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by Chris Mooney
It seems that Bill McKibben, the leading enviro author of The End of Nature, might have had Idea Log at least partly in mind when he wrote his latest New York Times op-ed "Unlikely Allies Against Cloning." Defending what he calls a "broad coalition of environmentalists, feminists and other progressives" who have joined religious conservatives to oppose reproductive and therapeutic human cloning, McKibben closed by dissing the "scar[ed] border guards" who have criticized this unexpected political crossover act. These ideological protectionists, he wrote, include "voices on the left excoriating environmentalists and feminists for aligning themselves with conservatives in questioning the use of cloning and urging them to get back to fighting climate change and defending abortion clinics."
As the articles here and here show, Idea Log has been quite a persistent "border guard." McKibben also notes that those on the right who have joined his side on cloning will be getting similar flak from their libertarian friends; and indeed, there's a hearty debate going on at Reason magazine's Web site on this topic right now.
Thank goodness. For though he may not have fully intended it that way, McKibben's op-ed neatly demonstrates why both liberals and libertarians have reason to fear the new and allegedly bipartisan push to curtail therapeutic cloning for medical research purposes.
So as to distinguish itself from religious conservatives like Senator Sam Brownback (author of a bill to ban both human cloning and embryo cloning for research purposes), McKibben's coalition has postured as many liberal-sounding things -- environmentalism in particular. But at least for the time being, leading environmental organizations like the Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Natural Resources Defense Council don't accept this classification. Meanwhile, McKibben himself stated in his op-ed that his position is "arguably closer to the stance of most conservative Republicans, who want a permanent ban on all forms of cloning." He even fretted quite openly about "liberalism's faith in the onward march of science." Though it may not actually get there, this approach veers perilously close to outright Ludditism.
McKibben frames the therapeutic cloning issue as though so-called "border guard" types lack imagination, and are reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to new political coalitions. "The surge of new technology makes new issues -- and new alliances -- possible," he promised.
But McKibben and his new allies can just as easily be accused of reacting in a knee-jerk manner to new technologies. This is particularly the case with the therapeutic cloning of human embryos for research purposes, currently in the foreground of controversy (nobody wants to defend the outright cloning of humans). Such embryos could be a key source of stem cells and could fuel the research that would lead to cures for degenerative diseases like Parkinson's. But McKibben signed his name to a recent letter to the Senate, circulated by the Center for Genetics and Society, that calls for a moratorium on therapeutic cloning. He thus has turned away from robustly defending this technology at a time when it is severely embattled in Congress and when President Bush has significantly undermined scientific progress in the closely related area of stem-cell research.
McKibben does so in the name of the aforementioned "broad coalition," which certainly includes many distinguished names besides his own, such as Hastings Center founder Daniel Callahan, Students for a Democratic Society founder Tom Hayden, and Princeton's Michael Walzer. Members of this heavily intellectual group describe themselves as "long-time advocates for human rights, the environment, and social justice." They're not supposed to be anti-technology per se; their cautiously worded letter expresses a desire to "encourag[e] the many [technological] applications judged to contribute to the improvement of human well-being."
Indeed, until McKibben's op-ed, this group seemed to have gone out of its way to avoid any semblance of an anti-technological bent. For example, in inquiring why the center's letter was not signed by such well known intellectual therapeutic cloning opponents as Leon Kass, head of Bush's Council on Bioethics, and Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, I stumbled onto a rather revealing fact. Center director Richard Hayes, who's clearly trying to avoid being lumped in with conservative pro-life advocates, notes that both individuals support a ban on therapeutic cloning rather than a mere moratorium, and therefore were not included. Rifkin, in other words, was too much of a Luddite for this middling -- or even hair-splitting -- group.
That's the official line; McKibben's op-ed clearly undercuts it with its worries about misplaced "faith" in modern science. McKibben has also oversold the extent to which green groups are jumping on the anti-therapeutic cloning bandwagon. Sure, more radical environmental organizations like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have extended their mandate to cover human cloning, which is not at first blush an environmental issue. But I called around to this country's leading environmental groups -- something I did once before in January -- and, as of yet, there's no sense in which they're on board with McKibben et. al's legislative mission.
"Our primary focus is the 2002 elections, promoting a smarter, cleaner energy plan. Cloning really doesn't fit in that equation at this point," said Dan Vicuna, a spokesman for the League of Conservation Voters. Paul Fain, press secretary for the Union of Concerned Scientists, put it even better when discussing the new left-leaning anti-cloning contingent: "It's the whole tamper-with-nature crowd, and although personally I know some of our folks have positions on it, we're not that. We try to stay kind of moderate. Anything that gets pretty philosophical, we leave to others."
I was unable to reach spokespersons at the Natural Resources Defense Council, who had previously informed me that they too had no interest in weighing in on the cloning issue. Indeed, spokesman Elliott Negin was out at a press conference concerning Vice President Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force (where good environmentalists no doubt ought to be). A contact at the Sierra Club also said his organization was taking no position on cloning (though certain club officials, acting strictly as individuals, signed on to the Center for Genetics and Society letter).
Which brings us back to Bill McKibben and the philosopher-academics -- they're that at least as much as environmentalists -- in his coalition. In his Times op-ed, McKibben wrote that "cloning of any kind is a step toward genetic engineering…toward leaving the natural world behind." "Nature," incidentally, is the keyword if you want to know where someone really stands in the therapeutic cloning debate. With remarkable consistency, its usage demonstrates when therapeutic cloning opponents have gone beyond science, which tells us certain things about the natural world, in the direction of prescriptive, philosophical statements about the way they believe the natural world ought to be.
The problem, of course, is that the dichotomy between "natural" and "unnatural" is a spurious one; humans are part of the natural world and all their activities, science, cloning, and otherwise, are therefore hardly unnatural, even if they may be unprecedented. McKibben tries to draw a distinction between his defense of the "natural" and "liberalism's faith in the onward march of science," but there shouldn't be any daylight between these two things. It's not good for science or for liberalism.
