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On December 3rd, 2019, the Belgian Bureau for Standardisation (NBN) and Agoria brought around 25 experts together with representatives of the three regions to discuss possibilities for the implementation of the EPB standards. Presentations by Ghent University, the Belgian knowledge centre for construction BBRI, the European knowledge centre EPB Center, the Dutch research centre TNO and the European HVAC federation REHVA resulted in a number of lively discussions.
On December 3rd, 2019, the Belgian Bureau for Standardisation (NBN) and Agoria brought around 25 experts together with representatives of the three regions to discuss possibilities for the implementation of the EPBD standards. These standards describe the methodology through which the energy efficiency of a building can be determined. Presentations by Ghent University, the Belgian knowledge centre for construction BBRI, the European knowledge centre EPB Center, the Dutch research centre TNO and the European HVAC federation REHVA resulted in a number of lively discussions.
“There are more similarities between the EPB standards and the Belgian EPB methodology than often thought. The basis principles are the same and in recent years the standards have been included as an important source of inspiration in study assignments.” Peter D’Herdt – Head of Lighting Lab (BBRI)
Large-scale revision project or not?
The discussion in the workshop revealed a central question as to how the implementation of the EPBD standards should be tackled; does this require a large-scale project or is this better organised through a step-by-step adaptation of the current methodology? The approach taken by the Netherlands of a large-scale revision in 4 years shows that this is certainly possible in a relatively short period of time. This does, however, require a centralised project organisation, clear terms of reference and sufficient budget. In Belgium the government is looking more for specific solutions to simplify the preparation of an EPB report and the inclusion of innovations. A large-scale approach, such as the Dutch project, is therefore only interesting if it can provide an answer to these pending questions.
Trends in Europe
Within Europe, more and more countries are working on the concrete implementation of the EPBD standards. This is strongly encouraged by the European Commission through a number of study assignments and requirements in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). It was also the European Commission that initiated the development of the standards in 2008. The objective was to bundle the knowledge that has been built up by each country individually at the time. In 2017, a number of actions were taken to make the standards more easily applicable for countries. These included a revision of the standards and the establishment of the EPB Centre. One of the tasks of this knowledge centre is to support the implementation through a number of European projects.
Integration of the hourly method remains an important point of discussion
A review of the EPB policy framework often turns out to go hand in hand with a discussion on whether or not to implement the hourly method. This concerns a choice in accuracy of the calculation for determining the energy efficiency of a building; the smaller the margin of error on the calculation, the greater the flexibility in achieving a cost-effective design. A downside is though that a more accurate calculation also requires another type of software or more time to perform the calculation. For example, a new software requires extra development and training costs. The question whether or not the hourly methodology should be introduced remains a major topic of discussion; in the Dutch project, therefore, the choice for a monthly methodology had been established top-down in advance of the start of the project.
"The new EN ISO 52016-1 (as successor to EN ISO 13790:2008) certainly enables the application of the hourly calculation method, with the same input data that is required for the monthly method. The combination of both methods in one standard makes the switch to hourly calculation very easy.” Dick van Dijk – Co-convenor of ISO/TC 163 -TC 205 (EPB Center)
Opportunity for knowledge enhancement EPBD standards among experts
Apart from the specific points of discussion concerning the methodology, it appears that the EPBD standards are generally insufficiently known. Only a very small group of experts that has a complete overview of the standards. Enlarging this group could also increase the possibilities for the implementation of the standards. Through three European projects aimed at buildings renovations, the certification of experts and improving the use of measured data, REHVA and the EPB Center are trying to simplify and increase the use of EPBD standards. Through the CEN-CE training programme, for example, an attempt is being made to find ways to create a larger group of experts that is familiar with the content of the standards in an accessible manner. The three projects will be completed by the end of 2022.
Would you like more information? Click here for a full report of the workshop.


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Electronic dance music is not new, but the use of the acronym in popular form is. New to the mainstream or popular music world, EDM encompasses many sub-genres of electronically made music, the most prominent being Dubstep. the reason why it’s dub is simply put, it’s not disco.
It invaded your television through commercials and sports broadcasts but originates from a long line of musical rhythms. Reggae dance hall, Hip Hop, Techno are all major influences to the sound. You should know that the instrumental electronic world has been around since electronic musical instruments were first manufactured. Only since the computer age have al these sounds been woven into software programs for composing. Samples, loops and effects are heavily relied on in the beginning stages of EDM production.
. , . This subgenre of a genre which will do the most morphing and stay mainstream, is Dubstep
In London this sound began underground in the dance clubs, just like Rock n Roll started in the clubs of America, the jook joints and others. Jamaican Reggae, dancehall, dub, rocksteady is the basic rhythmic idea used. It is yet again that syncopated rhythm carrying the accent. the acceleration and deceleration hear in swing music. The accent landing in a pattern on the off beat rather than the down beat.
Dubstep will continue its growth, carrying the same backbeat as Swing, Rock n Roll, Reggae, and Hip Hop.

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Boron, Biologically Active Compounds
Boron-containing compounds are primarily utilized by bacteria as quorum autoinducers and by plants as components of the cell wall. Many synthetic organoboron compounds are used as enzyme inhibitors.
Boron is a ubiquitous element in rocks, soil, and water; its average concentration ranging from 1 mg/kg in water to 100 mg/kg in rocks. Boron is electron-poor and prefers to form tetracoordinate complexes with “hard” nucleophiles. In physiological environment, it is present in +3 oxidation state, usually in the form of borate anion or borate esters. Borate anions form stable complexes with organic acids, polysaccharides, and other biopolymers. Usually borate complexes two hydroxyl groups (either a diol or a hydroxycarboxylic acid) to form a borate diester. Since boron can bind four ligands, in many cases, borate esters cross-link two organic molecules together.

