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Christina Lampe-Onnerud heads Boston-Power, a cleantech firm in Westborough that has been designated as a Technology Pioneer. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff/File 2009)
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Highlights from Scott Kirsner's Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, visit www.boston.com/innovation .
■Davos-bound. Each year the World Economic Forum selects a small group of companies as "Technology Pioneers,'' and there are usually a few local firms in the bunch.
This year, a committee of tech experts has chosen 26 companies developing products that "will have a deep impact on business and society.'' Most will get an invitation to the forum's annual gathering of CEOs, world leaders, and consciousness-raising celebrities in Davos, Switzerland, next month.
Of the 26 Technology Pioneers for 2010, 18 hail from the United States, and six are based in Massachusetts: Three of those are life-sciences companies (Aura Biosciences, MicroCHIPS, and Proteon Therapeutics), two could be dubbed cleantech (Metabolix and Boston-Power), and one is in infotech (StreamBase Systems). Two of those six Massachusetts companies are run by women, both of whom came to the Bay State from Europe (Elisabet de los Pinos of Aura is from Spain; Christina Lampe-Onnerud of Boston-Power is from Sweden.)
I caught up with MicroCHIPS chief executive and cofounder John Santini last week; the honor comes as his MIT spin-out marks its 10th year in business.
The Bedford company is developing an implantable medical device that can sense what's going on inside your body or deliver medication. (It's a thin microchip that contains tiny wells to hold either sensors or small doses of a drug.) Santini said the 20-person company is expecting to conduct its first clinical trials next year. One product will be an implanted glucose sensor for diabetics that lasts for a year, and reports on blood-sugar levels wirelessly to a hand-held device. The other product will deliver parathyroid hormone to the spine to help grow new bone in patients with osteoporosis. Both devices will be implanted in an outpatient procedure, using local anesthetic, he explained.
The company has been funded by Boston venture capital firms, including Polaris Venture Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners, along with corporate investors, and it sounds like a new round of capital is in the works.
Getting the opportunity to go to Davos and rub elbows with the likes of Bill Gates and Bono "is a once-in-a-lifetime event,'' Santini said, "assuming you're not a Fortune 500 CEO.''
■Open-door policy. Boston seems to be turning into one big college campus - and that could have a powerful effect on our innovation economy.
Borrowing an idea from academia, some local professionals have been holding office hours, creating an opportunity for short meetings with entrepreneurs. Some of these take place at the offices of a venture capital firm or a branding agency, but others take place at coffee shops. They're promoted on blogs and on Twitter and are open to anyone who might want to sign up in advance. And sometimes, no reservation for a specific time slot is needed.
Just as office hours make it easy for college students to get one-on-one guidance from a professor, in the business world they create an informal atmosphere for getting quick feedback on an idea, and perhaps an introduction to someone who may be able to help move it forward.
And for the attorneys, public relations gurus, or other professionals who hold office hours, it's a low-investment way to meet potential clients, or simply share 10 or 15 minutes of free advice.
The office hours concept seems to be building momentum in Boston, with more than a half-dozen sessions taking place this month. (The website GreenhornConnect.com has a comprehensive list.)
The VC Ready Law Group will be camping out at Crema Café in Harvard Square to talk intellectual property and corporate structure. Alphabet Arm Design is inviting entrepreneurs to discuss branding and corporate identity at its South End digs. And Rob Go and Santo Politi of the venture capital firm Spark Capital will be helping start-ups hone their pitches at the Cosi sandwich shop in Kendall Square.
Go, a former eBay executive who helps scout for new investments for Spark, noticed people in other parts of the country doing office hours and wanted to help import the idea to Boston. He held his first session in November, and hopes to do one or two every month.
"It's a different sort of forum for us to connect with the entrepreneurial community,'' Go says, "somewhere in between chatting with someone at a conference and having them come in to do a formal hourlong pitch in our offices.''
"For us, it's about seeing entrepreneurs early in their process. If someone is working on an opportunity in mobile gaming but they don't have a formal pitch yet, we can help steer them and be more collaborative.''
Siemens Venture Capital and Flybridge Capital Partners, both in Boston, are also testing the concept this month.
I tried doing office hours as an experiment last month, and found it was a great way to meet entrepreneurs who weren't already in my network and hear what they were up to. I did a mix of six, 10-minute slots (prescheduled by e-mail), and a half-hour when anyone could just show up to chat.
What was especially gratifying was that the entrepreneurs who participated stuck around to hear what others were working on, and they chimed in with pieces of advice about things like hiring engineers and picking the right name for a new Web service.
Will we soon see top executives at EMC Corp., product designers at Bose Corp., and researchers at Biogen Idec Inc. joining the movement, offering guidance to fledgling start-ups? Might the CEOs of big companies like Iron Mountain and Raytheon Corp. start offering a hand to the next generation of innovative businesses in Massachusetts?
I'd like to see that happen, and holding office hours is a very low-level commitment, unlike serving on a board or making an investment.
I'm tired of hearing people gripe about how the Boston business culture is too closed and insular. What better way to open it up than to put out your personal welcome mat once a year, or once a quarter, for just an hour or two?
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Skåneland (in lingua daneseː Skånelandene) è una regione storica della Svezia, la più a sud, vicina alla Danimarca.

Status

Medioevo
Nel Medioevo la Scania apparteneva alla Danimarca, da cui aveva ricevuto uno status speciale di provincia, che le permetteva di avere una certa autonomia nelle questioni interne, le quali venivano decise all'interno del Thing, una sorta di assemblea popolare.
Insieme ai Thing di Selandia (Sjælland) e di Jutland (Jylland) il Ting di Scania aveva diritto ad esprimere il suo giudizio riguardo all'elezione del re di Danimarca e all'approvazione di leggi.

Status nel ventunesimo secolo

La regione non possiede un potere politico o decisionale, il quale spetta alla più grande regione, includente la Scania, del Götaland.