Of course, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with finding yourself in new coalitions, as McKibben has. But such alignments can only be assessed by weighing the strength of the arguments that have brought them into being against their more negative consequences. That's why it's so troubling that philosophically weak worries about the "unnatural" have prompted leading liberal minds, like McKibben's, to ally themselves so closely with anti-choice religious rightists like Brownback.


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Insider tells why Anonymous 'might well be the most powerful organization on Earth'
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Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement.
It's been a few weeks of encrypted emails back and forth, working out the security protocol to follow for interviewing Doyon, one of the brains behind Anonymous, now a fugitive from the FBI.
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Doyon, who readily admits taking part in some of the highest-profile hacktivist attacks on websites last year — from Tunisia to Orlando, Sony to PayPal — was arrested in September for a comparatively minor assault on the county website of Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was living, in retaliation for the town forcibly removing a homeless encampment on the courthouse steps.
The "virtual sit-in" lasted half an hour. For that, Doyon is facing 15 years in jail.
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Or at least he was facing 15 years in jail, until he crossed the border into Canada in February to avoid prosecution, using what he calls the new "underground railroad" and a network of safe houses across the country.
Thanks to his indictment, Doyon is one of the few Anonymous members whose real name is now publicly known.
But as the leader of the People's Liberation Front — a hacker group allied with Anonymous — and the second-most wanted information activist after WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, he prefers not to show his face, and instead dons the ubiquitous Guy Fawkes mask, to wear with his Sunday best: a sweatshirt with the Anonymous calling card, "We do not forgive … We do not forget."
Terrorists to some, heroes to others, the jury is still out on Anonymous's true nature. Known for its robust defence of Internet freedom – and the right to remain anonymous — Anonymous came in first place in Time Magazine 's 2012 online poll on the most influential person in the world.
Fox News, on the other hand, has branded the hackers "domestic terrorists," a role Anonymous has been cast to play in the latest Call of Duty Black Ops II, in which Anonymous appears as the enemy who takes control of unmanned drones in the not-too-distant future. (That creative decision may have put Activision, the creator of the video-game series, at the top of the Anonymous hit list.) For its part, much of what Anonymous does and says about itself, in the far reaches of the Internet, cannot be verified. Nor do all Anons agree on who they are as a group, and where they are going.
Q: As strictly an online army of hackers, how powerful is Anonymous?
A: Anonymous is kind of like the big buff kid in school who had really bad self-esteem then all of a sudden one day he punched someone in the face and went, "Holy s— I'm really strong!" Scientology (one of Anonymous's first targets) was the punch in the face where Anonymous began to realize how incredibly powerful they are. There's a really good argument at this point that we might well be the most powerful organization on Earth. The entire world right now is run by information. Our entire world is being controlled and operated by tiny invisible 1s and 0s that are flashing through the air and flashing through the wires around us. So if that's what controls our world, ask yourself who controls the 1s and the 0s? It's the geeks and computer hackers of the world.
Q: What does it mean to be a leader of a leaderless organization?
A: We don't sit around and elect a president but that doesn't mean there aren't leaders within Anonymous. Naturally Commander X or Barrett Brown or Peter Fein, whether they have names or are still anonymous, they take a leadership role and are looked up to. The average Anon is not like me, working 12 hours a day dedicating their life to this. He's an IT guy or a cable installer with a few hours to spare and he wants to be told what to do. It takes organizers to get things done. Anyone in Anon can be a spokesperson but my ability to speak is based on how much what I say squares with the consensus of the collective.
Recent attacks by Anonymous
May 9 – Anonymous brought down Russian President Vladimir Putin's website and the Kremlin's website to support the country's protests against alleged vote tampering during the March elections.
May 9 – Anonymous attacked the UN's official website, accusing it of ignoring the plight of Palestinian hunger strikers protesting their detention without trial in Israel.
April 24 – Anonymous attacked the Greek finance ministry website to protest its plans to fight tax evasion by tracking citizens' bank, telephone and credit card data.
April 20 – Anonymous takes down the Formula One website, for holding the event in Bahrain, and to support local protesters fighting against the continued government repression of activists and opposition politicians.
April 5 – Anonymous hacks into hundreds of Chinese government websites, taking down the "Great Firewall of China" and offering tips on how to bypass government censorship.
– Catherine Solyom
Q: It seems like there's a war going on between hacktivists or information activists and law enforcement. (At least 40 alleged members of Anonymous have been arrested around the world in the last year.) Who do you think is winning right now?
A: I think it's a stalemate at the moment. I think eventually we'll win. I've always believed that right will always prevail. But at the moment the arrests have had a chilling effect on the movement. For a 30-minute online protest I'm facing 15 years in a penitentiary. For the moment that's the only indictment against me but I expect there will be more. And it's not just about the potential penalty but it's the trial itself for which they delivered a terabyte of discovery. That's about 150,000 pages for a 30-minute protest. That means my trial will be two years long and during that time I'm under strict surveillance by the FBI. I can't access Twitter, Facebook or IRCs (Internet Relay Chats)– I can't contact any known member of Anonymous – who are about 50,000 people around the world.
So basically it shuts me down as an activist. Even if I prevail in court, I'm still shut down for two years. Well, I'm unwilling to do that – and that's why I'm Canada. In Syria and Tunisia, Libya, Egypt in Nigeria in the Ivory Coast, we have saved so many lives I can't even count – activists and journalists and bloggers and people who come to us to keep themselves safe in these extremely hostile environments – and I'm unwilling to lay that kind of work down.
Q: Now that you're in Canada for the foreseeable future, do you feel relatively safe?