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Being a parent comes with a lot of joy and happiness, but findings show that this could also be your ticket to a longer life. Recent research shows that couples with kids have a lower risk of premature death than those who are childless, especially in their old age. This is more so in men than amongst…Read More
Since 1827 when humans first discovered and observed mammalian eggs, there has been a widely-held notion within the scientific community that only eggs that are fertilized by sperms can give rise to a live mammalian young one. However, this is not the case anymore, thanks to new scientific findings.
Since the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, concerns about a possible Zika pandemic have taken the world by storm. The World Health Organization no longer lists Zika virus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, but stresses that it remains a serious "long-term problem"…Read More
Immunization is still the best way to keep children safe from serious childhood diseases. Despite that fact, there is still a surprising amount of resistance facing vaccinations today, even in those countries where people are expected to know better.
Ailments like measles, polio, and whooping…Read More
We are now a step closer towards finding a vaccine against the dreaded Zika virus. That's the claim of a group of medical researchers from two universities in the United States. According to the researchers, they have discovered a human antibody that can stop the progress of Zika infection. The researchers…Read More
Heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in the world as far as ailments are concerned. Statistics show that the number of patients suffering from the condition will likely increase in the coming years.
According to the American Heart Association…Read More
Depression is a very serious medical condition affecting the lives of millions of people. Despite extensive studies, experiments and various researches, our understanding of depression is very limited. There have been various disagreements among scientists about its origin. Fortunately, it seems like…Read More
Every one of us has definitely heard about at least one disease that started spreading through insects, mosquitoes or other types of tiny creatures. Some of these diseases are well known and are being constantly monitored by scientists in order to keep them at the minimum degree possible. However,…Read More
The field of medicine is rapidly evolving, thanks to the inputs and dedicated works of millions of scientists worldwide. Quite often, groundbreaking breakthroughs and milestones keep being achieved, all of which have the resultant effects of prolonging human life and making it better.
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When Fulla Nayak, one of the oldest women in India died in May 2011, her death opened the much controversial debate of the use of marijuana. Nayak passed on at the age of 125 years, but not before admitting that she attributed her long life to daily puffs of weed. As soon as this piece of news was…Read More

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*All this week we’re sharing #LiveFully thoughts and stories from writers around the web. Today we here from Joe Poe, a production intern living in Austin, TX and working for Global Short Film Network (a ministry of Cru). You can check out his blog or twitter if you want to connect with this movie buff.
It’s a Saturday evening and my whole family is sitting around the TV watching a movie dad rented. Each of us sits in our own designated seats that have been assigned to us over the years through repetition. In our hands lie plates full of those scrumptious treats that clog our arteries on the way down to our stomachs: pizza rolls, Bagel Bites, chicken wings, buttery popcorn (with a double dose of butter of course).
On this typical night, the movie playing may or may not be one any of us has even heard of. Dad has an uncanny ability to pick the most random movies out there. Trust me; I have seen my fair share of B-movies over the years.
We laugh, we throw in our own commentaries, we are held in suspense, we cover our eyes, we ask questions, we rebuke, we say what should have been said, we stretch our imaginations, we travel to foreign lands, we confront personal fears, we fall in love, we become a hero, we root for the underdog. All my life, one simple set of moving pictures on one ordinary evening has had the power to bring my family together.
Even when I went away to college, I found myself coming home on breaks and holidays and enjoying the latest movie with my parents and brothers. This is why I love film. It has the power to cross generations, cross language boundaries, and provoke us to deal with issues in our culture and personal belief systems. Film brings us together. It unites us all as an audience and allows us to take a journey through a story, through all the laughter or pain. It is a medium that will continue to be added upon, critiqued and improved as each generation passes.
So before I leave the living room, as I stuff down my last handful of popcorn, I thank dad for renting the movie tonight. I know he has cherished this moment just as much as I have.
What does your family do for family time?
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Hot on the heels of the fantastic paratriathlon events at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, there’s a new landmark in the development of the para side the sport in the UK this coming Saturday, 6 August 2022.
The Volvo World Triathlon Para Series Swansea represents Britain’s first ever, standalone, World Triathlon Para Series event.
The World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds co-hosted the World Para Series event in 2021, but this is the next step in British Triathlon’s events strategy, this the first of three years at the venue.
There should be plenty of triathlon fans in town this weekend too, with IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea taking place on Sunday.
The Swansea schedule
Based at Prince of Wales Dock and SA1 Waterfront, the event will also include British Triathlon Paratri Super Series events, plus a GOTRI Disability Aquathlon.
08:30 – British Triathlon Paratri Super Series PTWC
09:00 – British Triathlon Paratri Super Series PTS
09:25 – British Triathlon Paratri Super Series PTVI
10:30 – GO TRI Disability Aquathlon
13:00 – World Triathlon Para Series PTVI
14:20 – World Triathlon Para Series PTWC
15:45 – World Triathlon Para Series PTS5 M
15:50 – World Triathlon Para Series PTS5 F
15:55 – World Triathlon Para Series PTS2, PTS3 and PTS4 Women
16:00 – World Triathlon Para Series PTS4 Men
16:05 – World Triathlon Para Series PTS2 & PTS3 Men
WATCH IT LIVE – You will be able to watch the action live, courtesy of elite race coverage on British Triathlon’s YouTube channel, which is embedded below:
Commonwealth Champions in action
Off of the back of success in Birmingham, Dave Ellis (guided by Luke Pollard) and Katie Crowhurst will have another opportunity to race on UK soil in a major international event. This weekend, Katie will be guided by the experienced Grace France, rather than her Birmingham partner, Jessica Fullagar.
Indeed all of the Birmingham medallists will be racing – Sam Harding (AUS), Jonathan Goerlach (AUS), Chloe MacCombe (IRL) and Jessica Tuomela (CAN).
Add in Annouck Curzillat (FRA) and Alison Peasgood (GBR) – we hope recovered from her Birmingham crash – who were third and fourth respectively in Tokyo, and the challenge for the 18 year-old Crowhurst to match her Birmingham success could be even tougher in Wales.
While the Ellis/Pollard duo will start as clear favourites again, the event offers an opportunity for Oscar Kelly, guided by Charlie Harding, to get straight back into racing after a puncture scuppered their podium chances on Sunday.