Storia

Dalle origini fino all'unione di Kalmar
Le prime menzioni della Scania o Skåneland risalgono al IX secolo, quando la regione apparteneva al regno di Danimarca.
L'arcivescovo di Danimarca aveva la sua residenza a Lund e una delle prime università scandinave fu fondata dai re danesi sempre a Lund.
In seguito all'Unione di Kalmar i tre regni di Svezia, Danimarca e Norvegia si trovarono uniti sotto un unico re e con capitale a Copenaghen.

La fine dell'unione e la perdita dello Skåneland
Nel 1471 gli Svedesi si ribellarono al dominio danese sotto la guida della famiglia Sture, ed ottennero l'uscita dall'unione di Kalmar. Da allora Svedesi e Danesi si combatterono aspramente ben 11 volte in Scania tra il 1500 ed il 1800.

Nel 1658 a seguito del trattato di Roskilde la Danimarca cedette la Scania alla Svezia in seguito alla sconfitta subita durante la Prima guerra del Nord.

Nel 1660 scoppiò una rivolta nell'isola di Bornholm, che portò la Svezia a cedere l'isola di nuovo alla Danimarca. Da allora i confini dano-svedesi non sono più cambiati.

Assimilazione alla Svezia
L'assimilazione della Scania alla Svezia fu graduale ed ancora ai nostri giorni resiste una certa autonomia culturale e linguistica, data soprattutto dalla vicinanza della Danimarca.

L'assimilazione alla Svezia dello Skåneland avvenne soprattutto dopo il 1710, quando a seguito di una fallita rivolta in Scania si impose una più rigida presenza svedese. Lo svedese divenne lingua scolastica e fu impedito ai giovani di recarsi all'Università di Copenaghen per studiare. Le parrocchie iniziarono ad essere gestite tutte da svedesi e così anche la lingua della religione dal danese passò allo svedese.

Al giorno d'oggi lo svedese è in tutto e per tutto la lingua ufficiale, ma il dialetto della Scania (con forte ascendenza danese) rimane vivo presso tutta la popolazione a livello familiare.

Voci correlate
 Storia della Danimarca
 Storia della Svezia
 Lingua danese
 Lingua svedese

Altri progetti

Regioni storiche
Storia della Svezia
Storia della Danimarca

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Credit:NASA – ISS
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Some examples are 'memory foam', it was firstly used for airline crash protection, now it's widely used in pillows, mattresses and shoes. As well as, digital watches that were the result of the Apollo program, ear thermometers that are widely known and used now, water and air filters, food safety systems, ventricular assist devices (VADs), artificial limbs, antifreeze systems for car coolers, and baby foods that were the product of astronaut's food experiments. It also contributed in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), smoke detection and many more, the list continues to grow each day.
The space industry has provided many job opportunities to various fields, making the workforce stronger, impacted the economic growth, encouraged students to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers, and enhanced knowledge, science, discovery and education to inspire innovation, creation and even art. There are many intangible benefits such as better understanding Earth's atmosphere, ecosystems, the development of Global Position Satellite (GPS) navigation and exploring our universe, or constructing the ISS to enable long-term exploration and research studies, this knowledge is immeasurable to the encyclopaedia of the human race.
Nonetheless, there are some negative effects of space exploration such as the increase of debris on Earth orbit, usage of chemicals that increase the depleting of the ozone layer, which in turn contributes to the global warming, astronauts also may experience some negative physical effects from space exploration, as well as, the high cost associated with it.
The assumption that many have is that the expenses spent on space exploration and related activities will take away from funds and vital resources that could have addressed poverty, feeding the hungry, etc. is without basis, other than facile logic that says spending money on scientific exploration and research in space will result in less money to address the problems we are facing on Earth. Even though, there is no guarantee that not spending the money on space activities will automatically mean that the money will be used in solving social, environmental and economic problems. Furthermore, if its about resources, then there are many other fields that spend more money and resources with less demonstrable benefits that could have been used for humanitarian aid, or alleviating poverty. So, why exclude space exploration and centring the argument of space exploration and addressing the numerous issues on Earth as mutually exclusive, rather than complimentary? This is not born out by reason.
Nonetheless, asking if space exploration is worth the investment is sensible and necessary. Taking into consideration that all the technological advances, innovations, knowledge gained from exploration (e.g. interconnected life and ecosystems), revolutions in communications, transportation, medicine, computing, astrophysics, astronomy, and planetary sciences would not be possible without space exploration. Additionally, the ability on whether or not we can address the problems on Earth without investing in space exploration is worth considering.
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https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/first-person-on-moon.html
https://www.history.com/news/first-man-moon-cost-lives-kennedy-armstrong
https://www.space.com/16159-first-man-in-space.html
https://aerospace.org/article/brief-history-space-exploration
https://www.universetoday.com/
https://spacexplorationtsa.weebly.com/positive–negative-effects.html
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An emotional James Anderson admitted that the achievement in overtaking Glenn McGrath to become the most prolific fast bowler in Test history was made all the more special because his team-mate and best friend Alastair Cook was still on the field to witness it.
In turn, Cook lauded Anderson as "England's greatest cricketer" with only spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (800 Test wickets), Shane Warne (708) and Anil Kumble (619) now ahead of him.
In remarkable scenes at the end of a thrilling fifth day of the final Test at The Oval, Anderson reeled off a 14-over spell either side of tea to, first, slow India's onslaught as KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant combined in a brilliant 204-run stand for the sixth wicket, and then to seal victory by bowling Mohammed Shami for the final wicket of the match.
Shami's wicket was Anderson's 564th in Test cricket - taking him past Australia's McGrath in his 143rd Test - and it sealed a 118-run win for England, and a 4-1 series scoreline.
"I'm happy that Cookie was on the field to see that wicket, it's been a tough week," Anderson told Sky Sports, after he and Cook had left the field together for the 130th and final time in their combined Test careers.
"I'm just happy to win the game to be honest," he added. "I wasn't even thinking about it [the record]. When they were building that partnership it was looking like they were going to get close. My job was just to try and hold an end and I didn't think I'd end up bowling 14 overs from that end.
"But got into a really good rhythm and thankfully Joe [Root] let me take the new ball eventually and give me half a chance to take that wicket."
Asked what it meant to play his final match with Cook, after a 12-year England partnership that began on the tour of India in March 2006, Anderson had to choke back tears as he said: "He's my best mate. And he's been brilliant just to be there for me, all the time."
Speaking shortly afterwards, Cook admitted that the thought of no longer sharing such experiences with the likes of Anderson and Stuart Broad, who made his own Test debut in Colombo in December 2007, would be tough to accept.
"That was the hard bit," Cook told Sky Sports. "Even though the decision [to retire] was quite easy, I know that I'll never stand at first slip and take a catch off one of those two again."
"We have lived in each other's pockets for 12 years," he said of Anderson. "There was a picture of us, and Swanny, lying on a bed in India fast asleep, all three of us in exactly the same position and it just shows how close we've become, and it's been a privilege to play with, I think, England's greatest cricketer.
"That spell today when it was a bit tight, I don't think he missed his length once outside off, and it's only fitting that he gets the wicket, knocks middle stump out, to win a Test for England."


