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30 - Actually Doing Something in Assemby Next, you're going to want some reference materials (hopefully wikipedia gets it's shit together with it's political BS so I don't have to worry about it going down). I would suggest sticking to the 80386 instruction set (which incldues 80286 and everything before). I'm going to be referencing instrucions from that page and only commenting on what isn't obvious. We need to set up a function that prints out numbers (we could cheat and use printf, but then I'd have to explain printf, which means explaining ints, floats, etc). From here on out, for simplicity's sake, we're not going to be using 16bit x86 running modes unless we absolutely have to. This cuts down on what you have to learn right now, which is for the best if you aren't doing lots of DOS or kernel development.
The generla purpose registers in this mode are the ax, bx, cx, and dx registers. They are 16bit, but have "extended forms" if you refer to them with "e" as a prefix (for example, "eax"). The "low byte" can be accessed by replacing "x" with "l" ("al"), or you could grab the "high byte" via "h" instead of "l" ("ah"). Keep in mind that x86 is a Little-Endian processor, meaning that when writing to RAM, you'll find that the by order is swapped: "mov WORD PTR [0], 0x1234" will have 0x34 at the first byte of ram, followed by 0x12 (there's alot of complaints about this, but if you keep it in mind, you'll find this rarely matters, and when it does, it's not as difficult to fix as it is to simply remember that the issue exists). Some combinations of instructions are shorter when assembled if you use the registers for their named tasks (AX for math, BX for pointers, CX for counting and loops, and DX for extra data).
Next are the index registers: si, di, sp, bp. Of course, you normally use these in their extended forms (e prefix), but they do not have 8bit forms like the general registers. SI is for "source index", while DI is for "destination index." They're used most usefully with the "string instructions", but can be used as general registers in a pinch. ESP is used for the PUSH and POP instructions, and, in theory, could be used as a general purpous register, but then you basically break the stack (the push, pop, call, ret, int, and iret instructions). Please, do not do this. EBP can be used as a general purpous register if you want, but I recommend not doing so, no matter how tempting.
Next we have the segment selectors. Unlike the above registers, these registers cannot be used directly with "mov" and a value: must be a register. These are mostly used for the protection modes of the OS, so unless you're doing kernel dev, leave these alone, else face the wrath of security features. IP (and EIP) are not directly accessible, but you can control it with jmp, call, ret, etc. And lastly, we have flags/eflags. Only certain special instructions give you access to this register, and I honestly wouldn't recommend doing anything with it beyond experimentation. Now there are also "machine registers" and "memory mapped registers" but we aren't going to have access to those, and they can't be guaranteed to be present. If you're on a modern x86, whether that's 64bit or higher, be aware that these registers exist there, too, and more.
With that said, in addition to the "offset" we also have "dword ptr" (and "word ptr" and "byte ptr") to specify sizes where ambiguous. Instructions with the [] around them are referencing data stored at a memory location (with the exception of "lea" which uses the brackets for, what is essentially, a mov operation for the bracketless version, with some minor differences depending on context). Now, let us try to use this information to make a function that will print numbers onto the screen. Also keep in mind, GNU AS as 2 types of comments: the ones that begin with "#" and continue until the end of the line, and ones that begin with "/*" and end with "*/" and can span over many lines.
.intel_syntax noprefix .section .text /***********************************************************************\ | EXPORTS | \***********************************************************************/ .global _main .global _printnum /***********************************************************************\ | int main(int argc, char** argv) | \***********************************************************************/ _main:	pushd offset format call _puts add esp, 4 pushd 12345 call _printnum add esp, 4 #CABI says we clean up our own mess. xor eax, eax #CABI also says we return 0 if the program is OK. ret /***********************************************************************\ | void printnum(unsigned int num) | \***********************************************************************/ _printnum: #Initialization pushf #Let's preserve flags to be safe since we're directly playing xor edx, edx mov ebx, 10 mov eax, [esp+8] mov edi, offset _printnum_string+31 std #Makes string instructions work backwards. #Convert to string. 1:	xor dl, dl #Clear remainder div ebx xchg al, dl add al, 0x30 stosb xchg al, dl or eax, eax jnz 1b #Now actually print the result. inc edi #Off by 1 push edi call _puts add esp, 4 popf ret /***********************************************************************\ | DATA | \***********************************************************************/ .section .data format: .asciz "The number is " _printnum_string: .asciz " " #The stack is normally used for data like the string, but this is easier.
The only stuff that should surprise you is the printnum function. Since we don't know much about the DOS ABI (Application Binary Interface: The standard by which we mix ASM, C, and C++), I think it's smart to play it safe and preserve the flags register, since we're actually going to manipulate it. We could use "cld", but how do we know what clib expects it to be? Does it ever use the string functions? We'll "popf" at the end to get it off the stack. The way this works is, "div" does a 64bit division on eax and edx, where edx is the high 4 bytes and eax is the low 4 bytes, and it cannot take an "immediate value" (number) as a source oprand (edx and eax are implied destination oprands). EAX will hold the result of the division, while edx will hold the "modulous" or the "remainder" from the divison. So we want to clear edx as an extended register to be safe, then we put the number we're dividing by (10) into ebx so we can use it as the source oprand. esp+8 (esp+4 is flags) holds the number we want to covnert (esp+4 is the return address that gets popped int EIP), and we want to start at almost the end of _printnum_string (but we don't want to overwrite the 0). 32 is just an arbitrary number that I chose for the size of the null-terminated string. Next we set the direction flag so it all goes backwards, then we start down "the loop."
A "loop" is a programming concept where code is executed over and over and over again, as if driving on a looping road, like a NASCAR race track. In this loop, we first make sure the remainder is erased, then we do the division, which puts the remainder in edx (dl, since our divisor is small enough), and our division result in eax. Now, the rub, is that stosb, a really convenient function, doesn't like source oprands other than eax, ax, and al, so we're temporarily exchanging al and dl, adding the ascii value for the character representing zero, then doing the stosb, then exchanging dl and al back so we can continue dividing. After which, we then use "or eax, eax" to set the zero flag if eax is empty. If it's not empty (Jump if Not Zero), we go back to the previous 1.
Then we add 1 to edi, because it naturally goes 1 too far, then we push edi as an oprand for puts, then we call puts, clean up, and return back to main. The only thing left here is that when you use the nubmers "1" through "9" as labels, you can use them multiple times without the thing foreseeing a conflict. You use "b" (back) to refer to the previous label using that number, and you use "f" (forward) to refer to the next one of that number. This setup should provide you with a basic setup for testing out the various things you can do with the instructions avialable to you. A nifty little trick is that dosbox will give you register dumps if the program crashes, and one nice way to do this is to use the breakpoint instruction ("int3" aka 0xCC). You can use that to get hex output. Beware, this printnum function is incapable of dealing with negative numbers. You should definitely experiment before moving on. There's GNU AS directives you don't know (like ".include") and you don't know most of the instructions. Now is a good time to play around before moving on, because we're moving into the territory of C and C++ next.
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'YOU'RE NOT ALONE,' SAYS LEAH DEANE OF SERVICES FOR STUDENTS AT BANNATYNE (SS@BC).
Stressed? Overwhelmed?
Services for Students at Bannatyne campus offers free, confidential support
Students in health-care fields – dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, rehabilitation sciences – often appear to be self-assured go-getters.
But sometimes on the inside, they're hurting.
One student in a demanding program on the Bannatyne campus remembers feeling disconnected as he struggled with anxiety and self-doubt.
"I was stressed, confused and I felt out of place," he says. "I was dealing with academic factors that were connected to personal factors. I was always in a sense of dread, like, 'Am I going to mess up again?'"
Finally, he says, "I decided I needed to get some of these things sorted out." Although he felt apprehensive, he walked into the Services for Students office at S211 in the Medical Services Building and asked to talk to someone. The services are free and confidential for all Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students.
"The office was very welcoming," he says. "They really listened. They helped me find strategies to work through my anxiety."
The student was relieved that the staff could provide ongoing counselling, refer him to mental-health services and speak to his program on his behalf (something Services for Students will only do with a student's permission).
Leah Deane, a social worker who is the student support coordinator at Services for Students at Bannatyne Campus (SS@BC), describes the office as a safe, caring space. It's a one-stop service hub staffed by an interdisciplinary team of professionals.
In addition to counselling and mental health services and referrals, the office provides student advocacy (help with resolving conflicts or complaints), accessibility services, career advising, learning skills development and financial aid. The staff can connect students with other supports as needed.
SS@BC has launched an awareness campaign to encourage students to come in proactively. Don't wait until your concerns escalate into a crisis, Deane says.
"We're happy to meet with you to develop a wellness plan that will support your academic success. A plan could involve something as simple as check-in meetings to monitor how you're feeling, or something more intensive, if that's what you need."
Some health-sciences students, Deane notes, are such high achievers that if they experience difficulty in one area, such as time management, they worry about it as a serious deficit. "Talking about it can help," she says.
Deane emphasizes that Services for Students at Bannatyne Campus is administratively separate from any academic program. Any services that a student uses are confidential and won't appear on his or her academic record.
"You don't have to know what services or resources you need when you come and see us," Deane says. "We'll help you figure that out. You might be feeling distress about relationships, substance use, cultural adjustment, housing issues – it all affects your well-being.
"Our approach is to sit down and listen to your story. You're not alone. We'll find resources to support you and we'll help you build on your own strength and resilience."
The staff at SS@BC understand the intense demands of Rady Faculty programs, says the student mentioned above. He's now feeling healthy and coping well.
"This place knows your situation," he says. "They really see it from a student's perspective."
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Google has admitted that wide-spread connectivity issues in Japan were the result of a mistake by the tech giant.
Web traffic intended for Japanese internet service providers was being sent to Google instead.
Online banking, railway payment systems as well as gaming sites were among those affected.
A spokesman said a "network configuration error" only lasted for eight minutes on Friday but it took hours for some services to resume.
Nintendo was among the companies who reported poor connectivity, according to the Japan Times, as well as the East Japan Railway Company.
The country's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry has launched an investigation into the error which resulted in Google temporarily hijacking traffic to a major telecoms provider, NTT Communications Corp, which claims to have over 50 million customers in Japan.
Because Google cannot provide transit to third party networks, explains industry expert BGPMon, the traffic was lost.