A: Yes. We have a lot of contacts in the Canadian government. We were well prepared when I came here, we have an underground railway, and safe houses in Canada. We might be wrong, but our understanding is that the Canadian government is about equally concerned with Anonymous and the United States. Their approach will be: "Step lively, don't stay long, and you'll be fine." So we're in negotiation with several countries in Europe to try to get a permanent political asylum situation set up for myself as well as for any other Anons and information activists who might need it. … It's too bad Canada will not find the political courage to protect information activists from America like they did in the '60s with the draft dodgers. That's the reality of it, but they will probably not actively seek to track me down.
Q: Do you think the general public is not concerned enough with online surveillance or real-life surveillance?
A: I think the general public is beginning to learn the value of information. To give an example, for a very long time nobody in the U.S. or the world was allowed to know the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan or Iraq. There were wild guesses and they were all over the ballpark figures, until a young army private named Bradley Manning had the courage to steal that information from the U.S. government and release it. Now we know that despite their smart munitions and all their high-technology they have somehow managed to accidentally kill 150,000 civilians in two countries. … As these kinds of startling facts come out, the public will begin to realize the value of the information and they will realize that the activists are risking everything for that information to be public.
Q: What do you say to people who believe Anons are just cyber-terrorists?
A: Basically I decline the semantic argument. If you want to call me a terrorist, I have no problem with that. But I would ask you, "Who is it that's terrified?" If it's the bad guys who are terrified, I'm really super OK with that. If it's the average person, the people out in the world we are trying to help who are scared of us, I'd ask them to educate themselves, to do some research on what it is we do and lose that fear. We're fighting for the people, we are fighting, as Occupy likes to say, for the 99%. It's the 1% people who are wrecking our planet who should be quite terrified. If to them we are terrorists, then they probably got that right.
'I think eventually we'll win. I've always believed that right will always prevail'
"Information terrorist" – what a funny concept. That you could terrorize someone with information. But who's terrorized? Is it the common people reading the newspaper and learning what their government is doing in their name? They're not terrorized – they're perfectly satisfied with that situation. It's the people trying to hide these secrets, who are trying to hide these crimes. The funny thing is every email database that I've ever been a part of stealing, from Pres. Assad to Stratfor security, every email database, every single one has had crimes in it. Not one time that I've broken into a corporation or a government, and found their emails and thought, "Oh my God, these people are perfectly innocent people, I made a mistake."
Q: What do you think of the student protests in Quebec?
A: Wherever I go, especially in the last two years, I have found protests. I had no idea this was going on in Canada and the day I arrived in Montreal I was in a coffee house downtown on the corner of Ste. Catherine and St. Hubert. And there was a protest right there at that park across the street. The entire intersection became inflamed, I watched police absolutely brutalize these kids, spraying can after can of tear gas, launching off pop-bang grenades, tear gas grenades, and the worse thing I saw these kids do, one of them threw a snowball, and one of them threw an orange rubber cone at these cops. I mean these cops are in full body armour for God's sake, that's not violence. But what was done to these kids was so violent that the coffee shop manager locked us all into the coffee shop. Locked the doors while all around us, literally in these glass windows all around us, we watched the kids get beaten down. Wherever I go whether Oakland, San Francisco, Montreal, everywhere I go I see the same stuff. I see people rising up demanding justice and these brutal, paramilitary police departments being used to crush them and sure, I get involved.
Peter McCabe/Postmedia News
Q: Anonymous started out as online pranksters but has gotten a whole lot more serious in the last two years. What happened?
A: I believe Egypt was really a turning point for us emotionally in Anonymous. Obviously there was always that sort of prankster edge to us. But people often ask me, "Why are you so mean nowadays?" It started in Egypt – when you work for days to set up live video feeds and the first thing you watch through those feeds is people killing your friends with machine guns – that becomes personal. And then it's not just Egypt, it's Libya, Tunisia, over and over again these Freedom Ops are really what gave us a sort of take-no prisoners attitude. We get to know these people. It may not be the same as you and I sitting here, but when you Skype with people and spend hours and hours talking with them on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and they share their hopes and their dreams with you for their country, their future, when they tell you how they're risking their lives so their children can have a better future in some far-off land, you bond with those people and they become your friends and family.
Q. What's next for Anonymous?
A: Right now we have access to every classified database in the U.S. government. It's a matter of when we leak the contents of those databases, not if. You know how we got access? We didn't hack them. The access was given to us by the people who run the systems. The five-star general (and) the Secretary of Defence who sit in the cushy plush offices at the top of the Pentagon don't run anything anymore. It's the pimply-faced kid in the basement who controls the whole game, and Bradley Manning proved that. The fact he had the 250,000 cables that were released effectively cut the power of the U.S. State Department in half. The Afghan war diaries and the Iran war diaries effectively cut the political clout of the U.S. Department of Defence in half. All because of one guy who had enough balls to slip a CD in an envelope and mail it to somebody.
Now people are leaking to Anonymous and they're not coming to us with this document or that document or a CD, they're coming to us with keys to the kingdom, they're giving us the passwords and usernames to whole secure databases that we now have free reign over. … The world needs to be concerned.

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The 2010 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Baldacci was term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections took place on June 8, 2010. The candidates who appeared on the November ballot were (in alphabetical order by last name): Eliot Cutler (Independent), Paul LePage (Republican), Libby Mitchell (Democrat), Shawn Moody (Independent), and Kevin Scott (Independent).
With 94% of precincts reporting on the day after the election, the Bangor Daily News declared LePage the winner, carrying 38.1% of the votes. Cutler was in second place with 36.7% of the votes (less than 7,500 votes behind LePage), while Mitchell was a distant third with 19%. Moody and Scott had 5% and 1%, respectively. Two days after the election, with 99% of precincts reporting, LePage's lead over Cutler had widened to more than 10,000 votes.
Donna Dion, former Mayor of Biddeford. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures, but continued her campaign in the primary as a write-in candidate.
