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John-Hubert Meyer (born 19 September 1993) is a South African rugby union player for the  in Super Rugby and in the Currie Cup and the  in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a loosehead or tighthead prop.

Rugby career

2012 : Sharks Under-19

Meyer was born in Cape Town and attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in nearby Stellenbosch. He never earned a provincial call-up for  during his school career and moved to Durban to join the  after finishing school. He was named on the bench for all thirteen of the 's matches during the 2012 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring a try in their 46–3 victory over the s and two tries in their final match of the regular season, a 47–45 victory over the s. The Sharks finished in third place to qualify for the semi-finals, where they lost to the s.

2014–2015 : Western Province Under-21 and Maties

Meyer moved back to Cape Town to join the  team for their Under-21 Provincial Championship season. He made six starts and four appearances as a replacement during the regular season, scoring a try in their 39–18 victory over  to help his side top the log. He started their 29–22 victory over the same opposition in their semi-final and in the final, where he finished on the winning side, as Western Province beat the Blue Bulls 33–26 in Cape Town.

At the start of 2015, Meyer represented the Stellenbosch University's rugby team  in the Varsity Cup competition. He played in six of their seven matches, scoring a try in their narrow defeat to eventual champions , but could not help Maties into the semi-finals, with the three-time champions finishing in fifth place.

2016–present : Sharks and UKZN Impi

Meyer again made the move to Durban for the 2016 season. He started the season with five appearances in the Varsity Shield competition for the KwaZulu-Natal university side . He scored a try for them in their 72–8 victory over  His team won seven of their eight matches and would have finished joint-top of the log with , but they had 12 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player, therefore missing out on the title play-offs and a shot at promotion to the Varsity Cup.

Meyer was included in the  squad for the 2016 Currie Cup qualification series and he made his first class debut at the end of April 2016, coming on as a replacement in their 48–18 victory over Namibian side the  in Umlazi. He made a further four appearances for the team as they finished in tenth place on the log. He was also included in the  squad for the Currie Cup Premier Division, and he made his debut at that level in a 46–24 victory over  in Round Two of the competition. He remained in the matchday squad for the remainder of the competition, making a further six appearances, which included his first senior start in their 53–0 victory over the . Despite being in the top two on the log for the majority of the series, a defeat to the  in the final round of the season saw the Sharks drop out of the top four altogether, finishing in fifth place and missing out on a semi-final spot.

At the end of October 2016, Meyer was included in the  Super Rugby squad for the 2017 season.

References

South African rugby union players
Living people
1993 births
Rugby union players from Cape Town
Rugby union props
Sharks (Currie Cup) players
Sharks (rugby union) players
AS Béziers Hérault players


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FBI JOINS CAMPAIGN TO STOP MUSIC PIRACY
NME Feb 21, 2004 11:30 am GMT
The US gets tough over 'intellectual property theft'...
The FBI are joining the campaign to stop music, film, and game piracy.
CDs, DVDs and games in the US will now carry an FBI seal, warning that violating copyright laws could leave you with a hefty of £133,000 fine, and up to five years in prison.
'Intellectual property theft', as it is now labelled, is the FBI's third biggest priority, after terrorism and counter intelligence, after it cost the US government an estimated $3.5 billion last year.
The seal reads: "The unauthorised reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000," reports the BBC.
"As the seal attests, these are serious crimes with serious consequences – including federal prosecution – to making unauthorised copies or uploading music without permission, and consumers should be aware of them," explained RIAA executive vice-president Brad Buckles.
The move comes after hundreds of lawsuits were filed last year, suing people who use peer to peer networks to download over the net.

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Birmingham's oldest lollipop lady on the slow road to recovery after being run down
BIRMINGHAM'S oldest lollipop lady will have to spend at least two more weeks in hospital after being run down while ushering children to school.
Join the Secret Elves to get first access to our exclusive reviews of the must-have products this year
Maureen Floody, 74, has already spent Christmas in Selly Oak Hospital after she was knocked down nearly a month ago outside Four Dwellings Primary School in Quinton.
Her husband James said she had remained in good spirits despite needing surgery to pin broken bones in both arms and now being confined to a wheelchair until fractures to her pelvis heal.
"She's been very good, considering she's had a tough old time of it," said the 77-year-old. "She's had a virus and she's not been very well, but she's putting a brave face on it. She's had visits from everyone in the family and she had to have her Christmas dinner in the hospital, but she said it was quite nice, which is good."
James, from Barn Piece in Quinton, said Maureen had been thrilled by get well cards sent by many of the children at Four Dwellings Primary.
"It makes you smile just to see them. They're lovely. Maureen loves the kids and she loves getting their cards, so it's heart warming to see how many there are behind her bed."
He said she had also been pleased to hear that there were now more than 1,500 signatures on a petition calling for increased road safety measures in Quinton Road West, where she was hit on December 1.
Road safety campaigner Marie Fenny, 30, who has three children at Four Dwellings, who started the petition, vowed to continue the fight to get a safer road outside the school.
"We won't give up. We're pleased with how many signatures we've got so far and we're going to continue with the campaign in the new year," she said. We've been to see Maureen and the kids loved seeing her and once the new school term starts we're going to start the ball rolling again."
West Bromwich'Everything football gave him, it took away' - Jeff Astle's daughter on 20th anniversary of deathThe Jeff Astle Foundation has identified over 600 footballers who have been diagnosed with dementia and supported countless families
Katie Price divides fans as she unveils dramatic new makeover
Katie PriceThe mum of five shared a post to her social media channels, showing the new look.
Lisa Armstrong making two exciting additions to home after Ant McPartlin divorce
Ant & DecLisa, who lives in a plush £3.8 million property, will make two exciting additions to the home.
AldiUK's cheapest supermarket for entire year of 2021 announcedThe survey which looked at the cost of everyday groceries and household essentials.


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Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas
Abdulrazag Ajlan, Khadeejah A. Almufawez, Abdulrahman Albakr, Laurence Katznelson, Griffith R. Harsh
Introduction: Hormonal insufficiency of 1 or more pituitary axes can appear after pituitary surgery. Adrenal axis impairment after surgery can lead to serious consequences if not identified and treated. Objective: Assess early and late postoperative adrenal insufficiency (AI) and identify the risk factors predicting their occurrence after endoscopic transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas. Method: Retrospective review identified 176 pituitary adenomas resected using an endoscopic transsphenoidal approach. Patients taking steroids preoperatively, Cushing disease patients, and patients with incomplete records were excluded. Sixty-nine patients were excluded according to our exclusion criteria. Results: The study group thus included 107 patients (total of 111 operations). The median age was 50 years (range, 18–89 years). The median duration of follow-up was 30 months (range, 6–74 months). Eighty-three patients (74.7%) had macroadenomas, and 89 (59.3%) had nonfunctional adenomas. Of the 111 procedures, 61 patients (55%) had early AI. Of the 61 patients, 48 patients (79%) were not taking steroids in long-term follow-up, and only 13 (21%) required long-term replacement. Sixteen of the patients undergoing 111 procedures (14.4%) had AI on long-term follow-up. Of those 16 patients, 13 were already taking steroids and 3 had new diagnoses of AI. Age, male gender, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks were associated with persistent postoperative AI (P = 0.018, P = 0.001, P = 0.007, respectively). Conclusion: Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis insufficiency is common after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. Male gender, age greater than 50 years, visual impairment, and intraoperative CSF leak were correlated with late postoperative AI. More than two thirds of patients in whom early AI developed did not require steroids in the long term.
e869-e875
World Neurosurgery
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.182
Pituitary adenoma
Transsphenoidal surgery
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.182
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Adrenal Insufficiency Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
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Ajlan, A., Almufawez, K. A., Albakr, A., Katznelson, L., & Harsh, G. R. (2018). Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas. World Neurosurgery, 112, e869-e875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.182
Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas. / Ajlan, Abdulrazag; Almufawez, Khadeejah A.; Albakr, Abdulrahman; Katznelson, Laurence; Harsh, Griffith R.
In: World Neurosurgery, Vol. 112, 04.2018, p. e869-e875.
Ajlan, A, Almufawez, KA, Albakr, A, Katznelson, L & Harsh, GR 2018, 'Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas', World Neurosurgery, vol. 112, pp. e869-e875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.182
Ajlan A, Almufawez KA, Albakr A, Katznelson L, Harsh GR. Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas. World Neurosurgery. 2018 Apr;112:e869-e875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.182
Ajlan, Abdulrazag ; Almufawez, Khadeejah A. ; Albakr, Abdulrahman ; Katznelson, Laurence ; Harsh, Griffith R. / Adrenal Axis Insufficiency After Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas. In: World Neurosurgery. 2018 ; Vol. 112. pp. e869-e875.
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The Life of Discarded Things - No.5 "The Unused Grater"
Japanese folklore & proverbs are a huge source of inspiration to me and this series of prints looks at an area of particular fascination. In Japanese folklore all things have a spirit (or a god residing within them), including such items as household tools and objects. In literature and illustrated books there are examples of Yōkai (a supernatural monster or spirit/妖怪) which have been transformed from everyday items into mischievous characters once they reach 100 years in age. But in addition, an object that has been tossed aside or remained unused without the proper thanks can also become animated into taking revenge. This series of prints will highlight some of the characters you may find familiar in your own home, and might give you pause for thought.
Fifth in the series is 'The Unused Grater'.
Every print comes with a signed and stamped paper 'story slip' (see images above) describing how the character depicted came to their discarded life:
"The Life of Discarded Things/ No.5 The Unused Grater/忘れられたチーズおろし
The kitchen is a particularly hazardous place when it comes to the yōkai of discarded objects, with many deep cupboards and drawers providing a place for those unwanted gifts and unnecessary tools and gadgets to be forgotten about, and develop personalities of their own, some of them resentful...
This box grater was purchased when the owner lived alone, but as his family grew, another grater arrived and took over grating duties, whilst this older model was left to languish in a utensil drawer. Whenever the drawer was opened, the grater's hopes were dashed when he was no longer selected to help with making dinner, and he gradually formed into a vengeful yōkai who now likes to take bites out of fruit and vegetables, causing them to go bad...
He also has a well-known Japanese cousin, the spiky yama-oroshi
(やまおろし), and it must be hoped that the two never get together..."
The story slip can be pasted on to the backing board of a frame, or mounted in a window under the print itself for framing if desired (if using bespoke framing).
Individually hand printed using Japanese pigment inks and hand carved rubber printing blocks. Each print will have natural small variations, due to the methods used - the one you receive may not be exactly the same as the one shown in the photographs.
Printed on 100g oatmeal 100% recycled paper (with natural flecks).
Paper size: A3 (297 x 420 mm or 11.7 x 16.5 inches).
Signed in pencil and stamped with nakamura characters [中村] in red ink.
Please note: the print is sold unframed, but fits an IKEA ribba frame and mount (about an inch would need to be trimmed from the bottom of the paper to do this).