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Q: How to use System.Security.Cryptography in Xamarin.Forms PCL By reference to this link https://developer.xamarin.com/api/namespace/System.Security.Cryptography/
May I know how do I include this in my Xamarim.Forms PCL project? When I include in, Visual Studio is giving error as the picture below

May I know if anybody has any idea how to solve this? Thanks.

A: The namespace is available both in Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android. You could make platform specific implementations for both platforms and then resolve them with the DependencyService
You would have your interface for whatever you need in your PCL
public interface ICryptoService // or whatever
{
  string Cipher(string stringToCipher);
  string Decipher(string stringToDecipher);
}

and then implement these in your platform specific projects
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace MyApp.Droid
{
  public class CryptoService : ICryptoService
  {
    // implement interface
  }
}

To make the implementation visible to DependencyService you have to use the DependencyAttribute
[assembly: Xamarin.Forms.Dependency(typeof(MyApp.Droid.CryptoService)]

You can now obtain an instance in your PCL with
var cryptoService = DependencyService.Get<ICryptoService>();

and then use it. The steps for iOS are basically the same. For UWP you have to register the implementation manually, see here.
Edit:
Since it's likely that the implementation will be the same for all platforms, you could introduce a shared project and put the implementation there. All you have to do now is referencing the shared project from your iOS and Android projects.
Edit 2:
Adding a shared project to an existing Xamarin.Forms solution is quite easy. Just right-click your solution in VS, choose Add -> New Project... (I only have a german localized VS at hand at the moment, but it should be something in the lines of that). Now select Shared Project, give it a name and click OK, there will be a new shared project in your solution.
Now right-click your platform specific project and choose Add -> Reference.... The window to add a reference should open and on the left you can choose the source of the reference (Assemblys, Projects, Shared Projects, COM and Browse). Select Shared Project and then the project you just created. Any code file in your shared project will now be compiled with your platform specific project as if the code file was in the platform specific project  (watch for namespaces!). Repeat for the other platform specific projects.

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https://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Poetry-review-Work-interprets-the-world-3281158.php
Poetry review: 'Work' interprets the world
Jon Christensen
Published 4:00 am PDT, Sunday, June 8, 2008
Interpretive Work by Elizabeth Bradfield
Interpretive Work
By Elizabeth Bradfield
Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press; 111 pages; $20 paperback
Elizabeth Bradfield thinks hard about being a naturalist in her new book of poetry, "Interpretive Work." Many of Bradfield's poems provide some of the easygoing epiphanies one expects from nature poetry - a sense of awe in the face of the planet's terrible and tender beauties. But it is the hard work of interpretation that makes her poetry worth reading, as she turns a critical, loving eye on her own nature as a lesbian, as well as on the queer world of nature, which she interprets as a professional naturalist hired to show people what to see in what they see.
From the first, we know we're in strange hands when our guide imagines her own "Creation Myth" - willing deer antlers to grow from her brow, a testosterone-fueled embodiment of desire that demands attention: "There is no sense to it, no logic, just thrust. / It does its work. It does its splendid, difficult, ridiculous work and then, / making room for its next, more varied rising, / gorgeous and done, it falls away."
That some "hormonally imbalanced females of all deer species have been known to grow antlers" makes the metaphor seem natural, though it is, of course, cultural to the bone. Bradfield's tender ode to her butch lover, "Losing a Father," also shows she sees how sexuality is created in the context of society and family: "His best son, at his side / she cleared gutters of leaves, shoveled / the drive, changed the Chevy's oil, / sat back after dinner / heavy in a chair. She learned / to be a gentleman. Hard at first for him / to see her tapping out his cigarettes, / wearing his old belt and shoes, to see / what she took as her own."
"Interpretive Work" is the first book in a new imprint established by Red Hen Press in Southern California to publish literary works of high quality by lesbian writers. Bradfield has said she wants her book "to challenge the idea of queerness as not 'natural.' " Her work is clearly in conversation with queer theory, which critiques how heterosexuality is socially constructed so that it's seen as "natural" - an argument that implies any other variety of human sexuality is "unnatural." Queer theory argues that it's society, rather than nature, that defines what's acceptable.
Bradfield's poems guide us alertly into this treacherous territory pocked with political pitfalls and theoretical quagmires. One hardly notices the perils that abound because Bradfield is such a deft naturalist, with a keen eye for the queer details of the "ass-bastard gorgeous" varieties of nature, human and non-human. Bradfield's poems delight in the tricks of language and nature. As a naturalist she explores how species and places are "joined to us" by the "strange echoes of their names," and yet are separate from us, like birds "flying through / the groupings we imagine and impose" As a lover, she invokes the power of language to punch holes in the walls of her home, to throw open the windows, to make herself seen and to celebrate even the "cul-de-sac linguistics" of the foul-mouthed names the neighborhood boys call each other during their backyard games. In the end, this tension between amazement and apprehension leaves her exhausted. In her final poem, "No More Nature," she writes, "we can't take it, can't/resuscitate our wonder, can't keep up with its unrelenting." Yet she can. "After all,/we could see a coyote lapping its reflection, we could find/the nest of the great horned owl that calls each night/as we lie in bed, unable not to listen, unwilling to miss anything." {sbox}