Dawn Hill, State Representative. Hill withdrew from the race on January 1, 2010, citing the crowded field of candidates.
John G. Richardson, former Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and former Speaker of the House. Richardson withdrew from the race on April 26 amid allegations that some of his campaign workers had not followed proper procedures for collecting donations to qualify him for Maine Clean Election funding. The primary ballots had already been printed before Richardson withdrew from the race, so Richardson's name appeared on the ballot even though he was no longer a candidate.
Peter Truman (also known as Peter Throumoulos), former state representative and convicted forger. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
At 11:32 p.m. EDT, WCSH declared Libby Mitchell the winner of the Democratic primary.
At 11:19 p.m. EDT, WCSH declared Paul LePage the winner of the GOP primary.
John Jenkins, former state senator, former mayor of both Auburn and Lewiston, and a 2002 gubernatorial candidate. Jenkins, who won his most recent mayoral campaign by write-in, declared he would run for Governor of Maine if 5,000 people followed his Facebook fan page within 45 days.
Beverly Cooper-Pete. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures, but continued her campaign as a write-in candidate.
Alex Hammer, business owner and self-published author. Did not appear on the ballot due to not meeting the deadline for turning in petition signatures. Hammer attempted to turn in some of the signatures electronically, but the Secretary of State ruled that such methods were not allowed. Hammer filed suit to appear on the ballot in Penobscot County Superior Court on June 28, 2010. On September 28, 2010, the judge upheld the Secretary of State's decision.
Samme Bailey. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
Augustus Edgerton. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
Michael Heath, former leader of the Christian Civic League of Maine (now known as the Maine Family Policy Council). Withdrew from the race due to lack of petition signatures.
John Whitcomb. Did not appear on the ballot due to lack of petition signatures.
The Maine Green Independent Party did not have a gubernatorial candidate on the ballot, as no candidate collected required number of signatures.
Lynne Williams, attorney and former state chair of the Maine Green Independent Party. On March 15, 2010, Lynne Williams announced her withdrawal from the campaign, citing a lack of clean elections funds and qualifying signatures.
* Shawn Moody and Kevin Scott, two Independent candidates who appeared on the ballot, were not offered as choices in the Rasmussen polls.
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Aircraft carriers have a strategic and demonstrative impact no fortified island can replicate.
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In a recent Interpreter article (Glug, glug, glug: India's interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers), David Brewster poses an interesting question: is there a cheaper and less risky way for India to project power in the neighborhood than by continuing to rely on its aircraft carriers?
By developing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a strategic hub for power projection, Brewster wonders if India could replace its expensive and "sinkable" aircraft carriers with "unsinkable" island bases.
The question is rhetorical. Like some others who have written on the subject recently, Brewster casts doubt on the aircraft carrier's operational viability, portraying India's quest for a three-carrier navy as a strategic indulgence and costly undertaking that would only impose a crippling burden on the state.
Yet the choice for New Delhi to abandon its flat-tops in favour of a force projection hub at the Andaman Islands isn't straightforward.
The real odds that a maritime power will sink another's aircraft carrier in peacetime are actually quite slim.
The prevailing wisdom is that strategic defence at sea is best provided by mobile military assets, not least since adversaries have a range of flexible combat options at their disposal. Even if India did set up a sea-denial complex around the Andaman Islands, it would by its very "defensive" nature be incapable of furthering the Indian Navy's force projection efforts in South Asia and beyond.
But India's political and strategic elite also remains divided on the question of developing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands into a springboard for strategic projection in Asia. What is described as a militarist school cites the China threat, deeming the development of advanced surveillance and power-projection capability as a rank imperative.
This contrasts with the pragmatists, who are not against tapping the strategic potential of the islands, but oppose the idea of large-scale militarisation, which would hurt India's image as a largely benign military power.
Even assuming New Delhi decided to develop military facilities in the Andaman Islands, the Indian Navy wouldn't want them as part of a swap-bargain with its aircraft carriers. Despite facing an increasingly hostile operational environment, the aircraft carrier is still the only platform that provides comprehensive access to littoral spaces, for surveillance and effective sea command.
Many naval analysts seem convinced the aircraft carrier is still relevant to modern-day naval warfare.
Consider this: despite losing more than ten fleet and escort carriers during the Second World War, the US Navy's reliance on aircraft carrier operations has only grown over time. During the Cold War confrontation with the Soviet Union, US carrier battle groups were deployed in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, and the Northern Atlantic, often facing the same heavy odds as in the Second World War.
Skip forwards to 2018, and the US supercarrier still lies at the vanguard of maritime operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Arguably, America's floating airfields aren't any less susceptible now than in the past.
Yet Washington persists with its carrier deployments because it is the only reliable way of keeping up a visible tempo of US maritime operations to deter adversaries in the faraway seas.
It is the shifting context of naval warfare that provides the strongest argument in favour of aircraft carriers. In an era of hostile peace, when maritime powers have neither the resources nor the appetite to engage in fully fledged combat, big naval assets are necessary platforms for posturing and strategic signalling.
Since all sides realise the importance of keeping maritime responses below the threshold of retaliation, rivals desist from targeting each other's principal assets.
This is not to suggest that a navy's aircraft carrier cannot be sunk; rather that targeting such a ship is never an easy choice for the adversary. In attempting to target a rival aircraft carrier, a navy must ensure a high degree of internal operational coordination for simultaneous strikes by multiple weapons systems. It must also hedge against the possibility that a badly planned operation would be repelled, triggering a massive response by the adversary.
Even if the attack was successfully executed, it would need more than a few missile and torpedo strikes for a big aircraft carrier to end up on the ocean floor. By then, both sides would have hit Armageddon.
The real odds that a maritime power will sink another's aircraft carrier in peacetime are actually quite slim. True, the flat-top is expensive, and perhaps more vulnerable than before. But so long as it is employed judiciously in less-than-war conditions (as is likely to be the case), there is still no platform to beat its strategic utility.
