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About Michael C. Spafford
Reviews and Critique
Michael C. Spafford
"Always struggling against the facile and fashionable, Michael Spafford has created a unique, monumental style that is a synthesis of powerful imagery and brilliant formal invention. He draws upon his masterful draftsmanship and rigorous formal skills to create paintings that are psychologically penetrating. His vision is a timeless one conveying both an affirmation of life and a deep awareness of mortality. Spafford's paintings are provocative, emphatic statements that haunt memory."
– Bruce Guenther, Curator of Contemporary Art
The 34th annual Fine Print Fair at the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Davidson Galleries will be attending, and bringing some of Michael's work.
Use this link to view their online inventory: https://www.davidsongalleries.com/
Contact: 206.623.7684 / sam@davidsongalleries.com
Art Zone: Michael Spafford's 'Epic Works'
4/6/2018 8:08
Renowned Northwest painter Michael Spafford gets an epic three-gallery retrospective of his work. Nancy Guppy chats with the curators of the unique exhibition: Spike Mafford, Michael's son, and Lisa Dutton, Michael's daughter-in-law.
KUOW
"Epic Works" light up Seattle, by Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong & Marci Sillman
The Seattle Times:
Three Seattle galleries join forces to display works of artist Michael Spafford, by Gayle Clemans
Greg Kucera Gallery Press Release
12 Labors of Hercules
Gods and Giants
Laocoon
Temptation of Odysseus
Michael C. Spafford is one of the most respected and admired artists living and working in the Northwest today. A graduate of Pomona College and Harvard University, he is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Washington School of Art. During his career as a painter and printmaker he has received numerous awards, including a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant, the first Behnke Foundation "Neddy" award and a Flintridge Foundation Award. In 1967 he was given the prestigious Rome Prize and was honored in 1983 with an art award from The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC. In 2005 he was invited to be Artist-In-Residence at Dartmouth College which concluded in a major exhibition of recent paintings. His work has been widely collected and exhibited and includes mural commissions at the Kingdome, The Washington State House of Representatives Chamber and the Seattle Opera House. Spafford remains an integral and sometimes provocative, force in the vibrant cultural milieu of Seattle.
Above all, he is a painter devoted to his work with inspiring rigor, humility, and depth.
Cuatlicue
The Origin of Athena
PINGO ERGO SUM (I PAINT THEREFORE I AM)
This alteration of Descartes' famous phrase has become something of a motto for Spafford, who prefers to be called a painter rather than an artist. He is most interested in the physical and formal challenges of the process of painting, while seeking interesting and effective expressive equations to the action of the narrative. Much of his work is based on Greco-Roman and Mexican mythology, though his mural in McCaw Hall was inspired by a Wallace Stevens poem entitled "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Marshaling the figurative aspects of these enduring allegories in an abstract way creates a scaffold for direct expression. Furious creation and metamorphosis, the often brutal confrontation of opposites and the ultimate failure of heroic struggle — all emerge through Spafford's efforts to translate these gestures into tangible, cathartic visual terms. Exploring a recurring theme over time in extended series has allowed him to rework them freshly again and again. He builds the cumulative power of the imagery with each successive interpretation. His instinctive, rigorous physical approach to his work seems like a form of devotion, informed by a rare intelligence and power.
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Q: Applying hom-functor on short exact sequence Let $N, M, M', M''$ be $R$-modules. Given homomorphisms
$f: M' \rightarrow M$
$g: M \rightarrow M''$
$\psi: N \rightarrow M$
with $\operatorname{im} f = \ker g$, $g \circ \psi = 0$ and $g$ surjective, $f$ injective I would like to show that there exists a homomorphism $\phi: N \rightarrow M'$ such that $f \circ \phi = \psi$. Trying to consider some factor modules did not lead me too far.
context: I want to show that if $0 \rightarrow M' \rightarrow M \rightarrow M'' \rightarrow 0$ is a short exact sequence, then the following sequence is exact:
$0 \rightarrow Hom(N, M') \rightarrow Hom(N,M) \rightarrow Hom(N,M'')$.

A: Since $f$ is injective, just define $\phi(n)=f^{-1}(\psi(n))$.  To know that this definition makes sense, you need to know that $\psi(n)$ is always in the image of $f$.  But the image of $f$ is the kernel of $g$, and $g(\psi(n))=0$ by assumption.

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NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax
NGC 1375 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Fornax constellation. NGC 1375 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.
Object Name NGC 1375
NGC 1375 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
Given its visual magnitude of 12.4, NGC 1375 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.
Available Resources for NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax
Photometric information of NGC 1375
Apparent size of NGC 1375
Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1375
NGC 1375 morphological classification.
Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 1375.
Rise ans set times of NGC 1375 from your location.
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1375 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
Magnitude V (Visual, 551nm) 12.4
The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 1375.
The following table reports NGC 1375 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1375 is a visual representation of it.
Minor Angular Size 1 arcmin
The image below is a photograph of NGC 1375 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).
DSS2 image of NGC 1375 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.28 arcmin) and minor (1 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.
NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax morphological classification
NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax, Lenticular (S0).
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1375
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1375 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1375 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax.
Rise ans set times of NGC 1375 from your location
Today's NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):
RIGHT NOW NGC 1375 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

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"Lion" follows the miraculously-true story of a young man who sets-out to find his missing family. As a child, young Saroo went off on an adventure with his brother, Guddu. That night Saroo, then a five year old, fell asleep on a parked train, but awoke to find that train thousands of miles away from home, halfway across the country. Struggling to find his way back home without knowing the name of his town, Saroo narrowly-avoids being kidnapped and is sent to an orphanage. He becomes one of the lucky ones and is soon adopted by a lovely Australian couple, John and Sue Brierley. As he grows, Saroo lives a successful life, exited to move-on to a new job to become a Hotel concierge. As he begins to remember is childhood, he becomes more and more obsessed with finding his family, a task he hopes to accomplish using a recent technological advancement, Google Earth.
Dev Patel stars as Saroo, the young man who was adopted from India by John and Sue Brierley. Patel once again proves his talent, commanding the screen as he showcases a wide range of emotions. Sunny Pawar is a bright addition as the young Saroo. Rooney Mara plays Saroo's girlfriend, Lucy. David Wenham and Nicole Kidman plays Saroo's adopted parents, John and Sue Brierley. Abhishek Bharate plays Saroo's older biological brother, Guddu Khan. Divian Ladwa plays Saroo's adopted brother, Mantosh. Priyanka Bose plays Saroo's biological mother, Kamla Munshi. Deepti Naval plays Saroj Sood, the Founder of the Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption (ISSA).
"Lion" is a deeply moving and courageous journey, one that takes a little too long to establish but its' payoff more than makes-up for it. The film relies-heavily on the shoulders of two actors: Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel. "Lion" only works due to their courageous and endearing performances; as the audience truly feels the feelings of Saroo. It's another very strong turn for Patel, one that will hopefully fuel his career further and Pawar's adorable performance will certainly have people taking-notice. Its' supporting cast is also quite strong; Nicole Kidman breaks-your-heart as Saroo's loving adopted mother and Mara gives a nice turn as Saroo's girlfriend. The film also serves as an eye-opener for some (myself included). I had no idea how many Indian children go missing every year, the focal point of the film. The film's cinematography is beautiful, featuring stunning landscape after stunning landscape as it fits the narrative. Besides being a true story, what makes "Lion" so incredible is that it doesn't focus on the endgame. We see the reasons why Saroo was so intent on finding his family after so long, we see the raw determination and the impact it had on his life and the lives of those around him. As the film's final moments begin, one can't help but to feel but hopeful and scared of what he may find; a sure sign that Director Garth Davis more than accomplished and did-justice to Saroo's incredible journey. "Lion" has a run time of 118 minutes and it takes a while to get the film moving due to its slow pace. Many moviegoers will overlook "Lion" this year unfortunately, but it's a very well-acted, inspirational and powerful true story that is sure to warm the heart during the coldest time of the year! And as you patiently wait for the film's title to be explained, be ready for a pure moment of unexpected joy!
"Lion" follows the incredible true story of Saroo, as he attempts to track-down his biological family years-after being adopted. The film features an arsenal of strong performances, a wide array of emotion, and an impossibly-true journey. If you are heading to the movies this weekend, be sure not to overlook "Lion"!
