Largest Coke Float. In less than ten seconds, I was propelled by a whoosh of water through a twisting fiberglass tube while lying on my back with arms and ankles crossed. Der Bahn Speed Slide was another nanospeed adventure; the slide's nearly straight vertical drop of forty feet was exciting, but way too quick to be savored. The inner-tube chutes were far more enjoyable. Inner tubes are easy to ride, they protect the back and the bottom, and they make all the other people sitting in them look ridiculous. Moreover, the cutes themselves are designed with twists, turns, and drop-offs interspersed with gentler stretches that give riders enough pause to anticipate the next harrowing precipice or to choose an alternate route whenever the chute splits into two channels. For overall thrills, I liked the progression of the small drops at Whitewater best. My other favorite chutes were the Cliffhanger for its climatic final drop and the Comal Express for the length of the ride (fifteen minutes), the variety of drops, and for scenic layout.
No matter which chute you select, the biggest advantage of tubing in a water park instead of on the river is safety. With few exceptions, the depth never exceeds four feet, and wherever you look, there are lifeguards, many of them bilingual, whose numbers swell up to 150 during peak weekends, when daily attendance can exceed eight thousand visitors. Schlitterbahn has had only one drowning in its history, and that was eleven years ago. I was especially impressed by the lifeguards who unjam tube locks and rescue tubers stalled in back eddies. Their knee and ankle work was a marvel of efficiency, though I was worried about their getting carpel tunnel syndrome.
After sampling the Lagoon area's million-gallon pool, swim-up hot-tub bar, and kiddie pool, Jim and I moved the boys to the Polywog Pond and the Tadpool, where they hopped on little slides and splashed through sprinklers. That gave me time to ponder such weighty matters as why the mushroom slides in the Polywog Pond were painted red with white spots to resemble the hallucinogenic variety. Jake and Will busied themselves until Jim and I coaxed them out of the water and into the shade with promises of pizza (although both boys seemed more interested in the family who had brought their own lunch of Ritz crackers topped with aerosol cheese spread). After a round of video games and another dousing of sunscreen, we went back to the water, this time to the Sandbar Hot Tub; the Congo River Ride, with big alligator floats to ride on; and the Beach family wave pool, which churned up waves big enough to amuse the kids but small enough to keep furrows of concern off the brows of fathers.
Although "Slitterbomb," as Jake called I, is very much of a theme park, it has a decided mom-and-pop feel, a reflection of its family ownership. In marked contrast to the spend-it-all mentality that pervades Six Flags and Sea World, parking is free at Schlitterbahn and visitors can bring their own ice chests, food, and drinks (but no glass containers or alcohol). And for overnight stays, the park has 232 motel units, apartments, and condos — left over from when the grounds were part of Camp Landa and Camp Warnecke — scattered around the premises, nestled under stately pecans, willows, and oaks.
Bob Henry, a retired accountant, dreamed the whole thing up. His wife, Billye, runs the resort. Daughter Jana heads up marketing. Son Gary is the general manager. Son Jeff is the creative offspring who concocts the rides and details for the New Braunfels General Store, the Henrys' company that manufactures attractions for Schlitterbahn and other water parks, including Wet 'n Wild and Walt Disney World. The foam padding on the tube chutes, the landing flaps at the bottom of the slides, and the plastic palm trees that spill water from their coconuts are all General Store products.
Jeff's newest baby is Surfenburg, the first phase of an expansion program made possible by the purchase of Camp Warnecke, three blocks away, which added 25 acres to Schlitterbahn's existing 40 acres. Linked by a shuttle tram to the main park, Surfenburg includes the Squirt N Sliden, a state-of-the-art kiddie pool with a foam-padded fire engine and submarine, each with user-activated squirt effects. (With four lifeguards standing around the perimeter of the sub, I could actually look the other way for a few minutes while Jake played.) The pool is surrounded by the Kristal River, a 25-foot-wide tube run that simulates the swift current of a river on a level plane. The flow is generated by the adjacent Boogie Bahn, a perpetual wave big enough to hold tubes and boogie boards. Boogie Bahn's standing-wave concept — in which water shoots up against a curved wall, curling back over into the pool — is the first major water-park innovation since tsunami wave pools became the rage ten years ago. Now that the Boogie Bahn is perfected, Jeff Henry is going back to the drawing board to finish a white-water course for kayaks and canoes.
Around two o'clock, Jim returned beaming from an ice cream stand. "This is a great place," he declared. "The staff here is competent, by they're real people. They don't have that Disney-style cheery overkill. I asked for Twister pops, but the guy said they were out of them without apologizing at all! And the sunscreen they sell is competitively priced."
I persuaded Jake to join me on the red-diamond Comal Express tube run, which began where the slow Congo River float ended. He was slightly intimidated by the white-water drop-off into a waterfall-shrouded tunnel but was engrossed by a stretch that paralleled the Comal, where he could observe turtles and minnows swimming around the underwater vegetation. Jake decided against trying the Hillslide Tube Chute, which winds through the customer-service building, when Will said he didn't want to try it.
So we did what everyone else does and simply dropped our tubes on the spot (the staff spend a lot of time collecting abandoned tubes) and walked back to the Lagoon. It was so choked with humanity that it reminded me of one of those newspaper photos of a public pool in Tokyo during a heat wave. The boys had already passed up the miniature golf course and expressed not a whit of interest in taking a paddleboat on the river. They were happy scooting down the little slides in the Lagoon's kiddie pool.
At four-thirty, when Jim and I announced that we had to pack up, Jake suddenly couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to go on the Hillside Tube Chute after all or buy a chicken fajita, a turkey leg, cotton candy, or a fruit drink. He finally decided on another frozen pop. I could tell he was getting tired and cranky. Five times that day he had pronounced "Slitterbomb" to be "awesome." Will bestowed upon it equally effusive descriptions of "neat" and "cool." Whatever it is, I concluded that Schlitterbahn was worth the trip when I glanced at the back seat after we had gotten on the interstate. Both boys were sound asleep. For that small pleasure, I would endure tube lock any day.