For the Indian Navy, the aircraft carrier is an article of faith because of its ability to alter the psychological balance in the Indian Ocean littorals. It is a potent symbol of a nation's pride and power; a floating piece of sovereign territory; and a projection of national will.
Although the flat-top could be replaced by island facilities (unsinkable carriers), or even lesser floating platforms that might do the job, none can replicate its demonstrative impact. Far from being a status symbol, the ship is the "beating heart" of the fighting fleet that provides naval operations with an essential vigour.
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The dancing is the least compelling component of "Breath and Bone," an ambitious full-evening Trip Dance Theatre creation that premiered at the Unknown Theater in Hollywood on Friday.
For starters, the 75-seat theater (just off Santa Monica Boulevard) is a major pleasure, with a large stage platform, a well-designed lighting grid and comfortable seats. A few more spaces like this and the local dance community would be much healthier.
Next, Charlie Campagna's score seduces you with an impressive array of textures and rhythms that artfully exploit the resources of four-channel audio and, especially, the improvisational capabilities of vocalists Jessica Basta and Moira Smiley.
Finally, Trip choreographer and artistic director Monica Favand provides program notes suggesting a far richer dance experience than her proficient six-dancer company actually offers. Her concept involves contrasting genuine, natural, intrinsic human movement with the artificial learned behaviors that can distance us from our basic needs and natures.
Sounds great, but unfortunately there's nothing remotely natural about her choreography -- it's all studied, constricted, devitalized, often locked into glum unisons that look like penal servitude for her dancers.
Watching Favand herself in the ensembles, you recognize how committed she is as a dancer, body and spirit -- but also how much more authentic she is in passages depicting the alienation and fragmentation of the present than in suggestions of the impulsive, holistic freedom of our primordial past.
Sometimes her movement seems vaguely yogic or based on the movement of fish, but it never develops into anything definitive and almost always uses her best ideas ineffectually.
For example, among the spoken reminiscences we hear is one about a father lovingly guiding his young daughter with his hand on the back of her neck. Favand uses the image as a movement motif, but with all tenderness and sense of direction pruned away and only the bare physical link remaining.
If she keeps working on the piece, she may eventually achieve her own breakthrough into something genuine, natural, intrinsic about dance.
For now, however, "Breath and Bone" is not only preliminary but also insufferably preachy at times on the issue of WWWW: What's Wrong With the World.
Happily, at such moments you can close your eyes, let Campagna's music wash over you and enjoy what's right with it.


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package host

import (
	"github.com/NebulousLabs/Sia/crypto"
	"github.com/NebulousLabs/Sia/modules"
	"github.com/NebulousLabs/Sia/types"
)

// createRevisionSignature creates a signature for a file contract revision
// that signs on the file contract revision. The renter should have already
// provided the signature. createRevisionSignature will check to make sure that
// the renter's signature is valid.
func createRevisionSignature(fcr types.FileContractRevision, renterSig types.TransactionSignature, secretKey crypto.SecretKey, blockHeight types.BlockHeight) (types.Transaction, error) {
	hostSig := types.TransactionSignature{
		ParentID:       crypto.Hash(fcr.ParentID),
		PublicKeyIndex: 1,
		CoveredFields: types.CoveredFields{
			FileContractRevisions: []uint64{0},
		},
	}
	txn := types.Transaction{
		FileContractRevisions: []types.FileContractRevision{fcr},
		TransactionSignatures: []types.TransactionSignature{renterSig, hostSig},
	}
	sigHash := txn.SigHash(1)
	encodedSig, err := crypto.SignHash(sigHash, secretKey)
	if err != nil {
		return types.Transaction{}, err
	}
	txn.TransactionSignatures[1].Signature = encodedSig[:]
	err = modules.VerifyFileContractRevisionTransactionSignatures(fcr, txn.TransactionSignatures, blockHeight)
	if err != nil {
		return types.Transaction{}, err
	}
	return txn, nil
}

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It's still a work in progress but should get automatically updated every morning.
I'm only pulling the 1- through 5-year rates.
I stuck with the non-redeemable, non-registered rates. The TFSA and RRSP GIC rates are usually the same, though.
Awesome, Peter, thanks! You can see that in the last months there's been way more talk on here about GICs than on HISA rates (and if it wasn't for the promos there'd be not much talk at all about HISAs) so I can see this move broadening the appeal of the site.
What a great resource. Thanks very much.
Hope this makes your already great site even more popular.
You will also need to set up a link or tab on the main page.
Great! You've made some judicious calls here.
Thank you Peter! It's an area of particular interest for me, so I will be using it.
Also perhaps place an asterisk on Hubert's 2.45% one year rate to explain that it's the average for a quarterly cashable rate.
Good work, Peter. I think it's perfect the way it is - it would quickly spiral out of control if you were to include the special 64-day rate, the 9-month rate, the baker's dozen rate, the 33-month rate, the leap-year rate, etc, etc, etc. PLUS there would be absolutely no end to the maintenance of the chart.
Stick with what you've got there, Peter.
Thank you for your hard work Peter!
Again, great work and thanks for your efforts.
Do you have any desire to extend this list, with the help of our input, to include other financial institutions beyond those listed on the main comparison chart? There are numerous other financial institutions with other GIC options out there. Some are more obscure than others, but do have rates listed on their websites.
We could definitely consider other financial institutions, who might be nationally competitive with their GIC rates but not competitive with their regular and TFSA savings rates.
I agree. Members of this site can do their own heavy lifting re promos and post them as is done now.
I see that the comparison chart for GIC rates needs some updating. Hubert just lowered their rates, with 5 yr now being 3.40%. Also the rates listed for MAXA are not current at present. Just thought I'd mention this.