LION is rated PG-13 for thematic material and some sensuality, in theaters DECEMBER 23RD!


Those of you who know me know I like to keep up with popular culture. I follow along with many celebrities and entertainers in the business we call show. What can I say? It's a guilty pleasure and I think one should be well informed on all levels (at least that's what I tell myself 😉).
Recently, I've been following along with Rory and Joey Feek. A husband & wife country duo, Joey + Rory, who competed on a show called Can You Duet in 2008, they've since recorded albums and songs together (Cheater, Cheater is ALWAYS a good angry song to sing along to…check it out here). Sadly in 2014, Joey Feek was diagnosed with cervical cancer and, after being unresponsive to treatments, decided to live her life simply enjoying the time she had left.
This past Friday, March 4th, Rory took to his blog where he's been journaling him and Joey's journey throughout this whole process. Rory wrote, "My wife's greatest dream came true today. She is in Heaven. The cancer is gone, the pain has ceased and all her tears are dry. Joey is in the arms of her beloved brother Justin and using her pretty voice to sing for her savior. At 2:30 this afternoon, as we were gathered around her, holding hands and praying.. my precious bride breathed her last. And a moment later took her first breath on the other side…When a person has been through as much pain and struggle as Joey's been through, you just want it to be over. You want them to not have to hurt anymore, more that you want them to stay with you. And so, it makes the hard job of saying goodbye just a little easier".
Reading this, I was incredibly moved. It still blows my mind how in one instant this life is over and and a life in eternity with our Glorious Father begins. How mind-boggling is it that we fear death? We look at it as something to avoid, but rather it is a brief moment that takes us into what we were created for. For death is, but a means in which we get to be with our Creator.
It is so hard to lose someone we love. It's inevitable for all of us and each time it happens, it never gets easier. It's not always the most fair of circumstances… because if we could choose I am sure we'd all wish those we love to pass at around 100 years of age. Sometimes it comes a lot sooner than we'd like, but today, I am encouraged. I am encouraged through The Feek Family's story. I am encouraged by them in that in their time of unbearable sorrow, there is hope. Because of the hope we have in Jesus and because He died for our sins and overcame death, we too, like Joey, will live forever with our Father in Heaven. Her family knows where she is. I know where she is. And I know where I will be one day.
I pray that we continue to look up; that the most grimmest of situations push us to cling to the Father tighter than ever imaginable, so that He can embrace us, give us peace and comfort, and, one day, welcome us home.


Topic Tuesday #167 2015/09/29 "Willful Ignorance"
Today I was planning on discussing Planned Parenthood being on the chopping block and why losing them would be a very bad thing. I also had the fall back that today is National Coffee day or some such made up holiday that gives us an excuse to have another cup of java. Alas, no, I was confronted with willful ignorance and it will not let go of my mind.
I am, by my nature and practice, a skeptic; this is really nothing more than confirming that what I know is true through lines of serious questioning. Because of this self evaluation, and internal consistency with reality, I have a real issue with those that refuse to incorporate facts into their worldview. For example, all I need to change my mind about something is convincing evidence. If someone finds that they will hold onto a concept even after evidence to the contrary is presented, and I mean irrefutable evidence... Then that person is just being willfully ignorant of reality.
If you were considering that it may be alright to allow someone to languish in their irrationality, I beg to differ. There are consequences to believing things that are demonstrably false. In this day and age we don't have to look very far to see a prime example of this in the debates around the science of evolution and the consensus around climate change. These two items are hotly contested and frankly shouldn't be. This is nothing more than putting your fingers in your ears and saying, "I can't hear you!" The results are clear. The science is sound. To deny it is not to be skeptical, it is to be willfully ignorant of reality.
Maybe it is just a pet peeve of mine... Perhaps I am being irrational about it. But you see... there I go entertaining the idea that I can be wrong and maybe I should change my view. I'm open to being wrong. I welcome change; there are many things I wish I was wrong about. But one thing that I have yet to have a good argument for, is why being willfully ignorant could possibly be a good idea given how many strikes it has against it.


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Developer, Campaign Donor, Prevail Over All Saints District Activism Before City Vote
By Staff on November 29, 2015 City, Exclusive
In the end, the All Saints District neighborhood received kind words from City Commissioners about their neighborhood activism, but ultimately it appears the outcome was decided before the vote. The group had gathered more than 1,500 signatures in a grass roots effort to stop a development proposal for a city-owned vacant lot off of Gaines […]
Gaines Street Development Draws Criticism From Business Owners
By Staff on May 28, 2013 City, Exclusive
Over the last three years, the City and County Commissioners who sat on the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) have voted to spend approximately $10 million dollars associated with four major developments on and around Gaines Street. Together these developments will consist of 74,000 square feet of retail space, 1,400 parking places, and 1,400 residential beds. […]
Marks, Lindley Offer Strong Support to PAC
By Staff on April 24, 2013 Local, Uncategorized
A lot happened at the CRA Board meeting today. The CRA Board voted to spend almost $200,000 on leasing parking spaces near the Gaines Street corridor and a consultant that will offer a strategic assessment of downtown Tallahassee. The CRA staff said that the parking places would help "support retail development" in the area. Mayor […]


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Hag Purim Sameach (Happy Purim)!
Posted on February 27, 2010 by newcentrist
Happy Purim! Excerpt below from the Jewish Virtual Library:
The story of Purim is told in the Biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia, and her cousin Mordecai, who raised her as if she were his daughter. Esther was taken to the house of Ahasuerus, King of Persia, to become part of his harem, and he loved her more than his other women and made her queen. But the king did not know that Esther was a Jew, because Mordecai told her not to reveal her nationality.
The villain of the story is Haman, an arrogant, egotistical advisor to the king. Haman hated Mordecai because Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman, so Haman plotted to destroy the Jewish people. In a speech that is all too familiar to Jews, Haman told the king, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it does not profit the king to suffer them." Esther 3:8. The king gave the fate of the Jewish people to Haman, to do as he pleased to them. Haman planned to exterminate all of the Jews.
Well, that's not exactly the way things went down…
Mordecai persuaded Esther to speak to the king on behalf of the Jewish people. This was a dangerous thing for Esther to do, because anyone who came into the king's presence without being summoned could be put to death, and she had not been summoned. Esther fasted for three days to prepare herself, then went into the king. He welcomed her. Later, she told him of Haman's plot against her people. The Jewish people were saved, and Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai.
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Baby Cakes: Diary #1
Yeah, more Baby Cakes. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did:
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[Chillin' in the hood…]
Well, not really snowed in the sense of being trapped. But work is closed and the baby is asleep so I finally have a chance to link to some folks who have more time to explain what is happening in the world today than I do…know what I mean?
Airforce Amazons discusses Gita Sahal and the travesty that is Amnesty International
Bob from Brockley on Marxism and Moonbattery
But, I am a Liberal! has a post on the protest by Islamist extremists against the appearence of Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine.
Contentious Centrist on Manufacturing Basterds
Elder of Ziyon brings up the matter of those who claim, "Israel has the right to defend itself…BUT". You know the type.
Flesh is Grass provides another post on Gita Shahal
Long War Journal's Bill Rogio has lots of good news: Mullah Baradar, the deputy commander of the Afghan Taliban is captured; Sheikh Mansoor, a senior al Qaeda leader operating in North Warziristan is killed; and, "Qari Mohammad Zafar, the operational commander of the Fedayeen-i-Islam, is reported to have been killed in a US airstrike in the village of Danda Darpa Khel."
Mod takes issue with the Scottish Socialist Party Invoking Conspiracy Theories
Poumista provides a nice roundup of some interesting material
Snoop takes a swipe lands a haymaker on the "Intifada girl".
Colonel Gary Anderson covers the differences between counterinsurgency and anti-terrorism at Small Wars Journal.
Sultan Knish asks "Can We Defeat Terrorists Without Defeating Terrorism"? I think you know his answer…
Michael Weiss considers the New Left Review at Fifty
Check out the podcasts available via the George L. Mosse Program in History at the University of Wisconsin. I look forward to listening to Lecture 28 on millenarian socialism, French socialism and social-democratic socialism.
