Damn train. We're stopped for a while, 'cause they can't get the doors closed. Woody picks me up in Tustin and away we go.
The MSFT Offices in Irvine are cool, I always love hanging around at that place. Woody introduces me to Erin Jacobs, and get reintroduced to Jason Mauer. Spend some time helping to setup. 6:00 PM and people start to arrive, grab their food and mingle.
First presentation is on iZoofari, the Silverlight 2 based mapping application which Interknowolgy did for the San Diego Zoo. This is a an awesome demonstration of the power of Silverlight 2 and Blend.
Next up is Jason Mauer's presentation on how TheCodeTrip web site works. There are a ton of moving parts behind the site, and Jason has some great code and techniques for mashing up all the GPS, Twitter, Silverlight, etc. It all runs on Windows Workflow, and his presentation is the one which finally cements in my head on how it works. Jason is an *outstanding* presenter.
Last is Woody's presentation on IE8 beta 1. As usual, Woody takes an awkward topic (IE, beta software, etc.) and makes it fun and entertaining. Great job Woody!
Clean up the meeting room then head out to a local restaurant to meet up with some people and have a few drinks. It's a great time, but the karaoke by the drunk ones, make my ears bleed. It must be the waitresses first night as well.... oh well. Drinks with friends and new acquaintances, what could be better?
Woody and I head back to the bus. It's so effing cool. After chatting, checking email, etc., it's 2:30 am...crikey. Time for sleep.
Tomorrow is XNA Day at Cal State Fullerton, then SQL Data Services at USC. Yahoo.
Oh my, is that me?
What is this? I knew Woody was video taping when the CodeTrip bus was getting ready to leave. You have to check it out: http://thecodetrip.com/1/first-24-hours. Scrub to about 1:20 in and see the geek. The guy in the red shirt is my best friend, Rich Manley.
We had our 2008 Microsoft Launch event last Tuesday. When word came down from Microsoft that they were going to have Community Launch Events, I immediately asked for the details. I was told we could have at most, three presenters. In the last year, several members of the user group have really stepped forward to help me with things, and I thought it would be nice to reward them by giving them access to this great experience. So, I wrote a letter back, describing what these people have done, and could they be involved. The answer was "yes". I also mentioned our meeting schedules and our Launch would be a week before Community Launches were supposed to start. Again, they said it wouldn't be a problem. So it was game on. I invited the members I had thought of and away they went.
What totally amazed me was how with minimal official training content there was, they each came up with six dead on, concise, to the point, and top notch presentations. Each presentation went about 25-30 minutes, and the amount of questions which were generated, just blew me away. The amount of energy in the room was great. Two recruiters, Armando Lopez from Robert Half Technology, and Brant Jones from San Bernardino County talked about local jobs.
Attendance was great, with standing room only and I'm grateful to Robert Dottl at Riverside Medical Clinic for giving us the bigger room.
Oh, and that's not a typo. This was not Visual Studio Standard Edition given away at the public launches, this is Visual Studio Team Suite!
I'm home. And, it feels good. A day of decompression, no technology, and clean air (I hate walking through Vegas casinos).
After thinking about and digesting what technologies I saw, the web is going to be a much different place by this time next year. With services in the cloud, especially data storage, and the ease of building stunning client and browser apps with Silverlight, I am glad I am along for the ride. I can't wait to get started.
Will I go to Mix 09? I honestly don't know. It was an experience and I'm glad I went this time. However now that all the sessions are available online, is there really a need? We'll see.
It sure is hard to get up this morning, maybe all you can eat ribs at midnight isn't the best thing to do.
The first presentation "Using an Internet Service Bus to Build Next Generation Applications and Services" is interesting. Microsoft is releasing a lot of their APIs from their live platform to allow developers to create first rate applications. Head over to http://sessions.visitmix.com/ to check it out. After break is what I was hoping to be an interesting topic, "Microsoft Silverlight and Dynamic Languages". It's given by a team of devs, two guys, and obviously one wears the pants in the relationship. The dude's presentation style is brusk and condesending, especially to his partner. I try to let that go, but when they start talking about how easy it is to code Ruby with VIM, and he's barking to his partner, "no up, up, down, no search for this", I just gotta go.
Time to grab my box lunch and head to the last conference of the day, "Effective User Interfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight". Glad I got there early. As I'm eating my lunch, the room fills up and soon the pitbulls close the door. Ten minutes in and I realize this isn't what I was hoping for. The presenters are from some design firm, talking about how great they are. Ok, let's find something else.
I wander around and end up in a half filled room. This presentation seems interesting, "Applications = Designers + Developers". It's two guys, one a designer, the other a developer, showing how they built the Deep Zoom Composer with WPF, Blend, and C#. This is so cool. Blend and Visual Studio talk with each other so one persons changes don't affect the others. The designer can just completley change the entire interface, and all of the interactions, events, code behind stay put. This is going to be a great way to work now.
Mix is over. I head back to the Sandbox to see what's what, and the pitbull guards won't let anyone in. Time to head home to see Carmina. YAHOO!
The first presentation is "Real World AJAX with ASP.NET" by Nikhil Kothari. I'm not too interested in the topic, Silverlight 2 is out after all, but Nikhil is a freaking genius, writing Script#, and I want to see what he has to say. Most of what he says is interesting, and is focused on using the ASP.NET AJAX stuff, something I need to get back into, but then his last piece is on using Silverlight 2 as a means of local storage. "Aha" I say. This can solve some issues with my work.
15 minute break then onto ""Creating Rich, Dynamic User Interfaces with Silverlight 2". This is a cool presentation, given by Karen Corby a dev on the Silverlight team. She talks about how to extend and create your own SL controls. Next comes lunch, then the second keynote with Guy Kawasaki and Steve Ballmer.
This was interesting. Ballmer invited Kawasaki to interview him, asking him any questions he wanted. The two were on a raised platform sitting in comfy chairs. Ballmer was more animated than he was at the 2008 launch, which was nice to see. With about 20 minutes left, audience members were allowed to come up and ask Ballmer questions. Most of the questions were good. One reporter asked what he was planning for the Seattle Supersonics, and he responded it was not an appropriate question and wouldn't answer.
Ok, so now, here is your chance to ask the CEO of Microsoft any question you want to. Think hard. Come up with a good one. Instead some dork wastes his chance by asking "Now that the DVD wars are over and BlueRay won, what is Microsoft going to do?" It's not like Microsoft is going to fold up and go out of business. Ballmer responds with, "We'll switch to supporting BlueRay".
All the sessions I want to see next are full, and pitbull security guards don't let anyone in if there are no chairs. Great. At least they'll be online later. So I head over to the "Sandbox" to see what's happening. I grab some more swag for the kids, and find Woody Pewitt (Microsoft DE for So Cal). We get some logistics figured out for the Code Trip and chat about the User Group and such. I play around with the Hands On Labs that are setup, then start heading over to the next presentation, "Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Model View Controller Pattern" with Scott Hanselman.
This presentation just ROCKED! I'm an active reader of Scott's blog, listener of his podcasts, viewer of his webcasts, and thought I knew what to expect. But seeing Scott live is absolutely great. How Scott takes a difficult subject and turns it around into a casual conversation, is a feat which is difficult to do. He makes it seamless and natural. Scott's interaction with the audience as he's presenting is priceless. As a speaker, and facilitator myself, I got a kick out of Scott's handling of the various interruptions during the presentation, and his referencing of crazy eval comments.
Do yourself a favor and go to http://sessions.visitmix.com/ Search for "The ASP.NET MVC Framework" and watch the show.
That's it for the business of the day, it's time for some fun. The CodeTrip bus is down in the loading dock and the team is giving tours. They'll be leaving in a little bit, so I want to see where I'll be sleeping. It's a great time with a lot of excitement. Lynn just keeps on introducing me to all the Microsoft people, including, Greg Visscher (her boss), as a great influencer telling them how much I love building communities.
I meet up with Geoff. Rich shows up, so we head out to eat and drink.
The dining hall has seats for the 14 bazillion attendees here, and I'm the fourth in the room. At least the eggs and bacon will be warm. Feeling like a dork, I finish eating and think perhaps I'll head back up to my room for a bit, when another attendee asks if he can sit with me. "Sure", I say, wondering to myself "hmm…." We start chatting, he notices my badge and asks what I do for UCR. After a brief explanation of My UCR, I notice his badge shows he works for Microsoft. "So", I ask, "What do you do at Microsoft?" He replies, "I'm on the team that builds SQL Server. Have you heard anything about the Entity Framework? I designed that." Holy crap! I'm having breakfast with Britt Johnston and we're talking about SQL Server design, entities, and stuff. I tell him about the User Group and ask if he'd would be interested in coming down to present. We then talk a bit more about My UCR and I ask if he'd be interested in going over the architecture with me. He said he'd be glad to. How effing cool is this?
A new friend of mine Geoffrey Emery walks by and I flag him down. Lynn Langit introduced us last week at the 2008 launch and he's a cool guy. He works as hard as I do at promoting community among developers and runs a series of Bar Camps. The three of us eat, keep chatting, and just hang out.
Time for the keynote. Geoff and I head off to get in line and meet up with some friends of his. The .NET gods must be smiling at us as we get seats just behind the press row. It's freaking crowded, and my claustrophobia is bubbling just under the surface. There's a young kid, impersonating Johnny Cash on stage. I can't figure out the connection, but this kid just rocks.
Ray Ozzie comes on stage and starts talking about his dream of inter-connectivity and services in the cloud. Ok, I think, this is interesting, but we've heard this time and time again. Interestingly enough though, I look around, and every other person has a laptop. Those I can see all have Live Writer open and people are actually transcribing what Ray is saying. Weird.
Scott Guthrie comes on stage and Geoff and my first impression is, "this dude makes over a million a year, and he comes on stage in jeans and an *old* polo shirt.
The rest of the keynote is made up of demos of what Silverlight 2 can do. I'm glad I waited and didn't do a lot with Silverlight 1. Sl2 has so many more features; controls, layout, data binding; CLR with C# and VB support. Beta 1 with a non-commercial go-live license is released today, and Scott emphasizes that all the demos were built with Beta 1 bits.
Lunch time, then on to the presentations.
With all the good stuff Microsoft does, you'd think they could schedule better. Um, the keynote focuses on Silverlight, so why are the topics on Silverlight in the smallest rooms? I go into the room for Silverlight data binding to web services. I'm one of the lucky ones and get a seat. There have to be at least 20 people sitting on the floor.
Next is "Developing Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight". At least this is in a bigger room, but there's a traffic jam outside waiting to get in. I start to think I'll just bail, but then find a side door, and a chair on the isle. Bitchen. This is a two part session and it just totally rocks.
Silverlight is the next best thing and will make our lives as web developers so much easier. In the keynote, Scott Guthrie stated that there are 1.5 million downloads of the Silverlight plugin a day!
Meetings are over for the day, so I head over to the Sandbox to see if I can find Woody or Lynn. No such luck, so I start looking around for Geoff. Found Geoff and a friend of mine who I had lost contact with Perry Birch. We catch up and make plans for meeting up at the after party.
After party at Tao. Nice. Good food, open bar. I can't find Perry, but meet up with Lynn. She introduces me to Bruno Terkaly, the new Northern California Developer Evangelist. Lynn bubbles about what an asset I am to the Inland Empire Developer Community and enlists his help in getting me MVP status.
I finally meet up with Perry, and we spend time catching up. Perry is a sharp guy with a lot of great ideas and we make plans to talk more, when we don't have to shout at each other above the noise. Perry and I keep chatting when, none other than my friend Don Kiely walks by. I flag Don down and we sit and catch up.
I'm on my way to MIX08! Man, I am excited to go! I have been waiting so long for this and I am so happy that my former boss approved the funds…just before he resigned. (Note to self: send him a thank you note).
Driving through the desert in a new UC owned Grand Am is ok, but I wish I had the Civic Hybrid I was promised. Oh well, it's comfy and has a lot a power, and my iPod jacks into the stereo so I can catch up on my dotnetrocks podcasts. I get into Vegas about 1pm and am greeted with 1) smog, and 2) traffic…jeez; at least the Venetian lets me check in 2 hours ahead of time.
MIX registration starts at 4pm, so I settle in, then head over to the registration area. I go up the longest escalator in the world, only to be met by 2 gigantic bouncers who say I can't go any further until 4, and that I have to go back down to wait. For the next 20 minutes I count how many people take the trip up…then down. One developer…I know he's a dev as he keeps testing the system…actually takes the ride EIGHT times! Finally its check in time and a herd of geeks, and weirdo designers head up. Check in is painless, and I'm on my way.
My best friend Rich moved to Henderson (just east of Vegas) a while back. We stay in touch with IM and email, but haven't seen each other since. So I head over to his house to have dinner, visit, catch up and get to know his two boys, Jack and Carson. It takes a while for the boys to warm up to me, but then Jack tells me he wants to do a puzzle, and Carson keeps climbing on me. What can I say? Little kids love "tio James". Hope starts giving the boys their bedtime baths, and Rich and I head over to a little "wine lounge" Vox (http://www.voxwinelounge.com/). This place just rocks! It's a trendy little bar with mixed drinks and great wine. The wine is super expensive; $13 for half a glass, but if you sit at the bar, and nurse a twenty dollar bill in the video poker machine (or at least pretend to), they keep refilling your glass. Sweet! If you go, be sure to hit up Edgar, Allison and Danielle.
Rich and I had a great time catching up… I really do miss this guy… and he bounces several of his latest enterprise level, make a gazillion dollar ideas off of him.
I head back to the Venetian to sleep and get ready for the morning… the first day of Mix with Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie giving the keynote.
I miss Carmina. We've talked several times today, and Rich started giving her the old "Rich" routine. This is the first time in our marriage that we've been, or will be, apart longer than a day.
Finally! After three years of trying to get there, UCR is finally sending me. I can hardly wait. This year all the sessions will be streamed live, with a 30 second delay. But check back here for my thoughts on the conference.