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Discover the Campuses and Communities at Wilfrid Laurier University
By Wilfrid Laurier University - Waterloo Campus Modified on November 11, 2021
Tags : Academics | Campus Life | Community
Learn more about what each Laurier campus has to offer.
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Wilfrid Laurier University has two vibrant, student-centric campuses at which students can study. As well, the communities surrounding our campuses offer safe, engaging activities and amenities for everyone. Our campuses, located in Waterloo, Ontario and Brantford, Ontario, are both in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Proximity to international airports and other transportation hubs, as well as Toronto, Ontario's capital, and Niagara Falls, with its world-famous waterfalls, make our campuses ideal locations for students to study, work and connect with the community.
All about Brantford
Laurier's Brantford campus is woven into the city's downtown core, creating a strong connection between the campus and the community. Approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students study at our Brantford campus, where they bring classroom learning to life through more than 240 community partnerships with Brantford businesses and organizations.
The beautiful city of Brantford
Brantford is also home to a thriving business community, with a number of global business operations located there. The city also offers nearby hiking trails, access to the beautiful Grand River, an abundance of dining options, and cultural events that celebrate the city and community. Students on the Brantford campus also have a transit pass included in their student fees and can use their Laurier OneCard as their transit pass, making it easy to get around the city.
Laurier Brantford's program options
The Brantford campus is home to programs offered through Laurier's Faculty of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, and Faculty of Social Work, as well as the Business Technology Management program offered through the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. Laurier is also creating new student-focused spaces in Brantford at One Market, which will house student services, study spaces, classrooms, and dining options. in October 2021, a new student lounge space opened on the campus.
All about Waterloo
Laurier's Waterloo campus is home to more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students and provides our students with all the amenities and services they need to study, live, work, and thrive in university. This focus on student success means you'll get to know people on campus, and you'll often see a friendly face no matter where you go.
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The city of Waterloo is part of Waterloo Region, which is home to Canada's fastest-growing tech sector and is part of the Toronto-Waterloo Corridor, the second-largest technology cluster in North America. Waterloo also offers a culturally diverse community with plenty of off-campus housing, entertainment, dining, and recreational opportunities. And the new light rail transit system makes it even easier to get around town, especially since students have a transit pass included in their fees and can use their OneCard as their transit pass.
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Bossy and the Brat (MM)
by Daisy Harris
Men of Holsum College 5
Contemporary Alternative (M/M, Gay)
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Romance, M/M, light consensual BDSM, light spanking, HEA]
Calvin Beaumont is a biology major, lab tech, and resident advisor—everything everyone expects him to be. There's only one problem. He likes boys. In particular, a flirty dance major who was a freshman on his hall.
It's sizzling summer at Holsum College, and Tyler Burk isn't a freshman anymore. When he notices his hardworking resident advisor has same-sex feelings, he goads, teases, and tempts Mr. Bossy into dating on the sly. Cal may not be out, but he's domineeringly hot, and Tyler doesn't mind keeping things quiet…for a while.
But Calvin has wanted Tyler all year, and their sexting and secret rendezvous soon blossom into something neither one of them can control. Can Cal control his secret, as well as his sexy little brat? Or will he be man enough to admit he's not the man everyone thought he was?
Cover Art by Jinger Heaston
Daisy Harris just keeps getting better in this series. I love her characters and the unique stories she comes up with for each pairing.
Cassandra Carr
I really enjoyed reading Bossy and the Brat by Daisy Harris so much that I finished the book in one sitting. I thought her characterization of Tyler and Cal were right on the mark and the title perfectly suited them. Cal was the reserved one in the relationship and was hiding his "true" self by having a girlfriend but secretly smitten with Tyler. He came across as the alpha type and the "boss" when it came to Tyler because he used to be Tyler's RA and that just carried over into their personal life which Tyler had no problem with. Tyler was such a fun character because he was fearless and did whatever came to mind. He had a knack for pushing Cal's button and getting his own way. I loved their outrageously bold and sexy text messages which were hot! I could not wait for their relationship to move to the next level and get their happy ending. Another great story in the Holsum College series and I can't wait for the next book in this wonderful series.
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5 KISSES: "Those of you who follow our reviews know how much I love these books. The Men of Holsum series is one of my favorite series and one I'm always looking forward to reading more of. In Bossy and the Brat, Ms. Harris once again captured and captivated me with her amazing characters and vivid storytelling ability. I loved these two men. Okay, I love all of Daisy's characters, but there was really something about the rapport and chemistry between Calvin and Tyler that I absolutely adored. Bossy and the Brat is certainly a perfect name for this book, because each character definitely represents the title! I loved how Calvin and Tyler learned to really communicate with each other and the love and affection between them really jumped off of the written page. As with all of the Holsum series (I like the college name…Holsum…wonder if it's just a little word play for wholesome) the author really knows the ins and outs with her characters. She writes about young people and the college life so well, her characters are really fun to read. I also appreciate how much both Calvin and Tyler really evolve into stronger, more mature men, without losing who they really are inside. I loved these two heroes and I really loved these two men together. Bossy and the Brat is one of my favorites in the series and I can't wait to read until the next book comes out! Highly Recommended!" -- Gabbi, Top 2 Bottom Reviews
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"But I need you not to be with anyone else." That much, Cal knew. He couldn't think of Tyler as his—with sex or without—if Tyler was still hooking up with other guys.
"Um…yeah, I guess that's okay."
"If you don't want to—"
"No." Tyler pulled Cal's hand protectively into the cradle of his own. "No, I want to. Just…we'll be making out and stuff, right?" He rubbed his hands on his thighs, fidgeting in his seat as if he was hard all over again.
Cal bit his lip. He wasn't much older than Tyler, but he felt like his sexual control was already miles ahead. If nothing else, he'd been raised with the idea that restraint was a cornerstone of life. That a man couldn't be a man without it. But looking at Tyler with his low-slung jeans and his provocative haircut, Cal realized—Tyler didn't understand about delayed gratification.
"No. We won't be making out. Or stuff." He watched, peeking to the seat next to him as he drove, gauging Tyler's reaction. If Ty had slumped in disgust, Cal would have backed down in a minute. Tyler was too much of a temptation to avoid for long.
But Tyler didn't lose interest. Instead, he wiggled in his seat, those fitful hands scrubbing all the more mercilessly on his thighs. "Aw, man," he whined. But there was a hint of a smile on his lips. "I can't wait that long."
Oh, God. Cal felt his own cock filling. Just the idea of Tyler hot and hard and waiting for him made Cal crazy. But, used to containing his desires deep inside where no one could touch them, he let that warmth fill his belly. He absorbed Tyler's attraction, drinking it like liquor. It made him so giddy he felt light-headed. "Yes, you can." Cal touched Tyler's thigh, feeling the jump of muscles underneath.
He squeezed, measuring the resistance. "You'll wait all the way until September."
"No." Tyler shook his head, his eyes wide with something like fear. But it wasn't just that—his gaze was bright and shining. Excited. "I can still jerk off, right?"
Cal rounded onto the street by the dorms and thought about it. He wasn't in any position to tell Ty what to do. But he was having such fun watching Ty squirm. "How about this—you wait until I tell you it's okay?"
Tyler licked his lips. He settled back into his seat. Cal wondered if Tyler noticed he was cuffing Cal's thumb and rubbing up and down. "Um…I guess. But how long?"
"I guess we'll see." Cal tried to sound disinterested as he pulled to a stop. He knew he wouldn't be able to park anywhere near Cushman I, II, and III, but he didn't want Tyler to come for the ride as he wove in and out of neighborhood streets. "If you're good, I'll let you get off sooner." He smiled at the indignant look on Tyler's face. He wasn't sure anyone had ever told Tyler "no."
"What if I just go ahead and do it when I feel like it?" Tyler's pointed chin jutted forward. It was the picture of rebellious indifference. But Tyler gave himself away with his searching eyes. He wanted this.
"Well, then I'll be disappointed." Cal watched the emotion play across Ty's face.
Ty swallowed, but then looked away as if he were unhappy. So Cal added, "And I'll have to punish you."
"Hm?" Ty twisted his mouth into a small grin. Clearly, that was what he'd been wanting Cal to say. "And how would you do that?"
In that respect, Cal had no idea. He felt like he'd reached the end of his creativity. He'd played the stern master but had no idea what lovers did for punishment. He thought back to the few beatings he'd gotten as a kid. There was nothing sensual there. And though he knew full well that sadomasochism was a popular kink, even among students, he didn't think he could ever be interested in hurting someone for pleasure. Not even if the receiver enjoyed it.
"I'll have to think about that." Cal gave his best answer. Mostly, he just wanted Ty thinking of him—whether he touched himself or not. Because Cal knew he'd be thinking of Ty with every waking breath. "But I promise you, it will be severe."
Okay, now he was really pushing it, as Cal had no idea what he'd use to back up his threat. But the way Tyler batted his eyes and tilted his head was all the encouragement Cal needed. His fingers twitched, wanting to reach across and grab Tyler's neck to drag him in for a kiss. But they were on campus, in the jagged line that delineated where they could be together and where they couldn't. So Cal scorched him with his eyes, since he couldn't with his lips. "You won't touch yourself tonight, will you?"
Slowly, Ty shook his head. His eyes were wide and transfixed, his mouth slack and wet. Cal saw a hint of his semen on Ty's chin and it made his cock pulse.
"No, I promise."
"Good boy." Cal rubbed his thumb over Tyler's palm quickly, but then gestured for him to get out of the car.
"I'm going to tie you up…" Cal ran a thumb along Tyler's taint then the seam between his nuts. "But not your hands."
Before Tyler could wonder or protest, Cal bent to kiss his cheek. And in a quick move of hands, he wrapped the shoelace over Tyler's cock and under his balls and laced it into a quick knot. He eased it just slightly tighter, squeezing so his dick felt full and heavy and his balls twisted to just the right tension. "Wow, that's goo—"
Cal landed a firm swat on his ass cheek.
Tyler thrust forward in response, trying to get his dick up against the bed. But the move only worked to make the bonds feel tighter. Cal had left his hands and feet free—hell, his whole body. But he'd trapped that one part of him.
"Not too tight?" Cal ran a fingertip over the taut, hairy skin of his sack, causing Tyler to shiver. It had never felt that intense before—someone stroking his balls. Tyler wondered if he could get off from that alone.
Not likely, he realized. Cal was probably planning on torturing him for quite some time. "No. Not too tight." Tyler tried to wiggle, though it seemed pointless since Cal was running the show. "But really. I can get hard again in like fifteen minutes. And you can fuck me if you want. Just…let me get off first, okay?" He chanced a peek over his shoulder and found Cal smirking.
Cal ran his fingertip over the pucker of Tyler's asshole. But the move was obviously just a tease. "You know you don't get to."
The words shot a thrill of want through him so hard his dick jumped within its shoelace prison. "Oh, c'mon." He pumped back in Cal's direction, hoping to coax Cal into giving him what he wanted.
Instead, Cal hooked a finger under the base of his knot and gave Tyler's cock and balls a tug. "You're only making this harder on yourself." But he softened his words by pressing a kiss to Tyler's tailbone. "But, no. I'm going to get off now. Not you."
Cal stood and walked around to get on the bed. He came to kneel in front of Tyler and unfastened his pants just enough to get out his cock.
Tyler groaned at the sight of it. It smelled musky and was hard and jutting forward. Cal lifted Tyler under the chin and urged him to wrap his lips around that luscious length. Tyler's own cock lurched. He sucked Cal deep, keeping both his hands on the mattress for leverage. Meanwhile, Tyler pumped his dick into air, occasionally catching a rough drag of flannel across his damp head. But Cal didn't let him move any closer to the bed.
Instead, Cal eased forward on his knees, pushing his dick to the back of Tyler's throat where he filled Tyler's mouth with bitter-salt flavor and a stretch of silky skin. Cal advanced until Tyler had no choice but to rise up onto his knees, and he had to grab the base of Cal's cock to steady himself.
"I'm going to come in your mouth." Cal petted his head, stroked his cheek. His cock was hard and demanding, but his voice was low and sweet. And even though Tyler's dick felt ready to burst from the pressure, he whimpered, wanting Cal to give him all of it. To use his mouth and his throat. And hopefully, afterward, his ass. God, he didn't care if he came, so long as Cal kept him in this perfect place where Tyler was his everything.
"Open wider, my prince." Cal rubbed his jaw, urging Tyler to relax. Then he pressed another half inch forward, and, as if it were the most effortless thing in the world, Cal pulsed cum into Tyler's mouth.
Tyler struggled to swallow, and Cal pulled back far enough to let him get some of that thick sauce down, before pumping deep into his own juices.
In its bindings, his dick throbbed. Tyler started to get scared that he'd get hurt—not be able to come later, be stuck with that yawning pit of ache all night. Right when his breaths picked up and he started to panic, Cal pulled out of his mouth and reached down his body.
"You're okay," he whispered in Tyler's ear. He petted softly over Tyler's cock. Even the tiniest touch burned like pain and pleasure mixed together. And Cal must have known it, because he stroked Tyler's cheek and looked into his eyes. "I want you to come while I'm fucking you. Can you wait?"
Tyler shivered. He didn't know. Didn't think he could handle being the one to make the decision…He stared at Cal, wide eyed, hoping Cal would understand.
Cal pulled Tyler to standing. "Here." He got on his knees.
Tyler hoped Cal would suck him, but Cal didn't. Instead, he ran his fingertip under the binding on Tyler's balls. There was enough space for his finger. It wasn't so tight Tyler would lose circulation.
So Cal stood up. His gaze kind, he said, "Let's take a quick shower. I want to wash you." He ran his touch over Tyler's arm, up his neck, down his back. So much attention…
"Yeah," Tyler said. Yes, he wanted all of it. Anything and everything. "I can do it." And he realized in that moment that he could. The ache was bearable—good even. He could wait for what came next. "But can we go now?"
Cal kissed his nose. "Yeah." He grabbed a towel off a hook and wrapped it around Tyler's shoulders. "Let's go take that shower."
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Boston Red Sox injuries: Steve Pearce will play three games at Pawtucket, Mitch Moreland 'progressing'
Red Sox's Steve Pearce celebrates with Eduardo Nunez (36) after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Xander Bogaerts during the fourth inning Sunday, April 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
MINNEAPOLIS — Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce will continue his rehab assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday.
He went 1-for-6 with a double, RBI and run in two games at Short Season Lowell on Friday and Saturday.
"Pearce is working out today," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Monday at Target Field. "He's playing the next three days in Triple A."
Pawtucket plays at home Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday against Durham.
The Red Sox placed Pearce on the injured list June 1 because of low back strain.
Nathan Eovaldi plays catch after 9 days sidelined with biceps soreness
Boston Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi played catch Monday. He had not thrown the previous nine days because of biceps soreness.
He has struggled quite a bit for the Red Sox this season. He's batting .180 with a .245 on-base percentage, .258 slugging percentage, .503 OPS, one homer, four doubles and nine RBIs in 29 games.
Mitch Moreland, the Red Sox's other first baseman, remains sidelined with a right quad strain. The Red Sox placed him on the injured list June 8, one day after activating him from an IL stint for low back strain.
"Mitch is progressing. No baseball activities," Cora said.


