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Collaboration is the heartbeat of a productive workforce. It propels teams toward shared goals. In the modern workplace, success hinges not only on collective efforts but also on the quality of human connections.
Beyond metrics and milestones, the essence of a thriving professional environment lies in fostering robust interpersonal relationships—which is where emotional intelligence steps in. Here’s how it can help create a positive workplace and how you can foster this soft skill.
Fostering Emotional Intelligence for Enhanced Understanding
The modern business landscape’s fast-paced nature undoubtedly gives way to looming deadlines and stressful challenges that can affect employee well-being. Fortunately, fostering a high emotional intelligence allows you to create harmony in the workplace.
This soft skill for collaboration and teamwork plays a pivotal role in creating a culture that values empathy and mutual understanding. At its core, emotional intelligence (often referred to as EQ) enables you to navigate human emotions as you understand yours and that of others.
However, EQ goes beyond simply acknowledging feelings. Developing your emotional intelligence allows you to comprehend the impact of those emotions on behavior and decision-making. In a workplace setting, cultivating emotional intelligence becomes a catalyst for effective communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution.
Leveraging Emotional Intelligence for Interpersonal Connections in the Workplace
So, how can emotional intelligence help you navigate relationships in the office and keep a positive work environment?
● Listening with empathy
As an emotionally intelligent leader, you can listen attentively to your team members’ concerns in a team meeting instead of immediately proposing solutions. With this, you can validate their feelings and encourage them to join you in finding solutions.
It doesn’t just enhance the quality of decisions; it also fosters a sense of being heard and understood—strengthening your team’s interpersonal relationships.
● Resolving conflicts through understanding
Your emotional intelligence can help you understand a disagreement’s root cause. In effect, you’re more likely to work towards a compromise that satisfies all parties involved. You may also resolve conflicts more effectively while building trust among team members who feel considered and respected.
● Adapting communication styles
Recognizing that people react differently to communication styles allows you to tweak your approach for clear and impactful messages. Enhanced emotional intelligence makes this adjustment smoother. By being adaptable, you can promote a smoother exchange of ideas and minimize misunderstandings.
More than that, you can create a more collaborative and cohesive working environment wherein team members support each other.
● Building trust through transparency
If you’re a leader with high emotional intelligence, you can be more confident with openly communicating your reasons behind certain decisions. Your EQ allows you to demonstrate trustworthiness and foster a culture of transparency within the team.
By keeping team members informed and involved in decision-making, you foster trust, unity, and a shared sense of purpose.
● Motivating with healthy positivity
As an emotionally intelligent manager, you can motivate your team beyond setting goals. You’re adept at acknowledging and celebrating individual and group accomplishments.
This positive reinforcement doesn’t just boost morale. It also deepens camaraderie among team members, creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and motivated to do their best.
● Becoming culturally sensitive in collaboration
In a diverse workplace, emotional intelligence plays a crucial role in recognizing and respecting cultural differences. With this, your team members can approach collaboration with sensitivity to diverse perspectives. Your employees can help you create an inclusive environment.
● Maintaining resilience in the face of challenges
When faced with setbacks, it’s better to have business resilience vs. continuity since it lets your organization weather any challenges. With that, having emotionally intelligent team members becomes crucial.
They can acknowledge and manage their own emotions while offering support to others. In turn, you and your team can create a resilient culture. Your members are more likely to view challenges as opportunities for growth and navigate adversity with a shared sense of determination.
Promoting a Culture of Inclusivity and Diversity
Inclusivity and diversity are more than just buzzwords; they are cornerstones of organizational strength. With a diverse workforce, you can effectively implement change in your organization, promote innovation and creativity, and cultivate a workplace rich in empathy and understanding. But what is inclusivity and diversity?
Firstly, workplace diversity encompasses a wide range of attributes, including (but not limited to):
- sexual orientation, and
- cognitive styles.
Its significance lies in recognizing that these differences contribute to a broader and more colorful perspective. It can enrich the collective intelligence of your organization. When people from diverse backgrounds come together, it creates a mix of experiences and insights that fosters a deeper understanding of one another.
Meanwhile, inclusivity is the active effort to welcome and value everyone. It connects diverse perspectives and creates an environment where every individual feels they belong, regardless of their background. It can break down barriers and allow genuine connections to flourish.
10 Strategies for Creating an Inclusive and Diverse Work Environment
Creating an inclusive and diverse workplace requires meticulous planning and proper measures. Consider the following strategies to foster a positive environment.
1. Establish inclusive policies
Thoroughly articulated policies set the tone for an inclusive culture. It also provides a framework for respectful interactions among team members. So, develop and communicate clear policies that promote diversity and inclusion, such as those for anti-discrimination, flexible work arrangements, and support for employee resource groups.
2. Implement diverse hiring practices
When hiring, use practices that consider a diverse range of candidates. One thing you can implement is blind recruitment; it involves evaluating applicants without biases since resumes won’t have information about the candidates’ demographics. You can also actively seek candidates from underrepresented groups to ensure a diverse applicant pool.
More than bringing varied perspectives into the organization, diverse hiring practices also demonstrate your commitment to inclusivity from the outset.
3. Hold cultural competency training sessions
Understanding and respecting different cultures makes your team more empathetic. That said, provide ongoing training to employees on this subject matter. Regular training sessions create a continuous learning environment while promoting a culture of curiosity and understanding.
4. Promote intersectional awareness
Besides cultural sensitivity, promoting intersectionality can help your team recognize individuals with multiple identities that influence their experiences. This awareness nurtures empathy and appreciation for the diverse factors influencing identity in the workplace.
5. Develop open dialogue platforms
Speaking up about diversity and inclusion can spark awareness. It can also provide avenues for honest conversations, debunking misconceptions, and building bridges of empathy. So, consider holding regular town hall meetings, creating forums, or developing online platforms where employees can share their experiences.
6. Offer flexible work arrangements
Not all employees can accommodate eight-hour shifts. Hence, consider implementing flexible work arrangements that can address their different needs. You can offer remote work options, flexible hours, or compressed work weeks. This strategy doesn’t just support work-life balance. It also accommodates diverse lifestyles and responsibilities, which can increase job satisfaction.
Moreover, flexible work arrangements demonstrate an understanding of individual needs. With this, you can create a culture of trust and mutual respect as you show your employees that you care about their boundaries.
7. Recognize and celebrate diversity
Actively recognize and celebrate cultural events, holidays, and milestones that are significant to employees from various backgrounds. Doing so fosters a sense of belonging and appreciation for the diverse experiences within your organization. Additionally, it can serve as an opportunity for education and cultural exchange.
8. Ensure an accessible and inclusive workplace design
When designing your workplace, always keep accessibility in mind. For example, you can create wheelchair-accessible spaces and provide assistive technologies to help your employees with disabilities work properly.
If your team works remotely, you can adopt platforms with features like screen reader compatibility for visually impaired users, captioning for videos to assist those with hearing impairments, and easy navigation for individuals with mobility challenges.
Inclusive design communicates a commitment to accommodating everyone, fostering a sense of equality.
9. Promote mentorship and sponsorship programs
Career advancement should be for all, regardless of their background. Establishing mentorship and sponsorship programs for employees from underrepresented groups can promote equality in the workplace. Consider implementing programs that connect these individuals with seasoned professionals within your organization.
Besides providing career advancement opportunities, these programs can contribute to a supportive atmosphere that breaks down hierarchical barriers and lets individuals learn from each other.
10. Encourage leadership diversity and representation
Actively invite members of diverse backgrounds to take up leadership roles. Having leaders from often underrepresented groups sends a powerful message about your organization’s commitment to inclusivity. More importantly, it provides role models for employees at all levels.
Creating a Positive and Inclusive Workplace
Implementing the strategies above allows your company to create a culture that actively embraces and celebrates differences. In turn, this inclusive environment can foster empathy and understanding as individuals learn to appreciate the richness that diversity brings to their professional lives.
Simply put, championing inclusivity and diversity paves the way for stronger and more meaningful connections in the workplace. Ultimately, it transcends boundaries and fosters a culture where every voice is heard and valued.


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Wiltshire cheesemaker Rosary Goats Cheese has picked up the supreme champion award for its garlic and herb rosary cheese at the British Cheese Awards yesterday (27 May).
The supplier picked up five other awards, including best fresh cheese, in addition to a gold and three silver medals in the fresh cheese category.
This year’s event, the 21st, was the first to be held following the formal merger between the British Cheese Awards and the Royal Bath and West Show, and surpassed the expectations of organisers, according to chairwoman Juliet Harbutt.
The awards received 1,014 entries from 177 cheesemakers across Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland, covering the whole spectrum of cheese supplying – from the largest creameries to the hobbyist. Some 334 medals were awarded at the event in Somerset yesterday.
“The quality, especially the blues, is the best I can remember,” said Harbutt. “With over 150,000 people expected at the show, it is the best possible venue for the awards.”
Humming Bark, a soft cheese made from pasteurised milk by County Wexford-based Carrigbyrne Cheese, was named reserve champion. The producer also picked up the best semi-soft cheese award and a gold medal in the rind-washed category for cheese up to 500g.
Tesco’s Finest Cave Aged Goats Cheese won the champion supermarket award.
Quickes Vintage Cheddar won the best Cheddar award, while Belton Cheese’s Cheshire Traditional won the best English cheese award.
Arla Foods’ Anchor Extra Mature Cheddar was best Welsh cheese, Highland Fine Cheeses’ Morangie Brie won best Scottish cheese, and Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese’s Knockdrinna Meadow was voted best Irish cheese.

