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Edgar Froese – Thorsten Quaeschning – Ulrich Schnauss – Hoshiko Yamane
Quantum Gate is roughly the 150th release and roughly 30th main studio album by Tangerine Dream. It is the first full-length album since the death of founder Edgar Froese in 2015, and is largely based on ideas and musical sketches left by Froese.The album was preceded by and is companion to the 2015 mini-album Quantum Key.
This album earned the group the most press they have had since the release of 1988's Optical Race due to the revived interest in the group following Froese's death
Quantum Gate (2017) ist ungefähr die 150. Veröffentlichung und das ungefähr 30. Hauptstudioalbum von Tangerine Dream. Es ist das erste Full-Length-Album seit dem Tod des Gründers Edgar Froese im Jahr 2015 und basiert weitgehend auf Ideen und musikalischen Skizzen, die Froese hinterlassen hat. Dem Album ging das Mini-Album Quantum Key aus dem Jahr 2015 voraus und ist dessen Begleiter.
Dieses Album brachte der Gruppe die meiste Presse ein, die sie seit der Veröffentlichung von Optical Race von 1988 aufgrund des wiederbelebten Interesses an der Gruppe nach Froeses Tod hatte
ScanLAB
We begin with a tour of a virtual 3D model of the London house-cum-museum built by 19th-century architect Sir John Soane. The journey traverses the five floors of the museum's meticulously restored rooms, each filled with original and duplicate fragments of antiquity. Sir John Soane (1753-1837) was one of the foremost British architects of the Regency era, a Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy, and a dedicated collector of paintings, sculpture, architectural fragments and models, books, drawings and furniture. Soane was awarded the Royal Academy's prestigious Gold Medal for Architecture, as a result receiving a bursary (funded by King George III) to undertake a Grand Tour of Europe. His travels to the ruins of Ancient Rome, Paestum and Pompeii would inspire his lifelong interest in Classical art and architecture. As an enthusiastic collector, later in life he began to repurpose his home at Lincoln's Inn Fields as a Museum for students of architecture. With a collection containing thousands of objects ranging from Ancient Egyptian antiquities and Roman sculpture to models of contemporary buildings, Soane's house had become a Museum by the time of his death.
32 rue vandenbranden
The script of physical actions is inspired by the Japanese film A ballad de Naraiama (1983), by Shohei Imamura, the one with tearing images, like that of the son carrying his mother on his back, embraced by the wind, climbing the mountain to put her on the summit until death, as the local tradition says that every septuagenarian must have an equal destiny. In the same village in the late 19th century, parents used to sell babies to survive. These material and spiritual miseries do not bring literals to the stage. Rather, they are essentials that make the show a fabulous visual poem written in and with the body and the scenic space. The song is also celebrated at the height, with moments such as Stravinski's The Bird of Fire suite, and the song Fline on you crazy diamond, by the band Pink Floyd.
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
基督教波尔坦斯基
בולטנסקי
クリスチャン·ボルタンスキー
Кристиан Болтански
R.I.P 1944-2021
Preoccupied with collective memory, mortality, and the passage of time, Christian Boltanski creates paintings, sculptures, films, and mixed-media installations that approach these themes in a range of styles, symbolic to direct. Boltanski often makes metaphorical use of found objects, as in No Man's Land (2010), an enormous pile of discarded jackets set to the soundtrack of thousands of human heartbeats, suggesting the anonymity, randomness, and inevitability of death. In Monuments (1985), electrical bulbs cast a seemingly bittersweet light on pictures of child holocaust victims. Describing his interest in personal histories, Boltanski has said, "What drives me as an artist is that I think everyone is unique, yet everyone disappears so quickly. […] We hate to see the dead, yet we love them, we appreciate them."
Flexible Column
"Frei Otto "hesitates to pursue a project unless he is certain that its realization will be temporary enough to not be in man's way."
This position indicates a polite anarchism through death. A delicate rebellion against the monumental architectural quest." Helen Levin
"Frei Otto "zögert, ein Projekt zu verfolgen, es sei denn, er ist sich sicher, dass seine Realisierung nur vorübergehend genug ist, um dem Menschen nicht im Weg zu stehen." Diese Position weist auf einen höflichen Anarchismus durch den Tod hin. Eine zarte Rebellion gegen die monumentale architektonische Suche." Helen Levin
«Фрей Отто« не решается продолжать проект, если не уверен, что его реализация будет достаточно временной, чтобы не мешать человеку ». Эта позиция указывает на вежливый анархизм через смерть. Тонкое восстание против монументального архитектурного поиска ». Елена Левин
ARAKAWA + GINS
Yoro Park – Site of Reversible Destiny
"The couple first fully explored Reversible Destiny in what is regarded as their seminal gallery piece, "The Mechanism of Meaning," an ever-evolving manifesto-cum-artwork begun in 1963, comprising 80 panels that they refined and added to over decades, many of them high-concept diagrams and puzzles with instructions and text ("A Mnemonic Device for Forgetting," "Think One, Say Two"), made primarily of acrylic and mixed media on canvas. In an accompanying précis to the work, which was exhibited at the Guggenheim in 1997, they prescribed "no more irretrievable disappearances" and declared death "old-fashioned." Critical opinion differs on how seriously the pair, whose work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and Paris's Centre Pompidou, took the grandiose quest to end death. But if it was intended as metaphor, neither of them ever let on. Indeed, though Arakawa himself died at 73, in 2010, and Gins four years later, at the age of 72, defying death became the defining work of their lives." Marie Doezema
TATSUO MIYAJIMA
宫岛达男
在日本当代先锋艺术家宫岛达男眼中,数字是抽象的,又是有具象意义的,它们象征着巨大的可能性,时间和空间的永恒,生命、死亡和重生的无限循环。他围绕着 ——"持续变化"、"关联一切"、"永无止尽"为主题进行艺术创作,这些源自古老的东方佛教哲学的概念,结合他运用的LED、计算机集成电路和视频投影技 术后,散发出充满现代感的全新魅力。
宫岛达男的很多作品中都采用了精密的LED设计,使从9到1(或从1到9)的数字——人类最为通用和极简的语言,循环跳转。当他们同时熄灭,整个房间会浸 入一片黑暗,但是在他的作品中却从未出现数字0,因为艺术家认为0意味着否定,否定了人类存在的无限循环,艺术家以让0缺失的方式引发更多对于虚无的思 考。
艺术家自述
从1988 年起,我就开始尝试用LED 和数字化的计算排列方式来进行艺术创作。其中,我想要表达的主旨有三个:"持续变化","关联一切","永无止尽"。作品的数字排列是从9 到1(或从1 到9),变化的速度因不同数字而异。0 则不被表现出来,用灯光的熄灭来代替。数字运行时所发出的光代表了"生",而表示0 的黑暗部分则意味着"死"。我把这个计算和排列系统视为生命的象征,这是多年来我一直想表达的观念。这种思想最早源于佛教。中国为佛教的传播做了很大贡 献,因此这次来到中国举办个展,我感到很荣幸。
Mat Collishaw
The mask of youth
The eyes of the latest portrait of Queen Elizabeth I follow you around the room. No, they really do. Mat Collishaw's hyperrealistic mask of the Tudor queen comes to life, whirring and grimacing, to shock visitors in the shadowy former royal chambers of the Queen's House. As the days darken, the effect will get spookier. The Virgin Queen's dark eyes dart around nervously. Her mouth opens as if to speak but she cannot find the words. She is dazed by a future she can't comprehend, a robot ghost staring in horror and doubt at her own painted image – Collishaw's undead death mask has her eyes fixed on the Armada Portrait, painted in 1588 and a treasure of the Queen's House after being meticulously restored.
REVITAL COHEN & TUUR VAN BALEN
A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure.
The Immortal investigates human dependence on electronics, the desire to make machines replicate organisms and our perception of anatomy as reflected by biomedical engineering.
A web of tubes and electric cords are interwoven in closed circuits through a Heart-Lung Machine, Dialysis Machine, an Infant Incubator, a Mechanical Ventilator and an Intraoperative Cell Salvage Machine. The organ replacement machines operate in orchestrated loops, keeping each other alive through circulation of electrical impulses, oxygen and artificial blood.
Salted water acts as blood replacement: throughout the artificial circulatory system minerals are added and filtered out again, the blood gets oxygenated via contact with the oxygen cycle, and an ECG device monitors the system's heartbeat. As the fluid pumps around the room in a meditative pulse, the sound of mechanical breath and slow humming of motors resonates in the body through a comforting yet disquieting soundscape.Life support machines are extraordinary devices; computers designed to activate our bodies when anatomy fails, hidden away in hospital wards. Although they are designed as the ultimate utilitarian appliances, they are extremely meaningful and carry a complex social, cultural and ethical subtext. While life prolonging technologies are invented as emergency measures to combat or delay death, my interest lies in considering these devices as a human enhancement strategy.This work is a continuation of my investigation of the patient as a cyborg, questioning the relationship between medicine and techno- fantasies about mechanical bodies, hyper abilities and posthumanism.
Lera Auerbach
"The opera's three acts are divided into seven scenes which blend fact with liberal amounts of invention. Among other things, Gogol wrestles with his (and Russia's) demons by night, obsesses over his will and funeral arrangements, gets abused by doctors ('but I don't drink alcohol,' he cries; 'all the more reason for a leeching,' they reply), bats away bothersome suitors with disconcertingly large papier-mâché breasts, falls in love with a nymph, and undergoes a literary show trial which culminates in his death."
By Zwölftöner
Richard Hoeck and John Miller
Mannequin Death
Jarring and violent yet strangely hypnotizing, the video references the Kantian sublime landscape and the "sex appeal of the inorganic," which, the Italian philosopher Mario Perniola argues, marks the transition from an organic, bodily sexuality to an inorganic and artificial one.
比尔•维奥拉
빌 비올라
ביל ויולה
ビル·ヴィオラ
БИЛЛ ВИОЛА
martyrs (earth, air, fire, water)
"As the work opens, four individuals are shown in stasis, a pause from their suffering. Gradually there is movement in each scene as an element of nature begins to disturb their stillness. Flames rain down, winds begin to lash, water cascades, and earth flies up. As the elements rage, each martyr's resolve remains unchanged. In their most violent assault, the elements represent the darkest hour of the martyr's passage through death into the light."
Abyss of Light
Abyss of Light is divided into three screens and into three acts, the traditional structure of classic narrative film. In the first act, all the images synchronize to form a single panorama of Bryce Canyon in Utah. In the second, the screens break away from one another into three parallel sequences wherein each projection shows the same one hundred images at different speeds. In the third, all three images synchronize once again to form a single wrapping panorama of Death Valley, California. The work is an ode to the American western, one of my favorite film genres. Despite my admiration, however, my desire is not to imitate westerns. Instead, I set up an abstraction in opposition to the idea of narrative, something that can be seen in all of my work. In Abyss of Light, continuous disruptions of the American landscape document my refusal to see the land as backdrop for man's heroic conquering of the wild; instead I see it as a foreground, a subject to be contemplated for itself and for which wildness is a state of grace.
vadim zakharov
Захаров, Вадим Арисович
danaë installation
Drawing from the perpetually revisited myth of Zeus and Danae, an installation by Vadim Zakharov in the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2013 used consumable objects and the sequence of architectural spaces to make manifest underlying ideas about 'rudeness, lust, narcissism, demagoguery, falsehood, banality, and greed, cynicism, robbery, speculation, wastefulness, gluttony, seduction, envy, and stupidity.' the impregation of danae occurs when zeus appears to her as a golden shower after she is locked in a tower to prevent the professed death of her father. gender dynamics and the poetic cycle of gestation are reconstructed spatially with a total use of the pavilion– a first in the history of the building.