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Company behind 'Settlers of Catan' actually made the fake board game from 'Parks and Recreation'
By Dante D'Orazio
Via AV Club | Source Vulture (1), (2), Nuvo, Boardgaming, and Mayfair Games
Aug 31, 2014, 3:12 AM UTC |
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The Cones of Dunshire is every Parks and Recreation fan's favorite made-up board game, but it turns out wildly complex game isn't quite as fictional as we all thought. Mayfair Games, the publishers of German board game favorite Settlers of Catan, worked with the show's producers to design the basic version of Cones used in season six. And now a fleshed-out version of the game as been played in real life. A total of 33 players partook in some Cones action earlier this month at the Gen Con gaming conference in Indianapolis as part of a charity event that raised over $20,000.
In the world of Parks and Rec, resident nerd (and huge Settlers fan) Ben Wyatt first came up with the game during a misspent week between jobs. Mayfair Games worked to keep true to that story when building a playable version of Cones. A company representative told local Indianapolis site Nuvo that it "tried to walk a line between something playable, and something still rooted in the crazed imagination of an unemployed geek." No word on whether Cones will ever hit a toy shop near you, but the company has taken out a trademark for the game just in case. For much more on the making of Cones, be sure to check out this Vulture interview from last year. There's also a small intro video below featuring actor Adam Scott that was shown to players in Indianapolis before the Cones commenced.