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The assembled heroes of the Arrowverse will face their greatest challenge yet this fall when the crossover to end all crossovers, “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” airs. Following the recent teases for the upcoming event in the shows’ season finales, The CW revealed the first official poster for “Crisis” during its upfronts presentation, and it’s now leaked online.
The image features, from left to right, Green Arrow (Stephen Amell), the Flash (Grant Gustin), Supergirl (Melissa Benoist), Batwoman (Ruby Rose), White Canary (Caity Lotz), the Monitor (LaMonica Garrett) and Heatwave (Dominic Purcell). It appears to have been made up of previous promo posters, but it serves as a welcome promise that “Crisis” will bring together all the major faces of the shared DC TV universe to save the multiverse.
Fans will be particularly excited by the fact that the Waverider crew will be involved, after the Legends of Tomorrow cast sat out 2018’s “Elseworlds” crossover. It’s unclear at this time whether Sara Lance and Mick Rory’s placement on the poster is representative of all of the Legends or whether they’ll be the only two to be a major part of the event, but it’s known to be a scheduling nightmare to fit all the actors together, so it’d make sense if only two of them could be involved.
Likewise, this appears to confirm that Batwoman will play a significant role in “Crisis,” following Ruby Rose’s introduction as Bruce Wayne’s cousin in “Elseworlds” and the arrival of her own solo series this fall. In fact, Kate Kane’s part in the event was previously teased in an easter egg hidden in The Flash season 5 premiere.
Finally, the poster confirms that the crossover will take place over five hours across two quarters, which likely means that it’ll be spread over season finales and season premieres. This makes it the biggest Arrowverse event yet. We don’t have a specific air date just yet, but “Crisis on Infinite Earths” is definitely coming soon, and we simply cannot wait.

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Has your cat started sneezing, itching, or scratching lately? Maybe they’ve been grooming or biting themselves incessantly? There could be various causes of these behaviors, but one common, yet surprising cause is that cats can have allergies! Some pet owners may ask, “Can cats be allergic to other cats?” The short answer is no.
Doctor Meagan Painter, a board-certified veterinary dermatologist says that it’s “Not something we have been able to demonstrate and/or not something we test for.”
But cats do have many other proven allergies. So, what are they? Read on to find out more!
Allergies and Feline Atopic Syndrome (FAS)
An allergy is a condition in which the body’s immune system goes into overdrive in response to a particular substance, called an antigen. The body essentially becomes hypersensitive to this antigen that it labels as foreign and releases histamine. This can cause a chain reaction and several side effects seen in an allergic response, such as itching and inflammation.
Feline Atopic Syndrome (FAS) is a newer, more general term used to describe allergic disorders in cats that affect the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and/or respiratory system. Under this umbrella term, there are various allergic diseases which include flea allergy dermatitis (FAD), feline atopic skin disease (FASS), feline food allergy (FFA), and feline asthma. Below, we’ll delve a little bit more into each of these diseases individually.
1. Flea Allergy Dermatitis in Cats (FAD)
Flea allergy dermatitis occurs when a cat has a hypersensitivity reaction to proteins in flea saliva. Ctenocephalides felis, also known as the “cat flea”, is the most common flea species responsible for flea bites and causing flea allergy dermatitis in both cats and dogs. Non-allergic animals can have occasional scratching due to fleas, but those with an allergy will exhibit a much greater response. In fact, in cats that have an allergic reaction to flea saliva, sometimes even only a single flea bite can cause the cat to have an extreme reaction.
Often, signs seen in flea allergy dermatitis in cats can include an itchy, inflamed body, chewing, licking, and hair loss. These signs are often concentrated in areas along the head, neck, underside of the belly, and lower back half of the body. Small pimple-like bumps with crusting (called miliary dermatitis) are very common, and red ulcers or plaques can also occur. Upon examination, one may be able to see fleas or their excrement (called flea dirt) as evidence, but that may not always be the case.
Sometimes, a diagnosis is simply based on history, the lesions seen on the exam, and a good response to flea treatment and control. Allergy skin or blood testing may be an option, but it is not always foolproof and may be interpreted better when considered together with positive clinical signs.
Treatment is multifaceted; medications will be needed to provide the affected cat relief in the scratch-itch cycle as well as to control fleas (both on the pet and in the environment) to prevent future problems from occurring. Medical therapy with antihistamines may be helpful in a small percentage of cases, but treatment is most often successful with corticosteroids. Secondary skin infections, if present, will also need to be treated.
There are numerous options for flea control for the affected pet as well as any other pets in the household. Some of these options include spot-on treatments, oral medications, collars, and sprays. Your veterinarian will be able to discuss various options and help you determine what may be best for you and your pets’ situation. Environmental control will also be essential and should occur wherever the cat spends their time, whether inside (such as beds, furniture, carpet, etc.) and/or outside.
2. Feline Food Allergy (FFA)
Feline food allergy occurs in cats when hypersensitivity occurs due to a product in the food that they eat. The main sign seen is itchiness of the body, which often concentrates around the head and neck and that occurs consistently across all seasons1. In response to the itch, self-trauma is likely to result. Hives, crusts, thick or inflamed skin, and hair loss can all occur. Sometimes, a secondary bacterial or yeast infection will also be present. In addition to the skin signs, there may also be GI signs such as vomiting, diarrhea, a lack of appetite, or weight loss.
In cats, some of the most common food allergens include fish, beef, and chicken. Surprisingly, a cat could develop an allergy to a food that they have already been eating for a long period of time. Unfortunately, there is no simple test to determine if a cat has a food allergy and the only way to diagnose this is to do a strict food trial.
A food trial should be done for at least 8 weeks with a new food, and typically would consist of either a novel protein diet or a hydrolyzed diet. A novel protein (e.g., duck) and carbohydrate (e.g., potato) diet could be selected as long as the cat has never been exposed to the ingredients before. Alternatively, a hydrolyzed diet is made up of a prescription pet food in which the protein is broken down so small that the body is not meant to recognize it as an allergen. During the food trial, no other foods, flavors or products must be eaten; this would include other pet food, human food, treats, chews, or things that are flavored such as medications, toothpaste, or toys.
If during the trial, the signs significantly improve or resolve, the next step is at the end of the food trial and reintroduce the previous food. If the allergy signs return within a 2-week period, this is then determined to be a positive response for a food allergy. Various food trials to pinpoint which ingredients are causing the allergy may need to be performed.
3. Feline Atopic Skin Syndrome (FASS)
Feline atopic skin syndrome occurs in cats that are allergic to irritants in their environment which could include pollens, molds, dust mites, etc. These allergens could be consumed (eaten or inhaled) or absorbed on the skin’s surface. Signs seen in this disease can include the skin signs discussed with the diseases above such as itchiness, ulcers, or ulcerated plaques, and cats may scratch, lick or bite affected areas over and over. The areas most affected are often on the head or neck and typically first start in cats that are less than 5 years old. Other diseases can exacerbate or mimic this condition, such as various infections or fleas, so it’s important to rule out other causes, too. Intradermal allergy testing can be conducted, but because cat reactions may be less intense than those of dogs, they can be harder to interpret.
Without intervention, this disease is likely to get worse over time; treatment of the signs can drastically improve a pet’s quality of life and may need to be continued for the life of the pet. If possible, avoiding offending allergens would be ideal and if any secondary skin infections are present, those concurrent diseases will need appropriate treatment too.
4. Feline Asthma
Asthma in cats is a lower airway disease with inflammation that results from breathing in what their body determines is an allergen. In turn, this can bring about a series of events that result in airway inflammation, swelling, and constriction. These inflamed airways often promote mucus production and decrease in size, which both lead to making it harder to breathe. Signs seen with feline asthma may include rapid and shallow breaths or having difficulty breathing, sometimes with an open mouth. Over time, an affected cat may develop wheezing, coughing, or exercise intolerance.
For diagnosis, a complete history coupled with clinical signs and a thorough physical exam will be needed. Often, X-rays may have evidence of changes that go along with asthma. Bronchoscopy (using a camera that is passed down to visualize the airways) and bronchiolar lavage allow for obtaining samples of or from the airway that can aid in diagnosis. Additionally, bloodwork, heartworm, and fecal tests can be used to provide more evidence for diagnosis or to rule out other causes of breathing difficulty in cats.
While the current consensus of veterinary dermatologists is that cats cannot be allergic to other cats, that doesn’t mean that they don’t suffer from other allergies. In fact, some can even suffer from more than one at a time. To keep your cat as healthy and safe as possible, the most important thing one can do is pay close attention to their pet and get help when needed.
If your cat is suffering from signs of an allergy, a conversation with your pet’s veterinarian may provide much-needed relief for your feline friend!
Featured Image Credit: Opel_pw, Shutterstock