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Crypto fund Variant raises $450M to invest in DeFi and Web3 projects
By admin July 29, 2022 No Comments4 Mins Read
The crypto market is weakening the industry, but it hasn't stopped the venture company Variant. Variant announced Thursday that it has raised $ 450 in two funds targeting Web3 and decentralized financial startups.
Variant is an early crypto-focused investment fund founded by Andreessen Horowitz veterans, including Decentralized Cryptographic Exchange Uniswap, Decentralized Non-Fangible Token Marketplace Magic Eden, Ethereum Scaling Project Polygon, etc. He has supported well-known Web3 and crypto projects.
The money is part of the Variant Fund III, which aims to "invest in user-owned web builders," Variant partners Li Jin, Spencer Noon, and Jesse Walden wrote in a statement. ..
The fund is divided into two parts. The remaining $ 300 million for a $ 150 million seed fund designed to support startups and a project opportunity fund within Variant's own portfolio that has demonstrated its value.
"What we have learned over the last few years strengthens our theory that user-owned networks are larger, grow faster, and have more favorable economic conditions for users than traditional centralized networks. I did, "the partner wrote. "Beyond that, ownership is a vast design space, and it also shows that we have experience ranging from community participation to financial exposure to governance."
The fund specifically targets new forms of ownership such as DeFi projects, blockchain computing, consumer Web3 projects, and non-fungible tokens.
Web3 is the monica that computer experts have given to the next evolution of the World Wide Web. Also known as the decentralized web, you can conduct peer-to-peer financial transactions via blockchain technology. These transactions are managed by smart contracts that execute transactions without the need for intermediaries or central authorities, allowing developers to create software that allows the community to control their own resources.
This is the basic philosophy behind DeFi, or decentralized finance, that uses blockchain technology to create a crypto token economy. All of these economies have been used to recreate traditional diversified versions of finance, including stock exchanges, interest generation, lending, etc., using crypto assets.
Web3 has also helped enable virtual ownership of digital assets through non-fungible tokens. It says Jin is also focusing on Fortune Variant. Most NFTs are digital collectibles and artwork, but they can also represent items such as video games, music, videos, documents, concert tickets, and other virtual consumer items.
"Web2 is digital feudalism and Web3 is digital capitalism," she said. "Web3 is a paradigm shift in introducing capitalism to the Internet. It introduces the ability of people to actually own capital and become capital owners of their own products."
NFTs can be used to give users incentives by giving them ownership of assets in the ecosystem, such as game items, collectibles, and avatars in the virtual world. The token model is worth earning tokens because it can be used not only by users for goods on the platform, but also as part of a loyalty system that allows them to redeem money in the external market. According to Jin, these new and other use cases combine social and economic systems in ways that legacy systems cannot.
Variant has raised $ 22.5 million and $ 110 million in two previous funds.
Partners said the small size of the fund was intentional. It aims to enable companies to maintain close relationships with portfolio companies and guide them. They added that the next three to five years will be important to the crypto and Web3 industry, and what's happening now foresaw its future.
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Captured for YouTubes at The Jazzeco Festival…
July 12, 2018 By Peter Butler 1 Comment
Ginny and I were privileged to be invited to the inaugural Jazzeco Festival in the grounds of picturesque Harlington Manor, Bedfordshire, on Saturday, 7th July.
"Britain's first fully vegan eco-friendly jazz festival, Jazzeco featured a distinguished lineup of top jazzers against the stunning backdrop of 14th century Harlington Manor, a grade II listed building. Fabulous vegan food, beer and wine stalls, and quirky craft offerings combined to create a memorable first for the national jazz scene!"
The sun shone and the fans amassed to enjoy the jazz and the plentiful Vegan food and refreshments – or simply to wander around the stalls with their resplendent displays. And I filmed for posterity!
Open air stage acoustics and lighting aren't always the best for filming larger groups at such events. Nor can fans be expected to give way to the camera man, especially when they are eager to take their own photos and movies.
But I was delighted to film several numbers of co-organiser, Melanie May on stage along with Russell Williams on keys, Laurence Evans on bass, Frank Griffith Clarinet and Saxophone and Les Cirkel on drums.
Regrettably due to extenuating circumstances I was not able to stay on for the full programme. But the cast also included jazz diva Tina May backed by The Frank Griffith Quintet (Frank was formerly sideman to Buddy Rich and Mel Torme).
Melanie May also performed with her own band. Another time, Melanie!
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NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care Announces Hiring Plans
By NightLight·January 6, 2015
NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care Practice Ramps Up To Meet Growing Demands
HOUSTON, TX – NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care, an Inc 5000 fastest growing company in the nation, today announced that it will add 20 new staff physicians and other health care professionals to its growing after hours pediatric urgent care practice. The hiring will support the company's record patient traffic and plans to open two new clinics in 2015.
"NightLight is a unique health care organization that offers a number of career opportunities to individuals looking to deliver exceptional health care to children in the Houston market," said Yolanda Davis, human resources recruiter at NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care. Davis says the hiring will continue into 2015 with the opening of the company's Humble clinic, its fourth location since opening in 2007. The company currently employs 46 employees in Sugar land, CyFair, and Pearland.
The openings include full-time, part-time, and on call positions including staff physicians, nurse practitioners, operations managers, medical billing specialists, medical assistants, medical front desk, and radiology technicians. The positions and applications can be found at https://www.nightlightpediatrics.com/join-theteam.html.
Individuals that join the team enjoy a benefits package including competitive compensation, medical, dental, paid time off, employee referral/wellness programs, birthday and anniversary perks, among other benefits. Depending upon the role, schedules vary during hours of operations, Monday – Friday, 5pm-11pm and weekends/holidays 11am – 9pm. NightLight's unique service delivery model underscores its partnership with local pediatricians and primary care physicians. Operating exclusively on an after hours basis, NightLight treats children ages 0 -18 years-old with non-emergency illnesses exclusively after hours when their primary care physician's office is closed. Hours of operation provide employees with the opportunity to structure their work, family, and school schedules around an evening and weekend work schedule.
Recognized by Inc Magazine as one of America's fastest growing companies, a Lone Star Colleges Small Business of the Year finalist, and one of the Best Places to Work by the Business Journal of Houston; NightLight Pediatric Urgent Care is the only minority and woman-owned business of its kind in the market. NightLight's mission is to provide quality, affordable, compassionate service for infants, children and adolescents. NightLight improves quality of healthcare through its market-leading continuum of care by increasing coordination with the primary care physician in caring for their patients on an after hours basis. More information is available at Nightlightpediatrics.com.
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By John McClain, Houston Chronicle Sep. 23, 2014
1of6Houston coach Bill O'Brien (left) has continually tried to deflect blame from the players after the Texans struggled in a 30-17 setback to the Giants on Sunday in New York.Photo: Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle
2of6New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz (80) beats Houston Texans cornerback A.J. Bouye (34) to the end zone for a 26-yard touchdown reception during the second quarter of an NFL football game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Houston Chronicle
3of6Houston Texans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) is hit by New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (90) as he releases the ball during the first quarter of an NFL football game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. The ball was intercepted on the play. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Houston Chronicle
4of6New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (10) runs out of the pocket looking for a receiver as Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) gives chase during the first quarter of an NFL football game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Houston Chronicle
5of6Houston Texans defensive back Danieal Manning (38) trips up New York Giants tight end Larry Donnell (84) during the first quarter of an NFL football game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Houston Chronicle
6of6Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien reacts tp a play during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. ( Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle )Photo: Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON — Bill O'Brien isn't afraid to take the blame when something goes wrong for the Texans. That's one of the things that impresses me about the first-year coach.
Players respect that characteristic in a coach. Or an assistant coach, for that matter. Some coaches take the blame, but you can tell by their body language or the words they carefully choose that they don't really believe they were at fault.
Their players see right through it, and so does the media.
Since O'Brien was hired in January, I've watched him evolve with his players and with reporters who cover the team. He isn't bashful about pointing the finger at himself when he deserves it.
And when he's offering constructive criticism of his team, he usually includes the coaching staff.
"We're a hardworking coaching staff (and) we didn't have our best day," O'Brien said after the recent 30-17 loss to the New York Giants.
A day later, when analyzing the many things that went wrong, O'Brien said: "When we look at that tape, we look in the mirror first. What did we do that they (players) weren't quite as prepared as they needed to be?"
After Sunday's defeat and Monday at his weekly news conference, I counted 12 times when O'Brien mentioned himself and his staff when answering questions about the problems that plagued the team at MetLife Stadium.
"This group of guys is very focused, and they have a really good work ethic," he said. "They care about each other, and they hate to lose. They just hate it, just as we do as coaches.
"They know they can play better, and we know as a coaching staff we can coach better. That's what we have to do to correct these mistakes and move forward to Buffalo."
The Brown-educated O'Brien is direct and blunt. When he arrived in Houston, he was supposed to be Wild Bill with the media, but he's tempered a temper that earned him quite a reputation as an assistant at New England and as the coach at Penn State.
What you won't get from O'Brien — or any NFL coach — is honesty about injuries. Injury paranoia strikes deep.
O'Brien is careful when responding to questions about players. He would rather talk about the team. But when it comes to assigning blame, he doesn't dodge anything.
After he called for a pass by quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick on third-and-19 from the Texans' 9 with two minutes left in the first half down 7-0 against the Giants, O'Brien admitted he blundered.
Fitzpatrick's pass was intercepted and returned to the 2, setting up an easy touchdown for New York and a 14-point halftime deficit.
"That was not a good call for that time," he said. "We've got to coach better. We've got to call plays better."
The Texans were terrific on third down in the first two games but terrible last Sunday.
"We have to do a better job with our play-calling on first and second down," he said. "We've got to get the ball to our playmakers better on first and second down."
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What is a NATURAL BEAUTY?!?
What is a natural beauty? We hear a lot about "natural beauty". But what does it mean? Some of us think that natural beauty is to look like you just woke up! Some cover their laziness by saying "It's my natural beauty" Here is an example. Let's imagine you are a flower garden. You can be a landscaped garden or just naturally growing garden, which hopes it's going to rain one day to water it roots.
VS Why some men are so against makeup? Because some girls by trying to look like Marilyn Monroe are going too far! That's why I think it's so important for women to learn how to apply makeup to highlight their natural beauty!!!
The thought of the day: "Natural beauty" – like anything else need some care and maintenance. Don't hope that one day you wake up a beauty queen! Beauty requires everyday work!
The bottom line, your beauty is one of your best investments!
Thank you!!! I really appreciate your comment!