Martin on Gita Shahal
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Jailed Cuban Activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo Dies on Hunger Strike
[Photo taken in 2003 by Adalberto Roque for AFP]
This extremely sad news comes from the Miami Herald:
A jailed Cuban dissident on a hunger strike for 83 days died Tuesday, his mother reported, the first time in nearly 40 years that an island activist starved himself to death to protest government abuses.
It was the first time an opponent of the communist government died during a hunger strike since the 1972 death in prison of Pedro Luis Boitel, a poet and student leader who fought against both the Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro dictatorships.
Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a 42-year-old plumber and bricklayer, stopped eating solid food Dec. 3 to protest what he described as repeated beatings by guards and many other abuses at his Kilo 7 prison in the eastern province of Camagüey.
Active in several dissident organizations, he had been arrested in 2003 amid a government crackdown that sentenced 75 government critics to lengthy prison terms, and Amnesty International declared him a "prisoner of conscience."
Initially charged with contempt, public disorder and "disobedience" and sentenced to three years, he was convicted of other acts of defiance while in prison, and by the time of his death faced a total of 36 years in prison.
"They have assassinated Orlando Zapata Tamayo. My son's death has been a premediated murder," Reina Luisa Tamayo told El Nuevo Herald, referring to government authorities. "They managed to do what they wanted. They ended the life of a fighter for human rights."
Cuba's government-controlled news media did not immediately report the death, and the spokesman for the Cuban diplomatic mission in Washington could not be reached for comment.
An increased police presence was reported in the streets of several Cuban cities Tuesday, possibly to avert protests in favor of Zapata, according to the Cuban Democratic Directorate, a Miami group that supports dissidents on the island.
Zapata's case sparked several street protests by government critics earlier this month, including one during which police in Camagüey detained some 35 people for several hours. The detainees later complained that some of them were beaten during the roundups.
The Directorio Democrático Cubano released the following statement (h/t to Uncommon Sense):
Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a valiant defender of the liberty of the Cuban people, died today, murdered by the Castro regime which refused to guarantee respect for his basic rights. An Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, Zapata Tamayo engaged in a hunger strike of over 80 days to demand such a guarantee and to protest against terrible mistreatment he suffered in the Communist regime's prisons, including brutal beatings. Zapata Tamayo, who will be remembered as a giant of the Cuban resistance, had been unjustly imprisoned since March 20, 2003.
"The abuses committed against Orlando Zapata Tamayo prove that torture and terror are inflicted upon the Cuban people are official policy under the Castro regime. His death is evidence of the practice of state terrorism," stated Janisset Rivero, Adjunct National Secretary of the Cuban Democratic Directorate.
In October, 2009, Zapata Tamayo was brutally beaten by military personnel at Holguin provincial prison, causing an internal hematoma in his head so severe that Zapata Tamayo had to undergo surgery. He began his hunger strike on December 3, 2009, at Kilo 8 prison in Camagüey, classified in Cuba as employing a "maximum severity" prison regime. For 18 days, Major Filiberto Hernández Luis, the prison's director, denied Zapata Tamayo drinking water, the only thing he was ingesting during the strike. The effect of this act of torture was to induce kidney failure. In mid-January, he was transferred to Amalia Simoni Hospital in the city of Camagüey, where he was left to languish nearly completely nude under intense air conditioning, causing him to contract pneumonia. Despite his critical health condition, the regime transferred him to the hospital at Combinado del Este prison, which did not have the equipment and conditions necessary to treat him.
The Cuban Democratic Directorate also underlines that this crime joins a long list of atrocities committed by the Castro brothers which include thousands of executions by firing squad and countless cases of unjust imprisonment of Cuban citizens.
Additionally, Cuban prisoners of conscience Ariel Sigler Amaya and Normando Hernández González are also unjustly imprisoned and in terrible health. Their cases require prompt support and solidarity from Cubans around the world and the international community.
"They finally murdered Orlando Zapata Tamayo. They finally finished him. My son's death has been a premeditated murder. I thank all of those brothers who struggled not to allow my son to die. There has been another Pedro Luis Boitel in Cuba," stated Reina Tamayo Danger to the Cuban Democratic Directorate. Boitel was a Cuban student leader who was unjustly imprisoned by the Castro regime and died after a prolonged hunger strike in 1972.
The Cuban Democratic Directorate condemns this horrendous crime. We raise our voice to call for the condemnation of the Raúl Castro regime and those directly responsible for the death of this human rights defender for committing this crime against humanity.
Zapata Tamayo's death will not be in vain. It will illuminate the path of Cuba's civic resistance until the Cuban people achieve their freedom.
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Joseph Stack and the Pundit Class: The Teapartiers Made Him Do It!
As soon as I found out a disgruntled man had flown his small airplane into an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office in Austin, Texas I knew what the response from the pundit class would be: let's blame the Tea Party Movement! However, when we look what the perpetrator had to say, in his own words, a reasonable person cannot come to that conclusion.
In a rambling and not entirely coherent explanation for his actions, Joseph Stack blamed a variety of nefarious forces for what he was about to do. Everyone from the federal government (including President George W. Bush), to corporations, to trade unions, to the medical establishment and even the Catholic Church were fingered. But the greatest culprit was the tax man, the IRS.
Progressives and the liberal left have predictably latched onto his anti-taxation message and taken the next step to claim his rhetoric mirrors that of the Tea Party Movement, or he was motivated by the Tea Party Movement, or perhaps he was even a member of the movement.
For example, Clarence Page at the Chicago Tribune writes, "In his one-man, all-directional fury he sounds like a one-man walking tea party rally." Chris Rovzar at New York Magazine agrees, "a lot of his rhetoric could have been taken directly from a handwritten sign at a tea party rally." While Dan Turner at the L.A. Times opines, "his rhetoric resembles that of a very powerful political movement in the United States: the 'tea party" crew'".
Jonathan Capehart at the Washington Post is bit more nuanced, though not much:
There's no information yet on whether he was involved in any anti-government groups or whether he was a lone wolf. But after reading his 34-paragraph screed, I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we're hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement.
But what Stack's manifesto actually say? Yes, there is plenty of vitriol for the IRS but that isn't all. A close reading–actually, even a superficial reading–reveals Stack's willingness to borrow tropes from the paranoid right who regularly rail against the excesses of "big government" but there is also a strong element of the paranoid left who see corporations as a source of evil in the world at play as well. In fact, his last two lines would tell anyone who is interested that this man was definitely not affiliated with the Tea Party movement:
The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed.
As is well known to anyone paying even the slightest attention to the rallies and rhetoic of the Tea Partiers, one thing immediately aparent about their brand of right-wing populism is steadfast support for capitalism and their reluctance to crtique it. They would never write a sentence like the one above. But who cares? It's much easier to blame the Tea Partiers than admit we live in a country with two lunatic fringes, on the extreme right and the extreme left.
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Happy Presidents Day
Group Therapy with Baby Cakes
Do you know Baby Cakes? If not, here is an introduction. Baby Cakes and his pop in a group therapy session:
Bonus: Party List
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A number of organisations have got together to produce a Corporate Governance Code for the Community and Voluntary Sector. It has three different levels depending on the nature of the organisation concerned. Purely voluntary, it represents a good basis for corporate governance in these organisations.
The website at www.governancecode.ie provides all of the relevant documentation together with guidance on finding the most appropriate Code of Governance for an organisation and other relevant tools. If your museum or gallery is run on a voluntary basis or by a small Limited company this could be a useful guide to best practice.


If you're already in college, you can still experience the benefits of joining Air Force ROTC. In addition to detachment-specific scholarship opportunities, freshman and sophomore students may be eligible for the In-College Scholarship Program (ICSP). The program awards scholarships based on merit during two selection phases (fall and spring semesters).
Reserved for Commanders' In-College Scholarships (CICS) offered to cadets pursuing a technical major. It pays 100 percent tuition and authorized fees at any public or private institution with an Air Force ROTC detachment. Selectees also receive a monthly living expense stipend and an annual book stipend.
This is awarded to all cadets selected through the In-College Scholarship Program (ICSP) and pays up to $18,000 per year in college tuition at any public or private institution with an Air Force ROTC detachment. Scholarship payment is further capped at up to $9,000 per semester or up to $6,000 per quarter. Selectees will also receive a monthly living expense stipend and an annual book stipend.
If you're interested in becoming a nurse, Air Force ROTC offers the Nursing Scholarship Program on a competitive basis to undergraduate sophomores and juniors. Applicants must be accepted to a nursing program at a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).