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Q: Is there a way to get \framezoom to do what I expected it would? Before trying it, I thought \framezoom would make slides that looked something like this workaround:
\documentclass{beamer}
    \usepackage{tikz}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
    \title{Zoomed Image}
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}<1-2>[label=original]
    \frametitle<1,3>{Image}
    \frametitle<2>{Region of Interest}
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tikzpicture}
            \node<1->[anchor=south west,inner sep=0] at (0,0) {\includegraphics[height=0.75\paperheight]{standardWheel} };
            \draw<2>[red,ultra thick,rotate=53] (5.4,-0.4) ellipse (32pt and 18pt);
        \end{tikzpicture}
    \end{center}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Caliper}
    \begin{center}
        \includegraphics[trim=800 900 1500 600,clip,height=0.75\paperheight]{standardWheel}
    \end{center}
\end{frame}

\againframe<3->{original}

\begin{frame}{Next Slide}
    This is the next slide.
\end{frame}

Please note that when you navigate through the resulting slides, you see the full image, (then the image with the Tikz drawing), then the zoomed image, then the full image, then the next slide.  I tried a bunch of different things with \framezoom but I couldn't get any of them to navigate like that.  The closest I was able to get was:
\documentclass{beamer}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
    \title{Zoomed Image}
\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
    \titlepage
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}<1-2>[label=original]{An Attempt}
    \frametitle<1,3>{Image}
    \frametitle<2>{Region of Interest}
    \framezoom<1><2>[border](2.5cm,2cm)(2cm,2cm)
    \begin{centering}
        \includegraphics[height=0.75\paperheight]{standardWheel}
    \end{centering}
\end{frame}

\againframe<3->{original}

\begin{frame}{Next Slide}
    next slide
\end{frame}

\end{document}

Even if I navigate through the slides by clicking instead of using the keyboard, I always end up showing the enlarged image twice.  Once by clicking the button that \framezoom creates, (then clicking the enlarged image to return to the original image), then again when I click the slide with the original image to navigate to my next slide (I have to navigate through the enlarged image to continue my presentation).  Is this how \framezoom was intended to work?  If I add additional zoom locations to the image, I'll have to navigate through all the enlarged images to continue my presentation.  I don't get it.
EDIT:
Alternatively, does anyone know how to override the page down/arrow/click anywhere (as opposed to making a button hyperlink) command for one slide?  Then I could set the target to the slide after the zoomed images.
The image is a JPG but this is just a test - when I put it into my presentation I intend to use an EPS.  I'm compiling with pdflatex and using acroread to view since my version of evince (2.28.1) can't follow the zoomed image link back to the original image.

A: That's a tricky one, as the beamer manual only explains the "technical" aspects of \framezoom, but not how one is supposed to actually use the command. The good news, however, is that it is possible achieve what you want, using \againframe in combination with the right overlay specifications as hinted in the second \framezoom example in the documentation:
\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}<1>[label=zooms]
\frametitle<1>{The \TeX{} logo}
\frametitle<2>{The letter ``T''}
\frametitle<3>{The letter ``E''}
\frametitle<4>{The letter ``X''}
\framezoom<1><2>[border](0.1cm,0cm)(3.6cm,4cm)
\framezoom<1><3>[border](3.4cm,1.2cm)(2.7cm,4.1cm)
\framezoom<1><4>[border](5.7cm,0cm)(3.7cm,4cm)
{\scalebox{15}{\TeX}\\}
\end{frame}

\begin{frame}{Next Slide}
    next slide
\end{frame}

\againframe<2->[noframenumbering]{zooms}

\end{document}

The idea is to display only the first overlay of the full image slide in your actual presentation:
\begin{frame}<1>[label=zooms]

The rest of the overlays containing the \framezoom areas are "outsourced" to the end of the presentation using
\againframe<2->[noframenumbering]{zooms}

Like this, the enlarged frames don't disturb the course of your presentation, so you can proceed directly to "Next slide" from "The TeX logo" in the example. Note that the \againframe command has to be at the very end of your presentation.
Here you can see the sequence of frames for the above example. Clicking on one of the letters of the TeX logo takes you to the respective zoomed frame, another click brings you back (click on the image to see it full-size):

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Заряби́нка — село у Богодухівській міській громаді Богодухівського району Харківської області України.
 Поштове відділення: Зарябинське

Географія
Село Зарябинка знаходиться на обох берегах річки Рябина у самих її витоках. На річці кілька загат. Нижче за течією примикає село Леськівка.

Історія
 1798 рік — дата заснування.

Село постраждало внаслідок геноциду українського народу, проведеного урядом СРСР в 1932—1933 роках, кількість встановлених жертв — 45 людей.

Економіка
 КСП «Зарябинка», зерно, буряк, молоко.
 Богодухівський геріатричний пансіонат.

Див. також
 Перелік населених пунктів, що постраждали від Голодомору 1932-1933, Харківська область

Примітки

Посилання

 Зарябинка на сайті Верховної Ради
 Погода: Зарябинка

Села Богодухівського району
Села Харківської області
Населені пункти Богодухівського району