With the 24th edition of MAPIC – the international retail property market – just days away, see below a selection of not to miss events and conference sessions that are set to be the talk of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.
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Hot on the heels of my previous blog, "Is It Automated?", I was inspired to ponder this question: "Do automation scripts always pass or fail?". As with my first StickyMinds article, I was inspired to think about this due to an email exchange with automation expert Greg Paskal; I blame and thank him for being this post's catalyst.
Greg sent a question to our colleague Mark Bentsen and me asking about vocabulary for non-Boolean test results. His question pertained specifically to test scripts that were likely to fail eventually. Some of his results indicated that the scripts were taking longer and longer to execute. They were not yet reporting failures, but the behavior indicated a looming issue. Mark had the idea of adding another column to the execution report that depicts other aspects of the results, in addition to the original pass/fail. This idea is a quick, relatively inexpensive way to report the additional information, but it didn't sit well with me…at first.
I've long been a fan of pass/fail results for traditional "test-script-based" automation: if no assertions fail, then the script has a result status of pass, otherwise, this status is "fail". A status of "fail" is an alert that someone needs to evaluate and act upon the results.
At a previous company, we had result statuses of "pass", "fail", and "warn"; "warn" was required by the test team. When pressed for how "warn" would be used, the response was "to indicate that the results would need to be looked at to determine pass or fail". Fair enough; today I'd call those instances something like indeterminate, but I was not so sophisticated back then. I was, however, sophisticated enough to notice that there was a bit of "metrics massaging" when reporting "percent pass" and, in most cases, those scripts with a result status of "warn" would get treated as "didn't fail", and therefore "pass".
Fast forwarding to today, Greg's question and Mark's response got me thinking: what are other legitimate states of automation results apart from pass and fail? I discovered that, for me, the problem isn't really the non-Boolean result statuses; the problem is treating different result statuses the same. The key is presenting the statuses in a way that screams "Hey human, come look at this! There may be a problem!" so that they are not treated the same.
Great! We figured out that we need to present statuses in a way that is understandable by our team and also conveys the appropriate sense of urgency (added dimension on a dashboard, additional result status types, etc.). Now, we need the data to determine and present our new reporting facet(s). In Greg's case, he had the data to make the "slowing down" determination, but many of us may not be logging at this level of detail. If not, we need to log additional data from our automation executions. We should look at our logs and determine if we have or could add information that would help us add one or more reporting facets. If we have access to them, cross-referencing automation logs with the logs from the program being tested may be immensely helpful. Imagine being able to mark a test script's results as "indeterminant" because all the steps passed but our script detected a warning in the product's execution logs!
I've focused on automation results in this post because that's what Greg's email was about. It's possible that this extends to non-automation results as well, but, to paraphrase Alton Brown, that's a topic for another show. Also, a big thanks to Greg and Mark for the inspiration.
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When you write "I've long been a fan of pass/fail results …" I think you were right.
Performance thresholds are important to check for, but you can preserve flexibility and clarity in your check results by measuring perf with a separate set of checks that operate on the initial check results. For example, you can analyze the check results for your first run with a certain threshold for perf or perf delta (change), then change the criteria, and run your analysis again.
The Extension Check pattern of MetaAutomation is about solving exactly this problem. I was just emailing with a friend who's a principal SDE at Microsoft and he *wishes* they had used the Extension Check pattern.
For getting more and more detailed perf data from your check, check out the samples on my web site; they show how to get milliseconds-to-completion for every check in the ordered tree produced by the check.
I can see what you are saying and,what you are advising against is my "old" belief. What I'm suggesting is that we can gleen additional information from our automation execution logs /if we have the appropriate logs in place/. Whether the reporting of this data is amalgamated with another, existing result is context dependent. I can certainly see where combining "all" your timing/perf checks into your existing "functional" test scripts could be problematic, I can also see that reporting timing/CPU/whatever info as an additional facet or dimension of your existing report/dashboard can be immensly helpful. I think it even goes to some of your beliefs that we are leaving value on the floor. This is one possible way to deliver a subset of that value.
Thanks, Tim! Great thoughts above.
As far as instrumenting tests to grab recent metrics, my take is this: if it's being done in a responsible way, then why not?


