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"""Controller coordinates sampling and training model.
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np
import pickle
import random

flags = tf.flags
gfile = tf.gfile

FLAGS = flags.FLAGS

def find_best_eps_lambda(rewards, lengths):
  """Find the best lambda given a desired epsilon = FLAGS.max_divergence."""
  # perhaps not the best way to do this
  desired_div = FLAGS.max_divergence * np.mean(lengths)

  def calc_divergence(eps_lambda):
    max_reward = np.max(rewards)
    logz = (max_reward / eps_lambda +
            np.log(np.mean(np.exp((rewards - max_reward) / eps_lambda))))
    exprr = np.mean(np.exp(rewards / eps_lambda - logz) *
                    rewards / eps_lambda)
    return exprr - logz

  left = 0.0
  right = 1000.0

  if len(rewards) <= 8:
    return (left + right) / 2

  num_iter = max(4, 1 + int(np.log((right - left) / 0.1) / np.log(2.0)))
  for _ in xrange(num_iter):
    mid = (left + right) / 2
    cur_div = calc_divergence(mid)
    if cur_div > desired_div:
      left = mid
    else:
      right = mid

  return (left + right) / 2

class Controller(object):

  def __init__(self, env, env_spec, internal_dim,
               use_online_batch=True,
               batch_by_steps=False,
               unify_episodes=False,
               replay_batch_size=None,
               max_step=None,
               cutoff_agent=1,
               save_trajectories_file=None,
               use_trust_region=False,
               use_value_opt=False,
               update_eps_lambda=False,
               prioritize_by='rewards',
               get_model=None,
               get_replay_buffer=None,
               get_buffer_seeds=None):
    self.env = env
    self.env_spec = env_spec
    self.internal_dim = internal_dim
    self.use_online_batch = use_online_batch
    self.batch_by_steps = batch_by_steps
    self.unify_episodes = unify_episodes
    self.replay_batch_size = replay_batch_size
    self.max_step = max_step
    self.cutoff_agent = cutoff_agent
    self.save_trajectories_file = save_trajectories_file
    self.use_trust_region = use_trust_region
    self.use_value_opt = use_value_opt
    self.update_eps_lambda = update_eps_lambda
    self.prioritize_by = prioritize_by

    self.model = get_model()
    self.replay_buffer = get_replay_buffer()
    self.seed_replay_buffer(get_buffer_seeds())

    self.internal_state = np.array([self.initial_internal_state()] *
                                   len(self.env))
    self.last_obs = self.env_spec.initial_obs(len(self.env))
    self.last_act = self.env_spec.initial_act(len(self.env))
    self.last_pad = np.zeros(len(self.env))

    self.start_episode = np.array([True] * len(self.env))
    self.step_count = np.array([0] * len(self.env))
    self.episode_running_rewards = np.zeros(len(self.env))
    self.episode_running_lengths = np.zeros(len(self.env))
    self.episode_rewards = []
    self.episode_lengths = []
    self.total_rewards = []

    self.best_batch_rewards = None

  def setup(self):
    self.model.setup()

  def initial_internal_state(self):
    return np.zeros(self.model.policy.rnn_state_dim)

  def _sample_episodes(self, sess, greedy=False):
    """Sample episodes from environment using model."""
    # reset environments as necessary
    obs_after_reset = self.env.reset_if(self.start_episode)

    for i, obs in enumerate(obs_after_reset):
      if obs is not None:
        self.step_count[i] = 0
        self.internal_state[i] = self.initial_internal_state()
        for j in xrange(len(self.env_spec.obs_dims)):
          self.last_obs[j][i] = obs[j]
        for j in xrange(len(self.env_spec.act_dims)):
          self.last_act[j][i] = -1
        self.last_pad[i] = 0

    # maintain episode as a single unit if the last sampling
    # batch ended before the episode was terminated
    if self.unify_episodes:
      assert len(obs_after_reset) == 1
      new_ep = obs_after_reset[0] is not None
    else:
      new_ep = True

    self.start_id = 0 if new_ep else len(self.all_obs[:])

    initial_state = self.internal_state
    all_obs = [] if new_ep else self.all_obs[:]
    all_act = ([self.last_act] if new_ep else self.all_act[:])
    all_pad = [] if new_ep else self.all_pad[:]
    rewards = [] if new_ep else self.rewards[:]

    # start stepping in the environments
    step = 0
    while not self.env.all_done():
      self.step_count += 1 - np.array(self.env.dones)

      next_internal_state, sampled_actions = self.model.sample_step(
          sess, self.last_obs, self.internal_state, self.last_act,
          greedy=greedy)

      env_actions = self.env_spec.convert_actions_to_env(sampled_actions)
      next_obs, reward, next_dones, _ = self.env.step(env_actions)

      all_obs.append(self.last_obs)
      all_act.append(sampled_actions)
      all_pad.append(self.last_pad)
      rewards.append(reward)

      self.internal_state = next_internal_state
      self.last_obs = next_obs
      self.last_act = sampled_actions
      self.last_pad = np.array(next_dones).astype('float32')

      step += 1
      if self.max_step and step >= self.max_step:
        break

    self.all_obs = all_obs[:]
    self.all_act = all_act[:]
    self.all_pad = all_pad[:]
    self.rewards = rewards[:]

    # append final observation
    all_obs.append(self.last_obs)

    return initial_state, all_obs, all_act, rewards, all_pad

  def sample_episodes(self, sess):
    """Sample steps from the environment until we have enough for a batch."""

    # check if last batch ended with episode that was not terminated
    if self.unify_episodes:
      self.all_new_ep = self.start_episode[0]

    # sample episodes until we either have enough episodes or enough steps
    episodes = []
    total_steps = 0
    while total_steps < self.max_step * len(self.env):
      (initial_state,
       observations, actions, rewards,
       pads) = self._sample_episodes(sess)

      observations = zip(*observations)
      actions = zip(*actions)

      terminated = np.array(self.env.dones)

      self.total_rewards = np.sum(np.array(rewards[self.start_id:]) *
                                  (1 - np.array(pads[self.start_id:])), axis=0)
      self.episode_running_rewards *= 1 - self.start_episode
      self.episode_running_lengths *= 1 - self.start_episode
      self.episode_running_rewards += self.total_rewards
      self.episode_running_lengths += np.sum(1 - np.array(pads[self.start_id:]), axis=0)

      episodes.extend(self.convert_from_batched_episodes(
          initial_state, observations, actions, rewards,
          terminated, pads))
      total_steps += np.sum(1 - np.array(pads))

      # set next starting episodes
      self.start_episode = np.logical_or(terminated,
                                         self.step_count >= self.cutoff_agent)
      episode_rewards = self.episode_running_rewards[self.start_episode].tolist()
      self.episode_rewards.extend(episode_rewards)
      self.episode_lengths.extend(self.episode_running_lengths[self.start_episode].tolist())
      self.episode_rewards = self.episode_rewards[-100:]
      self.episode_lengths = self.episode_lengths[-100:]

      if (self.save_trajectories_file is not None and
          (self.best_batch_rewards is None or
           np.mean(self.total_rewards) > self.best_batch_rewards)):
        self.best_batch_rewards = np.mean(self.total_rewards)
        my_episodes = self.convert_from_batched_episodes(
          initial_state, observations, actions, rewards,
          terminated, pads)
        with gfile.GFile(self.save_trajectories_file, 'w') as f:
          pickle.dump(my_episodes, f)

      if not self.batch_by_steps:
        return (initial_state,
                observations, actions, rewards,
                terminated, pads)

    return self.convert_to_batched_episodes(episodes)

  def _train(self, sess,
             observations, initial_state, actions,
             rewards, terminated, pads):
    """Train model using batch."""
    if self.use_trust_region:
      # use trust region to optimize policy
      loss, _, summary = self.model.trust_region_step(
          sess,
          observations, initial_state, actions,
          rewards, terminated, pads,
          avg_episode_reward=np.mean(self.episode_rewards))
    else:  # otherwise use simple gradient descent on policy
      loss, _, summary = self.model.train_step(
          sess,
          observations, initial_state, actions,
          rewards, terminated, pads,
          avg_episode_reward=np.mean(self.episode_rewards))

    if self.use_value_opt:  # optionally perform specific value optimization
      self.model.fit_values(
          sess,
          observations, initial_state, actions,
          rewards, terminated, pads)

    return loss, summary

  def train(self, sess):
    """Sample some episodes and train on some episodes."""
    cur_step = sess.run(self.model.inc_global_step)
    self.cur_step = cur_step

    # on the first iteration, set target network close to online network
    if self.cur_step == 0:
      for _ in xrange(100):
        sess.run(self.model.copy_op)
    # on other iterations, just perform single target <-- online operation
    sess.run(self.model.copy_op)

    # sample from env
    (initial_state,
     observations, actions, rewards,
     terminated, pads) = self.sample_episodes(sess)

    # add to replay buffer
    self.add_to_replay_buffer(
        initial_state, observations, actions,
        rewards, terminated, pads)

    loss, summary = 0, None
    # train on online batch
    if self.use_online_batch:
      loss, summary = self._train(
          sess,
          observations, initial_state, actions,
          rewards, terminated, pads)

