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- Lockable Door With Keys
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- Fits Driver or Passenger Side
- L: 20.5" x W: 8.5" x H: 18.875" Vol: 1.9 cu. ft
International VRB-2707RD 27-Inch 7 Drawer Red Tool Cabinet with Ball Bearing Drawer Slides. 35mm ball bearing drawer slides with a load rating of 100 lbs per drawer. Full width drawer pulls with strong d tentes. All drawers come equipped with pre cut drawer liners. Full length brushed aluminum drawer trim. Powder coat paint finish for a high quality scratch resistant finish.Learn More
SIDEMOUNT ALUMINUM TOOLBOX 60"" Side Mount BLACK Fit your work rig for additional tool storage with UWS side-mount series toolboxes. UWS side-mount boxes offer you the choice of hefty one-piece aluminum construction with self-closing struts or rugged steel construction with dual lift struts and a durable powdercoated finish. Both aluminum and steel side-mounts have fully foamed lids, rust-free stainless steel handles, secure locking systems, and weatherstripping to seal out moisture, dust, and dirt.Learn More
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While Kickstarter is a crowd funding platform for all manner of projects, it’s games that seem to get the most attention, accounting for over 20 percent of money pledged through the service.
The Kickstarter stats page breaks down all projects, revealing that pledges for games have reached a whopping $200.44 million dollars, overtaking the film and video category by almost $15 million, despite the fact that the number of projects sits at under 8,000 compared to film and video’s 31,795, meaning that individual game projects tend to be much larger.
That $200 million figure doesn’t take into account money pledged to unsuccessful projects. That total is still impressive, however, with successful pledges at $178.15, still putting it at the top.
Kickstarter’s success rate is 43.75 percent, but game projects are only successful 35.08 percent of the time, making them one of the riskier categories. Film and video is just shy of 40 percent, while dance and theatre projects are on average the most likely to be funded, though they also generate the smallest sums, along with pornography.
Cheers, Games Industry International.

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In Space Invaders was the talk of the town, people were lining up in their droves to part with pocket change for a turn on this new. Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders has slowly taken over my life. Jordan first brought it to my attention last week, and today I play it everywhere I go. Space Invaders Atari review. internetcasinogames.win Classic Game Room reviews SPACE.
Space Invaders - Nintendo 64 Review - HD Arkanoid vs Space Invaders Reviewed by Eli Hodapp on May Brain teaser - Promo Codes 10 All That Remains Promo Codes 26 Laserix: You can play the transfer bankowy in traditional upright coin-op style, which will display a planetoid behind the action and render the invaders all one color. Rendezvous with Rama this is not. I love both of the original games so this one is kind of a no-brainer, especially as it's premium.


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Writer: Jay Simms
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Original Air Date 01/14/1963
Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain
Johnny Crawford as Mark McCain
Paul Fix as Marshal Micah Torrance
Patricia Blair was an American television actress whose career was active primarily in the 1950s and 1960s. The Texas-born beauty began her career as a teenage model who went on to apprentice in summer stock before being discovered by Warner Bros. She began acting in films under the names Patricia Blake and Pat Blake. She appeared in a few films, including "Jump Into Hell" (1955), "Crime Against Joe" (1956) and "The Black Sleep" (1956), which reunited screen icons of the horror film genre Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Basil Rathbone and John Carradine. She also appeared in the suspense thriller "City of Fear" (1959), starring Vince Edwards. She portrayed the Fashion Narrator in the Robert Redford romantic western "The Electric Horseman" (1979), co-starring Jane Fonda.
In 1962, Blair replaced actress Joan Taylor in a semi-regular role as Lou Mallory, Chuck Connor's love interest in the last season of THE RIFLEMAN. Blair played the attractive red-haired, fiery Irish businesswoman, whose character was savvy Landowner and Owner of the General Store and the Madera House Hotel. Blair's character of Lou Mallory appeared in 17 episodes of THE RIFLEMAN; she debuted in the title role of episode 145. Blair also made guest television appearances on "The Bob Cummings Show" (1955–1959), "The Virginian" (1962–1971), "Perry Mason" (1957–1966), "Bonanza" (1959–1973), and she co-starred in "Daniel Boone" (1964–1970), playing wife Rebecca Boone opposite Fess Parker. She also had a recurring role as Goldy in the western adventure series "Yancy Derringer" (1958–1959).
William Fawcett, born William Fawcett Thomas, was a prolific American film and television actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and 200 television shows in a career spanning more than 35 years. Prior to becoming an actor, Fawcett was ordained as a minister, and he obtained a Ph.D. in Elizabethan drama from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, then went on to become the Professor of Theatre at Michigan State University. In the mid-1940s he embarked on an acting career full-time. He guest-starred in many popular TV shows, including guest-starring roles in the classic family comedy of the 1950s, "Leave It to Beaver" (1957–1963), starring Jerry Mathers, the crime dramas "Dragnet" (1951–1959), starring Jack Webb, "77 Sunset Strip" (1958–1964), starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., "Perry Mason" (1957–1966) and "Ironside" (1967–1975), both starring Raymond Burr, the mystery action series "Peter Gunn" (1958–1961), starring Craig Stevens, Rod Serling's iconic anthology series, "The Twilight Zone" (1959–1964), and the adventure series "The Fugitive" (1963–1967), starring David Janssen. Most of Fawcett's film appearances were uncredited bit parts.
Fawcett made two appearances in THE RIFLEMAN, portraying Mr. Newman in "Lost Treasure of Canyon Town" (episode 99) and Pyrite Rand in "Suspicion" (episode 157). Fawcett guest-starred in dozens of other westerns, often appearing multiple times as different characters. Among the many westerns in which he appeared were "The Lone Ranger" (1949–1957), starring Clayton Moore, "Have Gun – Will Travel" (1957–1963), starring Richard Boone, "Wanted: Dead or Alive" (1958–1961), starring Steve McQueen, "The Deputy" (1959–1961), starring Henry Fonda, "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" (1955–1961), starring Hugh O'Brian, "Cheyenne" (1955–1963), starring Clint Walker, "Maverick" (1957–1962), starring James Garner, "Rawhide" (1959–1966), starring Clint Eastwood, "Wagon Train" (1957–1965), starring Ward Bond and later John McIntire, "Daniel Boone" (1964–1970), starring Fess Parker, "Bonanza" (1959–1973), starring Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts and Michael Landon, "Gunsmoke" (1955–1975), starring James Arness, and "The Virginian" (1962–1971), starring James Drury and Doug McClure.
Joe Higgins was an American actor working primarily in television and commercials from the 1960's through the 1980's. His acting career began at age nine and while attending the University of Dayton in Ohio, he worked in radio. He became a prolific character actor who often portrayed a sheriff in commercials, public service announcements and in print ads. He won the CLIO award on two occasions for his acting in commercials. His portrayal as a sheriff, "You in a heap o' trouble, boy!," in a series of memorable Dodge car commercials in the 1970's became his iconic signature role.
Higgins appeared in four episodes of THE RIFLEMAN playing different characters, and he played the semi-regular character, Nils Swenson, the Blacksmith, in 16 episodes. He played recurring roles on other television series in addition to THE RIFLEMAN, including "Arrest and Trial" and later, he co-starred again with Chuck Connors in "Flipper" and "Geronimo."
William "Billy" Hughes, born William Eugene Hughes, was an American actor who worked primarily in television. Both his father Bill, Sr. and his uncle Whitey were stuntmen. He appeared in 25 movies and television shows during a two-decade career, which began when he was barely ten playing an uncredited role in the Mickey Rooney crime comedy "The Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed" (1958). He played the leading role as a runaway in the western "Ole Rex" (1961) and portrayed the oldest sibling Joe in a family of orphans in the Debbie Reynolds comedy "My Six Loves (1963). Toward the end of his career, he had an uncredited stunt role in the Sam Peckinpah film "The Wild Bunch" (1969), and in his final film role, he appeared in the obscure western drama "Smoke in the Wind" (1975).
Hughes guest-starred in several popular television shows, including the family comedy "Leave It to Beaver" (1957–1963), the medical drama "Dr. Kildare" (1961–1966), Rod Serling's iconic anthology series "The Twilight Zone" (1959–1964), the crime drama "Arrest and Trial" (1963–1964), the private detective series "77 Sunset Strip" (1958–1964) and the family drama "Lassie" (1954–1974).
As a young teenager, Hughes made three appearances in THE RIFLEMAN, portraying Aaron in "Day of Reckoning" (episode 71), Jeffrey Waller in "The Long Gun from Tuscon" (episode 121) and Gridley Maule in "The Sidewinder" (episode 158). Reportedly, the part he played in "The Sidewinder" was one of his favorite roles. He guest-starred in several other westerns, sometimes making multiple appearances, including "Gunsmoke" (1955–1975), starring James Arness; "Laramie" (1959–1963), starring John Smith and Robert Fuller; and "Wagon Train" (1957–1965), starring John McIntyre and Ward Bond.
Kevin McCarthy was an American stage, film and television actor whose prolific career spanned more than six decades. Brother of renowned author, Mary McCarthy, he made his Broadway debut in 1938 in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and appeared in 18 theatrical productions throughout his career, notably, portraying Harry S. Truman in "Give 'Em Hell Harry," which toured the United States for two decades. McCarthy appeared in over 200 film and television roles. His portrayal of Biff in the 1951 film adaptation of "Death of a Salesman" garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and won him a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year, Actor. His best-known role was Dr. Miles Bennell in the 1956 science fiction horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." The iconic film was selected for the National Film Registry in 1994 and in 2008 was named one of the Top 10 science fiction films of all time by the American Film Institute. In later years, he embraced the cult camp status of the picture and his role in it, even making a cameo appearance in the 1976 remake of the "Body Snatchers."
McCarthy made two appearances in THE RIFLEMAN, portraying Mark Twain in "The Shattered Idol" (episode 120) and Winslow Quince in "Suspicion" (episode 157). He continued to work until the year before his death at age 96—his last screen appearances were in two 2009 releases, the 18th century period film, "Wesley," and the short comedy film "I Do."
Bill Quinn was an American actor whose early career began in the 1920's in silent films and ended with the 1989 science fiction film, "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." Perhaps, his best-known role was Mr. Ranseleer, Archie Bunker's blind friend in "All In The Family" (1971-1978). He also was a regular character in the Carroll O'Connor spin-off, "Archie Bunker's Place." Quinn's other television credits include roles in "The Odd Couple" (1970-1975), "McHale's Navy" (1962-1966), and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970-1977), in which he play Mary Richard's father. In 1971, he appeared in Universal Pictures' "How to Frame a Figg" starring Don Knotts. Quinn was a regular character in THE RIFLEMAN, appearing in 40 episodes as Sweeney, the Owner/Bartender of the North Fork Saloon.
Lucas and Mark find Winslow Quince stranded in the desert with a broken wheel on his wagon and help him to get to North Fork. On the trip, it develops that Quince is a sign painter by trade, and an amusing old eccentric who tells tall tales. After arriving in town, Quince attracts attention by lavishly dispensing gifts from his wagon stock and by paying for purchases with new gold coins. Back in town, Lucas learns of a series of cold-blooded murders and robberies, and the descriptions of the loot match some of the fancy gifts Quince has been giving away. The townsfolk are incensed and ready to lynch Quince on this circumstantial evidence, but Lucas demands further proof and eventually saves the innocent Quince.