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Shub's Thoughts
Musings from my meanderings.
Happiness is like lightening, it causes smiles to rain down on all who see it.
Every day try to be somebody's rainbow, especially on a Happy Friday!
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Origin of NEWS
It does not derive from the four cardinal directions.
The word news can be traced back to late Middle English around the 14th century as a plural for the adjective "new" or "new thing". This is a somewhat rare instance of an English adjective becoming a noun when made plural. Making this leap from "new" to "news" in English is thought to have been influenced by the Old French "nouveau", meaning "new".
Before the 14th century, instead of using the word "news", English speakers typically used the word "tidings", more or less meaning the "announcement of an event". This Middle English version started before the 11th century and stems from the Old English term "tidung" meaning "Event, occurrence, or a piece of news."
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Mouth and Taste Facts
There are about 9,000 taste buds on the surface of the tongue, in the throat, and on the roof of the mouth. Taste buds contain chemoreceptors that respond to chemicals from food and other substances that are dissolved by the saliva in the mouth.
Our mouths produces 1 liter (1.8 pints) of saliva a day. We each produce about 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. Saliva is required for taste. Until food is dissolved by saliva, we cannot taste it.
The average American eats 50 tons of food and drinks 50,000 liters (11,000 gallons) of liquid during his life. It also takes food seven seconds to go from the mouth to the stomach via the esophagus.
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Origin of Broad
Broad, as referring to a woman rather than something with great breadth, has less certain origins. It first popped up being used this way in the early 20th century. Theories as to its origin include simply referencing a woman's broad hips, or perhaps from the American English "abroadwife," which was a term for a slave woman, or just a woman who was separated from her husband.
Another popular theory is that it came from a slang term for a ticket, such as a train ticket, a meal ticket, a sporting event admission ticket, etc. This slang term became common around 1912 and by 1914 "broad" was being used, among other things, to refer to a prostitute, thus a pimp's "meal ticket".
"Broad" possibly came to mean "ticket", from the 18th century practice of sometimes calling playing cards "broads". This derives from the fact that in the early 20th century, many types of tickets often resembled playing cards.
This theory is attested in the 1914 work A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang, by Jackson and Hellyer where they define Broad as: Noun, Current among genteel grafters chiefly. A female confederate; a female companion, a woman of loose morals.
When "broad" first showed up as referring to a woman, it generally was used to signify a prostitute or immoral women. This gradually changed somewhat in the century since with "broad" slowly coming to be less used as a derogatory term and more used just to be synonymous with "woman". One of the earliest instances of this was in the 1932 "Guys and Dolls", where one characters refers to another as a broad without any negative connotation.
In the cases of "broad" and "slut", there have also been recent efforts to "take back" the terms and spin them in a more positive light. For instance, in A Dictionary of Words About Women, by Jane Mills, a broad is defined as "a woman who is liberal, tolerant, unconfined, and not limited or narrow in scope." "Slut", while still retaining the same modern "loose woman" connotation, has begun to be a label worn proudly in some circles, though not without controversy.
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Study after study has pointed to the health benefits of laughter: Research from Loma Linda University showed that laughing improved the memory of adults in their 60s and 70s. University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found that hilarious movies improved the function of blood vessels and increased blood flow in a group of 20 thirty-somethings. Other research has shown that laughing can improve immunity, help regulate blood sugar levels, and improve sleep.
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Charlie Brown Fun Facts
Charlie Brown was modeled after Charles Schulz. "We always say that each of the characters represents a piece of our dad," Craig Schulz, Charles' son, says in a new book about the production of the new movie, The Art and Making of the Peanuts Movie. "Charlie Brown was his real self, while Snoopy was what he wanted to be."
There are 17,897 Peanuts comic strips. They ran between 1950 and 2000, each one drawn by Schulz. Schulz died from colon cancer at age 77, the day before the last original strip ran.
Charles Schulz did not choose the name Peanuts (nor did he like it). Charlie Brown first appeared as a character in a comic strip called Li'l Folks, but when Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate about a publishing deal in 1950, the syndication service thought the name was too close to two other comics it ran at the time, and changed it to Peanuts. Schulz never liked the new name; he thought it "made it sound too insignificant."
Iconic Peanuts characters like Lucy and Linus didn't show up until years into the comic. The Peanuts gang in CGI in The Peanuts Movie (2015). Design by Tyler Carter, Color by Robert MacLenzie. © 2015 Peanuts Worldwide LLC. © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
The first Peanuts strip featured Shermy, Patty (a separate character from Peppermint Patty), and Charlie Brown. It ran in seven newspapers in October 1950.
In the early Peanuts strips, Lucy was younger than Charlie Brown. In her first comic strip in March 1952, Lucy was a toddler. Later, Schulz decided to make her Charlie Brown's peer. Lucy would later be the character to observe "Happiness is a warm puppy" in an April 1960 strip.
Linus did not speak for the first two years of Peanuts strips. He appeared as Lucy's security-blanketed younger brother in September 1952, but did not get a line in the comic until 1954.
Franklin's first appearance in the Peanuts comic was in July 1968. In it, Franklin recovers Charlie Brown's lost beach ball. At the time, Franklin's inclusion was seen as controversial, and Schulz received letters complaining about the character.
Snoopy has his own star on the Hollywood walk of fame, right next to Schulz's.
Schroeder loves Beethoven (and his house at 1770 James Street is a nod to the composer's birth year) but the first piece he played in the strip was Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in G Minor."
In most of the Peanuts comics, Marcie has no eyes. Marcie's glasses mask her eyes throughout most of the original comic, only appearing in rare moments, like a May 1980 strip where Peppermint Patty tries to convince her to wear her glasses on top of her head.
The little red-haired girl is never fully seen in the Peanuts comic strip. The daily strip only showed the object of Charlie Brown's affections once, in silhouette, in 1998. He did get to meet her in the television special 'It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown', which aired in 1977.
Snoopy has five siblings. Spike was the first Snoopy brother, introduced in 1975 and named after Charles Schulz's childhood pup. Snoopy's other siblings include Marbles, Olaf, Andy, and his only sister, Belle.
If you look closely, you will notice that Snoopy's eyes are on the same side of his nose. It looks natural in the comic, but was a particular challenge to animate in 3D.
Even the U.S. Postal Service loves A Charlie Brown Christmas. In 2015, to mark the 65th anniversary of the comic and the 50th anniversary of the television special, the USPS released Forever Stamps with images like Snoopy ice skating, Linus kneeling with the Christmas tree, and Charlie Brown checking the mail for a Christmas card. The Peanuts gang also got a commemorative stamp from the USPS in 2001.
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What's in a Name, Quokka
The quokka (its name rhymes with mocha) is the happiest animal. They are not only always smiling, but they are also one of the friendliest animals toward humans. Many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute marsupial with an irresistible smile.
These social plant-eaters hang out in clans, munch on swamp peppermint and other greens, store fat in their tails for lean times, dig tunnels through vegetation for napping and hiding, and hop like kangaroos, a close relative (along with wallabies).
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More Internet Statistics
Over 80% of internet users use mobile devices to surf the web.
83% of mobile users expect a flawless experience whenever they visit a website with any mobile device.