The education industry is evolving rapidly- and so are the marketing strategies used to promote each institution. Today, these strategies are planned and performed by an education marketing agency, handled in-house or a combination of both.
According to a research study conducted by James G Martin, educational establishments across the board have dramatically increased their marketing expenditure in recent years. In fact, schools that have separate marketing departments are spending an average sum of over $230,000 per year on PR alone.
Despite these facts, some higher education institutions are still reluctant to adopt online marketing methods. Without the help of an online education marketing agency, it might soon become a challenge to face the continually increasing competition in the market.
Final Step Marketing is one of the top experts for education lead generation and marketing solutions. We have a solid track record of successfully carrying out inbound marketing, web design, content strategy, SEO and PPC marketing campaigns for several leading educational institutions, from those that are long established to newer online institutes.
Our team of education marketing experts know exactly what works when it comes to advertising to potential students, deciding on which marketing channels to start with, measuring the success of your campaigns, tweaking them for better performance, and experimenting with innovative strategies in the field of digital marketing education. The strategy we devise for each of our clients is totally unique and tailored to meet their specific requirements.
If you currently don't have a team of branding and creative specialists to perform the job of designing your advertisements in-house, don't worry! We know how to craft compelling and engaging written and visual ads and all the science that goes into the process.
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Samsung is all set to launch its upcoming flagship smartphones – Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10E – on February 20 at an event in San Francisco. And Samsung fans across the globe are waiting to get their hands on the much-talked-about tenth-anniversary smartphones.
If you are also one of these fans, we have some exciting news for you. Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has now started teasing the launch of Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphones. The website now has a dedicated page for the upcoming flagship smartphones where it has used the banner of S10 Unpacked invite and along with that, there is a 'Notify Me' button on which interested buyers can click to get timely updates about the smartphone's availability.
This means that Samsung fans in India who are waiting for the Galaxy S10 devices will not have to wait for too long after the global launch of the smartphones to buy them. As we mentioned earlier, Samsung Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10E will be launched globally on February 20 at an event in San Francisco. It is also being speculated that the South Korean technology giant will launch its new Galaxy Buds truly wireless earphones and the Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch at the same event.
And as some reports, Samsung Galaxy S10 will be announced in India on March 6 and will go on sale starting March 15. Reports about the pricing of the smartphones have also been circulating online and one such leak gave us an insight into the cost of the flagship devices in India.
Samsung Galaxy S10E, which will be the cheapest model among the three, will reportedly be available at a price of Rs 50,000. The vanilla variant of Samsung Galaxy S10 is said to come at a starting price of Rs 65,000, while Samsung Galaxy S10+'s starting price is suggested to be Rs 75,000.
The flagship smartphones from Samsung will sport an Infinity-O display to house the selfie camera. While Samsung Galaxy S10E will come with a flat screen, the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ will feature curved displays. We should mention that Samsung Galaxy S10+'s hole-punch selfie camera will be wider than the one on the other two smartphones, as the handset will come with a dual selfie camera setup.
In addition to this, Samsung Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ are reported to sport a triple rear camera setup and an in-display fingerprint scanner. Samsung Galaxy S10E, on the other hand, will have its fingerprint sensor embedded in the power button. The three smartphones will reportedly be powered by either Snapdragon 855 or Exynos 9820 processor, depending on the market, and run Android 9.0 Pie based One UI.


