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Alcatel-Lucent is entering the competition for 100 Gigabit Ethernet networking.
Alcatel-Lucent on July 16 is unveiling 100GbE line cards for the network core, as well as for edge of networks and metro networks. In addition, the company is announcing new 10-port 10GbE line cards for service providers that need greater density than 10GbE, but aren’t ready for 100GbE.
The move comes a month after Juniper Networks introduced its first 100GbE interface card, and one analyst said this is only the beginning.
“There’s a race on to get to [100GbE],” said Michael Howard, an analyst at Infonetics Research. “Juniper already had their announcement, and I’ll be surprised if we don’t hear soon from Cisco. Part of this is about the competition [among vendors] to get there, but there also are underlying needs.”
In particular, the rapidly increasing amount of video traffic on networks, as well as the growing number of IP services, is fueling the need for greater capacity and performance from the networks.
And that traffic is coming from both the consumer and commercial areas, according to Lindsay Newell, vice president for marketing at Alcatel-Lucent’s IP Division. For example, Alcatel-Lucent predicts that by the end of 2010, as much as two-thirds of consumer traffic on networks will include some form of video.
On the commercial side, such services as subscriber management, IP VPNs (virtual private networks), Ethernet VPNs and a host of Web 2.0 and cloud computing applications are driving up the demand for more capacity.
And for both consumers and businesses, mobile broadband traffic-fueled by multimedia-is expected to double every year.
“We believe that 100 Gigabit Ethernet is important and necessary for service providers to deal with the massive traffic growth,” Newell said in an interview.
Alcatel-Lucent is looking to put its 100GbE service interface on its 7750 Service Router and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch. In addition, the new 10-port 10GbE line card also will be used with those routers and switches.
Newell said that while Alcatel-Lucent is making its introduction after Juniper, this is more than a “me too” announcement. The key difference is that while Juniper’s 100GbE line card address the network core-the ability to speed up the traffic between major data centers-Alcatel-Lucent is looking to also bring 100GbE capabilities to the edge of the network-where Newell said most of the network intelligence resides and where decisions about individual services are made-and smaller metro networks.
“We believe speed is necessary, but it’s not sufficient,” he said. “[100GbE] is needed not just at the core, at the data center, but also at the edge [of the network].”
A key differentiator for Alcatel-Lucent is its home-grown FP2 silicon, which can support services at 100 Gigabits-per-second speeds. The company began working on the silicon in 2004, and started shipping it in 2008. For service providers already using Alcatel-Lucent service routers with FP2, they only will need to add the new line cards and get 100Gbs speeds.
“For our customers, it’s a low-risk path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet because the silicon has been shipping for a year now,” Newell said.
The Alcatel-Lucent interface modules also will help service providers drive down power, cooling and space costs. The enhancements to the FP2 silicon and thermal efficiency is driving down the power consumption to about 4 watts, a 70 percent drop from the levels found 10GbE and 40GbE products.
Infonetics analyst Howard said that while it’s good to see Alcatel-Lucent, Juniper and others pushing development of 100GbE technologies, it will be a while before it becomes commonplace.
Currently networks are still in the transition from 1GbE to 10GbE, and service providers are only just beginning to buy 40GbE products, which won’t take off until the price comes down. Eventually adoption of 100GbE will take off, but it will take a while, Howard said.
“Trials [of 100GbE technology] is important, but it won’t be cheap,” he said.
Juniper officials last month said they expect to get trials of their 100GbE line cards underway soon. Alcatel-Lucent will make its line cards available for demonstrations in the fourth quarter, with commercial availability in the middle of 2010.
Howard said he can see major service providers, such as Verizon and Google, being among the early adopters of 100GbE, but it will be expensive. Others may wait until the price comes down.


LAS VEGAS – official series release — NHRA photo —
A strong early-season start has Top Fuel standout Doug Kalitta third in the points standings.
While that gives Kalitta and his team confidence and momentum early in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season, he knows it can be a fleeting thing in the loaded Top Fuel class.
Things change quickly in the land of 330-mph dragsters, as evidenced by two first-time Top Fuel winners at the most recent events. But Kalitta has no plans of slowing down in his 10,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster as the NHRA powers back to Las Vegas this weekend for the 17th annual DENSO Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Kalitta has 38 career wins in Top Fuel, tied for fifth all-time, and has his sights sets on his first of the year in Vegas.
“There is always competition,” said Kalitta, who won the fall race at Las Vegas last year. “Everyone is not resting on what works right now. Kalitta Motorsports and every other team out there is striving and testing minor changes to see if we can gain anything. Again, this class is so tight, even a gain of a hundredth of a second can mean the difference in winning and losing a round.”
Leah Pritchett and points leader Brittany Force picked up their first career wins at the two most recent races, while Steve Torrence won the opener in Pomona. Kalitta, meanwhile, has been his usual steady self for the most part. The Top Fuel veteran lost in the first round at Gainesville, but had a solid start with a final round appearance in Pomona.
He’s also qualified well, posting the top spot in Phoenix and running as quick as a 3.716 seconds in the early portion of the season. That has Kalitta, who won three races and finished fifth a year ago, happy about the start and hopeful about what is still to come.
“The Mac Tools team is pleased with the start of the season,” said Kalitta, who is after his first Top Fuel world championship. “You always want to start strong, and that is what we have done. In the off-season, Toyota and Toyota Racing Development (TRD) expanded their partnership with Kalitta Motorsports to include (teammate) J.R. (Todd’s) SealMaster dragster and my Mac Tools machine. Their data has been very helpful and next up, we want to win.”
Kalitta has the background and team to do that, as the Kalitta Motorsports team continues to be one of the most successful in the NHRA. The camaraderie of the group stretches across the entire four-car operation that includes Kalitta and Todd in Top Fuel, and defending world champion Del Worsham and Alexis DeJoria in Funny Car.
It also means very little turnover among their respective teams and Kalitta said that cohesiveness pays off time and time again.
“It allows you to focus on the little things,” Kalitta said. “(Crew chief) Jim Oberhofer, Troy Fasching and the Mac Tools team can just fine tune my ride and not have to swing for the fences. The class is just so tight. As we saw in Gainesville, every team out here is capable of race wins. We have to just keep doing what we are doing and the Mac Tools team will get their chance to celebrate.”
There is a significant amount of talent that will try to keep that celebration from happening in Vegas. In addition to the three most recent winners, Kalitta must deal with the likes of defending world champion Antron Brown, who is tied with Kalitta for career Top Fuel victories, eight-time world champ Tony Schumacher, who has eight career victories at the facility, Shawn Langdon, Richie Crampton, Dave Connolly, Terry McMillen and Clay Millican.
But racing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has often brought out the best in the Kalitta Motorsports team and Kalitta’s two wins at the facility attest to that.
“The facility is beautiful and very well run,” Kalitta said. “Kalitta Motorsports has had a lot of race wins there recently in both Top Fuel and Funny Car classes and we definitely are planning on continuing that success this weekend.”
CREDIT: NHRA Communications


Really not all that often. Maybe once every 3-4 range trips (~500-600 rounds for me). Usually just pull all the plastic parts out, hit the metal with some Gun Scrubber, reassemble, and call it done. Never had any problems with my gen3 mags, prob could wait longer between cleanings, but why quit what works? YMMV.


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Refuge of Sorteny
The Sorteny valley is a fascinating spot with a wealth of history and science and is a great way to learn about the beauty of the Andorran mountain landscapes.
The Vall de Sorteny Natural Park, cultural heritage of the Ordino Parish, is located below the Ordino Arcalís ski resort. It is home to hundreds of species of flowers, animals and birds. In short, it is one of the most beautiful and naturally diverse sites in the Pyrenees.

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|Publication number||US5746779 A|
|Application number||US 08/678,803|
|Publication date||May 5, 1998|
|Filing date||Jul 12, 1996|
|Priority date||Jul 12, 1996|
|Also published as||CA2204707A1, CA2204707C, DE69722316D1, DE69722316T2, EP0818193A2, EP0818193A3, EP0818193B1|
|Publication number||08678803, 678803, US 5746779 A, US 5746779A, US-A-5746779, US5746779 A, US5746779A|
|Original Assignee||Bristol-Myers Squibb Company|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (2), Classifications (20), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Anthraquinone compounds having a quaternary ammonium side chain and their use as hair dyes are known in the art. The prior art appreciates that there would be problems in formulating a hair dye product with dyes that have different rates of dye uptake and that positively charged dyes (i.e. basic dyes) have qualitatively different rates of dye uptake than typical neutral semipermanent dyes (i.e. direct dyes). It is also appreciated in the art that minor variations in the side chain containing the quaternary ammonium group can vary the dye uptake rate (as indicated by the color change on hair) sufficiently so that dyes with certain groups will dye at rates similar to an uncharged semipermanent dye.