Several Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Paul Gauguin paintings along with works from other artists, worth likely tens of millions of dollars, were stolen from a Dutch art museum Tuesday.
The thieves broke into the Rotterdam Kunsthal museum early in the morning in what was described as a well-planned heist, reported Reuters.
Paintings by Lucian Freud and Meyer de Haan were also stolen.
Jop Ubbens, the head of Christie’s in Amsterdam, told the news agency that they are worth “more than several million euros.” He added, “It’s all about name and fame. So the Picasso is the best known. The least well-known is Meyer de Haan, which looks like a Gauguin, so maybe it was a mistake.”
But Chris Marinello, who heads the Art Loss Register, told The Associated Press that the art is potentially worth “hundreds of millions of euros.” The Art Loss Register helps track down stolen artwork.
Marinello added that because the art is so high-profile, the thieves would have a difficult time finding a buyer, but they could possibly blackmail the owners, the insurers, or the museum.
“I’m confident these will find their way back,” he told Reuters in a separate interview. “The police in this area are very good, very well organized. I would not be surprised to see them surfacing over the next few weeks.”
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Over the last three weeks I have made approximately 7 batches of pie crust for various and sundry things. I have tweaked and prodded and cursed and bitched and celebrated. And, I have done the victory lap, because, Gentle Readers, I have struck culinary gold.
Pie crust is that culinary holy grail, the bane of the existences of many, the thing that sends more accomplished cooks running to the frozen food isle than any other kitchen task. It is a pain in the ass to deal with, most of the time. But good pie crust/pastry is sublime. It’s melt in the mouth tender and shatteringly flaky. It doesn’t sog under the stress of juicy late summer fruits or gravied pot pie filling. It makes tasty tarts as well as apple pie perfect tops.
After going through, I believe, three bags of King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose I have hit upon the following. This recipe makes a lot of dough, enough for three 9″ crusts or 4 stingy 8″ ones. It can be rolled immediately but turns into this sublimely easy to work with velvet after a day’s rest in the chiller. With that in mind, if you remember, it’s best to make it a day ahead. You can freeze the leftover in tightly wrapped disks, just thaw under refrigeration for a day before you need it.
Best of luck with your transformations of the autumn harvest into the truly divine.
Victoria’s No Fail Supreme Pie Dough of Insane Greatness (no need to be humble, right?)
This recipe has only been tested with the following ingredients and brand names. I am going to be specific because this is what has worked for me. Your mileage may vary depending on your available goods.
5 1/2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose flour (measured by spooning in to the cup and leveling with a knife)
2 teaspoons fine grind sea salt
1 cup (1/2 pound) unsalted butter, cold (I’ve used several different butters from store brand to organic and European, it all seems to work)
1 cup (1/2 pound) Earth Balance non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening, cold (There are other brands out there, just get the hard, stick kind not the whipped stuff in a tub)
1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice (good results with both)
1 egg, lightly beaten
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Cut the butter and shortening into pats and toss with the flour. Using a pastry blender (or two knives or ice cold fingers), cut the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles rolled oat meal with a few pea-sized lumps.
Crack the egg into a one-cup liquid measure and add the vinegar. Add enough water for the mixture to reach the one cup measure. Whisk together with a fork. Make a well in the flour/fat mixture and pour approximately 3/4 of the liquid in. With a fork, stir, but more accurately futz, the dry and liquid together just until it starts to clump. You are not going for smooth dough here, there should be some bits of flour in the bottom of the bowl that just don’t want to incorporate. Add enough of the remaining liquid and up to three tablespoons of additional water if necessary to get the clumping to happen.
Divide into three or four disks and refrigerate until ready to use. Again, try to make it a day ahead as the flour will have time to completely hydrate and make dealing with the dough so much easier. If it is too hard to roll let it sit on the counter for about 5 minutes to allow it to soften up enough to roll without cracking. Another rolling hint is to roll the rounds between two sheets of waxed paper or parchment paper, less cleanup and you don’t have to worry about it stubbornly sticking to the counter.