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Canada brings with it excessive snow, chilly temperatures, and biting winds – conditions that can be tough on your home's exterior. Quality siding – whether wood, stone cladding or vinyl will help defend your house against nature's harshest elements. If you're considering exterior renovations, there can be benefits to undertaking work in the wintertime.
For most contractors, winter is a slower time of year. That's good news if you're looking to have work done on your home. Crews will be more flexible and have greater availability, making it easier to complete the project efficiently. Due to the decreased demand, you'll also be able to enjoy more competitive rates.
Like Goldilocks, paint likes the temperature neither too cold nor too hot. It has to be just right. If your home's exterior surfaces are too hot (their temperatures can be five to eleven degrees higher than the air around them) good paint film will be unable to form, triggering problems down the road.
Vinyl Siding can be equally sensitive. It's prone to expanding in the summer heat, which can cause it to buckle if it's nailed too tightly during installation.
If you find problems – whether cracks, missing pieces, or discolouration – you need to get them assessed fast. If moisture seeps under your siding, it can cause further costly damage to your home's exterior. Cold temperatures will also exacerbate existing issues. With a material like wood, water that permeates gaps will freeze in cold weather, expanding cracks and aggravating damage.
Winter weather can be challenging for crews working on your home. If it's too cold or there's too much snow or ice, they might not be able to undertake work. Experienced contractors will know the limits of their own teams. They'll be able to communicate these to you, and ensure work is completed efficiently without compromising their crews' well-being.
Although the weather can be unpredictable in any season, the effects can be more pronounced in the winter. Frigid temperatures and unexpected storms might delay work by a few hours or even a few days. If there is excessive snow buildup, contractors might not be able to start the process until spring, as they will not be able to access your walls.
Like people, equipment and materials can be sensitive to wintry temperatures. Contractors must be careful with vinyl siding, which can become brittle and more prone to cracking. Many paint manufacturers also caution against applying their products in the cold. If paint doesn't dry properly, it will compromise your home's moisture barrier and cause problems later on.
The performance of a pneumatic drill, which is responsible for driving nails to secure siding in place, is also compromised by winter chills. It might need to be warmed up periodically throughout the day and should be drained regularly to prevent fluids from freezing. When not in use, it should be kept in a heated, dry area to prevent moisture from accumulating in the lines.
Caulking: Do a thorough check around vents, doors, and windows. If damage is minor, you can re-caulk it yourself. If it looks more significant you're suspicious moisture may have penetrated, get it inspected so you don't seal moisture in and create bigger problems for yourself in the future.
Stains: Look under the eaves outside your house and on your walls and ceiling inside for discolouration, moisture buildup, or mold. The moisture may have originated elsewhere (like on your roof), but you want to get the situation assessed so you can find the cause and fix the problem before it spreads.
Eavestrough: Remove debris (fallen leaves, gravel, dirt, etc.) to ensure water will drain properly.
Visual Inspection: Look for bubbles, cracks, peeling, discolouration, or missing pieces. These visual clues could indicate there's a larger problem lurking beneath.
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The screenplay expands on the theatre- vs-cinema conflict that was a small part of 'Nayak' and 'Autograph'. Here, the theatre artist becomes an entirely different person.
When Srijit Mukherji did a take on Nayak, in Autograph, he got all kinds of tricky with the narrative. It's a film with two layers. In the outer layer, Prosenjit Chatterjee plays a matinee idol. He is approached by a young, Ray-worshipping filmmaker (Indraneel Sengupta), who wants to remake Nayak, in a sense – and he wants this superstar to play the superstar Uttam Kumar played. In Kaushik Ganguly's Jyeshthoputro, Prosenjit, once again, plays a matinee idol whose layers are gradually peeled off. In the first scene, he literally peels off his old-age prosthetic makeup on the set of a shoot. We first see the star, the actor – he's playing a part. And when the makeup comes off, the real man – Indrajit – emerges. That's one layer of this movie.
The other layer of Jyeshthoputro – based on an original concept by Rituparno Ghosh – has to do with Indrajit's brother, Partho (Ritwick Chakraborty). And we get to the stroke of genius at the heart of this movie. In Nayak and Autograph, the movie star had abandoned his theatre roots. That was part of his guilt. But here, the theatre artist becomes an entirely different person: Partho. This allows Jyeshthoputro to expand on the theatre- vs-cinema conflict that was a small part of the earlier films. It becomes the thrust of this screenplay. The estranged sibling arts are now… actual estranged siblings. Indrajit ran away from Ballavpur to Kolkata and became a star. Partho stayed behind in their crumbling boro bari, writing plays and acting in them and looking after their father and sister Ila (Sudipta Chakraborty). He is perpetually clad in a dhuti and a vest. Indrajit, even casually, wears delicately embroidered kurtas. We all know the real money is in the movies.
Indrajit is visiting because their father has died. Superficially, the brothers are close – but the events that follow reveal the deep fissures between them. Depending on which brother's side you stand on, you could label Jyeshthoputro a chamber play, like the ones by August Strindberg, or chamber cinema, like the ones by Ingmar Bergman (who was hugely influenced by Strindberg's theatrical techniques). Kaushik Ganguly seems to follow both approaches. But first, the dramatis personae. There's the entourage clucking around Indrajit. There are the fans who begin screaming right from the time Indrajit lands in a helicopter. (He's a star. He, quite literally, descends from the heavens.) Inside the ancestral mansion, there's the faithful family retainer. There's Partho's pregnant wife Rai. (Shreya Bhattacharya imbues the character with such unquestioning kindness, such docile decency.)
And there's Ila, who stays locked up in her room. She's been unhinged by a tragedy, and Partho is afraid she will turn violent if let loose. Imagine his irritation, then, when Indrajit waltzes in – after ten years – and orders Ila to be released from confinement. Imagine his further irritation, in a later scene, when Ila slips on a pair of ghungroo-s and begins to dance. She's practising to be an actress in the films, she says – not theatre. Here's Partho, taking care of her, night and day, and yet, his sister wants to be a part of Indrajit's world. Sudipta Chakraborty is superb as Ila. Her soft features often acquire a manic edge, and you're never sure what she is capable of. Ila gets the film's best line: Such a big house… so many empty rooms… These big houses are built for big families, and then people die or move away and all that's left is a space haunted by memories.
This cast of characters is sometimes put through theatrical techniques. A scene where Rai leaves Indrajit just as Partho enters through another door is practically a stage instruction: exit stage right , enter stage left. And sometimes, we get purely cinematic passages, as when Ila screams from the window in her room and the camera drifts upwards, as though following that scream as it rises to the heavens. Another superb stretch revolves around a missing Ila. The others search for her, against the backdrop of a dreamlike flute and strings. (The music is by Prabuddha Banerjee.) And when she is found, it's the most graceful of reunions – but this delicate, private moment becomes a public spectacle as a crowd gathers around to gawk.
Partho is upstaged at every stage by the manic fandom around Indrajit (even their relatives are starstruck), and this leads to the centrepiece of Jyeshthoputro: a magnificent pair of mirror scenes between the two brothers. Both scenes are filled with regret and recriminations, a lot of cigarette smoke, and very similar background sounds: a periodic guitar twang that's spooky enough to suggest this house is indeed haunted by memories. In the first scene, Partho has the upper hand. In the second, Indrajit takes ice-cold revenge. Both actors are stupendous. They even look like how you'd incarnate theatre and cinema – Ritwick's reedy austerity versus Prosenjit's perfectly manicured sheen.
The women in Jyeshthoputro appear symbolic, too. Parul (Daminee Benny Basu) is the obsessed fan. Sudeshna (Gargi Roychowdhury) is the objective critic. The former barges into Indrajit's room and throws herself at him. They used to be a thing. Now, she's a housewife and he's a star. His awkwardness around her stings. As for Sudeshna, she's the headmistress of the local school. She wears formidable glasses. She's punctilious to a fault – she says "whom". She's still angry with Indrajit for leaving her and running away to Kolkata (they were going to get married), and when Parul teases her about her reaction to Indrajit's re-entry into their lives, she says, very quietly, "One doesn't blush at this age. One feels uncomfortable." Her moment of triumph comes when she studiously edits a copy of Indrajit's biography, which is not just whitewashed but also filled with spelling and grammatical mistakes. Without mentioning a single word, she lets him know she would have made his life right.
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2 Responses "'Jyeshthoputro', now streaming on ZEE5, is a classy melodrama with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Ritwick Chakraborty" →
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My admiration to the director of the "Jyestho Pootro" who could help the duo (Prasenjit & Rwittik) to understand their role & deliver brilliantly.
Bookmarked! Hope to catch this streaming. It certainly won't play in theatres here.