Cashmore renews rivalry with Norman
While the women’s PTS5 entry is small, it is quality. That will see Claire Cashmore (GBR) and Grace Norman (USA) go head-to-head once again. Norman took silver in Tokyo to add to her Rio 2016 gold, while Cashmore took Paralympic Games bronze. With Lauren Steadman currently taking a break from triathlon racing, they are the currently the two best athletes in the world in their category.
Claire took World Championship gold ahead of Grace in Abu Dhabi last year, but the American has won both of their meetings this year. It’s a great rivalry to follow.
Among the other key battles to watch out for are Paralympic Games silver and bronze medallists, Florian Brungraber (AUT) and Giovanni Achenza (ITA) in PTWC.
Alexis Hanquinquant (FRA) has been almost untouchable in PTS4, while the ever competitive PTS5 Men will see George Peasgood (GBR) renew rivalry with Stefan Daniel (CAN) and Chris Hammer (USA). That trio finished 2/3/4 in Rio, separated by just 33 seconds.
The Women’s PTWC division produced one of the most thrilling sporting finishes I’ve ever seen at Tokyo 2020, and Kendall Gretsch (USA) and Lauren Parker (AUS) will meet again. Will we get a similar finish to this one which decided the Paralympic gold medal in the final five metres?
Plenty to look forward to then, and hopefully the additional profile from the Commonwealth Games combined with a busy weekend of triathlon action in the city will see plenty of spectators out to support the event.

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‘Highwaymen’ Singer Dave Fisher Dies
Fisher died Friday at his home in Rye, N.Y., of a bone marrow disease, his wife, Dr. Elaine K. Haagen, said Thursday.
Fisher was a freshman at Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 1958 when he and four other fellow students formed the band. United Artists released Fisher’s arrangement of the spiritual “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” while they were still in school. It soared to the top of the best-seller chart under the title “Michael,” earning the group a gold record.
Other hits followed, including “Cotton Fields” and “The Gypsy Rover,” as did appearances on Ed Sullivan’s and Johnny Carson’s shows.
The group began to frequently play the Gaslight Cafe in New York’s Greenwich Village section and came into contact with such greats as Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Buffy Sainte-Marie.
They disbanded in 1964 but came together again in 1987 for a concert for their 25th college reunion. Since then, they have performed 10-12 concerts a year, said Ken Greengrass, the group’s longtime manager. The band last performed together in August in Massachusetts.
Fisher “was writing 99 percent of the music and doing the vocal arrangements” for the band, Greengrass said, in addition to being its lead singer. Fisher was only member of the band to make music his profession, working as a songwriter, arranger and producer for movies and television shows such as the “Fall Guy.”
“The sound of the Highwaymen was Fisher,” said Greengrass, who has managed Art Garfunkel and other artists. “His tenor made the group very recognizable.”
Before Fisher died, the group had been discussing a number of projects, including a PBS special and a Woodstock-like show with other performing artists.
Band member Steve Butts, a retired university administrator who was the group’s banjo player, said he and the other two surviving members were at Fisher’s bedside the day before he died.
Band member Bob Burnett had a career as a trusts lawyer and Chan Daniels, who died in 1975, had been an executive for Capitol Records.
Fisher is “the guy responsible for one of the seminal folk groups of 1960s,” said Steve Trott, who played mandolin and guitar for the group and made a career as a federal appeals court judge and worked in the Justice Department under Ronald Reagan. “He’s the guy who arranged the biggest folk hit of all time, ‘Michael, Row the Boat Ashore.’“
Trott called Fisher a musical genius who knew opera, classical, folk music and every other kind of music like the back of his hand.
“He was able to put it all together and meld it into the Highwaymen sound,” he said.
The rock ‘n’ roll magazine Blitz has called the Highwaymen’s recording of their 1963 concert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best reissue or compilation of 2009. It also called its album When the Village Was Green one of the best releases of 2007.
The reason “Michael” was such a big hit, Trott said, was because Fisher “put a couple of minor chords into it that hadn’t been there before … and that made all the difference.”
He told Butts to whistle “and that was it. It took about 15 minutes,” Trott said. “He did that all the time. He had this touch for folk music that was remarkable.”
A memorial service was planned for June 13 at the Clear View School in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., a treatment center for children with emotional and mental illness where Fisher served on the board of directors, Haagen said.
To learn more about The Highwaymen, click here for the group’s website.


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I loaded up six rounds, same as I used to test my Alaskan before. 300 grain TSX over 69gr of RL15. You gain 22.6 fps per inch.
African - 2442
Alaskan - 2374
I'm pretty sick, that I traded for an African to gain 68 fps
I've never been able to find anyone who has compared the two side by side.
Well, Saturday I'm trading my Long Range rifle for a Ruger African, thats been Cerakoted. So I now own the Alaskan and African, and I will be doing chrono testing the first day, and I will post all the data here.
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You're an alien assassin with some work to do!
Blood, bullets and Hot Cheetos... Just another day in Necropolis.
Everyone wants a taste of this castle!
I clipped some sound pieces from an episode of Wreckless Media Radio. And tried to create some sort of coherent narrative with it. This short cartoon is the result.
The guys at WMR came up with the concept of "The Moleman". They are a comedy talk radio show. Definitely go check 'em out http://www.wrecklessmedia radio.com they are fucking hilarious!
Also check my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/sv enstoffels
More stuff to come!
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Joined at the hip!
Sometimes it takes juggling, as when the Saturday Night Live star, 37, made time to see Wilde, 28, on a work night September 20. "Everyone on the show staff was writing late," said a source, "but Jason managed to sneak over to Radio City Music Hall to see Bon Iver with Olivia."
Still, the two are in no rush to wed, said the source.
Sudeikis was previously married to actress and 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon from 2004 to 2010. Wilde finalized her divorce from Tao Ruspoli in September 2011after eight years of marriage.
"They've both been married, so they've already experienced that and know what it entails," the source explained. "It's something for down the road."