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The International Olympic Committee is expected to make a final decision around October.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested six-team T20 events for both men and women to the Los Angeles Olympic Games organising committee (LA28), as it continues its quest for cricket to be included in the world’s largest sporting event.
Though there were reports that cricket would not be included in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, an ESPNcricinfo report states that no decision has been made. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will make a final decision around October this year after the LA28 organisers finalise the list of new sports by March. These will then be validated by the IOC session in Mumbai, which is scheduled for October of this year.
If the plan is accepted, the six participating teams will most likely be the top six in the ICC’s men’s and women’s T20 rankings respectively. The ICC has not yet finalised a tournament structure. it is still considering alternatives with the organisers of the LA28. T20 cricket was proposed as the format because both LA28 and the IOC instructed the ICC that the format should include a global championship (which would rule out T10), a short length (which would rule out ODIs), and high fan appeal.
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The IOC’s goal to become more cost-efficient, as outlined in its strategic plan named “Olympic Agenda 2020+5”, is the primary reason for the ICC’s recommendation of six-team events. The IOC has established that the best method to decrease expenses is to avoid inflated team sizes across disciplines as well as total contingents. As a result, the total athlete quota for the 2024 Paris Games will be 10,500, down from 11,300 in the previous Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.
LA28 further informed the ICC that the intended event’s quality must not be jeopardised. This, too, contributed to the decision to limit the proposed event to the top six men’s and women’s cricket teams.
Cricket is up against eight other sports for a spot in the 2028 Olympics: baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse, break dancing, karate, kickboxing, squash, and motorsport. The IOC will analyse all bids before deciding how many will be added to the list of 28 previously finalised in February 2022.
Cricket has its own set of challenges in terms of cost-cutting, with squads travelling with teams of support workers and requiring a particular number of game fields as well as training pitches for teams to practise on. During the discussions, the ICC received guidance from LA28 that both the men’s and women’s competitions would need to be limited to a single facility.
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Intel's Biggest Problem Isn't the Next Quarter
By Sam Jaffe
When Intel (INTC ) executives held a conference call for analysts on June 7, it was their last chance before the company's earnings report to warn Wall Street that it wouldn't meet earnings and revenue targets for the second quarter, which closes at the end of June. But the only warning they gave was that revenue would be "on the low end" of the $6.2 billion to $6.8 billion range they had previously given.
Since then, the stock has fallen about 10%, closing June 19 at $26.65. That's bad, but not as bad as other tech stocks that got sucker-punched after coming out with negative earnings preannouncements over the past few weeks.
Intel isn't out of the woods, however. Its stock is still 62% off its 52-week high, and even if it does come in with the $6.2 billion in revenues and 11 cents earnings per share that analysts expect, that's still 25% less revenue and 78% less profit than 2000's second quarter.
END OF THE CRAZE.
That decline isn't due to anything company-specific but to technology buyers slamming on the brakes en masse when the economy's traffic snarl came into sight. This year, personal computer sales are expected to decline for the first time in the PC's history.
They'll start climbing again at some point, but you can't find anyone preaching that the industry will return to the 30% annual growth of yesteryear. It's just too hard to convince a corporate buyer to invest in new machines every three years when five-year-old machines are still up to the tasks set before them. That's the fundamental problem Intel faces -- the end of the PC craze. It's casting about for other ways to renew growth, but so far it hasn't impressed many investors.
It's trying to boost the use of flash memory so that it can make and sell more such chips, but that's still a tiny market compared to PC processors. Intel also has a grand plan to get into the communications and networking chip business, but that hasn't been a hit with many analysts.
"The biggest concern is where is the growth going to come from now that the PC market is slowing," says Josephthal & Co. analyst Lawrence Borgman, who has a buy rating on the stock. "The communications and networking idea is vague, and so far that strategy hasn't produced any profits." Without a stronger long-term strategy in place, this stock probably isn't going anywhere.
Intel's short-term problems are pretty much the same as for every other technology company. The spate of corporate tech spending that marked 1999 and 2000 has stopped as companies assimilate their new equipment. Of course, the computer industry has seen plenty of downturns in the past, and this one, although by far the most severe, isn't so different. "The only way to survive a recession is to emerge from it with products better than your competitors," says Intel CEO Craig Barrett.
That means spending lots of money during the downturn, which Intel is ready to do. It has set aside $7.5 billion this year for plant upgrades alone. Interestingly, very little of the money has been earmarked for new-plant construction. "They've said they'll focus on improving productivity and bringing in new technologies," says ABN Amro analyst Paul Leming, who has a neutral rating on the stock. "If they were to build a new plant now, that would signal that they expect a big upturn in demand in 2002 and 2003. That's clearly not in the cards."
Even if Intel spends all that money preparing for an industry recovery, it still has to contend with a big increase in competition, which is causing major headaches at Santa Clara headquarters. Just three years ago, you could have labeled Intel as a monopoly power in PC processor chips and no one would have argued. But during that time, perennial underdog AMD (AMD ) refused to go away. Thanks to quicker rollouts of new chips, AMD and its new Athlon line stole the performance crown from Intel.
Although most of AMD's chips compete on the low end, the company has been stealing enough share from Intel to make analysts sweat. AMD expects to have 30% of the overall market in PC processors this year, up from as little as 10% two years ago. Just as worrisome for Intel is that AMD is entering one of the most profitable areas of the PC market: laptops. Its new Athlon 4 chip will compete head-to-head with the Pentium 4 in new laptops, a segment with a much higher profit margin than desktops.
"This is the first time that AMD has [emerged as] a significant contender in the laptop market," says John Geraghty, an analyst with Gerard Klauer Mattison. "It shows that for the first time in a long time, Intel has a real competitor." Nevertheless, he rates Intel a strong buy.
IS IT A HIT?
Despite AMD's laptop foray, Intel is banking on the success of its Pentium 4 chip, a major new design that will allow it to regain the performance edge it traditionally has held over AMD. The Athlon has a maximum speed of 1.7 gigahertz, while the Pentium 4 will eventually be able to cross the 2-gHz threshold. In addition, the P4 is optimized for use with new memory-chip designs that will allow it to vastly increase the actual working speed of its computers.
So far, Intel says Pentium 4 sales, which began in February, are on track. "It's by far the most important chip they've introduced in years," says Josephthal's Borgman. "It's hard to forecast sales because it's coming out during a downturn in PC sales, so we won't know for sure if it's a hit until the end of the year." Intel didn't return phone calls seeking comment on future earnings growth.
Regardless, Intel's biggest problem is to come up with a growth engine for the next 5 to 10 years. Powerful new PC processors alone won't do the trick. Even if Intel can retain the title of PC king, the crown may begin to look tarnished without a plan to boost long-term growth.
Jaffe writes about the markets for BusinessWeek Online in our daily Street Wise column
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Edited by Beth Belton


Once again, no change in the leaders from election night, regarding the Nevada County March third Primary races. Heidi Hall continues on her way to being elected outright to a second term for the District One Supervisor seat, with over 53-percent of the vote. Over 50-percent is needed, to avoid a November runoff. Michael Taylor is in second place, with Deborah Wilder in third place. The top three votegetters for the three open seats on the Nevada City Council are still Doug Fleming, Daniela Fernandez, and incumbent Reinette Senum. And the Higgins Fire District assessment increase and Penn Valley school bond are both still going down to defeat.


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Plans for doctor training program in Springfield frozen
Plans to create a Springfield medical program that would help train new doctors remain on hold.
Gov. Jay Nixon said support for the program, a partnership between Missouri State University and the University of Missouri, is strong, but the funding is frozen.
"Currently we don't have the money in the bank," he said.
The program would have allowed students to spend their final two years observing doctors from CoxHealth and Mercy Hospital. The plan was supported by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce and both hospitals as a boost to the economy and a way to increase doctors in the region.
"It's a great project," Nixon said Friday during a visit to Missouri State. "We all want more doctors in this area."
The $10 million planned to start the project was withheld in mid-2013, and no plan has been announced for when it would be included in a future spending plan.
It would have started small, with fewer than 10 students, and then quickly grow at least 30 students the following year.
Nixon said it's not enough to have the start-up funding. He said the project won't move forward until the money is available to sustain it over time.
"As soon as we have the resources and are guaranteed that we can continue to meet that commitment ... then we'll move forward," he said.
He added that despite an uptick in the economy, there aren't a lot of resources available for new programs.
"As the dollars become available, certainly we'll release them, but when you have a new program there are ongoing costs," he said. "It's really important you have the ongoing resources to meet that."