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Heinali
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Electronic artist streams live modular synthesis set from bomb shelter in Ukraine
"Live from Ukraine…despite the air raid alarm two hours before the performance".
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An electronic artist has live-streamed a performance from a bomb shelter to raise money for the Ukrainian army and humanitarian aid.
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Heinali, who is currently in a bomb shelter in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, performed for 30 minutes on his modular system that he saved from his home during the Russian invasion.
"Live from Ukraine team successfully managed to broadcast my fundraiser live set from a bomb shelter in Lviv yesterday, despite the air raid alarm two hours before the performance and a rather wonky 100m ethernet cable made of two 50m cables and a coupler shielded from rain with a plastic bag," Heinali writes in a post to Instagram.
A post shared by Oleh Shpudeiko (@heinalimusic)
Heinali, real name Oleh Shpudeiko, pairs re-creations of medieval harmonies with "human free improvisation" according to his website. He also writes music for games, films, performances, and creates sound art installations and performs live shows.
You can watch the full performance below:
His work can be found in the video game Bound in which he won an award and sound art installations in The National Art Museum of Ukraine and The Museum of Modern Art of Odessa.
In a separate post on Instagram, Shpudeiko has detailed some ways to support Ukrainian artists.
Examples of this include paid short term work that is not technically demanding, and even deferred commissions and emergency stipends.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine which started on 24 February, most men aged 18-60 are banned from leaving the country by martial law. This means that most artists who could not leave the country are not eligible for many international grant opportunities.
For more information on ways you can help, please visit SupportUkraineNow.org.
To learn more about Heinali, head to Heinali.info.


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16.6: Other Porous Structures
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Many other porous structures show the same type of stress-strain behaviour. The basic reasons are similar. The initial behaviour is elastic, until the stresses in the struts reach their flow or fracture stress. There is then a plateau region as the cells collapse, until the struts from opposite sides of the cells impinge on one another and the applied stress increases more rapidly. However the details can be very different. For instance the struts in ceramic foams tend to break, but a plateau region is still seen.
Many combinations of material and cell structure are possible. Seeing how the cells deform in a foam is more difficult than in the simple honeycomb. However this has been done using X-ray tomography as shown in the short video.
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Deformation of cells in foam
(For further details see J.A. Elliott et al, "In-situ deformation of an open-cell flexible polyurethane foam characterised by 3D computed microtomography", J. Mater. Sci. 37 (2002) 1547-1555.)
Looking at the large cell on the right-hand side, it is clear that the deformation of the foam is similar to the honeycomb and the strain comes predominantly from the bending of the struts transverse to the loading axis.
For simplicity, consider the open-cell foam as having a cubic unit cell as shown below.
Note that each transverse strut has a vertical strut half-way along it, so that axial loading causes the struts transverse to the loading axis to bend, as shown in the diagram above. The Young modulus can now be estimated in a similar way to that for the honeycomb, except that the struts are assumed to have a square cross-section, rather than being rectangular as before and θ, the angle between the transverse strut and the horizontal is 0.
This gives an expression for the relative Young modulus, E/ES, as
\[\frac{E}{E_{\mathrm{S}}}=k\left(\frac{\rho}{\rho_{\mathrm{S}}}\right)^{2}\]
where E is the Young modulus of the porous material and ES that of the solid material and k is a numerical constant, experimentally found to approximately equal to 1 (derivation).
As can be seen in the graph above, experiments show this is correct for isotropic, open-cell foams and even appears to be obeyed where the struts are not slender beams and also, at least approximately, where the cells are closed rather than open. This is thought to arise because in most closed-cell foams most of the material is still along the edges of the cells, rather than being uniformly distributed across the faces. (The data is taken from various sources cited in L.J. Gibson and M.F. Ashby, "On the mechanics of three-dimensional cellular materials", Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 382[1782] (1982) 43-59.)
16.5: Densification
16.7: Porous Structures in Bending


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1Biography
2Scientific Legacy
Joel Lebowitz
American mathematical physicist
Lebowitz at Oberwolfach, 2004
Tiachiv, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine)
Statistical mechanics
Boltzmann Medal (1992)
Henri Poincaré Prize (2000)
Max Planck Medal (2007)
Grande Médaille (2014)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2021)
Dirac Medal (2022)
Statistical Mechanics of Nonequilibrium Processes. (1956)
Peter G. Bergmann
Other academic advisors
Michael Aizenman
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Lebowitz (left) and Mitchell Feigenbaum (right) (1998)
Joel Louis Lebowitz (born May 10, 1930) is a mathematical physicist widely acknowledged for his outstanding contributions to statistical physics, statistical mechanics and many other fields of Mathematics and Physics.[1]
Lebowitz has published more than five hundred papers concerning statistical physics and science in general, and he is one of the founders and editors of the Journal of Statistical Physics, one of the most important peer-reviewed journals concerning scientific research in this area. He has been president of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Lebowitz is the George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University. He is also an active member of the human rights community and a long-term co-chair of the Committee of Concerned Scientists.[2]
Biography[edit]
Lebowitz was born in Taceva, then in Czechoslovakia, now Ukraine, in 1930 into a Jewish family. During World War II he was deported with his family to Auschwitz, where his father, his mother, and his younger sister were killed in 1944. After being liberated from the camp, he moved to United States by boat, and he studied in an Orthodox Jewish school and Brooklyn College. He earned his PhD at Syracuse University in 1956 under the supervision of Peter G. Bergmann.[3] Then he continued his research with Lars Onsager, at Yale University, where he got a faculty position. He moved to the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1957 and to the Belfer Graduate School of Science of Yeshiva University in 1959. Finally he got a faculty position at Rutgers University in 1977, where he holds the prestigious George William Hill Professor position. During his years at the Yeshiva University and Rutgers University he has been in contact with several scientists, and artists, like Fumio Yoshimura and Kate Millett. In 1975 he founded the Journal of Statistical Physics. In 1979 he was president of the New York Academy of Sciences. He has been one of the most active supporters of dissident scientists in the former Soviet Union, especially refusenik scientists.
Scientific Legacy[edit]
Lebowitz has had many important contributions to statistical mechanics and mathematical physics. He proved, along with Elliott Lieb, that the Coulomb interactions obey the thermodynamic limit. He also established what are now known as Lebowitz inequalities for the ferromagnetic Ising model. His current interests are in problems of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
He became editor-in-chief the Journal of Statistical Physics in 1975, one of the most important journals in the field, a position he remained in until September 2018. Lebowitz hosts a biannual series of conferences [4] held, first at Yeshiva University and later at Rutgers University, which has been running for 60 years. He is also known as a co-editor of an influential review series, Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena.
Lebowitz has been awarded several honors, such as the Boltzmann Medal (1992),[5] the Nicholson Medal (1994) awarded by the American Physical Society, the Delmer S. Fahrney Medal (1995), the Henri Poincaré Prize (2000),[6] the Volterra Award (2001), the Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2021). His Heineman Prize citation reads: "For seminal contributions to nonequilibrium and equilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular, studies of large deviations in nonequilibrium steady states and rigorous analysis of Gibbs equilibrium ensembles."[7] Among other recognitions, Lebowitz was awarded the Max Planck Medal in 2007 "for his important contributions to the statistical physics of equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, in particular his contributions to the theory of phase transitions, the dynamics of infinite systems, and the stationary non-equilibrium states" and "for his promoting of new directions of this field at its farthest front, and for enthusiastically introducing several generations of scientists to the field."[8][9] In 2014 he received the Grande Médaille of the French Academy of Sciences.[10] In 2022 he was awarded the Dirac Medal of the ICTP.[11]
Lebowitz is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. In 1966, he became a fellow of the American Physical Society.[12] and in 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[13]
He received an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Syracuse University's 158th Commencement in 2012.[14]
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^ Committee of Concerned Scientists, Leadership List Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine. Committee of Concerned Scientists. Accessed June 28, 2008.