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The Morning Breaks Into The Nightby Akkamiau
This show was 11th in the global experimental ambient chart and 51st in the global minimal chart.
positions in space & time / reminiscence of 4DSOUND experience
In past months luck brought me to visit and later as well to participate on HackLab workshop in very special spatial sound environment. 4DSOUND system is unique multifunctional space, created by Netherlands company 4DSOUND, collective of artists and developers. In Amsterdam or previously in Berlin (at Atonal festival) we experienced live music performances by artists as Max Cooper, Frank Bretschneider, Robert Lippok with Peter Kirn, Vladislav Delay or Murcof. Their shows had prominent impact on my personal perception of elements of audio in space.
This new approach of distribution of sound and noises in the space urges you to look for a new manner of listening, paying completely different attention to what is happening on this air vibration level around you. It stirs the imagination not only from the position of audience, taking you more deeply into music set up, allowing you to interact in a way that you create your very own personal mix as one is free to move around the place with distributed music. The imagination runs full speed on how you could work with sounds and music compositions, visions how to create invisible geometric shapes or paths for sound sources and waves. Obscurity of sound here acquires characteristics of matter. Those hours of swimming in 4DSOUND pool, twisting my head over, from in out and back, I consider as a main inspiration for the selection of this likely ambient wavy mix.
The intent for listener experience is very close ideal perception of the sound in our natural surrounding, where sound encloses us, arriving to our ears and entering our bodies from all different positions, with reverbed breaks and reflexed delays, as we move along.
Sounds in 4DSOUND studio are separately placed within the 3 dimensional grid created of vertical columns, each with omni speakers, arranged on three levels of height (bottom, middle, top) and under elevated platform supported with hidden subwoofers, facing the ground. Further this settings makes the floor material works towards the final effect. Same applies with architecture of buildings where this sound studio is built. Music might be produced live on hardware instruments or software, connected or imported to Ableton Live project with programmed patches. Datas are sent into the engine transforming them into output depicted in 3D model. Sounds can be placed into this dimensional system by written values, manipulated by controllers, touchpad apps or preprogrammed values. Patches allow to set their characters and shapes, as well as their movement inside or outside of defined space. The action of speed motion in time and space is encountered as the fourth level of this three dimensional installation. For detailed technical description I recommend to go through their website www.4dsound.net
As this mixture of sound works is wandering around the behavior of vibrations in the spatial environment perceived on the linear time axis, it would be great, hopefully some time in a near future, to hear at least some of the artists included in this mix in that splendid place. I wish we could meet there enjoy to listen.

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Reed caught on with the Seattle Mariners, starting the season back in the minors, but he would eventually get called back to the majors, going 4–0 in 11 games, and he would then spend the next three full seasons pitching out of the Mariners' bullpen. 1987 was his best season, when Reed had a 3.42 ERA in 39 games, with 7 saves. Reed was released early on in the 1990 season. Reed is currently in the top 5 all-time era leaders with the Mariners.
Reed wound up pitching in 238 major league games, all but 12 in relief, with a record of 20–19 and 18 saves.
Reed pitched a handful of games during the rest of September for the Indians, then returned to the minors for the entire 1984 season. In 1985, he spent most of the year in the major leagues for the first time, pitching in 33 games (including 5 starts). Despite pitching well, with an ERA of 4.11 in 72⁄3 innings, he was released during spring training in 1986.
Reed was originally drafted out of high school by the Minnesota Twins. He was chosen in the 11th round of the 1973 MLB draft, but did not sign, instead opting to attend Western Carolina University, where he threw the first no-hitter in the school's history. After four years at WCU, Reed was again drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 22nd round of the 1977 MLB draft. He played the next four seasons in their farm system before earning a September call-up in 1981.
Jerry Maxwell Reed (born October 8, 1955 in Bryson City, North Carolina), is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for nine seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1981-1990.

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MANILA, June 17 -- Non-government organizations advocating homosexual rights in the Philippines have organized what they said Monday would be the first gay and lesbian pride march in Southeast Asia. Jomar Fleras, managing director of ReachOut AIDS Foundation, said about 5,000 homosexual men and women are expected to join Saturday's march called 'Solidarity '96' that will culminate in a Mardi Gras-like event in Manila's former red light district. 'This is not going to be a very activist march, but more of a celebration of diversity and gay and lesbian solidarity,' Fleras said. 'But we will also be raising issues such as discrimination, harassment. ' Fleras said Solidarity '96 will be the first joint march of gays and lesbians in Southeast Asia, and about 30 of the biggest homosexual groups all over the Philippines have thrown support to make it an annual event. A congressman who proposed having a sectoral seat for homosexuals said there are about 6 million gays and lesbians in the country, about 9 percent of the total population of 67 million. Fleras said the march will also raise the issue of the 'invisibility of lesbians in the mainstream' as he noted Philippine society is more tolerant of male homosexuals over lesbians. Anna Leah Sarabia, chair of the lesbian organization called Can't Live in the Closet, or CLIC, said the march aims to increase 'the level of what society considers normal.' 'The rainbow of society and diversity should be stretched,' Sarabia said. 'This is a wide, colorful world.'
Fleras said the gay pride parade also aims to empower homosexuals by raising people's consciousness about AIDS, since they are still largely viewed by the public as the main carriers of the sexually transmitted disease. Rev. Edgar Mendoza, pastor for the Manila arm of the New York-based Metropolitan Community Church, which officiates homosexual weddings, said the parish will speak to 'express the spiritual side of gays and lesbians.' Solidarity '96 is expected to raise the ire of the Roman Catholic Church that brands homosexuality as a sin. About 88 percent of Filipinos are Catholics. Organizers of the march have issued parade rules and regulations urging participants to avoid making 'obscene remarks or gestures,' displaying nudity, or making too much noise 'to avoid unnecessary criticisms' especially from the church. 'We're sure they will react the same way they have reacted to homosexual issues before,' Sarabia said. 'We will not argue with them anymore, because it's useless to argue with people who have been correct for 2,000 years.' The Philippines is the only predominantly Christian country in Asia, and the Catholic hierarchy has been vocal against any initiative to recognize homosexuality, from distribution of condoms in the state prison to a bill in Congress seeking a sectoral seat for homosexuals. Another bill has been filed in Congress prohibiting and seeking penalties for job discrimination against homosexuals, but it has also been gathering dust even at committee level. Sarabia said a number of advocacy groups have been actively lobbying for the enactment of both bills, but they were pessimistic since 'we can't expect gays in Congress to come out of the closet and push for the bill.' Solidarity '96 was set a week ahead of the 27th anniversary of the so-called Stonewall riot in New York, where police rounded up on homosexuals in a gay bar called Stonewall in June 28, 1969, that marked the birth of gay activism in the United States.

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That dismal June retail sales report is causing a mass GDP-forecast-slashing parade on Wall Street.Here’s Goldman’s Jan Hatzius…
Retail sales declined by 0.5% (month-over-month) in June, while the consensus had looked for a 0.2% gain. Key details of the report were also weaker: non-auto retail sales declined by 0.4%, and growth in April was revised down. Similarly, “core”/control retail sales (ex-autos, gasoline and building materials) was weak, declining 0.1% in June. The weakness reflected lower sales across a variety of categories, including general merchandise stores, electronics, furniture, sporting goods stores, and health and personal care retailers. Merely food and beverages, clothing, and non-store retailers posted gains on the month. The report was a negative for our tracking estimate of Q2 GDP growth, which we reduced by two tenths to 1.1%.
And here’s Deutsche Bank’s Joe LaVorgna…
June retail sales were much softer than expected, which obviously has further negative implications for Q2 economic output. Headline retail sales fell -0.5% as motor vehicle sales were down -0.6%. Excluding autos, sales were down -0.4%, as there was broad-based weakness across the various subcomponents: furniture (-0.8%), electronics (-0.8%), building materials (-1.6%), health/personal care (-0.7%), sporting goods (-1.6%), general merchandise (-0.2%) and restaurant (-0.2%) all fell; gasoline spending was down (-1.8%), but this was not a surprise given the weakness in retail gas prices which over time is a positive for households. Retail control, which is the direct input used by the Commerce Department in estimating real GDP—it is defined as retail sales less autos, building materials and gasoline—fell -0.1%. This was after a flat reading in May and a -0.1% decline in April. Note that March retail control was up 0.3%. With respect to revisions, May was basically unrevised, but April was revised down: headline and ex auto sales were lowered -0.3% in April to -0.5% and -0.6%, respectively. The net effect of weaker than expected retail sales, inclusive of revisions, is less Q2 consumption which we are tracking at +1.3%. This is down from our previous estimate of +1.8% and causes us to lower our forecast of Q2 real GDP by another 0.4% to +1.0%.
According to the Census Bureau, retail sales declined for a third straight month in June, declining by 0.5% following an unrevised decline of 0.2% in May and a downwardly revised decline of 0.5% in April. The weaker-than-expected June data in addition to downward revisions have lowered our Q2 GDP tracking model to 1.2% from 1.3% previously.
Via Reuters, here’s HSBC:
Consumer spending slowed abruptly in Q2. Consensus estimates of GDP growth in Q2 are likely to be lowered to 1.5% or less, down from growth of +1.9% in Q1. Pressure on the Fed to provide additional monetary accommodation will increase.
And via Jim Pethokoukis…
BOOM! JPMorgan absolutely axes its 3Q GDP forecast to 1.5% from 2.0%
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 16, 2012
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Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM discusses latest record and band's beginnings
Initially started as an art project in Germany in mid-80's, KMFDM explored the fusion of heavy metal guitars and dance beats, becoming recognized as pioneers in heavy electronic music.
In the 1990's, the band spent several years living in Chicago and working with the influential Wax Trax Records along such acts as My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult and Ministry. This year marks the release of KMFDM's 17th album "WTF?!"
Vocalo's MusicVox producer Fyodor Sakhnovski spoke with FMFDM's front man Sascha Konietzko before their show in Chicago.
They discussed the band's beginnings, their new record, what prompted their move from Germany to Chicago and whether their critical view of commercialism and consumerism conflicts with licensing their music to films and video games.
Click on the audio link above to hear their conversation.