Differences in rates of dye uptake can lead to another problem. Many hair dye formulations are made by a combination of yellow, red and blue dyes, in different amounts and ratios. In order to incorporate a new dye into an existing product, its rate of dyeing must be comparable to the other dyes in that particular formulation. If a hair dye product containing individual dyes which are picked up by hair at significantly different rates is applied to the hair, the shade (i.e. the color as opposed to the intensity) will change through several stages with the passing of time. For example, if the product contains blue, yellow and red dyes (with the blue dye dyeing the fastest, the yellow dye dyeing at an intermediate rate and the red dye dyeing the slowest), the hair will initially be bluish. After a certain period of time, the hair will turn greenish (blue plus yellow). Finally, when the red dye imparts its color, the hair may exhibit a brown coloration. Although this is an exaggerated case, even smaller variations would be totally unacceptable (i.e. from a bluish brown to a greenish brown). Clearly, from a consumer's point of view, a product which dyes hair in such a manner is undesirable because the consumer would never be sure of obtaining the hair color that he or she wants or even the same color from the same formulation. Obtaining the exact color is a crucial factor for a hair dye product and this is why most products offer between 25 and 50 different shades. Users frequently discover significant difficulties as much from the point of view of the formulation of hair dye mixtures as from the point of view of their application.
Patentees in U.S. Pat. No. 5,520,707 appreciate that minor changes in the quaternary ammonium side chain of a basic dye can significantly affect the rate of dye uptake.
Finally, it should be noted that U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503 discloses a novel dyeing system using isatin or its derivatives with various amines. Color is formed in hair by reacting isatin, or its derivatives, with various amines. Due to the chemical reaction, the molecular size of the dye is increased and the color is very shampoo resistant. The system does however have a drawback. It lacks a blue isatin/amine combination. The color range is limited to yellow through violet since no amines were found that give blue coupled products. Thus it is not possible to develop a full range of shades. The most bathochromic combination described by patentees (Table 1, Col 4) has a lambda max of 528 nm. This is far from the 630 nm lambda max typical of blue semi-permanent colors, such as Disperse Blue 3. Moreover, since conventional semi-permanent dyes do not have sufficient shampoo resistance to match the properties of the isatin/amine dyeing system, there is no advantage in adding conventional blue dyes to extend the shade range of the patentees' isatin/amine system.
The present invention utilizes the anthraquinone compounds of Formula I of U.S. Pat. No. 5,520,707 in an isatin/amine dye system as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503.
Anthraquinone compounds useful in the instant invention have the structures: ##STR2## The anthraquinones of Formula I dye hair at a rate such that they can be used in formulations containing neutral semi-permanent dyes. Formula I encompasses compounds Ia and Ib: ##STR3##
Certain quaternized blue anthraquinones, especially the compound of Formula I wherein R1 and R2 are methyl and R3 is propyl (hereinafter referred to as Quat 1), have the required compatible shampoo resistance and, surprisingly, do not interfere with the isatin/amine color forming chemistry. Thus they can be used to extend the color range of the isatin/amine system of U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503 allowing for formulation of a full range of shades. Quat 1 has a lambda max of 640 nm and does not interfere with the formation of the 3-arylimino-indolin-2-ones (the dyes that are produced by the reaction of isatins and amines). Importantly, unlike other semi-permanent colorants, Quat 1 has similar washfastness to the 3-arylimino-indolin-2-one dyes, making it compatible with the isatin/amine system of U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503. Additionally, Quat 1 has a far stronger dyetake than Disperse Blue 3 (the blue dye commonly used in semi-permanent hair colorants).
It should be noted that as used throughout this specification and claims A- connotes a cosmetically acceptable anion such as a halide (e.g. iodide, chloride, bromide, fluoride) an alkylsulfate (e.g. methylsulfate), or an alkylcarboxylate (e.g. acetate). Iodide is the most preferred.
The present invention comprises the use of quaternized blue anthraquinones of Formula I (as is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,520,707) in the isatin/amine dyeing system of U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503. As stated earlier, the present inventor has discovered that certain quaternized blue anthraquinones, especially the compound of Formula I wherein R1 and R2 are methyl and R3 is propyl (Quat 1), enable one skilled in the art to develop a full range of shades for the isatin/amine system of U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503.
Quat 1 has a lambda max of 640 nm and surprisingly does not interfere with the formation of 3-arylimino-indolin-2-one dyes resulting from the reaction of isatins and amines.
The following Example demonstrates the advantages of using quaternized blue anthraquinones of Formula I in an isatin/amine dyeing system.
______________________________________ Dyeout.sup.3 Washfastness.sup.4Swatch # Dyes.sup.1 Substrate.sup.2 L a b ΔE Δb______________________________________1a A G 25.53 6.5 13.70 4.43 -2.001b A BL 27.16 14.64 15.62 8.37 -0.491c A WC 43.93 25.18 27.92 16.20 -0.592a B G 15.38 -2.50 3.20 4.76 -0.182b B BL 11.42 -0.38 0.08 6.71 -5.222c B WC 22.31 -3.58 9.40 13.83 -5.483a C G 22.13 1.81 10.61 6.02 -2.213b C BL 20.34 4.06 9.60 11.33 -0.173c C WC 26.36 0.35 11.93 18.19 -7.594a D G 19.94 -0.90 -8.30 3.93 2.334b D BL 13.48 6.99 -22.07 6.62 -2.774c D WC 38.27 -0.01 -28.13 11.06 7.375a E G 23.73 0.02 -1.24 6.29 1.315b E BL 30.75 -0.67 -6.48 13.92 9.485c E WC 34.07 7.07 -29.31 16.53 10.89______________________________________ .sup.1 A = 1.5% isatin + 1% 4aminophenol; B = 1.5% isatin + 1% 4aminophenol + 1% Quat 1; C = 1.5% isatin + 1% 4aminophenol + 1% Disperse Blue 3; D = 1% Quat 1; E = 1% Disperse Blue 3 .sup.2 G = Blended Grey hair; BL = Commercially Bleached hair; WC = Wool cloth .sup.3 1:1 Ethanol:water; 40 minutes; warm water rinse, air dry .sup.4 Shaken 1 hour in 10% Logics Clarifying Shampoo
It should be noted that "L" represents the intensity of the color and "a and b" represent the relative purity of the color with "a" being the relative greenness or redness of the color and "b" being the relative yellowness or blueness of the color. ΔE is the total color difference and is defined by the equation: ##EQU1## Δ's (e.g. ΔL, Δa, Δb) refer to the change in that parameter for some operation
Obviously, Quat 1 gives a stronger and bluer dyeout both alone (swatches 4 vs. swatches 5, L values and b values, respectively) and in the isatin-amine system (swatches 2 vs. swatches 3, again L and b). It should be noted that the lower the L value the more intense the color and the lower the b value (including into negative numbers) the more blue the color!.
Most importantly, the washfastness of Quat 1 is superior to DB 3 (ΔE's and Δb's, swatches 4 vs. 5) and more similar to that of the isatin-amine dyes (ΔE's of swatches 1 and 2 vs. swatches 1 and 3). Thus Quat 1 is clearly an important addition to the isatin-amine dyeing system of U.S. Pat. No. 4,921,503. This utility is surprising since Quat 1 is structurally very similar to Disperse Blue 3.
The present invention also encompasses an improvement to hair dye compositions containing isatin or an isatin derivative with an amine. The improvement comprises the composition also contains a quaternized blue anthraquinone of Formula I. Preferably the quaternized blue anthraquinone of Formula I is Quat 1.
Dye compositions employing the anthraquinone/isatin amine dye system of the present invention may be formulated as a solution, a liquid shampoo (which can be a solution or an emulsion), a cream, a gel, a powder or an aerosol.
Materials typically included in hair dye compositions and/or developers include for example, organic solvents and solubilizing agents, surface active agents, thickening agents, buffers, chelating agents, perfumes, sunscreens, conditioners, dyeing assistants or penetrating agents, preservatives, emulsifiers and fragrances. A particular material may perform several functions. For example, a surfactant may also act as a thickener. The dye compounds of Formula I are cationic. The dye uptake of cationic dyes is inhibited by an excess of certain anionic materials with which the cationic dyes would complex, precipitate or similarly react. Consequently, care should be exercised in formulating with such materials.
It is often advantageous to include in the dye compositions of the present invention an organic solvent or solvent system which helps solubilize the dyes and adjuvants contained in the compositions. A number of organic solvents are known for such purpose. These include: alcohols, particularly alkyl alcohols of 1-6 carbons, especially ethanol and propanol; glycols of up to about 10 carbons, preferably less than 6 carbons, especially propylene glycol and butylene glycol; glycol ethers of up to about 10 carbons, especially diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether; carbitols; and benzyl alcohol. When present, the solvents will constitute from about 1% to about 60%, preferably from about 10 to about 30%, by weight of the dyeing composition.