Up to 70 percent of web traffic comes from mobile devices.
95.1% of active Facebook traffic comes from mobile devices.
57% of LinkedIn traffic comes from mobile.
Mobile devices are responsible for more than 70% of watch time on YouTube.
90% of Twitter views happen on mobile.
Google is responsible for 96% of search traffic coming from mobile.
80% of Alexa's top-ranked websites are mobile-friendly.
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"In our research we found that when you forcefully practice smiling, it stimulates the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain, which releases neurotransmitters to encourage an emotionally positive state," an artificial cognition expert explains.
"For mental health, this has interesting implications. If we can trick the brain into perceiving stimuli as 'happy,' then we can potentially use this mechanism to help boost mental health." Social smiles use only the mouth muscles. True smiles, known as Duchenne smiles, cause the eyes to twinkle and narrow and the cheeks to rise.
"Spontaneously produced facial expressions of emotion of both congenitally and non-congenitally blind individuals are the same as for sighted individuals in the same emotionally evocative situations." said study author David Matsumoto, PhD, of San Francisco State University. "We also see that blind athletes manage their expressions in social situations the same way sighted athletes do."
Seventeen studies provided evidence that blind and sighted spontaneously produce the same pattern of facial expressions, even if some variations can be found, reflecting facial and body movements specific to blindness or differences in intensity and control of emotions in some specific contexts. This suggests that lack of visual experience seems to not have a major impact when this behavior is because blind individuals cannot, from birth or shortly thereafter, see others' expressions; they cannot learn to produce expressions by modeling.
Results provided evidence that visual experience is not necessary to spontaneously produce adequate facial expressions for basic emotions such as happiness, anger, and fear.
When our brains feel happy, endorphins are produced and neuronal signals are transmitted to your facial muscles to trigger a smile. When our smiling muscles contract, they fire a signal back to the brain, stimulating our reward system, and further increasing our level of happy hormones, or endorphins.
Labels: Smile Facts
Costco Discounts
Ten retailers will price match Costco, and all you need to do is show proof of price, such as the Costco flyer from the mail or the website.
Fry's Electronics
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Ten Interesting Facts
Finland is the world's happiest country, according to the 2019 World Happiness Report.
McDonald's buys about 2 billion eggs every year for their U.S. restaurants alone.
1 billion hours of video are watched on YouTube every day.
Japan has more than 50,000 people who are over 100 years old.
Japan consists of over 6,800 islands.
The key to happiness is spending your money on experiences rather than possessions, according to studies.
By law, only dead people can appear on U.S. currency.
To be legal, prop money for films in the U.S. must be one-sided and less than 75% or more than 150% of the size of a real banknote.
69% of Americans have less than US$1,000 in savings.
California's official state animal, the California grizzly bear, is extinct.
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Grapefruit Origin
The grapefruit first appeared after 1693 when Captain Shaddock transported some pomelo seeds to the West Indies and planted them close to some orange trees. The pomelo and orange later cross-pollinated to create the grapefruit. However, the grapefruit was still unknown outside the Caribbean.
Europeans learned of this citrus fruit in 1750 when Reverend Griffith Hughes encountered one. Hughes was so surprised with the discovery that he named the grapefruit "the forbidden fruit." That was the name until 1814 when John Lunan called it the grapefruit because grapefruits resembled the smaller and unrelated grapes when they were still growing.
The grapefruit reached the United States in 1823 but was mistaken for the pomelo. It was only determined to be a distinct fruit in 1837. However, botanists were still confused about its origin. It wasn't until 1948 that they discovered it was a hybrid of the pomelo and the orange.
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IHOP and Real Eggs
Ask for real eggs in your omelet or when you want scrambled eggs. IHOP uses powdered or liquid eggs to make scrambled eggs and omelets, but if you ask for real eggs, they will be happy to make your meal that way instead for no extra charge.
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Flu Shot Facts
It is that time of year again for flu shots. Here are a few interesting facts you may not be aware of. The shots are generally free or cheap at Walmart and various pharmacies. T
The flu virus comes in numerous strains, or types. The strain called H1N1 is now a common type of seasonal flu. The bird flu, also known as H5N1 or H7N9, has made a lot of birds sick, but rarely spreads to humans unless they have handled infected birds.
Each shot contains a tiny bit of dead flu virus. The virus is grown in fertilized chicken eggs, then extracted and deactivated with microscopic amounts of formaldehyde. A chemical called octylphenol ethoxylate pulls out even smaller pieces of virus, which helps reduce the chances of side effects. Gelatin holds the virus together and keeps it stable during shipping, and a preservative called thimerosol keeps the vaccine from going bad on the shelf.
There is no reason to be concerned about any of these chemicals; they are present in such small quantities that your body will barely register them.
You should get a flu shot even if you think you never get the flu. Just because you have never had it before does not mean you are invincible. In addition, even if you never have symptoms, you could be carrying the virus around, exposing everyone else to it.
You need to get a flu shot every year. There are many types of flu. Each year, researchers and public health officials determine which strains seem like they are going to be a threat, and formulate a vaccine that protects against those strains. To stay protected against the latest flu risks, you must keep your shots up to date.
This year's flu shots will protect against three or four strains. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three or four kinds of flu viruses commonly circulate among people today: influenza A (H1N1) viruses, influenza A (H3N2) viruses, and influenza B viruses. The 2020-2021 flu shot has been updated to protect against three virus strains: A/Guangdong-Maonan/SWL1536/2019 (H1N1) pdm09-like virus, A/Hong Kong/2671/2019 (H3N2)-like virus, and B/Washington/02/2019 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.
Quadrivalent flu shots, which are designed to protect against four types of flu, will protect against an additional B virus called B/Phuket/3073/2013-like (Yamagata lineage) virus.
The flu shot can't give you the flu. The flu shot is either made with dead (deactivated) flu virus or, in the case of the recombinant flu vaccine, with no actual virus at all. You may have some side effects after getting your shot, but those are usually limited to pain or swelling around the site of the injection. In rare cases, you may have a low-grade fever or mild muscle aches, but these are side effects, and not the flu.
You can get the flu shot if you are allergic to eggs. For a while, doctors were cautioning people with egg allergies to stay away from the flu vaccine, but this seems to have been unnecessary. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology recently stated that "no special precautions are required for the administration of influenza vaccine to egg-allergic patients, no matter how severe the egg allergy." If you are concerned about an allergic reaction, talk to your doctor. He or she may be able to get you an egg-free flu shot.
Incidentally, If you get the flu, antibiotics will not help. The flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria; antibiotics respond only to bacteria. Antibiotics will not do anything to fight the flu virus.
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In this world premiere which pays tribute to the 1960's TV holiday specials, Judy Garland invites us into her home for her Christmas Holiday special. Share the holiday with Judy and some celebrity friends, including Ethel Merman and Liza Minnelli. Paying homage to Judy's 1963 Christmas Special, the show features some of Garland's signature songs, along with many holiday classics performed by a number of surprise special guests who drop in.
The star-studded cast joining Ms. Lutz and portraying all of Ms. Garland's special guests is made up of many Uptown Players favorites, including B.J. Cleveland, Christopher Curtis, Dana Harper, Sarah E. (Smith) Price, Jeff Wells, Grace Neeley West and Trevor Wright.