    # update relative entropy coefficient
    if self.update_eps_lambda:
      episode_rewards = np.array(self.episode_rewards)
      episode_lengths = np.array(self.episode_lengths)
      eps_lambda = find_best_eps_lambda(episode_rewards, episode_lengths)
      sess.run(self.model.objective.assign_eps_lambda,
               feed_dict={self.model.objective.new_eps_lambda: eps_lambda})

    # train on replay batch
    replay_batch, replay_probs = self.get_from_replay_buffer(
        self.replay_batch_size)
    if replay_batch:
      (initial_state,
       observations, actions, rewards,
       terminated, pads) = replay_batch

      loss, summary = self._train(
          sess,
          observations, initial_state, actions,
          rewards, terminated, pads)

    return loss, summary, self.total_rewards, self.episode_rewards

  def eval(self, sess):
    """Use greedy sampling."""
    (initial_state,
     observations, actions, rewards,
     pads) = self._sample_episodes(sess, greedy=True)

    total_rewards = np.sum(np.array(rewards) * (1 - np.array(pads)), axis=0)
    return np.mean(total_rewards)

  def convert_from_batched_episodes(
      self, initial_state, observations, actions, rewards,
      terminated, pads):
    """Convert time-major batch of episodes to batch-major list of episodes."""

    rewards = np.array(rewards)
    pads = np.array(pads)
    observations = [np.array(obs) for obs in observations]
    actions = [np.array(act) for act in actions]

    total_rewards = np.sum(rewards * (1 - pads), axis=0)
    total_length = np.sum(1 - pads, axis=0).astype('int32')

    episodes = []
    num_episodes = rewards.shape[1]
    for i in xrange(num_episodes):
      length = total_length[i]
      ep_initial = initial_state[i]
      ep_obs = [obs[:length, i, ...] for obs in observations]
      ep_act = [act[:length + 1, i, ...] for act in actions]
      ep_rewards = rewards[:length, i]

      episodes.append(
          [ep_initial, ep_obs, ep_act, ep_rewards, terminated[i]])

    return episodes

  def convert_to_batched_episodes(self, episodes, max_length=None):
    """Convert batch-major list of episodes to time-major batch of episodes."""
    lengths = [len(ep[-2]) for ep in episodes]
    max_length = max_length or max(lengths)

    new_episodes = []
    for ep, length in zip(episodes, lengths):
      initial, observations, actions, rewards, terminated = ep
      observations = [np.resize(obs, [max_length + 1] + list(obs.shape)[1:])
                      for obs in observations]
      actions = [np.resize(act, [max_length + 1] + list(act.shape)[1:])
                 for act in actions]
      pads = np.array([0] * length + [1] * (max_length - length))
      rewards = np.resize(rewards, [max_length]) * (1 - pads)
      new_episodes.append([initial, observations, actions, rewards,
                           terminated, pads])

    (initial, observations, actions, rewards,
     terminated, pads) = zip(*new_episodes)
    observations = [np.swapaxes(obs, 0, 1)
                    for obs in zip(*observations)]
    actions = [np.swapaxes(act, 0, 1)
               for act in zip(*actions)]
    rewards = np.transpose(rewards)
    pads = np.transpose(pads)

    return (initial, observations, actions, rewards, terminated, pads)

  def add_to_replay_buffer(self, initial_state,
                           observations, actions, rewards,
                           terminated, pads):
    """Add batch of episodes to replay buffer."""
    if self.replay_buffer is None:
      return

    rewards = np.array(rewards)
    pads = np.array(pads)
    total_rewards = np.sum(rewards * (1 - pads), axis=0)

    episodes = self.convert_from_batched_episodes(
      initial_state, observations, actions, rewards,
      terminated, pads)

    priorities = (total_rewards if self.prioritize_by == 'reward'
                  else self.cur_step)

    if not self.unify_episodes or self.all_new_ep:
      self.last_idxs = self.replay_buffer.add(
          episodes, priorities)
    else:
      # If we are unifying episodes, we attempt to
      # keep them unified in the replay buffer.
      # The first episode sampled in the current batch is a
      # continuation of the last episode from the previous batch
      self.replay_buffer.add(episodes[:1], priorities, self.last_idxs[-1:])
      if len(episodes) > 1:
        self.replay_buffer.add(episodes[1:], priorities)

  def get_from_replay_buffer(self, batch_size):
    """Sample a batch of episodes from the replay buffer."""
    if self.replay_buffer is None or len(self.replay_buffer) < 1 * batch_size:
      return None, None

    desired_count = batch_size * self.max_step
    # in the case of batch_by_steps, we sample larger and larger
    # amounts from the replay buffer until we have enough steps.
    while True:
      if batch_size > len(self.replay_buffer):
        batch_size = len(self.replay_buffer)
      episodes, probs = self.replay_buffer.get_batch(batch_size)
      count = sum(len(ep[-2]) for ep in episodes)
      if count >= desired_count or not self.batch_by_steps:
        break
      if batch_size == len(self.replay_buffer):
        return None, None
      batch_size *= 1.2

    return (self.convert_to_batched_episodes(episodes), probs)

  def seed_replay_buffer(self, episodes):
    """Seed the replay buffer with some episodes."""
    if self.replay_buffer is None:
      return

    # just need to add initial state
    for i in xrange(len(episodes)):
      episodes[i] = [self.initial_internal_state()] + episodes[i]

    self.replay_buffer.seed_buffer(episodes)

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"Shivoham" means "I am Shiva". Shiva is the pure unbounded all-pervading consciousness (the transcendental self, the Absolute). Here is an explanation of "Shivoham" bhajan.
"Shiva" here means that innocent, blissful, splendid, golden, beautiful.
"Shivoham" — I am Shiva. Splendid, the most innocent.
"Shiva Swarupoham" — my nature is Shiva. My form is Shiva. I am made up of a substance that is Shiva — innermost me.
"Nityoham" — I am ever present. I am always there. Body dies, disappears, but I am there.
"Nityoham Shuddhoham" — I am ever pure. Nothing can touch me. All these things come and go, but they cannot touch me, they cannot do anything to me.
"Buddhoham" — I am always enlightened.
"Shivoham Shivoham Shiva Swarupoham. Nityoham" — I am eternal. There is no end to me.
"Advaita Ananda Rupam Arupam. Shivoham Shivoham Shiva Swarupoham" — There is no two. It is me in all the forms, all over. It is me. My breath is flowing everywhere. I am the formless though I am inside a form. My spirit has no form. Though I am formless, I move in forms, in all forms in the whole world.
"Brahmoham Brahmoham Brahma Swarupoham" — I am the Brahman, the totality, the all.
Here is the beautiful Devi bhajan sung by Bhanumathi Narasimhan in her melodious voice.


Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add ham,onions, pepper and garlic(Sofrito), cook for 5 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Serve over hot white rice.


Taipei, Taiwan, May 3, 2018—Advantech, a leading supplier of industrial communication solutions, is introducing its new firmware called Security Pack for its industrial managed Ethernet switch product line,defending users from malicious attacks and confidential information leakage.
As the Industrial IoT (IIoT) expands, more devices are being connected to networks. This attribute to the fact that users are gradually out of control of the tremendous amount of connected device. Eventually, a lack of access management becomes an open door for hackers. Common threats such as information theft, DNS spoofing and denial-of-service attach can cause a tremendous lost. Unencrypted raw data, a lack of IP and MAC address control, and the short of network access authentication mechanism are usually the root cause. With Advantech Security Pack, data security can be highly enhanced because of the following features.
Compliant with IEC 62443-4-2 level 2 cybersecurity standard, the Security Pack supports enhanced network security features such as access control list, network access control, ARP spoofing prevention, IP source guard and login authentication.
Access Control List (ACL): Legal host with known IP and MAC addresses is bundled on a specific port to access the network.
Network Access Control: IEEE 802.1X This feature provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to access a LAN or WLAN.
IP Security: DHCP Snooping When DHCP servers are allocating IP addresses to clients on a LAN, DHCP snooping can be configured on LAN switches to prevent malicious or malformed DHCP traffic or communication with rogue DHCP servers.
ARP spoofing may allow an attacker to intercept data frames on a network or even modify or stop traffic. Often, this attack is used as an opening for other attacks, such denial of service, man-in-the-middle, or session-hijacking attacks.
Same as ACL, this feature permits IP traffic from known IP addresses, dropping all other traffic to prevent spoofing attacks.
Login authentication: This feature provides a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network.
All Advantech managed Ethernet switches support Security Pack. For more information of the security solution, please visit Advantech website or contact us at ICG.Support@advantech.com.tw.