Typical surfactant types useful in the compositions of the invention include: alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, amide ether sulfates, soaps, alkyl ether carboxylates, acylsarcosinates, protein/fatty acid condensates, sulfosuccinic acid esters, alkane sulfonates, alkylbenzene sulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, acylisethionates, acyltaurines, ethoxylates, sorbitan esters, alkanolamides, amnine oxides, quaternary ammonium salts, alkyl betaines, amidopropyl betaines, sulfobetaines, glycinates/aminopropionates and carboxyglycinates/amino-dipropionates. A combination of different surfactants can be used to impart particular viscosity and foaming properties.
Illustrative of specific surfactants that may be employed are: lauryl sulfate; polyoxyethylene lauryl ester; myristyl sulfate; glyceryl monostearate; sodium salt of palmitic acid, methyl taurine; cetyl pyridinium chloride; lauryl sulfonate; myristyl sulfonate; lauric diethanolamide; polyoxyethylene stearate; stearyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride: dodecyl benzene sodium sulfonate; nonyl naphthalene sodium sulfonate; dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; sodium N-methyl-N-oleyl taurate; oleic acid ester of sodium isethionate; sodium dodecyl sulfate, and the like. The quantity of water soluble surface active agent employed can vary widely up to about 15%. Preferably, the surface active agent is employed in an amount of from about 0.10% to about 10%, based on the weight of the composition. Note however that when an anionic surfactant is employed the amount must be restricted so as to avoid possible incompatibility with the dye compounds of the present invention.
The thickening agent, when employed, may be one or a mixture of those commonly used in hair dyeing compositions or in hair developers. Such thickening agents include: sodium alginate; gum arabic; cellulose derivatives, such as methylcellulose or the sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose; acrylic polymers, such as polyacrylic acid sodium salt; and inorganic thickeners, e.g., bentonite and fumed silica. Electrolytes, alkanolamides, cellulose ethers and highly ethoxylated compounds (such as ethers, esters and diesters) may also be used to thicken the composition. The quantity of thickening agent can vary over a wide range. Typically the thickening agent(s) is employed in an amount of up to about 20%, more preferably, from about 0.1% to 5%, based on the weight of the composition.
The pH of the dye composition can vary from about 2.5 to about 11. Any compatible water-dispersible or water soluble alkalizing agent can be incorporated in the composition in an amount suitable to give the desired pH. Typically, the amount of alkalizing agent employed is less than about 10%, preferably, from about 0.1% to about 5%, based on the weight of the composition.
Compatible alkalizing agents are those which under the conditions of use do not interact chemically with the dye(s) employed, that do not precipitate the dye(s), and are non-toxic and non-injurious to the scalp. Preferred alkalizing agents include: mono-, di- and trialkanolamines, such as triethanolamine and 2-amino-2-methyl-1,3-propanediol; alkyl amines, such as monoethylamine, diethylamine and dipropylamine; and heterocyclic amines, such as morpholine, piperidine, 2-picoline and piperazine.
Any inorganic or organic acid or acid salt, that is compatible with the dye composition and does not introduce toxicity under its conditions of use, can also be employed to adjust the pH of the dye composition. Illustrative of such acids and acid salts are sulfuric acid, formic acid, acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, ammonium sulfate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, and potassium bisulfate.
Common chelating agents that can be employed in the compositions of the invention include the salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), nitrilotriacetic acid, phosphates, pyrophosphates and zeolites.
Conditioners that can be incorporated in the present compositions include: encapsulated silicones; silicones, such as amino-functional and carboxy silicones; volatile silicones; combinations of a cationic polymer, a decomposition derivative of keratin and a salt; quaternary ammonium compounds such as cocoa -- (C12-18)-alkyl poly (6) oxyethyl di-(2-lauroyloxyethyl)-methyl ammonium chloride; combinations of a plant extract and a polypeptide; a dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride (DMDAAC)/acrylic acid type polymer; and a dialkyl quaternary ammonium compound where the alkyl groups are C12 -C16. Other well known conditioners, such as lanolin, glycerol, oleyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, mineral oil and petrolatum, can also be incorporated.
It is a common practice to add solvents or swelling agents to enhance the penetration of hair dyes. Materials useful for swelling hair include acetic acid, formic acid, formamide, urea, ethyl amine and certain alkali halides (potassium iodide, sodium bromide, lithium bromide and lithium chloride, but not sodium chloride). N-Alkyl pyrrolidones and epoxy pyrrolidone may be employed to potentially increase the penetration of dye into hair. Imidazolines, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,030,629, may be employed in the compositions to enhance the penetration of hair dyes.
Emulsifiers may be used when the final form of the hair dye is an emulsion. By their nature, many emulsifiers are also surfactants. There are five general categories: anionic, cationic, nonionic, fatty acid esters and sorbitan fatty acid esters. Examples include: mono-, dialkyl and trialkyl ether phosphates, long-chain fatty acids with hydrophilic compounds such as glycerin, polyglycerin or sorbitol and long chain alkyl primary and secondary amines, quaternary ammonium and quaternary pyridinium compounds.
Materials which may render the product aesthetically more appealing, such as fragrances, proteins hydrolysates, vitamins and plant extracts, may be added. Examples include chamomile, aloe vera, ginseng, and pro-vitamin B.
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|US4921503 *||Sep 12, 1988||May 1, 1990||Clairol Incorporated||Novel dyeing system|
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|US5279616 *||Mar 4, 1992||Jan 18, 1994||L'oreal||Hair dye compositions and process comprising and utilizing a combination of isatin and aminopyridine derivatives|
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|U.S. Classification||8/426, 8/423, 8/409, 8/407, 8/657, 8/405, 8/675, 8/606|
|International Classification||A61K8/49, A61Q5/10, A61Q5/06, A61K8/35|
|Cooperative Classification||A61Q5/10, A61K8/492, A61Q5/065, A61K8/355|
|European Classification||A61Q5/06D, A61Q5/10, A61K8/35C, A61K8/49C2C|
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ELLWOOD CITY - Higher production and lower turnovers - that's the game plan for the Lincoln High School girls basketball team as it travels to Blackhawk in Section 2-AAA action tonight.
The Wolverines (9-10, 1-7 in Section 2-AAA) and Cougars (12-6, 4-4) tip off in a JV-varsity doubleheader at 6:30 and 8 p.m. today in Chippewa Township.
Ellwood City comes off a 49-43 victory over Center Thursday night that snapped a 104-game section losing streak dating to the 2000-01 season when the Wolverines defeated Beaver Falls. Blackhawk fell to New Castle 69-54 in a section game on Thursday night.
As the celebration started to wind down after the Center game, Wolverines' coach Bill Gottuso started to turn his attention to the Cougars.
"We dug an early hole the first time we played Blackhawk, trailing 17-5, and we can't afford to do that at their place," Gottuso said. "In that first game against them, we had only one player have a big scoring night (junior forward Michelle Nocera) and we're going to need more balance. We also have to take better care of the basketball if we want to stay with them."
While juniors Jenna Ricciuti, Nicole and Michelle Nocera and Allison Marshall (nine points, 10 assists against Center) help make up the Wolverines' starters, freshman Asia Borders is fresh off two huge games last week (17 rebounds against Aliquippa in a 59-57 overtime win on Wednesday, 17 points and 10 boards against Center).
Junior forward Mikaela Wadding has also made some starting assignments in this, her first full season as a varsity regular.
Junior guards Alexa Hayward and Rachel Curtiss scored 10 points apiece for Blackhawk in its loss to New Castle on Thursday.
Gottuso also said that containing Casey Emge, the Cougars' 5-foot-10 senior forward, will be a key for the Ellwood City defense.

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Oh, Austin… I don’t even know where to start.. This city has swept me off my feet the minute I got here! Over the years, I’ve been told by several people that I should go and check out Austin because I’d like it and it was ,my kind of city’ (and that’s what piqued my curiosity and made me eventually come here!). And yes, they were absolutely right! So what’s ‘Dani’s kind of city’, you’re asking? A green city. A city filled with food trucks. A city filled with craft beer bars, some of which have over 100 (!!) beers on tap. A city with more live music venues I could possibly visit in a month. A dog friendly city where dogs have their own little beaches along the river. A city where apartment complexes don’t only come with communal swimming pools and BBQ areas, but also with kayak parking lots and their own docks on the river. A city where there are more kayaks and SUPs on the river than cars on the road (who am I kidding, the traffic in Austin is definitely something that we need to work on.. but still: on weekends, there are so many kayaks and SUPs on the river that it seems like half of Austin is out on the Colorado River).