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Homophobia has a way of rearing its ugly head from time to time.
While progress has been made in this area of slowly, but surely, no longer regarding homophobia as 'cool' or 'manly' – apparently some on social media have not received the memo that the year is 2018 and about to be 2019, not 1988 about to be 1989.
Earlier this week, Twitter and Instagram lit up when word of salacious allegations against the Washington Wizards' Dwight Howard surfaced. They center around an alleged consensual relationship with a man named Masin Elije.
The person claimed sexual harassment and threatening by Howard.
Who knows if or if not the allegations are true. There have been tweets put out by users that are claiming Elije is simply looking for attention and that Elije has put out false accusations against other celebrities.
What stuck out to me and plenty of others was the wave of homophobic tweets and posts – by predominantly cisgender men — that were put out in response to the news. As far as we have come in recognizing that Love is Love regardless of who it is with, homophobia and transphobia are still things in 2018.
The reaction highlighted two things – that outside of those such as Jason Collins and Michael Sam, men's sports, predominantly run by cisgender men, still has a problem with accepting gay and bisexual men as people even though there is a likelihood that at least one player on every NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB team identifies himself as gay or bisexual.
Second – despite all the progress, it is also something that the African-American community still has to deal with as well. The idea of the gay or bisexual man flies in the face of the hyper-masculine stereotypes that have been unfairly bestowed upon black men.
Both the NBA and WNBA have positioned themselves as the progressive sports leagues of today. While the NFL still has not bestowed a quarterback job to Colin Kaepernick and MLB donated money to an openly racist Senator-elect out of Mississippi, the NBA and WNBA outwardly have taken the lead in being more progressive and open-minded than some of its other sporting brethren.
With a clear difference as the Dwight Howard reaction tells us – the NBA talks the talk, but the W walks the walk.
There is a litany of openly gay players within the W's ranks. From Sue Bird, to Elena Delle Donne to Layshia Clarendon to Seimone Augustus to Rebekkah Brunson to Stefanie Dolson and others, there is no inclusivity problem within the WNBA.
When a WNBA player reveals herself as LGBTQ, the reaction from W Twitter is almost entirely one of love and congratulations. The WNBA already has a prominent standing within the LGBTQ community as it is – one that is only enhanced by more players 'coming out' as well as participating in Pride events as well as Pride week.
It is also, as we all know, a key reason as to why the W continues to attract so many haters and trolls on social media. Look at any number of negative posts on Twitter or IG in regards to the league and its players and an obvious homophobic – as well as sexist – knock they peddle is that most WNBA players look like men.
That is, of course, code for saying why doesn't the stereotypical WNBA player resemble something more becoming of….the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader – uniform and all.
Firstly – as we at Beyond The W have done plenty of work spotlighting, there are a number of WNBA players from Cappie Pondexter to Skylar Diggins-Smith to Betnijah Laney to Crystal Langhorne to the Ogwumike sisters to even former Chicago Sky coach Amber Stocks that have partaken in activities and events off the court that are more 'traditional' gender roles for women.
Diggins-Smith herself has let it be known that she has no problem with being a 'beauty' off the court and a 'beast' on it.
I love being strong and being fierce intense and in my competition and being able to excel on the court, but also being able to mix it up and to wear a different hat and, you know, to put that makeup on or put heels on or put a dress on.
Secondly – who cares what a WNBA player looks like. All that matters is that they can ball and there is plenty of world-class talent on all 12 teams. Also, put any model or cheerleader in a game and chances are they will be so worn out by the fierce competition they will not be exactly for their next shoot by the time the scoreboard hits the triple zeroes.
The sexist and homophobic remarks leveled at WNBA players also has grounds in the W itself bucking the gender norm of what a woman is supposed to do on society. Let's be honest – it is a major facet of why women get held back while men continue to obtain so many opportunities through sports – women are not supposed to play sports because it does not look 'ladylike' for a woman to defy traditional gender roles.
Gender roles that men put in place for women.
The thing that scares a lot of insecure, cisgender dudes the most is that WNBA players and the league itself has no problem embracing its inclusiveness. While other leagues only shy away from it, or only pay it cheap lip service, the WNBA actually takes the lead in pushing for not only LGBTQ love, but LGBTQ equality.


60% of Transylvania County voters voted in 2018, compared to 55% in 2014.
Congratulations Anita Earls, our new NC Supreme Court justice. With Anita's election, five of seven NC Supreme Court justices are now Democrats.
Congratulations John Arrowood (incumbent), Toby Hampson, and Allegra Collins, all of whom were elected to NC's Court of Appeals. With their elections, seven of 15 COA judges are now Democrats.
We reelected Marty Griffin to our School Board and passed the much-needed School Bond.
We voted down two deceptive amendments that would have undermined the independence of our courts and jeopardized the efficacy of our state elections board.
WE BROKE THE SUPERMAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, restoring the Governor's veto power and providing a powerful check on the power-grabbing we've seen from the far-right. Thanks to NC voters, our state government has been brought closer back to the center.
Nationwide, Democrats took back the House. We also flipped Governor's seats to blue in seven states.
We are so proud of Norm Bossert, Sam Edney, and Phillip Price. You ran your campaigns with integrity. You stood for healthcare access, economic fairness, inclusivity, and our fragile environment.
We are so proud of William Hemphill, who sought to serve and protect everyone in our county.
Our local party is run completely by volunteers. Thank you to everyone for your tireless work, from canvassing, to phone-banking, to poll greeting.
We take heart at our wins. We find resolve in our losses. We know that progress has to be fought for — and that the process is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Becoming a Pharmacist Technician in New Jersey
A pharmacy technician is a healthcare provider who has a great deal of interface with customers and patients. They answer the phones and provide information about prescriptions, which can include questions about refills, dosages, contraindications and side effects. They also help maintain the med room of a pharmacy, stocking the shelves, ordering medications, and taking care of general cleanliness and orderliness, which assists the pharmacist in their day-to-day responsibilities. Pharmacy technicians can also communicate with other healthcare providers, doctors and insurance companies. Essentially, their job is to ensure the smooth operation in the dispensing and quality control of medications, which is overseen by a pharmacist. [Leer en español]
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The New Jersey Board of Pharmacy (NJBD) requires 30 hours of continuing education. Pharmacy technicians are regulated in the state; however, certification is not required by the NJBD. The approved certificate exam is administered by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB), and students are required to get a license after passing the exam. However, a student may work as a pharmacy technician for a period of 180 days before receiving certification.
Job candidates who do possess a certificate have a considerable advantage in the job market. As with other states, in New Jersey it is possible to train with a nationally recognized drugstore, such as Walgreens, as an alternative to a more formal education.
Educational Opportunities in New Jersey
If an individual desires to pursue pharmacy technician as a career, there are several ways to obtain the necessary training. As mentioned, one can pursue training with a nationally recognized drugstore brand, and there are far more opportunities across the Hudson in New York City. However, if this poses too much of a hardship in terms of commuting, here are two programs in New Jersey that provide a fully developed curriculum and financial aid:
The American Institute of Medical Science has locations in Piscataway and Edison, NJ. Classes start in June and continue for nine months. They meet Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is rigorous training that prepares the student to be a multi-faceted healthcare provider. Even after the 400 hours of coursework is completed, students are required to fulfill a 250-hour clinical internship, where they are guided by their teachers and professional pharmacists. The school places students in real-world professional environments so they get hands-on training and experience. These clinical hours must be completed during the regular work week; students cannot fulfill this requirement on the weekends.
The New Educare Institute of Healthcare in Newark, New Jersey, provides students with a program that lasts from two to four months. Some of the classes they offer include: dosage forms and microbiology, law and ethics for technicians, community pharmacy practice, calculations of doses, health insurance and inventory control, as well as computers and communication within the industry. Students can complete their training in the classroom or online. The school offers payment plans, and students can learn at their own pace. New Educare Institute of Healthcare is an Approved and Recognized Career School in the State of New Jersey.
Penn Foster Career School. Penn Foster offers an affordable online Pharmacy Technician training program. More information.
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Job Growth and Salary Expectations
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job market for pharmacy technicians is expected to grow by 32 percent from 2016-2026. This career, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, is notated at a "bright outlook" occupation.
In New Jersey, the average starting salary for pharmacy technicians is $24,000 per year; however, with experience, they can expect to make $30,000 annually.
Where to Look for a Job
In New Jersey, CVS Health is a large employer of pharmacy technicians. However, techs can also find work with online pharmacies, retail drugstores, nursing homes and insurance companies. Pharm Pro, a staffing agency, can help the job seeker with both temp and long-term employment. Indeed, an online job board, has many positions to fill. For example, on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, an independent specialty pharmacy is currently looking for a pharmacy technician at any hourly wage of $18.00. Custom Health Care Solutions is looking for the same, with an hourly rate that begins at $30.00. Within a growing industry, pharmacy technicians have many options in New Jersey and the nearby New York City Metropolitan area.
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American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education
4500 New Brunswick Ave, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854Pharmacy Technician – Certificate Program
American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education's Certificate-level Pharmacy Technician program is imparted at their campus in Piscataway in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Most of the school's 274 students are on 2-year programs. American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education has institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools.* The college's retention rate for full-time students is over 80%. The cost of tuition is likely to be in the order of $28,825 yearly. Learning materials may cost about $1,750, although this varies from program to program.
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Area
Harris School of Business-Linwood Campus
1201 New Road-Ste 226, Linwood, New Jersey 08221Pharmacy Technician – Certificate Program
The Certificate program at Harris School of Business is taught at their Linwood Campus campus in Linwood in Atlantic County, NJ. The college has roughly 441 students in total, with the majority of students on < 2-year programs. Harris School of Business-Linwood Campus has institutional accreditation from the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.* Tuition fees for the Medical Assisting program are around $13,672 annually. Books and supplies can cost around $1,205. The typical program completion time is 9 months.
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division Area
Pennco Tech-Blackwood
99 Erial Road, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012Pharmacy Technician – Certificate Program
Pennco Tech's Certificate-level Pharmacy Technician program is imparted at their Blackwood campus in Blackwood in Camden County, NJ. Most of the school's 703 students are on 2-year programs. Pennco Tech-Blackwood has institutional accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges.* Fees for tuition are about $21,095 yearly, while study materials may cost about $1,200, although this will vary with the program.
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Salem Community College
460 Hollywood Avenue, Carneys Point, New Jersey 08069-2799Pharmacy Technician – Certificate Program
Salem Community College's Certificate Pharmacy Technician program is based at their campus in Carneys Point in Salem County, NJ. Most of the school's 1,240 students are on 2-year programs. Salem Community College is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.* Fees for tuition for in-district students are likely to be about $3,984 and are $4,794 and $4,794 for in-state and out-of-state students respectively, while study materials may cost about $974, although this will vary with the program.
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"Компютърно пространство" е международен фестивален форум на компютърните изкуства, съвременните електронни медии и комуникации, който се провежда в София ежегодно от 1989 г.