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Japan criticizes Sea Shepherd''s harassment of whalers.
"The Sea Shepherd's action was extremely dangerous and unforgivable," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference. "We asked the Dutch government to take effective measures to prevent a recurrence," the top government spokesman said.
The militant environmental group operates ships registered in the Netherlands for anti-whaling campaigns.
According to a statement by the Japanese Fisheries Agency, Sea Shepherd blocked the whaling ships in the Antarctic Ocean from Saturday evening to Sunday morning Japan time, with one of the Japanese ships receiving minor damage. No one was injured.
Tokyo stopped commercial whaling in line with a 1986 International Whaling Commission moratorium, but has hunted whales annually in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica since 1987 for what it calls scientific research purposes.
Anti-whaling nations, led by Australia and New Zealand, and environmental groups condemn the hunts, saying they are a cover for commercial whaling because whale meat is sold for consumption in Japan.
Clashes between the Sea Shepherd, which slams Tokyo's whaling activities as illegal, and the Japanese whaling fleets have been escalating in recent years.
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Kalyn Ponga and David Fifita have been named in the Australia squad for the World Cup Nines this autumn.
The World Cup Nines takes place at Parramatta’s Bankwest Stadium on October 18-19.
Newcastle Knights ace Ponga, Brisbane Broncos prop David Fifita, Parramatta Eels star Clint Gutherson and Parramatta Eels half-back Mitchell Moses have all been selected by coach Mal Meninga.
Australia World Cup Nines squad:
Josh Addo-Carr (Melbourne Storm)
Jai Arrow (Gold Coast Titans)
AJ Brimson (Gold Coast Titans)
Nathan Brown (Parramatta Eels)
Kyle Feldt (North Queensland Cowboys)
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By Heather Clower
The Parsons Advocate
The Honorable Judge Lynne Nelson presided over the Tucker County circuit court recently to oversee two criminal cases. First on the docket was the sentencing of Jasper Snyder, charged with one count of entering without breaking, two counts of unlawful taking of a vehicle, and one count of obtaining goods by false pretense. These crimes were committed against the Tucker County Animal Shelter where Snyder was previously employed.
Tucker County Prosecuting Attorney Ray LaMora requested the sentence of one to ten years be suspended for completion of the Anthony Center Program for youthful offenders, along with full restitution to the Tucker County Animal Shelter. Judge Nelson decided to sentence Snyder to the one to ten year sentence but to be served on probation versus in an institution. Snyder will be required to secure employment within 30 days as a term to his probation, which will ensure he begins repayment to the shelter. The probation is set to last three years.
Also on the docket was Steven Swiger, who has been indicted since fall of 2017. Swiger was charged with one count of fleeing from an officer with reckless indifference, one count for driving on a revoked license for a prior DUI, one count of reckless driving, and one count of receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle. In May of 2017, a vehicle was noticed to be speeding and a routine traffic stop was attempted.
The vehicle proceeded to run a stop light and failed to stop for the officer despite attempts. A high speed chase pursued with speeds reaching over 100 m.p.h. before the driver wrecked the vehicle and fled on foot. He was apprehended by officers.
Swiger was scheduled for court regarding these charges from nearly three years ago, however he failed to attend, which is not the first time. LaMora requested Judge Nelson put out a capias warrant (a writ ordering the arrest of a named person) for Swiger.
The Honorable Judge James Courrier was also set for a day of hearings on Thursday, January 16, but unfortunately had to reschedule. That docket will be heard on Wednesday, January 22.