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Q: Unable to access MAAS nodes I am trying to access to MAAS nodes. I cannot access them with ubuntu user nor ssh from MAAS server.
I've added SSH key in MAAS web interface. I need to install Virsh onto them, but I cannot even access them anyway.
Thanks in advance :)

A: ssh ubuntu@192.168.0.21

This will not work with a MAAS node from my experience.  You need to use the FQDN hostname you used to name the MAAS node.  If you are having DNS issues it will make this difficult.
ping OS-baseVM

I am assuming OS-baseVM is the name of the MAAS node you are trying to connect to.  If you start getting replies great hit ctrl-c.  If it errors out you have a DNS issue.
Simple fix to the DNS issue is to add the MAAS node names to your /etc/hosts file.
192.168.0.21  OS-baseVM

This is how I was able to log onto my first nodes.  This allows your MAAS server to see your nodes.  You then have to duplicate this on each node to see the MAAS server.  It is better to fix bind9, but currently I don't know how to do that.
In short, you are on the right track.  Make sure your SSH key is correct.  Make sure DNS is working.  Then ssh ubuntu@OS-baseVM should work.

A: Get an look here and here, I hope it helps you.

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Drain the brake fluid through the bleed plug(A).
Remove the two clutch release cylinder mounting nuts(B-2ea).
Remove the clutch hose, valve plate, spring, push rod, and boot.
Remove any dirt from the piston bore opening of the release cylinder.
Remove the piston from the release cylinder using compressed air.
Use rags to prevent the piston from popping out and causing injury.
Apply compressed air slowly. Keep the fluid from splashing in your eyes or on your skin.
Install the release cylinder mounting nuts(B-2ea).
Bleed the air in the clutch system.
Check the release cylinder bore for rust and damage.
Measure the release cylinder bore at three locations (bottom, middle, and top) with a cylinder gauge and replace the release cylinder assembly if the bore-to-piston clearance exceeds the limit.
Check the clutch release cylinder for fluid leakage.
Check the clutch release cylinder boots for damage.
Apply specified brake fluid to the release cylinder bore and the outer surface of the piston and piston cup, and push the piston cup assembly into the cylinder.
Install the valve plate(A), Spring(B), push rod(C) and boot(D).


Newly declassified documents show that Edward Snowden first raised concerns with the NSA before he leaked the information.
In one letter, Snowden questioned whether an presidential executive order allowing the spying program could supersede federal law, the Daily Mail reports.
The new documents lend credibility to Snowden'c claims that he repeatedly tried to raise concerns about the NSA's surveillance of Americans.
Posted: 6/7/16 at 8:56 AM under News Story.


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Mind Your Manner in School (Mind Your Manners Series)
November 13th 2007 by Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.
Arianna Candell
Mind Your Manner in School (Mind Your Manners Series).pdf Mind Your Manner in School (Mind Your Manners Series).epub
Brief stories describe classroom friendships, the importance of silence when the teacher is giving a on, the friendly way for borrowing and sharing storybooks, picking up toys after playtime, and other typical school situations. Several classroom games are suggested as activities for creative learning and play. The bright color illustrations on every page of How We Should Behave Books will appeal to younger boys and girls, while the easy to understand stories teach them fundamental rules of good behavior. The brief stories dramatize typical events in children?s lives, showing kids as they interact with other children, with teachers, and with other adults. Beginning readers see boys and girls who are very much like themselves, as they make mistakes, have small accidents, then discover the best ways to correct their errors, avoid mishaps, and feel good about themselves while they have fun. Each book suggests appropriate activities and offers guidelines for moms and dads.
Kurbanı Beslemek Women as Wartime Rapists: Beyond Sensation and Stereotyping Flight Protecting Butterfly TOO LATE FOR EARTH: SOLBIDYUM WARS SAGA - BOOK 4 'Tween Hopeful and Hopeless (Dancin' With the Devil, #4.5)
Kurbanı Beslemek
Mişima'nın, "Yaşayan en büyük Japon yazarlarından biri," dediği Kenzaburo Oe, kitaba adını veren "Kurbanı Beslemek" adlı uzun öyküsünde en sıradan ve masum insanın nasıl bir canavara dönüşebileceğini, salt mimiklerle bile ırkçılığın nasıl usul usul beslenebileceğini anlatır. Can Yayınları'nın geçmişte üç ayrı kitap olarak yayımladığı Kurbanı Beslemek, Delilikten Kurtar Bizi ve Gözyaşlarımı Sileceği Gün adlı bu üç uzun öyküsünde Oe, çağdaş dünyanın uğraştığı en sıkıcı insani sorunları yüksek bir edebî başarıyla anlatıyor. Özgün dilinden yeniden çevrilen bu üç uzun öykü bu kez bir arada yayımlanıyor. Kurbanı Beslemek (Shiiku) : 1957 Delilikten Kurtar Bizi (Warera no kyōki wo ikinobiru michi wo oshieyo): 1969 Gözyaşlarımı Sileceği Gün (Mizukara waga namida wo nuguitamau hi): 1972
Women as Wartime Rapists: Beyond Sensation and Stereotyping
Women as Wartime Rapists reveals the stories of female perpetrators of sexual violence and their place in wartime conflict, legal policy, and the punishment of sexual violence. Very few women are wartime rapists. Very few women issue commands to commit sexual violence. Very few women play a role in making war plans that feature the intentional sexual violation of other women.
This book is about those very few women. More broadly, Laura Sjoberg asks, what do the actions and perceptions of female perpetrators of sexual violence reveal about our broader conceptions of war, violence, sexual assault, and gender? This book explores specific historical case studies, such as Nazi Germany, Serbia, the contemporary case of ISIS, and others, to understand how and why women participate in rape during war and conflict. Sjoberg examines the contrast between the visibility of female victims and the invisibility of female perpetrators, as well as the distinction between rape and genocidal rape, which is used as a weapon against a particular ethnic or national group. Further, she explores women's engagement with genocidal rape and how some orchestrated the ethnic cleansing of entire regions. A provocative approach to a sensationalized topic, Women as Wartime Rapists offers important insights into not only the topic of female perpetrators of wartime sexual violence, but to larger notions of gender and violence with crucial cultural, legal, and political implications.
One day she is Linda Farley, a senior in a San Diego high school, with a talent for art, an annoying younger brother, two loving parents, and a prospective boyfriend. Three days later, she is Lainie Foster, hiding with her mother and brother in Olympia, Washington. That's how fast things change after Linda's mother tells her that her father has been caught by the feds in a Mafia money laundering scheme and that the rest of the family has been placed in the Witness Protection Program. By the rules she's given, she must stay out of school, cut off contact with anyone back home, and never tell anyone what has happened. Linda -- now Lainie -- does her best, but in navigating her new life, she faces a number of questions. How could her father do something so contrary to her image of him? Why is her mother so familiar with their new city? How can she pursue a career in art without going to school? What must she do to save her brother from the worst effects of the upheaval? And who is that dark-haired woman she keeps spotting in front of the house? Then there's the biggest question of all: Is she Linda or is she Lainie? Because, in the end, is the choice really anyone's but hers? ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson, a retired historic preservation architecture consultant, is the author of numerous novels, plus books on such diverse subjects as soapmaking and baking with cookie molds. She currently lives in Friday Harbor, Washington, in the San Juan Islands, with her husband and fellow author, Aaron Shepard.
///////////////////////////////////////////////// SAMPLE "Lainie," Mom said, her voice a little gentler, "we have to follow the rules, whether we like them or not." "The rules are nuts, Mom," I protested. "Like making us keep our old initials.
So the Mafia is too stupid to check the passenger lists for trains and planes leaving Southern California? You think they won't look for two A.
F.'s and an L.F. with one-way tickets to the same place?" Mom moved to the right to let a tailgating Jeep speed ahead. "That's one reason we're splitting up," she said. "WITSEC has never lost anyone who followed the rules," she said. "WITSEC?" I yelped. "Who the hell is that?" "The Witness Security Program. That's its other name." Sheesh. WITSEC. Like the FBI was such a buddy, we needed to give them a nickname. My face itched, and I rubbed it hard. "Don't do that," Mom said. "You'll rub off your makeup." "It feels like dirt. I don't know how you put up with it." "You get used to it.
Especially when you have more important things to worry about." Well, we had that, in spades. I'd just dumped someone I really wanted to go out with. I wouldn't be going to art school next year, because that's what Linda Farley would have done. I had to be someone else, probably forever. Compared to that, grease all over my face really was a detail.
I gave up and quit talking about it. Whining wasn't going to do any good. Mom kept quiet too, watching the traffic.
In the front seat, Alan sang some dumb song from a TV kids' show, over and over. But, as Mom had said, I had more important things to worry about. We took the Alameda Street exit and pulled into the train station. "What are you going to do with the car when you get to the airport?" I asked. "Leave it in a parking lot with the window down and the keys in the ignition." Even the Mafia wouldn't have a chance if she did that. The locals would have that car in a chop shop faster than the Godfather could blink.
Protecting Butterfly
Katya "Butterfly" Amerson lived her life as the cloistered daughter of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Always correct, always guarded, and never inciting a scandal, she's had to be the perfect woman. What she really wants is to blow-up her castle and find a life free from inhibition and full of passion. A chance encounter at a dark club in Dubai gives her just the wildness she craves, if only for one night. Xavier "Heim" Spencer lives for being a SEAL.
Dangerous missions, high-stakes assignments, and pleasurable nights all blend together in an adrenaline-laced life he's addicted to. Until the face women who parade through his bed blur into sandy horizons and forgotten moments. One beauty challenges him to accept someone just as scrappy as he is, and more dangerous to boot. Then she is taken. Katya's disappearance, and the reality of who she is to the military community, he never expected. Nor the lengths he would be willing to go to get her back. Now it's a race against time to save the woman who snatched his heart right out of his chest as terrorists threaten to kill a prisoner for every day the government doesn't meet their demands. But SEALs don't break. They improvise, adapt, and overcome. And Heim risks it all, for his heart and his country.
TOO LATE FOR EARTH: SOLBIDYUM WARS SAGA - BOOK 4
Tibby awakens to find himself back on the NEW ORLEANS in the medical section. He's been told that he suffered extensive injuries in his crash on the planet Goo'Waddle and that his recovery will be slow. He lost one eye in the crash and, while a new one can be cloned, it would take time for the new eye tissue to grow before it can be implanted.
Kalana is at his side, but she is still angry with him for his sense reaction to the death of Tanden. Tibby suffers emotionally from all that has happened and is torn between his grief over the events at Goo'Waddle and his elation over the news that he and Kala are going to have a child. Tibby is barely back on his feet, when word arrives that his home planet, Earth, has been hit by a large asteroid. Tibby rushes to Earth in the NEW ORLEANS in hopes of providing assistance, only to discover that all life above microbial level has been destroyed on the planet. Tibby is crushed. As he is about to return to Federation space, the NEW ORLEANS receives a signal from an International Earth Colony on Mars. The colony is struggling, as their supplies are diminishing and are no longer able to sustain themselves. The NEW ORLEANS rescues the colony, only to discover that there is also a Chinese colony located on the Earth's moon. Tibby also learns that a huge war between the Chinese and many of the western nations had been taking place before the asteroid impact. The NEW ORLEANS responds to the moon to rescue the few remaining Chinese scientists that have survived under the rule of a ruth and maniacal general, who has declared himself Emperor of the Moon. Once the Chinese have been rescued, it is learned from the colonists that the asteroid impact was not an accident; the asteroid had been deliberately guided to strike the Earth and that those responsible have been returning periodically to prepare the planet for their own colonization. Before the NEW ORLEANS leaves Earth's space, they are able to witness one of the enemy ships entering Earth's orbit. Tibby and his crew are shocked to see that it is identical to the Tottalax ships that have been assisting the Brotherhood in their assaults on the Federation.
'Tween Hopeful and Hopeless (Dancin' With the Devil, #4.5)