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German federal authority restricts Facebook from collating data from different apps
Bundeskartellamt, Germany's independent federal authority has prohibited the social networking company from merging data from multiple sources.
This mainly concerns data from Facebook-owned services such as Whatsapp and Instagram, as well as from third-party websites.
Earlier today, Facebook was slammed by Germany's competition regulator Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) over its data collection and collation from multiple sources.
The federal authority has asked the social networking giant to obtain consent from users before merging the user data it collates from various sources, failing which, Facebook will be completely restricted to collect and combine data in the future.
Facebook is known to collect data from multiple sources including its own services such as Whatsapp and Instagram and is believed to combine it with users' Facebook profile data. Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt told in a press release that the federal authority is conducting an extensive analysis surrounding the data processing policy of Facebook.
Authorities against Facebook's monopoly status
"We are carrying out what can be seen as an internal divestiture of Facebook's data. In future, Facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of non-Facebook data to their Facebook user accounts. The combination of data sources substantially contributed to the fact that Facebook was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power." mentioned Mundt.
The federal authority also emphasized that Facebook and its affiliated services, Whatsapp and Instagram, were likely to create a 'monopolisation' in the world. In addition, it believed that Facebook was abusing user data, citing that this data was passed on to other third-party websites for analytics.
Bundeskartellamt also worked with various data protection authorities to look into what data was being analyzed.
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Last season when the 49ers played the Seahawks at Candlestick, Frank Gore gained 131 yards on 16 carries. 18 of those yards came on one "wham" play, and 48 of those yards came on two "trap" plays.
On the wham play, the 49ers let Alan Branch penetrate the backfield and Bruce Miller blindsided him with a wham block. Gore ran right up the middle for 18.
On the first trap play, Iupati was the trapping guard. He trapped Branch. Anthony Davis and Alex Boone couldn't finish their blocks on the linebackers, so Gore gained only 11.
On the second trap play, Alex Boone was the trapping guard. He trapped Jason Jones. Staley and Iupati finished their blocks on the linebackers and Gore ran up the middle untouched for 37 yards.
Traps and whams are good plays to slow down all-out penetration by the D-line. The interior tackles and nose tackle have to be more deliberate and watch for blocks coming from different angles.
From the Diamond formation, the Niners present a potential wham block from either of the up backs.
The traps usually come from Iupati because he's the best trapper on the team. The trap with Boone last season against the Seahawks was especially effective because Staley and Iupati pack more punch at the "second level," the linebacker level, than Boone and Davis.
For the most part, the point of attack for the whams and traps occurs on the right of the of 49ers' offensive line, just as the Niners more frequently run the power off tackle play to their offensive right with Iupati pulling as the off guard.
The 49ers haven't run many whams and traps this season. Their run game has revolved around power runs and weakside leads for the most part. The Niners ran one trap against the Seahawks Week 2, but Gore lost a yard because the trapper, Iupati, couldn't move Brandon Mebane, who tackled Gore in the backfield.
Will the 49ers run traps if Iupati doesn't play and Staley doesn't play and Boone has to play left tackle? That probably depends on how well Adam Snyder and Joe Looney can trap. The Seahawks' D-line is better this season than it was last season because they've replaced and upgraded Branch and Jones with Tony McDaniel and Michael Bennett.
If you were the 49ers' run game coordinator like Greg Roman, how would you attack the Seahawks on the ground this Sunday?