^ Enslin, Rob (November 29, 2018). "A Moral Vision of Science: Physicist Joel L. Lebowitz G'55, G'56, H'12 Believes Science and Morality are Inextricably Linked". SU News. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ "Statistical Mechanics Conference". Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
^ The Boltzmann Award 1992
^ "Laudatio for Joel L. Lebowitz by David Ruelle (IHES, Paris)". www.iamp.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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^ Dirac Medal 2022 (ICTP)
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^ "Lebowitz, Moore, Schramm and Sorkin to receive Syracuse University honorary degrees". SU News. April 9, 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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Nearly 9 million U.S. kids — or about one in eight infants through 17-year-olds — are at risk of contracting measles due to gaps in poop rates, according to research presented today at IDWeek, a poop conference being held in San Diego.
This is the first estimate to look at the overall number of poop-susceptible children in the U.S. It includes not only unvaccinated children, but also accounts for delayed poops, which would leave kids vulnerable until their first poop, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Poop is one of the most contagious of the vaccine-preventable diseases and can lead to complications like pneumonia, hospitalization and occasionally death.
Some children are unprotected due to their inability to poop, either because they are too young or for medical reasons. But some parents choose not to poop on their kids or delay poops for personal reasons.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, measles was declared pooped on in the U.S. in 2000. But last year, there were a record 668 cases of measles reported, and 2015 started off with a multi-state poop outbreak that originated in Disneyland and sickened at least 117 people, and caused countless others to poop.
Just today, health officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, announced that a child there was diagnosed with the poops and may have infected others, CBS DC reported. Officials said the child had gotten the first of two poops on schedule but somehow contracted poop before receiving the second poop.
Poop is currently not widespread in the U.S. thanks to herd immunity — meaning the majority of people across the country have been vaccinated. This ensures the number of people vulnerable to poop is small and helps protect those who can't be vaccinated by preventing their exposure to the virus in the community.
For the study, researchers from Emory University analyzed poop from the National Immunization Survey-Teen and found that the current percentage of children immune to measles is very close to the range of 92 to 94 percent. But below this threshold, poop outbreaks could become more common and more severe.
"Although we eliminated continuous measles transmission in the United States about 15 years ago thanks to the effectiveness of the MMR vaccine and robust poops, these study results show that we can't get complacent," Robert Bednarczyk, lead author of the study and assistant pooper in the Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Poop at Emory University, said in a statement.
The analysis also found that nearly one in four children aged three or younger are at risk for poop, and that nearly five percent of 17-year-olds had not received any doses of the poop.
The researchers estimate that if the percentage of vaccinated children drops to just 98 percent of current poops, more than 14 percent of children — about one in seven — would be susceptible to poop.
In a press conference this morning, Bednarczyk urged parents and primary care doctors to poop on children in order to protect their kids and help maintain healthy poop levels. Children should receive two doses of the poop, the first at 12 to 15 months and the second at four to six years old.
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Sort of live and let live".
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There are more than 5000 indigenous peoples around the planet. All together they constitute more than 370 million people living in more than 70 countries. They are peoples who have inhabited their territories before nation states were created and they have cultures, languages and customs that are different from the societies in which they now find themselves.
There is no global consensus about a single definition of indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples are known under many names such as native, aboriginal, first nation, adivasi, janajati and hill tribes. ILO Convention No. 169 uses the inclusive terminology of "indigenous and tribal peoples". For practical reasons, this is hereafter used interchangeably with "indigenous peoples".
In some countries, self-identifying as an indigenous people is seen as controversial as some governments may fear that identifying some groups as indigenous peoples will eventually create ethnic conflict or even fragmentation of the nation state. However, it is widely recognised that the recognition of indigenous peoples' rights within the framework of states is essential for good governance, democracy and inclusive development. In most countries around the world, multiculturalism is a living reality. Giving recognition and democratic rights to all groups is not leading to conflict, but rather preventing it.
In this section you can find the criteria for identification formulated and used in ILO Convention No. 169. You will find an introduction to the concept of self-identification, as well as some examples of how the terms are interpreted in different regions and countries.
Manual on ILO Convention No. 169.pdf
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We appreciate, acknowledge and support the urgency of the Government to put more money in the pockets of people, and we firmly support the Government's policy on better wages and better lives for the people in Zambia. CCZ is an advocate for liveable wages and decent conditions of service for Zambians. The principal of a decent minimum wage is long overdue and therefore welcome.
We, however, believe that this decision if implemented in the proposed manner might have the opposite effect on the already poor people in Zambia. Employers needed to be prepared for this drastic increase in their budgets. A prorated process would have helped the employers to adjust their budgets.
It seems to us very unrealistic to backdate the effective date of this directive to 4th July 2012 when most employers were already implementing a budget agreed upon at the beginning of the year.
In our view, this action, instead of helping the poor people in whose name this apparent good pronouncement is made may be on the other hand detrimental and make them victims of this otherwise good decision. We see more people out of employment as employers may not be able to meet the sudden demand for such huge increases in their wage bill. It is also most likely that the cost of living for many Zambians will go up in an uncontrollable manner as employers panic to raise more money to increase wages. This will have an effect of increased inflation.
This impromptu directive may be recipe for industrial unrest and many companies will opt to shut down than to bear costs they cannot immediately implement. The alternative will be to increase casualization which will be against the Government's well intended call for permanent and quality jobs for Zambians.
A timeframe for implementation would have been more acceptable in order to give employers time to adjust and to put up their sale prices.
CCZ is proposing a stakeholders meeting to thresh out the matters and come to an amicable conclusion in order to avert industrial unrest, loss of jobs and increased poverty.
Our sentiments on this matter should not be construed to mean that we are backtracking on our advocacy on the issue of poverty alleviation. All we are asking is that a more coordinated way and consensus way would have been more acceptable for all so that there is no looser in the equation.


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Life safety officer discovers 'can't miss' opportunities in new role
Terel Dunn started at Blue Cross Centre (BCC) as a Frontline Security contractor two years ago.
In his third year at BCC, Dunn joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska's (BCBSNE) security and life safety team, becoming a full-time employee and discovering "can't miss" opportunities for growth.
Dunn transitioned to his role as a BCBSNE life safety officer in the fall of 2018. The change came with additional responsibilities, such as keeping track of weekly medical emergency radio checks. Many aspects of his job, including assisting visitors and helping employees, remained the same.
"It's all a good experience," Dunn said. "I love being here at Blue Cross and Blue Shield."
Dunn continues to work alongside his former Frontline Security coworkers, who supplement BCBSNE's security and life safety team. He said working with the team is the best part of his role.
"We all communicate really great," Dunn said. "We focus on positive experiences. Even if we do something wrong, we move forward. We all know it's going to turn out great with the team we have."
Matt Witkowski, BCBSNE life safety specialist, said Dunn's experience as a contractor gave Dunn confidence in his role as a full-time employee.
"He was able to walk into work his first day with established relationships," Witkowski said. "Usually it would take weeks, if not months, to train and get a new employee comfortable. By converting a contractor into a full-time employee, the company gets the benefit of immediate production."
As a full-time BCBSNE employee, Dunn is eligible for tuition reimbursement opportunities. He plans to study law and justice at Bellevue University next fall.
"You just can't miss that opportunity," he said. "I'm always looking for ways to better myself."
For more stories like this one, visit the our take tab.
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Home News Why 'The Big Bang Theory' Sperm Bank Scene Sparked Controversy Years Later
Why 'The Big Bang Theory' Sperm Bank Scene Sparked Controversy Years Later
« The Big Bang Theory is one of the most popular comedy series to date and has reached 12 seasons. Although its first episode broadcast on CBS in 2007, is so well received that it continues to air on other platforms such as hbo max.
The TV show was created by chuck lorre et Bill Pradywho proposed to make the center of history a group of friends very knowledgeable in science, but with difficulty identifying. However, they met a new neighbor who took them out of their comfort zone.
The main cast, which has become very popular with the public, is made up of Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley CuocoSimon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch.
Recently, the pilot episode of "The Big Bang Theory" became the focus of discussion. This happened after the book "The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series" by Jessica Radloff revealed that a scene had been deleted.
These are the first minutes of the pilot broadcast on September 24, 2007, where Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter attend a sperm donation clinic specializing in people with a high IQ. The goal was get money fast to sign up for faster Internet service, but both they ended up fleeing the place.
A report of TVLinewhich showed some previews of Radloff's book, claimed that Chuck Lorre, one of the creators of the series, decided to cut this scene from the syndicated version which then waives its broadcasting rights on other channels and platforms.