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This page is a family connection page that lists different researchers ancestors and lines that they are working on. To correspond with a particular researcher click on their linked name. If you would like to be added to this page just email your information to firstname.lastname@example.org or email@example.com A special thanks to Brian K. Caudill who came up with this idea, developed the page, and continues to help with updates!!!!
1 Stephen Caudill and Mary Elizabeth Fields 2 Benjamin Cordell and Elizabeth (?) 3 Absalom Caudle, Sr. and Elizabeth Maness 4 Absalem Caudle, Jr. and Mary B. Haney 5 David Green Caudle and Martha (Tennessee) Thompson 6 Edward Caudle and Cora Jordan 7 Alfred H. Caudle and Ora Irene Willbanks 8 Kenneth M. Caudle and Sonya C. Enslow 2 James Caudill, Sr. and Mary Yarborough 3 James Caudill, Jr. and Mary Adams 4 Abigail Caudill and William Pennington 5 William Nelson Pennington and Delilah Caudill 6 Elizabeth Pennington and John Milton Thompson 7 Lafayette Thompson and America V. Wright 8 Roscoe Wright, Sr. and Carrie Berry 9 (1)Ted Homer Wright and Elsie Jocelyn Sperry 10 (1)James Homer Wright 4 Henry Caudill and Phoebe Strailer 5 Henry Caudill and Susannah Back 6 Isom Caudill and Esther Margaret Caudill 7 Ada Caudill and 8 (1)Emma Caudill and 9 (1)Sharon Moore 5 Isom Caudill and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Back 6 Lewis Jesse Caudill and Sarah Banks 7 Wesley "Wess" Caudill and Mahalia "Hade" Ison 8 Carl Caudill and Dezzie Huff 9 Carol Jean (Caudill) Larson 4 Jesse P. Caudill and Sarah Roberts 5 Hugh B. Caudill and Elizabeth Blevins 6 Thomas Jefferson Caudill and Adeline Bolling 7 Edward F. Caudill and Virginia Rhoades 8 Edward Thomas Lee Caudill and Hazel Loraine Lott 9 David Lee Caudill and Katherine Marlene McGarvie 10 Edward Lee Caudill 4 Sampson Caudle and Elizabeth "Betsy" Adams *5* Hugh S. Caudle (connection to Sampson not yet proven) and Jane Bailey(?) 6 Eliza Jane Caudle and William Wiley Crewdson 7 Martin Monroe Crewdson and Margaret Jane Pierce 8 Dwight Marion Crewdson and Elna Caroline Christensen 9 Harvey William Crewdson and Lorraine Marie Sandstrom 10 Sandra L. (Crewdson) Ceely and William David Ceely, Jr. 4 Sarah Elizabeth Caudill & James Caudill 5 (1)James Aaron Caudill & Eliza Eldridge 6 (1)James Watson Caudill & Lou Holland 7 (1)James Holland Caudill & Margaret Hugg 8 (1)Watson William Caudill & Sharon Wolf 9 (1)Kathleen (Caudill) Nelson 7 (1)Ruby Caudill and Ernest Wells 8 (1)Rena Wells and James R. Wyrrick 9 (1)Marsha (Wyrrick) Wheeler 3 Matthew Caudill and Sarah Webb 4 Abel Caudill and Mary Ann "Polly" Crace 5 Mary Ann Caudill and Joseph Adams 6 Johnson Adams and Myrtle Cooper 7 (1)Ernest Bundy Adams and Eula Mae Penix 8 (1)Bob Adams 5 Samuel Caudill and Mary Jane Whitt 6 Mittie Ellen Caudill and Joseph Valentine 7 John Henry Valentine and Margie Stewart 8 James Valentine and Virginia Roselee Craycraft 9 Denise (Valentine) Miller 4 Abner Caudill and Ellender "Nelly" Johnson 5 Abijah Caudill and Elizabeth A. Slone 6 Harvey Caudill and Sarah "Sally" Mullins 7 Isaac Caudill, Sr. and Martha Johnson 8 Isaac Caudill, Jr. and Shirley Mae Hackworth 9 LeRoy Caudill 4 Elizabeth Caudill and Sylvester Hampton 5 (1)Susannah Hampton and Henry Elswick 6 (1)Eliza Jane Elswick and Joseph Burke 7 (1)Lola Burke and Edgar Hogston 8 (1)James Hogston and Julia K. McCartney 4 Matthew Caudill and Terry Caudill 5 Henry Caudill and Sarah Eldridge 6 John Caudill and 7 Sam Ray Caudill and 8 (2)Emma Caudill and 9 (2)Sharon Moore 4 Samuel Caudill and Sarah Maggard 5 Margaret Caudill and Daniel P. Short 6 Sarah Ann Short and Henry Amos Kendall 7 (1)Everett Kendall and Carrie Ethel Caudill 8 (1)Ernest Everett Kendall and Betty L. Woodall 9 (1)Penni L. Kendall and Mark D. Lynch 5 John M. Caudill and Jane Boggs 6 Henry B. Caudill and Christina Black 7 Silas E. Caudill and Amanda Ellen Jones 8 (2)Carrie Ethel Caudill and Everett Kendall 9 (2)Ernest Everett Kendall and Betty L. Woodall 10 (2)Penni L. Kendall and Mark D. Lynch 4 Sarah Caudill and William Tackitt, Jr. 5 Martha Patsy Tackitt and Bradley Elswick, Jr. 6 (2)Henry Elswick and Susannah Hampton 7 (2)Eliza Jane Elswick and Joseph Burke 8 (2)Lola Burke and Edgar Hogston 9 (2)James Hogston and Julia K. McCartney 4 Stephen Caudill and Sarah Yonts 5 Jesse Franklin Caudill and Ellender Estep 6 Matthew Caudill and Elizabeth Tackett 7 Abel Caudill and Mary Frances Keel 8 Mendia Caudill and Okey Earless Sperry 9 (2)Elsie Jocelyn Sperry and Ted Homer Wright 10 (2)James Homer Wright 5 John Caudill and Phoebe Fitzpatrick 6 Winston Caudill and Sarah Elizabeth May 7 Alta Caroline Caudill and William Andrew Burchett 8 Angeline Burchett and James Emmitt Dearring 9 Dianne Dearring 5 Matthew James Caudill and Temperence Hitchcock 6 Rowland Green Caudill and Clarinda Ellen Bays 7 David Wylie Caudill and Ollie Gladys Howard 8 Edward Caudill and Lurene J. Waggoner 9 Ed Caudill and Marilyn Thornbury 10 Dana J. Caudill and Jerry McKinney 11 Melanie Leighann McKinney 6 Stephen James Caudill and Jincy Fairchild 7 William Benjamin Caudill and Sarah Ella Rice 8 Garrett Caudill and Erie Salyers 9 Robert Chester Caudill and Shirley Caudill 10 Sheila Kaye (Caudill) Edwards 5 Ruben G. Caudill and Levisa Jane Barnett 6 Cynthia Frances Caudill and Moses Franklin Cox 7 Samuel Ruben Cox and Alice Castle 8 Clayton Ray Cox ** and Elizabeth Opal Brown 5 William Caudill and Martha Hitchcock 6 Samuel Caudill and Lydia Margaret Picklesimmer 7 William Bristo Caudill and Ada May Stevens 8 Chester Arthur Caudill and Virginia May Milne 9 Eileen Helen (Caudill) Rice 4 Susannah Caudill and Joseph Hampton 5 Sylvester "Vester" Hampton and Sloame Johnson 6 Susannah Hampton and James M. Burke 7 (3)Joseph Burke and Eliza Jane Elswick 8 (3)Lola Burke and Edgar Hogston 9 (3)James Hogston and Julia K. McCartney 3a Stephen Caudill and Jane DeHart | 4 David Caudill and Sina Walker | 5 Elder Daniel Caudill and Winnifred Shumate | 6 Mark Caudill and Angelina Musgrave | 7 Calvin Caudill and Elizabeth Hale | 8 Clyde Caudill and Florine Coughren | 9 Richard Caudill 3b Stephen Caudill and Sarah Adams 4 Benjamin Caudill and Abigail Pennington 5 Abel Caudill and Phoebe Hitchcock 6 Benjamin Caudill and Caroline Whitt 7 Montraville "Monte" Preston Caudill and Flora Emma Gardner 8 Nina Belle Caudill and Tom Webb Scott 9 Rick Scott 5 Sarah "Sallie" Caudill and Mason Reed 6 Amanda Reed and Mason Conley 7 Mary "Mollie" Conley and Leander Penix 8 (2)Eula May Penix and Ernest Bundy Adams 9 (2)Bob Adams 5 William Jackson Caudill and Rebecca Harris 6 Abel C. Caudill and Louise Rice 7 James Caudill and Nola Blair 8 Thomas Caudill and Dora Lee Fairchild 9 Thomas D. "Dave" Caudill and Sharon L. Kelley 6 John A. Caudill and Lou Ella Adams 7 Menifee Caudill and Emma Collins 8 William A. Caudill and Chloie Bell Trimble 9 Philip H. Caudill 4 Esther (Easter) Caudill & Levi Eldridge 5 (2)Eliza Eldridge & James Aaron Caudill 6 (2)James Watson Caudill & Lou Holland 7 (2)James Holland Caudill & Margaret Hugg 8 (2)Watson William Caudill & Sharon Wolf 9 (2)Kathleen (Caudill) Nelson 7 (2)Ruby Caudill and Ernest Wells 8 (2)Rena Wells and James R. Wyrrick 9 (2)Marsha (Wyrrick) Wheeler 4 Jesse B. Caudill and Mary Back 5 Henry Caudill and Barilla Jones 6 William M. Caudill and Etta B. Dixon 7 Harold K. Caudill and Dociphene Frazier 8 Brian K. Caudill 5a John M. Caudill and Polly Ann Morgan | 6 William H. Caudill and Ollie Mae Sumner | 7 Edith Caudill and Marcellus Combs | 8 Norma (Combs) Tyree | 6 Curtis M. Caudill and Lyda Mae Webb | 7 Patricia (Caudill) Cole 5b John M. Caudill and Polly Caudill 6 Ethel Caudill and Sammy Polly 7 Earl Dean Polly 5 Rebecca Caudill and Allen Webb 6 Nancy Webb and Henderson Holcomb 7 Rose (Holcomb) Lewis 4 John Adams Caudill and Rachel Cornett 5 Benjamin Everage Caudill and Martha Asbury 6 Benjamin Franklin Caudill and Lucy House 7 Henry Clay Caudill and Merle Killough 8 Leo Killough Caudill and Bonnie Tipton 9 Robert Eugene Caudill and Jeanette Boyt 3 Thomas Aaron Caudill and Mary Earnest 4 Thomas Caudill and Jane (Jenny) Caudill 5 Abner C. Caudill and Mary Emily Justice 6 William G. Cordell and Mary Ellen Boggs 7 James Harrison Cordell and Bertha May Parks 8 William Garfield Cordell 2 William Caudill and Elizabeth Pruitt 3 Jeremiah Caudill and Sarah Adams 4 John B. Caudill and Levica Smith 5 Thomas Matthew Caudill and Sarah Jane Holloway 6 Mallie Jane "Janie" Caudill and Gaither Winfield Taylor 7 Clara Odessa Taylor and James Oscar "Oscar" Wyatt 8 Parents of Leeann W. Gaines 9 Leeann W. Gaines 4 William Cordial and Jane Wheeler 5 James Boone Cordell and Eleanor Thompson 6 Wesley Thompson Caudle and Lucinda Lemaster 7 Jeremiah "Jerry Marrow" Caudle and Dora Belle Patrick 8 Herbert Marvin Caudle and Edna Myrtle Rust 9 Richard Marvin "Bud" Caudle and Elizabeth Rose Reader 5 Jeremiah Caudill and Lucinda Thompson 6 William Caudill and Rita Mae Lemaster 7 Chester Caudill and Burthe Straward 8 Herman Caudill and Onidith Workman 9 Robert Caudill and Judy Ann Wheeler 5 Ralph Caudill and Nancy B. Moore 6 William Caudill II and Rita Mae Lemaster 7 Zona Caudill and Lee Jordan 8 Paul Jordan and Betty Jean Thomas 9 Beverly (Jordan) Whitney
is dedicated to Clayton R. Cox who was the acknowledged Caudill Genealogy
Expert. Mr. Cox died on July 3, 1999 at the age of 76 in Lexington, KY. I recall
many years ago going on a trip to KY, out of the blue calling Clayton who
invited me (a total stranger) to his home and shared with me his extensive
knowledge and huge files located in his basement. His works include the 3 volume
set "Appalachia Crossroads: The Caudill Family" along with numerous
articles and was the one time owner/publisher of the Eastern Kentuckian Journal.
Clayton will be greatly missed but fondly remembered.