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Vehicular homicide case bound over to grand jury
Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 10:00 pm
A woman was bound over to the grand jury and has since been indicted on a vehicular homicide charge stemming from an August 2011 fatal traffic accident near Kenton.
Margaret C. Harper, 22, of Tulsa, Okla., appeared in Obion County General Sessions Court last week on charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault, with both charges bound over to the grand jury.
The February term of the grand jury convened Monday and Ms. Harper was among those indicted, according to the local district attorney's office. A list of indictments will likely be released later today or Thursday by Obion County Circuit Court Clerk Harry Johnson.
The charges against Ms. Harper were levied in connection with an Aug. 23, 2011, traffic crash which claimed the life of a small child and injured four people on Highway 45 near Kenton.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol reported Patty Howard, 47, of Kenton was southbound on Highway 45, near the intersection of H Taylor Road, in a Ford SUV being followed by a tractor-trailer driven by Daniel W. Deason, 52, of Dyersburg when a Chevrolet Blazer driven by Ms. Harper, who was traveling northbound, allegedly crossed the center line and struck the SUV, knocking the mirror off the vehicle.
Ms. Harper's vehicle apparently continued into the southbound lane, striking the tractor-trailer head-on and then exiting the east edge of the road before coming to final rest facing east. She and one of two children who were passengers in the vehicle were ejected.
The tractor-trailer also exited the east edge of the road before coming to final rest facing east, the THP reported.
Robert Chew IV, 10 months old, of Tulsa was killed in the accident. He was not in a safety restraint, according to the THP's report, which noted the use of safety restraints would have made a difference.
The other child, 2-year-old Raleigh Chew, also of Tulsa, allegedly was not wearing a safety restraint and was injured.
Ms. Harper, Ms. Howard and Deason were also injured in the accident, which was still under investigation at the time of the report last August. Published in The Messenger 2.8.12


I turned 38 years old 20 days ago.
My husband and I have a continual dialogue about our dreams which almost always include travel of some sort. Occasionally I dream out-loud about photography equipment and encourage him to fantasize about a new surf board. But for the most part, we are both nomads at heart.
In September we returned from our 3 week RV trip to Maine. I was ready to come home. I was ready to spread out and have my own laundry room, my own really really hot shower, be in my own kitchen, go to bed and wake up without disrupting the kids and their sleep…really there were so many things I was anxious to get back to.
now the holiday's have come and gone, Greg and I are both a year older, spring is around the corner and I am ready for a new adventure!
In the past two weeks, we have been to a boat show and an RV show. My head is exploding with dreams of whisking our little inmates away for another RV adventure. I know a little more than I did before and I am ready to give it another go.
1. I will go to bed at 11:00 pm and wake up at…11:00 am.
4. We will then proceed to either go 1. sightseeing, 2. to a movie, 3. or take a quiet leisurely walk along the beach.
It won't be a long weekend, but it will be a much-needed weekend. I promise to enjoy every minute of my free time. SOAK IT UP!
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To encourage everyone to check and see if they're really headed where they want to be.
Evaluating your life and understanding if you're on the correct path is really important and this cannot be understated. We all get a little sidetracked, people and events come in and out of our lives but we cannot forget the main aim here. Without regular check-in, you won't know if you're on course, how are we to know and plan for the future?
There are a couple of ways to celebrate Evaluate Your Life Day, the main way is to reevaluate your life. Looking at your life and breaking down the different parts that make up our lives. Social, education and finance, look at each piece and break them down into its component parts to find out where you are along the path. Once you've broken everything up, now you can start cross-referencing how they relate to one another.
By doing this, you can see where you've arrived on the path of your life and what you need to change to get back on the correct path. There isn't an exact magic formula to evaluate your life, we're all different.
What is making me stressed?
What would I like to be doing?
What things would I like to change?
When is the last time I truly did something for me?
I would recommend asking yourself the hard questions then look back at your answers. Of course, you cannot change your life dramatically overnight, but when you have a better picture of who you are in that snapshot of time you can build plans. Then start to put these into motion and hopefully, over time your life will start to look the way you want it to.
Overall I am pleased with how my life is going, but like anything, there is always room for improvement. Mentally I am doing great. I am reading and exploring new routes to expand my mind. I finally feel like I'm in a good place in terms of relationship and a career but I definitely need to get out and socialise more. I don't really socialise much outside of my family.
Financially, there are problems, each month is different from the previous. I am in a good place with having enough for all my bills and to have a normal life but unfortunately, saving is a massive problem. It just seems like I go two steps forward but ten back as things happen in life that requires money. This is just natural but annoying at the same time! We're still a big way off a mortgage for a house.
I hope you have enjoyed this post! What can you improve in your own life?
This is such an interesting point to think about all the aspects of life. I never thought about it much. But reflecting on everything and then planning if we are in the right direction is the key to success in whatever we want to do. We usually tend to think when we are facing some problem that needs to be taken care of. Lovely post gemma.
I know right! That's one reason I adore doing these posts, I get to share some different and interesting days. Most definitely, it's a great way to see if we're on the correct path. It's hard to socialise outside of your main group. I swear it's harder as you grow older. Thank-youu for the kind comment!
I love your 'Evaluate My Life' list, perfect for reviewing, reflecting and planning. Will definitely give them a try.
Love this concept need to try this out. It is interesting to look back on your previous goals and and plans as it helps you assess your progress . Thanks for sharing.
Thank-youu! Glad you like the sound of it.


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Unteilbar (#unteilbar) – Für eine offene und freie Gesellschaft – Solidarität statt Ausgrenzung ist ein Bündnis, das erstmals am 13. Oktober 2018 in Berlin eine Großdemonstration veranstaltete. Getragen wird das Bündnis vor allem von NGOs, Initiativen und Gewerkschaften. Am 24. August 2019 fand eine bundesweite Folgedemonstration in Dresden statt. Am 14. Juni 2020 folgte eine bundesweite Demonstration in Form von Menschenketten.