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When Midge Wilker was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last summer, she couldn’t make it through a doctor’s appointment without sobbing. A former IBM executive who founded her own management-training company, she was weak from chemotherapy and terrified; the cancer had spread into her ovaries and lymph nodes and possibly her liver. She didn’t raise her window blinds for weeks. “Everybody said how important it is to have a positive attitude,” says Ms. Wilker, 64 years old. “But I’m not Lance Armstrong. I wanted to jump in the grave.”
While getting chemo one day at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Ms. Wilker agreed to join a study comparing two different forms of group therapy. Asked what she hoped to gain from it, she said: “I need to find the courage to face this.”
The unusual program she was randomly assigned to aims to help cancer patients find a sense of meaning, peace and purpose in their lives, even as the end approaches. “For many cancer patients, the biggest challenge is, ‘How do I live in the space between my diagnosis and my eventual death?’” says William Breitbart, a Memorial Sloan-Kettering psychiatrist who developed the program, known as meaning-centered psychotherapy, and has tested it with more than 300 patients since 2000.
Helping Cancer Patients Find Meaning in Life
Dr. Breitbart based his program in part on the writings of Viktor Frankl, the Austrian psychiatrist who survived Auschwitz with the conviction that people can endure any suffering if they know their life has meaning. The eight-week program helps patients with Stage 3 or 4 cancer reconnect with the many sources of meaning in life—love, work, history, family relationships—and teaches them that when cancer produces an obstacle in one, they can find meaning in another.
“We help cancer patients understand that they are not dead yet,” says Dr. Breitbart. “The months or years of life that remain can be times of extraordinary growth.”
In fact, anyone can benefit from reflecting on what’s most meaningful in life, he says. “Every human being wrestles with the question: How can you live knowing that you’re going to die? “Most of us are too distracted to think about it. But ask yourself, ‘What accomplishments are you most proud of? What do you want your legacy to be?’ It’s never too late,” he says.
Most major cancer centers today offer support groups and individual counseling for patients. The field of “psycho-oncology”—which addresses the psychological, spiritual and emotional aspects of cancer—is booming around the world. Memorial Sloan-Kettering’s meaning-centered psychotherapy is still in the research phase. Early results are encouraging. In a pilot study of 90 patients presented at the International Psycho-Oncology Society in Vienna last month, Dr. Breitbart and colleagues reported that meaning-centered group therapy significantly boosted patients’ spiritual well-being and reduced their anxiety and desire for death compared with traditional support groups that typically discuss issues like dealing with doctors and body image.
The idea is already beginning to spread. Five hospitals in Italy are replicating Dr. Breitbart’s group-therapy study. Hospitals in Denmark, Germany and Argentina are embarking on similar programs. Researchers in Canada have adapted meaning-centered therapy to help hospice nurses avoid burnout, and created a single session program for terminally ill patients.
Ms. Wilker was too sick from chemotherapy last September to attend the first session, which introduced the group members to each other and to Frankl’s book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” about his years in Nazi concentration camps.
The second session focused on identity “BC and AD”—before cancer and after diagnosis. Ms. Wilker came in sweat clothes, with no makeup, unsure that she would return. “In a very thoughtful way, they made us think about our past and what cancer had taken away from us,” she recalls. “For me, it was everything. I was morphing into somebody I didn’t recognize.”
Most of the other patients in her group had been diagnosed with cancer years before and were facing its return. They talked about loving the theater or cycling and finding ways they could still enjoy them. “I thought, ‘I am looking at such courage here. I’ve got to pull myself together,’” Ms. Wilker says.
Sessions three and four focus on historical sources of meaning. Group members were asked to reflect on their families, the eras they grew up in—even the origins of their names.
Some of the women said they hadn’t gotten enough love when they were children, so they had worked hard to make their children feel loved.
“I was the youngest of six and had a glorious childhood” on New York’s Long Island, Ms. Wilker says. “My father would take me to church and we’d always stop at the bakery for anything I wanted, and enough for my friends. ... And my mother was the greatest advocate you could ever want. But if you were faced with a problems, she’d want you to figure it out.”
Ms. Wilker also remembered times when she had been brave. She bucked IBM convention to give a newly promoted subordinate a top rating. Earlier in her career, she confronted the commander of a military base where she was working to demand a promotion, and got it. “If what you are looking for is courage, it helps to recognize that you’ve done some courageous things in the past,” she says.
Session five focuses on encountering life’s limitations, and Frankl’s message that even when everything else has been stripped away, people can still choose their attitude toward a situation and the meaning they take from it. Discussion questions include: what would be a meaningful death?
Reading on Meaning
- “Man’s Search for Meaning,” by Viktor Frankl
- “The Will to Meaning” by Viktor Frankl
- “The Courage to Be” by Paul Tillich
- “Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death” by Irvin D. Yalom
- “The Way of Transition” by William Bridges
- “Love and Death” by Forrest Church
“By now, all the cards were out on the table. You had to be honest with yourself and think, ‘what could live on beyond yourself?’ ” Ms. Wilker recalls. “For me, it’s letting everyone know to get a colonoscopy.”
“We tread lightly here; this is not supposed to be a scary session,” says Shannon Poppito, clinical psychologist who led many of the sessions. She says that what troubles many cancer patients most is not the fear of death, but unresolved issues from the past. It’s never too late to resolve them, says Dr. Breitbart, who notes that in Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich,” the main character becomes the person he wants to be in the last five minutes of his life.
The next two sessions focus on ways to transcend the limits imposed by cancer. “You are not dying of cancer—you are living with cancer until you pass. You can make it meaningful, even if all you can do is lie in bed,” says Dr. Poppito. Sometimes patients lament that they’ve always wanted to paint or write and will never have a chance. “You can find creative ways to realize the essence of those dreams,” she says. “You can be a writer by writing letters to your children.”
And simply experiencing life can be meaningful. For session seven, patients are asked to list things they love or find beautiful. Ms. Wilker talked about her husband and her 28 nieces and nephews and 62 grandnieces and grandnephews. She also talked about the view from her apartment that she was enjoying again and the Greek statue of Winged Victory that she had seen in her 20s in the Louvre.
“I realized that I didn’t have to work so hard to find the meaning of life,” she says. “It was being handed to me everywhere I looked.”
In the final session, group members present a “legacy project” that symbolizes the meaning they’ve found and want to pass on. One woman who loved New York City started writing a book about its sights and sound, Dr. Poppito recalls. Another who had always wanted to see Italy finally bought plane tickets. And a man who had alcoholic, abusive parents had recalled watching his father make woodcuttings—one of the few times they bonded. For his legacy project, he carved a woodcut of a Celtic Trinity intertwined with a heart. “He said, ‘This is what I will teach my children—that there is eternal love and that I will be there for them, far beyond my passing,’” says Dr. Poppito.
In Ms. Wilker’s group, a woman brought in a family recipe. Her identity involved carrying on family traditions had despaired because she could no longer use her arm to cook. She realized that her daughter could help and learn the traditions too.
Ms. Wilker decided that her project would be “to be the courageous person my family and friends think I am.” She arrived dressed up and carrying a replica of the Winged Victory that sits in her living room and a photo from her 50th grade-school reunion that she had found the courage to attend.
“It’s amazing to me what a huge change in mind set I’ve had in a year’s time,” she says. “I said to my husband recently, ‘I know this sounds crazy, but who has it better than us?’ ” She still has unfinished business. She has an idea she wants to send the CEO of a company. There are books she’d like to write, and she’d like to volunteer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. As for her cancer, an upcoming CAT scan will reveal how effective the chemotherapy, radiation and surgery have been. “But if it comes back, I know I will fight it,” she says.
Many patients who have gone through the program say it gave them new strength to face whatever the future brings.
“It’s paradoxical,” says Dr. Poppito, who is now in private practice, using meaning-centered therapy to help patients face a variety of life transitions. “You’d think that once people have found this new meaning in life, they wouldn’t want to let it go. But knowing their life has meaning and that it will continue beyond them seems to lessen that white-knuckle grip on life and give them a sense of peace.”
Write to Melinda Beck at HealthJournal@wsj.com