CORNELIA PARKER
كورنيليا باركر
科妮莉亚·帕克
קורנליה פרקר
コーネリア·パーカー
코넬리아 파커
Корнелии Паркер
two rooms
For some years Cornelia Parker's work has been concerned with formalising things beyond our control, containing the volatile and making it into something that is quiet and contemplative like the 'eye of the storm'. She is fascinated with processes in the world that mimic cartoon 'deaths' – steamrollering, shooting full of holes, falling from cliffs and explosions. Through a combination of visual and verbal allusions her work triggers cultural metaphors and personal associations, which allow the viewer to witness the transformation of the most ordinary objects into something compelling and extraordinary.
Neri Oxman
Neri Oxman: Material Ecology
"Vespers is a collection of 15 3-D-printed masks that explore the idea of designing with live biological materials. The collection consists of three distinct series, each reinterpreting the concept of the death mask—traditionally a wax or plaster impression of a corpse's face. Taken as a whole, the three series form a narrative arc from death to rebirth. In the first series, Oxman and The Mediated Matter Group looked at the death mask as a cultural artifact. Fabricated using an algorithm that deconstructed polyhedral meshes into subdivided surfaces, the masks were 3-D printed with photopolymers, as well as with bismuth, silver, and gold, and rendered in color combinations that recur in religious practices around the world." Rachel Morón
PLAYDEAD
Arnt Jensen
File Festival
FILE GAMES
Limbo is a 2D sidescroller, incorporating the physics system Box2D to govern environmental objects and the player character. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps as he searches for his sister. The developer built the game's puzzles expecting the player to fail before finding the correct solution. Playdead called the style of play "trial and death", and used gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to steer the player from unworkable solutions.
frank kolkman and juuke schoorl
file sao paulo 2018
"Outrospectre" is an experimental proposal for a medical device aimed at reconciling people with death through simulating out-of-body experiences. In healthcare the majority of efforts and research focus on keeping people alive. The fear and experience of death is a mostly neglected topic. Recent (para) psychological research, however, suggests that the sensation of drifting outside of one's own body using virtual reality technology could help reduce death anxiety. "Outrospectre" explores the possible application of these findings in hospital surroundings where it could help terminal patients accept their own mortality with more comfort.
This project investigates unanswered questions about mortality and 'end of life'.
Tod Machover
Death and the Powers
Science fiction and poignant family drama combine in one of the most stunning, cutting-edge operas of the 21st century, with a libretto by former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, coming to the stage of the Winspear Opera House in a production directed by Diane Paulus, designed by Alex McDowell (Steven Spielberg's Minority Report) and conducted by Nicole Paiement (TDO's The Lighthouse).This visually spectacular robot pageant by MIT Media Lab's Tod Machover tells the story of a terminally ill billionaire, sung by Robert Orth, who downloads his consciousness into "the System" and proceeds to use all his powers to persuade his loved ones to join him there. Without bodies, without the possibility of touch, sex, suffering, and death — are we still genuinely human?Explore these existential questions and much more in a piece Variety described as "playful, lyrical and…mesmerizing." Also starring Joélle Harvey as Miranda, Patricia Risley as Evvy, and Hal Cazalet in his Dallas Opera debut as Nicholas.
Cod.Act
振り子の合唱団
Pendulum Choir
Pendulum Choir is an original choral piece for 9 A Cappella voices and 18 hydraulic jacks. The choir stands on tilting platforms, constituting a living, sonorous body. That body expresses itself through various physical states. Its plasticity varies at the mercy of its sonority. It varies between abstract sounds, repetitive sounds, and lyrical or narrative sounds. The bodies of the singers and their voices play with and against gravity. They brush and avoid each other creating subtle vocal polyphonies. Or, supported by electronic sounds, they break their cohesion and burst into lyrical flight or fold up into an obsessional and dark ritual. The organ travels from life to death in a robotic allegory where the technological complexity and the lyricism of the moving bodies combine into a work with Promethean accents.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Regarded as one of the most influential films of the silent era (though it received mixed reviews at the time), the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: (1) a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption, (2) a Judean story: Christ's mission and death, (3) a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572, and (4) a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print, but not in the currently available versions.
cinema full
Rob Seward
Death Death Death
"Death Death Death" is book written by an algorithm. It utilizes a word association study conducted by the University of South Florida between 1976 and 1998. It contains over 10,000 words and their associations to each other. "Death Death Death" traces a path from each word to the word death. The book starts off with the words most closely associated to death. The beginning reads like this: Life – Death Funeral – Death Coffin – Death. Later, it takes several associative leaps to get to death: Enthusiasm – Spirit – Soul – Death Folly – Funny – Sad – Death Bahamas – Paradise – Heaven – Death Waggle – Wiggle – Worm – Maggot – Death. Reading soon becomes humorous, as every line reads like a joke-death is always the punchline. "Death Death Death" is 405 pages, contains an index so you can find any word, and a detailed description of the algorithm. Death Death Death was nominated for the 2010 File Prix Lux in the Digital Languages category.
SAMAD GHORBANZADEH
Gray Nightmares
Grey Nightmares" is the name of a personal collection in which different subjects have been studied, the ones I have been involved in for the last couple of years. The subjects include, loneliness, death, nihility, downfall, pain, wait … though the main characters of this collection are the people who are looking for a way out of their limbo so that it can be a relief for them.
MARIA MARTINS
"O impossivel"
They touch. They bite. They get warm. They penetrate. They are made. They get rid of. They stick their tongues in. They put the body in. They get body. They split up. They exist.
They want to be one. It is impossible ("O impossivel"). Which means that a single body, as you would like, is impossible. It can not. For a moment yes, for a moment they can. But no, they can't. Impossible. They cannot be one. Despite the bites. Their bodies are different. They were born and will die self-absorbed, in themselves. Between them there is an abyss, a discontinuity. But they want to be continuous, they want their bodies to be one body. Since they cannot, they celebrate the sacrifice of the meat. "Essentially," says Georges Bataille, "the field of eroticism is the field of violence, the field of rape." Isn't it violent, perhaps, to want to break the discontinuity of the other closed in on itself? Isn't it violent to force the discontinuity of the other to be a continuous whole with him? O impossível by the Brazilian Maria Martins (1894/1973) shows the excesses of sex (take note: excess, sex). Or impossível is the moment in which the organs swell with blood and gush sexuality. The moment when animality makes us gloriously human.
جان كوكتو
让·科克托
ז'אן קוקטו
ジャン·コクトー
장 콕토
ЖАН КОКТО
"The three basic themes of Orphée are:1-The successive deaths through which a poet must pass before he becomes, in that admirable line from Mallarmé, tel qu'en lui-même enfin l'éternité le change—changed into himself at last by eternity.2-The theme of immortality: the person who represents Orphée's Death sacrifices herself and abolishes herself to make the poet immortal.3-Mirrors: we watch ourselves grow old in mirrors. They bring us closer to death.
PHILLIPPE HALSMANN AND SALVADOR DALI
In Voluptas Mors
"In Voluptas Mors" ("Voluptuous Death"), is probably one of the most complex portraits I have ever seen alongside Halsman's "Dali Atomicus" which took 28 attempts! "In Voluptas Mors" is again a carefully considered and planned out portrait of the surrealistic Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, made in collaboration with photographer Philippe Halsman (1951). The image depicts Dalí posing beside a giant 'skull', a tableau vivant (or "living picture") comprising of seven nude female models in beautiful mind blogging poses. As you can imagine it took a considerable amount of time to create this wonderful photograph. It took all in all Halsman and Dali three hours to arrange the models according to Dalí's precise sketch.
JIRI KYLIAN – STEVE REICH
イリ·キリアン – スティーヴ·ライヒ
יירי קיליאן – סטיב רייך
Иржи Килиана – Стив Райх
Falling Angels
Falling Angels was created in 1989 as one Kylián's Black and White Ballets. The Black and White ballets consisted of six pieces, with Falling Angel being dance 6. It is choreographed to Steve Reich's Drumming (Part One) created in 1971, which was based on ceremonial ritual music from Ghana (West Africa). Throughout Fallen Angels there is the use of mesmeric choral movement and repeated phrases. Falling Angels is for 8 women and depicts female dancers in their aim to achieve perfection but succumb in various stages to the human female psyche and female events such as ambition, seduction, pregnancy, birth, death, motherhood and self-awareness. Kylián was influenced by surrealism and minimalism during the creation of this work and the 'black and white ballets'. In this ballet we see the combination of classical lines and sharp percussive movements that give unpredictability to the piece as a whole
ÉTIENNE-LOUIS BOULLÉE
Cénotaphe à Newton
Boullée promoted the idea of making architecture expressive of its purpose, a doctrine that his detractors termed architecture parlante ("talking architecture"), which was an essential element in Beaux-Arts architectural training in the later 19th century. His style was most notably exemplified in his proposal for a cenotaph (a funerary monument celebrating a figure interred elsewhere) for the English scientist Isaac Newton, who 50 years after his death became a symbol of Enlightenment ideas. The building itself was a 150 m (500 ft) tall sphere, taller than the Great Pyramids of Giza, encompassed by two large barriers circled by hundreds of cypress trees. The massive and spheric shape of the building was inspired by Boullée's own study called "theory of bodies" where he claims that the most beautiful and perfect natural body is the sphere, which is the most prominent element of the Newton Memorial. Though the structure was never built, Boullée had many ink and wash drawings engraved and circulated widely in the professional circles in 1784. The small sarcophagus for Newton is placed at the lower pole of the sphere. The design of the memorial is intended to create the effect of day and night. The night effect occurs when the sarcophagus is illuminated by the sunlight coming through the holes in the vaulting, giving the illusion of stars in the night sky. The day effect is an armillary sphere hanging in the center that gives off a mysterious glow. Thus, the use of light in the building's design causes the building's interior to change its appearance.
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Q: Covariance with transformations of random variables I'm not sure I know where to begin this problem.  We've never worked with covariance but this showed up on some old exams.
Let $X=Y-Z$ where $Y$ and $Z$ are nonnegative random variables such that $YZ=0$.  Show that $\operatorname{cov}(Y,Z)\leq 0.$