Thanks for the heads up. The GIC rate update happens first thing in the morning, so if a financial institution updates their rates during the day, it doesn't show up on the chart until the next morning.
GREAT CHART. I WAS USING RATE HUB BUT SINCE I COME TO YOUR SITE EVERY DAY I'LL START USING YOURS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HELPFUL TOPICS YOU INCLUDE.
P.S. SORRY FOR THE CAPS, I'M NOT YELLING.
Compared to Peter's work, Rate Hub is a joke.


The OMC Rose candle is for use at group meetings and during private study. It is a symbol of the awakened faculties you bring to this task. Details Sheet of 5 Coloured Roses OR Sheet of 5 Pink/Red Roses. Instructions on how to put these transfers on your own candle come with each purchase.
The OMC Rose candle is for use at group meetings and during private study. It is a symbol of the awakened faculties you bring to this task.
These circular images of roses can easily be placed on to your candle of choice - see the instructions below.


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Q: outside div messes up when moding inside it the Divs look great but once a image url is loaded it does not stay inside the div. Does this have something to do with overflow? i was under the impression that the image being 100% would stretch out to the divs specified height and width
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  color: #FFF;
  border-radius: 10px;
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  display: inline-block;
  width: 30%;
  height: 200px;
  text-align: center;
  border: 1px solid red;
  color: #FFF;
  border-radius: 5px;
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  display: inline-block;
  width: 60%;
  height: 200px;
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A: You are only missing one bit of CSS.
You need to use vertical-align:top;.

The vertical-align property affects the vertical positioning inside a
  line box of the boxes generated by an inline-level element.
top
Align the top of the aligned subtree with the top of the line box.

https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/vertical-align
One a side not dont use 100% in both the height & width of an image. Add the actual image dimensions and use css to change the height and width to 100%.
Also do some reading on div positioning and when to use display inline-block and when to use css tables.
And don't ever use float for positioning anything other than an image that needs text to wrap around it. It's not for elements.

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  color: #FFF;
  border-radius: 5px;
  vertical-align:top;
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Well, we left for Children's this morning around 10:00 am after an eventful three days. Elizabeth has had a headache for the past three and a half days accompanied with nausea. She started vomiting very early this morning and her headache increased.
In the ER the doctor was ordered by her oncologist to do several blood draws to check all her blood counts (CBC,) kidney, bladder, enzymes, electrolytes etc....Not to our surprise, her platelets had dropped to 47,000 and her HGB (hemoglobin,) oxygen in her blood, had dropped by almost three points to 8.5. She has been admitted and will receive a blood transfusion with possible platelets ordered for tomorrow. They are hoping that once she receives her blood, her platelets will go up on their own. If her headache persists, they will do a CAT scan to rule out any type of brain bleed. Brain bleeds are rare but do occur.
Please continue to pray for the side effects of her chemo to be minimal, that she does not have any type of brain bleed, that she has a good nights rest, and we all stay healthy.
May God continue to bless all of you as he continues to bless us and shower us in peace.
Thanks for the update, guys. We will pray that Liz overcomes these side effects as soon as possible! This is yet another reason to sign up for the blood drive at Wellspring this Tuesday and give back what so many have given Liz!
I am so sorry that you're not feeling well. I guess having such a wonderful facility right down the road to take care of your every need is a blessing too! The blood drive at Wellspring couldn't come at a better time, and I am going to try my best to get there. I hope that you are feeling better real soon and that maybe you are even able to come see Santa at the Prieve's on Tuesday.
Hi Liz, Randy and Christine, We will keep praying that your headaches will get better and your side effects will be minimal to none!! We will pray that you are home for Christmas and that your hospital stay will not be long! You are in our thoughts and prayers! I am - I can - I will - stay strong Liz!!


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A suicide bomber targeted the headquarters of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Kabul, injuring at least six people in a blast in front of the building.
Pakistan Frees Senior Taliban Commander In Possible Peace-Talks Bid
Pakistan has released from detention a senior Afghan Taliban commander who had been arrested eight years ago, reports say.
Pakistan Rejects Afghan Claim Of Involvement In Kandahar Attack
Islamabad has dismissed the Afghan president's "baseless and unfounded" allegations that last week's killing of a powerful provincial police chief in southern Afghanistan was planned in Pakistan.
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A soldier in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission was killed and two others wounded on October 22 by an apparent insider attack in the western province of Herat.
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Top U.S. officials have decried the killing of a powerful police chief in southern Afghanistan just two days before national elections and urged the Afghan people not to let it deter them from going to the polls.
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Dozens of Afghan police officers have been killed in two attacks claimed by the Taliban in north and central Afghanistan, just days before parliamentary elections that the militants have threatened to disrupt.
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A major border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed on October 15 following clashes between the two countries' security forces, leaving hundreds of people and vehicles stranded on both sides.
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Taliban fighters have attacked two checkpoints in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, killing at least 17 Afghan soldiers and abducting 11 others, officials say.
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Kelly Slater won the Volcom Pipe Pro in Oahu. Earlier, he helped save a mother and toddler from a rogue wave.
"Conditions are good to epic." That was the official word on the last day of the Volcom Pipe Pro surfing competition on Oahu's North Shore.
After the week pro surfer Kelly Slater had, let's go with epic.
In terms of waves, the beautiful barrels came rolling for Volcom Pipe Pro contestants. The major multi-day competition took place at the famous Banzai Pipeline starting at the end of January.
Conditions there matter, and you know you're in for a treat when Red Bull calls it "the best contest surf we've ever seen."
Slater was competing against three of the world's best surfers, but he stepped up to gain 3,000 points for the $16,000 win. Although he's an 11-time world champion, this was his first win there in two years. Volcom's recap described a final that "saw barrels fire off like cannons."