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"The "interestingness" of things and ideas in the world is entirely built by perception. there is constantly room to be fascinated if we put down our habitual beliefs, our preconceptions, and simply allow it. a person of any age has the power to see with the fresh eyes and wonder possessed by all children. who knows this better than photographers -- we who can spend years photographing flowers and sunsets and see something new in the combinations of light and color each time. when we get bored or fall into a rut its not time to clean the lens or buy new gear; its time to reboot our way of seeing, to re-discover the eternal freshness of the world."
Garth the Photomaginarium
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
- Albert Einstein
"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures." George Bush,
Let's consider what Monet says about his work. Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love - Claude Monet.
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
"Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is creative art.
When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye some-
thing that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something
which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without."
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"Kenny Barker is a Master Photographer and and extraordinary Time Traveller. His photography plumbs the depths of light and being. I'm grateful for what I've learned from his work!"
January 6th, 2013
"Wow, kenny is a fantabstic photographer. Considering he is new to photography, I am considering thowbing my equipment away. LOL
Keep up the great work!"
July 9th, 2012
Stefano Rugolo says:
"The Man Rocks!"
April 5th, 2012
"What can I say about Kenny , this, his work is superior and you can feel his images move you and make you look, once twice and maybe three times..His artistic mode sets the scene and all else takes over in ones mind as you are mesmerized by his images..You my friend are of the best on Flickr , keep giving images from your artistic natural place of nature and life , to intrigue our imaginations. I feel the vibration from every image of yours I look at..Love your images and what you portray..."
November 1st, 2011
Levels Nature says:
"Ken has been a loyal friend of mine here at Flickr for quite a while now, and is the perfect contact...he always takes the time to visit my stream and offer encouraging comments....... these comments mean so much more coming from such an accomplished photographer as Ken!! His work is simply stunning, ranging from the delightful to the jaw-dropping! I adore his photostream and have learnt a lot just by enjoying his daily uploads..... every one screams 'quality' at the viewer!!
Keep up the great work my friend!! :-)
October 24th, 2011
Chris McLoughlin says:
"Every thing I was going to say has been said in the previous testimonials !!!
Kenny your a true artist :)"
July 15th, 2010
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"k.barker has a beautiful stream of pictures and it's so good to see that this man has started photography rather recently, and then already with such great results!
His shots are creative and beautiful and I'm happy to call him a contact!
Thanks my friend, you're cool!"
April 3rd, 2010
ambiguous ink says:
"Wow, I can say so much about this man, but I think I will controll myself ! I have really enjoyed Kenneth's artistic flair and witty sense of humor. I think he's a very talented photographer! I'm glad he lives so far away from me cuz I would be out of a job if he lived here! Really though if you haven't visited his photostream, you need to! My favorites are his "Celebrity Birds of Prey",great stuff!!!Keep up the good work Ken! Your friend, John "Q""
December 2nd, 2009
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"I completely agree with Rab's testimonial
our friend is a testament to learning and enjoying photography .. any camera will do if the person has a will and enthusiasm to learn . its the knowledge and creativity that count .. cheers Nick"
November 2nd, 2009
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"Very creative and artistic photography!:) I enjoy visiting your profile for some inspiration. I cannot believe that you shoot since August last year...well you had long hidden talents that had finally been discovered:)"
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"k.barker only took up photography a matter of months ago (as at 24/5/09,) and is producing some fantastic reults, especiialy when you consider he's working with a compact camera (panasonic tz5).
This is probably (moslty) down to his artisitic nature. Who knows what levels he''ll reach when he takes the leap and buys an SLR!
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On March 15, 2023, the news of the sudden demise of Sameer Khakhar, popularly known as Khopdi from the iconic TV show Nukkad, left the entire nation in shock. Sameer was a talented actor and writer who had left an indelible mark on the Indian entertainment industry with his work. This article pays tribute to Sameer Khakhar and celebrates his life, career, and contributions.
Sameer Khakhar’s Tragic Death Due to Respiratory Issues
Sameer’s sudden demise has left his family and friends in shock. He was a loving husband and a dear brother, but unfortunately, he suffered from respiratory issues, which led to his untimely death. Let’s take a closer look at Sameer Khakhar’s life and his unfortunate passing.
Sameer Khakhar’s Life and Career
Sameer was a well-known personality in his community. He was born and raised in Mumbai, and he completed his education at a local college. After finishing his studies, Sameer started working as a software engineer in a reputable firm.
Over the years, Sameer established himself as a competent and hardworking professional. He was known for his dedication to his work and his ability to solve complex problems. Sameer was a popular figure in his workplace, and he had many friends and colleagues who respected him for his skills and his friendly nature.
Sameer Khakhar’s Respiratory Issues
Unfortunately, Sameer Khakhar’s life was cut short due to respiratory issues. According to his brother Ganesh, Sameer experienced some breathing difficulties one morning, which prompted them to call a doctor. The doctor advised them to take Sameer to the hospital, where he was admitted to the ICU.
However, despite the best efforts of the medical staff, Sameer’s condition continued to deteriorate. He suffered from multiple organ failure and eventually passed away at 4.30 am the next day.
The Tragic End of Sameer Khakhar’s Life
Sameer’s death has left a void in the lives of his loved ones. His wife, in particular, is devastated by his sudden passing. Sameer was a loving and caring husband, and he always put his family first. His friends and colleagues are also in shock, and they are struggling to come to terms with his untimely death.
The Legacy of Sameer Khakhar
Sameer Khakhar was a versatile artist who wore multiple hats – actor, writer, and director – throughout his career. However, he gained immense popularity and recognition with his portrayal of Khopdi in the cult TV show Nukkad, which aired in the late 1980s. Khopdi was a lovable and eccentric character who endeared himself to the audience with his wit, humor, and idiosyncrasies. The character resonated with the common man and became a cultural phenomenon in its time. Sameer Khakhar’s performance as Khopdi remains one of the most memorable and iconic portrayals in Indian television history.
Khopdi: The Iconic Character
Khopdi was a unique character who stood out from the rest of the cast in Nukkad. He was a homeless man who had a peculiar habit of collecting scrap material and used it to create his own world. Khopdi had his philosophy of life, and he was not afraid to express it. He had a sharp wit and humor that made him the center of attraction in the show. Sameer Khakhar’s portrayal of Khopdi was so convincing that people often mistook him for the character in real life. Khopdi’s famous dialogue “Tu addhe tere mooh se bol raha hai” (You are talking from one side of your mouth) became a catchphrase that people still use today.
Sameer Khakhar: The Multifaceted Artist
Sameer Khakhar was not just a talented actor but also a gifted writer and director. He wrote scripts for several TV shows and films and won many awards for his work. Sameer Khakhar also directed a few TV shows like Kabhi Kabhie and Wagle Ki Duniya. He was a man of many talents who knew how to wear different hats with ease.
Remembering Sameer Khakhar: Tributes Pour In
The news of Sameer Khakhar’s demise was a shock to his fans, colleagues, and the entire entertainment industry. Tributes poured in from all quarters, and people remembered him for his contributions to the Indian entertainment industry. Several actors, directors, and producers took to social media to express their condolences and pay tribute to the talented artist.
Raj & DK Remember Sameer Khakhar from Last Role on Farzi: ‘Lucky to Have Worked with this Maverick’
Raj & DK, the Indian writer-director duo, have paid tribute to Sameer Khakhar, who recently passed away. Khakhar had worked with the duo on the film “Farzi”, and they remembered him fondly for his contributions to the project.
In a statement, Raj & DK described Khakhar as a “maverick” and said they felt lucky to have worked with him. They noted that Khakhar’s expertise in VFX and post-production was instrumental in bringing the vision of “Farzi” to life, and that he had left a lasting impact on the project and on their lives.
Khakhar was a respected figure in the Indian film industry, known for his work in visual effects, animation, and post-production. He had worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the blockbuster film “Baahubali: The Beginning”, and was widely regarded as one of the industry’s top talents.
His passing is a loss not only for his friends and colleagues, but for the industry as a whole. Raj & DK’s tribute is a testament to the impact that he had on those who had the privilege of working with him, and a reminder of the valuable contributions that he made to Indian cinema.
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Newmont Mining Corporation, the parent company of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (Ahafo Mine) and Newmont Golden Ridge Limited (Akyem Mine), has for the third time in a row ranked overall industry leader in sustainability on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World).
This year, 942 companies participated in RobecoSAM’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment, which evaluates and ranks the highest-scoring companies on the DJSI. Newmont was the first gold company named to the index in 2007, and has been included on the DJSI North America Index every year since 2006.
“This milestone demonstrates our commitment to building a safer, more inclusive, ethical and responsible business that continues to drive sustainable economic and social development in our host communities, responsibly manage the environment, and provide safe working conditions for our employees and solid returns for our stakeholders,” said Alwyn Pretorius, Regional Senior Vice President of Newmont Africa.