A: $YZ = 0 \implies \mathbb{E}(YZ)= 0$.
$\operatorname{cov}(Y,Z) = \mathbb{E}(YZ) - \mathbb{E}(Y) \mathbb{E}(Z) = \,...?$

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Gentiva said sequestration could bring down revenue by $30 million, on top of a $21 million expected reduction in sales due to branches that were sold or closed during 2012. The company also said that sequestration could take a 60-cent bite in per-share adjusted income.


and casts shadows across the floor.
in its fleeting time before dawn.
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Project Y.O.U. (our youth coalition) is working with a group of downstate youth to plan a youth summit for this summer. We will pass along the details as they become available.
The Illinois Department of Public Health offers a service entitled "TEXT 2 SURVIVE". To get on demand notifications listing free HIV testing centers near you, text "IL" plus your Zip Code to 36363.
Use our Text2Survive Mobile program "it's easy, it's convenient".
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We continue to offer FREE (GRATIS) HIV testing, counseling and educational services to Douglas County and the Latino communities within a 50+ mile radius of Arcola. If you know of anyone that needs this service or would like more information, please have them contact us at 217-268-3555. Or, anyone can call the AIDS/HIV & STD Hotline at 1-800-243-2437.
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Please continue to help spread the word that women between the ages of 35 and 64 that do not have health insurance are eligible for a free mammogram through this program. Many of the barriers including the "proof of income" requirement have been eliminated from the program, which should allow more women to participate.
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We have established a plan with Cultivadores and Rev. Nelson Cuevas for the alcohol and drug evaluations and counseling in Spanish at Mi Raza.
Cultivadores is now focusing on youth and youth activities. However, they will continue to provide their facility for free HIV testing and counseling for our program.
Interested parties can contact Cultivadores at 217-892-5292 or Mi Raza at 217-268-3555 to schedule appointments for these services.
Mi Raza Community Center has formally organized and elected a Board of Directors.
It is the desire of the Board to form a Not-for-Profit corporation and eventually seek tax-exempt, 501 (c) (3) status.


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### Callback hell

So, one of the biggest rants people have about JS, node specifically, is the so denominated [callback hell][]. You know [where code marches to the right faster than it moves forward][]. The [Piramid of Doom][]? Common, I'm [sure][] you know what I'm talking about.
In JavaScript's defense, I will show you [this][]...

It goes a little bit like this:

```javascript
User.create = function (data, callback) {
    var node = db.createNode(data);
    var user = new User(node);
    node.save(function (err) {
        if (err) return callback(err);
        node.index(INDEX_NAME, INDEX_KEY, data.email, function (err) {
            if (err) return callback(err);
            callback(null, user);
        });
    });
};
```

Some might argue that is basically an stylistic or design choice. I agree. There are different approaches to tackle this differently.

You can go the promise route.

```javascript
User.create = function (data) {
    var node = db.createNode(data);
    var user = new User(node);
    var savedPromise = node.save();
    var responsePromise = savedPromise.then(onSavedResponse, onSavedError);
    responsePromise.then(onUpdateIndex, onUpdateError);
    return new Promise(user);
};
```

Or you could chain them:

```javascript
User.create = function (data) {
    var node = db.createNode(data);
    var user = new User(node);
    node.save()
        .then(onSavedResponse, onSavedError)
        .then(onUpdateIndex, onUpdateError);

    return new Promise(user);
};
```

You can also go the event driven route, and do something like this:

```javascript
User.create = function (data) {
    var node = db.createNode(data);
    var user = new User(node);
    node.save(User._onCreated.bind(this, user, node));
};
User._onCreated = function(user, node, err, res /*ignored*/){
    node.index(INDEX_NAME, INDEX_KEY, data.email,
               User._onIndexed.bind(this, user));
};

User._onIndexed = function(user, err, res /*ignored*/) {
    if (err) return this.dispatcher.emmit('create:error', err);
    this.dispatcher.emmit('create:result', user);
};
```

http://blog.caplin.com/2013/03/13/callback-hell-is-a-design-choice/

Resources about promises and node:
- [StrongLoop][]
- Etc

[StrongLoop]: (http://blog.strongloop.com/promises-in-node-js-with-q-an-alternative-to-callbacks/)

[Piramid of Doom]: (http://calculist.org/blog/2011/12/14/why-coroutines-wont-work-on-the-web)

[callback hell]: (http://callbackhell.com/)

[sure]: (http://stackoverflow.com/a/18229477/125083)

[this]: (https://github.com/panique/php-login/blob/de36e6c1a15706011e4c86a21b2b5de1ac16538b/0-one-file/index.php#L98-L130)

[where code marches to the right faster than it moves forward]: (https://github.com/kriskowal/q#readme)