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I'm Emily Reynolds.
I'm Emily Reynolds.
Because, the state’s motto is, after all: “Maine, the way life should be.” (“Except from muddy March to bare, brown May,” said every Mainer ever! Wink, wink!)
1) If I Built a School, by Chris Van Dusen
The third clever installment in the If I Built a House /If I Built a Car series. As buying a book early in its first printing always casts a vote to a publisher that readers want more of that particular author or illustrator’s work, right now is an excellent time to request this book from your local librarian. This book is hot off the presses, as of August 13, 2019.
I love to think that just requesting a book from the library could support Maine-based author/illustrator Chris Van Dusen into coming up with even more wildly-imaginative tales. Who knows, if you write him enough fan mail, he might just listen to an idea inspired by you, (like he did with the myriad school children who kept at him until he wrote a book about a school! What a good man.) What would your dream design be? For a boat? A grocery store? A treehouse? Perhaps a cutting-edge retro art studio. Ahhhh! That’s the ticket.
2) The Wicked, Big Toddlah, by Kevin Hawkes
As long as I’ve been taking kids to the library, I’ve been a huge fan of Kevin Hawkes’s books. We used to pore over Weslandia and Library Lion again and again, and I’d think to myself, “There’s something different and luminous about these pictures. I wonder what makes this illustrator tick?
Imagine my surprise then, when we moved to Maine and discovered that Kevin Hawkes, his wife Karen, and their fabulous kids, are a part of our community! And just happen to be the nicest people on the planet. I soon found out exactly what makes Kevin tick—a good dose of humor, humility, family, and fun.
Wicked, Big Toddlah's tongue-in-cheek take on Maine culture is “larger-than-life,” and almost as much so as baby Toddie, If you’ve never known a true Mainer, you’ll get a taste of just how unique and hearty they are with the delightful dialogue in this book: “Hi, how aah ya?” and “That’s a wicked big toddlah ya got theyah, Jessie!” Kevin Hawkes’s vibrant illustrations jump off the page with exuberance at the sweet sacrifices made by all, when a new (BIG!) “little” person joins the family. Look for more of Kevin’s luminescent books to be highlighted here soon…
3) Miss Renee’ s Mice, by Elizabeth Stokes Hoffman, Illustrated by Dawn Peterson
*Spoilers ahead!* If anyone (young or old) has ever wanted to decorate a dollhouse, or loved and played with one, this is your miniature cup of tea. Like a modern nod to Beatrix Potter’s tale of Two Bad Mice, this delightful story takes Miss Renee, a builder of fine dollhouses on the coast of Maine, full circle as her tiny new tenants annoy her to distraction with their careless ways. But after Miss Renee has had enough of their messy partying, she builds a tiny ship and sends the riotous rodents packing on a voyage around the world.
After she boots them out though, Miss Renee regrets her hastiness as she realizes she really didn’t mind their company after all. And the mice (rightly so!) learn some courtesy and thoughtfulness on their journey—returning home to their provider a year later to present Miss Renee with fine foreign gifts from all over the globe. Very sweet.
4) Time of Wonder, by Robert McCloskey
When I think of Robert McCloskey’s soft color palette that so exactly captures the essence of the Maine coast, and the feelings imbued in the reader when one sees his simple scenes of childhood exploration in nature...the word petrichor comes to mind:
Petrichor: the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. The word is constructed from Greek petra, meaning "stone", and īchōr, the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology.
My youngest and I came upon a copy of this classic recently while staying in my sister and brother-in-law’s cottage on the coast. We curled up on the sofa with Time of Wonder in our hands as the static of clouds built up around us outside. As we read such true-from-life-prose, written in second person, it was as if Mr. McCloskey was spilling out a description of what we were experiencing on a small-town peninsula that week. Such quiet inner observations that one often thinks, but doesn't usually articulate, are uncanny to hear aloud:
"It is time to reset the clock from the rise and fall of the tide, to the come and go of the school bus. Pack your bag and put in a few treasures…A little bit sad about the place you are leaving, a little bit glad about the place you are going. It is a time of quiet wonder – for wondering, for instance: Where do hummingbirds go in a hurricane?"
5) Hello, Lighthouse, by Sophie Blackall
If you haven’t read this book yet, put down that sandwich you’re munching, and go out and buy a copy, you Silly Goose! Without even flipping through it! Trust me, Hello, Lighthouse is that timeless.
Last year my husband and I gave this book to every family member on our Christmas list. ("Even to those without kids at home?" you might ask. Especially to those with no kids at home--they've seen the full circle of life and appreciate it the most!). But adults and children alike can relate to the turning of the tides and seasons in this masterfully-written and touchingly-illustrated marvel of Chinese ink and watercolor.
I especially thrill at the illustrated spread of the lighthouse keeper and his wife after the birth of their child. It gives me chills of joy to see such classic details, as the color wheel quilt pulled up to the chin of the new mother's damp head (certainly to stop the shakes of childbirth), and the lighthouse keeper holding his new babe in one arm, and writing the hour, minute, and day of his child's birth into the lighthouse keeper's log with the other. The gentle illustrations here are reminiscent of Garth Williams's style in Farmer Boy and Charlotte's Web. Just lovely.
Ms. Blackall credits her inspiration for this instant classic as Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House. For those of you who know that treasure well, Hello, Lighthouse will give you those same poignant swells of longing, waves of joy, achings of change, rushes of reunion, and envelopes of peace. If you haven't done so yet, I can’t wait for you to read this one!
6) The Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Spear
What can I say about this tried-and-true oldie, but greatie? Other than it reminds the reader what strength we each can muster within ourselves when we don’t relinquish hope in the midst of being tested to our limits. The kids and I read this one aloud last fall and they were asking for it as soon as they’d walk in the door from getting off the bus each day. It takes a minute to get into, but, of course, being Elizabeth George Speare, is a well-crafted tale of courage, adventure, stick-to-it-ive-ness, family, friendship, acclimating to cultural differences, forgiveness and loyalty. As the new cover depicts so appropriately, this story is golden! Ripe for a new generation!
There they are! Six favorite children's book recommendations to start off the school year with some cozy moments of reading aloud with those whom you love. Please leave your top six book recommendations in the comments (if I've enabled that feature correctly. Oh, boy! My no-tech skills!
And if you're crazy enough, and kind enough, to have read down this far, here's a little closing quote from Esme Raji Codell that seems to be what I'm experiencing with this cock-eyed website so far:
“Sometimes I think, Why invent projects? What is the point? How will I ever accomplish what I set out to do, what I imagine? Then I think of the past, even before I was born, the great small feats people accomplished.
Those people had to work to accomplish those things, they thought of details, they followed through. Even if I come off as naive and zealous, even if I get on everyone's nerves, I have to follow these examples. Even if I fail, I have to try and try and try. It may be exhausting, but that is beside the point. The goal is not necessarily to succeed but to keep trying, to be the kind of person who has ideas and sees them through.”
― Esmé Raji Codell, Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year

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Estate tax “reform” continues to be a prime objective for Democrats.
On the heels of more and more talk in Washington about the inequality of the U.S. tax system, Senator Bernie Sanders has just introduced legislation to impose a progressive tax on America’s wealthiest 5%. According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the goal of this legislation is to raise $430 billion over the next decade.
For those of you still on the fence about making substantial gifts to your loved ones, thereby reducing the size of your taxable estate, the time is ripe.
This proposed legislation exempts the first $3.5 million of an individual’s estate from the estate tax. For those Americans who inherit more than $3.5 million ($7 million for married couples), a new progressive rate structure for estate taxes is established as follows:
- 45% of the value of an estate between $3.5 million and $10 million
- 50% of the value of an estate between $10 million and $50 million
- 55% of the value of an estate between $50 million and $1 billion
- 65% of the value of an estate over $1 billion.
The legislation also would:
- End the use of long-term irrevocable “dynasty” type generation skipping tax trusts
- Prohibit the creation of short-term grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs)
- Prevent trust creators from avoiding gift taxes by paying income taxes on earnings generated by assets gifted to “grantor trusts”
- Limit the annual gift tax exclusion on gifts made to trusts.
- Eliminate certain “valuation discounts” used in connections with gifts of closely held business interests.
According to Americansfortaxfairness.org, the total wealth of U.S. billionaires grew from $240 billion in 1990 (adjusted for inflation) to $2.95 trillion in March 2020, a twelve-fold increase in their wealth during that period.
On the campaign trail, President Biden suggested that wealthy Americans were not paying their “fair share” of taxes, leading many to believe that some changes to Americas’ wealth transfer system, while perhaps not as drastic as those proposed by Senator Sanders, will be forthcoming.
Currently, individuals have a unified $11.7 million estate and gift exemption. Transfers exceeding that amount are subject to a top tax rate of 40%. On the campaign trail, Biden expressed an intention to decrease an individual’s federal estate tax exemption amount either to $5 million per individual (and $10 million for a married couple), perhaps indexed for inflation and perhaps not, or to the pre-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act amount of $3.5 million per individual (and $7 million for a married couple). This decrease in lifetime exemption could be coupled with an increased top tax rate of 45%.
If you have not yet used your full lifetime gift tax exemption, 2021 may be the last chance for the foreseeable future to transfer wealth to your loved ones in such an advantageous fashion.

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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- As COVID-19 cases increase in the Central Valley, local law enforcement agencies are taking steps to protect front line officers and dispatchers.
In the city and county of Fresno, first responders are being told to limit as much physical contact as possible.
"We're working with them to maybe cite more people out instead of having to book them in jail," said Todd Fraizer with the Fresno Police Officers Association. "Saving an officer more exposure time, potentially. Because obviously, transporting someone in the backseat of your car increases exposure."
At the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, a new system in place gives deputies information on locations where they should take extra precautions. That includes home addresses where people have previously tested positive for COVID-19.
"So those are already inputted into our computer system, so not only Fresno county, but the 15 cities in Fresno county have that," said Eric Schmidt with the Fresno County Sheriff's Association. "So if we get dispatched to a call on 123 A St., that will flag, and the dispatcher will let the officer or the deputy know."
Fresno police officers are also working with dispatchers to encourage callers to meet officers outside of their homes, so officers don't have to go inside.
At both agencies, hand sanitizer, gloves, and masks are running low.
Fresno Police officers are sitting farther apart but still having briefings at the start of each shift. In Fresno County, deputies are not gathering unless necessary.
With less cars on the road, Fresno police have redeployed part of its traffic unit to watch over shopping centers while residents are out getting essential needs.
For more news coverage on the coronavirus and COVID-19 go to ABC30.com/coronavirus