In addition to being ranked the overall industry leader in the metals and mining sector, Newmont received the highest score (100th percentile) in a number of areas, including Impact Measurement and Valuation; Policy Influence; Biodiversity; Environmental Policy and Management Systems; Water-related Risks; Asset Closure Management; Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy; and Labor Practice Indicators. Newmont also achieved the metals and mining industry’s best overall scores in the economic, environmental and social dimensions.
Since it commenced operations in Ghana, Newmont has instituted a number of social investment programmes in its operational areas in Akyem and Ahafo. In 2016, the company invested about $4 million in its host communities through in-kind and monetary support. This includes contributions to its community development foundations, Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) and Newmont Akyem Development Foundation (NAkDeF).
Mr. Pretorius maintains that the company’s contribution to the socioeconomic growth of the nation was a factor in Newmont’s third time recognition by the DJSI as the world’s leader in sustainability.
“Our employees and stakeholders have been very instrumental in ensuring that we uphold the high sustainability standards we have committed ourselves to and I would like to acknowledge them as well for their continuous support.” Mr. Pretorius added.
Earlier this year, NADeF was recognised as the Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of the Year by the National Philanthropy Forum. The award acknowledges the Foundation’s significant impact on the Ghanaian society through its philanthropic projects in the areas of health, education and infrastructure development within the Ahafo catchment area.
As a result of its commitment to reducing the impact of its operations on the environment, the Akyem Mine and the Forestry Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate the second phase of the Akyem mine’s reforestation project that involves planting various tree species on 256 hectares in the Kweikaru Forest Reserve. This is to meet the company’s commitment of replacing by threefold the 101 hectares of the Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve impacted by the mine’s operations.
“Newmont remains committed to best practices, living our values and realising our purpose of creating shared value and improving lives through sustainable and responsible mining.” He said.


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Milan (AFP) – Gonzalo Higuain’s 33rd strike of the season maintained Napoli’s bid to secure Champions League football as evergreen striker Luca Toni bid farewell to the game with a cheeky ‘Panenka’ in Verona’s shock 2-1 win over 10-man Juventus.
Roma, looking for a third consecutive runners-up spot after Juventus clinched a record-equalling fifth consecutive title, had piled the pressure on Napoli with a 3-0 thumping of Chievo earlier Sunday.
The Giallorossi held a one-point lead on the Azzurri ahead of a tough encounter at Torino, but having already lost out on a first title in 26 years Napoli are not letting second place, and a chance to return to Europe’s premier club competition, slip so easily.
Higuain broke the deadlock on 12 minutes and Jose Callejon doubled Napoli’s lead before half-time. Although Bruno Peres reduced arrears on 66 minutes Napoli survived a late push to clinch the points.
It bumped Maurizio Sarri’s men back up to second place with a two-point lead on Roma, who face a tough trip to AC Milan in their final game of the season next Saturday, when Napoli host already-relegated Frosinone.
Despite a new club record of 79 points, Napoli coach Sarri warned: “We’re having a great season, with a new points record in Serie A, but there are no easy games so we have to remain focused next week to nail down second place.
“That way, we can say we’ve had an extraordinary season.”
Higuain only last month returned from a three-match ban that has curtailed his bid to at least equal Gunnar Nordahl’s all-time record of 35 goals in a 20-team Serie A season, a feat the Swede achieved with AC Milan in 1950.
After seeing Daniele Padelli palm an early strike round the post, Higuain made no mistake on 12 minutes when he collected Marek Hamsik’s pinpoint pass to send a curling drive past the keeper at the far post to become the first player to score 33 goals in Serie A since Antonio Valentin Angelillo in 1958-59.
When Slovakian midfielder Hamsik was allowed to race to the left byline eight minutes later and whip in a cross for Callejon, the thankful Spaniard blasted low past Padelli at the back post.
– Woodwork denies Higuain –
Higuain should have had his second but saw his low strike from 18 yards hit the bottom of the upright, and the Argentine hit the woodwork a second time when his drive skimmed the crossbar.
Torino reduced arrears just after the hour when Peres pounced on Giuseppe Vives’s cross to lob Pepe Reina, who got a hand to the ball before it hit the net.
But the hosts failed to produce a late leveller and instead finished with 10 men after Vives saw red for a second bookable offence at the death.
Toni, meanwhile, was the toast of Verona after bringing down the curtain on his storied career with a cheeky 43rd-minute ‘Panenka’ chip that beat second-choice Juve keeper Norberto Neto in a 2-1 win.
“I didn’t know whether to shoot it right or left, so I opted for the ‘scavino’ (chip),” said Toni.
With perhaps one eye already on their Italian Cup final against AC Milan on May 21, Juventus conceded a second on 55 minutes when Federico Viviani found the net from the edge of the area.
Juventus, who had not conceded two league goals since a 3-2 win over Carpi in December, finished with 10 men after Alex Sandro saw red for a second yellow card.
The visitors scraped a late goal thanks to Paulo Dybala’s spot-kick, after Filip Helander had shoved Simone Zaza to the ground.
Less than 10 days before trying to secure a second consecutive double, Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri said: “We should have done a lot better, but this defeat will serve us well.”
Earlier Sunday, fans turned out to pack the Stadio Olimpico as Francesco Totti made his 600th Serie A appearance with Roma.
It could have been the 39-year-old’s final game at the Olimpico amid hesitation from the club to offer a 24th and final year of contract.
Only Inter Milan legend Javier Zanetti (615) and AC Milan great Paolo Maldini (647) have made more appearances in Serie A.
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Qatar’s Abu Issa Holding to enter Iran retail market in 2017
Abu Issa Holding, one of the largest retail and luxury goods firms in the Middle East, plans to expand into Iran next year
Abu Issa Holding, one of the largest retail and luxury goods firms in the Middle East, plans to expand into Iran next year and open stores in Tehran selling watches and confectionery as the market opens up after sanctions.
The family-run Qatari firm is an example of a Gulf Arab business that could benefit from the lifting last January of nuclear-related sanctions that largely closed Iran off for years.
“It’s an obvious expansion for our business,” 48-year-old Ashraf Abu Issa, chairman and chief executive of Abu Issa Holding, said at the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit.
His company helped to introduce luxury watches and skincare products to Qatar in the 1990s. It now employs 4,000 staff and supplies over 250 brands in fashion, perfume, cosmetics, leather goods and electronics around the region.
“We will start with five or six stores in Tehran. We plan to open a similar number every year for the next five years and also in the city of Isfahan, which we expect to become a touristic hub in coming years.”
Abu Issa is using a model that other businesses in the Gulf may follow: he plans to serve as a go-between linking Middle East-based manufacturers and distributors of luxury items, often Western brands, to Iranian partners. He has spent two years establishing contact and negotiating business terms with the Iranians.
“A lot of people and companies we work with in Qatar and the region are asking us to go to Iran, mostly middle-of-the road fashion brands - watches, perfumes... Western brands who are interested in using local partners to get into the country. We already have commitments from brands that if we go, they will too.”
Abu Issa, whose family emigrated to Qatar from Palestine in the 1950s and became naturalized citizens, visited Iran last year to meet potential partners.
Once the stores in Tehran are running - he expects the first to open in the second quarter of 2017 - Abu Issa said he would use Dubai’s Jebel Ali business free zone as a distribution base.
Abu Issa said Iran was like other emerging markets in that it lacked financial data, and some uncertainty remained over Iranian government business and investment policies.
“Because Iran was closed for some time, there is not a lot of data - numbers and information - out there. Even the government is not sure about some procedures like custom duties and categorization of products, and how far they will protect local industries. That’s why you need a local partner.”
Abu Issa is also wary of stiff local competition.
“It’s not easy to compete in that market. We don’t want to be too aggressive at the beginning - we want to understand first how the market goes.”
(Additional editing by Al Arabiya English)
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that seven bodies had been recovered as of Saturday; the actual number was five. It also incorrectly reported that Cassondra Stratton saw the swimming pool cave in; it was the pool deck. The story failed to attribute a quote from Stratton's husband, Michael, to Denver's KDVR-TV. The story has been corrected.
SURFSIDE, Fla. — From her fourth-floor balcony, Cassondra Stratton felt a tremor and saw the deck of the swimming pool cave in. She immediately called her husband, Michael, in Denver, 2,000 miles away.
Michael listened as Cassondra, who had been riding out the pandemic at their apartment on the beach in Surfside, described a sudden shaking.
“And then the phone went dead,” he told Denver’s KDVR-TV.
“She screamed bloody murder and that was it,” Stratton’s sister, Ashley Dean, told The Washington Post.
It was after 1 a.m. Thursday, and the night owls at Champlain Towers South were up watching TV, relaxing on their terraces, chatting on the phone. A gentle tropical breeze swept in off the ocean. The sky was a hazy dark blue, a common sight on moonlit nights in South Florida, where the clouds and humidity accentuate the glow of city lights.