Demonstrationen

Demonstration in Berlin 2018

Organisation und Ablauf
Die Demonstration sollte sich gegen Rassismus und politische Tendenzen zur Ausgrenzung gesellschaftlicher Gruppen in Deutschland richten. Es wurde mehr Solidarität gefordert. Der Demonstrationszug führte vom Alexanderplatz Richtung Potsdamer Platz, weiter zum Brandenburger Tor und von dort zur Siegessäule, wo auch die Abschlusskundgebung stattfand. Der Aufruf zur Demonstration war von mehr als 4.500 Organisationen und Einzelpersonen unterzeichnet worden, unter anderem von dem Schauspieler Benno Fürmann, dem Satiriker Jan Böhmermann, der Schriftstellerin Eva Menasse, der Sozialwissenschaftlerin Naika Foroutan, dem Paritätischen Wohlfahrtsverband, Amnesty International, Pro Asyl und Bands wie Die Ärzte und Die Sterne. Auch politische Parteien wie Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, die SPD Berlin und Die Linke Berlin nahmen an der Demonstration teil, ferner die Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands, die nach Angaben eines Sprechers erst später erfuhr, dass die Veranstalter sich von ihnen distanziert hätten. Die CDU Berlin unterstützte die Demonstration ausdrücklich nicht und begründete das damit, dass ihr Anmelder ein Anwalt der Roten Hilfe sei, die "linksextremistische Verbrecher" unterstütze.

Die Teilnehmeranzahl wurde von dem Veranstalter mit rund 240.000 angegeben. Zunächst hatten die Organisatoren nur mit 40.000 Teilnehmern gerechnet. Die Polizei schätzte die Teilnehmerzahl auf rund 120.000. Sie berichtete von keinen größeren Zwischenfällen, die Veranstaltung habe einen "Happening-Charakter" gehabt.

Auf der Abschlusskundgebung an der Siegessäule sprachen unter anderem die Geschäftsführerin der Aktion Sühnezeichen, Jutta Weduwen, die Berliner Generalsuperintendentin Ulrike Trautwein sowie der Deutschland-Chef von Amnesty International, Markus Beeko. Das anschließende Kulturprogramm wurde von Herbert Grönemeyer, Konstantin Wecker, Dirk von Lowtzow von der Band Tocotronic, Romano sowie Sängerin Joy Denalane und weiteren Künstlern gestaltet.

Gemäß einer Auswertung des Mikrobloggingdienstes Twitter waren #EsReicht und #Unteilbar die viert- und fünftmeistgenutzten Debattenhashtags des Jahres 2018.

Hintergrund
Die Demonstration fand auf dem Hintergrund fremdenfeindlicher Demonstrationen statt. Insbesondere die in Chemnitz und Köthen waren Anlass für verschiedene Initiatoren, zu dieser Demonstration aufzurufen.
In den Aufrufen zur Berliner Demonstration wurde als Ziel genannt

Demonstration in Dresden 2019
Am 24. August 2019 fand eine Folgeversammlung mit Teilnehmern aus dem ganzen Bundesgebiet in Dresden statt. Diese soll rund 40.000 Teilnehmer gehabt haben und gilt als die größte Demonstration in Dresden seit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Die Teilnehmer reisten teils mit Sonderzügen an. Rund 300 Organisationen hatten den Aufruf unterzeichnet. Nach Angaben der taz nahmen Vertreter von Kirchen, Bildungsträgern, Parteien, Sozialverbänden, Umweltschutz, dazu Flüchtlinge, Kulturschaffende und Clubbetreiber neben Bürgern an der Veranstaltung teil, nach Angaben der Welt zudem zahlreiche Linksradikale. Die Demonstration verlief friedlich. Sachsens Ministerpräsident Michael Kretschmer entschied sich gegen eine Teilnahme.

Demonstrationen in Erfurt 2020
Nachdem am 5. Februar 2020 Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) mit den Stimmen von AfD, CDU und FDP zum thüringischen Ministerpräsidenten gewählt wurde, organisierte das Bündnis unter dem Motto #nichtmituns – Kein Pakt mit Faschist*innen – niemals und nirgendwo! eine bundesweite Großdemonstration am 15. Februar 2020 in Erfurt. Die Demonstration richtete sich gegen Rassismus sowie eine Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD. Auslöser war die Wahl von Thomas Kemmerich (FDP) zum Ministerpräsidenten Thüringens mit Hilfe von Stimmen der AfD, der nach massiven Protesten bereits am 8. Februar 2020 zurückgetreten war.

Als Grund für den Aufruf zur Demonstration erklärte das Bündnis #unteilbar, die Wahl Kemmerichs markiere einen "Tabubruch", auch nach seinem "Zurückrudern" sei klar, dass auch Teile von FDP und CDU zur Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD bereit seien. Eine solche dürfe es nicht geben, man sei "zutiefst empört". Organisatoren waren neben dem Bündnis #unteilbar nach eigenen Angaben unter anderem der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund, der Dachverband Migrantenorganisationen in Ostdeutschland (DaMOst) sowie viele weitere Organisationen, Bündnisse und Initiativen.
Die Demonstration führte vom Domplatz über den Benaryplatz und den Karl-Marx-Platz zum Haus der sozialen Dienste, wo die Abschlusskundgebung stattfand. Nach Informationen der Veranstalter nahmen etwa 18.000 Personen an der Demonstration teil, nach Angaben der Polizei waren es circa 9.000 Personen.

Eine für den 14. Juni 2020 angekündigte Veranstaltung zum bundesweiten Aktionstag von "Unteilbar" musste – in Erfurt – wegen schlechtem Wetter kurzfristig verschoben werden.

Demonstration in Berlin im Juni 2020
Am 14. Juni 2020 veranstaltete das Bündnis eine weitere Demonstration in Berlin, an der nach eigenen Angaben 20.000, nach Polizeiangaben etwa 8.000 Personen teilnahmen. Wegen der COVID-19-Pandemie hatten die Aktivisten im Vorfeld besondere Sicherheitsvorkehrungen versprochen, unter anderem eine Maskenpflicht und Mindestabstände für die Teilnehmer.

Positionen
Die Position von Unteilbar ist umstritten, da das Verständnis der Begriffe und deren Definitionen sich unterscheiden:

Die verwendeten Begriffe werden verschieden verstanden.

Kritik
Unteilbar in Berlin 2018

Sahra Wagenknecht (Die Linke) äußerte im Vorfeld der Berliner Demonstration 2018 Vorbehalte wegen des Teilnehmerspektrums. Die Forderung nach offenen Grenzen nannte sie "völlig weltfremd". Man habe diejenigen ausgegrenzt, die gegen Rassismus, aber nicht für "offene Grenzen für alle" seien.

Inge Bell, Vorstandsmitglied der Menschenrechtsorganisation Terre des Femmes, erklärte bereits im Vorfeld, die Demonstration sei eine "Mogelpackung", die sie nicht unterstütze: "Gallionsfiguren, Erstunterzeichner und treibenden Kräfte sind salafistische und den Muslimbrüdern nahestehenden Organisationen, es sind antisemitische und nationalistische Initiativen darunter – und Einzelpersonen, die bis heute ein sehr schwieriges Verhältnis zu Demokratie und gegen Faschismus haben."

Martin Niewendick schrieb bei Welt Online, der Anspruch, unteilbar zu sein, werde bereits dadurch ad absurdum geführt, dass sich die Demonstration in mehrere Blöcke aufteile: "Und dass der Zentralrat der Muslime unteilbar mit der Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung verbunden ist, die alle zwei Jahre einen Blasphemie-Kunstpreis vergibt, darf auch bezweifelt werden." Trotzdem hätten beide den Demonstrationsaufruf unterzeichnet.

Weiterhin kritisiert Niewendick, dass es während der Demonstration zu antiisraelischen Kundgebungen und Aufrufen kam, die Boykott-Kampagne Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions zu unterstützen. Die Veranstalter distanzierten sich zwei Tage später auf Twitter. Teilnehmer einer Aktion "Flagge zeigen gegen Rechtsextremismus", die entgegen einer Aufforderung der Veranstalter Deutschlandflaggen mitführten und einen eigenen Demonstrationsblock formen wollten, seien von Antifa-Aktivisten bepöbelt und bedroht worden, bis die Polizei eingriff. Palästinensische und türkische Fahnen wurden laut Niewendick dagegen akzeptiert. Auch eine Gruppe Junger Liberaler unter den Teilnehmern sei bedrängt und beschimpft worden.

Unteilbar in Dresden 2019

Johannes Boie, Chefredakteur der Welt am Sonntag, kritisierte an der Folgeveranstaltung 2019 in Dresden, unteilbar scheine "nur die Gewissheit der Organisatoren zu sein, auf der richtigen Seite zu stehen." So werde jedoch der Riss durch die Gesellschaft nur vergrößert: "Wer genau lauscht, kann vielleicht sächsische AfD-Sympathisanten beim Blick auf die Demo murmeln hören: »Warum werde ich in die rechte Ecke gestellt – und da unten marschiert die SPD mit der linksradikalen Antifa in einem Zug, in dem Deutschlandfahnen unerwünscht sind?«"

Kritisiert wurde auch der extremistische Hintergrund einzelner teilnehmender Personen (etwa der Anmelder der Demonstration, der Mitglied der linksextremen Roten Hilfe ist) und Gruppen (etwa "Antifa Nordost"). Es sorgte für Besorgnis, dass einzelne Demonstrationsteilnehmer angegangen worden sein sollen, weil sie mit Deutschlandfahne kamen und damit gegen den Wunsch der Veranstalter, keine Nationalfahnen zu tragen, verstoßen hätten. Auch Vertreter der Jugendorganisation der FDP berichteten, dass sie bedrängt worden seien was von den Organisatoren von "Unteilbar" weder bestritten noch bedauert wurde.