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After passing out from Tata-Dhan Academy, I was involved with a few organizations that were working at the grassroots and making a change through livelihood intervention of the poor in the districts of Nuapada and Kalahandi of Odisha. During this period, I always used to interact with various government officials in departments like Agriculture, Horticulture etc. These interactions always muddled me as I always found that there was always an implementation gap in various programs run by the government. There was a lack of sprit and motivation to work for development of the people, especially the poor. Sometimes I abused the system and wondered that if I were in their place, I could have done a great deal to change the life and livelihood of people.
When I came across the PMRDF scheme through newspaper, I found it the right opportunity for me to enter the Government system and work for people thorough proper implementation of the programs and schemes of the government which always had an implementation gap. I applied and got selected.
During the training program in Hyderabad, I was able to meet and hear from a range of people and understand their views about development; from senior bureaucrats to academicians, from activists to development professionals, development planners to politicians. All had a different but a co-related perspective of developmental approach. The training sessions were like knowledge raining from all around and I had to collect as much as I could.
During the field immersion program of the training, I was allotted the district of Balangir, Odisha. I went to Muribahal, a remote and underdeveloped block of the district, for my village stay and study. This was not a new thing to me as I had stayed in villages for various studies for months during my development management course. During my study, I found that migration of farmers and labourers to the brick kilns of Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, during the lean season of work, was a common phenomenon of the region. Lakhs of labourers migrated to these brick kilns where they suffered from enormous exploitation. The BDO of Murabahal had tried to curb migration effectively by providing works under MGNREGA.
During interactions with the BDO, I was convinced that MGNREGA can be used as an effective tool to check migration. In the meantime, the block administration had conducted a public hearing for MGNREGA. The BDO had initiated a healthy competition among the GRS (Gram Rojgar Sevaks) for good performances where a seal and a certificate of merit were given to the best performers. I suggested the BDO to give certificates of merit/appreciation to those families who had completed 100 days of work with a note below the certificate mentioning the benefits that a family would get on completing 100 days. This was appreciated by the BDO and was done. People were happy on receiving the certificates. Now, the certificate is replicated and distributed by all the blocks in the district.
After the training sessions were over, I had the goal in my mind to stop people from migrating out to the brick kilns. After joining the district, I came across a few NGOs like Aid-et-Action who were working hard for years to reduce migration. Hence, I coordinated with them and tried to understand from their perspective the causes of migration and the possible solutions which can be adopted to stop migration. One effective solution was the proper and timely implementation of MGNREGA in the villages.
I collected information and data on migration and made a data base of high migration prone villages and gram panchayats. Usually, migration started from the month of October. So, in these particular villages, I contacted with the concerned block officials and requested them to open works in the month of October. MGNREGA was to be implemented in these villages with the right spirit. Initially it was difficult to monitor. Hence, instead of working for the whole migration area, I chose Turekela block, which was severely affected due to migration.
Works under MGNREGA were started throughout the block, almost in all villages, and focus was given to those villages where migration was very high. Meetings were conducted in all the villages and labourers were mobilized to work in MGNREGA. Grievances were readdressed on the spot and payments were ensured on time through bank accounts.
There was a huge impact of our efforts in the block. All the block staff worked as a team and we were able to spend two crore rupees in just two months. Further, we were able to win back the lost faith of people in MGNREGA. Around 2000 people stayed back by working in MGNREGA and not going to the brick kilns. Though the numbers were less it was a huge achievement for us as it showed us the way to mitigate migration through MGNREGA.
Now I am in a process of organizing the labourers into groups by forming Sramik Sangathans (job Seeker committee) who will be able to demand work from the government. It is the process to transform the system into a demand driven one rather than supply driven.
Rajkumar Gupta is based at Balangir, Odisha. Rajkumar is an MA ( sociology) from the University of Madras and holds a PG Diploma in Development Management from Tata-Dhan Academy, Madurai. Rajkumar worked for one and a half years with NGOs before joining PMRDF.

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The Kaziranga National Park in Assam will be shut for visitors from May 16.
Park director Satyendra Singh announced that the jeep and elephant safaris will be closed from May 16. Sources tell that till the next few days, only the Kohora reserve will be accessible through the safaris.
Increased rainfall in the last one month has partially submerged the roads inside the park making it difficult for jeeps to ply for safaris.
“Similarly, the temperatures have also increased in the last couple of days and under these circumstances…Taking these factors into consideration, we have decided to close the park,” Singh said.
The normal safari season is from November 1 to April 30.
Earlier this year, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal had announced an extension and said the government will try to open the park from October 1 to May 30.
“We tried to follow the government’s directives but due to the weather factors, we took the decision to close the park from May 16. However, we are going to put in efforts to make sure that it reopens on October 1,” the park director added.
The park spread over 430 sq.km, is known for having the largest one-horned rhino population in the world.

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*OK, let’s admit the obvious. Mzznaki Tetteh is a beautiful lady, BUT she’s … well, you know. She’s a BIG girl. That may be a problem to those who tried to fat shame her, but they found out she wasn’t down for the okey doke.
Tetteh, a nurse from Ghana, recently got engaged to construction worker Kojo Amoah. The blushing bride-to-be and her proud fiancé are proving that love conquers trolls, after people tried to body-shame their engagement pictures.
Not even giving it a thought, the couple shared some of their celebratory pics on social media and as you can imagine, that’s was the cue for the a-holes to do what a-holes do. They made the couple the butt of cruel jokes.
It was one image in particular (see it above), the one that shows Kojo lifting up Mzznaki and captioned ‘Yaaaaayyyyee’ by Mzznaki, was nothing short of red meat for hungry dogs.
While it also received positive comments, the photo was also used on Twitter to body-shame Mzznaki, drawing attention to her size over and over again.
But like we said at the top, if the a-hole trolls thought they were destroying Mzznaki’s joy they were in for a rude awakening.
Miss Thang kept classy and one hundred by pointing to her positive posts on her Instagram page.
‘Still confident… Your rubbish comments ain’t ruining my happiness,’ she captioned one picture of herself, acknowledging only the positive comments: ‘Thanks to all for the compliments and best wishes…am honored.’
After the huge response to the pictures, Kojo told GhanaWeb:
“‘I normally post pictures of me and my girlfriend all the time and I wasn’t expecting this at all. I just posted it, we did a photo shoot and I thought it was nice so I posted it.
“To me, I have always been a fan of plus-size women, and I am so proud of my woman and I don’t care about what anybody says out there.”
Mzznaki, in turn, called Kojo her ‘shield’.
‘He’s always got my back’, she wrote in another post.
And how about this. Mzznaki has gained over 10,000 followers on Instagram and been inundated with positive comments.
Mzznaki and Kojo are now finalising plans for their wedding, which takes place on June 25.
Because nothing and no one is going to ruin this couple’s special day.

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Welcome to the Right at home stamp launch! I am pleased as punch to be celebrating with Nicole today! She has this adorable stamp set geared for jazzing up those envelopes! Often, envelopes are forgotten so this stamp set is just fantastic! Here’s a look at the set…
And here is what I created for the hop… A card with coordinating envelope:
I stamped the flowers from the set along the bottom of some watercolored cardstock and did some quick watercolor with the Ken Oliver Color Bursts! I stamped the sentiment onto some black card stock, heat embossed with white embossing powder and adhered that to the card. For the envelope, I stamped the flowers and sentiment in black and flicked on some black texture spray to tie into the card!
We’ve got a fun hop for you today so be sure to check out all of the designer’s creations… AND, there is a giveaway!
- Nicole // Right at Home
- Kari // KW Card Design
- Audrey // Pink Ink Originals
- Jocelyn // Red Balloon Cards
- Holly // Holly Beary Creations
- Michelle // Pinch Your Chic
- Laurel // Paper Crafts by Laurel – YOU ARE HERE
- Eva // @Eva.Montes.3 on Instagram
I did mention giveaway, didn’t I! Here are the deets for the Instagram Giveaway:
Nicole will be giving away three stamp sets on her Instagram account (@rightathome). All you have to do is tag two friends and tell her how you would use the stamp (all in the same comment) and bam, you are entered to win. The giveaway will start on Wednesday, July 22nd at 8:00 pm EST and end on Friday, July 24th at 8:00 pm EST. Open to USA only. Please only comment once.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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JAMMU, July 5: The residents of Ward No. 1, 2 and 3 gathered at the Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex today to protest against the authorities for various actions that have caused inconvenience to the public.
The protesters maintaining social distancing gathered to object to the installation of cattle grids at the main entrance of the complex which have led to a lot of accidents of the pedestrians in the recent past. They also opposed the installation of the iron gates against the heritage maintenance. The residents argued that the authorities installed cattle grids overnight without prior intimation to the public. Many a people have suffered injuries and accidents as a result of it.
Former minister and PCC general secretary Yogesh Sawhney and Corporator of Ward No. 2, Jagdish Kumar extended his support to the protesters.
” We cannot change the original old structure and should only maintain the original depiction. The installed cattle grid has caused undue harassment in the form of accidents with the result that many passers-by have suffered as the smooth to and fro pass has been destroyed by installation of cattle grid, ” stated one of the protesters.
The work of erecting the iron gate was being conducted often late in evening, which was also objected, the concerned police post incharge Panjthirthi informed. “The authorities come and install iron gates late at night, and one night they come and installed cattle grids. Why can’t the authorities work during the day?” stated another one of the protesters to the media.
All those who gathered pointed out that main work for repair /maintenance requires to be taken up rather than wasting money for irrelevant work not at all required the cattle guard requires to be removed in public interest. The protesters demanded that the installation of iron gate should be stopped as it would change main heritage structure which is rightly objectionable.