Then, a howling sound. Midway up the 12-story condo building, eerie orange flashes pierced the night.
Thursday, 1:20 a.m.: A call went out on the Miami-Dade County fire-rescue radio channel. The dispatcher said there’d been a “garage collapse.” The radio summoned Engine 76 from the Bay Harbor Islands firehouse, less than two miles away.
At Collins Avenue and 88th Street, just north of the city of Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South abruptly shook and rumbled. People heard a boom, then a louder one. There was enough time to get out of bed and step into the next room, to grab a phone or keys.
Then a massive hunk of the building dropped out of existence. It just fell. Between 55 and 70 apartments worth of concrete, steel and furnishings collapsed into a smoking, burning pile.
On video captured by nearby surveillance cameras, the collapse seemed to occur in slow motion. One huge section of the building, on its north side, pancaked. Eight seconds later, a second chunk, the piece closest to the beach, fell. In 11 seconds, there was emptiness in a space where hundreds of people had made their homes.
June is a quiet time in this little town, just eight by about eight blocks, on the narrow urban island that separates Miami from the Atlantic Ocean. The snowbirds are mainly back up north. Tourists, even in non-pandemic years, are scarce. In buildings such as Champlain Towers, some units are sealed up for the summer, hurricane shutters stretched across their windows.
But even in the middle of the night, a handful of people dotted the sidewalks near the building. On the mostly deserted sand that separated the tower from the sea, a lone fisherman, Dino Buisine, was in his beach chair fishing for crevalle jack, his pole tucked into a PVC pipe in the sand.
“I heard a big ggggrrrh and then see this big ball of dust in the air,” said Buisine, a local landscaper who remembers when the Champlain went up in 1981. “I heard the boom and it looked like dominoes: First one part came down, then the part behind it. I could hear screaming from people on the other side, the side that was still standing. They were on their balconies, screaming, because the elevators didn’t work.”
Buisine knew not to move toward the rubble: “I did demolition and construction in the Army and they teach you to move away from things like that.” He packed up his stuff, including the jacks he’d caught, and went home to Miami.
1:25 a.m.: At the towers, a cloud of ash and smoke rose into the sky, along with shouts and terrified cries. Nicholas Balboa, in town from Phoenix to visit relatives, was on Collins Avenue walking the family dog when he felt the ground shake.
“I heard a sound, almost sounded like thunder,” he said. “I thought a storm might be rolling in.”
But then a whip of air rushed between the buildings, followed by a plume of dust and debris, and Balboa knew this was nothing nature had created.
Inside the tower, on the fifth floor, Esther Gorfinkel heard something and felt the shaking. Bad weather, she thought. In storm-prone South Florida, shaking didn’t necessarily mean crisis. Then Gorfinkel — at 88, an original resident of Champlain Towers — heard an announcement on the building intercom, first in English, then in Spanish: Evacuate now.
She hurried to a nearby exit door but it was warped, mangled. Suddenly, she could see the sky from inside her building. She groped toward another emergency exit, joining a group of about 15 people. They made it down the stairs of the still-standing portion of the building.
The others helped Gorfinkel wade through a murky mix of rubble and water pooled in the garage. At one point, two men carried Gorfinkel on their shoulders, past overturned cars, to dry ground.
The group found temporary refuge on the beach. They turned to see their segment of the tower, its contents now open to the sky. In the space where the rest of their building had stood, now air, smoke, ash.
“We couldn’t believe what we were seeing,” Gorfinkel said.
They walked to a nearby building where Gorfinkel used a stranger’s phone to call her sons. She had left home with nothing but her keys and a lantern.
1:29 a.m.: A first responder with Engine 76 called out to dispatch: “This is going to be an entire building.” He counted the floors: “One, two, three, four, five — 12 to 13 stories. Um, shit.”
He paused. “Most of the building is gone.”
Now the call went out to all units, to nearby beach communities and communities across Biscayne Bay, to Miami and other mainland cities.
1:50 a.m.: The entire avenue was chock-a-block with emergency vehicles, more than 80 of them. Firefighters and other first responders hurried onto the tall mound of rubble, looking for people. An urban rescue dog sniffed the debris, searching for survivors.
“We’ve got people trapped,” a fire-rescue dispatcher called out to all units. “The building is at risk for a further collapse. We need manpower. We got active people trapped on the rubble. Need some backboards over here.”
From the still-standing portion of the tower, residents waved to rescue workers, who directed cherry-pickers to nudge up against the building and retrieve people whose apartments had been sheared open. Entire rooms stood exposed, like stage sets before an audience — bunk beds here, a couch there, a washing machine hanging from a ledge, mattresses stacked against a wall.
2 a.m.: Balboa walked his dog around to the oceanside of the Champlain complex and heard someone yelling. “A little boy, by voice,” he said.
He saw a hand waving from the rubble, called out to a police officer and together they climbed up the concrete shards as the officer radioed for help.
“Don’t leave me,” the boy cried. “Don’t leave me.”
The boy said his mother was in there, too, “but I couldn’t hear her or see her,” Balboa said.
Rescue workers extracted the boy and ordered Balboa off the rubble for his safety.
The boy, Jonah Handler, 15, a junior varsity baseball player at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens, was taken to the hospital but did not suffer severe injuries, a family member said. His mother, Stacie Fang, was extracted from the rubble but died at Aventura Hospital of blunt force injuries, according to the county medical examiner.
“It was like a mini 9/11,” Balboa said. “I mean, absolutely it looked like the World Trade Center, just debris everywhere. Except this was at home — there were beds you could see sticking out of the rubble.”
About the time Balboa found the boy, Surfside’s vice mayor, Tina Paul, got a call from the town manager. Paul was awake, but a work call at that hour couldn’t be good.
“We have a partial building collapse, and we expect fatalities,” the manager said.
Paul’s condo is a few blocks from the Champlain. She went out onto the balcony with her partner.
“It’s after 2 a.m. — what do we do?” she said. They had friends who lived in the Champlain. “Do we call to see if they’re okay?”
Below, they watched evacuees drifting by, walking away from the fallen building.
3:15 a.m.: At the town’s recreation center, people evacuated from the hotels and apartments adjacent to Champlain Towers stood watching TV coverage of the collapse. A few children tried to sleep on coffee tables and the floor.
Calls and texts startled relatives out of their sleep all across South Florida and the nation. Jenny Urgelles called her parents, who lived in the south tower. She had spoken to her father the previous day, and she’d texted with her mother. Now, “both their phones went straight to voice mail,” she said.
She called family friends who lived in another part of the building and they picked up. They were okay, but had no news of Urgelles’s parents.
4:30 a.m.: Rescue dogs prowled the rubble pile, their keepers waiting for the barks that would indicate signs of life. The animals stayed silent.
At hospitals throughout the county, emergency rooms prepared for a steady stream of injured people. Barely a trickle arrived.
At the area’s biggest trauma center, three patients came in from Surfside. Two of them, Angela Gonzalez and her daughter Devon, 16, fell from their ninth floor condo to the fifth floor when the building snapped apart. Angela broke her pelvis yet somehow managed to get up from the tangled concrete and pull Devon with her.
But Angela’s husband, Edgar Gonzalez, had vanished in the collapse. At the community center, his relatives maintained a vigil but heard nothing.
Nearby, a woman approached Paul, the vice mayor, and asked for help finding a friend from the collapsed building. The friend might be wandering around, confused, the woman said.
“I’ll go with you,” Paul said. “Let me go with you.”
They walked the streets together and found the man and brought him back to the community center. Paul positioned herself with the police brass and the town manager, who told her, “You know, the roof [of the Champlain] was inspected just yesterday.”
6 a.m.: If people were still alive under the rubble, they needed to be found quickly. The rescue chiefs on the scene ordered workers to drill into the mound, creating tunnels through which they could search. More than 60 firefighters deployed, cutting open crevices to squeeze into the spaces between pieces of the building. But they kept running into blockages — thick concrete barriers — and small fires that seemed to flare every time they opened a new passageway.
After sunrise, Paul walked over to the rubble pile. A professional photographer who worked for many years in New York, including after the 9/11 attack, she had seen a mountain like that before.
“Eerily, ours didn’t look that much different,” she said.
8:15 a.m.: Fire officials said anyone still alive might already have been pulled out. In all, rescuers helped 35 people out of the building, the county reported.
9:45 a.m.: “We are bracing for some bad news,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said at a news conference.
11:10 a.m.: More than 100 friends and relatives of the missing gathered at an optimistically named Family Reunification Center at Surfside’s community center. Officials took down the names of those who had not been heard from. But they had nothing to offer in return, leaving family members to scroll through their social media feeds, call neighbors and otherwise keep searching.