AT&T is set to join Verizon in working with South Korean operator KT on software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), and 5G.
According to Business Korea, AT&T Chief Strategy Officer John Donovan attended an event at the KT Technology and Convergence Center. The meeting resulted in plans for the firms to tap AT&T's NFV and SDN work and KT's efforts around 5G.
"We expect that cooperation through AT&T's SDN/NFV leadership and KT's 5G leadership will create synergies to solve challenges of the telecom industry in the future," said Lee Dong-Myeon, director of the KT Technology and Convergence Center, according to the report.
AT&T did not provide any additional details on the partnership with KT. The carrier did cite an announcement last year to work with companies on speeding 5G deployments. Companies named included China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, KDDI, LG, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung, SK Telecom, Telstra, and Vodafone.
AT&T plans to launch commercial 5G services by late 2018. The carrier said it will launch network trials in more than 20 markets by year-end.
KT earlier this year struck a deal with Verizon to test interoperability of their respective network orchestration platforms. KT said the agreement included the expansion of their geographical coverage areas by having the Verizon orchestrator interoperate with the KT orchestrator.
Cisco recently released results of a survey of service providers that showed "agility" as the top driver for their NFV and SDN deployments. That need for agility was touted in a separate report by Technology Business Research as a key factor for launching new services as the market moves towards 5G deployments.


The Falcon's Eye: Nature Photographs is an exhibit by publisher, philanthropist, and family man, Michael S. Sample (1947-2014). He has long been familiar to Montana audiences and, for decades, beloved for his extraordinarily sensitive nature photography. The Falcon's Eye honors Sample's wealth of nature photographs that he recorded during his all-season outdoor adventures. Through his photography, Sample captured the essence of Western wildlife and geography while revealing his own adventurous yet quiet nature. The subjects of his work range from the sublime view of a single wildflower frozen in an early winter snow to an epic storm over the Rocky Mountains. In retrospect, this seems an analogy for the artist's life. The Falcon's Eye is a cross-section of Sample's finest work in full-color nature photography, newly and beautifully printed for exhibition.
The Falcon's Eye is on exhibition at the MonDak Heritage Center from October 2 to December 29. Organized by the Yellowstone Art Museum and sponsored by the Montana Art Gallery Director's Association.


With more than $500 million in annual revenue, we offer advanced solutions by continually investing in our people, processes and technology—keeping our customers ahead in what can be a complex and stressful environment. From satellite shipment tracking and automated inventorying to launching apps that guide customers through their move and more, Suddath sets the standard for excellence in our industry.
Suddath's core values emanate from our people. We hold our employees to the highest standards in applying these core values in order to guide decision making and everyday behaviors. In turn, our team is passionate about delivering safe, world-class moving services and committed to coordinating details, meeting every challenge and focusing on what is important to our customers.
With 22 nationwide locations, encompassing more than 2.5 million square feet of storage space, and international customer service centers in London, New York, Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Milwaukee and London, Suddath is well-positioned to serve the needs of our diversified global client base. As the largest agent for United Van Lines, we have access to quality agents across the country and in all regions. Additionally, in order to serve our international transferees, Suddath has strategic partners in more than 150 countries. Each of these partners is FIDI/FAIM certified, thus providing only the best-in-class service to our transferees.