Организира се от Студентското общество за компютърно изкуство (СОКИ). Парнтьори през годините са били: ЮНЕСКО, Министерството на образованието и науката, Министерството на финансите, Централният военен клуб, Националният студентски дом, Чешкият културно-информационен център в София, Гьоте институт, официалните представители на Microsoft и Apple за България, фондация "Еврика". От 2003 до 2006 г. фестивалът се провежда под патронажа на президента Георги Първанов.

Централни теми на форума са компютърната анимация, компютърната графика, електронната музика, офлайн и онлайн мултимедията, уеб дизайнът. През годините в "Компютърно пространство" са взели участие повече от 8000 проекта, представени от индивидуални участници и организации, измежду които водещи университетски центрове и студиа за съвременни изкуства и медии. Председател на организационния комитет и съосновател на форума е Росен Петков.

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Вулиця виникла в 1928–1929 роках під такою ж назвою. До середини 1970-х років пролягала від Ярової вулиці (ліквідована разом із частиною Літньої вулиці у зв'язку зі знесенням старої забудови).

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Kangaroo expands its home security system with low-cost humidity sensor, smoke alarm and more
Blair Altland	- Jan. 8th 2019 12:51 pm PT Twitter icon @blairaltland
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Back in August we covered the launch of Kangaroo, a low-cost way smart motion sensor. Now the company is moving away from being based around a single product and aiming to take on the likes of ADT, SimpliSafe and more. Today at CES, Kangaroo has announced it will be expanding its lineup of home security offerings with even more affordable devices.
When we first took a look at Kangaroo, we were impressed by the $30 standalone motion sensor. With the company's lofty ambitions to take on higher-end security brands is now coming to fruition, we're getting five new devices to build out the ecosystem.
Four out of the five new products will be launching in the coming months. We're getting an updated $30 Motion + Entry Sensor, a $60 Siren + Keypad, $30 Climate + Humidity Sensor and finally a $30 Smoke Alarm + CO2 Sensor. All of the devices will retain their standalone nature, though the keypad will have to work in conjunction with one of the other devices.
Unfortunately we'll have to wait until the second quarter of 2019 to get the last of the new additions. The upcoming indoor and outdoor security cameras will support the usual features like motion alerts, night vision, and cloud storage. But as of now pricing as well as a more specific launch date are up in the air.
It's great to see that Kangaroo has managed to keep pricing in line with its first product. The new security additions are certainly appealing, and now that there's an actual lineup of products, can actually compete with ADT and the other companies.
Source: Engadget
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1. Presenting the essential of the ex-ante EMU: the philosophy and architecture of the Maastricht Treaty was conceived with fundamental 'asymmetries' compensated by coordination dispositions and an expected integration dynamics supposedly driven by the fears from policymakers of facing risks and costs for living with this 'one-fits-for-all' dimension of the single currency.
2. The ex-post EMU: the positive results and advantages of the single currency made policymakers (Commission, Council and Member States) together with their citizens too complacent, turning it against its inner logics: the surveillance, peer-pressures, and Stability and Growth Pact were turned down by free-riding and moral hazard, failing to meet their function and making costly the one-fits-for-all monetary policy.
3. The present debates: was Maastricht wrong? No, in the sense that the Treaty was not applied, the asymmetry between single monetary policy and decentralized other economic policies could have worked perfectly if surveillance would have been effective and independent, yes in the sense that the architecture was wrong since surveillance was not shaped and organized as an effective check-&-balances mechanism, but was in the hands of an imbalance construction, a powerful 'judge-&-parts' Council facing a impotent-politically-dependent-Commission. Enforcement went wrong and must be changed, all parties do agree now but do not dare or want to change the Treaty.
4. What is feasible? An easy solution does nevertheless exist without changing the Treaty: just create an independent 'Euro Debt Agency' able to issue ? bonds (warranted by the euro Member States only when very strict SGP conditions are met) together with a compulsory subordination clause for any sovereign bonds, in order to create visible spreads between warranted EDA ?-bonds and national ?-bonds. Then, in specific cases, EDA could swap national ?-bonds for its own bonds for rewarding fiscal consolidation programmes under strict implementation conditions, while charging back the full market spread when national implementation would derail. So enforcement moves from an EU concern to a national one, and national ownership is ensured but could even be backed by national legislations and complementary fiscal rules.
Christian Ghymers, born in Liège, Belgium in 1948, has a Master's Degree from UCL (Louvain, Belgium) and the equivalent of a PhD in International Economics ('Agrégé de l'enseignement supérieur', UCL/ICHEC agreement, Belgium). His experience as an economist amounts to four decades, of which he spent two and a half in the European Commission's DG ECFIN, one in the Research Department of the National Bank of Belgium and the rest as university professor in several universities (Chile, France, and Belgium). He is still Professor with tenure in International Economics at ICHEC, Brussels (Business school). Throughout his career, he has dealt with economic policy issues and institution-building in Europe (close involvement with EMU since the launch of the ERM as well as with economic policy coordination), Latin America (trade reforms, macroeconomic stabilization and crisis, regional integration) and Africa (UEMOA and UEMAC regional integration with a view to improving economic governance). Following his position in ECFIN as Senior Adviser in charge of economic policy surveillance (from 1993 to 2003), he was in charge of communication and information for the DG ECFIN, and is now on secondment from the European Commission to the Joint Vienna Institute as Visiting Scholar.


You have what it takes to be a CIO. Do you have a strategy for getting there? Now you do. "Gregory Smith has written the definitive work on how to achieve leadership success in IT. This well-written and carefully researched book is a must-read for any IT professional with aspirations toward the top IT spot.
Preface. Acknowledgements. Part 1. Building the Necessary Skills and Relationships. Chapter 1: Key IT Skills to Have. The CIO and the CTO-What's the Difference? The Changing Role of the CIO. State of the CIO. How Important Are Core Technology Skills? What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 2: Methodologies, Projects, and IT Change Management. What Are Methodologies and Why Are They Important? Project Management-The Key to Success. IT Change Management-The Key to Minimizing Unnecessary Downtime. Change Management Automation Tools. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 3: IT Standards and Governance. The Importance and Benefits of IT Governance. IT Policies and Procedures. IT Standards. IT Strategies, Investments, and Budgeting. Communicating IT Standards, Policies, and Processes. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 4: Learn the Business and Build Key Relationships. Think Like a Consultant to Learn the Business. How to Build Effective Relationships-Internal and External. Getting Quick Wins to Establish Credibility and Trust. Focus on Delivery, Delivery, Delivery. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 5: Effective Communication Skills and Styles. Break Out and Communicate. Think, Write, and Speak. Managing Expectations. Communicating Project Wins-Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Part 2. Preparing for the Role of the CIO. Chapter 6: What Executive Recruiters Are Looking For. Recruiting Trends for IT Executives. Contacting and Working with an Executive Recruiter. Preparing for a Meeting with an Executive Recruiter and Negotiating to Win. Survey Results from Executive Recruiters. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 7: Building the Right Network. Develop Your Technology and Business Network Early. Where Do Consultants and Vendors Fit In? Find a Solid Mentor. Don't Ignore Your Staff. Great Forums for Networking. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 8: Vendor and Sports Management. Partnerships-The Key to Success. Measuring Performance. Knowing When to Outsource. The Secret to Outsourcing Success. Integrating Sports to Build Relationships and Grow Your Network. How Much Business Is Done Out of the Office? The Vendor Response. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 9: Contract Negotiation and Financial Management. Contract Negotiation Tips and Best Practices. Service Level Agreements. Financial Management-Think Like a CFO and Act Like a CIO. Budgeting and Forecasting-Aligning IT with Business Strategy. Tools to Minimize Financial Risk. Making Friends with the CFO. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 10: Risk/Reward and Knowing When to Jump. Risk and Reward-Nothing Wagered, Nothing Gained. How to Mitigate Risks and Still Succeed. Common Mistakes Made. When It Makes Sense to Jump to the Next Company. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations. Chapter 11: The Role of the CIO-Enabler and Visionary. Expectations for New CIOs. The Top Five Mistakes Most Often Made by CIOs. The First 100 Days-Tips from World-Class CIOs. CEO and CIO Common Gaps in Expectations. What Did I Do to Prepare? Recommendations.