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I'm game for anything. From thrillers, mystery, crime, to sci-fi and fantasy and even horror (haven't read anything in the genre). It's just that this
Thanks for following up with your own answer -- interesting history to that one.
Cool.... first try was a success??????....lol.
The following is from the author of the book Mr. Jacob Cooper.... I'm not savvy enough to
CS Lewis, Beowulf, then The Hobbit, and took off from there
At this point that might be best. I don't think you like contemporary fantasy that much (but check out the futuristic fantasies -- they may fit more re


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Children Of The Cloth: 9 Celebrities Who Are Preacher’s Kids
It seems as if there is a dichotomy when it comes to the stereotypes of preacher’s kids. Some people think of the goody-goody, almost nauseatingly perfect kids (for example: The Jonas Brothers, who were open about their faith and their purity). While others seem to think of the wildly rebellious kids who would throw wild parties when their parents were gone (example: Katy Perry, kissing girls and liking it and what-not). The reason why I used The Jo-Bros and Katy Perry is because they are indeed preachers’ kids, and seem to fit those stereotypes. After doing some research, I was able to find a few more, let’s see if any of these surprised you.
Yes, before the “Milkshake” singer was bringing boys and Nas to the yard, her father was bringing congregations to the altar of his Pentecostal church.
The “Queen of Soul,” the booming voice of a generation, and hopefully the helpful judge of future seasons of American Idol. This icon was raised in the Baptist church that her father was a minister in, and honed her vocals by singing in the choir.
Before he was flagged on Instagram for “Speed-o-gate,” he considered following in the footsteps of his Nazarene Pastor father. After considering divinity school, he decided to follow his passion of music instead, which caused a riff (which is now repaired) between he and his father.
Sadly, we know this story. The singer who has been held as an icon to many and inspiration for other current R&B singers, was brought up in the church, watching his father behind the pulpit. After a strenuous relationship with his dad, a success relationship in the music business, and crippling relationship with drugs, Marvin Gaye was gunned down by his father.
The funny man spent a considerable amount of time in the pews of his father’s church. Which, once you think about it, makes you wonder if that scene in “Coming to America” of that pastor… was that a playful imitation of his dad?
The former Secretary of the State was also a preacher’s kid to her Presbyterian pastor father. She grew up with strong conservative beliefs that would later shape her political standing.
The man, the actor, the legend. Mr. Washington grew up watching his father behind a pulpit at his Pentecostal church. That foundation has helped keep the successful actor very grounded. It was also something that he had in common with Malcolm X, whose father was a pastor of a Baptist church.
Now this was a shocker, wasn’t it? The shock rocker who unintentionally sent a chicken to his death by throwing it back into a the crowd that threw it on stage was brought up in the church. As a matter of fact, Mr. Cooper still holds on to his Christian beliefs heavily, citing that he can be a Christian and still rock out.
The Karashian Clan
Well, Kris Jenner doesn’t really stand behind a pulpit and preach, but she did become an ordained minister to marry one of her friends. Kris Jenner is also hoping that she can use her new talents of the cloth to marry off a few of her children.
Any surprises? Let’s chat about it in the comment section!


Cubasis is changing each project sample rate to 16 kHz whenever I use Bluetooth headphones (Bose QC35). This has not always been like that, if I recall correctly, so it must have changed with a Cubasis update. I activated Bluetooth / Airplay output via Setup > Audio after having connected the headphones to the iPad, other apps like GarageBand work perfectly. Any help is appreciated.
I have he same effect with QC35 II. Cubasis changes the sample rate to 16k because of the hardware configuration, so says the message, in similar wording. Starting Cubasis empty helps, but that setting unfortunately needs to be changed again every time you start Cubasis. Btw, I have seen Cubasis wreck midi tracks by transposing it about one or two octaves down.
Please find our dedicated article about the sample rate change right here.
Please provide us with a detailed bug report to reproduce the MIDI octave issue you’ve experienced.
If you have a short video or project which is helpful to reproduce the use, please share the download link with us via private message.
I cannot be more precise than I already was. I receive a message “The project’s sample rate was changed to 16kHz” whenever opening a Cubasis file with my QC35 wirelessly connected to my iPad Pro. I have a screenshot showing this, but this adds no additional input. The hardware cannot be the problem, as mentioned in your post above, so this is a software issue from my point of view.


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AP Electricity Sector conceived the production of Government Undertakings' Distribution Companies for an initial few years and eventually, privatization. The Andhra Pradesh State Gazette No.37 distributed by the Government of AP on the 31st of Apr 2000 pronounced the official arrangement of Distribution Companies. In this procedure, Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company was shaped for the accompanying six areas of Andhra Pradesh.
Quality power at financial rates acts as an impetus in changing the state by encouraging development in horticultural, mechanical, and business zones while fulfilling the expanding residential need. On Feb 1, 1999, the Government of Andhra Pradesh started the primary period of changes and rebuilding in AP's capacity segment by unbundling APSEB into APTRANSCO and APGENCO to take into account Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Novarately. APTRANSCO was additionally redesigned into four dissemination organizations to take into account the necessities of the various regions of AP.
You can follow the below-mentioned step-by-step guide to view or check your Andhra Pradesh bill payment history online.
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In Andhra Pradesh, domestic electricity customer needs to pay ₹ 1.45 for 1 unit of energy consumption for up to 50 units of power usage. And ₹2.60 is charged per unit if you consume 50 to 100 units of power. If you use energy between 100 to 200 units, you need to pay ₹ 3.60 per unit and so on. The charges of 1 Unit electricity consumption increases with the number of units used.
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You need to visit the local electricity office personally to apply for transferring electricity connection in Andhra Pradesh. While filling the application, one needs to submit all the required documents to the electricity board's concerned authority.
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Soothing songs with beauty and meaning
By PATTIE MIHALIK
Some music is so hauntingly beautiful that once you hear it, the tune stays in your mind forever.
For me, that's the way it is with Pachelbel's Canon in D, one of my very favorite pieces of classical music.
No matter how many times I hear it, I'm moved by the music.
That's not the case with a lot of music I initially enjoy. I bought Jackie Evancho's first major classical album and liked it so much I played it repeatedly. I put the CD in my car and played it on every long trip.
Eventually, from playing it too much, I tired of it.
That's not the way it is with Pachelbel's Canon. I've loved it for decades. I have it in at least three different CD versions, my favorite being Pachelbel's Canon with sounds of the sea.
Sometimes, when I can't sleep, I play my favorite recording of it with the sound of waves. Soon, my body relaxes and I can sleep.
Pachelbel wrote other chamber works but most of them were lost. Doesn't matter. He achieved immortality with just that one composition.
Recently, I've been moved by another totally different composition, a 19th century hymn, "It is Well With My Soul."
I've always liked the hymn, but ever since I heard the story behind it, I can't put it out of my mind.
It was penned in 1873 by Horatio Spafford under circumstances that would make anyone want to wail, not write.
Horatio and his family lived a good life in Chicago. He had everything a man could want - a loving wife, four daughters, a young son and immense wealth. He also had strong faith in God, a faith that eventually was tested like Job.
During my recent trip to the Holy Land, our guide played the hymn and told the story behind it.
Horatio's beloved son died at the age of four from scarlet fever. Less than a year later, the Great Chicago Fire of 1870 destroyed Horatio's business and all their real estate holdings, wiping out the family's wealth.
Instead of giving into despair, he and his wife Anna used what little they had left to feed the hungry and help the homeless.
When his wife's health started to fail, Horatio arranged for the family to travel to Europe on a steamer. At the last minute he got called away on a business emergency but his wife and four daughters sailed without him.
The steamer was struck by an iron sailing ship in the middle of the Atlantic, tossing all passengers into the water. Anna clung to her baby until the child was torn from her arms by heavy debris. Although Anna was eventually plucked from the water and saved by the crew of another boat, all four of her daughters perished.
When a telegram informed Horatio of the tragedy, he sailed on the next ship to his wife.
At one point of the journey, the captain pointed to the water and said he was certain that's where the Spafford children were lost at sea.
Unbelievably, that's when Horatio wrote "All is Well with My Soul," strong words of faith from a man who lost all that was dear to him.
The song is a testimony to his trust in his God.
"When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Praise the Lord, it is well with my soul."
I don't know how anyone could have such faith, such trust in the face of that great tragedy.
Rather than blame God as some do when life takes a bad turn, Horatio praised God.
When I first heard that haunting hymn and the story of how it came about, I cried.
Months later, I still fill up with emotion when I hear that song of faith.
I felt despondent this week with back pain that has taken over my life and a daughter who suffered serious health and financial setbacks. When your kids hurt, you hurt.
I carried my sorrow into church on Sunday, not really paying much attention because I was absorbed in pain and worries.
I snapped to attention when the soloist sang "It is Well with My Soul."
I looked at the words in the hymn book once more and again was moved to tears at Horatio's faith. If he could have such trust during his family's devastation, my own troubles pale in comparison.
I've been playing and singing that hymn all week, reminding myself not to drown in sorrow.
The song and the circumstances under which it was written continue to be an inspiration for many.
Wanting to know more about the man who wrote "All Is Well," I did a bit of Internet research on his life. Eventually the family left America and settled in the old part of Jerusalem where they built a home to serve the needy, help the pour and take in homeless children.
They called that venture "The American Colony." The building lives on, but now it's a five-star hotel where we dined our last night in Jerusalem.
Horatio's song lives on, too.
Music has such incredible power. It can soothe us, inspire us, infuse us with energy, lift our mood or stir our memories.
What piece of music lifts your spirit or stirs your soul?