Fan favourite Fred Watson isn't backwards in coming forwards when it comes to his opinion on the judging of recent burnout events at Perth Motorplex.
WOW! Just how good were the Late Models at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night?
The drivers and their high-powered beasts put on an awesome display of Super Speedway action that culminated in TWO feature races at the business end of the night.
JASON Kendrick is the WA Sprintcar Champion for the 2014-15 season after winning the prestigious event at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
Perth Motorplex Christmas Silver Super 6 Tickets Now on SALE!!!
Looking for a great gift for a loved one, or even yourself this Christmas?
IN the 53 years the event has been run an overseas driver has never won the WA Sprintcar Championship but that could change this Saturday night.
TWO Late Model feature races for the price of one!


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Fjodor I. Zvonar (31. svibnja 1557. – 7. siječnja 1598.), ruski car i velike knez Moskve od 18. ožujka 1584. godine.

Mladost

Otac Fjodora I., je bio cara svih Rusa Ivan IV. Grozni. Kako je bio tek trećerođeni sin i ograničenih mentalnih sposobnosti nikada se nisu polagale nada u njegovo vladanje. Ta njegova dinastijska nevažnost je poslužila 1580. godine kao nagrada Ivana IV. Borisu Godunovu   za vjernu službu pošto je tada zaključeno vjenčanje ovog ograničenog princa i njegove kćerke. Ubojstvo prestolonasljednika Ivana 1581. godine je tu utješnu nagradu pretvorilo u stvarnu pošto tada Fjodor postaje po zakonu nasljeđivanja najstarijeg preživjelog carevog djeteta prestolonasljednik. U slučaju normalne dugotrajne bolesti stari car bi možda bio promijenio red nasljeđivanja u korist malenog princa Dimitrija, ali to se nije dogodilo pošto on umire velikom brzinom od posljedice trovanja.

Car

Takvim razvojem događaja maloumni Fjodor I. postaje u trenutku očeve smrti 18. ožujka 1584. godine novi car. Zbog psihičke nesposobnosti kao i nezainteresiranosti novoga cara vlast preuzima njegov tast Borisa Godunova    koji od tada obavlja sve državničke poslove. Fjodor I. tako dobiveno slobodno vrijeme provodi u molitvama i putovanjima Rusijom gdje obavezno posjećuje crkve i zvoni njihovim zvonima.

Bez obzira na očekivanja dvora i prije toga njegova oca kako on ne može imati djecu čudo se uspjelo dogoditi rođenjem njegove kćerke. Njena kasnija smrt u ranoj životnoj dobi postaje događaj koji car ne može preboliti. Nikada pretjerano sposoban ili zdrav on tada počinje ubrzano propadati u očekivanju vlastite smrti.

Car Fjodor I. umire prirodnom smrću 7. siječnja 1598. Kako mu je brat Dimitrije navodno pao na vlastiti nož 15. svibnja 1591. godine on je bio posljednji muški potomak Ivana I. što otvara problem nasljeđivanja o čemu će na kraju odlučiti parlament.

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Q: TortoiseSVN "Encountered an improper argument" I am trying to checkout an SVN repository with TortoiseSVN on windows server 2008.  I get the error message "Encountered an improper argument" during checkout and that is all.  Any idea what could be the problem here?

A: I had the same problem on Windows 7 64 bit, with version 1.7.2 of Tortoise SVN.  I uninstalled it and installed 1.7.1, and that worked around the problem.  (There is an Older Versions link at the bottom of the downloads page)

A: This problem is solved in the new 1.7.3 version. Tested on win7 x64.

A: This appears to be an bug related to server side certificates.
On a clean install of windows 7 64bit I got the same crash when browsing to an https site.
When running 1.7.1 (install from here)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tortoisesvn/files/1.7.1/Application/
it brought up a warning about my invalid certificate which I could accept permanently, and it now works. 1.7.2 crashes and does not bring up the warning.

A: You could try this, from http://svn.haxx.se/tsvnusers/archive-2010-03/0191.shtml

Configure your virus scanner to leave the tortoiseproc.exe process
  alone and make sure it doesn't 'sanitize' the network traffic.

A: user1092552 just said it.
The problem seems to be with the certificate acceptance dialog.
On 1.7.2 it doesn't show and on its place we get the "Encountered an improper argument" error message.
What I did was:

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*uninstall 1.7.2

*install 1.7.1

*connect to my repository and accept the certificate permanently

*update to 1.7.2

This way the certificate is already accepted and the dialog will no longer be requested.
Everything works as expexted.
Cheers!Alex

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Q: Php storing url image path in MySQL DB I am trying to store URL Image paths into MySQL DB. But i am not getting any results with my code.