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Tucson, AZ - On day 77 of the Asarco strike of 2000 workers from eight different unions, Teamster International President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. came by to voice his solidarity. "We are with you!" shouted Hoffa in front of the long tables where dozens of strikers and their families ate together on Sunday, December 29.
Only once since mid-October has the mining corporation Asarco come to the negotiating table. "They made it clear that they are not interested at all in real negotiations and real solutions," said Alex Terrazas, president of United Steelworkers Local 937.
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Local government elections were held in the thirty-two London boroughs on Thursday 9 May 1968. Polling stations were open between 8am and 9pm.

All seats were up for election. The result was a landslide for the Conservative Party, who won twenty-eight of the boroughs, while Labour lost control of seventeen of the twenty boroughs it had held going into the elections (including Bexley, where it did not win a single seat). Only ten Liberal councillors were elected in London.

The result followed the Conservative gain of the Greater London Council in the elections the previous year.

Until 1978, each council had aldermen, in the ratio of one aldermen to six councillors. Following the elections, each council elected half of its aldermen, who served until 1974. The remaining aldermen had been elected in 1964 and would serve until 1971. This only affected political control in Newham, which remained Labour-held after the election of aldermen.

Results summary

Turnout: 1,876,698 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 35.8%.

Council results

Summary of council election results:

Overall councillor numbers

References

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Iconic country duo Brooks & Dunn will lend their endless knowledge to rising stars on the upcoming season of NBC's The Voice. The duo, comprised of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, will join the popular competition show as the battle round advisers on Blake Shelton's team.
"This just in…we're joining #TeamBlake as Battles Advisors this season on @NBCTheVoice! We're coming for you @blakeshelton," they tweeted Thursday afternoon (2/7).
In addition to Brooks & Dunn's appearance, "Miss Me More" singer Kelsea Ballerini has signed on to be the adviser for Kelly Clarkson's team. The two are currently out on tour together for Clarkson's Meaning Of Life Tour.
Ballerini previously appeared on The Voice as the coach for the Comeback Stage. Joining this year as an adviser is a totally different ballgame, the Tennessee native shared.
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Q: Removing "submitted by " InfoPath through Sharepoint Everyone, This is truly annoying.  I created a custom list in SharePoint 2010.  Customized it as a form using InfoPath 2010 and added the submit action button to send an email.  Saved the work and published back to the list.
Everything works as designed....except that the email generated has the "submitted by " and we need this to be anonymous.
Even worse, when seen from a blackberry or hand-held – it even tells the real sender as ReplyTo: .  So even though the email is from the Sharepoint web admin account, but when you reply the email – it shows up the actual sender.
How do we set this up so that the email generated can really be Anonymous.
Thanks,

A: Okay the trick is to create an anonymous website first and create / publish the InfoPath form there in the library. Make sure it is web browser enabled and anonymous permissions set.  And then reference this anonymous form from your NT authenticated portal. I made a good use of the Page Viewer and embedded the link as given below to open the form when the page loads.
How to setup (SharePoint 2010):

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*Navigate to Central Admin and click on Manage web applications

*Click New and give the site a name and port number.  Be sure to set it to allow anonymous access and click Ok

*Click on the link Create Site Collection in the Application Created window

*Fill out the required data and click Ok

*Ok

*Navigate to the new site that was created above

*Go to Site Actions and choose Site Settings

*Click on Site permissions

*Click Anonymous Access in the ribbon and set it to Entire Web site and click Ok

*Click on Site Actions and click View All Site Content

*Click Create

*Select Form Library, give it a name and click Create

*When the library opens click on Library Settings and then click on Advanced Settings
Be sure the library is set to open the form in the browser and click Ok

*Design your template and publish it to the new library created above

*On the authenticated site create or modify a link and paste the ULR to the browser form on the anonymous site using the following format for the URL:  http://anonymousportal:7307/_layouts/FormServer.aspx?XsnLocation=/testlibrary/forms/template.xsn
If you require further help, please do not hesitate to contact me. Hope this is helpful.

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India looks to Malaysia as Gateway to expand Textile Industry in ASEAN
Texman December 15, 2011 4:35 am
Targets USD100 million of Trade Exchanges at INTEXPO, an Exclusive Indian Textile Expo
Kuala Lumpur – India arranged 'INTEXPO', the first and exclusive Indian Textile Expo with the INTRADE Exhibition in Malaysia from 22nd to 24th November 2011 as a platform and gateway to expand its textile industry in Malaysia and ASEAN. INTEXPO 2011 is expected to attract USD100 million of export business over the 3-day event.
According to Mr. Vinod K. Ladia, Chairman, Synthetic And Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council India (SRTEPC), INTEXPO was held in the context of the India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement (IMCECA) which came into effect on the 1st of July 2011.
"The textile industry of India is one of the largest in the world due to its production of yarns and fabrics. An economic relationship with Malaysia has been actively developed over the years with close to USD10 billion worth of export business conducted for the year 2010-2011, a substantial increase from USD 3.38 billion in 2004-2005.
"The textile and clothing export business between India and Malaysia was close to USD228 million for the year 2010-2011. India's exports of textile and clothing to ASEAN region in 2010-2011 was around USD830 million," enthused Mr. Ladia at the official press conference to announce INTEXPO which was held with INTRADE, Malaysia's largest trade event with over 400 exhibitors and approximately 1000 international buyers from the ASEAN region. Both INTEXPO and INTRADE were held at MATRADE Exhibition and Convention Centre. (Malaysian Textile & Apparel Market)
Indian Presence at the Exhibition
As a show of India's commitment and confidence in the economic growth of Malaysia and its ASEAN neighbours, the Ministry of Textile, India in association with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India and led by the Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC), brought in 80 of India's leading textile companies to Exhibition (List given in previous pages). He further stated that "INTEXPO is a pioneering effort by the Government of India and Indian textiles industry to showcase the entire range from fibres, yarns, fabrics, accessories and garments on a common platform. INTEXPO will help customers from Malaysia and the ASEAN region to see the latest range of Indian textile items across the textile value chain under one roof and conclude profitable business deals." India has a thriving textile industry and its textile and clothing exports is expected to touch around US$32 billion in 2011-2012. India is the largest producer of jute, second largest producer of silk, cotton and cotton yarn and cellulosic fibre/yarn. India is also the fifth largest producer of synthetic fibre/yarn. The total market size of Indian textile and clothing industry is expected to be around US$80 billion by the year 2012. Of this total exports will be to the tune of US$32 billion.
As part of or 'Look East' policy, we are looking forward to meet and match businesses with our ASEAN peers and build strong bilateral trade between ASEAN and India. Malaysia is a great hub for us to begin this export expansion as it has a very conducive business environment and is a strong member of the ASEAN region." concluded Mr. Ladia.
Currently, Malaysia is India's 3rd largest trading partner among ASEAN countries, while India is Malaysia's 7th largest investor worldwide. Also present at the media briefing was Mr. R.D. Udeshi, President of Reliance Industries Ltd, the largest producer of man-made fibres in India. "India's confidence in Malaysia stems from several investment successes. One of which is the acquisition of Hualon Corporation in 2008 by Reliance Industries Limited. Now, renamed as Recron Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., it is the largest integrated polyester and textile company in the world," said Mr. Udeshi.
Datuk Anil Rajvanshi, who is the Director of Recron Malaysia Sdn.Bhd shared, "We are now operating it Recron Malaysia sdn. Bhd. successfully and this company has become one of our major success stories outside of India. The unit currently employs 7,500 employees and earns a net foreign exchange of USD850 million,"
The media briefing was concluded by Mr. Aseem Mahajan, Trade Counsellor from the High Commision of India. "This is a great beginning to the IMCECA agreement and we are expecting more efforts to follow INTEXPO in developing the textile market in this region. We are definitely looking for more bilateral opportunities in various industries that can benefit not only both countries but also the region overall," shared Mr. Mahajan in his closing address.
Other renowned companies participating at INTEXPO include Grasim Industries Ltd, Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd., Sutlej Textiles, Pioneer Textiles, Prime Textiles Ltd. and more. Spread over an area of up to 1,000 square metres, INTEXPO will showcase the entire range of Indian textiles and clothing including fibre, yarn, fabrics, made-ups, garments, embroidered fabrics, sarees, home textiles, jute specialities, handloom items, handicrafts etc.
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Der Arroyo Capon del León ist ein Fluss in Uruguay.