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A: There is a very elegant data structure called a tiered vector which supports O(1) worst-case lookup, O(1) amortized append, and O(sqrt n) amortized insertion at any point in the structure.  Moreover, it's very memory-efficient, wasting only O(sqrt n) overhead at any point (compared to the O(n) overhead from a dynamic array).  I don't know how useful this might be in your particular instance, but a description can be found here:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/cgc/jdsl/papers/tiered-vector.pdf

A: Have you thought about using a skip list, specifically an "indexable skip list"?  An indexable skip list gives you O(logn) insertion, removal and lookup operations.  Furthermore, it is similar to the current array-based implementation so it won't fundamentally change how the data structure is thought of.

A: How the insertion/deletions are done is sort of unclear, but by your current description you should be using a simple linked list.
Specifically, you say the use is iterating through the list, inserting and deleting. If the insertions are done at the beginning, end, or at the iterator then a linked list can do them all in constant time. Your requirements do not seem to include random access or an ordering.
If you are really worried about processor cache (which, at this point, you probably shouldn't be) you can allocate the list nodes from an array-based pool.


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It only takes five ingredients to make a winning chicken dish. Season chicken legs with lemon juice and pepper; dredge in a mixture of flour and pepper. Melt butter in a pan and sprinkle with more pepper. Pan-fry chicken until golden.
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We reported a vulnerability in Opera Browser on October 22, 2018. The current status of the vulnerability is patched as Opera software has recently released an update on December 19, 2018, to patch a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability after we reported it to them.
Opera 57.0.3098.102 and prior versions are vulnerable to a DLL Search Order hijacking attack. An attacker could send a ZIP archive composed of dummy HTML pages along with a DLL containing payload (malicious DLL) to the target victim. Extracting this archive and executing any HTML page triggers the malicious DLL to load and transfer the access of the system back to the attacker. Meanwhile, the issue was found to be exploitable on Windows 7 Operating systems only.
The vulnerability allowed an attacker to load a malicious DLL from any location accessible by the current user. This means that to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker will not need any special access to the system; instead, an attacker can craft a malicious package and send it across to his target. The target can download and keep this package anywhere in the system.
Once extracted and any HTML page is executed from this malicious package, due to the vulnerability, the browser tries to load the DLL files from its current folder. Here, the presence of malicious DLL files will trigger the backdoor as soon as the page tries to load in the browser. The vulnerability is a little different than the conventional DLL hijack because most of the DLL hijacks occur from the executable path of the software and are not system-wide. This means in a conventional scenario the attacker will place malicious DLL files in the executable folder for the software which would typically be Program Files directory. However, such scenarios would require an attacker to have access to the target machine already. However, in our case, since the DLL files are searched from the current directory from where the HTML files are executed, the attacker will not require local access at all.
Opera software has patched the vulnerability in the 57.0.3098.106 release of the browser. The Security team at opera has thanked us for finding this issue out and reporting.