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*Why is it not storing anything?

*Would it be better just to store the image name or the entire path?
target example: "www.example.com/medium/imagename.jpg"

Table Name: urlimage
id: autoincrement
image_name

Php code for inserting data into DB
<?php

$images = explode(',', $_GET['i']);

$path = Configuration::getUploadUrlPath('medium', 'target');

if(is_array($images)){

    $objDb = new PDO("mysql:host=" . $host . ";dbname=" . $db, $user, $pass);
    $objDb->exec('SET CHARACTER SET utf8');

    $sql = "INSERT INTO `urlImage` (`image_name`) VALUES ";

  foreach ($images as $image) {

    //echo '

' . $path . $image . '

';
    $value[] = "(".$path.$image.")"; // collect imagenames
  }

  $sql .= implode(',', $value).";"; //build query

  $objDb->query($sql);
}

?>

A: Try this; it may work:
$value[] = "('".$path.$image."')";

A: you have error in $sql
it must be  $value[] = "('".$path.$image."')";
debug with
 echo "
"; print_r($sql);echo "
";

and if your using PDO function then call
prepare->execute


Don't Forget: Two Upcoming Shows!
Starting Sunday, the show blitz bombards Pittsburgh!
First, head to the Rex Theater to enjoy the Distortion co-produced presentation of Laibach on Sunday, May 17. They'll be performing their album Spectre in an all-ages show. Doors open at 7 p.m. You can purchase advance tickets for $22 each here, or you can buy the day of for $25 each. Check out the Facebook event here.
Then, next Wednesday, May 20, Distortion couldn't be more thrilled to welcome its own delectable En Esch to Pittsburgh! Join us at 31st Street Pub at 9 p.m. for En Esch and Ghostfeeder with well-loved local openers Venus In Furs and The Molecule Party. Buy your tickets in advance for $15 here, or shell out $20 at the door. This is a 21+ show. Let us know you're coming by joining the Facebook event page here!
We can't wait to party with you! Don't forget to say hi and swing by the merch booth--or pick up your copy of SPANK! to get in the mood in advance here!
Dope Stars Inc. Premiere New Music Video, "Dressed Inside Your Fear"!
Legendary ex-KMFDM and current SLICK IDIOT frontman EN ESCH is touring in support of his new album SPANK!!!


Although they have a well-designed logo, is that visual aspect really enough to build a brand around?
Let's first define these two terms: LOGO and BRAND, so we can understand how they relate to each other to help us answer the question.
BRAND - its a bit hard to define the term brand in words because its a mix of things that come together. But generally speaking, it can be defined as the "personality" or an image of a company, organization, person or product that are shaped by how they define and promote themselves and how others define and view them.
LOGO - is a graphic symbol (mark, Icon) that represents a company, organization, person or product.
As I mentioned, many people confuse the two, thinking that the logo is the brand.
However, although the two relate to each other and support each other they are not the same.
A brand is established through a combination of few elements: visual aspects, slogan, values, identity etc. which the logo is just ONE of these elements.
The confusion between the two usually comes from looking at well-known brands, like Nike or Apple, where their brands are so well defined that their logos are very recognizable and identifiable with the brand. Therefore when we see their logos they tell us everything about these brands. One look at their logos makes us associate everything that we know about these brands. As a result, the line between who came first or who is more important the logo or the brand might seem blared when we look at these companies.
However, these associations with the brand (the brand identity) were built in our mind over the years through different aspects and elements, and the logo is now the visual icon that is the representation/reminder of all that.
In other words, If we would see the logos of Apple or Nike by themselves before these companies were established and without knowing the brand identity that is currently associated with these logos, they would not have had any value or meaning to us other than maybe a cool visual motif.
Therefore, A logo is not your brand.
Once you build your brand, your logo can then be the recognizable element of your brand but until then it is at most a well-designed graphic.
Anything visual that represents your brand.
As to the question of which one is more important, Logo or Brand? They don't really compete with each other and eventually can be as important but to begin with, the Logo gets its importance/relevance from the brand's image.
Need help building your marketing strategies? Get in touch and let us help you.
P.S. The most important things about branding is to keep consistency across all your branding efforts. Your message, your content, your visuals etc. should always be the same, regardless of the format, platform or form of communication you are using.