Er entspringt auf dem Gebiet des Departamento Salto einige Kilometer nordwestlich von Pueblo Cayetano am Cerro Sepulturas. Von dort verläuft er in nordwestliche Richtung und mündet schließlich als linksseitiger Nebenfluss in den Río Arapey.

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Cal State University faculty union files labor…
Cal State University faculty union files labor complaint against system
By Josh Dulaney | josh.dulaney@presstelegram.com |
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2015 at 11:21 pm | UPDATED: September 1, 2017 at 1:04 am
The union representing California State University professors has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the 23-campus system, saying management has violated the law and failed to bargain in good faith over salary.
The California Faculty Association filed the complaint Thursday with California's Public Employment Relations Board, citing the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act, and saying the law requires CSU management and CFA to reach a salary agreement before the university forwards a budget to the governor and Legislature.
Salary talks for the second year of CFA's contract started in May, and Gov. Jerry Brown signed the state budget and approved CSU's funding request in June.
Kevin Wehr, chair of the CFA bargaining team and a professor at Sacramento State, said Chancellor Timothy P. White decided what was fair for faculty before the two sides started talking.
"He has put the cart before the horse," Wehr said in a statement.
Management and faculty have reached impasse and are in mediation, with CSU offering a 2 percent increase, the same offer made to other unions in the system. The faculty union — which represents more than 26,000 tenured and tenure-track faculty, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — wants a 5 percent pay boost.
CFA says since the university in November 2014 authorized a 2015-16 budget that set aside $65.5 million for a 2 percent compensation pool increase for all employees, prior to reaching a salary agreement with the union, CSU has "violated its duty to meet and confer with CFA in good faith."
The Long Beach-based CSU Chancellor's Office said in an email the university does not comment on pending litigation.
"The CSU remains committed to the collective bargaining process and to reaching a negotiated agreement with the California Faculty Association," Spokeswoman Toni Molle said.
The union has voted to strike should the university not bend to its demand for a 5 percent raise.
Faculty from throughout the state protested Tuesday at the Chancellor's Office in Long Beach while trustees gathered for regularly scheduled meetings.
Management says a 2 percent pay increase would cost $33 million, but the union's 5 percent demand, which includes an additional 2.65 percent service increase for eligible professors, would cost $102.3 million. They say "me-too" clauses that would trigger similar increases for other unions would cost another $37.9 million.
Fact-finding hearings are scheduled for Monday and Dec. 7.
Should the two sides not agree, CSU may make its last, best and final offer to the faculty union. At that point, the union may strike. Union officials have said a strike could take place as early as January.
On the same day CFA filed its complaint, David Dowell, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Cal State Long Beach, issued a memo to faculty regarding professor pay.
Dowell said last year about $5.4 million was added to CSULB full and part-time faculty salaries, based on contractual and campus-based pay increases. Campus-based pay raises may be authorized by the president, but depend on what resources CSULB has, Dowell said.
President Jane Close Conoley last spring approved a "campus equity program" for faculty and staff, with about $1.1 million in salary and benefits added to faculty paychecks, Dowell said.
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Asian stocks closed mostly lower on Monday as trade worries persisted and oil prices gave up some of their hefty gains made on Friday after OPEC pledged to increase production by less than the market feared.
China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 29.99 points or 1 percent to 2,859.77, as news of a cut in the reserve requirement ratio for some banks was offset by lingering trade war fears. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 377.31 points or 1.3 percent to 28,961.39.
The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to bar Chinese companies from investing in U.S. technology firms and block additional technology exports to Beijing.
Japanese shares fell as the yen firmed up in reaction to reports suggesting that the Trump administration plans to put curbs on Chinese investment in U.S. technology firms. The Nikkei 225 Index dropped 178.68 points or 0.8 percent to 22,338.15, while the broader Topix index closed 1 percent lower at 1,728.27.
Large cap stocks fell, with Fast Retailing losing 1 percent and SoftBank ending down 2.4 percent. Sharp Corp slumped 5.1 percent on equity dilution worries.
Australian shares fell modestly, dragged down by banks after Commonwealth Bank unveiled plans to spin off its wealth management and mortgage broking business.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index dipped 14.80 points or 0.2 percent to 6,210.40, while the broader All Ordinaries Index ended down 13.40 points or 0.2 percent at 6,308.70.
Commonwealth Bank lost 2.3 percent after announcing radical restructuring plans. The other three big banks fell between 0.6 percent and 1.1 percent.
Meanwhile, higher commodity prices helped lift mining and energy stocks, with BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals Group, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum, Santos, Oil Search and Origin Energy rising 1-2 percent.
Gold miner Evolution Mining gained 0.9 percent and Newcrest Mining added 0.8 percent as gold prices rose on dollar weakness. Metcash rallied 2.2 percent after announcing a A$125 million share buyback.


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Q: subject-verb agreement with the head word "the rest" I have this weird question. I got a sentence starting with "the rest of" and while I know it clearly takes a singular verb when it refers to one thing, and also it takes a plural verb when it refers to a group of people or ... . but, everything becomes complicated when we have parenthetical phrases in here.
The rest of this work, including error dynamics, parameter-tunable controller, definition of the constraints, and proof of stability of the adaptive robust controller, have been fully discussed in [25] which further references other important derivations in [28] through [33].

A: The problem arises with your subject, not your verb. You've boxed yourself in by implicitly qualifying rest with modifiers which cast it as both a singular and a plural:

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*The rest of a single something is singular: a single piece or part or fraction, but

*including [list] implies that rest is plural, a portion of a longer list and thus a collection of somethings.
This can only be resolved by rewriting to cast your subject unambiguously as either singular or plural. For instance:

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*You can say something like the topics discussed in the rest of this work, including [list], have been discussed...; OR

*You can say something like the rest of this work, which includes discussion of [list], has been discussed...

A: 'of this work' and 'including ...' do not affect the agreement (parity) of the verb.  The subject noun is 'the rest', which is not plural, so you should use 'has' instead of 'have'.