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Krupnik, Igor. 2003. "(1) The Subsistence Era: Early Prehistory to Euro-American Contacts (2)The Walrus in Native Marine Economies." In Coastal-Marine Conservation: Science and Policy. Ray, G. Carleton and Jerry, McCormick, editors. 181–182, 196. Blackwell Publishing.
These records consist of files maintained in the office of the program director of the United States Marine Mammal Program concerning the administration of the Program.
Records include administrative files; handwritten notes by the program director; general correspondence; research proposals; records of an international conference; newsletters;
reports; copies of legislation concerning marine mammal protection; and publications, newspaper clippings, and miscellany.
Correspondents include Suzanne M. Contos; William E. Evans; Charles O. Handley, Jr.; Kenneth S. Norris; Clayton E. Ray; G. Carleton Ray; William E. Schevill.
The United States Marine Mammal Program was established in 1969 by the United States National Committee of the International Biological Program (USNC/IBP) and the International
Marine Mammal Working Group of the International Biological Program.
In 1964 the International Council of Scientific Unions, a nongovernmental organization, created a Special Committee for the International Biological Program (SCIBP) whose
theme was the "Biological Basis for Productivity and Human Welfare." Programs focusing on this theme were developed by SCIBP and were operational from 1967 to 1972, with a
later extension to 1974. Participation by the United States government in the International Biological Program began in 1965 when a National Academy of Sciences' ad hoc committee
recommended the formation of USNC/IBP.
USNC/IBP's activities were coordinated by the National Science Foundation, which also provided most of the funding. Support funds were also contributed by the Atomic Energy
Commission, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Smithsonian Institution, and private industry. In 1967, USNC/IBP
began a study of marine mammals that finally resulted in the formation of the United States Marine Mammal Program.
The United States Marine Mammal Program was directed by an eleven-member Marine Mammal Council (MMC) appointed by the United States Marine Mammal Working Group. The Council,
in turn, named a four-member Executive Committee to oversee daily operations; an office was set up in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Members
of the Executive Committee included Program Director G. Carleton Ray of The Johns Hopkins University; Kenneth S. Norris of The Oceanic Institute, Hawaii; Charles O. Handley
of the Smithsonian Institution; and William E. Schevill of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The program director also served as a member of the International Marine Mammal
Working Group. As overseer of the Program, the MMC served as a catalyst for marine mammal studies by aiding in developing a Marine Mammal Study Center at the Smithsonian for
the study of fossil and recent mammals; publishing The Marine Mammal Newsletter; sponsoring marine mammal conferences; cooperating with other phases of the United States
International Biological Program; and coordinating existing and new research through its Integrated Research Program. By providing information needed for the rational international
management of marine mammals, the Marine Mammal Program emphasized the opportunity for ecological studies rather than those having an economic or political basis.
Other related activities of the Council included assisting and advising the United States Congress on marine mammal affairs following the introduction of bills and resolutions.
Several Council members also testified before Congressional committee hearings.
On June 30, 1974, the United States' participation in the International Biological Program was officially terminated when funding from the National Science Foundation ceased.
A field guide to Atlantic Coast fishes of North America / C. Richard Robins, G. Carleton Ray ; illustrations by John Douglass and Rudolf Freund; sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation


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Have you been obsessing over the news? I have. Do you feel anxious because of COVID-19? I do. Do you feel out of control? I have at times. Are you seeking calm? I am.
In fact, below are some ideas that will get you started down the path to a calmer you. We have the power to create a sense of calm for ourselves during these turbulent times we live in. We just have to reclaim our power and take the steps to do so. Who’s in control now? Happy relaxing!
1. Take off your work hat.
If we let it, work can consume us, even after hours. The good news is, work-life balance is possible. If there’s something you don’t want to forget or you have other concerns like say for instance you don’t want to forget a new process, write it down and put it nearby where you’ll see it the next time you’re on the clock. And forget about it. No matter the day of the week, when your workday comes to an end, throw that hat off or hang it on a hook, figuratively speaking. Soon enough you’ll be putting the work hat back on. For now, put on another hat and enjoy life.
2. Fill the air with a scent you enjoy.
Open up those cupboards and get out your favorite scented candle or wax warmer and melts. Maybe you prefer incense or some other type of scented air freshener. Whatever you prefer, put it to use and fill your space with a scent that relaxes you.
3. Take a short break from social media.
And turn off the TV, especially if the news is upsetting. We want to be in the know, but we also need to replenish.
4. Tidy your space.
A clean space can create a calming environment. And it only takes minutes to do. Putting things in their place can do the trick. Declutter and enjoy the positive benefits!
Connect with a neighbor, a friend, a loved one or someone you find important to you. The act of connecting via phone, the internet, in-person or however you choose, can put a stressed out mind at ease.
6. Pet your dog.
Pet your dog, cat, horse or other beloved animal. Simply giving our animals a good pet can ease our mind. And our pets enjoy it too!
7. Enjoy a hot cup of herbal tea.
8. Go outside and breathe in the fresh air.
Breathing in fresh air can clear a cluttered mind. Simply take in a deep breath and slowly exhale. You just might find yourself wanting to do this more than once. As you enjoy the fresh air, let those pesky anxiety inducing thoughts go.
9. Tend to your Garden. If you don’t have a garden, tend to your houseplants.
If you don’t have a houseplant, acquire one and nurture it. And if you have flowers growing in your garden, cut a few and place them in a flower vase or cute cup and put them on display inside or outside your home.
10. Put on your comfy pajamas because…
11. Take the dog on a walk.
Go on an adventure with your dog. Taking the dog on a walk is a great way to refocus on the current moment, especially if your furry pal is learning the ropes. There’s something in it for both of you. Remember to stay at least 6 feet away from others when walking your dog on a leash.
12. Give yourself a manicure.
Go ahead. Pick out your favorite nail color and get to painting! It’s fun, relaxing and a good distraction from life’s stressors.