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For two seasons, I was unable to hunt our property that is two and a half hours away due to some family issues. It was a glorious day when my son and I were finally able to return and drive down and begin scouting and getting ready to hunt. It was mid-summer, and we were getting reacquainted with our land. Walking down Middle Road, so named because it is in the middle of the property, we began to get to the clearing when I noticed a ladder stand. As we got closer, I saw that some rye grass of some sort had been planted in the road and the clearing. There were also a hog trap and bait piles on the property. A little more investigation showed three more stands, a tripod stand, climber and lock-on stand. Furious was not even the word for it. I was sick to my stomach.
Three sides of my 300 acres are bordered by a 1,000-acre hunting club. Evidence showed they began using our property as part of their club during our absence. (For clarity, there is a road that is the property line.) The ladder stand and food plot was a measured 342 yards from the property line. This was intentional. The Tripod stand was 500 yards from any property line.
In my home state of South Carolina, all private land is considered posted unless you have written permission on your person. We do not have to put up signs or gates to be protected. Since that day, I have become very proactive in my efforts to keep trespassers at bay. In researching this story, I met a fellow who wants to remain anonymous, but we will call him Steve. He is a "recovering habitual trespasser." Many of the suggestions here came from him and what he looks for when considering hunting someone else's land without permission.
While this may seem obvious, putting up gates is essential, especially in rural areas and absentee landowner situations. Gates keep people out, such as the curious drive-by or the guy who thinks it is part of the neighbor's land. Locked gates tell people someone owns that land, and you are not wanted on it.
As stated earlier, I am not required in my state to post my land, but it is a good idea as a reminder. It also helps in court cases to show that you have signs up all around your property. Make sure your signs are on the property line or inside the line. Place them on trees, posts or other obvious places. I try to put a sign every fifty to seventy-five yards or so at or above eye level so they are seen from a distance. Metal signs are best as they have to be replaced much less often. I have been using the Tyvex signs due to cost and the number I need. These last about three to four years before they need replaced.
Once I was able to start going down to my property more regularly, I began doing so at random times, both during the off season and during season. I might arrive late Friday night and take Monday off of work and hunt through Monday. I might also take Friday off and arrive Thursday night. Sometimes I drive down for the day on a Wednesday, or occasionally I will stay for a week or more. Locals watch to see when you come and go. When you are unpredictable, they are less likely to go on your land when they can go on someone else's who is easier to pattern. Steve says this is one of the most important things. Habitual trespassers will watch your land, just like burglars stake out a house before breaking in. They will watch to see when people come and go, and make their move when the landowner leaves. After talking with him, I also employed another tactic. Two or three times during my stay, I will drive out of my gate and go to town – only to come back in an hour or two, thereby confusing the trespasser about when I actually left.
With the affordability of game cameras today, there really is no reason land owners don't have an array of cameras watching your property 24/7/365. Whether you use cell cameras or regular game cameras, having them placed where you suspect trespassers access, you increase your chance of catching them and having evidence to prosecute them. Cameras should be placed watching each gate, main road, possible parking places, suspected stand sites, etc. It is a good investment. Some of the wireless cameras and video surveillance cameras are excellent choices if you have a way to send the signals to your phone. We will cover how to keep them from being stolen in a future story.
Many game camera manufacturers actually make and sell faux camera cases for this use. Placing faux cameras is a huge deterrent for many trespassers. They see the camera and leave. As Steve said, "When I see a camera, I assume there are three others I didn't see, so I get out of there." I just recycle my old broken cameras into this role. I mount them facing the gates in a place they will be seen. If they are stolen, I just pull the card from the real trail camera, and I have them red-handed. Having a real camera watching a faux camera is one of the easiest ways to catch someone doing something they should not be doing.
As stated earlier, I had a lot of trouble with my neighbor using my land when I was gone. Rather than get into an argument with them, I went and had a conversation. It ended agreeably, and they removed their stands. Since then, I have asked them to keep an eye out for anyone who did not belong, and I would do the same. It has worked well.
A Game Warden friend of mine tells me that they hate trespassing cases because 85% of the time, the land owner will not press charges. The wardens spend hours looking for and catching the criminal only to have the land owner not press charges. "It is a huge waste of time and resources." One warden tells me: "If I know the land owner will press charges, I don't mind at all trying to catch trespassers. But putting in all that work only to have them change their mind is frustrating." When you get a reputation as someone who does not tolerate trespassing, you keep people off of your land. Be willing to press charges 100% of the time.
During this past turkey season, I was walking along one of my skidder trails when I noticed something in the road. It was a camouflage glove. As I bent down to pick it up, I knew it wasn't mine. I don't wear that specific pattern. At that moment, I suspected someone trespassing, so I began looking for other signs. Sure enough, there were tracks in the soft soil. I saw a size shoe different than mine and no one else has had permission to hunt. I followed the tracks into the woods until I lost them, but I continued on a path I assumed someone would walk. At the property line, there were tracks from an ATV right up to my line. I immediately called the neighbor and reported what I found. He assured me he would discuss this with the members of his hunting club. I reminded him that I would press charges if I ever found them on my property.
Owning land is something many aspire to and work hard to accomplish. When you have the chance to do this, the last thing you want is someone stealing your resources and your pleasure. Following these tips for keeping people out will help to deter most unwanted guests.


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Ill be share source code for android printing process which must do exactly same on java platform where i can run in Linux or windows environment.
1)	This function should run service and its start automatic with the machine boot up.
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namespace paddle {
namespace framework {
namespace interpreter {

// DependencyBuilder provides some dependency adding function to handle the
// dependency that cannot be explicitly expresed by a Program. It is a
// compromise of the incomplete expression ability of the Program. Do not add
// too many functions here at will, that will bring great burden to the
// Interpretercore.

class DependencyBuilder {
 public:
  DependencyBuilder() : is_build_(false), instructions_(nullptr) {}

  // build op dependencies and return the mapping from op to its downstream-op
  // set
  const std::map<size_t, std::set<size_t>>& Build(
      const std::vector<Instruction>& instructions, bool is_sequential_run);

  const std::map<size_t, std::set<size_t>>& OpDownstreamMap() const;

  bool OpHappensBefore(size_t prior_op_idx, size_t posterior_op_idx) const;

 private:
  void AddDependencyForCoalesceTensorOp();
  void AddDependencyForCommunicationOp();
  void AddDependencyForRandomOp();
  void AddDependencyForReadOp();
  void AddDependencyForSequentialRun();

  void AddDownstreamOp(size_t prior_op_idx, size_t posterior_op_idx);

  void BuildDownstreamMap();

  void BuildOpHappensBefore();

  void ShrinkDownstreamMap();

  bool is_build_;
  const std::vector<Instruction>* instructions_;  // not_own
  size_t op_num_;

  // op_happens_before_[i][j] == true means op[i] happens before op[j]
  std::vector<std::vector<bool>> op_happens_before_;

  // op_downstream_map_ is the mapping from op to its downstream-op set, that is
  // to say, op_downstream_map_[i] == {a, b, c} means op[a], op[b] and op[c]
  // should be dispatched after op[i]
  std::map<size_t, std::set<size_t>> op_downstream_map_;
};