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Valeant and Biovail Agree to Merge
Jun 21, 2010 9:30am
Combination Creates Leader in Specialty Pharmaceuticals
Accretive to Stockholders of Both Companies in First 12 Months
Combined Operating Cash Flow on a Trailing 12-Month Basis of $575 Million
$175 Million in Annual Cost Synergies Fully Captured by Second Year
Strong Cash Flow to Support Future Growth and to Strengthen Balance Sheet
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Valeant (NYSE: VRX) and Biovail (NYSE/TSX: BVF) today announced that both companies' Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies would combine to generate enhanced value for stockholders. The combined company will be called Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. ("the new Valeant").
Valeant and Biovail believe the new Valeant's scale, financial strength and complementary product lines will enable it to pursue substantial growth opportunities. The combined company will have a significantly expanded presence in North America and operations in eight other countries, working across four growth platforms. The new Valeant will be able to leverage its complementary product lines and operations in specialty Central Nervous System (CNS), Dermatology, Canada and emerging markets/branded generics. In addition, the combined company will have limited patent exposure and enjoy strong and stable cash flows from legacy products that will support future growth. The new Valeant, on a 12-month trailing basis as of March 31, 2010, would have experienced double-digit revenue growth.
Under the terms of the agreement, Valeant stockholders will receive a one-time special cash dividend of $16.77 per share immediately prior to closing of the merger and 1.7809 shares of Biovail common stock upon closing of the merger in exchange for each share of Valeant common stock they own. The transaction is intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for Valeant stockholders. Upon the completion of the merger, which is expected to occur before the end of the year, Biovail stockholders will own approximately 50.5 percent and Valeant stockholders will own approximately 49.5 percent of the shares of the combined company on a fully diluted basis. For Biovail stockholders, this transaction represents a 15 percent premium based on a calculation of the stock prices over the last 10 trading days. It is anticipated that by December 31, 2010, contingent upon the closing of the merger and subject to approval by the new Valeant's Board of Directors and to applicable law, the combined company will pay an additional one-time $1.00 per share dividend to all stockholders of the new combined entity, after which the new Valeant does not intend to pay dividends. To finance the transaction, the companies have secured a commitment of $2.8 billion through a term loan facility provided by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and Jefferies & Company, Inc. Existing Valeant 7.625% and 8.375% senior unsecured notes will be refinanced as part of the transaction.
J. Michael Pearson, currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Valeant, will serve as the new Valeant's Chief Executive Officer, residing in Barbados, and Bill Wells, currently Chief Executive Officer of Biovail, will be the non-executive Chairman. The new Valeant's Board of Directors will consist of 11 members, including five Biovail representatives, five Valeant representatives and one additional independent Canadian resident director to be identified through a search process and nominated by Valeant and agreed upon by Biovail. Robert A. Ingram, currently lead director of Valeant, will serve as lead independent director of the new Valeant's Board. Michael Van Every, currently Chairman of Biovail's Audit Committee, will serve in the same function for the combined Board.
The new Valeant will retain Biovail's corporate structure and related financial efficiencies, leading to enhanced financial performance. Following the completion of the merger, it is anticipated that the transaction will be cash EPS accretive to both companies' stockholders within the first 12 months post-close.1 On a trailing 12-month basis as of March 31, 2010, the combined company would have had pro forma revenues of $1.75 billion and pro forma cash flow from operations of $575 million. The new Valeant expects to generate at least $175 million in annual cost synergies in the second year.
Mr. Pearson said, "This compelling combination will create tremendous value for stockholders of both companies as our business benefits from cost savings, greater scale, efficiencies from extending Biovail's corporate structure, and enhanced financial strength and flexibility. We are committed to delivering the anticipated cost savings benefits and, as we did with Valeant over the past two years, transforming the new entity into a diversified, specialty pharmaceutical company focused on growth and cash flow generation."
Dr. Douglas J.P. Squires, Chairman of the Biovail Board of Directors, said, "The combination of Biovail and Valeant creates a new leader in specialty pharmaceuticals by combining two highly successful management teams in our industry. Our Board is enthusiastic about the opportunities the combination will bring for shareholders and employees of both companies."
Mr. Wells added, "With strong cash flows, substantial synergy opportunities and minimal patent risk, the new Valeant presents the opportunity to create shareholder value at a level that would not have been possible for either company on a stand-alone basis. Moreover, the combined company will preserve the advantageous Biovail corporate structure."
G. Mason Morfit, Chairman of Valeant's Special Committee and Partner at ValueAct Capital, Valeant's largest stockholder, said, "I am excited about the significant benefits this transaction delivers to stockholders of both companies. The merger of Valeant and Biovail creates more opportunities to continue the financial performance Valeant stockholders have enjoyed over the past two years and creates an exciting platform for continued aggressive growth. ValueAct Capital is committed to keeping Valeant as a top position in our portfolio and to voting for this transaction. Once the merger is complete, ValueAct Capital will be the largest stockholder of the combined company, and I will serve on its Board of Directors."
Following completion of the merger, the new Valeant will be headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and will remain a Canadian domiciled corporation, listed on both the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. In addition, the combined company will retain Biovail's existing principal operating subsidiary in Barbados, which will continue to own, manage, control and develop intellectual property for the combined company. The location of the combined company's U.S. headquarters will be determined after the close of the transaction.
The transaction is subject to approval by Valeant and Biovail stockholders and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, including anti-trust and competition law approvals in the U.S. and certain other foreign jurisdictions.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Jefferies & Company, Inc. are serving as financial advisors, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Ogilvy Renault LLP are serving as legal counsel to Valeant. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is serving as financial advisor and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP are serving as legal counsel to Biovail.
Valeant and Biovail will host a conference call and a live Internet webcast along with a slide presentation today at 8:30 a.m. EDT (5:30 a.m. PDT) to discuss this combination. The dial-in number to participate on this call is (877) 295-5743, confirmation code 83365938. International callers should dial (973) 200-3961, confirmation code 83365938.
A replay will be available for one week following the live webcast through June 28, 2010. The live webcast of the conference call may be accessed through the investor relations section on Valeant's web site at www.valeant.com and Biovail's web site at www.biovail.com. Participants should allow approximately five to ten minutes prior to the presentation's start time to visit the site and download any streaming media software needed to listen and view to the Internet webcast.
About Valeant
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE:VRX) is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of neurology and dermatology. More information about Valeant can be found at www.valeant.com.
About Biovail
Biovail Corporation (NYSE:BVF) is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the formulation, clinical testing, registration, manufacture, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of medicines that address unmet medical needs in niche specialty central nervous system (CNS) markets. For more information about Biovail, visit the Company's Web site at www.biovail.com.
All dollar references herein are to U.S. dollars.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information and "Safe Harbor" Statement
To the extent any statements made in this document contain information that is not historical, these statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and may be forward-looking information as defined under applicable Canadian securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking statements").
These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the expected benefits of the proposed merger such as efficiencies, cost savings, tax benefits, enhanced revenues and cash flow, growth potential, market profile and financial strength; the competitive ability and position of the combined company; the expected timing of the completion of the transaction; and the expected payment of a one-time cash dividend. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "estimate", "intend", "continue", "plan", "project", "will", "may", "should", "could", "would", "target", "potential" and other similar expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Although certain of these statements set out herein are indicated above, all of the statements in this release that contain forward-looking statements are qualified by these cautionary statements. Although Valeant and Biovail believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, factors and assumptions regarding the items outlined above. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations include, among other things, the following: the failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals by Valeant and Biovail stockholders and government or regulatory agencies (including the terms of such approvals); the risk that a condition to closing of the merger may not be satisfied; the possibility that the anticipated benefits and synergies from the proposed merger cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of Valeant and Biovail operations will be greater than expected; the ability of the combined company to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers or other business partners; the impact of legislative, regulatory, competitive and technological changes; the risk that the credit ratings of the combined company may be different from what the companies expect; and other risk factors relating to the pharmaceutical industry, as detailed from time to time in each of Valeant's and Biovail's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and, in Biovail's case, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA"). There can be no assurance that the proposed merger will in fact be consummated.
Additional information about these factors and about the material factors or assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements may be found in the body of this release, as well as under Item 1.A. in each of Valeant's and Biovail's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and Item 1.A in each of Valeant's and Biovail's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010. Valeant and Biovail caution that the foregoing list of important factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to Valeant and Biovail, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Neither Biovail nor Valeant undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as may be required by law.
In connection with the proposed merger, Valeant and Biovail plan to file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that will include a joint proxy statement of Valeant and Biovail that also constitutes a prospectus of each of Valeant and Biovail. Valeant and Biovail will mail the joint proxy statement/prospectus to their respective stockholders. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. You will be able to obtain the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about Valeant and Biovail, free of charge, at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov and, in Biovail's case, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. You may also obtain these documents, free of charge, from Valeant's website (www.valeant.com) under the tab "Investor Relations" and then under the heading "SEC Filings," or by directing a request to Valeant, One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California, 92656, Attention: Corporate Secretary. You may also obtain these documents, free of charge, from Biovail's website (www.biovail.com) under the tab "Investor Relations" and then under the heading "Regulatory Filings" and then under the item "Current SEC Filings," or by directing a request to Biovail, 7150 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, L5N 8M5, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
The respective directors and executive officers of Valeant and Biovail and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding Valeant's directors and executive officers is available in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC by Valeant on March 25, 2010, and information regarding Biovail directors and executive officers is available in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC and CSA by Biovail on April 21, 2010. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Other information regarding the interests of the participants in the proxy solicitation will be included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC and the CSA when they become available. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1 Cash EPS is calculated as net income from continuing operations adjusted for certain items such as amortization expense, non-cash interest and other financing charges, deferred taxes, acquired in-process research and development and one-time and other special or restructuring charges, divided by the average number of shares determined on a fully-diluted basis. Accretion for Valeant stockholders assumes after-tax return on the $16.77 per share dividend in excess of 0.8 percent annual return.
Laurie W. Little, 949-461-6002
Biovail
Nelson F. Isabel, 905-286-3000