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Critics Site Conflict of Interest with His Current Firm
Los Angeles Times
John Bohn, 67, who also worked in the Reagan administration’s Treasury Department and now runs a consulting firm, is expected to be sworn in by Thursday. He replaces Schwarzenegger’s last pick for the commission, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Poizner, who had to withdraw unexpectedly because his financial holdings were too large to avoid conflicts of interest.
The five-member PUC regulates utilities, telecommunications firms and railroads. Among its tasks is to help find a new way to encourage power generation in California, help decide whether to deregulate the electricity market for major customers and whether to implement a so-called
telecommunications bill of rights.
“John is uniquely positioned to understand how regulatory structures impact investment decisions,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement.
Among Bohn’s clients at his current company, GlobalNet Venture Partners, is an “early-stage” firm working on software to compile energy data, according to GlobalNet’s website. That led one consumer advocate Monday to complain that Bohn was an inappropriate choice for the PUC.
“He’s got a clear conflict of interest with his current firm,” said Doug Heller of the Santa Monica-based Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, adding that the software could be used by traders like the sort who contributed to the 2000-01 energy crisis. “Schwarzenegger should be looking for someone with credentials to be a consumer watchdog, not a captain of industry.”
Bohn, a registered Republican, didn’t return a call for comment Monday.
The Schwarzenegger administration didn’t seem fazed by the relationship with the energy firm. “The governor fully expects that Mr. Bohn will comply with all conflict-of-interest rules and looks forward to his service,” spokeswoman Julie Soderlund said.
The Independent Energy Producers Assn., a trade group of power generators, also hailed the appointment. “Mr. Bohn’s credentials and reputation precede him, and given his strong experience in the financial industry his appointment sends an important signal to companies looking to invest in California’s energy future,” said Executive Director Jan Smutny-Jones.
Bohn was an international banker for Wells Fargo until 1981, when he became special assistant to Reagan’s Treasury Secretary, Donald Regan. Other than his time at Moody’s from 1989 to 1996, Bohn has also been managing director of public relations firm Burston Marsteller and founded a company that traded petrochemicals online.
Michael Shames, director of the Utility Consumers’ Action Network in San Diego, criticized Schwarzenegger for appointing someone with no apparent expertise in the complex world of utility regulation.
“I’d hoped he’d bring someone into the fray who was a little more knowledgeable,” Shames said.


Nurse’s pay: 76% of workers facing pay cut are women, says Labour
A controversial pay offer, which workers say would represent a real terms pay cut for nurses, has seen the government face heavy criticism.
Nobel laureate economist warns UK Budget fails to end austerity
Joseph Stiglitz said the Budget fails to end austerity, containing “more rhetoric than conviction” despite promises of a redistributive plan.
What does the Budget mean for poverty in the UK?
Dave Innes, head of economics at JRF, says the Chancellor fell someway short of what he needed to deliver at the 2021 Budget.


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I think that my lack of a father’s love started this whole mess.
My real father abandoned my mother and my sisters, and I when I was just 3 years old. My step-father did not have a loving bone in his body and ate cruelty for breakfast. I was ripe for someone to come along and make me feel as if I were the most important person in their world; something daddy’s do for their little girls. Normal daddy’s anyway.
My lack of a father’s love probably contributed to my conversion to Christ when I was 23 years old. Feeling out of my depth as a new wife and mother, one day I felt an overwhelming sense of love and well-being from a father/brother figure. That sustained me for quite some years. My marriage was not a passionate love affair, but merely a remedy for small town boredom and we parted ways when our children grew up and moved out of the house. Notice I don’t say our home because I’ve never really felt ‘at home’ anywhere. We never jointly created a home like some couples do; putting their particular stamp on a place to reflect their budding love. Perhaps a father’s advice about any of this would have been invaluable.
It was almost inevitable that I dream of the perfect romance. My romance fantasies led me to a couple of affairs and later to the online ‘romance’ that landed me where I am today. All I’ve ever wanted was be someone special to someone else. I wanted to hear the words, ‘I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy’ or those coveted words, ‘you are so special to me’. I’ve never heard that, or felt it either while growing up or in all the years I’ve been married. My sister, mother, and I have always dealt with our pain alone, probably because no one ever sought us out to comfort us. But still one hopes.
Maybe I’m feeling a tad maudlin but when I read of other people’s marriages, of the love and care and the grief that happens when such lovers are apart, I mourn for what I never had or have never known. I worked so hard to be a good wife and failed both times. Now I just wish someone would care for me. Just a little bit. Some people say that God can fulfil that need in me, but how can you have a fulfilling relationship with an invisible person? I’ve yet to master that, even after all of these years.
I am broken by this latest betrayal and although I KNOW that acting with love toward someone whether they deserve or not is the Christian thing to do, just once, I wish that someone would be more concerned about me than I was for them. Just once. Is that too much to ask?

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STARKVILLE, Miss.—A precision agriculture and cotton ginning expert is the new head of Mississippi State’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
J. Alex Thomasson will take the reins of the MSU department effective July 1, pending approval of the State Board of Trustees, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.
A 15-year veteran and current endowed chairholder in Cotton Engineering, Ginning and Mechanization in Texas A&M’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Thomasson is returning to Mississippi State, where he worked early in his career.
Thomasson served as an agricultural engineer and research scientist in the U.S. Cotton Ginning Laboratory for the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Stoneville, working closely with faculty in the university’s Delta Research and Extension Center. Upon completion of his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, he then moved to Starkville where he served on the faculty in MSU’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering from 1997-2004.
During his tenure at MSU, he also served as agricultural research coordinator for the then Remote Sensing Technologies Center, now the Geosystems Research Institute, a unit of the High Performance Computing Collaboratory.
George Hopper, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, remarked on Thomasson’s exceptional experience.
“Dr. Thomasson is uniquely qualified to lead this department as we advance precision agriculture in teaching, research and extension,” Hopper said. “Throughout his career, he has studied a suite of geospatial technologies to advance production for cotton farmers.”
MSU’s Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is a dual department in the James Worth Bagley College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The department offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in biological engineering, biomedical engineering and agricultural engineering technology and business.
“Dr. Thomasson presents an exciting vision for this diverse and growing department. I look forward to working with him as he leads the department to new heights,” said Bagley College of Engineering Dean Jason Keith.
In addition to teaching responsibilities in the two colleges, department faculty also have appointments in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, where Hopper serves as director, and the MSU Extension Service. Gary Jackson, director of MSU’s Extension Service, said Thomasson’s understanding of precision agriculture will provide outreach in this burgeoning area.
“As an expert in precision agriculture, I am confident in Dr. Thomasson’s leadership to increase our outreach to producers using geospatial technologies for crop management decisions,” Jackson said.
In addition to a Ph.D. from UK, Thomasson earned his master’s from Louisiana State University and bachelor’s from Texas Tech University, all in agricultural engineering. In addition to roles in academia, Thomasson retired as Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve with 22 years of service.
A fellow in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Thomasson has been honored numerous times for teaching and research.
For more information on the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, visit abe.msstate.edu. For more information on the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Bagley College of Engineering, visit cals.msstate.edu or bagley.msstate.edu.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.


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SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove), Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) announced the introduction of Assembly Bill 664 in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis to protect California’s firefighters, peace officers, and healthcare workers.
“Every day our first responders and healthcare workers are on the frontlines fighting to keep us safe and healthy,” said Assemblymember Jim Cooper. “These workers not only show up to protect us, but they are asked to go toward the risk while most of us are asked to stay away from it. They are heroes and should have the peace of mind that they will be taken care of if they fall ill while providing their vital services to the public,” added Cooper.
AB 664 will ensure that first responders and healthcare workers that are at a heightened risk of exposure to COVID-19 while performing their job duties will be eligible for workplace protections if they fall ill to COVID-19 or any other communicable disease when a state or local government state of emergency is declared.
“This pandemic has put our first responders and frontline healthcare workers at the forefront of the country’s biggest modern crisis,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. “We need to strengthen workplace protections for these heroes if they become sick while protecting the rest of us from COVID-19.”
Under AB 664, workplace protections shall include all of the following: Full hospital, surgical, medical treatment, disability indemnity, and death benefits to all peace officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers who contract COVID-19 or any communicable disease.
“Our frontline healthcare workers and first responders are putting their lives on the line every day during this pandemic,” said Assemblymember Rob Bonta. “As their work puts them at greater risk of exposure to COVID-19, these California heroes, who are selflessly working to protect and heal us, must also, be protected. They should never have to fight for the fair benefits they deserve should they contract the virus. This is the right thing to do for these brave and dedicated Californians.”
Additionally, those persons are entitled to reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs for the purchase of personal protective equipment, medical and living expenses required while performing their essential duties during a state of emergency. An employee who is eligible for compensation should not be required to use accrued vacation leave, personal leave, compensatory leave, sick leave, or any other leave, other than applicable benefits made available in order to be reimbursed.
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom declared a state of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19. Firefighters, peace officers, and health care workers are statutory required by the oaths they take to provide vital services during state of emergencies, placing them at heightened risk of exposure to and death from COVID-19. Because of the heightened risk to our most essential workers, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately as an urgency clause.
AB 664 is sponsored by the Los Angeles Police Protective League, Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff’s, California Professional Firefighters, and the California Nurses Association.