13. Give meditation a try.
Stake your claim. Don’t let obtrusive thoughts rule your mind. Instead, achieve a stable mental state with meditation.
14. Try a yoga pose.
Stretch your body and feel the stress leave. Even a good stretch in the morning before you get out of bed helps. If you’d like to learn a few yoga poses, there are videos on YouTube that might be useful if you’re a beginner.
15. Listen to music you like.
Do you prefer jazz? Play some light jazz. Do you prefer the sounds of nature? Play nature sounds. Whatever your taste, put it to work for you. You can find your favorite music genre(s) on YouTube.
What’s on your reading list? Is it fiction or nonfiction? If you have the book, what are you waiting for? Dust it off and get to reading. Let the story pull you in and enjoy the adventure! If you want to purchase a book, head over to Amazon, Barnes & Noble or your fav bookstore. Whatever your preference, enjoy shopping and delve into that book when you get it. Happy reading!
17. Play a game of Solitaire using a real deck of cards.
To play a game of Solitaire, all you need is a deck of cards and some you time. This is a one player card game. If you need a refresher, or would like to learn how to play the game, head over to Bicycle Cards, and click on HOW TO PLAY. From there, find the rules for Solitaire and have fun!
18. Do something you’ve been wanting to do but you keep putting it off.
Now’s the time.


text: This last week I made the Green Chile Pork Pozole from April’s Bon Appetit. I am drawn to any Mexican food recipe with the word ‘green’ in it! I love the taste of tomatillo sauce! And of course, I love pozole. This seemed like a fairly budget friendly recipe, so I decided to go for. I’m sorry there’s no picture, but in my experience soup does not photograph especially well! The recipe only calls for one pound of pork…all the tenderloins I saw came in two pound packages, so I bought one, cut it in half and froze the other half. After having made the recipe, I wish I had just put both pounds in the soup. I discovered while I was making this that I didn’t have any chile powder so I substituted cayenne…I used less cayenne than the amount of chili powder that it called for but it still turned out super spices – edible, but not for the faint of heart! I rarely get heartburn and i got some with this soup. The meat turned out really tender and the soup has great flavor. I’d say it was a pretty great soup! Oh, and the recipe says that it feeds 4, but those must be huge 4 person servings!

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Governor Hope Uzodinma has continued to set new failure standards in Imo State ever since he took the helms of government following a judicial heist in 2020. Today, the State is gasping for breath, from oil crises to insecurity, battered economy, flooding, decaying infrastructure, and what have you; the government clearly lacks direction. Imolites have never had it this bad.
Last week, many Nigerians particularly Imolites were dismayed when they woke up to the news that Governor Uzodinma has gone against the pact of the Southern Governors forum by declaring that the ‘Ban on Open Grazing’ would not be enforced in Imo State. It was a heart-wrenching moment for many who understood what this meant to a once peaceful State like Imo State.
Over the years, Fulani herdsmen have grown notoriety in committing all manners of atrocities against communities in Nigeria, hiding under the banner of farmer/herder clashes, they heartlessly maim, rape, destroy and kill innocent farmers for protesting the damages wrecked by their cattle on their farmlands. This was the reason why the Southern Governors came under the same umbrella to declare that ‘enough is enough!’ To solve the problems. the Governors placed a ban on open grazing to minimise these frictions and set a date for its enforcement. Out of 17 Governors, it is only Uzondinma that has chosen to be the black sheep.
Just one week to the 1st of September deadline, Uzodinma decided to become the odd one. what a man. This surely has nothing to do with partisanship because Uzodinma is not more APC than the Chairman of the forum, Rotimi Akerodolu who has been vocal against the activities of the rampaging terrorists masquerading as herdsmen. What this means is that Uzodinma knowing fully that his stance is a recipe for more clashes and violence has damned the consequences and chosen to serve his masters who imposed him on Ndi Imo against their wishes even if it required sacrificing the lives of every Imolite. This is simply the height of it.
However, Uzondinma needs to be reminded that the Supreme Court gave him a first term using ‘Ben Johnson’ methods. They cannot guarantee him a second term, so it is important he stops being delusional. While bulldozing his way to satisfy the whims and caprices of those who imposed him on the people of Imo State, it is important that he is reminded that he would not have any State to govern if law and order completely break down in the State.
The spate of insecurity in the once peaceful State keeps gaining scary momentum with every passing day. Kidnapping has now assumed lofty proportions. There’s hardly any day that passes without a story of someone being forcefully abducted in one part of Imo State, it is a very rare occurrence. It pains every lover of the State to be reminded that the State in question has a sitting Governor who is supposed to be the Chief Security Officer of his citizens. As chief Security Officer, he collects monies running into billions of Naira monthly from the badly depleted State’s coffers as Security Vote, it is such a painful situation. Imolites now live in fear in their towns and villages. Safety is now considered a luxury and not a necessity under Uzodinma’s Imo. Terrible!
To even think of the fact that Uzodimma himself played huge roles in setting the pace for the level of insecurity confronting Imo is far more painful. This is a man that publicly admitted inviting the military into Imo State to come and mercilessly deal with innocent civilians to death under the guise of looking for secessionists, indeed, Imo has never been the same ever since. Imo preferred to use guns and bullets where tact and diplomacy were heavily needed.
Perhaps, Uzodinma never knew that handling an executive office required a great deal of emotional intelligence, it’s for the very serious-minded and never for jokers and charlatans like Uzodinma. It is a place for people that have thinking brains not rogues like him who lack any modicum of discipline of principle, little wonder why he has continued to wobble and fumble in Douglas House. Imo has never had it this bad.
Just last week, Uzodinma’s lack of leadership qualities came to the fore again as an unresolved dispute between his regime and the independent petroleum marketers led to the closure of all fuel stations in the state. First, the crooked Uzodinma began by blaming past administrations in the State forgetting that he was a PDP member until 2018 when he got to that realisation, he quickly switched to mocking Ndi Imo by asking them to travel to neigbouring States to buy their petroleum which has become an essential commodity for survival in today’s Nigeria. Between then and now, many people have died to health emergencies simply because it was almost impossible to find a vehicle to rush them to hospitals in record time. In practical terms, Owerri is now shut down; homes are now starving, kids weeping, parents helpless. No kerosene, no gas to cook and Uzodinma still sleeps well at night. Shameful to say the least!