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Looking to bring simplicity to iPhone photography, Exolens is a straightforward lens kit offering a metal skeleton that slides over your phone, and a threaded mount for attaching your choice of two lenses. But at $130, for just one wide angle and one 3x telephoto lenses, it costs more than similar kits from competitors who offer more lenses or more features. Is the Exolens' quest for simplicity really worth a $30 premium?
Like scaffolding around a building, the Exolens surrounds your iPhone 6 using a rock-solid machined aluminum frame lined with an ultra-soft foam that hugs your device with a reassuringly firm grip. However, its skeletal design leaves large parts of the phone — such as the entire bottom half — unprotected, and its snug fit means you'll need to remove any case you have on your iPhone whenever you want to attach a lens.
A threaded mount lets you screw in and unscrew lenses with ease. Like the frame, the glass lenses are also housed in aluminum, and have a confidence-inspiring heft and feel.
Across the back, a metal arm reaches across to the other side of the phone, and features a 0.25-inch screw mount so you can attach the Exolens to a tripod. The kit also comes with a hood for the telephoto lens, a cloth drawstring bag and plastic lens caps for both front and back sides of the lenses.
Exolens' 165-degree wide angle lens offers a not-quite fisheye view, along with the tunnel-like barrel distortion that comes with such expansive perspectives. In a shot at Madison Square Park, I was almost able to completely capture the circular pond in front of Farragut Monument, while retaining good focus on the center of the frame. Ztylus wide-angle lens | Credit: Samuel C. RutherfordHowever, the picture is soft along the edges, especially on the brightly lit area on the right, and slightly blurrier than what I saw from Olloclip's or Ztylus' wide-angle lenses.
The Exolens 3x telephoto lens offers the same magnification as the Manfrotto zoom lens, but with less pincushion distortion. In a side-by-side comparison, a shot of NYC's historic Flatiron Building using the Exolens looks straighter than a photo from Manfrotto's 3x lens.
Manfrotto 3x telephoto lens | Credit: Samuel C. RutherfordHowever, the Manfrotto has no vignetting (darkening around the corners).
The Exolens is strong and sturdy, but its image quality falls a bit short. Plus, its large frame makes the Exolens less pocket-friendly than other, less expensive kits. The Exolens also doesn't have an iPhone 6 Plus model, and only has two lens options. This means at $130, even with its decent image quality, kits from Olloclip and Ztylus are often better options than the Exolens.
It has a sturdy--but bulky--aluminum frame, but the quality of photos from Exolens' 3x zoom and wide-angle isn't worth the premium.


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December 29, 2020 Practice Points
Aftermath of the Election as a Lesson for Mediators and Negotiators
Winning and losing is often in the eyes of the beholder.
By John Bickerman
The population of the United States is experiencing in real time an extreme example of loss aversion. President Trump's inability to accept an apparent loss in the presidential election has led to an irrational decision to pursue a legal strategy that has an extraordinarily low probability of success. At the time of this writing, the president would need to overturn the results in at least two, and possibly three, states to alter the outcome of the election. So far, no evidence to support a legal challenge has emerged. Election experts of both parties have expressed their views that President Trump will fail and that the election is over. So, why does the president persist? The answer lies in the psychological concept of loss aversion, a type of cognitive bias that provides essential lessons to every negotiator and mediator.
More than 40 years ago, two Israeli psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, documented loss aversion, an important psychological barrier that interferes with an individual's ability to make rational decisions that would be in the individual's best interests. They conducted a simple experiment. They told two sets of doctors that they had a patient who had a terminal disease and would die in seven years without an operation. One panel of doctors was told that a surgery would save the patient and had a 90 percent chance of success. The other group of doctors was told that the surgery would save the patient but had a 10 percent chance of immediately causing death. Interestingly, the first set of doctors was much more likely to operate, although the two choices were statistically identical. The researchers concluded that the pain of losing is psychologically twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. In another example, the pain of losing $100 is about double the joy of winning $200. So, President Trump's behavior is predicted by this now well-established theory of behavioral economics.
But how does President Trump's behavior apply to negotiations and dispute resolution? As long as disputants see the terms of settlement as a "loss," their perceived cost of accepting a settlement remains high, often too high to lead to a resolution. However, losses can often be "reframed" as "wins." Taking the example of President Trump, many election analysts point to the success of down-ballot Republicans running for the Senate, House of Representatives, and state legislatures. Democrats had long been projected to be the favorites to win many of these races. Instead, favored democratic candidates for Senate lost and, instead of the projected gain of five to 15 seats in the House, Democrats lost seats. Not a single state legislature was flipped. The most accepted explanation is that President Trump was able to draw to the polls an historic number of voters, more than 71 million, who helped the party stave off the Democrats. By any measure this could be recognized as a huge "win" for President Trump, and his closest advisors are likely to be making this argument to him.
Similarly, many disputes can be settled if the negotiators focus on the advantages of settlement. Mediators also frequently remind a recalcitrant party of all the benefits that they will gain from settlement while downplaying the perception of losing. Winning and losing is often in the eyes of the beholder. So, a lesson lawyers who negotiate for their clients can take from this election is the need to help their clients and opposing parties see the winning side of a settlement and minimize the fear of losing. In this way, parties may succeed in making more rational decisions from which they will benefit and overcome loss aversion.
John Bickerman is the founder of Bickerman Dispute Resolution in Washington, D.C.
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We have been waiting for months for the sun to finally arrive in the UK and at last it has made an appearance. With temperatures peaking at around 30 degrees, it's actually hotter here than it is in plenty of popular holiday destinations around Europe! However, every single summer, despite the years of campaigning by animal welfare groups, people still fail to understand the danger of leaving their dog locked in a car in such temperatures.
If you wouldn't put your dog in the oven, DO NOT leave him in a hot car. It might sound like an extreme comparison but the reality is that on a hot day the temperature in a car can become unbearable in just minutes. Dogs can't cool themselves down in the same way that we can. They can't sweat, open a window or fan themselves and they're wearing a fur coat. While not every dog left in this situation will die, at the very least they will experience distress, discomfort and anxiety. Nobody expects it will happen to them, so the way to ensure it definitely doesn't is by not taking the risk. 'Not long' is too long, and 10 minutes spent nipping into the Co-op for you is 10 minutes your dog spends panicking in an enclosed space with a rapidly increasing temperature which may result in heatstroke.
Heatstroke occurs when a dog is unable to regulate their body temperature, and to do this they pant. High temperatures reduce the effectiveness of panting and with no escape in a stationary vehicle it quickly becomes a death trap. Heatstroke can cause permanent brain damage, organ failure or even death in as little as 15 minutes in a hot car.
Prompt identification and treatment are crucial in saving the life of an affected dog. If the dog in question is showing any signs of heatstroke be sure to have water at the ready to cool it down as soon as it is out of the car. Immediately visit a vet and explain it is an emergency.
Your dog is more at risk of over-heating if they are brachycephalic (flat faced) such as pugs, French bulldogs, boxers, Cavalier King Charles spaniels and shih tzus. Elderly dogs, thick coated breeds, puppies and obese dogs are also more susceptible to heatstroke.
If you have concerns about a dog in a hot car don't hesitate to call 999. Although it might seem logical to call the RSPCA they have no powers of entry and therefore require police assistance. If you decide to break a window to free a dog in distress, please be aware that it could be classed as criminal damage and you may have to defend your actions in court. The law states that you have a lawful excuse to commit damage if you believe that the owner of the vehicle would consent to the damage if they knew the circumstances (Criminal Damage Act 1971). If you wait for the police to arrive make sure you take photos of the dog and the car, and take the names of any witnesses. Do not leave the scene until the situation has been resolved.
If you love your dog and value his life, do not leave him in the car during warm weather for any length of time. Leave him at home or run your errands later in the day. Don't gamble with the life of a loyal companion that would do anything to protect yours.