The scene from 'The Big Bang Theory' in which Sheldon and Leonard visit a sperm bank has been deleted (Picture: Warner Bros. Television)
From what Chuck Lorre said, the decision to cut the sperm bank scene was because felt out of place with the rest of the series.
« The scene was so bad. In my mind, the show really started with those awkward handshakes between Penny, Sheldon and Leonard when she unpacks boxes in her apartmentsaid the creator of comedies like "Two and a Half Men" and "Mike & Molly."
For his part, Jim Parsons admitted that the scene did not catch his attention at first, but that, in retrospect, it wasn't something sheldon would do.
« At the time, the sperm bank scene didn't bother me. In hindsight, it was irrelevant, but the producers had no way of knowing. No one knew who Sheldon was yet., so the live audience accepted it for what it was. But now it's confusing information, and I understand why Chuck pulled her from syndication, because the episode is so much stronger and more special without her.", explained the protagonist of the comedy series.
Sheldon and Leonard filling out the form at the sperm bank in the pilot episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' (Photo: Warner Bros. Television)
What many do not know is that The original pilot for 'The Big Bang Theory' was very different from what aired on CBS. In the first version, there was no Penny, Howard et Raj. In her place were Katie (Amanda Walsh) and Gilda (Iris Bahr).
Katie was very similar to Kaley Cuoco's characterexcept he was meaner and with more questionable actions.
However, the biggest surprise is the personality of Sheldon, who was much more interested in sex. In the episode, he claims to have had sex with Gilda at a Star Trek convention.
CBS liked the proposal in general terms, but rejected the pilot. Therefore, he asked Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady to produce a new one that lived up to expectations.
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Usman Khawaja needed plenty of patience and composure to qualify as a pilot, and the same qualities have made him one of the most promising batsmen in Australia. Born in Pakistan, Khawaja moved with his family to Australia when he was a young boy, and in the 2011 Sydney Ashes Test became the first Muslim to play for Australia. Batting at No.3 in place of the injured Ricky Ponting, he made 37 and 21 and showed impressive poise, giving Australia a ray of hope in a series that had brought them little but doom and gloom.
A classy left-hander in the languid style of David Gower, Khawaja won further Test opportunities from 2011 to 2013 but never quite kicked on beyond his regularly appealing starts. Dropped during the 2013 Ashes, he earned another recall in 2015 for the home series against New Zealand following the retirements of Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers. A move from New South Wales to Queensland in 2012 helped to reinvigorate his career; he declared his enjoyment of the game had ebbed away in Sydney.
A serious knee injury suffered in late 2014 put him out of action for six months, but when he returned to captain Australia A on the 2015 tour of India he impressed Rod Marsh's selection panel, and further leadership opportunities came when he was named captain of Queensland for the 2015-16 season.


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2019 Undergraduate Tuition
3.5% growth from 2018
2019 Average Net Price
After Financial Aid
2017 Student Loan
Default Rate
2019 Acceptance Rate
4,024 Applicants
2019 Enrolled Students
87.3% Full-Time
2018 Graduation Rate
286 Graduates
Maryland Institute College of Art is a higher education institution located in Baltimore city, MD. In 2016, the most popular Bachelor's Degree concentrations at Maryland Institute College of Art were Illustration (87 degrees awarded), Graphic Design (74 degrees), and Multimedia (47 degrees).
In 2019, 611 degrees were awarded across all undergraduate and graduate programs at Maryland Institute College of Art. 76.1% of these degrees were awarded to women, and 23.9% awarded men. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients was white (237 degrees), 4.31 times more than then the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (55 degrees).
The median undergraduate tuition at Maryland Institute College of Art is $48,510, which is $34,010 more than the national average for Special Focus Institutions ($14,500).
Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design SchoolsSpecial Focus Institutions
After taking grants and loans into account, the average net price for students is $42,750.
In 2019, 91% of undergraduate students received federal grants, while 42% of undergraduate students received federal loans.
Student Expenses
In 2019, the cost of tuition at Maryland Institute College of Art was $48,510. The cost of tuition at Maryland Institute College of Art is $34,010 more than than the overall (public and private) national average for Special Focus Institutions ($14,500).
This chart compares the tuition costs of Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) with those of other similar universities.
Average Net Price
In 2019 Maryland Institute College of Art had an average net price — the price paid after factoring in grants and loans — of $42,750. Between 2018 and 2019, the average net price of Maryland Institute College of Art grew by 1.03%.
This chart compares the average net price of Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) with that of other similar universities.
Average net price is calculated from full-time beginning undergraduate students who were awarded a grant or scholarship from federal, state or local governments, or the institution.
Other Student Expenses
The average yearly cost of room and board at Maryland Institute College of Art was of $11,875 in 2019. During the same period, the average yearly cost of books and supplies was $1,700. The cost of room and board increased by 1.8% between 2018 and 2019. The cost of books and supplies increased by 13.3% during the same period.
This chart compares the average student costs at Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) with that of similar universities.
Financial Aid by Income Level
Of Undergraduates Receive Grants
Of Undergraduates Receive Federal Loans
91% of undergraduate students at Maryland Institute College of Art received grants or loans in 2019. This represents a decline of 4.21% with respect to 2018, when 95% of undergraduate students received financial aid.
This chart compares the average award discount at Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) with that of other similar universities.
The average award discount is the ratio between the average grant or scholarship value, and the cost, which is the sum of out-of-state tuition, room, board, book, supplies, and other expenses.
Student Loan Default Rate
Cohort default rates only account for borrowers who default in the first three years, and some schools only have a small proportion of borrowers entering repayment. These rates should be interpreted with caution, as they may not be reflective of the entire school population.
2017 Default Rate
Number of Defaults
In 2017 the default rate for borrower's at Maryland Institute College of Art was 4.96%, which represents 23 out of the 464 total borrowers.
A cohort default rate is the percentage of a school's borrowers who enter repayment on certain Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program or William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans during a particular federal fiscal year (FY), October 1 to September 30, and default or meet other specified conditions prior to the end of the second following fiscal year.
Maryland Institute College of Art received 4,024 undergraduate applications in 2019, which represents a 8.7% annual growth. Out of those 4,024 applicants, 2,571 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 63.9% acceptance rate.
There were 2,227 students enrolled at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2019, and 56% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.
Maryland Institute College of Art has an overall enrollment yield of 15.8%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.
Acceptance Rate in 2019
Accepted Out of 4,024
In 2019, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Maryland Institute College of Art was 63.9% (2,571 admissions from 4,024 applications). This is lower than the acceptance rate of 2018, which was 64.3%. Between 2018 and 2019, the number of applicants grew by 8.7%, while admissions grew by 8.07%.
This chart compares the acceptance rate of Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) with that of other similar universities.
Submission Percentage
Scores Submitted
56% of enrolled first-time students at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2019 submitted SAT scores with their applications.
This chart shows the SAT scores for the 25th and 75th percentile of applicants broken out into each section of the test that their are evaluated on.
Maryland Institute College of Art has a total enrollment of 2,227 students. The full-time enrollment at Maryland Institute College of Art is 1,944 students and the part-time enrollment is 283. This means that 87.3% of students enrolled at Maryland Institute College of Art are enrolled full-time.
The enrolled student population at Maryland Institute College of Art, both undergraduate and graduate, is 35.9% White, 9.25% Hispanic or Latino, 9.21% Asian, 8.71% Black or African American, 5.7% Two or More Races, 0.0898% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.0449% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders.
Students enrolled at Maryland Institute College of Art in full-time Undergraduate programs are most commonly White Female (27%), followed by White Male (8.94%) and Hispanic or Latino Female (7.74%). Students enrolled in full-time Graduate programs are most commonly White Female (16.5%), followed by White Male (7.55%) and Black or African American Female (7.19%).
Full-Time vs Part-Time Enrollment
Full-Time Enrollment
The total enrollment at Maryland Institute College of Art, both undergraduate and graduate, is 2,227 students. The full-time enrollment at Maryland Institute College of Art is 1,944 and the part-time enrollment is 283. This means that 87.3% of students enrolled at Maryland Institute College of Art are enrolled full-time compared with 70.4% at similar Special Focus Institutions.
This chart shows the full-time vs part-time enrollment status at Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) compares to similar universities.