But earlier in the week, Slater was taking on a very different wave. While standing on the beach near a lifeguard station in Oahu watching the huge swells, he spotted an enormous rogue wave headed for the shore. A woman and her toddler on a footpath were directly in the trajectory, Outside Magazine reported.
Slater called out but they didn't hear him. The wave was already sweeping them across the busy Kamehameha highway. Slater and several lifeguards leapt into action, helping the two out of the water. Other than cuts, bruises, and sand in the mouth, they were OK.
The woman turned out to be Sarah White, whose pro photographer husband Chris was shooting the surf at the time. They regularly travel to Oahu during surfing season, but this was their first visit with their 22-month-old son, Van.
"For some random reason I stopped there when I normally don't and happened to be there," Slater wrote on Instagram, commenting on Chris White's update about the rescue. "So glad all is well and we can (someday) laugh about it. Van's first wave was a huge one!"
White expressed gratitude to Slater, the lifeguards, and the surf gods for the rescue, writing on Instagram that he was "so thankful my family is alive and safe." The surf gods certainly smiled on Slater, too.
Requiring balance, poise and determination, surfing can be a challenging sport that's probably not for everyone. But that doesn't mean that onlookers can't get a vicarious thrill by watching a surfer conquer monster waves from the safety of their beach. Surfing spectacles can draw huge crowds, too. Just take a look at this photo from the Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia. As great as Manly Beach might be, however, there are better sight-surfing opportunities to be had elsewhere in the world. In this slideshow, explore some of the best sites in the United States and abroad for being a surfing spectator.
Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
One of the most popular destinations for professional surfers, the Banzai Pipeline along Oahu's North Shore has attracted surfers and spectators in droves. Although anyone can sit along Banzai Beach watching surfers take to their boards, only those with some experience under the belt should attempt to ride these waves. The winter months are the prime season for surfing the Pipeline, which shouldn't deter spectators since the temperatures even in the coldest months tend not to dip below the mid-60s.
If you're in Hawaii anyway to see some surfing, then island hopping is a must to get the most bang for your buck. After stopping by Oahu's North Shore, head over to Maui to check out Pe'ahi, better known as Jaws. Jaws Beach boasts some of the tallest and fastest waves of anywhere in the world. In order to get on top of these waves, surfers need to be towed out. Once there, they will ride waves 25 to 50 feet high, or more. Spectators of all stripes are welcome, but only the most experienced should consider attempting these waves.
The Pipeline and Jaws are probably the most impressive of the many surfing sites available in Hawaii. The state has so many great surfing destinations that we'll leave the rest off to give other places a chance. But there is one more spot in Hawaii that bears its own mention: Honolua Bay. The bay offers not only giant waves to challenge surfers and keep spectators interested. It also offer whale watching for whenever visitors feel like taking a break from surfing. The one major downside to Honolua Bay, however, is a persistent problem of theft from motor vehicles, so try not to bring your valuables with you to the beach.
Maverick's, San Mateo County, California, U.S.A.
Hawaii isn't the only place in the United States for spectators to watch surfers take to the waves. Maverick's in California is among the top destinations for big-wave surfers. Like Jaws, only experienced professional surfers with expert towers should attempt to surf here, with waves that can reach over 80 feet high. In fact, just last year big-wave surfer Sion Milosky died from drowning during an attempt at Maverick's. The site may be dangerous for surfers. But when all goes well, a successful ride can be a thrill for onlookers.
Cortes Bank, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
The Cortes Bank in California is the site at which Mark Parsons broke the Guinness World Record for the highest wave ever surfed. To win the title, Parsons rode a wave over 70 feet tall. Although dedicated surfers are motivated to make the trip for the multi-story waves, spectators might have a little trouble getting to this relatively remote and somewhat inaccessible location within Los Angeles county. However, due to its reputation, Cortes Bank still manages to draw in the crowds.
If you don't feel like waiting six months to see the peak surfing season at some of the best surfing sites in the United States, then you might want to remind yourself that it's winter in the southern hemisphere. The Superbank along Queenland's Gold Coast draws its fair share of surfers -- during peak season, upwards of 200 can be spotted from the shore -- and crowds of spectators as well. Visitors should, however, be prepared for a long walk back to their cars once they're ready to call it a day, with more than a mile separating the beach from the nearest parking area.
The Margaret River region is home to two of the best surfing destinations in Australia: Yallingup and Prevelly Park. Yallingup is nestled in a tiny village in southwestern Australia and offers different waves for various surfer skill levels, allowing spectators who also happen to be novice surfers to take part. Located some 25 miles south, Prevelly Park offers the kinds of monster waves that only experienced surfers should attempt. With so much surfing packed into the region, the site is ideal for a surfing enthusiast looking for a real off-the-beaten-path adventure.
Surfing in Bali, Indonesia, has attracted visitors ever since it first became popular in the 1970s. For surfers, Bali offers opportunities for all experience levels. Kuta Beach might cater to beginners starting to pick up their form and watch locals show off what they can do. Uluwatu, on the other hand, has massive swells that can produce waves 30 feet high, and is only for the most experienced surfers. Each of these sites has attractions that complement the surfing spectacle for visitors, ranging from sport fishing at Kuta to visiting the cliff-side temple at Uluwatu.
If the French Riviera is a little too posh for your beach vacation this summer, why not try the slightly less fancy Soorts-Hossegor on the southwestern coast of France, the site of what is considered the best surfing destination in Europe? Hoosegor can draw large crowds to see its surfers and hosts the Quiksilver Pro France competition annually.


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14:56, 31 July 2019, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , by Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
USA to cut visa fees for Kyrgyzstanis obtaining student and work visas
The United States of America have agreed to reduce visa fees for citizens of Kyrgyzstan who obtain student and work visas. The changes will come into effect on August 7, 2019. The U.S. Embassy in the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
According to the Embassy, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Azizbek Madmarov and the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary and Director for Press and Public Diplomacy in the Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs Jonathan Henick held a successful meeting in the framework of the annual bilateral consultations, the first since 2015. At the consultations, the Governments of the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in various fields.