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There are motor mounting screws in the accessory bag, and the installation tutorial of electronic equipment is still being updated.
Decided to put a Mauch current sensor in so waiting on the mail …
Here’s my 1st go at a parameter file for the Orange Cube w/Here3 CAN Gps
[edit: removed param file - had 4 errors in it …]
My motors are servo positions 9 to 13
Flight modes are:
RTL (w/a vtol landing)
Forgot to update on the maiden results!
wind 6-10 mph
TO in QLoiter - steady, tested rotation and direction control. climbed up to 30’
FBWA - good transition. Sluggish roll in-flight - need to adjust the params…
Auto - just fine
RTL (with QRTL 1 mode set) - flew back but after transition, had problems finding the TO point, landed manually. Never did a compass calibration and windy
Landed in QHover - very smooth touchdown
All in all, it did just fine. Should be warmer/calmer in a few days so I can give it a proper testing/adjustment.
Only problem in the build - I used the longer M3 bolts to hold the motor rods to the wing instead of the shorter ones so they made a hole in the CF tube (with a nice cracking sound to go along with it). It seems to have survived my error.
The Hero has flown great from the start. However, my software settings caused an odd circling (not the toilet bowl type) on landing even though QLoiter and all other modes worked beautifully. Only during the auto land was it messed up. I started again from scratch w/the software and flights since have been great so have begun putting it into its final configuration. It will have Lion’s for cruise and a LiPo for Vtol operations.
Attached my param file if it may prove useful to someone. The scr is enabled as I tried the VtolAutotune on Github.
hero20Dec22.param (20.2 KB)
Thank you for the test information you provided, which version of firmware are you using?
sorry about the late response … holidays and bad weather kept me away …
I was using ArduPlane 4.3.1
But, as I was checking the version a few minutes ago, saw there is a new one so
upgraded to 4.3.2 but haven’t flown w/ that version yet.
Just finished setting up two noses (had to make a gimbal for a GoPro Hero8) and
only have to finish making up the Lion flight packs.
Short video of a fully auto TO and Landing.
The landing isn’t normally so long but I saw the airspeed getting too low and returned to land. (I did notice the throttle was in idle, so I probably need to check my settings in Arduplane [ ver 4.3.2 ])
[edit: I have ARSPD_FBW_MIN = 12 which is the stall speed posted for the Hero at MFE’s site. No wonder it was stalling!]
Apart from stall speed, down speed seems too low, so landing took a bit long… Normally I set down speed about 3m/s (in Vtol mode). May I ask you:
1). What is current draw during cruising?
2). I am curious which one is more efficient compared with your Fighter during cruising?
3). What is your Q_ASSIST_SPEED? Is it 12m/s ?
If stall speed is about 12m/s, I think you better set minimum speed to be about 20% higher, or about 14m/s.
Happy New year 2023
1). What is current draw during cruising? Haven’t started the long hauls yet but it seems to be around 10A in cruise (set for 18 m/s cruising)
2). I am curious which one is more efficient compared with your Fighter during cruising? IDK, will see after I finish setting this up. Just about ready. Cameras, etc. installed. just have to finish making up the Lion’s for forward flight. Plan on using a 5,000 for vtol but think that’ll be overkill…
- Q_ASSIST_SPEED is set at 14 (actually forgot about that!)
hi great fly, ı have a kind of same vtol and my rtl transition is so bad, when ı switch to qhover from fbwa transition is very good, but if ı set change q_rtl when in rtl_radius vtol is messed up shaking and almost crashing, are you problem was happen before is same ?
Here’s an unedited “cockpit” view of today’s flight.
The camera is hard mounted, and the plane has not been tuned for smoothness,
(although I probably won’t mess w/it as it flies pretty smooth as is …).
BTW - was cold and a little breezy at times
The vtol climb and transitions are as good as I could ask. The return transition is relatively smooth and the landings have all been great (and within a foot of the takeoff spot!)
The problem was after transition, the plane would slow down enough to require vtol assist to keep flying. Today I disabled the pitot system and zero problems ( other than flying too fast which kept the amp draw too high). I’ll troubleshoot the pitot system (ie replace the unit ) and that should be done with.
Finished the 16,400 Lion pack for forward flight but still need a 6000 LiPo up front (for the rotors) for balance - even w/the cameras mounted. Which is OK as it will allow several stop and loiters during the flight.
This plane has been flying so well!
Just finished mapping a 3 sq mi area at 50 ft (w/3 missions) and it performed flawlessly. I’ve even had a number of government contractors who fly drones complement on the smooth transitions, flights, and landings.
More Hero video tutorials at the link below.
Generally speaking I have been quite impressed with the platform. However, I have encountered one quite serious issue which I hope someone can advise on. During an initial test in QLOITER, one of the VTOL motors had rotated slightly on its CF tube, putting the plane into a spin. Somehow I managed to still land the plane safely and I subsequently made sure to double check the tightness of all the VTOL motor mounts - I also tilted them inwards by 2 degrees to improve yaw authority.
I followed up with another QLOITER test and everything seemed to be fine. I then attempted a simple automated takeoff, fly to WP, loiter and return with VTOL landing. The takeoff WP and loiter were all perfect. Upon return, the plane entered its VTOL transition for landing, as it was descending, the plane went into an uncontrolled spin again. Upon crash landing, most of the VTOL motors had rotated - I suspect the same issue of rotated VTOL motor mount caused the spin and subsequent crash.
Is there a knack to getting these VTOL motor mounts securely fitted to the CF tubes? I could always bolt them tighter on but under that force I would be concerned about cracking the CF tube. I am considering applying some glue around the meeting points between mount and CF tube but this would make any replacement of ESC a bit of a pain.
I could also wrap one layer of electrical tape around the tube before putting the mount on and tightening.
- It is recommended to install the motor base horizontally. It is difficult to ensure the consistency of the angle of inclination of the motor base.
- It is recommended to use epoxy glue to fix the connection between the motor base and the carbon tube to reduce the impact of vibration.
I’ve always put a small smear of Goop on the brackets.
I don’t know what your motor mounts look like - but is there any chance you could drill completely through an area and add a thru bolt that goes thru the motor mount and tube. I am assuming the mounts get loose enough to twist sometimes - but not so loose that they are falling off or causing vibration issues.
I was considering this but was worried about undermining the structural integrity of the CF tubes. I can confirm that I ended up smearing some cyanoacrylate glue on the CF before sliding on the mount and lining up for a 2 degree inward tilt which seems to have done the trick.
I run thru bolts through several of my frames. No problem here. Just a small hole for an M2 screw and wet the drill bit often if you can.