Five rows of jasper beads are wrapped to brown leather cords knotted at the end.
Five rows of jade beads are wrapped to tan leather cords knotted at the end.
Five rows of turquoise beads are wrapped to tan leather cords knotted at the end.
Wrapped bracelet made with green opal gemstone beads and natural Greek leather.
Step 1: Eventually this will become second nature to your hands. You are essentially creating a figure eight around your cord with a bead in the middle.


Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 122-122.
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 134-135.
Wallman, S. - Hayakawa, T.
The Capability of Context: Activism and Resignation among Filipino Domestic Workers in London.
(The Capability of Context: Activism and Resignation among Filipino Domestic Workers in London).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 123-133.
Svanberg, I. - Bonow, M. - Cios, S.
Fishing for Smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) A traditional food fish – possible cuisine in postmodern Sweden?.
(Fishing for Smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (Linnaeus, 1758) A traditional food fish – possible cuisine in postmodern Sweden?).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 136-157.
Jug-Dujaković, M. - Łuczaj, Ł.
The Contribution of Josip Bakić's Research to the Study of Wild Edible Plants of the Adriatic Coast: a Military Project with Ethnobiological and Anthropological Implications.
(The Contribution of Josip Bakić's Research to the Study of Wild Edible Plants of the Adriatic Coast: a Military Project with Ethnobiological and Anthropological Implications).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 158-168.
Differences between European Regulations on Wild Mushroom Commerce and Actual Trends in Wild Mushroom Picking.
(Differences between European Regulations on Wild Mushroom Commerce and Actual Trends in Wild Mushroom Picking).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 169-178.
The Turn into Dangerous Meat: Case Study of Horsemeat Food Fraud in the Czech Republic.
(The Turn into Dangerous Meat: Case Study of Horsemeat Food Fraud in the Czech Republic).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 179-191.
Safonova, T. - Sántha, I.
Gathering as Ontological Practice among Evenki of Eastern Siberia.
(Gathering as Ontological Practice among Evenki of Eastern Siberia).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 192-227.
The Collection of Questionnaires Concerning Wild Plants on the Digital Platform of the Polish Ethnographic Atlas.
(The Collection of Questionnaires Concerning Wild Plants on the Digital Platform of the Polish Ethnographic Atlas).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 228-240.
Possibilities of Using Wild Plants in the Traditional Culinary Culture of Slovakia.
(Possibilities of Using Wild Plants in the Traditional Culinary Culture of Slovakia).
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology. Vol. 64, no. 2 (2016), p. 241-250.


There's really not much Suno/Snow stuff out there, so I decided to do Goku/Suno this year for Valentine's Day. This is a pairing I've always wanted to try out.
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You would use millimetres to measure a fly.
As children progress through KS2 they will learn more about measures in Maths. As well as understanding the different values of the metric measures (for example that 2 litres = 2,000 millilitres), in Year Four children will be exposed to some of the old imperial measures such as pints. They will also learn how to write measurements using more than one type of measure, for example 2.5 metres as 2m 50cm.
To measure liquid capacity, millilitres, centilitres and litres are used. These are called metric measures but we some times use other measures like gallons or pints. These are known as imperial measures. There are more imperial measures that we sometimes use - miles for long distances, stones for weights and inches for short distances instead of the metric kilometres, kilograms and centimetres.
Do you know your litres from your pints? Test your knowledge of measures by playing this quiz.
How many millimetres in one metre?
What is half of 1 metre in cm?
Which of the following could be the weight of a small puppy, for instance a Chihuahua?
A larger puppy, such as a Great Dane, can weigh as much as 1kg at birth!
What is one tenth of a litre in millilitres?
How do we write 451cm in m?
10 millimetres is equal to?
How many grams are equivalent to one quarter kg?
What is 6.45m expressed in metres and cm?
Which unit would you use to measure the length of a fly?


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Games, Arcade
Super System 22
Air Combat 22 (エアーコンバット22, Eā Konbatto Ni-Ni) is an arcade game developed by Namco released in early 1995. It was built on the company's Namco Super System 22 arcade system board, hence the "22" in the title. Together with the prequel Air Combat, they were the predecessors to the Ace Combat series.
There are 4 modes available to choose at the start of the game: Novice (with and without instructions), Expert, and Dogfight mode. The player's callsign will depend on the chosen mode.
Unlike Air Combat, multiple enemy targets will appear at the same time, and the player will have to shoot them down within the time limit. Additional time is rewarded for each aircraft shot down, as well as completing refueling or landing sequences.
In Novice mode, the missions are fixed and the player aircraft has two guns instead of one.
In Expert mode, the mission branching depends on the time remaining after a stage is cleared.
In Dogfight mode, player has to destroy four enemy aircraft per stage, where they appear one at a time. The game is cleared when 32 stages are completed.
Playable aircraft
There are three playable aircraft to choose from:
F-14A Tomcat
YF-22 Lightning II
Su-35 Super Flanker
Enemy aircraft
F-4E Phantom II
FS-X
Harrier GR.1
A-10A Thunderbolt II
B-52 Stratofortress
B-2A Spirit
C-2 Greyhound
MiG-21bis Fishbed
Rafale C
The pilot ejects from the aircraft when it is destroyed unlike almost every other Ace Combat game, giving the player a non-violent ending.
Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.18 - VICL-15040) on 25/05/1995.
A PC port of the game was announced by Namco in May 1996, along with ports of Rave Racer and Tekken. The games were meant to support PowerVR, a 3D graphics architecture designed by VideoLogic (currently Imagination Technologies) supported by various gaming brands and chosen by Compaq to be used in their Presario personal computer line. However, none of the ports materialized due to budget and time constraints.[1][2]
Promotional image of the arcade game.
Air Combat 22 'Aces' Squadron
"Aces" squadron logo, Dogfight mode
"Top Gunners" squadron logo, Expert mode
"Aeries" squadron logo, Novice mode
The whole arcade setup for Air Combat 22
22nd Anniversary wallpaper for Ace Combat, which uses the same style as the Air Combat 22 logo
↑ Lost Levels: "Videos surface of Namco's Rave Racer for PowerVR equiped PCs"
↑ FreeLibrary: Compaq selects PowerVR 3D graphics architecture for next-generation, high-performance Presarios home
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There's wonderful singing in the Met's current production of Wagner's Siegfried. But poor old Siegs. If he'd started a blog, I think his first post would have gone something like this.
Hello everyone. My name is Siegfried. No last name, just Siegfried.
Me with the dwarf. His cooking sucked.
I was raised in a lonely forest by an ugly old dwarf. He kept saying I should be grateful to him, but I could tell he wasn't being level with me. Ha ha, that's a joke! How could he be level with me, him being a dwarf and me a tall blond Aryan hero? Just a sample of my excellent German sense of humor.
My parents were siblings. Isn't that illegal? I'm pretty sure it's illegal. Anyway, they're dead now. And I only had one set of grandparents, which explains the lack of birthday presents.
The only good thing I got out of my childhood was my sword, Nothung. I've used it a few times now.
I kill the dragon. Look Ma, no fear!
For example, I killed a giant, but the dwarf made me do it. And besides, the giant was disguised as a dragon, and I think if you go around dressed like a dragon you're pretty much asking for it.
From the dragon I got a super cool ring and this gold mesh thing that I carry around with me. Who knows, it might come in handy some day.
After killing the dragon, I tasted its blood on my sword, the way you do, and suddenly I could understand this bird that was singing to me. I can honestly say "a little bird told me" that the dwarf was planning to kill me. So it's okay that I killed the dwarf, right? I mean, that was totally self-defense.
My grandma was some random chick that my grandpa shagged when he should've been home with his wife. Grandpa calls himself "chief of the gods," by the way. Talk about being full of yourself!
He didn't look like a god when I met him. He was wearing a hat and an eyepatch and calling himself The Wanderer, like in that old song by Dion and the Belmonts.
He didn't say, "Hi, I'm your grandpa." Instead he challenged me to a fight, which of course I won. I mean, I have a sword with a name and everything, whereas all he had was a feeble old spear.
Do you think there's something Freudian about that? My sword is harder than your spear? I'm not that heavy into psychology, but a sword and a spear, those two things kind of raise up and ask you to pay attention.
Speaking of which, I asked the bird if it could find me a friend, or at least someone who wouldn't try to kill me. Sure, Siegs, it said, follow me.
I kind of lost track of time for awhile, hanging with Brunnie, but then I got itchy feet. I mean, I'm a dude, right? And I know, just like it's written down somewhere, that I'm destined to be a great hero.
So I told Brunnie it was time for me to go. She was down with it. She even gave me her armor, her shield, and her magic flying horse, leaving herself totally defenseless on the mountain. Did I luck out with her or what?
Leaving Brunnie. I'll never forget her.
But, don't get me wrong, I'll be faithful to Brunnie. Like we said on the mountain, "Apart, who can divide us? Divided, we are one!" I even gave her my ring.
And then I stepped out on the highway, looking for adventure. Born to be wild! And now I've met this friendly and majorly rich family who've offered to share everything they have with me.
But I don't know. That sounds good, but have you ever had the feeling that you're caught up in some kind of epic? Like someone else is pulling the strings, and even the words you're saying aren't your own?
I could ask my new friends, the Gibichungs, but they'd just laugh and tell me I'm being paranoid. Maybe I am. Being raised by a dwarf who's planning to kill you, it changes a guy. Maybe I've got PTSD.
Oh wow, here comes Gutrune Gibichung with a drinking horn full of brew!
If you're wondering how it turned out for Siegfried: in the next and last opera in the Ring cycle, Götterdämmerung, one of the big set pieces is Siegfried's Funeral March. So I don't think he'll be writing any more blog posts.
Check here for my take on another opera, Turandot.
All illustrations by Arthur Rackham; published before 1923 and in the public domain in the U.S. and other countries.
Thanks so much, George. I appreciate your stopping by. It's all too easy to poke fun at the plots of operas, much as I love them. And it was fun listening to that Dion and the Belmonts song again on YouTube.