In my perspective, freedom has meant being able to choose whatever I want and perhaps not being in a position where others can pick or choose for me. If the words quoted above are true, then freedom doesn't mean having what you want, but perhaps being free of want altogether.
Is it possible? I think so, but it seems to require a complete trustingness, a full relaxation into accepting whatever is rather than being attached to however we might want things to be. I would venture to say that "what the universe wants" is quite simple – the universe wants whatever is actually happening, it wants no more and no less, nothing different than that which actually is.
Can I possibly want that – want simply whatever is? What if I don't like that which is happening? I'm certainly not saying that one has to "like" everything. We don't have to like a particular type of weather pattern, or soy-lait ice cream, or a way that someone is treating us. We can choose to not eat that ice cream and even stand up against perceived injustice, but wanting is another story. The only posture that doesn't lead to frustration is when we allow ourselves to want whatever is happening. We may not like that it's cold and rainy today, but we can want that simply because it is. Wanting something other than whatever is is simply folly.
This all makes sense (or perhaps it will after the 2nd or 3rd reading), but how do we apply it in our lives? Like most inner growth in life, I guess it's just a matter of practice, of learning to recognize over and over that the discomforts which we experience derive from the distance between how we would like things to be and the way that they simply are. Can we accept things as they simply are? To me at least, it's certainly a question worth attending to.


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By Bob Dane	 June 13, 2018 8 Comments
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro brands it a cog in President Donald Trump's "deportation machine." ACLU lawyers call it profiling. Undaunted, the Texas Department of Public Safety is providing names of suspected illegal aliens to federal immigration agents.
We call that public service.
The DPS "citation lists" came to light in the case of Gaspar Rodriguez Garcia, a Mexican national who has repeatedly entered the U.S. illegally.
Detained in a traffic stop by a Texas Highway Patrol officer, Rodriguez could not produce a driver's license and, instead, presented a Mexican consular ID. The motorist was cited for driving without a license and failing to stop at a stop sign.
Rodriguez's name was then put on a DPS citation list, which was forwarded to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Two and a half months later, ICE agents used the information to track down and arrest Rodriguez at his San Antonio apartment.
With his immigration case pending, Rodriguez's experience is replicated across Texas as state law-enforcement officers provide crucial leads to ICE agents.
"There is a standing request from ICE to provide them a statewide listing of DPS enforcement of DWI and no-driver-license offenses," DPS spokesman Tom Vingar told the San Antonio Express-News.
The citation lists have been furnished by DPS since August 2016, providing thousands of leads to ICE. The number of immigration arrests attributable to the lists has not been disclosed.
Naturally, Castro and the ACLU are outraged.
The Texas Democrat disingenuously blasted the program as part of a nefarious "deportation machine that Donald Trump set up to deport people like young Dreamers who may get a traffic ticket." The ACLU, predictably, raises the specter of racial profiling.
In fact, DPS puts names on the citation list without regard to race, ethnicity or sex. "The information does not include, nor do we have, immigration status on the violators," Vingar said.
The DPS actions are consistent with Texas's anti-sanctuary law (Senate Bill 4) that requires local law-enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal authorities on immigration matters.
So as officials from San Antonio and other large Texas cities continue to contest SB4 in court and Rodriguez's public defender maneuvers to suppress evidence in his case (all at taxpayer expense), let's cue up the sad old refrain: "I Fought the Law, and the Law Won."
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Bob Dane, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)'s Executive Director, has been with FAIR since 2006. His deep belief is that immigration is the most transformational determinant of where we are heading as a nation and that our policies must be reformed in the public interest. Over many years on thousands of radio, TV and print interviews, Bob has made the case that unless immigration is regulated and sensibly reduced, it will be difficult for America to reduce unemployment, increase wages, improve health care and education and heighten national security. Prior to joining FAIR, Bob spent twenty years in network radio, marketing and communications after an earlier career in policy and budgeting within the Reagan Administration. Bob has a degree from George Mason University in Public Administration and Management.
Center for Migration Studies Undercounts Illegal Alien Population
USSickOfEVILvsUSAAs1NationUnderGOD on June 14, 2018 9:37 pm
The Rule of Law will come down to each US Citizen…banding with like-mind…to file against those whom have invaded for over half a century like Juaquin(no doubt a dedicated to death for LULACWHORES LaRaza 666+DACA, DREQAMWHORES products of heathen breeders via gang, cartel, mentally ill, degeneratives for AFDC…which has bankrupted all our services they STEAL DESTROY…paying nothing never contribute anything yet are proud to intentionally blatantly…VIOLATE USA & States Constitutions: Rule of Law and equally G O D s the TEN COMMANDMENTS…), or have their own patrols and Citizen's Arrest… The things VOID..REALITY: G O D declared VENGEANCE is Mine Sayeth the LORD…
Missy on June 13, 2018 8:23 pm
An American citizen who gets caught with DWI or or DUI, how do you think they are punished by the so called our US law? Do we as American citizens get treated equally as illegal aliens? If we don't hire the expensive lawyers to defend us, we can lose our jobs, and if we hire a lawyer, we get charged in a hefty manner, we are talking about over 1K of bail bond, $16k-$17K for a lawyer. We may saved our job paying the bail bond or lawyer; however; we are stucked with our never ending bills. So, how are the illegal aliens treated differently or discriminative by here? We get thrown in jail for one mistake of DWI or DUI while the illegal aliens or the adult dreamers are deported freely in their own countries, they are free to do whatever the want to do but not the true Americans. The Americans are the true victims of their own country.
LawAbidingUSTaxpayer on June 14, 2018 8:54 pm
Exactly, and is it no amazing that for every 111th person on USA soil there is an attorney: but do they EVER address that very point?
VivaLaMigra on June 13, 2018 7:40 pm
Maybe they should change the name of that organization to the ALIEN Civil Liberties Union! I didn't know that 'civil liberties' included exemption from having suspicious behavior – in this case driving without a license – reported to a federal law enforcement agency – ICE – that is duly authorized by a democratically-elected legislative body representing the American citizenry.
Leland on June 13, 2018 6:46 pm
The fact that he only carried a Mexican consular ID is an automatic red flag as far as immigration status. Mexico issues them to their citizens here who are unable to obtain a legal ID here because they are, get ready, here illegally. A lot of sanctuary jurisdictions accept them for identification purposes.
It is notable in these situations that the person who was stopped is not detained. He was free to go even though it was very likely he was here illegally, which in fact he was, and had been deported before. And why in the world does he have a public defender? What is his defense, other than the usual playing the race card. And of course, no license means he had no insurance.
Representative Castro is one of the poster boys for not trusting the other side on immigration. Anything they can do to block any enforcement and excuse and defend illegals, they are going to do. They will carry on long and loud about how this country has the right to defend it's borders and enforce the law, but the reality is they do everything they can to undermine our borders and ICE. Why trust double dealing liars.
USCitizenTaxpayerSickofCorruptionIllegals on June 14, 2018 9:32 pm
The Mex Metricular ID Card: is of course, as many as one can put out the C A S H: and fill out whatever…that is what Bank of America utilzes etc… No other nation makes its INVADWHORES their priority and especially over its REAL CITIZENS taxpayers, law abiding and MILTARY whom never return and are PERMANENTLY SEPARATED from our families…MIA POWs back to…WWI to Korea, Vietnam,…Japan Prison Camps(yet theirs got REPARATION like Jews got from working in factories… Yet DEPRESSION no chld labor laws kids age l2 worked l2 horus per day–my Great Grandparents… NATIONAL BETRAYAL>>to HELL all doing so.
RYAN JONES on June 13, 2018 4:27 pm
It is calculated that in Mexico's second largest city of Los Angeles, at least one-third of all drivers are ILLEGALS, DRIVING ILLEGALLY and UNINSURED.
Everyday there are 12 American murdered by Mexicans frequently ones driving illegally and DRUNK.
Leslie Blenkhorn on June 13, 2018 6:29 pm
Ryan are you saying that even though the felons that head our state and gave drivers licenses to illegal aliens, those illegals have not bothered to get a license which would then force them to get car insurance.