Finally, Imolites and all lovers of the State must at this point rise up and make their voice heard. They cannot continue to keep quiet while Uzodinma continues to joke with the destiny and fortunes of the State, and for Uzodinma, while he invites more Fulani herdsmen into the State to live in harmony with Ndi Imo, he should ensure he gives Fulani herdsmen his home town – Omuma, Charity they say begins at home. The world would be taking notes.
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"For we are the builders"
George Osborne’s Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 promises to double the housing budget from 2018/19 and focuses on support for low cost home ownership for first time buyers. We go behind the headlines to see what this could mean in practice.
Recap - An "ambitious" Five Point Plan:
1. Delivering 400,000 affordable housing starts by 2020-21, focused on low cost home ownership. This will include:
1.1 200,000 Starter Homes - 20% discount to market value to young first time buyers; a £2.3 billion fund to support the delivery of up to 60,000 of these, in addition to those delivered through reform of the planning system.
1.2 135,000 Help to Buy: Shared Ownership homes - Open to all households earning less than £80,000 outside London and £90,000 in London.
1.3 10,000 homes that will allow a tenant to save for a deposit while they rent, in addition to50,000 affordable homes from existing commitments and at least 8,000 specialist homes for older people/people with disabilities.
2. Extending the Right to Buy to housing association tenants.
3. Bringing forward further reforms to the planning system:
3.1.1 Establishing a new delivery test on local authorities - Ensuring delivery against the number of homes set out in local plans within a reasonable timeframe. Local communities to allocate land for housing through neighbourhood plans, even if that land is not allocated in the local plan.
3.1.2 Quality of decision making - Supporting decision-making in line with local plans and the principles in the National Planning Policy Framework. Lowering the threshold for the quantity of all major decisions overturned on appeal to 10%. Wider circumstances, such as the status of the local plan and whether appeals relate to this, will be taken into account.
3.1.3 Planning obligations (section 106 agreements) - A more standardised approach to viability assessments; extending the ability to appeal against unviable section 106 agreements to 2018.
3.1.4 Planning conditions - Reviewing the operation of the deemed discharge of planning conditions in order to avoid delays to delivery.
3.2 Supporting the availability of appropriate land for housing, including by releasing public sector land with capacity for 160,000 homes - Release of unused and previously undeveloped commercial/retail/industrial land for Starter Homes; regeneration of previously developed brownfield sites in the green belt providing it contributes to Starter Homes (subject to local consultation).
3.3 Backing SME house builders - Amending policy to support small sites, extending the £1 billion Builders’ Finance Fund to 2020-21; halving the length of the planning guarantee for minor developments to 13 weeks.
3.4 Offering £2.3 billion in loans to help regenerate large council estates and invest in infrastructure needed for major housing developments.
3.5 Investing £310 million to deliver the first new garden city in nearly 100 years, at Ebbsfleet.
4. Extending the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme to 2021 and creating a London Help to Buy scheme, offering a 40% equity loan in recognition of the higher housing costs in the capital.
5. Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (3 percentage points above current SDLT rates) - Charged on purchases of additional residential properties, e.g. buy-to-let properties/second homes from 1 April 2016. The tax receipts will help towards doubling the affordable housing budget.
The Chancellor's Spending Review contains wide-ranging initiatives to improve home ownership and housing delivery.
The Treasury has promised significant planning reforms and has marked its intention to provide substantial housing investment, including a £2.3 billion fund for private housing developers to ensure the provision of Starter Homes for people looking to buy their first property.
Of course, the initiatives announced in the Review are perhaps unsurprising in light of the proposals contained in the Housing and Planning Bill (the Bill).
The Bill is currently at the committee stage in the Commons. The Chancellor's promise of significant investment serves to reinforce the Bill's proposed imposition of a general statutory duty on all local planning authorities to promote the supply of Starter Homes and a specific statutory duty (to be determined in later regulations) to require a certain number or proportion of Starter Homes on site. Starter Homes appear therefore to reflect a statutory standing that affordable housing has never had (traditionally the focus of national (and local) policy, rather than law).
The recent announcements are therefore widely positive for our house-builder clients. However, the full details of the initiatives are yet to be published:
Trevor Ivory, National Head of Planning at DLA Piper comments on the Spending Review
"Further clarity is needed on how Starter Homes will relate to other forms of affordable housing provision. The inclusion of a legal requirement to provide Starter Homes in the Housing and Planning Bill has created a great deal of uncertainty about what this means for other forms of affordable housing that only have policy rather than legal support. The Government needs to be much clearer about whether it wants Starter Homes provided in place of other forms of affordable housing or as an additional requirement on house builders. If it is the former then housing charities and local authorities will cry foul. If it is the latter then the initiative risks jeopardising the viability of development at a time when the market is only just recovering in many parts of the country".
Access to funding
The Review goes on to state that "the scale of this programme of house building will require all sectors to play a role in delivery. As a result, the Government will remove constraints that prevent private sector organisations from participating in delivery of these programmes, including the constraints to bidding for government funding".
This begs a number of questions for which we are yet to receive answers:
- Who will have access to the funds?
- Does this mean local planning authorities and housing associations (as public sector organisations) will not have access to these funds?
- Will all private house-builders be eligible?
- What (if any) criteria will be applied?
- What is the process for bidding for the funds?
- How exactly are the house-builders are to be assisted? Will the £2.3 billion be used to compensate house-builders for the 20% discount for the Starter Homes?
The Review has certainly signalled a step-change in approach which looks good for the development industry, but without details, house-builders, developers and planners alike remain keen to fully understand the full scope of George Osborne's crusade to transform 'Generation Rent' into 'Generation Buy'.


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What is the Child Advocacy Center?