Episode 22 – Dirty Dungeons Done Dirt Cheap!
Stone and Leeta discuss their week in World of Warcraft, More Hotfixes, Emerald Nightmare opens and this weeks topic: Professions.
Stone and Leeta discuss their thoughts on Professions.
Tweets from Shoryl, Moogyver and Scott.
BlizzCon – Going, Watching or Nope?
← Episode 21 – Yarr! Me Brew!


Sales increased by 2.2% on a total basis for the four weeks to 26 January, compared with the same month in 2018 – the highest rate of growth since last June, the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor shows.
UK retail sales increased by 1.8% on a like-for-like basis on January 2018, when they had increased 0.6% from the previous year.
However, over the three months to January, total non-food retail sales in the UK decreased 0.4%, a greater fall than the 12-month average decrease of 0.2%.
Total in-store non-food sales declined 2.6% for the same period, while the 12-month total average decline was 2.3%.
Online non-food sales experienced 4.8% growth in the last three months, the lowest since BRC and KPMG started collecting the data in 2012.
BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said: "There was a welcome return to growth this month after December's disappointing sales figures. But while retail discounts helped tempt cautious consumers, there is no guarantee this momentum will continue after the sales have finished. And it will not just be bricks-and-mortar stores looking nervously to the future, as online sales continued to grow below the long-term trend.
Paul Martin, UK head of retail at KPMG, added: "Following the worst December trading performance in a decade, January brought a welcome improvement with total retail sales up 2.2%. Having said that, this increase points more to British shoppers' obsession of bagging a bargain and price inflation, rather than any real improvement, and these peaks and troughs continue to leave retailers feeling increasingly anxious.
The BRC is statement is ridiculous. It states about there is 'no guarantee' that the positive momentum will continue, but there is no guarantees about anything, so it is just plain daft. Plus the usual whinge fest regarding BREXIT, of which again, nobody really knows what is going to happen. If brands do disappear - no bad thing as a shake up is required - it will be because they simply are no longer wanted or relevant. That has happened throughout time and will continue to do so in the years ahead.