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Councillor Richard Lewis talks about Headingley, trees, Woodhouse Moor, and pollution : STOP THE TROLLEYBUS !
Those 5 to 1 trees will never compare to the trees that will be lost. They will be 5 year old trees replacing 150 year old trees. The liklihood is that many will never survive to maturity.


First edition, first impression, a superlative presentation copy of the author's first work of prose. One of 505 copies printed, this is a uniquely untrimmed, unnumbered, and specially bound presentation copy inscribed by Borges on the first blank to his fellow Argentine author, and muse, Norah Lange (1905-1972).
Borges's inscription, using the nickname reserved only for family and his most intimate friends, reads, "a la aureolada Nora, muy cordialmente - Georgie" ("to the radiant/haloed Nora, very warmly, Georgie"). A pencil note below, apparently in the hand of Lange's sister, observes "no pudo, para ti, encontrar mejor adjetivo" ("he could not have found a better adjective for you"). This radiance may be read either in reference to the light colouring afforded by Lange's exotic Scandinavian blood (she was three-quarters Norwegian), or a sign of Borges's worship of her at this time.
Edwin Williamson asserts Lange's central significance as Borges's early muse in his 2011 biography, identifying her as the focus of a love triangle involving Borges and his literary rival the poet Oliverio Girondo. Borges went so far as to propose marriage to Lange in March 1927, but she turned him down, and eventually married Girondo in 1943. The time around the publication of Inquicisiones, however, marks the peak of Borges and Lange's flirtation. A piece praising Lange is included among the essays of Inquisiciones, gushing for three pages of poetic prose about "the double brilliance of her hair and her haughty youth", affirming their shared comradeship as poets of the Ultraist movement, and likening the appearance of her poems to a "luna nueva". This piece was printed in the same year as the prologue to Lange's debut books of poems, La Calle de la Tarde.
Lange's importance to Borges is well-documented, but her novels and poems have recently received renewed attention in their own right, with Prof. Kay Sibbald hailing Lange's "vanguard feminism", and a translation into English of her novel The People in the Room just published in August 2018.
The published copies were trimmed and bound in blue wrappers, but the text block of this copy is almost a centimetre longer from gutter to fore edge, and the edges much more roughly cut. Borges had a set of untrimmed sheets specially bound for presentation to Lange. We are unaware of any other copy thus presented, making this copy perhaps the primary presentation copy of Borges's first experiment with short prose pieces, the medium in which he would decades later achieve his monumental status in world literature.
Octavo (175 x 130 mm). Specially bound for presentation in contemporary tan cloth, red morocco title labels to spine, marbled endpapers.
Title label at the head a little chipped, cloth somewhat spotted with a few other marks, light rubbing to extremities, some foxing within, a very good copy.


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Q: \eqnarray and \boxed Hey I have following code and I would like to set last equality into box but when I use \boxed I have an error. What can I do?
\begin{eqnarray*}
    \Theta _{C} &=&\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\left( C\right) =qSe^{-q\left(
        T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right) }N\left(
    d_{-}\right)  \\
    &&+Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \sigma \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}%
    } \\
    &=&qSe^{-q\left( T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right)
    }N\left( d_{-}\right)\\
    &&-Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \frac{%
        \sigma }{2\sqrt{T-t}} \\
\end{eqnarray*}

A: Never use eqnarray under any circumstances; amsmath provides several environments for alignments that are more powerful and feature much better spacing.
Here you can use aligned nested inside align*.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

\begin{align*}
\Theta _{C}
   = \frac{\partial}{\partial t}(C)
  &= \begin{aligned}[t]
     &  qSe^{-q(T-t) }N( d_{+}) -rKe^{-r( T-t) } N(d_{-})  \\
     &+ Se^{-q( T-t) }n( d_{+}) \sigma \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}}
     \end{aligned}
\\[2ex]
  &= \boxed{\begin{aligned}[t]
     & qSe^{-q( T-t) }N( d_{+}) -rKe^{-r( T-t)}N( d_{-})\\
     &-Se^{-q( T-t) }n( d_{+}) \frac{\sigma }{2\sqrt{T-t}}
     \end{aligned}}
\end{align*}

\end{document}

An aligned environment can easily be \boxed.

Note that I removed all \left and \right commands that did nothing useful (and damaged the spacing).
Also, I moved the alignment point to the second "=" in the first line, for better symmetry.

A: First, forget about eqnarray/eqnarray*. Use align/align* instead: https://www.texfaq.org/FAQ-eqnarray.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
    \Theta_{C}&=\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\left( C\right)=qSe^{-q\left(
        T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right) }N\left(
    d_{-}\right)  \\
    &+Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \sigma \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}%
    } \\
    &=qSe^{-q\left( T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right)
    }N\left( d_{-}\right)\\
    &-Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \frac{%
        \sigma }{2\sqrt{T-t}} \\
\end{align*}
\end{document}

Here there is the boxed formula using empheq package.
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{empheq}
\begin{document}
\begin{empheq}[box=\fbox]{align*}
    \Theta_{C}&=\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\left( C\right)=qSe^{-q\left(
        T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right) }N\left(
    d_{-}\right)  \\
    &+Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \sigma \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}%
    } \\
    &=qSe^{-q\left( T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right)
    }N\left( d_{-}\right)\\
    &-Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \frac{%
        \sigma }{2\sqrt{T-t}}
\end{empheq}
\end{document}

Addendum 1: "to set into box only last equation, i.e only last two lines, without "=" sign" (see the comment).
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{empheq}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
    \Theta_{C}&=\frac{\partial }{\partial t}\left( C\right)=qSe^{-q\left(
        T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right) }N\left(
    d_{-}\right)  \\
    &+Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \sigma \frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}%
    }
    \end{align*}
\begin{empheq}[innerbox=\fbox]{align*}
   qSe^{-q\left( T-t\right) }N\left( d_{+}\right) -rKe^{-r\left( T-t\right)
    }N\left( d_{-}\right) &\\
    -Se^{-q\left( T-t\right) }n\left( d_{+}\right) \frac{%
        \sigma }{2\sqrt{T-t}} &
\end{empheq}
\end{document}

Addendum 2: From the comment of @Barbarabeeton "Where is the equal sign for the boxed material in the last version".
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{empheq}
\begin{document}
\begin{align*}
    \Theta_{C}&=\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(C)=qSe^{-q(
        T-t)}N(d_{+})-rKe^{-r(T-t}N(
    d_{-})  \\
    &+Se^{-q(T-t)}n(d_{+}) \sigma\frac{-1}{2\sqrt{T-t}%
    }
    \end{align*}
\begin{empheq}[box=\fbox]{align*}
\MoveEqLeft
   =qSe^{-q(T-t)}N(d_{+})-rKe^{-r(T-t)
    }N(d_{-}) \\
   &-Se^{-q(T-t)}n(d_{+}) \frac{%
        \sigma}{2\sqrt{T-t}}
\end{empheq}

\end{document}

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Shimano has apologised for the fire that broke out in a factory building at its headquarters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, yesterday.
The components giant said in a statement: "We profusely apologise to our shareholders, customers and stakeholders for all the concerns and the inconveniences that we have caused by letting this regretful accident occur.
"The fire occurred at the surface treatment area.
"Workers have evacuated a factory immediately and no one was injured.
"We are now investigating the cause of the fire."
As we reported yesterday, 20 fire engines attended the blaze.
We have asked Shimano UK whether the incident may result in any disruption to stocks of the company's products here, and will let you know their response once we have it.