}  // namespace interpreter
}  // namespace framework
}  // namespace paddle


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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he arrives to address members of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Erdogan was expected to announce details of his country's investigation into the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, as skepticism intensified about Saudi Arabia's account that he died accidentally in its consulate in Istanbul.(AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Turkish president: Saudis plotted writer's killing for days
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey's president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia's explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said he wants Saudi Arabia to allow 18 suspects that it detained for the Saudi's killing to be tried in Turkish courts, setting up further complications with the Saudi government, which has said it is conducting its own investigation and will punish those involved. Saudi Arabia has described the suspects as rogue operators, even though officials linked to Saudi Arabia's assertive Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have been implicated in the killing.
"To blame such an incident on a handful of security and intelligence members would not satisfy us or the international community," Erdogan said in a speech to ruling party lawmakers in parliament.
"Saudi Arabia has taken an important step by admitting the murder. As of now we expect of them to openly bring to light those responsible — from the highest ranked to the lowest — and to bring them to justice," said the Turkish president, who used the word "murder" 15 times in his speech.
CIA director Gina Haspel is in Turkey to review the case, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the trip and spoke only on condition of anonymity. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he's not satisfied with the explanations he's heard from Saudi Arabia about the death of the Washington Post columnist and critic of the kingdom.
Erdogan's speech was previously pitched as revealing the "naked truth" about Khashoggi's slaying. Instead, much of what he said confirmed reports and leaks citing anonymous officials in the days since the journalist walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Erdogan didn't mention Prince Mohammed by name in his speech. However, he kept pressure on the kingdom with his demands for Turkish prosecution of the suspects as well as punishment for the plot's masterminds.
"All evidence gathered shows that Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a savage murder. To cover up such savagery would hurt the human conscience," he said.
Erdogan said 15 Saudi officials arrived in the country shortly before Khashoggi's death and that a man, apparently dressed in the writer's clothes, acted as a possible decoy by walking out of the consulate on the day of the disappearance.
"Why did these 15 people all with links to the event gather in Istanbul on the day of the murder? We are seeking answers. Who did these people get their orders from to go there? We are seeking answers," Erdogan said. "When the murder is so clear, why were so many inconsistent statements made? Why is the body of a person who has officially been accepted as killed still not around?"
International skepticism intensified after Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Khashoggi died in a brawl. The case has shocked the world and raised suspicions that a Saudi hit squad planned the writer's killing after he walked into the consulate on Oct. 2, and then attempted to cover it up.
At a Cabinet meeting Tuesday, King Salman again stressed that Saudi Arabia would hold those responsible for Khashoggi's slaying "accountable," according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
Before Erdogan's announcement, top Turkish officials said Turkey would clarify exactly what happened to Khashoggi as pressure increased on Saudi Arabia, which is hosting a glitzy investment conference this week that many dignitaries have decided to skip because of the scandal.
"As we all know these are difficult days for us in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia," Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih told attendees seated in an ornate hall during the opening of the conference in Riyadh.
"Nobody in the kingdom can justify it or explain it. From the leadership on down, we're very upset of what has happened," Al-Falih said
Saudi Arabia said it arrested suspects and that several top intelligence officials were fired over Khashoggi's killing, but critics alleged that the punishment was designed to absolve Prince Mohammed, the heir-apparent of the world's top oil exporter, of any responsibility. Any major decision must be signed off by the highest powers within its ruling Al Saud family.
On Monday, leaked surveillance video showed a man strolling out of the diplomatic post hours after Khashoggi disappeared into the consulate, apparently wearing the columnist's clothes as part of a macabre deception to sow confusion over his fate.
The new video broadcast by CNN, as well as a pro-government Turkish newspaper's report that a member of Prince Mohammed's entourage made four calls to the royal's office from the consulate around the same time, put more pressure on the kingdom. Meanwhile, Turkish crime-scene investigators swarmed a garage Monday night in Istanbul where a Saudi consular vehicle had been parked.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, meanwhile, said Tuesday the investigation into the killing of Khashoggi would produce the truth about what happened and that his country was committed to ensuring "that the investigation is thorough and complete and that the truth is revealed and that those responsible will be held to account."
Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, in Indonesia, also pledged that mechanisms will be put in place so that "something like this can never happen again."
Associated Press writers Aya Batrawy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Deb Riechmann in Washington, D.C., contributed.

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Eddy Curry aiming to impress
Three players, one spot. Barring a trade or some unexpected cut, that's the scenario Eddy Curry, Josh Powell and Derrick Brown face heading in to the final two weeks of training camp. The San Antonio Spurs have a full four days before their next game in Miami on Saturday. This Spurs have the entire week to work on the good and the bad of preseason so far. For Curry, Powell and Brown it's going to be a week of practices to get more familiar with the system before what it is likely a make or break weekend for all three. We can also assume that the weekend back to back against the Heat and Magic will likely be make or break time for each of the three.
Last week, the Curry told the San Antonio Express News' Mike Monroe that camp has been good for him, and so far there's very little evidence to show he's wrong.
"I feel I'm in a good situation," he said. "I worked hard this summer. Every game it's just about showing everybody what I can do. I'm trying to focus on defense and rebounding, trying to play in the system and soak up as much as I can.
"I think I'm going to make it. Until they tell me I'm not, I feel like I'm part of this team."
If the Spurs were just looking for the best available talent, Curry would be the leader in the clubhouse. He's shown a unique ability to score in the post and generally take up space on defense and with some time and continued practice could become an able post defender. But Curry is not a pick and roll defender and he's not a rim protector. Those are the two things the Spurs need most and both Powell and Brown have shown an ability to do those things.
If the Spurs decide they do like Curry, then other moves could conceivably made to make room for him. As Tim Duncan has said, he sees "potential, potential, potential" in Curry, and that's not something you give up on easily. Yes, Powell and Brown would be better fits, but honestly, don't the Spurs have larger problems if they're signing any of these three to be meaningful contributors assuming everyone is healthy? Is the 15th man spot a good place for a high risk, high reward guy? I don't know what the right answer is. It's not a simple decision either and it's one that's been made only more difficult by the more aerodynamic DeJuan Blair, who slimmed down presents to the potential to do those some of those things Powell and Brown bring to the table.
Photo: MySanAntonio.com
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Home » Parliamentary Activity » Students teach anti-racism attitudes
Students teach anti-racism attitudes
Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP - Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Tags: Refugees, Multicultural Affairs, Syria
Ms WOODRUFF (Franklin) - I want to draw this House's attention to a fantastic event that happened last week during lunchtime here in the Parliament reception hall. It was a presentation by the Students Against Racism group led by TasTAFE teacher Jenny Annells, who has coordinated that group of some 80 students who came to Australia as refugees or migrants from many different backgrounds. The people present last week were from Bhutan, Nepal, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Sudan, people who are making a transition to Tasmania from a very different life. They are contributing to our community, above and beyond getting on and trying to find their place in this new land, education with students in schools in the state. This is a fantastic initiative that has been running since 2008 where students visit high schools and talk to people about their life. The purpose is to get students to understand what racism is, how prevalent and corrosive it is in our society, and the things they can do in their everyday life to counter that. They have a workshop style and it is very effective. They gave a little example of how they work on a very personal way with students. They certainly moved those of us who were present and watching. Hearing their stories was something that spoke to me about the great transition happening in the state. Over the next year or more we will have many people coming to settle here from Syria. We can all play our part in trying to reduce racism in society. The work of this TasTAFE group is supported very broadly in the community. This Government could do more and it comes to the learning of the English language. For these students to be able to take their place in society they have to be able to speak the language. It is at the top of their list. Many of the other things we take for granted, about the homes we live in, jobs and everything else hinges on an ability to speak English. Currently the only English language support program for migrants from a non-English speaking background in Tasmania is what is called the English as an Additional Language Program. This program allocates in-class support teachers to assist students. A student would typically get between one hour and two and a half hours of support each week during the beginning of the program with the time allocated gradually decreasing. The level of assistance is determined based on their English proficiencies and the type of visa that the student is on. This is the only program that people under the age of 18 have access to. We all need to understand what it would be like to be taken from Sudan, Ethiopia, Iraq or Bhutan with no English skills and put in a classroom as a year 11 student along with everybody else doing a physics lesson, maths or chemistry. It is hard to imagine what that would feel like. We need to consider how we can reorient that English learning program and create an intensive program where students are brought into English classes first before they get put into schools, or in parallel. It is an intensive program that would need to run over a couple of months. Rather than spreading this out, an hour a week over a couple of years, we take those resources and put them into a very short period. The English as an Additional Language Program in the state had 43 full-time equivalents as of June last year, but according to the 2011 Census there are 7 163 young people from migrant backgrounds, aged between 12 and 24, who lived in Tasmania. In Tasmania the average annual growth of migrant young people in that age group is 3.3 per cent. This is compared to the average annual growth rate for the total Tasmanian population, which is less than 0.1 per cent. There is a substantial growth rate in that group and we want to encourage them and give them all the resources that we can to adapt to living in Tasmania and to make the contributions that each and every one of them want to make to our community. They come here and they are so active to get involved and participate in a positive way. The Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network is a fantastic network of young people. They released a report recently and held focus groups at high schools coordinated by the English as an Additional Language teachers. They found through these focus groups that language support here was not sufficient and the method for determining eligibility failed to take several factors into account. Their report highlighted that, unlike other programs, the English as an Additional Language funding has not been attached to need in the Tasmanian system. I am concerned that as we look at this new wave of children of young student age, from Syria and other countries, we need to reorient our English as an Additional Language training and resources so primary and secondary school children can have access to what they need. Time expired.
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New Jalpaiguri Howrah Shatabdi Express Time Table And Route (12042) New Jalpaiguri To Howrah Jn
Schedule of New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express (12042) is given below. This train starts at New jalpaiguri and ends at Howrah jn. It takes total 8 hours over 0 days to complete this journey. The train only runs on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Arrival and departure information for each station is also given below along with the distance travelled by the train.
12042 New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express NJP HWH 13:35 05:35 0 0111111 SHATABDI
New Jalpaiguri Howrah Shatabdi Express Route
NJP New jalpaiguri 00:00 05:35 0 0
KNE Kishanganj 06:41 06:43 0 87
MLDT Malda town 08:45 08:50 0 232
NFK New farakka jn 09:19 09:20 0 267
BHP Bolpur s niktn 11:32 11:34 0 414
HWH Howrah jn 13:35 00:00 0 560
GUWAHATI HOWRAH JN WEEKLY SF
GAREEB NAWAZ EYRAKE
Shaktipunj Express
Ranchi Howrah Shatabdi Express
Barbil Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express
Patna Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express
Bhubaneswar Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express
Jnaneswari Super Deluxe Express
Azad Hind Express
Samarsata Sf Express
Madgaon Dadar Jan Shatabdi Express Train Route
Haridwar Amritsar Jan Shatabdi Express Return Trains
Amritsar Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express Alternate Trains
New Delhi Dehradun Jan Shatabdi Express Train Time Table
Dehradun New Delhi Jan Shatabdi Express Train Schedule
New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express is a weekly running shatabdi train. It travels in between New jalpaiguri railway station and Howrah jn. It operates with train numbers 12042 and 12042.
The overall distance covered by New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express is 560 km. The average running speed of the train is about 70 km/hour and the average time taken by the train to complete the journey is about 8 hours. Train 12042 New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express runs from New jalpaiguri to Howrah jn and train 12042 New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express heads in the opposite direction. As per its time schedule, train 12042 New jalpaiguri howrah shatabdi express departs from New jalpaiguri at 05:35 hours and reaches Howrah jn station at 13:35 hours on day 0 of journey. On the other side, train 12042 departs from Howrah jn station at 05:35 and reaches New jalpaiguri at 13:35 on day 0 of the journey.
The prominent stoppages took by the express are at Howrah Jn, New Jalpaiguri, Kishanganj, Malda Town, Barsoi Jn.