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For the second year in a row, the Southeastern Panthers will play for a Division 3 Regional Volleyball championship against Tuscarawas Valley, after the Panthers took down Berlin Hiland 26-24, 25-18, 23-25, 26-24 in Thursday's semifinal match.
Tusky Valley swept previously unbeaten Wheelersburg in the other semi, 25-18, 25-19, 25-11 to set-up their rematch with Southeastern at 2pm Saturday at Logan High School.
A late rally by Southeastern in Set 1, set their course for the rest of the match when trailing 24-21, the Panthers went on a 5-0 run to win 26-24. The Panthers then sailed in Set 2 by a score of 25-18.
Set 3 saw the Panthers trailing by as many as five points again, and down 24-19, came back to take cut the margin to 24-23, before serving in the net and allow Hiland to win 25-23.
Set 4 saw the Panthers down by as many as five points again, but the fought back to take brief leads of 20-18 and 23-20. Hiland rallied for a 24-23 lead, but the Panthers again closed strong with a 3-0 run for the match victory at 26-24.
Jessica Bolte led the offense with 15 kills, while Lindsey Skeens added 9, Hannah Lougheed 7, Skylar Hice 5, Sierra Delong 4 and Lauren Goebel with 2. Lougheed also has 5 blocks. Hice led the defense with 28 digs, Lexi Lockwood with 24, Goebel with 23 digs and 34 assists and Delong with 12 digs.
Madison Yoder led Hiland with 21 kills and Jasmine Hershey had 19 digs. The Panthers were able to overcome being aces 10 times by the Hawks.
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Hereford Road - recommended in Where Chefs Eat
Hereford Road - Where Chefs Eat in London when they want gutsy, no-nonsense cooking (in a Victorian Butcher's shop)
Fans of wrought iron and farm-to-table food should head to this gem between Notting Hill and Bayswater
Want to know which bagel Daniel Humm thinks is best at Black Seed Bagels in NYC? Or why Yotam Ottolenghi's go-to-place for dim sum is Imperial China in London? Or maybe what Virgilio Martinez eats when he's at Isolina in Lima? Then boy do we have the book for you.
We're over the moon to be launching the latest edition of our phenomenally successful global restaurant guide, Where Chefs Eat, on phaidon.com this week.
While the colour of the cover has changed over the years, (the new one is a rather fetching radish colour), the idea behind the guide is exactly the same as it was when we published the very first edition of Where Chefs Eat back in 2012.
The premise is that the modern chef is a fantastic source of guaranteed good meal recommendations, from humble holes-in-the-wall - to the most luxurious places around (and every dining experience between the two).
For this third edition, we sat 653 chefs down and asked them what they liked to eat where in the world - a huge undertaking that has resulted in a massive 7043 recommendations - a third more than in any previous guide.
So whether it's just a late-night snack from a burger bar or an elaborate once-in-a-lifetime tasting menu experience with palette pleasing and suitably eye-wateringly expensive wines to match each course, you'll find it in Where Chefs Eat.
570 destinations. 70 countries. Across six continents. It's no boast to say that this edition has the most wide-ranging and eclectic set of listings we've ever come up with.
The London introduction from Where Chefs Eat
We kick off our online series in London today with Tom Pemberton's Hereford Road restaurant. Nestling on, (where else) Hereford Road, in-between Bayswater and Notting Hill, the restaurant was founded 10 years ago by Pemberton, formerly head chef of St. John Bread & Wine in Clerkenwell.
Hereford Road's gutsy, no-nonsense cooking, built around British seasonal ingredients, is recommended in the local favourite and regular neighbourhood sections of Where Chefs Eat by no less than four different chefs including: Henry Harris, Thomasina Miers, Tania Steytler and Helena Puolakka, the Executive Head Chef at Aster in Victoria, who loves if for what she calls its "Simple, honest, super seasonal English cooking. Helena refers to it in Where Chefs Eat as "a gem".
The restaurant is housed in a Victorian butcher's shop with an open kitchen in the window where the counter would have been and wrought ironwork on the ceiling above the red-leather upholstered loveseats. The daily-changing menu delivers perfect simplicity, from whole fish and helpings of offal to bowls of rice pudding and jam (jelly). "The set lunch remains one of London's great bargains," according to the guide. If you want upmarket eats in a characteristic setting in West London it's a great place.
We're only focusing on one restaurant per city in our Phaidon.com series but the book contains countless recommendations in each city around the world. We've also launched an app for this third edition which features all the places in the book in an on the go format for when you're out and about.
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This all-new, completely revised, third edition of the global restaurant guidebook that has sold more than 250,000 copies features more than 7,000 recommendations for more than 4,500 restaurants in more than 70 countries. Wherever you are, you'll never miss the best local diner for breakfast, the best restaurant for a business dinner, or the best place for a late night snack – and everything in-between.
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Joe Warwick is a London-based food writer and critic who started the World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards.
Joshua David Stein contributes to New York Magazine, New York Times and The Sunday Times and is a restaurant critic at the New York Observer.
Evelyn Chen is a Singapore-born writer and regional academy chair for World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Natascha Mirosch covers Brisbane's food news for goodfood.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au.
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