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Cesium was discovered by Gustav Kirchoff and Robert Bunsen of Germany in 1860, however, it was first isolated by Carl Sefferburg in 1881. Kirchoff and Robert named it Cesium because of the two bright blue lines that are characteristic of its spectrum.
- Melting Point- 28.4°C
- Boiling Point- 669.3°C
●Cesium liquefies in a warm room; mercury and gallium are the only other metals with this property●
- Symbol- Cs
- Atomic Weight- 132.905
- Atomic Number- 55
- Cesium reacts readily with oxygen.
- it reacts explosively with water to form cesium hydroxide, the strongest base known.
- reacts with ice at temperatures above -116°C.
- Cesium reacts with the halogens to form a fluoride, chloride, bromide, and iodide. It also forms a sulfate, carbonate, nitrate, and cyanide.
- While in compounds with other elements Cesium is used in the production of glass and ceramics. It is also used in antishock agents in conjunction with drugs containing arsenic.
- Cesium-137 (an isotope of Cesium), is created in the fallout of nuclear explosions. This same isotope is used in the treatment of Cancer.
- Cesium is found in the mineral pollux (or pollucite) that is found in Maine and South Dakota
- Cesium is used as an ion propellant for rockets because its looses electrons readily and because its ions are heavy
- it removes traces of air in vaccum tubes
Characteristics: soft, light, silvery white metal
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If you visit the Venus Over Manhattan gallery in New York City during the next few weeks, you might think you’ve walked into an exhibit of carefully composed oil paintings depicting a forest. But upon closer inspection, it’s clear that these striking, sometimes haunting images aren’t the work of a paintbrush. Instead, the images in budding photographer and British Lord Charles March’s Wood Land get their brushstroke effect from actual movement of the camera in each shot, providing an abstract, painting-like feel to a typically realist medium.
“I didn’t want them to be too much about a particular place,” says Lord March,”but more a feeling about what a place is.”
A descendant of the aristocratic dynasty of the Dukes of Richmond and Lennox, Lord March spends most of his days running the 12,000-acre Goodwood estate in West Sussex, England. The family home plays host to a variety of sporting and motor racing events as well as provides a backdrop for his photography, a lifelong personal passion of his. “This series has grown up quite a bit since the first lot, which was purely for myself!” March says. “They’ve certainly gotten more abstract, more figurative.”
DuJour caught up with Lord March at the Wood Land opening to talk about the estate, his technique and how he manages to balance work with play.
You’ve had a longstanding background in photography. How did you first become interested in it?
Well, I’ve been taking pictures since I was about 10, so it’s always been an absolute passion of mine. I left school very early and was fortunate enough to get a job with Stanley Kubrick when I was about 17. I did repertoire photography for magazines for a while and then decided I wanted to do advertising photography, high production value work with lots of special effects—very complicated stuff. London was the best place in the world then for that sort of work, and advertising was at its absolute peak. We’d spend weeks and weeks taking one picture. Budgets were huge—it was a different world.
But, my family has this great estate, and I was called back to sort that out and manage the business. I’ve been running that for 20 years now, and I’m still taking pictures for myself. It’s very different in that there’s no client; I’m just doing it for my own pleasure, really.
Now that you’re taking pictures for yourself, what drew you to nature photography?
The very earliest photographs ever taken were pretty much of trees, and at that time in the 19th century there was a real sensibility that photography could reproduce nature in divine ways—that this chemistry of pure science and art, together, could create an absolute representation of nature. I find it interesting to keep going back to the same subject with a modern approach.
How did you develop your approach?
As with all photography in the end, it’s all about the light. To get an abstract look, I move the camera as I’m shooting and capture the effect of the movement and how it reacts to the plane of the subject matter. By focusing on a particular highlight in the scenery and moving the camera, it wipes the film in a brush-like way. It could be a vertical movement, horizontal, or even a shake. I take hundreds to get the perfect shot. What’s important is that some of the photograph has to stay sharp to keep it from being a blurry mess, so I make sure to keep a degree of sharpness in each shot. There’s a human interruption going on, and it all depends on how much highlight the subject has on it, and how I’m moving the camera. The photographs become more of an impression of a place, as it takes a bit of time to stamp itself on the film.
So, seriously, how do you manage to run an estate and find time to do a passion project like this for yourself?
That’s it? Is that the key to success?
Yes, no sleep! That’s when I work, late at night. But I’m doing what I love, and that makes the rest of the day more bearable.
Wood Land is on display at Venus Over Manhattan through February 7, 2015.


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- Funerary stele of young girl from Paros,
- c. 450-440
- Grave stelai in Greek cemeteries
- A little girl, standing in profile, bows her head with a seriousness unusual in someone so young; her face is serene and strong.
- The child wears a peplos, a simple woolen garment folded over at the top and fastened at the shoulders. The unsewn edges fall open in a cascade of folds along her right side. Smooth against her legs, the fabric clarifies the pose of the body beneath it.
- Farewell to her pet doves.
- Children often appear with their pets on Classical grave reliefs
- Mourning Athena’. Athena stands in front of a stele.
- Stele from Athenian Acropolis, c. 460 BC (Acropolis Museum, Athens)
- Athena stands supported on her right leg, while the left one rests loosely behind. She leans against her spear, which she holds in her left hand, and rests her right hand on her thigh.
- She wears an Attic peplos, folded and girded at the waist, a Corinthian helmet, and no sandals.
- She contemplates a rectangular stele, which could be a stele marking out the boundaries of her sacred precinct, or a funerary stele, or one bearing a list of the accounts of her sanctuary.
- The background retains traces of blue colour. Her stance and the treatment of her dress are hallmarks of the Severe Style.
- Also characteristic are the intense inner feelings and the artist's attempt to convey emotion. Sad? Pensive? Exhausted?
- Marble statue of peplophoros, c. 460 (Rome, Terme)
- Roman copy of Candia type head
- Peplos-wearing woman
- Early 5th C Women were abruptly represented with austere hair, minimal jewellery, thick, concealing dresses
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unitedcardsolutions.com/ Prestige Payment Systems Direct Processors Elite Fundraising First Data Global Leasing Cold Called My Office With Bait and Switch Credit Card Processing Scam Portland Oregon
*Author of original report: Still No Response From The Cowards @ United Card Solutions
Stay away from this unscrupulous company with their bait and switch tactics. They cold call small businesses asking if you would like to save money on credit card processing fees. Well sure, who wouldn’t want to save money on credit processing fees.
I was sold a 1% processing fee on all of my credit card transactions with a monthly payment of $349 per month to get that rate. The $349 monthly fee was not a buy down fee to get the 1% as their slimy salespeople would have you believe. What you are really doing is signing up for a 48 month equipment lease on credit card processing machines.
I used their processing gateway for less than a week for a total credit card charge volume of $8843. I got my first debit from by bank account today for $741.62. This fee Minus the $349 per month leaves $392.00 in discount fees bringing the total discount fee to 4.43%.
Beware if you sign up with this unethical outfit you will not be getting a 1% discount rate on your charge volume what you will be signing up for is a 48 month nonrefundable lease with First Data Global Leasing.
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First collective quilt at La Alameda Quito 2007
Josie Caceres, part of the Quito collective 2007
Gifts, a project with women from La Magdalena, a neighborhood in Quito Ecuador, 2007
Engabao, from Franja Arte Comunidad, Engabao, Ecuador 2011/2012
Food always gives us a place to encounter, 2007
Project Doll House Quito Ecuador 2010
Puerto el Morro Ecuador 2009
The term successful in terms of production is pretty questionable here. All these projects have in common the capacity to generate a safe space of trust and wonderment, a relation that could endure and be transformative. The space and time to share conversation and meaningful engagement. They all share the idea of adult "play" as vehicle for further questions and conversations. They are all succeeding in bringing women of all ages to talk and create their envisioning of present and future.


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Cleo Launches New Enteprise Integration Solution, Cleo Harmony™
LOVES PARK, IL, – (October 3, 2013) – Cleo, a leading provider of data integration solutions, announced today the release of its new Cleo Harmony™ solution, Cleo’s next generation integration product for end-to-end management, control, and visibility of large, mission-critical data files —both within an organization and between enterprises. The product supports both A2A and B2B integration and is built to provide the governance, security, scalability, and visibility required by businesses today.
The Cleo Harmony solution helps customers gain control over governance and compliance through a highly secure and auditable solution that keeps data secure at all steps of the integration process. Built for large files and large volumes of data associated with both B2B and A2A integration, the product offers high availability and load balancing, as well as the visibility to effectively manage the movement of large volumes of data. The Cleo Harmony solution tracks and displays the health of the system and enables the user to take appropriate and swift action when necessary to ensure that critical data processes are continuous. In short, customers can now Move View Act™ on data flowing through both their enterprise and multi-enterprise ecosystems more efficiently, while ensuring the security and integrity of the data.
As Dr. Mahesh Rajasekharan, Chief Executive Officer of Cleo expressed, “The Cleo Harmony solution is a great addition to the best in breed Cleo product family. We are excited about its ability to enable large enterprises to remove integration barriers, allowing companies to adapt to the ever-changing technology and business landscape while driving corporate growth initiatives.”
“With the Cleo Harmony solution’s Move View Act™ capabilities, companies can take control of their business to ensure they never have to say ‘no’ when it comes to integration requirements again,” stated Joe Dupree, Vice President of Marketing for Cleo.


That's Bristol's own Gary Schaffrick working the table for the Connecticut delegation. The picture is from state GOP Chairman Chris Healy, who's apparently a menace with a digital camera, having already uploaded 1,300 shots to Flickr. I'll look for any others showing Bristol folks.
OK, I confess, the scenery shots of the Twin Cities got to be too much for me. I gave up looking, even though I like Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Anyway, here's a picture that Art Mocabee, former city GOP chair, sent me from the convention yesterday:
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Voters in both the Mount Vernon and Alburnett schools districts overwhelmingly approved measures on special election ballots Tuesday.
In Mount Vernon, 80 percent of those voting approved a $12.8 million general obligation bond to build a new performing arts center addition to the high school.
The measure needed a 60 percent supermajority to pass.
More than 1,300 voters, or about 17 percent of the registered voters in the school district, voted in the special election, according to Linn County Election Services.
The bond will not raised the district’s current property tax rate of $18.41 per $1,000 assessed valuation.
In addition to the performing arts center, the bond also will add a two-classroom addition and secure entry at the middle school and a two-classroom addition at Washington Elementary. It also will pay for remodeling several high school classrooms.
Two years ago, voters rejected a larger bond issue that also would have paid for an athletics complex.
In Alburnett, 67 percent of those voting said yes to an increase to the district’s physical plant and equipment levy, or PPEL, that will pay for a new school buses.
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The PPEL levy will increase by 67 cents to $1.34 per $1,000 assessed valuation for the next five years.
About 7 percent of registered voters in the district cast ballots, according to Linn County Election Services.
The Alburnett district’s measure needed a simple majority for passage.
Also on Tuesday, Alburnett city residents elected Josh Henriksen to a vacancy on the City Council.
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