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Real Food Café Case Study: Gluten-Free Fish & Chips
Today 1.3 million Brits are following a gluten-free diet, and the free-from market is forecast to grow by more than 40% to £673 million by 2020. It comes as no surprise that food and drink outlets across the country are working hard to claim their piece of the (gluten-free) pie, however sadly many fish and chip shops in the UK are missing out on the lucrative free-from market. Of 533 fish and chip shop venues registered on Coeliac UK's Venue Guide, just 34 are gluten-free accredited.
One of these is The Real Food Café in Tyndrum, Perthshire, which got ahead of the trend in 2009 and has been serving gluten-free fish and chips for a decade at the gateway to some of Scotland's prime walking destinations. Catering for gluten-free customers had always been a topic close to the heart of Sarah Heward, who launched The Real Food Café in 2005 in a disused Little Chef. She explains: Some of my family are coeliac and I always felt it was really tough for them because they had such limited options back in 2005 so I was determined to put gluten-free fish and chips on the menu."
Creating a gluten-free version of a traditionally stodgy, comfort-food dish wasn't an easy task. Back in 2005, there were very few commercially available gluten-free batters and with low awareness around gluten allergies, Sarah was faced with the added challenge of educating her staff and customers on why it was important for The Real Food Café to go the extra mile.
"People thought it was strange – including the staff," says Sarah. "Nobody understood it at the time."
Having tried some of the commercially available gluten-free batters and not being happy with the results, Sarah took matters into her own hands and created one using gram flour. She also purchased a separate fish fryer for gluten-free fish and chips to minimise cross-contamination.
"Gram flour is yellow so gave the correct colour. It was ok but nowhere near the commercial products available just now – it didn't go as crispy. We tried in a rudimentary way to ensure there was no cross-contamination, but it wasn't as polished as the process today."
After plenty of research and trial and error, The Real Food Café developed a reliable, good quality gluten-free fish and chips and began selling the dish in 2009. Since then, the production process has become much more streamlined and sophisticated and today there are separate food handling practices, equipment and storage for gluten-free dishes. In addition, staff undergo thorough training, completing Coeliac UK's online module as a minimum.
With plenty of high quality, commercially available gluten-free products on the market today, The Real Food Café is spoiled for choice in terms of its gluten-free batter and uses one from Middleton Foods. In addition to its fish and chips, the diner offers gluten-free mushy peas, malt vinegar, soup, salads, overnight oats and home-baked cakes.
Having driven innovation in the field 10 years ago – well before it was a trend – The Real Food Café has established itself as a leader in gluten-free fish and chips. Demand for The Real Food Café's gluten-free fish and chips has increased considerably over the years, with 2,953 portions sold over the past 12 months, compared to just one or two portions a month in the first year of operations.
Serving 200,000 customers a year, The Real Food Café's turnover today is approaching £1.5m. Sales of The Real Food Café's gluten-free items topped £21,000 in 2016, a figure which rose to £26,000 in 2017 and is projected to reach £31,000 in 2018. The majority of these sales are gluten-free fish and chips.
Although gluten-free sales still make up a relatively small percentage of total sales, the additional sales of drinks and dishes purchased by customers who accompany gluten-free customers, drives total estimated revenue up by around four times the figure for gluten-free fish and chips alone.
The Venue achieved its GF accreditation from Coeliac UK in 2014 and has since maintained its A-grade each year. It has also been hugely successful in the FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, which celebrate free-from excellence in the food and drink industry. The eatery took home Gold Awards in the Fish and Chip Shop category in 2017 and 2018 as well as a Gold Award in the Crème de la Crème category this year.
"At The Real Food Café we're committed to catering for all dietary requirements. Being an inclusive business is something that goes across the board for The Real Food Café – from catering for those customers with access requirements to those with food intolerances," says Sarah.
"While I had bigger fish to fry in the early days and our gluten-free offer was a slow burn, intuitively it felt right to me. Gluten-free is now a hugely lucrative part of our business and I look forward to continuing to develop our offer in line with the dietary needs of our customers."


With uncertain times in Russia in the 1920s, Peter Doerksen and his family immigrated to Canada putting down roots near Gem, Alberta. Part of the draw to the area was the CP development of irrigation land which later became known as the Eastern Irrigation District.
The family grew crops and ran a commercial herd of cattle and, for more than 40 years, have raised purebred Herefords under Doerksen farms.
Peter's son Jake continued to run the operation until retirement a few years back. Today, Jake's sons Arno and Tim, along with 30-year old grandson Daniel and their families carry on the legacy. The operation is run as Doerksen Farms for the cropped acres while the purebred and commercial cattle herds are under the banner of Gemstone Cattle Co.
According to Daniel Doerksen, coming from a farm family doesn't always mean an immediate rite of passage into the business.
"After high school I wanted to stay on the farm, but dad said it wasn't enough to be an employee, I had to bring value to the operation," says 4th generation Daniel Doerksen.
Daniel went off to Lethbridge College and got an animal science diploma. He also took some plant and soils courses and all of the farm finance and business courses that were offered at the time.
Meanwhile, still in his teens, Daniel was able to rent a couple of quarters of crop land and at age 20 bought his first quarter.
After returning home, he spent two winters in the oil patch which provided income and experience working for others which solidified his dream of farming and raising cattle.
While Arno and Daniel focus more on the cattle, Tim's focus is on the farming side of thing. However, they still share in the day-to-day management duties for the farm, commercial, purebred and feeder cattle operations. They stress it is a family business, where management and marketing decisions are made with a consensus between the three of them.
The Doerksens focus on raising purebred cattle that meet all the phenotypic traits for functionality, but also rate low for residual feed intake or RFI.
Over the last two years, the family has participated in the Canadian Hereford Association Residual Feed Intake (RFI) trials.
"The first year of the CHA trials we had 23 out of 26 bulls in the top 18 percent for low RFI," says Doerksen. "Last year, two of our bulls were rated the top two bulls in the test and most of our cattle have tested better than breed average for RFI.
"With feed being one of biggest expenses in a cattle operation these numbers tell us we are heading in the right direction. This year, we put all of our Hereford and Angus bull calves on the RFI test at Cattleland Feed Yards.
Doerksen says that if you compare the feed intake of a 1200 lb. cow to a 1500 lb. cow, there is a difference of about a ton and a half of feed required over a year between the two.
He estimates the difference is about $200 in savings feeding a smaller framed cow. The Doerksens have focused their breeding program to produce moderate framed females.
"We are trying to raise moderate framed cows in that 1200 to 1300 lb. range with all the important functional traits such as fertility, good feet and sound udders but are also superior converters of feed into lbs. of beef," says Doerksen.
The Doerksens farm about 2,500 acres of irrigated land which is mostly used for producing feed for the cattle; however, as the land base has expanded, they have been able to seed more cash crops. Both irrigation and the feedlot give the family options for increasing the value of their agricultural products.
''The cattle graze on native and irrigated tame pasture throughout the summer and fall," explains Doerksen. "We have used some dual cropping to extend the grazing season into late fall and winter when we can.
Looking to improve their stocking rate on pastures, Daniel attended a grazing seminar put on by Steve Kenyon of Greener Pastures in February. The family plans to further reduce their cost of production by adopting some of the Ranching for Profit fundamentals. They want to try out different grass mixes hoping to extend the grazing season and reduce the feeding period.
Additional future plans include doing a better job of tracking their cattle's progress. Last year they began putting their cattle information on bioTrack, a livestock tracking and traceability system and use BIXS.
"In 2012, I participated in the Cattlemen's Young Leaders (CYL) mentorship program with Mike McMorris, general manager of BIO in Ontario as my mentor," says Doerksen. bioTrack is the animal tracking program they offer.
"We want to be able to track the performance of individual animals in our purebred and commercial herds. Hopefully by using our RFID numbers from BIXS, we will get the carcass data on our cattle even if we aren't the last owner of the cattle before harvest.
"In addition, both the feedlot and cow calf operation have gone through the process of verification for the McDonalds verified beef program.
"Dad has always enjoyed the purebred cattle and for 25 years we contributed to the Bulls Eye Select Sale in Brooks until 2003," says Doerksen. "At that point we made a decision to back away from the bull sale and start selling bull's by private treaty which we did for many years. But, last year, we held our first bull sale at Bow Slope Shipping Association auction market. We plan to continue with an annual fall bull sale for both the Hereford and Red Angus bulls and offer top end bred commercial females.