"46.2 million Americans are now poor"
"22 percent of children in poverty"
"Dramatic drop in median income"
"CBO: Jobless rate to stay at 9 percent through 2012"
And then, locally, we just read this week that Midland Public Schools is not filling an administrative job as a way to save roughly $100,000; and Midland Civic Arena is only using two sheets of ice, not three, to save on expenses.
Then in a blog on www.ourmidland.com, Midland City Manager Jon Lynch wrote about "Doing more with less."
Yes, times are tough all over. Very few people have been able to avoid being affected by this recession -- many businesses aren't hiring, there's been no pay raises or pay cuts, more work with less people. On and on it goes.
But it's times like these -- maybe when we feel like we're at rock bottom -- that we need to be reminded about the greatness of America, and that with the right leadership, this nation can withstand difficult times like what we are experiencing.
We just observed the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and it was a patriotic weekend throughout the country as Americans reflected on that terrible day 10 years ago. Back then, Americans rallied. They talked about our nation's greatness and the ability to bounce back from times of adversity.
It was as much about attitude as anything else. A fighting spirit. Being positive.
Today, we need to capture that same spirit because times are very difficult.
If our elected leaders don't or won't talk about America's greatness and the ability to overcome taxing trials, then it's up to us to do it. Each one of us.
We must never forget one thing: America is a great nation made up of hard-working, creative, smart and tough-minded people. People who don't quit. People who persevere and ultimately succeed.
That's America. Even when times are tough.


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J.B. asked in Entertainment & MusicRadio · 9 years ago
How can I appreciate Taylor Swift's music more?
You have to find a song you can relate to (for me its all of them lol) if ur young and starting highschool that would be "Fifteen" if youve been cheated on and u want like an in ur face u suck kinda song lol that would be "Should've Said No" or "Picture to Burn" if theres a guy whose always making u feel like crap and u just keep dealing with it but u dont want to anymore that wud b "Tell Me Why" and "You're Not Sorry" if ur feeling like ur falling in love but ur hesitant.. or the guy is hesitant for that mater it wud be "Jump Then Fall" and "Mine" you just have to find a good one that you can relate to.. most of her best ones are some i just mentioned that aren't on the radio.. "i'd Lie" is also a god one that can b found on youtube the rest u can download from anywhere that has music itunes,limewire, etc. really listen to the lyrics not just the music and trust me youll grow to love her.. i wasnt all that into her with teardrops on my guitar but now she is my absoloute favorite!!!!! you can also get into it more by pre-ordering her new CD Speak Now here http://www.taylorconnect.com/profile/store/9653 It will have Mine on it along with the song she sang at the VMAs this year "Innocent" and the song "Spraks Fly" that you can find on youtube and its much more adult then all her other songs.. shes definitely growing as an aritst and I thinkt his CD will be the most mature so I'm sure youll love it!
on the surface Taylor's songs are just normal country/pop songs but if you actually listen to the words and watch videos where she talks about where her inspiration came for a song you will definitely appreciate it more.
White Horse is about the saddest moment in a breakup when you realize the person isnt who you always thought they were
Mine is about how she still has hope that she will one day find a guy that will truly love her
Fearless is about how shes always been so scared of love and wants to run away from it but she finally met the right person and isnt scared to fall in love with him
You could listen to it over, and over, again, But you may try jumping out of the window or pulling your hair out before the dang song is over after the 3rd time,
Her music just relates to teenage girls, you shouldn't have to do that to yourself
Listen with a paper bag over your head
Become a 14 year old girl.
Don't listen to her. You can learn to love her at a distance. That way she's cute and perky and you don't have to worry about that pesky crappy music.
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Just keep listening to it. I'm a teen guy and I love it so much.
every body has an opinion on everything in their lives, so, you must make up your own mind about your opinions and not use others advice for making decisions............use your own mind, it will work, try it, you might like it!
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Crawford is encouraged by Carmelo Anthony signing with the Blazers and he believes he will also eventually sign with a team.
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Dream Team won the basketball gold medal in the Barcelona Olympics, won the Oscar for Best Picture and the Washington Redkskins defeated the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowl XXVI.
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