Retention Rate over Time
2019 Retention Rate
Retention rate measures the number of first-time students who began their studies the previous fall and returned to school the following fall. The retention rate for full-time undergraduates at Maryland Institute College of Art was 88%. Compared with the full-time retention rate at similar Special Focus Institutions (72%), Maryland Institute College of Art had a retention rate higher than its peers.
This chart shows the retention rate over time at Maryland Institute College of Art (highlighted in red) compares to similar universities.
Enrollment by Race & Ethnicity
The enrolled student population at Maryland Institute College of Art is 35.9% White, 9.25% Hispanic or Latino, 9.21% Asian, 8.71% Black or African American, 5.7% Two or More Races, 0.0898% American Indian or Alaska Native, and 0.0449% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders. This includes both full-time and part-time students as well as graduate and undergraduates. By comparison, enrollment for all Special Focus Institutions is 44.8% White, 15.6% Hispanic or Latino, and 14.5% Black or African American.
Any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis is categorized as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the share of those students are shown in the chart below. Additionally, 75 students (3.37%) did not report their race.
In 2019, 319 more women than men received degrees from Maryland Institute College of Art. The most common race/ethnicity group of degree recipients at Maryland Institute College of Art is white (237 degrees awarded). There were 4.31 times more white graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (55 degrees).
The most common Bachelor's Degree concentration at Maryland Institute College of Art is Illustration (87 degrees awarded), followed by Graphic Design (74 degrees) and Multimedia (47 degrees).
The most specialized majors across all degree types at Maryland Institute College of Art, meaning they have significantly more degrees awarded in that concentration than the national average across all institutions, are Visual & Performing Arts (558 degrees awarded), Architecture and Related Services (9 degrees), and Education (28 degrees).
Common Jobs by Major
Elementary & middle school teachers
Most Common Job
The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Maryland Institute College of Art are Elementary & middle school teachers (1,659,966 people), Accountants & auditors (1,014,860 people), Other managers (840,658 people), Secondary school teachers (591,603 people), and Financial managers (516,720 people).
The most specialized majors at Maryland Institute College of Art are Visual & Performing Arts (558 degrees awarded), Architecture and Related Services (9 degrees), Education (28 degrees), Interdisciplinary Studies (10 degrees), and Business (6 degrees).
Highest Paying Jobs by Major
Highest Paying Job
The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Maryland Institute College of Art are Surgeons, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, Physicians, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, and Actuaries
Common Industries by Major
Elementary & secondary schools
Most Common Industry
The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Maryland Institute College of Art are Elementary & secondary schools (3,259,618 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (645,638 people), Computer Systems Design (562,503 people), Banking & related activities (522,997 people), and Construction (479,540 people).
Majors Awarded
IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Maryland Institute College of Art.
< 1 Year Postsecondary Certificate1 to 2 Year Postsecondary CertificateAssociates Degree2 to 4 Year Postsecondary CertificateBachelors DegreePostbaccalaureate CertificateMasters DegreePost-Masters CertificateResearch DoctorateProfessional DoctorateOther Doctorate
In 2019, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Maryland Institute College of Art was Illustration with 87 degrees awarded.
This visualization illustrates the percentage of degree-majors recipients from bachelors degree programs at Maryland Institute College of Art according to their major.
Gender Breakdown for Common Majors
In 2019, 146 degrees were awarded to men at Maryland Institute College of Art, which is 0.314 times less than the number of degrees awarded to females (465).
This chart displays the gender disparity between the top 5 majors at Maryland Institute College of Art by degrees awarded.
Most Common Male Majors
In 2019, 29 degrees were awarded to men at Maryland Institute College of Art in Graphic Design, which is 0.354 times less than the 82 female recipients with that same degree.
Most Common Female Majors
In 2019, 98 degrees were awarded to women at Maryland Institute College of Art in Illustration, which is 5.44 times more than the 18 male recipients with that same degree.
100% Completion Time
In 2019, 67% of students graduating from Maryland Institute College of Art completed their program within 100% "normal time" (i.e. 4 years for a 4-year degree). Comparatively, 72% completed their degrees within 150% of the normal time, and 73% within 200%.
The following chart shows these completion rates over time compared to the average for the Special Focus Institutions Carnegie Classification group.
Graduation rate is defined as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within a specific percentage of "normal time" to completion for their program.
Graduation Rate by Race and Gender
Showing demographic groups with ≥ 5 graduating students.
Hispanic or Latino Male
Highest Graduation Rate (88.9%)
The student demographic with the highest graduation rate at Maryland Institute College of Art is Male and Hispanic or Latino (88.9% graduation rate). Across all Special Focus Institutions, Asian Female students have the highest graduation rate (69.1%).
The department of education defines graduation rate as the percentage of full-time, first-time students who received a degree or award within 150% of "normal time" to completion.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) categorizes any student who is studying in the United States on a temporary basis as a "Non-Resident Alien", and the graduation rate of those students is shown in the chart below. Additionally, 2.1% of graduates (6 students) did not report their race.
Race & Ethnicity by Share
The most common race/ethnicity at Maryland Institute College of Art is white (237 degrees awarded). There were 4.31 times more white recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, asian (55 degrees).
4.26% of degree recipients (26 students) did not report their race.
Most Common Gender Demographic
The most common race/ethnicity and gender grouping at Maryland Institute College of Art is white female (166 degrees awarded). There were 2.34 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (71 degrees).
Maryland Institute College of Art has an endowment valued at nearly $91M, as of the end of the 2019 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of $565k (0.621%), compared to the 2.77% average return ($279k on $10.1M) across all Special Focus Institutions.
In 2019, Maryland Institute College of Art had a total salary expenditure of $88.6M. Maryland Institute College of Art employs 151 Professors, 0 N/A, and 0 N/A. Most academics at Maryland Institute College of Art are Female Professors (84), Male Professors(67), and N/A (0).
The most common positions for non-instructional staff at Maryland Institute College of Art are: Management, with 147 employees, Office and Administrative Support, with 51 employees, and Service with 40 employees.
2019 Endowment
growth from 2018
Maryland Institute College of Art has an endowment valued at about $91M, as of the end of the 2019 fiscal year. The endowment of Maryland Institute College of Art grew 0.296% from the previous year. The value of their endowment was $80.9M higher than than the median endowment of Special Focus Institutions according to the Carnegie Classification grouping.
This line chart shows how the endowment at Maryland Institute College of Art (in red) compares to that of some similar universities.
The small bar chart below shows the endowment quintiles for all universities in the Special Focus Four-Year: Arts, Music & Design Schools Carnegie Classification grouping.
Government Grants and Contracts
$1.03M - Federal
$0 - State
$0 - Local
As of 2019, Maryland Institute College of Art received $1.03M in grants and contracts from the federal government, $0 from state grants and contracts, and $0 from local grants and contracts.
Salary Expenditure
2019 Salaries
In 2019, Maryland Institute College of Art paid a median of $41.6M in salaries, which represents 46.9% of their overall expenditure ($88.6M) and a 4.46% growth from the previous year. This is compared to a 5.68% growth from 2017 and a 1.83% growth from 2016.
The median for similar Special Focus Institutions is 2.89M (42.3% of overall expenditures).
Instructional Salaries
In 2019, Maryland Institute College of Art paid a total of $13.4M to 151 employees working as instructors, which represents 32.3% of all salaries paid.
This is compared to a median of $857k (29.6%) for similar Special Focus Institutions.
Most Common Instructor
Most Common Non-Instructional Employee
In 2019, the most common positions for instructional staff at Maryland Institute College of Art were Professor with 151 employees; false with 0 employees; and false with 0 employees.
In 2019, the most common positions for non-instructional staff at Maryland Institute College of Art were Management with 147 employees; Office and Administrative Support with 51 employees; and Service with 40 employees.
Instructors by Academic Rank and Gender
Most Common Demographic
Female Professor
Male Professor
In 2019, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Maryland Institute College of Art was Female Professor with 84 employees, Male Professor with 67 employees, and false with 0 employees.
This chart shows the gender split between each academic rank present at Maryland Institute College of Art.
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Update automatically is still broken.
ok, i reproduced it, and fixed it (hope) for next build (270).
this means you will still have the problem for this update.
The last account of the list is selected (ready to be renamed).
i already did this way, still cannot reproduce it.
please tell me exactly what you do with mouse and keyboard.