Veröffentlichungen
 Bündnis #unteilbar (Hrsg.): #unteilbarFür eine offene und solidarische Gesellschaft, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-550-20036-6.

Weblinks

 unteilbar.org

Einzelnachweise

Demonstration (Politik)
Veranstaltung in Berlin
Veranstaltung in Dresden
Politische Veranstaltung 2018
Politische Veranstaltung 2019

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What is it with the coats? Every time we need to leave and get coats on I can guarantee you that someone will melt down. My daughter, my son, me. It's the final step before we leave the house and we are all ramped up with book bags and lunches and ideas and hopes and keys.
It doesn't matter if we are going to school, going to play, going to do something amazingly fun or extremely boring. Coat time equals chaos. It's a hot spot.
Today, I am going to walk slowly to the back door. Even if everyone is fast and crazy. I am going to bend down slowly (easy...I'm pregnant) and I am going to help zip others coats slowly. Mine will be last so I don't overheat. I will look into their eyes slowly and I will thank God for them. Lord, help my heart stay organized.
What are your hot spots as a mom or whatever your day job...where you find chaos in your heart?


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where SubCategoryDescription='SharpenerAndRuler'

In this query, SubCategoryDescription's datatype is TEXT. When I execute this query, I get an error:

Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
  The data types text and varchar are incompatible in the equal to operator.

Please suggest

A: blog.sqlauthority.com has an answer for you. The following is the relevant part of the blog post, in case this link is dead:
Solution 1: Convert the data types to match with each other using CONVERT function.
Change the datatype of the MyText to nvarchar.
SELECT ID, MyText
FROM TestTable
WHERE CONVERT(NVARCHAR(MAX), MyText) = N'AnyText'
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Solution 2: Convert the data type of columns from NTEXT to NVARCHAR(MAX) (TEXT to VARCHAR(MAX)
ALTER TABLE TestTable
ALTER COLUMN MyText NVARCHAR(MAX)
GO

Now you can run the original query again and it will work fine.
Solution 3: Using LIKE command instead of Equal to command.
SELECT ID, MyText
FROM TestTable
WHERE MyText LIKE 'AnyText'
GO


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D-ROC of Ying Yang Twins Collapses On Stage While Performing, GIVES UPDATE ON HEALTH: 'I'M GOOD'
A scary moment took place during the Ying Yang Twins' Ozark Empire Fair performance in Springfield, Missouri, over the weekend when rapper D-Roc collapsed on stage.
In a video posted by Twitter user Zack Peters, the 43-year-old rapper can be seen falling backwards before being carried off the stage by security.
D-ROC of the Ying Yang Twins just collapsed on stage. Hope he is ok!@TMZ @people @MTVNEWS pic.twitter.com/Ii96K9mAXi
— Zack Peters (@ZackPeters25) July 30, 2022
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" D-ROC of the Ying Yang Twins just collapsed on stage. Hope he is OK!" Peters wrote. D-Roc addressed the fall in a post on Monday, thanking fans for their concern and assuring them that he is OK.
"Thank you to everyone that has called, messaged, or reached out in anyway to check up on me," he captioned the video.
"I'm doing good. #Ontario CA we'll be seeing you on Saturday for the 00s Playlist Concert. -DRoc". In D-Roc's video, he explained what happened on Friday, saying that it "was 84 degrees outside," but on stage it was much hotter.
The rapper said he kept telling his manager that he was feeling dehydrated and despite drinking water, he ultimately fell to the ground before waking up in a golf cart.
When he awoke, a paramedic confirmed that he was dehydrated. D-Roc said he rehydrated with water, Gatorade and sleep and the next day he was back to performing at a show in Florida.
Proving he was back to feeling himself, D-Roc even shared a video from his post-fall performance on Saturday.
Vanilla Ice headlined the Friday show at the fair where the Ying Yang Twins were special guests. The Ozark Empire Fair shared a statement on Instagram Sunday regarding D-Roc's collapse. " The Ozark Empire Fair wants to share that D-Roc has made a full recovery from his collapse at the concert last night," the post read.
"He received medical attention back stage and was up and walking around prior to leaving the fairgrounds. Thank you to the fans for their love and support!".
Due to the heat, the Ozark Empire Fair encouraged attendees to cool off in the vendor shops which were air conditioned. D-Roc isn't the only musician to face dehydration this summer.
In early July, Carlos Santana was forced to postpone six upcoming shows of his Miraculous Supernatural 2022 tour after he collapsed on stage during a show in Clarkston, Michigan due to exhaustion and dehydration.
D-Roc of The Ying Yang Twins has given an update on his health after collapsing on stage during a performance in Springfield, Missouri last week.
A video surfaced over the weekend of D-Roc being carried off stage by security after he toppled to the ground while opening up for Vanilla Ice on Friday (July 29).
Now, in a new video shared on Monday (August 1), the Twin has reported that he's "all good," and blamed Missouri's scorching temperatures for his collapse.
" I wan na thank everybody for their concern, but let me tell you what went on," D-Roc said in a video on Instagram. "It was 84 degrees outside, yes, but on stage it made the temperature rise. So, I was getting dehydrated. Only thing y' all see was the fall.".
He continued: "I kept on telling my manager, I was like, 'Look … It's very hot up here. It's very hot up here.'
I kept drinking water and then the next thing I know I woke up on the golf cart and the paramedics were right there and they said I was dehydrated.
I drunk a lot of Gatorade and water. Got some sleep.
The next day, I was in Florida … performing yet again, and I got a clip for y' all to see to show that I'm alright. Thank everyone for y' all love though … but I'm good.".
The Ying Yang Twins performed alongside Vanilla Ice at the Ozark Empire Fair, which spurred some controversy after Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey used a picture of the "Ice Ice Baby" lyricist, and referenced his performance at the Ozark Empire Fair, without the rapper's permission. McCloskey could be seen in an advertisement referencing both the Ying Yang Twins and Vanilla Ice, and told attendees of the show to "join team McCloskey."
The Republican candidate went so far as to pose next to Vanilla Ice in a picture, but when reached by phone denied it was his intention to make it seem like the rapper had endorsed his campaign. "( We're) merely saying that we're going to be there at a time when they're going to be there," McCloskey said, adding there was "no relationship whatsoever.".
Vanilla Ice's manager issued a statement to the Kansas City Star and said his client, "is not taking sides on political issues and is working to support his family. Please make this known.".
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Alumni Notes
Naomi Nightingale & Janet Dewart Bell: What It Takes to Be A Leader
By Geoffrey Himes
Dr. Naomi Nightingale '85, '14 (Antioch Los Angeles, BA and GSLC, PhD) already had a flourishing career when she decided to go to college. She had co-founded Project Action, a community organization that helped young adults prepare for jobs, was Chief Deputy of District Operations for California State Senator Diane E. Watson, and was Director of Project New Focus, a Department of Labor-funded re-entry and training program for women with criminal backgrounds. She had come a long way just on the strength of her native wit and hard work, but she could see that if she wanted to go further, she needed a college education.
"I couldn't have gotten my next jobs without a degree," she says. "And the diploma enabled me to convince elected officials to take me seriously. But it wasn't just the credential; the theory helped me make sense of the social-justice movement. What I'd been doing was really from the heart, but to be able to put that together with theories and research from different perspectives—that was an 'Ah ha!' moment for me."
When it came to choosing a school, Antioch's Los Angeles campus made the most sense. Not only did it schedule classes to accommodate working adults, but it also made an active effort to connect a student's studies and work-life so that one illuminated the other. Nightingale got her BA there, and a few years later she earned an MPA from Cal-State Long Beach. To bring the highest level of knowledge and service to her professional career and to her work as a social justice advocate, Nightingale realized she needed a PhD, so she turned to Antioch once again. She enrolled in the school's doctoral program in Leadership and Change.
This was 2006, and things did not begin well. As she was unpacking her car the luggage cart started rolling away. She ran and grabbed it, and the cart swung around and broke her ankle. She spent the night in the emergency room and arrived for the first day of classes in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on crutches.
"When I first met Naomi," remembers fellow arriving student Dr. Janet Dewart Bell '74, '15 (Antioch Maryland, BA and GSLC, PhD), "I was so impressed. She had this big smile on her face like nothing was going to stop her from doing what she had come to do. I said, 'Oh, my, she has the spirit my mother has.'"
Bell was also in mid-career, having already won an Emmy Award with the CBS-TV affiliate in Washington, DC, and a Peabody Award with National Public Radio. She too earned her BA at Antioch—in her case at the Maryland campus—an Executive Master's Degree in Public Administration from Baruch College, and was coming back to Antioch to get a PhD.
Bell and Nightingale are the same age (they both turn 74 this fall), and they share a commitment to the struggle for social justice. They were friends from the first. Soon they joined a small "study group" that spent some time discussing the substance of the courses but more time discussing the process of getting through a challenging doctoral program while keeping their careers and families afloat.
"We need to talk about race in order to move beyond this debilitating social construct. Doing so takes work and vigilance. In this pivotal moment in the life of America, we cannot let the gargoyles of white supremacy try to define who is or is not Black. That Black people—African Americans—are discussing these issues is understandable, although difficult and painful. However, it is disingenuous and outrageous that some conservative commentators are trying to stir doubt and resentment of those whose legacy is something other than two Black parents descended from enslaved Africans—just another in their playbook of racial dog whistles and pathetic attempts to divide and conquer people of color and confuse our white allies. We must not be hoodwinked by their faux concern and outrage. SNCC veteran Judy Richardson, the series associate producer for Eyes on the Prize, reminds us not to go for the 'okey-doke.' In other words, don't get played. Let me say it plain: Ari Fleischer, Dinesh D'Souza, and Ann Coulter have no standing or right to say who is or is not Black or African American."
Bell, a 2019 NAACP Image Award Nominee, recently published Black Like Me, an essay on not allowing white supremacy to define who is or is not Black.
(Excerpt courtesy of Bell and the Women's Media Center. Read the full article)
"There was no set agenda," Bell explains. "We'd talk about what we were working on, but the main purpose was to hold each other up and make us accountable to ourselves, to help us set personal goals and then make sure we met them."
"It was morale building," Nightingale adds. "It helped me to know that I had people pushing me along. It's easy to tell yourself, 'I don't feel like working on it today,' but if you know your study group is expecting you to finish, you're more likely to do it. That axiom, 'We're not free till we're all free,' can be applied to graduate school: 'We're not done till we're all done.'"
"It's true," Bell continues. "When I was having trouble finishing my dissertation, Naomi got on a plane and came to New York. I didn't ask her to, but this is the way she is. She took up residence in my apartment, and every time I got up to do something, she said, 'Get your butt back in the chair.' When she left after a week, I was exhausted, but I had accomplished so much."
As with many of her cohort mates, life got in the way. Bell's beloved husband Derrick Bell, famed Harvard professor and civil rights lawyer, lost his decade-long battle with carcinoid cancer.
"He had spoken at one of our program residencies and was very much an enthusiastic supporter of me and Antioch," Bell says. "I hit a wall, but Naomi's fierce friendship and that of my other study group members helped me cross the finish line."
When Bell's dissertation was finished, it evolved into a book, Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement (The New Press), which won the 2018 Studs and Ida Terkel Prize.
"Of the nine women I wrote about," Bell points out, "seven would not refer to themselves as leaders. They talked about their commitment to others, a call to serve. People always ask, 'How do you know you're a leader?' Martin Luther King didn't necessarily decide to be a leader. He was called to be one. If you have something to contribute, the community will lift you up."
"There's an advantage to studying leadership the way we did at Antioch," Nightingale adds. "When you're conscious about leadership, it's purposeful, and when it's purposeful, it's more directed, more strategic, and that helps you reach your goal. If you know the theory, you can reevaluate and adjust your leadership, so your trajectory doesn't go somewhere else."
The two women are so convinced of the value of leadership studies that they have been co-teaching a course on "Leadership and Strategy in Public Affairs" at Baruch College every summer since 2017. As part of the City University of New York, Baruch College is devoted to providing affordable, high-quality education to a diverse student population. As a result, Nightingale and Bell have found themselves teaching many mid-career students, not unlike who they were when they started at Antioch.
"Antioch had disabused us of the 'Great Person' theory of leadership," says Bell, who has served as Director for Communications for the National Urban League. "And we pass that on to our students at Baruch. Our notion of leadership is more comprehensive: it can occur at many levels, in many contexts."
"When you can influence the behavior and beliefs of another person," adds Nightingale, who was elected to Vice President of the Grassroots Venice Neighborhood Council, "that's being a leader. Sometimes people don't understand their abilities as a leader. If you can help them understand that, it helps them grow and increases their ability to do their work. That happened to me: I didn't set out to be a leader, but that was what the community required, so I did it—and then I worked to get better at it."
"Our PhD program had such a rigorous curriculum, it gave us the authenticity and the confidence to explore what leadership means and what it looks like," says Bell. "Now, it's a model for other programs, including our course at Baruch."
SOUL SOURCE LEADERSHIP
The call of Leadership
is a sound you hear from far deeper
than the voice that speaks inside your head.
The call is felt
deep down and through your bones
from the place where messages unfold to the soul
the keeper of who you were sent here to be.
It is from that place that those messages,
your calling,
come forth, up to and through your bones
seeking to speak to your heart
and bringing along
from soul to heart to mind
the mandate to act.
You cannot help but act,
it is what leaders do.
Naomi Nightingale
Nightingale began writing poetry when she was seven years old. She was inspired to write "Soul Source Leadership" as she reflected on the question posed by an Antioch professor asking whether leaders were born or trained.
Geoffrey Himes
Geoffrey Himes '72, '75 (Antioch Maryland, BA, MA) is an award-winning writer who wrote about pop music on a weekly basis in The Washington Post from 1977 to 2019. Himes has also written for Rolling Stone, Oxford American, The New York Times, Smithsonian, National Public Radio, Downbeat, and other outlets. His book on Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A., was published by Continuum Books in 2005.
Since our founding 1852, Antioch University has remained on the forefront of social justice, inclusion, and equality – regardless of ethnicity, gender, creed, orientation, focus of study, or ability.
Antiochians actively reflect these shared values to inspire positive change in the world. Common Thread is where we document the stories that showcase our communities actions, so the change we work for can be shared widely.
© 2020 Antioch University. All Rights Reserved.