Starring: John Gregson (Capt. Bell, HMS Exeter), Anthony Quayle (Cdre. Harwood, HMS Ajax), Ian Hunter (Capt. Woodhouse, HMS Ajax), Jack Gwillim (Capt. Parry, HMNZS Achilles), Bernard Lee (Capt. Dove, MS Africa Shell), Lionel Murton (Mike Fowler, Montevideo), Anthony Bushell (Millington Drake, British Minister, Uruguay), Peter Illing (Dr. Guani, Uruguayan Foreign Minister), Michael Goodliffe (Capt. McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires), Patrick Macnee (Lt. Cmdr. Medley, HMS Ajax), John Chandos (Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Uruguay), Douglas Wilmer (M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Uruguay), William Squire (Ray Martin, Montevideo), Roger Delgado (Capt. Varela, Uruguyan Navy), Andrew Cruickshank (Capt. Stubbs, Doric Star).
This is a story of sea power. November 1939. The war was two months old. Germany could feed herself, but England could not. If the Germans could block shipments to Britain then the population would starve. In pursuit of this goal Germany had three powerful weapons: magnetic mines; U-boats; and surface raiders.
The surface raiders were a big problem. These pocket battleships were strong and swift. They were the tigers of the sea.
1939. Ten days before war was declared, one of these surface raiders sailed with secret orders to the south Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Months passed by and nobody suspected there was a killer lurking there. That is, until ship after ship failed to make it to its home port.
Wednesday, November 15, 1939. The Graf Spee destroys a British merchant ship the M.S. Africa Shell captained by Captain Dove. As Dove is transported to the German ship, he tells the officer on the skiff that he was well inside Portuguese territorial waters. He points and sayse they can see the coast of Portuguese East Africa right there. Pirates, that's what you are, says Dove.
Captain Dove is brought aboard the Graf Spee to be held as a prisoner. When he gets on board ship, he is taken to meet Captain Langsdorff. The German captain is very hospitable to Dove. But Dove insists he was well within Portuguese territorial waters. Langsdorff gets Dove his chart and Dove shows him exactly where he was. Langsdorff says Dove would like to argue that the spot was within the territorial waters and he, Langsdorff, would like to argue that he was outside these waters. The German tells Dove to write out his protest and he will give him a receipt. Dove thanks him for his cooperation.
Langsdorff offers Dove some Scotch whiskey that was taken from the steamship Clement and cigarettes from the Huntsman. Dove says the captain of the latter ship was a pal of his. Another ship sunk by Langsdorff was the SS Trevanion. Landsdorff says his orders are to sink merchant ships and avoid a battle. He adds that the big British battleships aren't fast enough to catch his ship. And he is regularly able to get supplies and fuel oil because he always knows where his supply ship is because it has been pre-arranged. Now the pocket battleship is heading south east past South Africa.
Captain Langsdorff gives Captain Dove a tour of his ship. The Graf Spee reaches its supply ship, which was formally a ship named the Altmark. Dove watches as supplies pass from ship to ship. Langsdorff shows Dove that he has different names signs. One day he's the Deutchland and then the Admiral Scheer. He says that five minutes at twenty-eight knots means the difference between being within range and out of range. Now they are almost finished with their three months of duty. They will be relieved by another ship.
A number of captured British officers come aboard ship as prisoners. Dove meets them all. They ask him when he was sunk? He says November 15 in the Indian Ocean. Among the ship captains are those of the Huntsman, Newton Beach, Ashley, Tirora, and Trevanion. Dove wonder who's next?
The Graf Spee sinks another British ship, the SS Doric Star. Captain Stubbs comes in and meets his now fellow prisoners. He says his ship didn't sink, they scuttled it.
The Germans sing the German version of the Christmas tune "Holy Night". They bring Christmas decorations for the men, but don't have an extra tree for them. The men are pleased with the decorations.
Stubbs brought a Spanish newspaper and the guys look the pages over. They think they have the racing news with the English equivalent of the names: Ajax, Achilles, Exeter and Cumberland. Some of the captains recognize the names as names of ships from the British South American Fleet. One of the captains realizes that they are not looking at the racing news at all, but the shipping news used by British intelligence.
Commodore Harwood of H.M.S. Ajax sends a message to Captain Bell of the ship H.M.S. Exeter, the first ship behind him, which says that he would like to see the captains of the two other ships on the flagship at 11:00 hours. Captain Bell relays the message to Captain Parry of the H.M.S. Achilles.
The three captains and some other naval officers meet onboard the H.M.S. Ajax. Harwood explains that they are off the River Platte (between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay). They are looking for the surface raider for which they have three names: Deutchland, Admiral Scheer and Graf Spee. The ship sank the Clement in the Indian Ocean on September 30. Harwood tracks the ship by the locations of the British ships it sank. The surface raider sank the African Shell in the Mozambique Channel. It doubled-back and sunk the Doric Star, but not before the it got off a signal. The ship could double-back again to the Indian Ocean; try to slip back to Germany; or come to South America where they can pick off the grain and meat cargo ships.
If they are making for South America, the surface raider should be off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today, December 12. If, as he believes, she's coming to the River Platte, she will be here tomorrow, December 13. The pocket battleship can both outgun and outrange the British ships. Therefore, as soon as they sight the surface raider, they will attack her on separate flanks. The Cumberland is not available for a fortnight.
Wednesday morning, December 13. 04:50 hours. A search plane readies for launching. All three British ships have numerous sailors looking for the German ship. When it becomes very light and nothing is spotted, the bugler sound the disperse order and they all start to relax a bit. Each of the captains goes below on his own ship. The time is 06:10 hours.
Not long aterwards the smoke of a ship is sighted on the horizon bearing red 100. Captain Harwood tells the Exeter to investigate the smoke. A little later the sailors with binoculars identify it as a pocket battleship. Some of the other sailors don't believe it. But then a signal from the Exeter arrives: Enemy in sight! The order goes out: Battle stations!
Harwood has a message sent to the Admiralty: Engaging the pocket battleship. The order is given for the guns to open fire as soon as they are ready to fire.
The prisoners on the Graf Spee realize that something big is up. The ship shakes and some believe they have been hit, but another captain says it's the first eleven inch salvo from the Graf Spee.
Shells start landing around the British ships. The British ships start returning fire. The search plane is sent out to direct the fire onto the Graf Spee.
Langsdorff has his ship head straight for the Exeter. The British ship is hit. Then the Germans land a direct hit forward turret. Captain Parry is shook up but quite a few of the men around him are dead. First aid men are rushed onto the bridge. The padre comes up to help the wounded with any spiritual matters. The Exeter completely disappears from the sight of the other two British ships because of all the smoke and flames. And yet the Exeter starts firing again. The Achilles is hit. The German ship is heading straight for the Exeter. All communications on the Exeter are out so the sailors have to play the "telephone game" to relay messages to the engine room.
The search plane sends a message to Achilles that their salvos are falling short. The enemy is closing in rapidly. The Exeter is listing to starboard. Captain Parry says he is going to try to ram the German ship if he gets a shot at it. The Ajax hits the superstructure of the Graf Spee. Now the German ship alters course and the Ajax is hit hard by explosions. It's 07:40 hours.
Captain Harwood gets a message from the Exeter that all guns are out of action, but the vessel is still seaworthy. Harwood asks Parry if his ship could make it to the Falkland Islands? Parry replies that he can reach Plymouth, England, if ordered. He starts for the Falklands.
The British prisoners note that everything is quiet. They think the Graf Spee is running from the battle. But then a salvo blows a big hole in the deck. The prisoners are shook up. One fellow sticks his head out of the hole in the deck to see what's going on.
The two remaining British ships follow the Graf Spee.
The prisoners realize that the pocket battleship has stopped. A German comes down to them to tell them that they are now in Montevideo Harbor, which is a neutral port. So all the prisoners will be set free tomorrow. The prisoners, of course, are very happy to hear this.
On shore the news spreads fast that the Graf Spee is in the harbor and there's been a battle. An American named Mike Fowler rushes to call the New York media.
Langsdorff goes to see the Uruguayan foreign minister. Large crowds come out to see the ship. Ray Martin of the British ministry starts a twenty-four hour surveillance of the Graff Spee. Martin can see a lot of coffins on the deck of the German ship. Then he sees British naval officers come on the quarterdeck. Langsdorff asks to speak with Captain Dove. The two captains shake hands.
The two British ships are joined by the Cumberland. Everyone marvels that the ship made the 1,000 mile trip in 35 hours. They ask how they made the voyage so fast and the message comes back: Anticipation. Everyone gets a chuckle over the reply.
The German minister asks the Uruguayan foreign minister for two to three weeks to make repairs. But the foreign minister will only given them seventy-two hours. They must be out by 8 p.m., the 17th of December. The foreign minister informs the German that no repairs are allowed to increase the fighting strength of the vessel. The German minister says that he must strongly protest. The Uruguayan minister says his protest is noted.
Harwood calls in the naval attaché to tell him that he must delay the leaving of the German ship as much as possible. The captain explains that his three ships are not enough to make the outcome certain. Other British ships are coming.
Harwood gets promoted from commodore to Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Ninth Commander of the Bath. The captains of the two other ships in the battle are promoted to companions of the Bath.
The British embassy wants it leaked that two British capital ships will be coming to Via Blanca for 2,000 tons of fuel oil.
The Uruguayan foreign minister wants to know from the British minister why are the British now trying to delay the departure of the Graf Spee? The British minister says the ship can leave.
Mike Fowler gives minute by minute commentary on the departure of the Graf Spee. There are thirteen Allied warships waiting for the Graf Spee. One of them is the battleship Renown and the carrier Ark Royal. Sir Henry Harwood says that if he were the German captain, he would weigh anchor in the next fifteen minutes. On the radio Mike Fowler says the German ship should be out of Montevideo Harbor by 8 p.m. which is ten minutes away.
Mike reports that the German ship is moving out of the harbor under its own power. The transmission goes over the loud speakers aboard the British ships and the men stop working to listen. Then he broadcasts that the German ship has stopped. Another German ship receives passengers off the Graf Spee. All of a sudden the German ship repeatedly explodes and burns. The ship is being scuttled.
When Harwood's ship appears the Montevideo crowds cheer them wildly. The Uruguayans put the German supply ship under arrest, but the Uruguayan captain says they will not detain Captain Langsdorff and the crew. Captain Dove came with the Uruguayan captain. He tells Langsdorff that everyone respects him very much for the way he behaved through all of this. Langsdorff tells him goodbye and thank you.
Good action movie. It kept my interest and kept me wondering what was going to happen.


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The G7 summit in Biarritz: for a fairer and more sustainable world
The G7 summit will be taking place in Biarritz from 24 to 26 August 2019. France has wanted this summit to be an eco-friendly event that champions gender equality through effective, innovative solutions, including during the preparations for the summit.
The figures speak for themselves: worldwide, nearly 800 million people are still living below the poverty line, more than 260 million children do not go to school, more than one billion women are not protected by the law if they are victims of violence at home, 100 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 if the pledges to tackle global warming are not kept... and the list goes on.
France has therefore wished to place the elimination of inequality and the consequences of global warming at the top of the agenda of the G7 summit in Biarritz, with meaningful and innovative solutions being proposed to address them.
This is why the format of the G7 summit has been extended to embrace civil society and other countries than the usual seven, so that leaders genuinely take their recommendations on board and the world tackles the root causes of inequality.
Five priorities will shape the discussions on these issues:
inequality of opportunity,
protecting biodiversity and the climate,
security and counter-terrorism,
digital technology and protection of democracies,
the partnership with Africa.
The G7 summit, a model eco-friendly event
The G7 organisers wanted to set an example by committing to a twofold certification process where the event would not only be ISO 20121 (international standard for sustainable event management) but also "Equality at a Major Event" approved. The latter label, awarded by the French standardisation agency AFNOR, was created especially for the occasion.
The summit is thus taking tangible measures including:
waste recovery and initiatives to tackle waste (sorting for everyone, no butts, etc.);
use of green transport options (hydrogen innovation with 300 bicycles developed by a local Biarritz-based SME, electric trams and buses partially powered by a solar farm, etc.);
compensation (offsets) as close to the summit as possible (reforestation of the Hergarai Valley in the Basque region, reintroduction of the Basque black bee, Low-Carbon certification and carbon offsetting, etc.);
elimination of single-use plastics (eco-friendly bottles, reusable paper cups, etc.);
showcasing of local products and precedence given to short supply chains;
gender equality in action ("Equality at a Major Event" label, pride of place given to women excelling in their sectors in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, partnership with local businesses committed to advancing equality, etc.).
No country can eliminate equality alone. This elimintion is therefore to be taken up with the help of all those willing to contribute, especially civil society and the guest partners. France is determined to continue carrying the mantle of global leadership in this elimination alongside all those ready to lend their support.
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