Shri Sripal presently Principal Commissioner (Personnel, Horticulture & Landscape), DDA, has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi for a period of 3 months.
Shri Alok Ranjan IPS (Madhya Pradesh 1991 ) presently CVO, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Delhi , has been given additional charge of the post of CVO, Andrew Yule and Company Limited (AYCL), Kolkata with effect from 26.07.2018 till 02.03.2020 or till the appointment of a regular CVO in AYCL.
Shri Ashok Maheshwari ITS (1994) presently CVO, Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), Jaipur has been given extension of additional charge of the post of CVO, Scooters India Limited (SIL), Lucknow for a period of one year beyond 13.09.2018.
Ms Uma Venkatesan IRS (IT 1994) has been appointed as CVO, Cochin Port Trust (CoPT), Kochi under the Ministry of Shipping for an initial period of 3 years.
Shri M Radha Krishna IPS (Madhya Pradesh 1985) has been given extension of tenure of as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Delhi under the Ministry of Urban Development, for a period beyond 22.06.2017 upto 28.02.2019.
Shri Yatendra Kumar IAS (MT 1996) presently CVO, Airports Authority of India has been approved the premature repatriation to his cadre i.e.Government of Tripura on personal grounds.
In an Indian Bureaucracy appointment news update, Shri Deepak Chaturvedi ITS (1983) has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in Shipping Corporation of India(SCI), Mumbai under Ministry of Shipping for three years upto 30.11.2012 vice Shri Sanjay V. Mane IPS(MP 1988).
IndianBureaucracy.com wishes Shri Deepak Chaturvedi the very best.
Indian Bureaucracy PSU Update: Dr Akhilesh Kumar Ambasht IFS (AGMUT 1987) has been given extension of deputation tenure as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Delhi for a period up to 31.01.2018.


I've had some good times hanging with my brother this summer and so I've got a quick post sharing a couple of photos. He just about tolerates the photo taking, and these are really the only ones I took. We've been to the cinema (twice in one day, in fact), got in a comedy show, ordered take-out pizza, seen in the new Doctor, watched all the Batman films back to back as I'd never seen them, and eaten piles of junk food. In the junk food stakes, we are both highly accomplished. We had brunch one day at the most amazing greasy spoon. I ate possibly the biggest plate of food I've ever had in my life, much to the astonishment of the waitress who clearly didn't think I was up to it. My brother was also impressed, and that's quite a challenge. We also couldn't resist purchasing a bag of mashed potato shaped into hashtags and other computer symbols, with a crispy coating. So yummy and the best pun of the summer: Mashtags. Absolutely no nutritional value. Anyway, it's been fun!
P.S. Only 4 pictures here, but it still brings the #500snapsofsummer total up to 342, leaving 158 to go.
The last week of summer freedom approaches and inspiration has well and truly hit. I am loving my holiday of adventures and photography and it turns out that working on #500snapsofsummer and curating my summer stories has made me want to scrap. I have a layout to share today all about Secret Cinema which the man and I attended earlier this year as m birthday present. The pictures aren't from 500 Snaps of Summer, but it has easily been one of my favourite experiences in London ever, and we had the most amazing time. From a crafty perspective, I was really glad I had already written about this experience and matched with with photos when I blogged about it here, as this took all the decision-making out of the page, and I could just play with pretty paper knowing that the storytelling was taken care of.
Once again, hand-cut titles make an appearance as I'm just a little tiny bit obsessed. I tried to add a little bit of vintage flair to the design to reflect the 1930s setting of Secret Cinema, and our dress in the photo. I knew the perfect time would arrive for that little camera charm one day.
The journalling is once again in an envelope tucked behind the photo, but very easily accessible. There's quite a bit of it and I still like my writing to be visible without dominating. I'm just about out of vellum envelopes which saddens me greatly. But I'm also out of white cardstock now too, and I can't scrap without it lately, so who knows what will happen.
P.S. With these nine pictures, #500snapsofsummer goes up to 311, leaving 189 pictures left.


BALTIMORE — Energy customers in Maryland could see higher bills because a regional power grid operator is phasing in a new pricing method for companies like Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. to have access to power.
PJM Interconnection will be incorporating a new method of pricing electrical capacity on the wholesale market. It's different from previous pricing models, because it takes into account the location of power users when figuring out how much they should pay for access to electricity.
That could mean steep price increases for central Maryland and the Eastern Shore, because those areas import more power than they produce.
Capacity costs could rise from about $7.60 per megawatt per day in 2006 to $140 this year in the Baltimore-Washington area. On the Eastern Shore, as well as Delaware and New Jersey, the price for a megawatt-day will be about $177 this year, according to PJM. A megawatt-day is enough power for 1,000 homes for one day.
Ray Dotter, spokesman for PJM, said the new model is designed to create an incentive for companies to develop new generation where it is needed. It's also geared toward discouraging existing power plants from shutting down.
Under the old pricing model, he said, realities of the electric transmission system were not reflected. Before, utilities and power-supply companies could buy capacity for the same price across the market. Mr. Dotter said the difficulty of moving power long distances across busy transmission lines was not taken into account under that system.
Mr. Dotter said that in the new system, called the Reliability Pricing Model, companies pay to reserve power that is readily available in times of high demand.
Suppliers pay for the capacity they use through PJM. That money goes to generators. Most of the capacity on the grid is sold through private contracts. But the price for the remaining capacity is set through an auction that PJM oversees. The auction prices provide an indication of market value.
Some have criticized costs in the new pricing model as a windfall for generators. Others hope it will encourage more market capacity and relieve the pressure on the market.
In its reluctant approval in May of a 50 percent increase for most BGE residential customers, the Maryland Public Service Commission said it would look into the operation of the wholesale market, specifically mentioning the new pricing model.
However, it remains to be seen what role the Public Service Commission can play, because it is not responsible for regulating wholesale power. That responsibility falls to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees PJM and approved the new pricing model late last year.
Electric customers from households to factories will mostly pay the cost for capacity price increases. Some will see the cost directly. Others will see it in their overall power costs.


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Геолошка и хидрометеоролошка школа "Милутин Миланковић" је средња школа. Налази се у Београду, општини Вождовац, у улици Исидоре Секулић 26 у Београду, а основана је 1948. године.

Историјат

Године 1947. Министарство рударства ФНРЈ основало је школу за "помоћнике" геолога у Панчеву са трајањем од две године, а након седнице школе усвојен је предлог да она прерасте у трогодишњи Геолошки техникум. Уредба Владе ФНРЈ о оснивању и делокругу рада Геолошког техникума у Панчеву донети су 28. септембра 1948. године. Уредбу о оснивању потписао је Јосип Броз Тито и тадашњи министар рударства и Светозар Вукмановић. Сви тадашњи ученици у школи били су стипендисти савезних институција, а актом Владе ФНРЈ. од 3. марта 1948. године основана је и Хидрометеоролошка школа у згради Треће женске гимазије. Године 1949. Хидрометеролошка школа пресељена је у зграду Школе за стручне раднике у улици кнеза Милоша 59. Геолошки техникум са интернатом прелази на буџет Народног одбора града Панчева, 1952. године.

Након договора између Одбора града Панчева и Одбора града Београда, оснива се средња Геолошка техничка школа са интернатом у Београду, 1952. године. Налазила се у просторијама бивше 4. мешовите гимназије у Хумској улици. У нову и модернију зграду школа прелази 1957. године у улици Војводе Степе 82, када је решен проблем школског простора и стечени су услови за нормално функционисање школе. Савет за школство НР Србије одобрио је нови наставни план и програм Геолошке средње техничке школе. Настава на звање геолошки техничар организовала се као вечерња због потребе за геолошким образовањем радника, у трајању од две године, почевши од 1961. године.

План и програм школе је допуњен и измењен у складу са геолошким истраживањима, 1963. године, да би 1965. године донета одлука о пресељењу школе у засебну зграду, коју је некад користила основна школа у Есад пашиној улици 26. на Вождовцу. Зграда је адаптирана, дограђени су кабинети, фискултурна сала и просторије за минералошко-петрографску збирку, као и хемијска лабораторија. До 1973. године, ова школа била је једина у тадашњој СФРЈ која је образовала и васпитала средњи геолошки кадар, па је она прерасла у Геолошки центар и почела школовање за занимање геобушач. Након уведеног Закона о усмереном образовању, школа добија назив Образовно-васпитна радна организација геолошке струке, а две године касније добија назив Образовно-васпитна радна организација геолошке и хидрометеролошке струке. По Милутину Миланковићу, српском математичару, астроному, климатологу, геофизичару, грађевинском инжењеру, доктор утехничких наука, као и популаризатору науке и физичару, школа добија име 1988. године. Након реформе школства 1990. године укида се усмерено образовање, а стручни предмети се поново слушају од првог разреда.

Године 2020. Геолошка и хидрометеоролошка школа ,,Милутин Миланковић" освојила је прво место на конкурсу Регионалне канцеларије за сарадњу са младима (RYCO) са својим пројектом "Гласови".

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