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I rode on a Harley with the Sultan of Johor and survived
When I read about the death of Sultan of Johor Iskandar Ismail a week ago, my first thoughts were of his love of motorcycles and my disinclination to hug another man.
In 1994, even though I have never ridden a motorcycle in my life, I recklessly accepted an invitation to cover the Singapore Harley Owners Group's first road trip to Desaru.
Accompanying us was the Sultan on his own Harley-Davidson Road King motorcycle.
And accompanying him was a phalanx of motorcycle cops, who rode ahead to ensure that all traffic on the Malaysian roads parted before us like the Red Sea before Moses.
You know how when you go to Malaysia, you'll inevitably get stuck in a traffic jam? Maybe, just maybe, it's because you're not the Sultan of Johor. Or part of his 30-strong motorcycle convoy.
All the riders were warned not to overtake the Sultan or they would be arrested on the spot.
But His Highness sped off so fast that we only caught up with him when he stopped for his numerous cigarette breaks
Hey, he was the Sultan - who was going to give him a speeding ticket?
I was assigned to ride pillion with Harley's Singapore motorcycle manager, Mr Richard Park.
As a motorcycle virgin, I was terrified for my life. Two things my mother had forbidden me to do because they would kill me were smoking and riding a motorcycle. The Sultan enjoyed both and lived till he was 77.
My other, bigger problem was that being a hetero albeit wussy mummy's boy afraid of motorcycles, I didn't want to hold on to Mr Park's ample torso, which was what riding pillion entailed.
In the first place, I had just met Mr Park. In the second place, I already had a girlfriend.
But I couldn't back out for fear of appearing wussy or homophobic.
So I managed to get on the bike behind Mr Park without touching him and leaned back as far away from him as physically possible on the small seat while I held on for dear life to the railing at the back.
But I was nervously aware that my crotch was mere millimetres from his buttocks throughout the long journey. If he should step on the brake suddenly ...
Thankfully, we reached Desaru without incident in time for a buffet lunch.
In a good mood, the Sultan then invited all of us to his palace for a visit. But this time, at Mr Park's request, I rode in the standby car instead because I was cramping his riding style (or so he claimed).
After some royal snacks and a group photo at Istana Bukit Serene, the bikers headed back to Singapore with me in the car again.
Without the Sultan, we naturally found ourselves stuck in a massive traffic jam.
I missed His Highness - and strangely, also Mr Park.
- Published in The New Paper, 31 January 2010
Hello SM,
Read you funny article in The New Paper on Sunday. LOL
You have a good memory. I forgot all about you on the back of my bike, it was so long ago! My wife asked me about it and I recall now how totally scared you were when you were riding pillion. That was really funny.
Of course we were all much younger then and I joined BMW Asia 2 years ago.
I miss the rides with the Sultan too! He used to make me laugh, he was actually quite a fun to talk with.
Richard Park
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Would you pay to see a Phua Chu Kang movie?
I have an announcement for regular readers of this column – all 18 of you, according to on the number of my Facebook fan page.
There'll be no column for the next three Sundays because I will be away in Kuala Lumpur being a nuisance on the set of the new Phua Chu Kang movie.
Yes, Virginia, there is going to be a PCK movie – for real this time. It's scheduled for release on 12 Aug 2010.
I've heard about movie plans for the fictional contractor since the '90s, but cameras will finally roll tomorrow on the big-screen version of Singapore's longest running sitcom, based on a script by me.
When I first landed the gig a few months ago, my greatest challenge was figuring out how to make the movie different from a TV episode.
What I don't want is for someone in the cinema to stand up and complain: "I can't believe we're paying to see something we get on TV for free. If you ask me, everyone in this theatre is a giant sucker!"
Which is exactly what Homer Simpson did in The Simpsons Movie, possibly the most profitable movie based on a show you can still watch on TV for free.
The feature-length 2D cartoon grossed $700 million worldwide in 2007, even though it was basically an oversized TV episode that recycled story elements from previous episodes.
The first X-Files movie, also based on an ongoing TV series, did so-so in 1998, but it wasn't a comedy.
The highly successful Sex & The City movie – already sequelised – doesn't count because the comedy was produced after the HBO series had ended.
Not being a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker's nose, I turn mine up at both the small and big screen versions, but asked a scriptwriter friend how was the Sex & The City movie different from the TV show and she said, "Bigger locations."
That is something I wish I could do with the PCK movie, like Phua Chu Kang Goes To Alaska! (which was where the Simpsons ended up in their movie).
Unfortunately, this being a Malaysian production, the budget doesn't even allow me to have Chu Beng and Margaret – apologies to Pierre Png and Tan Kheng Hua – much less locations outside the state of Selangor.
At least I have Ah Ma (Neo Swee Lin) and Frankie Foo (Lim Kay Siu), along with PCK's tauhuay break-obssessed worker, Kingkong (Charlie Tan), all of whom weren't in the recent PCK Sdn Bhd on TV.
But the main advantage of a PCK movie over the TV series? More Singlish and Hokkien than you can shake your yellow boots at.
So hopefully, you won't feel like such a giant sucker when you actually pay to see it.
Maybe just an average-size one.
- Published in The New Paper, 3 January 2010
UPDATE: I'm scared to watch PCK movie because it may kill me
Tags: movies, PCK, The New Paper
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bool UnicodeRewriter::RewriteFromUnicodeCharFormat(
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Home/Place at the Glen Arbor Arts Center
By Vaughn D. | Art Aficionado on Jun. 10, 2019
Glen Arbor was packed, bustling on this stunning spring day — potential visitors monitor the Leelanau weather forecasts as intently as locals do — so I decided to duck into the Glen Arbor Arts Center for shade and contemplation, respite and inspiration.
By Vaughn D. | Art Aficionado
The new exhibit was "New Views: Home/Place," and I certainly felt at home at this hidden gem of a venue, somewhat tucked away between two streets. You have to go in search of it a little — which struck me as a metaphor for art and meaning (if I may).
But the demure location of the GAAC belies its reach and impact on the region. With art classes, exhibits, artists-in-residence, lectures, concert series, and art camps for children, the question is not so much "What does the GAAC do?" as "What doesn't it do?" Renovated and expanded in 2018, this bright airy building still punches way above its weight.
I suppose that shouldn't come as a surprise, given the legacy of artists, poets, and musicians who have long flocked to Leelanau — finding a home among kindred human spirits and the kindred spirits of the forests, waters, and wildlife. Taking in the life-changing vistas of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, you'd almost expect the nearest town to have a flourishing arts center, and you'd be right.
Before I could immerse myself in the current exhibit, I encountered Sarah Bearup-Neal, the center's Communications and Gallery Manager, seated at a laptop in a studio area, wearing a woven red sweater that spoke "artist" to me. Though she was busy and I had rudely arrived soon before closing time, she welcomed me and generously agreed to let me pick her brain a bit.
That lovely sweater didn't lie: Sarah has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Michigan State and specializes in collage. I began with a question I enjoy asking Leelanau artists. What it is about Leelanau that has historically drawn creative people? Is it the natural beauty? The idiosyncratic personality of the people? Something in the air? All of the above? If you could put your finger on it, what is it?
At first she cited the "tens of thousands of square acres that have been preserved," as a magnet for painters. Then, after a pause, she dished to me. "We're the West Coast. And great ideas and envelope-pushing things happen on the West Coast."
This made me laugh and also came as a revelation to me. I moved here from San Francisco. Maybe I didn't move too far. I can still see the sun setting over the water…Maybe there is something about west coasts and the kinds of people who gravitate toward them.
I asked Sarah if she could elaborate on the GAAC's mission statement, "to enrich community life through the arts."
"Everybody's creative, but sometimes life pushes those kinds of things to the fringes," she said. But the arts center is there for those who have "room in their head and their life" for creativity to come "from the back of your brain to the front of your brain." She emphasized that the GAAC believes in "art for all," and "process, not product." Explaining the importance of creativity, not just for artists, but for everyone, she said "I never believed that there was any reason why the professional work I would do as an adult wouldn't be grounded in some kind of creativity."
As a year-round resource with numerous activities for families — indeed, it's the only arts center in the region with a year-round program for children — the GAAC strives to make art accessible to everyone who seeks it. 300+ members of the GAAC help to further that goal.
Following my chat with Sarah, I entered the spacious gallery and experienced an array of works conveying the home/place that I also now call home, Leelanau. I'll mention a few that captivated me: L.C. Kim's spooky "View From My Studio"; Laurel Wright's extravagant "In The Joyous Garden"; Kathleen Blumenreich's elegant "Orange Vase"; and two evocative, soulful mixed-media pieces by Martine McDonald, "In The Cradle Of The Deep [Nest 6]" and "Upward Bound [Nest 7]." All of these are available for purchase. Contact the GAAC at (231) 334-6112.
I'd stayed past closing time, and it was time for me to be on my way — back into the hubbub of merry vacationers and busy service staff in Glen Arbor. But I'd taken a little of the arts center's serenity with me.
Vaughn D. | Art Aficionado