A: I disagree with changing work to works. If only one work is being referenced, that should remain singular.
Rest is a collective noun in this context and therefore should be followed with has. Has is not in reference to work but rest (or remainder or what's left).
You can always revise and include a word that better unilaterally describes what you list as the "rest"


Weiβ Schwarz Cards of the Day: 8th-10th of January | TCG, shiyo?
This week has been filled with plenty of new Little Busters! and Da Capo cards to look forwards to, and has expanded on the cast members featured.
[AUTO] When this card is put from Hand to the Stage, this card gains Power +1500 for that turn.
This Kengo card is the same as Sakura from the 4th, barring the fact he's Green and has different attributes. So everything I said there equally applies here.
Tomoe is a straightforward card that sacrifices 500 power on the defense for a 500 gain in offense compared to a 2/2 vanilla. This can help her get over 9000 power cards, but with the fact many decks skip to Level 3 cards and a base 10000 power, I'd question how useful this would be.
[ACT] [Put 2 of your characters to Rest] This card gains Power +2000 for that turn.
Haruka is another straightforward attacker for Level 2, except she's cheaper and can become even stronger. Normally she's 8000, which is 500 below the 2/1 standard, but can easily get to 10000 when attacking, making her capable of going head to head with Level 3 cards, which isn't bad for a 1 Stock character. Of course this means that on the defense she's very vulnerable to other Level 2s and might even fall to some Level 1 cards.
The cost for her effect should be fairly easy to achieve, since you can just Rest your Back Stage characters, but this might conflict with other effects in Little Busters!.
This is just a plain 1/1 vanilla, but apparently that's a new addition to the Student Council version of the deck.
[AUTO] When you use this card's BACKUP ability, all of your characters gain «筋肉 Muscle» for that turn.
Masato is more or less a standard 1/1 counter, since he gives the usual 2000 boost. However he also has an extra ability to give all your characters «筋肉 Muscle» for the turn, the usefulness of which I'm not really sure about. If there's some kind of «筋肉 Muscle» support card, or something that gets stronger the more «筋肉 Muscle» characters on Stage I might see it being useful, but without something like this it seems fairly pointless to do that.
Finally we have a Elizabeth who is a straightforward 1/0 Clock Encore. This allows you to maintain your Stage during Level 1 without sacrificing any resources, but will cause you to take extra damage. You'll need to carefully weight the benefits of keeping her around against the fact you'll be killing yourself faster.


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Q: Calculate the unit group of a ring Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and $R$ a noetherian (as ring) $k$-algebra. we denote by $N$ the ideal of nilpotent elements. assume we know that $R = k + N$.
I want to figure out that the structure of unit group of $R$ is $$R^*=k^*(1+N)$$
partial solution: the "$k^*(1+N) \subset R^*$" inclusion is simple: $k \to R$ is injective, therefore $k^*$ is embedded in $R^*$ as multiplicative subgroup.
let $n \in N$ then there exist a minimal natural $k \in \mathbb{N}$ with $n^k=0$. then the element $r := \sum_{0 \le j \le k-1} (-n)^j$ inverts $1+n=1-(-n)$. this implies $(1+N) \subset R^*$.
therefore I need only to show the intractable "$R^* \subset k^*(1+N) $"  inclusion. does anybody see the argument?

A: Suppose $x\in R^*$. Because $x\in R=k+N$, we know we can write $x=a+n$ for $a\in k$ and $n\in N$. If we can show $a\in k^*$, i.e. $a\neq0$, then we will have $x=a(1+a^{-1}n)$ and since $a^{-1}n\in N$ we will have $x$ in the desired form.
Now you just need to notice that if $a=0$ then $x\in N$, but then $x$ cannot possibly be a unit in $R$ (why?)


found this on another site while trollin' for Afra.
just trying to get them a bit bigger!
love your work tutters..its like your psychic..
Just thought it would be good for newbs and not so newbs to.
Pardon my ignorance, but why are some listed as incompatible with their own?
eg........... You dont expect to add two random mature flowerhorns to one tank, and have them both live.


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(Edward) Onslow Ford
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Extended Catalogue Entry
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, circa 1890
Given by the artist's son, Harry Reginald Holland Hall, 1929
(Edward) Onslow Ford (1852-1901), Sculptor. Sitter in 10 portraits, Artist associated with 8 portraits.
Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922), Portrait painter and illustrator. Artist associated with 152 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
Miscellaneous drawings: The Parnell Commission, Members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons by Sydney Prior Hall, circa 1886-1903
Making art
Pets and animals - Wild and exotic animals
Preparatory drawings
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, publishes In Darkest England, in which he compares the supposedly 'civilised' England with 'Darkest Africa'. A critique of the degenerate state of society, Booth also proposed social welfare schemes to alleviate the sufferings of the urban poor.
The world's first electric underground railway opens to the public in London, passing under the Thames and linking the City of London and Stockwell.
William Morris founds the Kelmscott Press, a revival of art and craft techniques of book printing. Publications included The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), with decorative designs and typeface by Morris and illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones.
Vincent Van Gogh dies after shooting himself in the chest in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray first appears in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine .
Cecil Rhodes, organiser of the diamond-mining De Beers Consolidated Mines, becomes premier of Cape Colony as part of his expansionist aims in South Africa.
In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Otto von Bismarck.
An international anti-slavery conference is held in Brussels, leading to the signing of a treaty by all the major maritime nations covering action to be taken against the trade in Africa and suppression of it by sea.
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IMAX Delivers Second Biggest Global Opening of All Time with Massive $48.8 Million Debut of James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water"
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IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that moviegoers returned to Pandora in droves with James Cameron's groundbreaking sci-fi sequel "Avatar: The Way of Water" delivering a massive $48.8 million global opening weekend in IMAX theaters — the second biggest IMAX global opening of all time. Disney/Lightstorm's "Avatar: The Way of Water" also claimed IMAX's biggest December global opening of all time. Continue reading
PEPSI MAX® TEASES FOOTBALL FILM STARRING ICONS LEO MESSI, PAUL POGBA AND RONALDINHO, IN CELEBRATION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL BRAND CAMPAIGN 'THIRSTY FOR MORE'
October 6, 2022 FootballBridges, Čude Canyon, Films, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Leo Messi, Paul Pogba, Violinistsadmin
#THIRSTYFORMORE – Today, Pepsi MAX® has announced the launch of 'Thirsty For More', a new international brand philosophy and campaign, with the release of an exciting trailer for their upcoming football film 'Nutmeg Royale' starring global football icons Leo Messi, Ronaldinho and Paul Pogba. The new creative campaign celebrates an everlasting thirst for fun, exciting and unexpected outcomes, and signifies a new creative north star for Pepsi MAX that will shape all future international programs. Continue reading
The World's First Digital 360-Degree Sustainability Management Solution for the Travel Sector Has Arrived – Weeva Launches to Beta Users
October 5, 2022 TravelBridges, Čude Canyon, Films, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Violinistsadmin
It is estimated that the hotel industry alone is worth over $570 billion worldwide, the travel industry at large is worth $1.6 trillion, and employs over 271 million people – simply put the travel sector has clout. However, that clout is not currently realising its full potential when it comes to mitigating the climate crisis, halting biodiversity loss, and driving social and economic development, despite the apparent will for change. Continue reading
The Real Cannonball Run Documentary Launches Web3 Experience Ahead of Debut in 2023
September 4, 2022 LifestyleAmerican culture, Cannonball, Cinema of the United States, Coast to Coast, Films, The Cannonball Runadmin
base, a leading provider of cloud-native media solutions, today announced a groundbreaking Web3 documentary experience for The Real Cannonball Run, a fast-paced upcoming docuseries, which will tell the true story of the legendary coast-to-coast automotive protest race across America. Continue reading
Animated Irish Movie Portrays U.S. Tech Moguls On Dublin Pub Crawl
August 1, 2022 FilmsAmerican people of German descent, Bridges, Businesspeople, Čude Canyon, Donald Trump, Dublin, Economy of the United States, Films, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Presidency of Donald Trump, Presidents of the United States, Time 100, Time Person of the Year, Trump, Trumpism, Violinistsadmin
The new film takes place during the dying days of Trump's presidency and portrays a doomed Dublin pub crawl conducted by a group of American tech moguls, prohibited from visiting one another's European HQs during the early days of Covid-19 but urgently needing to agree on whether or not to sign a critical EU agreement. Continue reading
OneCool Collective debuts "Warriors of Future" – Asia's First Blockbuster Movie NFT
August 1, 2022 FilmsAvatar, Creative works, Films, Xbox, Xbox Liveadmin
OneCool Collective: Asia's first Web3 project that sets out to disrupt the entertainment and movie industry, announces its first "Warriors of Future" NFT collection. Inspired by the movie's powered armor, Warriors of Future NFT is a collection of 10,000 unique 3D avatars featuring four types of soldiers. The NFT will be minted on August 6th, 2022 at https://www.onecoolcollective.com/. Continue reading
Clean Logistics celebrates world premiere of Zero-Emission truck "fyuriant", powered by REFIRE Fuel Cell Systems
June 26, 2022 TransportBridges, Čude Canyon, Emerging technologies, Films, Hydrogen economy, Hydrogen technologies, Hydrogen vehicle, Kalam-Kalam Langit, Sustainable development, Technology, Violinistsche
Clean Logistics SE (ISIN DE000A1YDAZ7) recently presented fyuriant, its first hydrogen-powered zero-emission truck to the public at the Stade airfield in Lower Saxony. Continue reading


Grace Triumphant. a Sacred Poem, in Nine Dialogues; Wherein the Utmost Power of Nature, Reason, Virtue, and the Liberty of the Human Will, to Administer Comfort to the Awakened Sinner, Are Weighed and Considered a New Edition.
Nehemiah, or the Struggle for Liberty Never in Vain, When Managed with Virtue and Perseverance. a Discourse Delivered at the Presbyterian Church in Newbury-Port, Nov. 4th, 1779.