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Now we have the latest in the long and growing list of unpleasant “surprises” about the Affordable Care Act.
It turns out that expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income Americans increases rather than decreases visits to hospital emergency rooms. According to a new study published in the journal Science, based on 10,000 low-income residents in Oregon newly covered by Medicaid, emergency room visits were 40 percent higher than for those with no insurance at all.
It was supposed to be the opposite. Supposedly a big driver of health care costs has been those without insurance going to emergency rooms. So get more of them covered with government health insurance, they stop going to the emergency room, and we all save money. Right? Wrong.
Several factors could be at work here.
For one, it’s been widely reported that physicians in private practice avoid Medicaid patients because of low reimbursement rates. So being covered by Medicaid doesn’t necessarily increase chances of personal care in a private office.
Another factor is cultural experience. Low-income American communities aren’t places where health care is associated with private physician visits. It is, rather, associated with emergency rooms and hospitals. It could be that as more lower-income individuals get Medicaid, they simply feel even more comfortable doing what they’ve always done — going to the emergency room.
If the results of this study are reliable, we now face another huge and costly error in the assumptions that built Obamacare. Those who created the law decided to expand qualifications for Medicaid up to those earning 138 percent above the poverty level.
In order to bribe states to expand their Medicaid programs, the federal government — we taxpayers — will cover 100 percent of the costs of expansion for three years, and 90 percent thereafter. Twenty-five states plus the District of Columbia have agreed to take the bribe.
The Congressional Budget Office projects the number of enrollees in Medicaid to reach 91 million by 2023. And, the CBO projects annual growth in expenditures on Medicaid to be 8 percent per year — more than double the expected growth rate of the American economy.
The bottom line is that Medicaid is becoming a back door to get an increasingly large percentage of the American population on a single-payer government health care system and to get an increasingly large percentage of the American population on welfare.
Less government, on the other hand, would open the door to creative ways to deliver more and better health care, geared to the needs of different individuals. But if what we want is bigger government, more Americans addicted to it, and growing waste, deficits and debt, we’re on the right track.
• Star Parker is an author and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a policy institute focusing on market based solutions to fight poverty. Contact her at www.urbancure.org.

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What does this bike weigh? Size 56 is 17.60 pounds.
What are the key features of this bike? System Integration, Continuous Carbon SPEED SAVE fork. A flat back for flat out speed. Cannondale's Road Race geometry delivers a responsive and nimble ride in all handlebar positions to perfectly set you up for the win.
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For some reason the terminally stupid always seem to run off to the media to prove that they are stupid.
I’ve come to the conclusion that they want the world to know they are stupid.
In general my mantra has become, “People are stupid”.
People think Blenheim woman Vanessa Wills tried to kill herself. She hasn’t, she’s just trying to hide a bad decision.
A spur-of-the-moment choice and the promise of a cheaper tat has left her with an infected tattoo on her wrist – a tattoo she now wishes she never had done.
She went to a tattoo studio to have a small heart tattooed on her wrist, with angel wings and a small locket. She wanted the heart coloured purple, but changed her mind to red at the last minute.
“He was like âWell red ink, I’ll use these bottles and it will be cheaper for you’ and I was like âOh cool’. I paid $30 for it. Normally it costs $80 to $100.Â Read more »


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On the heels of the sold out Park Top Mount 45 and Park 75 limited editions, Park introduces the 50LTD, a meticulously built amp based on the Park 50s built in the 1960s.
In an effort to produce the definitive small tube amp for recording and home use, Colby introduces the “Lil’ Darlin” — a 5 watt combo with both great clean and OD sounds.
Check out this just-released video of an exciting and comprehensive discussion on the making of the Eagles' "Hotel California."
In this quick clip of our upcoming full-length interview with the inimitable Michael Angelo Batio, we get a fascinating glimpse of the thought process behind Batio's famously silky sweep arpeggio...
Living Colour, Black Stone Cherry and John Hiatt were among the many artists who performed at this year's annual "Experience PRS" event in Stevensville, Maryland.
Skillet will embark on a headlining tour of the United States this September.
Could a 350-year-old composition bring an end to the “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism trial?
Boss has just introduced a free tuner app designed for smartphones and tablets.
Boss announces the availability of the Waza amp head and cabinet.
ESP Guitars announces new signature models with Bill Kelliher of Atlanta-based metal band Mastodon.
Takamine Guitars is showing four new acoustic guitar models at the 2016 Summer NAMM Show. The EF75M TT, CP771MC SB, CP400NYK, and EF7M-LS will soon be available from authorized Takamine dealers.
Since its introduction in 2014, the ESP USA Series has continued to grow and gain acceptance with players and collectors of high-end instruments made in the U.S.
ESP Guitars announced the limited-edition LTD Master of Puppets Graphic Series guitar at Summer NAMM 2016.

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Yoga & Meditation
Welcome to Pause with Kate, your source for yoga & meditation meant to help you pause from your daily life and find peace.
Yoga & Meditation Videos and Classes
Pause with Kate started in 2021 to offer a yoga & mediation based solution to the chaos and craziness of today’s world. Feeling drained or burned out? Looking for healing through breath work, meditation and yoga? Then you’re in the right place.


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Rhys Morgan leads Intelsat sales activities across all commercial vertical markets in the European and MENA regions He has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing in the Europe and Africa regions. That experience includes 18 years in the telecommunications industry, with expertise spanning telecom infrastructure, media distribution and enterprise data networks.
Since joining Intelsat in 2002, Mr. Morgan has held a number of sales positions, most recently Director, Media and Broadband Sales for Europe and the Middle East. Prior to that role, his positions included: Interim Managing Director, Africa Sales; Managing Sales Director, Broadcast Services; and Managing Sales Director, Western Europe.
Mr. Morgan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in European Languages and Business from Leeds Beckett University.
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and transform the ways in which we live.


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The International Strawberry Symposium will run from 1 to 5 May, with a presentation on the evening of 1 May. Scientific research studies will be discussed for three days, from 2 to 4 May, together with all the latest discoveries in genetics, nutrition, agronomic management, and more. The final day, 5 May, will be dedicated to on-site visits. For this day, an online connection will be included, with the possibility of a live presence, following all protocols, as it will take place outdoors and there will be wide open spaces.
“Taking part in the International Strawberry Symposium 2021 is not like attending an ordinary webinar. Indeed, the symposium is conceived not only as a time for education and information, but also as an opportunity for scientific exchange,” said Bruno Mezzetti, associate professor and co-organizer of the event. The Symposium registration price is locked until 30 April.
“The webinar package includes 15 speeches, posters, virtual tours, the Berry School, the two books (more than 1000 pages, including 150 articles on the research) and all other necessary information. By accessing the platform, a participant is part of a real exhibition and therefore I invite those companies who want to be featured as sponsors to participate. Within our platform, a person can move as if they were physically present at an event and have access to the different rooms.”
The symposium will offer information at a very high scientific level, as testified also by the high number of approved scientific contributions. About 50% of these have been reviewed and will constitute the proceedings, two volumes of about 1,000 pages.
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As energy demands continue to rise, it becomes imperative to develop efficient energy storage devices with high energy and power density. At the same time, the space inside devices continues to shrink, making energy storage devices which possess not only high energy/power density, but also an adjustable shape to fit into various form factors an ideal solution. Energy storage devices made from flexible electrodes are attractive in a roll-up or surface-conformed format to minimize space usage. A mechanically flexible CNT supercapacitor electrode is demonstrated, as well as a lithium-ion battery electrode using a high-surface area silicon-conformally-coated CNT forest. The CNT supercapacitor electrode is demonstrated using a water solution-assisted film lift-off and densification process. This electrode exhibits the following three features: (1) each CNT has a natural contact to its as-fabricated current-collecting metal layer; (2) the CNTs and the bottom metal layer are intact during the water-assisted lift-off process; and (3) the in-situ liquid evaporation and densification process naturally occurs to dramatically increase volumetric energy density. Because of the ability of the film to be lifted off of its original growth substrate, the application for same-chip CMOS energy storage devices is feasible. In addition, this flexible CNT supercapacitor electrode has the potential to conform to various surfaces, as well as to be implemented in devices which are required to bend with use, such as in roll-up electronics.
Project end date: 02/04/15

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