The Ministry of Health and USAID have signed a partnership statement in the fight against tuberculosis to reduce treatment time and improve treatment outcomes.
Both countries agreed a work plan to develop a regional electricity market for Central Asia.
«The regional electricity market in Central Asia will provide greater energy security and economic stability in the region, reduce costs, open up opportunities for the regional market and attract additional investment,» the report said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan agreed to facilitate the issue of visas for additional groups that meet the requirements of students from countries in the region to study at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA).
The United States will provide scholarships to students from Central Asia and Afghanistan to study at AUCA, the only university in Central Asia that offers an accredited diploma of U.S. universities.
«This is a new era of our partnership. Kyrgyzstan has always played a leading role as a strong democracy in Central Asia. We believe that the Kyrgyz Republic will continue to play an important role in promoting regional stability and economic cooperation that will benefit not only this country, but also the countries of the entire region,» said Jonathan Henick.
Since independence, the United States have provided assistance to Kyrgyzstan for more than $ 2 billion.
The U.S. delegation called for increased cooperation to develop the economy, improve security, prepare for disaster management, protect human rights, combat human trafficking, and support English language learning.
«In accordance with the priority goal of the United States aimed at promoting trade and investment, the Embassy for the first time will organize the International Exhibition of Franchises and Trade in Bishkek on October 10, 2019. At the exhibition, companies from the United States, the European Union, South Korea and Japan will establish contacts with Kyrgyz and regional business leaders. The visit of Jonathan Henick is another step towards the fulfillment of the goal stated by the Presidents Sooronbai Jeenbekov and Donald Trump after the completion of negotiations on a mutually acceptable agreement on bilateral cooperation and increased cooperation between the countries,» the Embassy said.
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He's simply trying to deflect blame after two tragic deaths occurred on his watch.
Your June 3 editorial, "LePage has opportunity to lead on child welfare," was in the wrong tense. The governor, along with his ex-commissioner of DHHS, "had" seven years to lead on child welfare and they passed on that opportunity.
If a new computer system for Child Protective Services is long overdue, as the governor says, then why didn't he or Mary Mayhew, his former DHHS commissioner, buy that computer one year ago, or two years ago? If children are so important to the governor, why is he always trying to give wealthy Mainers tax breaks while squeezing the budgets that provide services to our Maine children? He flat-funded Child Development Services, which provides early intervention services to young children with disabilities, for seven years and now there is a bill stuck in the Legislature that is trying to provide $3.5 million to keep the system afloat for another year. Hundreds of children are waiting for services, and what is our new champion for children doing about it? Nothing.
Trying to make it a crime to not report abuse is just Gov. Paul LePage's attempt to deflect blame — pointing a finger at others before all the facts become known.
According to the Center for Maine Economic Policy, from 2011-2017 Maine left $142 million in federal funds for the SNAP (food stamps) program in Washington, with over 20 percent of Maine's children living in poverty. We also lost out on $3.1 million in child care funds. Evidently, the governor and his underlings only care about children after two of them have been harmed and someone has to be held accountable.
Dewey Meteer is a resident of Nobleboro.


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SC resident receives Covid vaccine after confusion in SUS registry by homonym; "I am happy!" , says | Santa Catarina
Yvonne Lipsey September 22, 2021 3 min read
Júlio César da Conceição, 32, was able to establish that the Internal Revenue Service registered two homogeneous individuals with the same number on the Individual Taxpayer Register (CPF). That is why the inhabitant of Santa Catarina appeared in the SUS system. It was also vaccinated in Paraíba.
"It was a lot of emotion for me to get vaccinated. It's something I've been waiting for since day one of quarantine. I said, 'I'll get vaccinated soon.'" I will go get it. "I am happy!" Julio Cesar says.
1 in 3 SC citizens received their first dose of Covid vaccine – Photo: NSC TV / Reprodução
A resident of SC received the first dose of the vaccine against Covid – Photo: NSC TV / Reprodução
SC residents are not allowed to take the vaccine
Police concluded that the SC resident was unable to obtain the vaccine due to duplication of CPF
after, after Civilian police investigationsThe Internal Revenue Service was notified and the Balneário Camboriú Health Department released the vaccine for the men.
Júlio César claims he has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and is still waiting for a change in the system, as one of them would need to issue a new CPF. In addition to document duplication, Both men were born in São Paulo and their mothers' names are the same.
2 out of 3 SC residents celebrate Covid immunization – Photo: NSC TV / Reprodução
A resident of SC celebrates immunization against Covid – Photo: NSC TV / Reprodução
A resident of Santa Catarina went to the health clinic in the Vila Real neighborhood on August 3, in Balneario Camborić, to receive the first dose against Covid-19. When the response was made, came the surprise: The system indicated that it had already taken the first dose in July, in parrot.
According to the delegate Ricardo Sina, the inhabitant of Arara was located and listened to. Submit the original documents such as RG, CPF, birth certificate, and driver's license.
Coincidence with the inhabitant of Santa Catarina is proven. However, there is a difference regarding the father's name, date of birth and RG number.
"It's a ridiculous mistake," said the delegate. "There are two people with the same CPF and the same mother's name and they are both from São Paulo."
Paraíba police concluded that Santa Catarina was not the victim of a coup
According to Arara city attorney, Evandro Trindade, the coincidence is the result of a mistake by the Internal Revenue Service, as the inhabitant of the place has more than one last name and is older than the inhabitant of the place Camboriu Resort.
"There was no forgery of documents by him [morador de Paraíba] Not even the use of false documents. The irresponsibility came from the Federal Revenue Service that provided the CPF for two people."
3 of 3 Júlio César da Conceição – Photo: Reproduction / NSC TV
Júlio César da Conceição – Photo: Reproduction / NSC TV
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