The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) in Gainesville provides a child-friendly, safe and supportive environment for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. The CAC is a place where professionals – social workers, counselors, law enforcement officers, state attorneys, victim advocates, medical professionals and others – work as a team to coordinate investigations and interventions. This collaboration seeks to ensure that children are not re-victimized by the system and that they and their families are provided the support and services needed.
The Center has taken the lead in providing quality training for multidisciplinary team members and the child protection community, in addition to facilitating changes within the child welfare system to efficiently, compassionately, and comprehensively serve children who have been abused. The Center advocates for children in the dependency, civil and criminal court systems.
The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. is funded in part by the Alachua County Commission’s Community Agency Partnership Program (CAPP) and the United Way of North Central Florida. Additionally, this project was supported by Award No. VOCA-2018-Child Advocacy Center, In-00053 awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs. Sponsored by Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Center and the State of Florida. The Child Advocacy Center, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
The Child Advocacy Center works to prevent further trauma to the child victim by:
- Coordinating a comprehensive, multidisciplinary response to child abuse investigations and interventions.
- Conducting forensic interviews, reducing the number of times a child is required to share details of traumatic experiences.
- Reducing the time each case remains in the legal system.
- Keeping communication open among professionals in the agencies that deal with child abuse cases.
- Ensuring that children and their families receive the support and services they need to heal.
- Promoting community action and education to prevent child abuse.
Children are our society’s most precious resource. We have a responsibility to protect their minds and bodies and to nourish their souls. Together, we can break the cycle of child abuse.
Our Service Area
The Child Advocacy Center serves child victims aged 0 to 18 as well as their family and non-offending caregivers. Our focus is with children who have experienced abuse, neglect, human trafficking, and trauma. The Child Advocacy Center serves children and families primarily in Alachua County; however, the Center also accepts clients in need from neighboring counties. Alachua County has the 7th highest child abuse rate in the state of Florida with over 4,000 reported cases annually.
“There is no denying the value of the Center’s mission and the vast but often unseen contributions it makes to our community. What makes the CAC special, however, are the remarkable and selfless individuals who, together with our partners, have dedicated their lives to securing a brighter future for the children they serve.” -Lem Purcell, Former Chairman, CAC Board of Directors
A comprehensive, child-friendly facility where professionals from law enforcement, medical, child protection and therapeutic services effectively collaborate to meet the individual needs of child victims and break the cycle of abuse.
Safety, Support, Solutions, Success
A compassionate community where families thrive, children are safe, and victims receive the resources they need to heal.
In a perfect world, children live in safe, nurturing environments. Over 4,000 cases of child abuse are reported every year in Alachua County. In 2021, we served over 3,811 people affected by child abuse, including 2,101 child victims. Of the children we served, 42 were survivors of human trafficking and 24 were survivors of child pornography. In the past, children were shuffled among agencies, from the police department to the hospital to the mental health center to the prosecutor’s office. They have been asked to tell the story of their abuse over and over again. This fragmented system did not offer children and families the support and services they needed to begin the journey toward healing.
A Better Way
In 1998, a group of dedicated individuals from agencies who handle child abuse recognized a need for change. The primary focus was placed on the child victim and non-offending family members. This group began working as a team to establish an advocacy center that would unite all agencies working on behalf of child abuse victims and promote a compassionate community response.
“We have witnessed the Child Advocacy Center making a difference to reduce trauma to abused children by coordinating the efforts of core partner agencies to help expedite each child’s time in the system so that their healing can begin.” -Rod and DeeDee Smith, Child Advocacy Center Founders

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|Publication number||US6873482 B1|
|Application number||US 09/518,533|
|Publication date||Mar 29, 2005|
|Filing date||Mar 4, 2000|
|Priority date||Mar 5, 1999|
|Publication number||09518533, 518533, US 6873482 B1, US 6873482B1, US-B1-6873482, US6873482 B1, US6873482B1|
|Inventors||Yung-Chieh Hsieh, Vlad Novotny|
|Original Assignee||Yung-Chieh Hsieh, Vlad Novotny|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (6), Referenced by (33), Classifications (6), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application claims the benefit of the U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/123,089, entitled “Magnetic Recording Drive with Continuous Magnetic Servo System”, filed on Mar. 5, 1999, which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention is related to digital magnetic data storage and, in particular, to continuous magnetic servo systems.
In a disk-storage system, either magnetic or optical, the servo scheme plays an extremely important role. An efficient servo scheme will increase not only the data density but also the system performance, such as access time. In current magnetic recording technology, the sampled-servo scheme makes it impossible to achieve high track density; this is because the increasing sampling frequency leads to gains the track density but, at the same time, enlarges the overhead. With the present servo schemes, continuous servo does not leave any space for data.
In contrast, in optical disk data storage, a continuous servo signal is obtained from the diffraction of the pre-grooved substrate. The track densities are many times higher than in magnetic hard disk drive (HDD). If the HDD could achieve the same track density as the optical drive, the recording density could be significantly increased.
In this application, we report an invention to provide a continuous servo signal for HDD without increasing the overhead; in fact, the current overhead associated with sampled servo is eliminated.
In order to increase tracking densities in the magnetic recording drive, continuous servo signals are required. An additional magnetic recording layer is included in the standard magnetic recording disk structure and servo patterns are recorded in this layer. The magnetic coercivity of the servo layer is higher than that of the data layer so that the data recording and erasing cannot overwrite the servo pattern. Gray code and other control signals are usually recorded in the data layer but can be included in the servo layer instead of data layer. The interference between the data and servo signals is minimized by recording the servo patterns in a perpendicular or transverse direction with respect to magnetic orientation of recorded data bits. Preferred servo patterns have the same track width as data tracks, and are shifted by one half of the data track with respect to the data track centers. This way, no interference occurs from the servo signal when the head is tracking perfectly in the middle between adjacent servo tracks. Interference between the data and servo signals is further reduced by dividing the signal detected by a magnetoresistive or giant magnetoresistive sensor into two parts. The low pass filtering is applied to the signal intended to be the servo signal. This signal is also subtracted from the data signal and the resulting signal is high pass filtered to generate the final data signal. Tracking the error signal from the servo channel is used to control the position of the coarse actuator. When ultimate track densities are required, a piezoelectric, electrostatic or electromagnetic microactuator is added to the dual servo control system, which permits improved track positioning with the continuous servo signal.