CREE LED Bicycle Light 3600 Lumens 3 Lights in one!
Therefore, we stock a big range bike lights and accessories.
All the items are available in bulk at discounted prices so you can save money when you shop as well.
They are designed to help you to see the road well and allow you to be seen, so the ultimate in road safety.
The Bike Lights NZ range of Batteries have the silicone cover and twin Varco straps to help keep them in place.
10,000mAh is a 6 pack and 6400mAh is a 4 pack we no longer stock the 4400mAh battery pack.


What's So Beautiful About Feet?
Our feet are the workhorse of our bodies, but we give them so little respect. Yet, scripture tells us that our feet are beautiful.
When the prophet Isaiah first wrote about beautiful feet, he was talking about how wonderful it would be when a messenger would bring the news that God's people had been released from captivity. The feet of the runner who brought good news were beautiful, here the good news pertained to the return from exile.
The believer believes in his heart and confesses with his mouth (Romans 10:9), not only does he experience salvation, but as he speaks, another hears. The process is then set in motion. He speaks, someone hears. The process continues as God calls others to Jesus Christ. Of course, not all believers are ready to confess Christ with their mouth, but God is merciful and patient, and His wish is that all should come to repentance and inherit eternal life. Today runners are taking the Good News of Salvation to nations around the world by whatever means God supplies.
Eternal God, thank you for your son Jesus Christ, who sacrificed His life to bring us the good news of salvation. We pray this in Jesus' name.


On February 1-2, Vinnytsia welcomed the first kick-off meeting of the All-Ukrainian Platform "Women in Business". The event was organized by Vinnytsia Club of Business People with financial support from PLEDDG Project in the framework of the PLEDDG Fund for Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises.
The All-Ukrainian Platform "Women in Business" seeks to bring together active and successful womenentrepreneurs, representatives of women business associations and women mentors around development and promotion of women entrepreneurship in Ukraine, sharing experiences, generating new ideas, and implementation of joint projects.
During the kick-off meeting, the structure of management, membership, and resources required for successful operation of the platform were discussed. PLEDDG Project was represented by Kadie Ward, PLEDDG Senior Governance Advisor, and Valeriy Kokot, PLEDDG Senior Expert in Business Development.
Photo credits: Vinnytsia Club of Business People.


Follow James as he sets sail in a gigantic magical peach, with a crew of boy-sized bugs for company! There's an enormous Spider, a very musical Grasshopper, a kindly Glow-Worm, and a Centipede with a hundred boots to take on and off! And that's not all: the peach is moving! Taking readers right across the Atlantic Ocean with a host of motley characters, this Roald Dahl classic is simply not to be missed.
Thirty copies of this classic children's book to accompany Read & Respond: James and the Giant Peach.


Maryland's ash trees are under attack from the emerald ash borer, an Asian beetle. This program will present an overview of the current status of emerald ash borer in Maryland, new projects including treatments, biocontrol, and genetic research, and the long term outlook for emerald ash borer and ash management.
Colleen Kenny is a Forest Health Watershed Planner with the Maryland Forest Service.


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package net.bither.qrcode;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.Animation.AnimationListener;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.google.zxing.Result;

import net.bither.BitherSetting;
import net.bither.R;
import net.bither.bitherj.utils.Utils;
import net.bither.util.PlaySound;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class ScanQRCodeTransportActivity extends ScanActivity {
	private TextView tv;
	private TextView tvTitle;
	private int totalPage = 1;
	private ArrayList<QRCodeTransportPage> pages;
	private String lastResult;

	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setOverlay(R.layout.layout_scan_qr_code_transport_overlay);
		tv = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv);
		tvTitle = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_title);
		pages = new ArrayList<QRCodeTransportPage>();
		tv.setText(R.string.scan_qr_transport_init_label);
		configureTitle();
		flash();
		PlaySound.loadSound(R.raw.qr_code_scanned);
	}

	@Override
	public void handleResult(Result scanResult, Bitmap thumbnailImage,
			float thumbnailScaleFactor) {
		String result = scanResult.getText();
		PlaySound.play(R.raw.qr_code_scanned, null);
		QRCodeTransportPage page = QRCodeTransportPage
				.formatQrCodeTransport(result);
		pages.add(page);
		totalPage = page.getSumPage();
		if (page.getCurrentPage() < totalPage - 1) {
			String str = String.format(
					getString(R.string.scan_qr_transport_page_label),
					pages.size() + 1, totalPage);
			tv.setText(str);
			startScan();
		} else {
			complete();
		}
	}

	private void complete() {
		try {
			String string = QRCodeTransportPage.qrCodeTransportToString(pages);
			Intent intent = getIntent();
			intent.putExtra(INTENT_EXTRA_RESULT, string);
			setResult(RESULT_OK, getIntent());
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			setResult(RESULT_CANCELED);
		}
		finish();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean resultValid(String result) {
		if (!Utils.compareString(result, lastResult)) {
			shake();
		}
		lastResult = result;
		QRCodeTransportPage page = QRCodeTransportPage
				.formatQrCodeTransport(result);
		if (page == null) {
			return false;
		}
		if (page.getCurrentPage() == pages.size()) {
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	private void configureTitle() {
		String title = null;
		if (getIntent() != null
				&& getIntent().getExtras() != null
				&& getIntent().getExtras().containsKey(
						BitherSetting.INTENT_REF.TITLE_STRING)) {
			title = getIntent().getExtras().getString(
					BitherSetting.INTENT_REF.TITLE_STRING);
		}
		tvTitle.setText(title);
	}

	private void flash() {
		tv.clearAnimation();
		tv.startAnimation(AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(this,
				R.anim.scanner_label_flash));
	}

	private void shake() {
		runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
			@Override
			public void run() {
				vibrate();
				tv.clearAnimation();
				Animation anim = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(
						ScanQRCodeTransportActivity.this,
						R.anim.password_wrong_warning);
				anim.setAnimationListener(new AnimationListener() {

					@Override
					public void onAnimationStart(Animation animation) {
					}

					@Override
					public void onAnimationRepeat(Animation animation) {
					}

					@Override
					public void onAnimationEnd(Animation animation) {
						flash();
					}
				});
				tv.startAnimation(anim);
			}
		});
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Can you believe that it has been five years since August Alsina dropped his album Testimony ? Since releasing this album, Alsina has been featured on songs with Kehlani, Khalid and many other artists. The Testimony album gave fans songs such as "Kissin' on my Tattoos", "No Love", and "I Luv This S**t" and manymore.Take a listen below.
To commemorate the album's fifth year anniversary, August released a new video called Footsteps. Watch below.


This Framework for Action for Nunavut's Absolute Homelessness provides overview of the Family Services Department's role in addressing homelessness, what it means to be homeless in Nunavut and what are the causes and effects of homelessness. Areas of the framework consist of five long term goals including strengthening working relationships to improve the delivery of supports and services for the absolute homeless, engaging with communities in Nunavut to determine communities specific solutions to homelessness and advocating for increased resources for the establishment of transitional and supporiting housing. Using available resources in the most effective, creative, productive ways possible. It is a living a document which centres around the importance of creating new partnerships and discovering how best to work together and will continue to evolve as new ideas emerge.


You can use the Product Advertising API operations and response groups to search and filter for items.
In some responses, you might see a parameter named ProductGroup. This is an older concept in Amazon's database design, which has been replaced by browse nodes and search indices. Product Advertising API operations do not use ProductGroup as an input parameter.