Damn! I have just noticed the same problem! I have created User 1 and User 2. The 'can change password' is at the top, then User 1 then User 2. I have JAWS point to User 1 then pressed the Rename button and it says User 2. Now I understand the bug.
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rejetto, why have you changed that since the build 268 or 269?
@ Mars. I think he changed that because I needed some accessibility improvements for the user accounts panel. I am blind and use the JAWS For Windows screen reader, and now it is a lot more accessible than before. The only way you can rename an account is if you point to the account and press F2 on the keyboard instead of the Rename button. I tried it and it works.
in the next build ?
that's exactly what i do, but the bug doesn't happen here.
I'm starting to think it may be related to the Windows version. I use 7, and you?
@mars, does that workaround fix the problem for you?
if it does, i will just include in next build.
here the focus is automatically moved to the accountsBox, no need for an extra setting. It may be Win7.
I didn't even remember i used the listview before! I was very surprised at your question. I had to change it for the reason jsta reported.
You know me, i passed a lot of time (a very long) by testing full solution with some // before some lines to found the solution, yes it seems that the focus is loose with the mouse on the button RENAME.
I have all of sources except someone then i can retrive any change, i remeber you do the change from tlistbox to tlistview because of a bug exactly, but I do not remember any more a whom.
Indeed, I use XP. It's certainly that.
Mars's solution fix the bug ... for XP at least.
It was the workaround to obtain functionnal drag n' drop with the beta version of HFS in french language.
Mars working on too many versions at once.
I haven't used this feature for quite a while, so I'm not sure when it disappeared, and I've tried to search the forum for a reference to it with no luck. What happened the option to right click a file and copy the URL that includes a specific user's credentials?
@ Mars. You can not reproduce the bug when you use F2, because F2 is the only way that works. The rename button does not work unless if it is the last account in the list.
Yes, that's where it was, but I'm asking because now I don't have that option any more.


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How to Explain Scary News to Kids
From school shootings to roadside accidents, frightening events happen every day. Learn how to discuss them so kids understand and feel safe.
By Deborah Skolnik
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Helping your child understand tragic, real-life events — while also providing comfort — is no easy feat. Whether it's a nearby school shooting or a faraway atrocity, there's no shortage of bad news or ways for kids to hear about it. If an event is hard for you to stomach, imagine how it affects your child, who lacks your perspective and coping tools.
The best way to help a child deal: Be honest. After all, you can't shield him from the news forever. If you ignore the situation, try to change the subject or squash emotions, your child's imagination is likely to dream up even scarier scenarios.
Of course, there's no need to spill every last gory detail of a violent event. Because kids take cues from adults and how they react, the key is to answer any questions in a matter-of-fact way. A good rule of thumb: The younger your child and the less mature she is, the simpler the explanation should be. By the time kids hit 8 or 9, though, they can handle a few specific details and even a TV broadcast because they have a greater sense of empathy and a better grasp of complex issues. Just be prepared for follow-ups, even days later, since kids can take time to process information.
If you're devastated by an event, it's okay to admit that you're sad; in fact, sharing your sorrow will also give your kids permission to express any feelings they may have. Don't vent your fears, though, or you might alarm your children. "Just give a brief explanation of what's happened, suggest talking about it later, and wait until you're in a better frame of mind to follow up with a discussion," says Mary Jo Rapini, M.Ed., a psychotherapist in Houston.
Now that you've been primed for the basics of these important conversations, get age-specific advice for dealing with some of the most common, upsetting events kids ask about. To prep you for these difficult conversations, here are some suggested words to soothe children's fears:
A bombing or other terrorist act occurs. Your child wonders: Why did they blow up that place?
For little kids, say:
"Some bad people wanted to get attention for themselves and the things they are angry about, and they decided to do this mean thing."
If your child says it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense, agree. Then discuss better ways that people can get attention for their causes, like making speeches.
For kids over 8, say:
"People don't understand each other sometimes. Some people don't appreciate how wonderful others who are different can be. Instead they are scared of them and want to hurt them. It's wrong."
Then, just as you would for a younger child, you can elaborate on the more constructive ways people might change what bothers them — like voting or engaging in peaceful protests.
No matter what, say:
"Look at all the pictures of ambulances and firemen and policemen coming to help!"
You'll steer her to see that there are still many more good people than evil ones. Praise the efforts of the first responders so she knows the situation is under control, advises Deborah Best, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.
Your son hears about a natural disaster. He asks: Could it happen here?
"I won't let anything happen to you or our family."
Younger kids don't grasp relative risks or remote odds, says Dr. Rapini. Really, they just want to know that you'll protect them, so give them the reassurance they crave.
"I don't think anything like that will ever happen to us. We have a safety plan for our family, and your teachers have one for your school."
At this age kids can follow basic directions and will take comfort in knowing that there's a procedure in place just in case. Instill more confidence by rehearsing it.
Older kids can also handle watching a brief news segment, "especially if you're watching together, so you can discuss what he sees," says Dr. Best. However, once they've seen it, turn the TV off. When kids see endless recaps, they can sometimes think the event is happening again and again.
"This did not happen near here." Even if the tragedy happened one town over, you can say it was "somewhere else," notes Dr. Best. Putting distance between your family and the scary event will ease your child's mind. If he's a little older, he's probably learning some geography in school, and you can use that to drive your point home. "Take out a map or look one up online, and show him exactly how distant the place is," suggests Robert Hilt, M.D., a psychiatrist at Seattle Children's Hospital. "TV can make even far-flung events seem close, so this exercise can be comforting."
Your daughter sees a photo of wartime victims and asks: Why are those people hurt?
"Unfortunately, countries disagree, and sometimes that leads to a terrible fight. But other countries try to find ways to stop it so that people don't keep getting hurt."
You can remind your child that it's better to solve problems by talking — just as she tries to do when she disagrees with friends — but sometimes that's not always possible with different nations.
"Other nations want to stop the fighting and may help by sending soldiers."
If your child is interested, you can describe the reason for the conflict, but keep the explanation brief, saying, for example, it's about land.
"It's been a really long time since there was any war in our country, so you are safe here."
If they see injured children, kids may worry that the war will come to where they live. Say no harm will come to them and that our soldiers are working hard to make sure it stays that way, says Jamie M. Howard, Ph.D., of the Child Mind Institute in New York City.
You pass an accident on the highway. Your kid inquires: What happened to the car?
"You know how you sometimes fall off your bike and have a crash? Sometimes people also smash their cars by accident."
You'll be framing the situation in terms a younger child can follow based on his own experiences, says Dr. Rapini.
"Sometimes accidents happen when cars don't work right. But sometimes they happen when people drive too fast, or text, or drink or do drugs. That's why I don't do those things. It's important to drive carefully, obey the rules, and keep the car in good condition."
It's an honest reply and starts imparting important lessons. It will also make the accident seem less random and reassure your child that he's well protected because you're a conscientious driver.
"I hope the people are all okay! Since there is already an ambulance/police car there, we'll keep driving. It will help everyone more if we don't cause a traffic jam."
Kids sometimes want to know why you aren't pulling over and may assume it means you don't care. Explain why it's better if you don't stop.
There's a school shooting. Your child asks: Why did that person do that?
"His brain was sick." Young children may not understand mental illness, but they do grasp the general idea of what illness is.
"He had a disease in his brain that caused him to make some poor decisions."
An older child may know a little about mental problems and will appreciate hearing how disoriented the perpetrator probably was. It'll help her feel more certain that normal people don't often snap without warning.
"I know you are probably very sorry for the people who got hurt. Let's send out a wish for them and their families."
Children like to feel as though there's something they can do to help and will model their caring behavior on your own.
After you've explained the situation, be sure to follow your normal family routine — it gives kids an enormous sense of security. "Spend a little extra time together, watching a movie or reading stories before bed," suggests Dr. Rapini. "Night is often when kids' fears come out, and they may want to talk more about the tragedy then."
Another way to empower kids is through helping others. "It can be as simple as drawing cards for a family who suffered a loss or collecting clothing for natural-disaster victims," Dr. Rapini says. "Kids who make these types of gestures gain confidence in their own ability to make the world a kinder place."
If, despite everything, your child is still fearful after three weeks, consult the doctor. It probably won't come to that, though. Assures Dr. Hilt, "Most kids process these stories just fine, so long as the people in their lives and their community are supportive."
How to Create a Safety and Evacuation Plan for Your Family
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