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Q: Unity Hub GUI rendering issue on macOS I installed Unity Hub on macOS Monterey version 12.6 today and am having graphics issues.
It's a bit cut off from the GUI, there's a white space and it flickers when I want to click something.
Unity Hub GUI Bug
I have the OS running on a VM because I don't have a MacBook and want to build my app for IOS.
So I don't know macOS that well either.
I did it some time ago and everything worked there.
Maybe the following info will help:
I also had the same problem with GitHub Desktop.
I fixed it by starting GitHub with the following command:
GITHUB_DESKTOP_DISABLE_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION=1 open -a "GitHub Desktop"
What I have already tried:

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*Restart Unity Hub

*Restart VM

Thanks in advance for the help :)

A: I went through the same problem and managed to solve it by running the command:
/Applications/Unity\ Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity\ Hub --disable-gpu

I created a shortcut via Automator.
Additional information, for Visual Studio Code:
/Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron --disable-gpu

I hope it helps!


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Home » People » Alice L. Conklin
Alice L. Conklin
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History
(Alice Conklin's CV)
Alice L. Conklin is Professor of History at Ohio State University. She is a cultural, political, and intellectual historian of Modern France and its Empire with a focus on the twentieth century. Her most recent book is In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology and Empire in France, 1850-1950 (Cornell, 2013), which won the David H. Pinkney Prize from the Society for French Historical Studies and the Senior Book Prize from the Ohio Academy of History. An illustrated French edition of the book, Exposer l'humanité: race, ethnologie et empire en France, 1850-1950 (Editions scientifiques du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle) appeared in 2015. She is also the author of A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 (Stanford University Press, 1997), which won the Berkshire Prize for Best Book by a Woman. She co-authored France and Its Empire since 1870, with Sarah Fishman and Robert Zaretsky (Oxford, 2nd ed., 2014) and European Imperialism, 1830-1930: Climax and Contradictions, with Ian Christopher Fletcher (Houghton Mifflin, 1998). Her articles have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as the American Historical Review, French Historical Studies, Osiris, French Politics, Culture and Society, and Cahiers d'études africaines, She taught at the University of Rochester for thirteen years before moving to OSU in 2004 and has received several national and international awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a German Marshall Fund Fellowship and a Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship. In 2016, she was one of six OSU faculty to receive a Distinguished Scholar Award.
She is currently working on a transnational history of French antiracism between 1945 and 1965, when ideals for cooperation among a broad coalition of scholars and activists around the world collided with unforeseen political realignments triggered by the Cold War.
She has advised several doctorates and undergraduate theses to completion and is currently accepting graduate students (see CV for details).
Exposer l'humanité: race, ethnologie et empire en France, 1850-1950 (Editions scientifiques du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 2015)
In the Museum of Man: Race, Anthropology and Empire in France, 1850-1950 (Cornell, 2013)
A Mission to Civilize: The Republican Idea of Empire in France and West Africa, 1895-1930 (Stanford University Press, 1997)
France and Its Empire since 1870, with Sarah Fishman and Robert Zaretsky (Oxford, 2nd ed., 2014)
European Imperialism, 1830-1930: Climax and Contradictions, with Ian Christopher Fletcher (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
Modern French and European History
Comparative Empires
Race, Racism and Anti-racism
B. A. Bryn Mawr College, 1979
D. E. A., École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
M. A. NYU, 1984
PhD Princeton University, 1990
conklin.44@osu.edu
230 Annie and John Glenn Avenue
Columbus, OH, 43210


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