FIG. 1A: The disk structure used for the conventional magnetic hard disk drive shown in the side view.
FIG. 2A: The structure of a disk with two magnetic layers, one for data and the other for continuous servo shown in the side view.
FIG. 3A: The magnetization of the data and servo layers, with data layer magnetized longitudinally and servo layer magnetized perpendicularly. Schematic representation of servo signal from Z-component of magnetization is also included.
FIG. 4: The frequency response of the data channel and servo channel.
FIG. 5: Schematic diagram of electronic circuitry to further minimize interference between data and servo signals.
FIG. 6: Example of data and servo signals from the disk with servo and data layers according to this invention.
In this invention, we introduce the second magnetic layer 15 to generate the continuous servo signals.
The task for the independent servo layer is to minimize, to an acceptable degree, the interference between the signals from two magnetic layers.
The main idea here is to magnetize the servo layer 15 in a direction perpendicular to the direction of magnetization of the data bits 12. Under such an arrangement, the interference between the data and servo signals can be minimized. The configuration of
When the servo signal happens to decrease while the head moves away from the center of an even numbered data track in the positive direction, then the servo signal will increase as the head moves away from the center of odd numbered data track in the same positive direction. In other words, the tracking polarity depends on tracking on the even or odd tracks. For this reason, servo processing must trace whether the track is odd or even numbered so that track misregistration is corrected in the right direction.
Alternate servo patterns embodiments are possible. An example of such a pattern is servo track with width equal to half of the data track width. Two adjacent servo tracks, one magnetized in the positive direction and the second servo track magnetized in the negative directions are aligned with every data track. This pattern has two times higher frequency of servo signal than example in FIG. 3A and it does not require servo channel to keep track of odd and even numbered tracks.
The above explanation is absolutely true when the Y-component of magnetization could be neglected completely. In reality, there is Y-component of magnetization in the transition edge of the servo layer. Therefore, the optimized track offset between the data and servo layer may not be a half-track. Instead, it should depend on the detail parameter in the system.
Another servo alternative is shown in
Additional example of servo pattern is a conventional ABCD checkerboard that is extensively used in sampled servo systems. In present implementation, checkerboard pattern is continuous around disk circumference in the servo layer as opposed to discontinuous pattern in the data layer in the conventional servo system.
Examples of longitudinal magnetic recording films are CoCrPt, CoCrTa alloys and examples of perpendicularly oriented films are CoCr, TbFeCo, TbGdCo alloys, multilayers of CoPt, CoPd and other magnetic films. Magnetic coercivity of servo film should be higher than magnetic coercivity of data film.
Servo and data signals are superimposed, and they have to be separated. Fortunately, the frequency bandwidth of the servo signal is much lower than that of the data. The data and servo signals can be easily filtered after they are divided into two separate channels.
Interference between the magnetic data and servo signal can be further minimized with the approach presented in FIG. 5. First, the signal detected by the reader 50 is amplified with amplifier 51 and divided into two separate signals with divider 52. The first signal, called servo signal is passed through the low pass filter 54. The second signal, referred to here as data signal is time delayed with unit 53 by a proper duration. The servo signal 60 is sent directly into servo channel 59 and also into gain controller 55. The signal 61 is subtracted with 56 from the time delayed data signal. Finally, the resulting data signal 62 is filtered with a high pass filter 57 and decoded with standard digital decoding techniques in the data channel 58.
The servo signal, obtained after the low pass filtering, is processed to generate a tracking error signal that is fed into the coarse actuator (usually of rotary type). In order to take full advantage of the continuous tracking error signal, a microactuator is added to the coarse actuator, which improves the tracking capability and leads to much higher tracking densities. Microactuators can be piezoelectric, electromagnetic or electrostatic, and they can be placed on an actuator arm, a slider, or suspensions according to established prior art.
Writing the servo pattern on the magnetic layer with very high coercivity requires the heads with high saturation magnetization pole tips. Alternatively, heads with normal saturation magnetization can be used. However, in this case, the servo writing can be performed at elevated temperatures in order to lower the magnetic coercivity of the servo layer temporarily during servo writing. Global or local heating of the disk can be used. Local heating can be accomplished with focussed light beam at the location of inductive writer. Focussed laser diode beam is one example of one convenient implementation of localized heating.
Gray code and other control signals are generally recorded into the data layer but can be also recorded into the servo layer. In the second case, the servo signals would be interrupted for a short period of time and the data would not be recorded onto the data layer during these gray code bursts. Gray codes and other control signals are processed, as is data, with high bandwidth electronics.
Example of data and continuous servo signal according to this invention is included in
The present invention has been particularly shown and described with respect to certain specific embodiments and features. However, it is readily apparent to those with ordinary skills in the art that various changes and modifications in form of detail may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventions set forth in the claims. Particularly apparent is that a wide variety of materials may be used in the magnetic recording disks and heads. Also, it is noted that a wide variety of servo patterns and methods of their recording can be used. Finally, the invention disclosed may be practiced without any element not specifically described herein.
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CARSON CITY – The Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended approval Thursday of a takeover of Aliante Station in North Las Vegas that will allow it to emerge from bankruptcy.
Nine banks and three private equity firms, which loaned more than $400 million for the construction and initial operation, will be the new owners.
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The new owners will loan $45 million to keep the business open. Aliante Station has about 880 employees.
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Arvin Russell is having a tough childhood in the backwoods town of Meade in southern Ohio. His mother is dying of cancer, and his grief-crazed father Willard has set up a “praying log” where he sacrifices animals and makes Arvin pray for hours on end. When his mother dies, his father commits suicide by hanging himself at the praying log.
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