Chatter flowed in English and Spanish and Hebrew. Relatives drove over from the mainland or flew in from around the country and across the hemisphere. The missing included Colombians and Venezuelans, Israelis and Puerto Ricans, people just visiting and people who’d long ago made Surfside their home.
As the day wore on, and South Florida’s fast-shifting weather alternated between intense sunshine and sudden downpours, people arrived at the center with flats of meat and industrial-sized jugs of water, toiletries and clothing, blankets and pillows. Nearly all of it sat untouched.
Chaplains arrived. So did therapy dogs. The powerful urge to help ran into the simple fact that those waiting wanted just one thing: News of the missing.
A sign was posted at the entrance to the center: “No more donation. Thanks.”
Noon: President Biden called Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to offer federal assistance. By day’s end, federal emergency officials were looking into whether they might jump into the investigation into why a building that had recently passed inspection might suddenly collapse.
3 p.m.: An Israeli team of seven rescuers and a cadaver dog joined the search on the rubble pile, blocking out the commotion from heavy machinery and helicopters overhead, focusing silently as they listened for the faintest sound of a living human being.
At the community center, Paul took a call from a relative wanting to know if she was okay.
“At that point, there were 57 people missing, and that’s when I almost choked up,” Paul said. “It hit me, but it didn’t hit me. I have to keep the strong face … stand strong no matter what you’re feeling inside, no matter how much pain you endure. It’s important for the people to see you as strong.”
8 p.m.: Engineers, architects, construction executives, building inspectors — a virtual battalion of people who understand why buildings stay standing spent the first day theorizing about what went wrong. There were almost as many notions as there were experts.
Repair work on the tower’s roof this spring involved drilling that worried some residents. Construction at the building next door shook apartments inside Champlain Towers, residents said. Some people pointed toward recent patching of erosion in the tower’s garage.
Video of rescue teams pushing through the wreckage of the parking decks revealed large pools of water, and residents said water had been a problem down there for a long time. This is true in many oceanfront buildings erected atop the soft, porous limestone beneath the island of Miami Beach. A study last year by a professor at Florida International University determined that Champlain Towers, built on reclaimed wetlands, had been sinking steadily since the 1990s.
A 2018 engineering report released late Friday by Surfside officials, warned that “extremely expensive” remediation was necessary to correct a “major error” in the building’s original construction that had caused “major structural damage.” The big problem, according to the report by engineer Frank Morabito, was that the pool deck was built without a slope, preventing water from draining.
Days before the collapse, Stratton, 40, the model and yoga instructor who went silent after calling her husband in Denver, had told family members that “something was wrong” with the building, according to Dean, her older sister. Stratton, who remains among the missing, had seen water damage and worried about the heavy equipment she saw being lifted to the roof for repair work, Dean said.
Other residents had expressed concerns, too. Elaine Sabino, a transplant from New York who had lived in the tower’s penthouse for two years, complained in recent weeks “about the construction on the roof,” said her brother-in-law, Douglas Berdeaux.
Sabino, who is also missing, “said it was vibrating her unit,” he said. “She even went up to talk to the construction manager and told them whatever they were doing was making her rooms vibrate. She said she was worried that the ceiling was going to collapse on top of her bed. She also said she heard water around the elevator. A manager went up to her unit with her and looked around, and told her they’re doing some work, but everything was okay.”
10 p.m.: Flashes of lightning illuminated the upscale condo buildings along Collins Avenue, which runs parallel to the ocean from frenetic Miami Beach to quieter Surfside. Near the Fendi Chateau Residences, six blocks from the Champlain, hundreds of people huddled under umbrellas — mostly press and some family members — hoping for news of loved ones.
As rain lashed in sheets, relatives wondered how anyone could be found alive in the deluge.
Green and white Miami-Dade police cars and Fire and Rescue vehicles strobed their red and yellow lights along Harding Avenue, projecting an otherworldly sense of urgency over a place where people usually cast their cares into the ocean breeze.
At the Residence Inn and the Four Seasons, evacuees from Champlain Towers mingled with relatives of the missing. Hotel room prices soared to $800, even $1,500 per night.
Friday, midnight: From the rubble pile, workers emerged carrying a body sealed inside a yellow plastic bag.
6:10 a.m.: As dawn approached over the ocean, small fires were still burning in pockets within the rubble. Smoke rose here and there, and ash floated through the thick air. The silence, punctuated by the metronomic crash of the waves, was somehow both calming and ominous.
7 a.m.: Sunrise brought reinforcements, rescue workers from Naples and Orlando to relieve the Miami-based crews who had been digging and cutting through the rubble for more than 24 hours. Soon, there was also a harrowing revision of the tally of the missing, which jumped from 99 to 159.
Rescuers occasionally heard banging noises, the county’s assistant fire-rescue chief said, but couldn’t tell if they were made by people or machines or just wreckage clanging against wreckage. No one heard any voices.
3:20 p.m.: At an emergency meeting of Surfside’s town commission, officials said they were hiring an independent engineering firm to examine what led to the collapse. They decided either to evacuate the other building in the Champlain Towers complex or give its residents the option of relocating.
“We have no idea what caused this collapse,” Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said, “and we all know the chances of that happening again are like lightning striking. But I don’t know that there’s anybody in this room that would be willing to roll the dice with all those lives and say, ‘Let’s not worry about it for a while.’ ”
Across the bay in Miami, the city ordered the inspection of every building of six or more stories that is at least 40 years old.
5 p.m.: At the rubble pile, the drilling and searching continued.
“We’re dealing not only with the exposed elements of the structure itself, but voids and the continuous threats of collapse,” said Lt. Obed Frometa of the Miami-Dade search and rescue team.
In all, five dead people had been pulled from the site, 127 residents were accounted for and 159 remained missing, according to Levine Cava.
7:40 p.m.: As nightfall approached, some Jewish families in Florida, New York and New Jersey began their Sabbath observance 18 minutes early to honor those lost in the collapse, said Debra Golan, whose close friend Estelle Hedaya is among the missing. She, her family and others lit their candles at 7:40 rather than at sunset, at 7:58 p.m.
“Eighteen symbolizes life in Judaism, and we want to save all those lives,” Golan said. “It’s the little things we do,” she said, that preserve hope.
Reiley, Rozsa and Kornfield reported from Surfside; Fisher, from Washington. Silvia Foster-Frau, Joyce Lee, Antonio Olivo, Maria Paul, Whitney Shefte and David Suggs contributed to this report.
Story editing by Lori Montgomery. Photo editing by Karly Domb Sadof. Design by Tara McCarty. Copy editing by Emily Codik.


U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, and light-armored reconnaissance vehicles have arrived in Bulgaria to support NATO allies and international partner countries. The heavy equipment, assigned to the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, arrived in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 25, 2015. The tanks, artillery, and light armored reconnaissance vehicles were loaded on trains and moved across Europe demonstrating our allies’ and international partners’ ability to move heavy equipment across the region to support operations during a crisis. The equipment will allow the Marines to participate in mechanized regional multinational exercises in Eastern Europe.
US, Romanian and Bulgarian Forces Conduct Multilateral Exercise
U.S. Marines with the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force familiarize Bulgarian Soldiers with the M-777 Howitzer artillery cannon during Platinum Lion 16-2 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 7, 2016. Exercise Platinum Lion increases readiness and demonstrates our collective ability to operate as a single force committed to protecting the sovereignty of NATO allies and other European partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Justin T. Updegraff/ Released)
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gordon Kwei, anti-tank missile man with Weapons Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, fires the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile (TOW), while Staff Sgt. Wayne Edmiston, combat correspondent with Black Sea Rotational Force, records it during the combined anti-armor team sustainment training for Exercise Platinum Lion 15-3, July 8 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines launched 10 TOW missiles fired from M41 Sabers mounted to the turrets of Humvees. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force and service members from Bulgaria, Romania, the United Kingdom and Albania are conducting the two-week exercise to promote regional cooperation and foster interoperability in order to combat security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns)
The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy’s flagship, the HMS Ocean, positioned herself alongside other ships during the photo exercise showcasing the amphibious assets for BALTOPS 2015, June 8, 2015. The exercise is an annually recurring multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve of allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns)
George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S. Army Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, reacts as U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. More than 380 U.S. service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units participated in the 71st Anniversary air drop as part of Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The task force, based in Sainte Mere Eglise, France, is supporting local events across Normandy, from June 2-8, 2015, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the Allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 71 years later. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Bahret)
U.S. Marine Sgt. Steven Mashburn, a squad leader with Black Sea Rotational Force, right, holds the American flag during the opening ceremony for Exercise Saber Strike at the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, June 8, 2015. The exercise brings NATO and other partner nations together for a multilateral training event designed to promote regional stability and security, strengthen partnerships, and foster trust. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Peterson/Released)


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Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, the joint venture between the Edelweiss Group and Tokio Marine Holdings of Japan, has obtained approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) for ‘POS - Saral Nivesh’, which will be sold over the counter for the first time in India under the POS (Point of Sale) guidelines. Edelweiss Tokio Life is the first to receive approval from IRDAI to sell such a product through POS, a category which is being explored for the first time ever in India. POS – Saral Nivesh will be launched soon.