Earlier this year I wrote about Amazon Elastic MapReduce and the ways in which it can be used to process large data sets on a cluster of processors. Since the announcement, our customers have wholeheartedly embraced the service and have been doing some very impressive work with it (more on this in a moment).
Today I am pleased to announce Amazon Elastic MapReduce job flows can now be run in our European region. You can launch jobs in Europe by simply choosing the new region from the menu. The jobs will run on EC2 instances in Europe and usage will be billed at those rates.
Because the input and output locations for Elastic MapReduce jobs are specified in terms of URLs to S3 buckets, you can process data from US-hosted buckets in Europe, storing the results in Europe or in the US. Since this is an internet data transfer, the usual EC2 and S3 bandwidth charges will apply.
Our customers are doing some interesting things with Elastic MapReduce.
At the recent Hadoop Summit, online shopping site ExtraBux described their multi-stage processing pipeline. The pipeline is fed with data supplied by their merchant partners. This data is preprocessed on some EC2 instances and then stored on a collection of Elastic Block Store volumes.The first MapReduce step processes this data into a common format and stores it in HDFS form for further processing. Additional processing steps transform the data and product images into final form for presentation to online shoppers. You can learn more about this work in Jinesh Varia's Hadoop Summit Presentation.
Online dating site eHarmony is also making good use of Elastic MapReduce, processing tens of gigabytes of data representing hundreds of millions of users, each with several hundred attributes to be matched. According to an article on SearchCloudComputing.com, they are doing this work for $1,200 per month, a considerable savings from the $5,000 per month that they estimated it would cost them to do it internally.
Developer Peter Skomoroch wrote about Finding Similar Items with Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Python, and Hadoop Streaming. This comprehensive article shows how to run a multi-stage processing pipeline to compute pairwise similarity in a large database of items using the Pearson correlation coefficient.
We also have an article on Processing and Loading Data from Amazon S3 to the Vertica Analytic Database. This article shows how to use Elastic MapReduce to load the some Freebase data using the MapReduce model. The Map phase converts tab-delimited values into quoted strings and does some other data cleanup. The Reduce phase then performs batch insert operations, which the Vertica JDBC driver transforms into bulk loads. The code resides in a customer JAR and the article shows how to arrange for it to be loaded at run-time.
If you want to learn more about Elastic MapReduce, you should definitely check out our Introduction to Elastic MapReduce. This PDF walkthrough will introduce you to the service with an example which shows you how to load data into Amazon SimpleDB.
PS – If you have a lot of data that you would like to process on Elastic MapReduce, don't forget to check out the new AWS Import/Export service. You can send your physical media to us and we'll take care of loading it into Amazon S3 for you.
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My main project this year has been working with my colleague Agnieszka Pokrywka on the creation of a new toolkit for enabling participatory, trans-disciplinary culture environments. The toolkit, called Biathlon, will be tested out in a physical project space called Temporary, which we will open in Helsinki in September. Agnieszka and I have been supported throughout the year by the Kone Foundation to develop this concept.
Tomorrow (Wednesday, 27 July), we will be presenting our plan in Riga at an event called Black Hole Compass, organised by my dear friend Kaspars Lielgalvis. Agnieszka and I will give a little introduction to our concept (which will attempt to make participation across different events cumulative, via a credit-based system which is stored on the Ethereum blockchain). We'll also ask the audience about what they are looking for from culture, and how their own goals are realised or not in their current environments.
Latvia-based readers of johnw.fail, please come and say hi!


Racing is expensive. After paying for registration, traveling, taking time off work (if you work), and propper gear, its no surpise that DH skaters are total bums. IT AINT CHEAP! So, to alleviate the financial ups and downs of those who choose this wonderful lifestyle, we have decided to ease the pain.
But as it is with all things on the internet, this is going to require a small degree of clarification.
If you come to flatspot with a print out showing that you are either registered for a sactioned race or and IDF member, you will be granted a discount on race wheels!
Proof of registration must have your name and the fact you have paid, and you must have proof that you are YOU (meaning ID).
With registration or IDF membership confirmed, you will be granted 5% off one set, 10% off two sets, or 15% off on three+ sets. Freeride wheels are not included in this sale, but keep posted for freeride promotions later this summer.
This deal will end when the local race season ends.
That brings us to the conclusion of our deal.
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Still got questions? Give us a ringles at 778 870 7154.
For more information on sactioned races in BC or becoming and IDF memeber, check out the links bellow.


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Priming after a fractional dose of inactivated poliovirus vaccine
Resik, Sonia ; Tejeda, Alina ; Sutter, Roland W ; Diaz, Manuel ; Sarmiento, Luis ; Alemañi, Nilda ; Garcia, Gloria ; Fonseca, Magilé ; Hung, Lai Heng and Kahn, Anna-Lea LU , et al. (2013) In New England Journal of Medicine 368(5). p.24-416
BACKGROUND: To reduce the costs of maintaining a poliovirus immunization base in low-income areas, we assessed the extent of priming immune responses after the administration of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).
METHODS: We compared the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a fractional dose of IPV (one fifth of a full dose) administered intradermally with a full dose administered intramuscularly in Cuban infants at the ages of 4 and 8 months. Blood was collected from infants at the ages of 4 months, 8 months, 8 months 7 days, and 8 months 30 days to assess single-dose seroconversion, single-dose priming of immune responses, and two-dose seroconversion. Specimens were tested with a neutralization assay.
RESULTS: A total... (More)
RESULTS: A total of 320 infants underwent randomization, and 310 infants (96.9%) fulfilled the study requirements. In the group receiving the first fractional dose of IPV, seroconversion to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 16.6%, 47.1%, and 14.7% of participants, respectively, as compared with 46.6%, 62.8%, and 32.0% in the group receiving the first full dose of IPV (P<0.008 for all comparisons). A priming immune response to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 90.8%, 94.0%, and 89.6% of participants, respectively, in the group receiving the fractional dose as compared with 97.6%, 98.3%, and 98.1% in the group receiving the full dose (P=0.01 for the comparison with type 3). After the administration of the second dose of IPV in the group receiving fractional doses, cumulative two-dose seroconversion to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 93.6%, 98.1%, and 93.0% of participants, respectively, as compared with 100.0%, 100.0%, and 99.4% in the group receiving the full dose (P<0.006 for the comparisons of types 1 and 3). The group receiving intradermal injections had the greatest number of adverse events, most of which were minor in intensity and none of which had serious consequences.
CONCLUSIONS: This evaluation shows that vaccinating infants with a single fractional dose of IPV can induce priming and seroconversion in more than 90% of immunized infants. (Funded by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization; Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12610001046099.).
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BACKGROUND: To reduce the costs of maintaining a poliovirus immunization base in low-income areas, we assessed the extent of priming immune responses after the administration of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV).

METHODS: We compared the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of a fractional dose of IPV (one fifth of a full dose) administered intradermally with a full dose administered intramuscularly in Cuban infants at the ages of 4 and 8 months. Blood was collected from infants at the ages of 4 months, 8 months, 8 months 7 days, and 8 months 30 days to assess single-dose seroconversion, single-dose priming of immune responses, and two-dose seroconversion. Specimens were tested with a neutralization assay.

RESULTS: A total of 320 infants underwent randomization, and 310 infants (96.9%) fulfilled the study requirements. In the group receiving the first fractional dose of IPV, seroconversion to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 16.6%, 47.1%, and 14.7% of participants, respectively, as compared with 46.6%, 62.8%, and 32.0% in the group receiving the first full dose of IPV (P<0.008 for all comparisons). A priming immune response to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 90.8%, 94.0%, and 89.6% of participants, respectively, in the group receiving the fractional dose as compared with 97.6%, 98.3%, and 98.1% in the group receiving the full dose (P=0.01 for the comparison with type 3). After the administration of the second dose of IPV in the group receiving fractional doses, cumulative two-dose seroconversion to poliovirus types 1, 2, and 3 occurred in 93.6%, 98.1%, and 93.0% of participants, respectively, as compared with 100.0%, 100.0%, and 99.4% in the group receiving the full dose (P<0.006 for the comparisons of types 1 and 3). The group receiving intradermal injections had the greatest number of adverse events, most of which were minor in intensity and none of which had serious consequences.