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Wrestling with the Text8 min read
July 30, 2018 October 22, 2018 Eleanor Goodman
Eleanor Goodman reviews The Reciprocal Translation Project
The Reciprocal Translation Project is a messy, fraught endeavor. Here is the back blurb, which is also the first paragraph of the editors' introduction:
In The Reciprocal Translation Project, six Chinese and six American poets have translated each other's works. Since few of these poets speak both languages, bilingual specialists have fashioned literal translations including several options for words that have multiple meanings. These literal translations have been given to three poets in the other language to write poetic translations. In this volume, then, the reader will find an original poem, a literal translation, and three poetic translations of each poem as well as explanatory notes and biographies.
One hardly knows where to begin with this tangle. Here we have poets who have "translated" each other's work, despite largely not knowing each other's languages. This is done grâce à people mysteriously labeled "bilingual specialists," who put together something called "literal translations, including several options for words that have multiple meanings." That is to say: they translate the poems. So why are these "bilingual specialists" not the "translators"? The point, as I take it, is to save that particular appellation for "the poets" involved in the project, an issue which I will return to below.
Translation is a notoriously tricky business, and no one really agrees on what it is and what it is not. The most famous chestnut in the case of Chinese literature is Ezra Pound's 1915 Cathay, poems that originated in notes made by Japanese-speaking scholar Ernest Fenollosa on a sampling of Chinese Tang dynasty poems and then later given to Pound by Fenollosa's widow. This is a long chain of linguistic and human transmission that has been much theorized, criticized, lauded and batted back and forth as an example of what one must never do, or alternatively of what an artist should always have license to do. The question then becomes: what has been promised to the reader, and has that promise been kept?
As Jacques Derrida had it (translated by Peggy Kamuf): "Translation is writing; that is, it is not translation only in the sense of transcription. It is a productive writing called forth by the original text." With that in mind – that all writing is in some sense a rewriting of what came before it – perhaps the best approach to The Reciprocal Translation Project is to ignore the deeply problematic framework and focus on some of the "originals" these originals inspired.
Unfortunately, appreciation of the book is hindered by its layout, in which the poems are not one to a page, but crammed together in an ongoing flow from one page to the next. The texts are labeled "Original Poem," followed by "Literal Translation" and "Poetic Translations." These "poetic translations," particularly those in English, also involve what I would call "imitations" or "responses," in which the text deviates significantly from the original. The editors acknowledge this in their introduction:
While some poets attempt to bridge the gaps and inconsistencies of intention, others are trying to disrupt the textual structures and syntactic coherences. Other things that these poets' translations do is change the mode of address, change the timing, add or subtract a layer of reference, invoke a new place or priority.
Forgive me for being stodgy, but to my mind, a "translation" that changes the mode of address, the timing, the references, the places and the priorities of the original is not a translation at all. It is a new poem that stands on its own, or not.
The "literal translation" of Xi Chuan's poem "Travel Diary" (出行日记) begins:
I drove the car onto the highway, which was precisely to begin a massacre of butterflies; or the butterflies seeing me speeding toward them, just decided to launch a suicide flight. The smashed to death on the windshield. They stubbornly mashed to death on my windshield.
This is an awkward but not inaccurate rendering of the Chinese. Nada Gordon's "translation" is:
Wanted to massacre some fucking butterflies so drove my fucking car onto the fucking highway to massacre them. They were kamikaze butterflies, they were going to fucking kill themselves on my windshield. Splat. Fuck those fucking butterflies, stubborn assholes all up on my windshield.
Whatever one thinks of this, it certainly does not represent Xi Chuan's tone or intention.
Elsewhere, the ironic distance from the original is foregrounded, as in Brandon Brown's response to a Na Ye poem called "Group Photo" (合影). His "translation" begins with an added commentary:
Na Ye's "Group Photo"
is a poem which despite
its title is mostly about
the lyric speaker and
a very carefully obscured
second person addressee
which may or may not
actually be the speaker
themself.
Whether or not there is something clever going on here with referentiality, or the signifier and the signified, it is deeply misleading to give this text the tagline "translated by Brandon Brown." But if we decide not to judge these texts on their connection to, or distance from, the original, perhaps Derrida's idea (translated by Lawrence Venuti) of a "relevant translation" becomes useful:
A relevant translation would therefore be, quite simply, a "good translation," a translation that does what one expects of it, in short, a version that performs its mission, honors its debt and does its job or its duty while inscribing in the receiving language the most relevant equivalent for the original, the language that is the most right, appropriate, pertinent, adequate, opportune, pointed, univocal, idiomatic, and so on.
In my reading, rendering the "Literal Translation" of Wang Xiaoni's "The Fish Who Killed Itself" (自杀的鱼) "The moonlight shines loosely / A fish forcibly flings itself out of the pond" as "After I tried to become a fish / Steve said don't do that" (Brandon Brown) fulfills none of that.
Nevertheless, some of the poets that the editors have brought together are prominent names recognizable in both countries involved. Xi Chuan (who has been beautifully translated by Sinologist Lucas Klein) and Wang Xiaoni (translated by yours truly) are at least as well known in China as Rae Armantrout and Mei-mei Berssenbrugge are on this side of the ocean. Some of the resulting poems in this volume are in fact delightful, and it can be interesting to compare the different versions that these poets come up with. Take, for example, "translations" of the poem by the celebrated Chinese poet Lan Lan, "Lost":
A person gets lost in a letter, a book
In dust the withdrawing hand will become
and the chair and behind the light
and in the yoke of spent emotion
In the shadow of a train speeding by –
(Mei-mei Berssenbrugge)
Someone gets lost in a letter, a book
gets lost in the dust the absent hand leaves
gets lost in his chair, the light behind it
the straightjacket of superseded feelings
plus the train's shadow whooshing by
(Bob Perelman)
Both of these stanzas are strong, but even here we can see the strain of the poets to get away from the "literal translation," which begins:
A person is lost in a letter, a book.
Lost in the dust the departed hand leaves/becomes
Searching in the "Poet Translator Matrix" of who worked on which poems, one learns that this "literal translation" was done by Margaret Ross and Feng Chen. Ross is herself a well-established young poet who speaks Chinese and recently held a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford. Why in the scope of this project she is considered a "bilingual specialist" and not a "translator" – and therefore not given a biography at the end of the book – is unclear. Feng Chen's name is given only in pinyin and so proves elusive even to attempts to Baidu her/him. Feng is called "our illustrious literal translator" in the introduction, and yet is not afforded a biography either. More the pity.
The editors comment in their introduction: "Many modern translators present themselves as poets, not simply facilitators of communication. Revaluing translation in this way brings the translator out of the shadow of the author, leveling their identities."
But this anthology has precisely the opposite effect. By involving "bilingual specialists" who actually do the grunt work of the translation, and then privileging the non-English-speaking or non-Chinese-speaking poet by labeling him or her the "translator," the real translators are effectively hidden. There is also an underlying assumption that the act of translating involves grasping the literal meaning of a word ("including several options for words that have multiple meanings" – as though there are words that do not!) and that's all that is needed. There is no acknowledgement of the structure, form, tone, emotional texture, repetition, surprise, rhythm, rhyme, sound effect, level of diction, intent, etc., etc., of the original. The difficult work of wrestling with the original text, what Sherry Simons calls "a mode of engagement with literature, as a kind of literary activism," is done by a group of people who are here given short shrift. They are thanked in the introduction, and perfunctorily credited in groups at the end of the book in the Poet Translator Matrix, but the individual "literal translations" are not credited in the text itself. There is a strong implicit hierarchy being built here: poet first, translating poet second and "bilingual specialist" third.
I'm all for literary experimentation – and indeed, Alice Iris Red Horse: Selected Poems of Yoshimasu Gozo, edited by Forrest Gander ("a book in and on translation") is a sophisticated and highly successful model of how to play with translation/creation without undervaluing any of the participants, and without promising anything that is not delivered – but in a time when translators are underpaid, overworked, frequently under-credited or entirely uncredited, and seen as secondary rather than integral to the final product in the target language, anything that further minimalizes their contribution and agency is a shame. ∎
James Sherry and Sun Dong, eds, The Reciprocal Translation Project (Roof Books, November 2017).
Published by Eleanor Goodman
Eleanor Goodman is an American poet, writer, and translator. Her 2014 translation of the poems of Wang Xiaoni, Something Crosses My Mind, was an international finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and a winner of the Lucien Stryk American Literary Translators Association Prize for excellence in translation.	View all posts by Eleanor Goodman


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Trump called Robert Kraft every week for a year after his wife's death
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Robert Kraft and Donald Trump on the field prior to a New England Patriots game.
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The New England Patriots triumvirate of owner Robert Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick, and quarterback Tom Brady have ruffled a few feathers in the heavily Democratic Commonwealth of Massachusetts for their friendship and loyalty to President Donald Trump.
For Kraft especially, the relationship seems puzzling on the surface to many since Kraft is a life-long Democrat and donated to President Barack Obama's campaigns.
While Belichick and Brady have mostly stayed mum on the subject, Kraft opened up about his loyalty in an interview with the New York Daily News. Kraft brought up the time his wife died and how Trump was one of the few people who were truly there for him, a time that seemingly cemented Kraft's loyalty to their friendship.
"When Myra died, Melania and Donald came up to the funeral in our synagogue, then they came for memorial week to visit with me," Kraft told the Daily News. "Then he called me once a week for the whole year, the most depressing year of my life when I was down and out. He called me every week to see how I was doing, invited me to things, tried to lift my spirits. He was one of five or six people that were like that. I remember that."
It is hard to hear that story and not understand why their bond goes well beyond politics.
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