Buying such a product will be useful for someone who is buying life insurance for the first time, as it is simple to understand and easy to buy. The product will be apt for those looking for a simple proposition and seeking instant gratification, as the decision of buying can be made in just a few minutes due to the transparency and simplicity of the product. The life insurance product will be made available offline as well as online, to ensure that the buying process is seamless for customers.
Speaking about the development, Deepak Mittal MD and CEO of Edelweiss Tokio Life said, “We are excited to have received an approval on POS - Saral Nivesh, which allows a customer to buy insurance at an affordable premium over the counter in just a few minutes. The purpose of introducing such a product is to give access to life insurance to a larger section of the society, thereby increasing insurance penetration in India. With POS – Saral Nivesh, Edelweiss Tokio Life continues its practice of offering differentiated solutions to its customers. IRDAI has done a commendable job in conceptualizing POS guidelines, which will benefit cutomers in many ways, as well as help in increasing distribution footprint.”


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There are times when this world feels so hard to live in. There is an overwhelming plague of sadness, of terror, of greed and of separation. It seems, at times, that the good is always outweighed by the bad. When all we’re fed by the media is fear and darkness, we disconnect ourselves from the feeling of hope, and we loosen our grip on the hands of light that are reaching out to us.
Oftentimes, I hear people ask the question “why do bad things happen to good people?”, and the truth as I see it is that we’ll never know. It’s disheartening to see people around me break under the pressure of day-to-day challenges and the feeling that life is out to get them. I too have asked the emptiness around me to reason with me; to give me an explanation as to why obstacles appear on my path, just as it starts to clear.
The archetypal way of dealing with our looming feelings of despair, is to not deal with them. We complete our nine-to-five routine, whether it’s a day at the office or a day full of spontaneous decisions, we do whatever we can to mask our feelings and to play make believe. Whether we’re advised by our peers, the media or our own egos, there is typically a voice that says, “paint on a smile, nobody cares to see you weak”.
The words “I’m fine” leave our mouths like they’re our mother tongue. We echo those words so much, that we could paint ourselves blue with the remnants that they leave behind. Every feeling that we push down eventually makes it’s way to the surface.
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of dancing in this masquerade; this ongoing cycle of suppressing our emotions, exploding, suppressing our emotions, exploding, and so on.
Sometimes we don’t even know that we’re doing it. We might deny our own emotions and dim our own expression to accommodate other people, but ultimately, we become our own ableist, in the “I accidently started masking” sense. It’s easy to go by your life, not even knowing that you’ve been faking it so much that you lose sense of your own identity.
The key to unlocking the parts of ourselves that we’re always suppressing – whether we mean to or not – is to allow ourselves to be vulnerable. It’s easier said than done, but that doesn’t mean it’s a battle we cannot win. Then, there’s letting go of the shame and embarrassment that might follow revealing our vulnerable side. When we learn to let go, we become beacons of hope for other people. It's a cheesy, Disney-like way of seeing things, but it helps me to think that way when I'm not in the trenches of my ego.
There are those of us who will hold on to the Yin and neglect the Yang. Then, there are of those of us who will hold on to the Yang and neglect the Yin. When we reach out to one and not the other, we’re stopping ourselves from being truly vulnerable and from beginning to heal.
What I’m trying to express is that we have to accept the good and bad, the light and the dark, the Yin and the Yang, to be vulnerable in the most beautiful way. We can acknowledge the darkness and embrace our own shadow, while simultaneously standing in the light, because embracing the darker aspect of ourselves and of the world around us, can open us up to a whole new level of love and compassion – for others, and for the world.
We don’t have to wear warpaint to be warriors, especially when we can become dependent on having something to hide behind. Our strength is revealed in unbecoming everything that we think we should be, and in unravelling all of the charades and gimmicks to let our true selves finally take centre stage.

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Study: Marijuana Can Affect Teen Brains, No Matter the Amount
The study shows evidence of structural brain and cognitive effects with just one or two instances of cannabis use in adolescence.
A recent study found that teenagers who used recreational marijuana as little as one or two times could see changes in their brain.
The study, which was published Monday in the Journal of Neuroscience, looked at 46 14-year-olds who showed increased volume on MRI scans in parts of the brain involved in emotion-related processing, learning and forming opinions.
Hugh Garavan, the lead author of the study, says he and his team were curious to investigate the popular assumption that one or two joints would have no impact, reports NBC News.
“We were curious to study this and especially to investigate if first uses may actually produce brain changes that affect future behavior like subsequent use,” he said.
Garavan is a professor of psychiatry and the University of Vermont School of Medicine.
Researchers believe that the enlargement of gray matter seen in the brain scans of the teens suggests a disruption in normal adolescent development.
“One possibility is that the cannabis use has disrupted this pruning process, resulting in larger volumes (i.e., disruption of typical maturation) in the cannabis users,” Garavan said. “Another possibility is that the cannabis use has led to a growth in neurons and in the connections between them.”
According to the most recent data from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 32.6 percent of tenth graders reported using marijuana at least once during their lifetime.
The institute says risks of marijuana use include reduced school performance, reduced life satisfaction, impaired driving and use of other drugs.
These studies come at a time where marijuana is now legal in 10 states and more are expected to follow.
Teens are also using e-cigarette products to smoke marijuana, according to this study. Students who participated reported using e-cigarettes to vaporize hash oil, marijuana leaves and wax infused with THC.
E-cigarettes have been the most commonly used tobacco product among middle and high school students since 2014, according to the CDC. Recent data showed there was a 78 percent increase in youth vaping between 2017 and 2018.
The FDA has cracked down on e-cigarette companies like Juul and is considering banning flavored products form the market, as they can be more appealing to teens.
According to another study published on Monday medical journal Pediatrics, teens who live in areas with strong regulations could be at lower risk of tobacco use, reports CNN.
“We found that youth living in areas with strong licensing requirements were less likely to begin using e-cigarettes and cigarettes during the one-and-a-half-year follow-up, on average, compared to youth who resided in areas with weaker regulations,” said Rober Urman, an author of the study.
Researchers say more work is needed to find solid evidence about the enlargement of gray matter and the negative effects on the brain.
Garavan and his team plan to investigate the effects of alcohol and other psychoactive substances as well.
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New Years Resolutions
I don’t know about you, but I am exactly the same person as I was BEFORE I started opening up to my family and friends (and the internet) about my panic attacks, anxiety disorder, PTSD and history of anorexia. I am the same brave, sassy, open, STRONG queen as I was before; except now I wear inner crown on my sleeve.
“I HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS!”
It’s hard to explain how free those five words have set me this year, but my mind and soul have grown so much since I started this blog in March. More importantly, being able to connect with people with similar stories has inspired me and definitely accelerated my recovery from PTSD.
Talking about mental health has helped me recognise strength in its different forms, accept vulnerability in myself and others and challenge intolerance.
If you intend to make a New Years Resolution this year, please make one that allows you to take the time you need for Self Care in 2018.
Believe me, by looking after your mental well-being, you’re going to make it so much easier to choose and reach for your other goals.
I have spent 2017 falling in love with my brain and, as trying as it has been at times, I can’t imagine anything ever being more rewarding.
If you’re stuck for inspiration for New Years Resolutions, here are ideas for some things you could work on in 2018:
- Learn to live up to your own expectations; not the expectations of others
- Celebrate the success of others, celebrate your own success even harder
- Break negative behavioural cycles
- Add something healthy into your routine (try meditation, yoga, mindfulness or breathing exercises)
- Avoid avoidance
- Focus on your sleep cycle
- Find something that brings you pure joy
- Get outside
- Be kind to others, be as kind to yourself
- Stop shaming yourself for your illness
- Reach out when you’re in need
- Open up to someone you love
- Put yourself into a safe situation that you long for but that scares you
- Tell someone something you like about yourself
- Stop apologising for the space you’re taking up in the world
- Accept a compliment
- Enjoy being alone
- Unfollow social media accounts that make you feel like you’re not good enough. Follow accounts that support and inspire you.
- Work your mind, rest your mind
I’m not saying you shouldn’t quit smoking and lose weight, I’m saying that your mental health is as important and your physical health.
Your mind is a loved one that you’ll always have, so do everything you can to work with it rather than against it. Even if you make slow progress, it’s so much better than no progress at all.
Mental health is a lifelong journey, not a race to the finish line. Play the long game.
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