CONCLUSIONS: This evaluation shows that vaccinating infants with a single fractional dose of IPV can induce priming and seroconversion in more than 90% of immunized infants. (Funded by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization; Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12610001046099.).
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Talladega Short Track, considered to be one of the most iconic racetracks in the Southeast, has been sold to new owners with current Crate Racin' USA series director Adam Stewart and Hoosier Tire South owner David Miller set to assume the ownership reigns at the third-mile oval that is located across the street from Talladega Superspeedway.
A deal has been completed with co-owners Lynn "Preacher" Phillips and Mike and Rita Donahoo to sell the track, and employees have been notified of the change. Exact terms of the deal were not made public.
Stewart and Miller will continue a long-standing tradition of weekly short track racing at the high-banked facility, which is home to the annual Ice Bowl held each January. The third-mile track's most recent event was a doubleheader weekend in conjunction with NASCAR weekend festivities at the 2.66-mile oval across Speedway Boulevard, which featured events for three different Crate Racin' USA divisions including the Newsome Raceway Parts-sponsored Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series, and both 602 Late Model Sportsman and Modified Sportsman classes.
Alfred Gurley and a partner built the track that opened in the summer of 1977, with Phillips entering the scene as a new partner approximately a year later. Gurley passed away six years ago, with Gurley's stepson becoming a co-owner when Gurley's wife Louise died in Dec., 2018.
"I'm getting older, and Lynn Phillips is getting older, and it's been increasingly tougher for all of us to keep doing what we did at the same level we were able to do it for a lot of years," Donahoo said. "It's a difficult business, and a lot of people don't understand how much goes into operating a racetrack. We're tired, and we're getting more tired. We sure ain't tired of racing, though. We still love the sport, and we'll be around to help them should they need it, and we're more than willing to do that."
Donahoo said the track will be in good hands with Stewart, who plans to keep TST as one of his sanctioning body's anchor facilities, while still operating Crate Racin' USA with a business-as-usual approach. The sanctioning body has been steadily growing steadily since it was sold a little over two years ago by its original founder Mike Vaughn. Stewart now leads the organization on a daily basis, and the track has been an important cog in Crate Racin' USA's 17-year existence.
"Adam [Stewart] is one of the reasons we're fully on board with the decision to sell this racetrack," Donahoo said. "He's been here since he was a kid, and his first dirt track job was right here. He's had the opportunity to work, travel and now operate Crate Racin' USA, and he's been to a lot of tracks and learned a lot about the racing industry. This place will be in good hands, and we believe it's a good decision for the long-term future of the racetrack."
Stewart couldn't be happier to acquire the third-mile oval, which was the place that launched his own career in the sport when he was a teenager. He grew up in the area, and attended the track on a regular basis as a youngster, and since that time his motorsports career has risen to a point where he's responsible for the day-to-day decisions while operating Crate Racin' USA, one of the country's most visible and fastest-growing sanctioning bodies for 602 and 604 Chevrolet Performance Circle Track Engine-equipped machines.
"I've got plenty happening with the daily operations at Crate Racin' USA, and it will be business as usual for our organization as we head into the future, but the opportunity came up and it was something I couldn't not do," Stewart said. "It's home for me. It's where I started, and I think the place has a lot of potential with some revamping, and we'll gradually be taking those steps. The track has so much history, and there's so much potential. It has had the same ownership for 45 years with Lynn Phillips and Alfred Gurley, and also Alfred's family with Mike Donahoo involved. As far as weekly tracks go, there's probably not a stronger one in this region."
Talladega's facility, which includes a go-kart track, has operated weekly on Saturdays with Super Late Model, Limited Late Models and Crate Late Models (604 and 602 classes) among regular divisions. The Ice Bowl is among the most popular offseason events in the country, and Talladega has hosted other major races in the past, including the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
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One thing I love about the Disney Princess and Me doll line is that they can often fit clothing from porcelain dolls, which are usually slimmer than standard play dolls. Thrift stores usually have plenty of these dolls on sale, and its a great source for inexpensive, historically accurate doll clothing.
This Victorian gown came from a thrifted Angelina Collection doll by Angelina Visconti. These dolls are so different in size that's it hard to believe they can share clothes at all. The only problem I had was trying to fit Belle's huge hands through the dainty sleeves of the Angelina dress.
The Angelina doll has a beautiful face, and I love how she looks in Belle's casual yellow gown and crown. She definitely reminds me of Snow White. The odd position of her arms would look better with something to hold, like a basket. I think this style brings out her youthful features.
I love getting bargains on post-holiday clearance items. I especially love Valentine's Day because many items can be used for any time. Who couldn't use a little extra love throughout the year?
My favorite find was this cardboard sweet shop cupcake stand. I almost bought it when I saw it before Valentine's Day, but I'm so glad I waited because it was only 61 cents!
Here it is all set up. It immediately made me think of the new Grace Thomas character from AG, and I think it would make a cute display stand for her bakery, or maybe an alternative to the pastry cart. I also got some mini cookie cutters on sale to make doll sized treats.
With the middle panel removed, it's a perfect fit for mini dolls! Wouldn't it make a great patisserie? Or maybe a gazebo or a performance stage. The quality is not super great, so it's best for display or photos rather than play for a young child. For under a buck, though, I think it's a sweet find!
As American Girl prepares to release the new Girl of the Year movie for baker Grace Thomas, I'm sure we'll be seeing more great outfits for dolls and girls inspired by her story. Unfortunately, AG prices seem to be ever increasing, so it's always fun to find great bargains on similar items.
I found these cute French inspired t-shirts for 5$ each at Wal-Mart. One had pink stripes and a sparkly Eiffel Tower graphic, and the other had a cute French bulldog made from sequins. Even if you're not into the 2015 GOTY, these shirts would be cute and classy for spring.
This morning I found a toy picnic basket that was starting to fall apart, so I removed the inner lining, the handles, and the latch to use for something else. This gave me two circles of red checked gingham that looked perfect for a baking set.
Our New Orleans girls, Cecile and Marie-Grace, had a blast getting ready for their Mardi Gras party yesterday. I used the American Girl mini dolls along with pieces from their paper doll set. I taped the trunk to a doll shoe to make it stand upright, and the little dresser is made from a block covered with contact paper. I found the little red beck at a thrift store for 1$. Hope you enjoy my mini scene.
I just added a photo gallery section to my webpage to post pictures that don't have their own posts. Feel free to check out my latest Valentine's Day photos here. More photos will be coming!
I was thrilled to find this beautiful stained glass lampshade at my local thrift store for only 75 cents! When I got it home, I rumaged around for something to use as the base and found this decorative metal base from an old broken lamp. The leaf details look great with the floral design.
I also love how it looks on top of a little battery operated lamp I got from Rite Aid. The black plastic stand gives it a more modern look, and it can really light up! Most of the pieces in this picture are from thrift stores or items I've found around the house. For under a buck, I think this lamp is very cute and perfect for doll play.


Our search engine returns Physical Therapists nearest to Sun City West, AZ. This page lists the top 1 - 20 Physical Therapists. The Physical Therapists are sorted by the distance in ascending order from the center of Sun City West, AZ to the locations of Physical Therapists offices. The distance is not driving distance or walking distance, but the straight distance on map, calculated using latitude and longitude. If the businesses are located at the same town or city, the distance might be displayed as 0 mile.
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This recipe uses our Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Cheshire Cheese stuffed into a chicken breast and wrapped in ham. Its an incredibly easy and quick meal to make and it both tastes and looks fantastic. You can substitute some of our other cheese but Cheshire is particularly good for this recipe as it contains less fat and salt than cheddars.
1. Grate the Garlic & Cracked Black Pepper Cheese and then blend this with the creme fraiche so you have a soft mixture like cream cheese.
2. With a sharp knife cut into the thickest side of the chicken breasts until about two thirds of the way in to form a pocket. Be careful not to cut all the way through otherwise the cheese will leak of of the breast. Take a big spoonful of the cheese and stuff this into the breast and shape and seal the edge of the opening shut with your hands. You can season the chicken at this point with salt and pepper but the cheese and the ham will provide this and you may find you have over seasoned at the end of the cooking process.
3. Clean down your cutting board and lay down two slices of ham overlapping each other per chicken breast. Place the breast cut side down onto the ham and carefully wrap to seal the ham around the chicken.
5. Leave to rest for 5 minutes whilst you dish out your steamed vegetables and smoked paprika potatoe wedges. Slice at an angle and arrange on the plate and add any melted cheese from the tray to the chicken.


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