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Jordan Williams trying to make a comeback
BY Patrick Tiscia
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Torrington's Jordan Williams is currently attempting a return to the NBA.
The beginning of that journey began this month in the NBA Summer League for the Los Angeles Lakers and, as many players learn in comeback tries, it could be a very hard road.
Williams only played in two games for the Lakers, scoring two points and grabbing one rebound in 11 minutes of action.
Now, to the important question: What does this mean?
First, Williams is not under contract with the Lakers. Non-rookies who are free agents can sign with a team to play for their summer league squad, but are free to sign anywhere after the summer league is over. This is a good thing for Williams, considering the minimal opportunity the Lakers gave him.
Best case scenario for Williams is to get a guaranteed, one-year minimum contract from a team before training camp. Because he sat out last season, though, the odds of that are very low.
Williams did play well for the then-New Jersey Nets over the last month of the 2012 season and that should, at worst thanks to his size and position, get him a tryout for an NBA team in training camp. If he doesn't make that team, the options include the D-League and overseas.
The potential to make the most money would be to play overseas. If the NBA is Williams' main goal, the D-League is the best route.
Missing a season, especially not due to injury, can only hurt the progress he made at the end of the year he played with the Nets. Teams are going to need to see a renewed passion and dedication from him.
It's in Williams' hands now to show it.
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Yeah, I don't really either.
With next to nothing in his lineup and numerous injury and steroid distractions, Joe Girardi has to be a front-runner for the Manager of the Year award. Barring a big trade or two for some hitting (Alfonso Soriano is not the difference), the Yankees are not going to make the playoffs and that will certainly not help his chances. But the job he's done had been remarkable so far.
The Giants open training camp this weekend, so I will set the over/under of torn ACLs suffered in practice at 1.5. It's a Giants training camp tradition.
We are one flip of the calendar away from the start of high school football practices and the local teams, I'm sure, are looking forward to erasing the memories of 2012 away. Due to some very good talents graduating around here in 2011, we saw a big decrease in the overall winning percentage of the local squads. Unlike some schools, particularly Ansonia, it's not simple replacing great players and recovering from their departure. Hopefully, 2013 will bring some more wins to the area.
And finally, congrats to Mike Fabiaschi, who recently retired from the Oakland A's organization. The Torrington native had a great run, making it to Double A, playing several positions and getting to play in several cities. Covering Fabiaschi for almost a decade, you'd never know when interviewing him that he was the best player on the team, no matter the sport. His passion and fight to reach the professional baseball level was very admirable and good luck to him in the future.
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Kane County sheriff gives harrowing minute-by-minute account of Pratt Co. shootings and his deputies' roles in bringing down the gunman
By Gloria Casas
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Kane County Sheriff's Cmdr. Chris Peeler purchased the ballistic plate for his SWAT gear with his own money, something that saved his life during an active shooter situation.
"He took one rifle round," Sheriff Ron Hain said. "If it wasn't there, it would've entered his heart."
It's an example of the equipment sheriff's deputies lack when facing the dangers of modern policing, Hain said.
The mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora put a new focus on the need for new tactics and equipment, Hain told the Kane County Board Wednesday. The sheriff gave county board members a minute-by-minute account of what happened Feb. 15, and the role sheriff's officers played in assisting Aurora police.
"This could happen right now somewhere in Kane County," Hain said. "This is the new policing we face not just in America but here at home. … We are policing in times like none of us have ever seen.
"As we hold that thin barrier between our great community and those who wish to do it harm, I, as a head law enforcement official, must rethink how public safety is carried out," Hain said. "Tactics of a decade ago, reused and borrowed equipment, an unreliable communications platform and archaic mindsets are hurdles we must collectively overcome."
Ron Hain (Kane County Sheriff's Office)
The sheriff's office provides police protection for unincorporated parts of Aurora Township, much of which surrounds the city of Aurora. The sheriff's office works closely with Aurora police for that reason, Hain said.
The initial 911 call came through at 1:24 p.m. as an active shooter at an Aurora plant, according to audio. Kane County Sheriff's Deputy Nick Wolf was with a North Aurora police officer when the officer was dispatched to the scene on Archer Avenue; Wolf joined him and became one of the first responders on the scene, the sheriff said.
Witnesses told authorities an employee being terminated had started shooting in the warehouse and was still inside. Emergency dispatchers were vital in the response, Hain said. "You will hear how they had tension in their voices throughout but also remained calm throughout," he said.
"Officer down, use caution," a 911 operator said at 1:30 p.m. Wolf was on the scene at 1:37 p.m. The scene escalated, and sheriff's deputies and officers from other departments were called to respond.
Dash cam video showed Sheriff's Deputy Ken Johnson rushing to the scene. A total of 48 sheriff's deputies assisted and supported Aurora police, including county SWAT team members, bomb unit staff, evidence techs and a bomb-sniffing K9, the only one in the area, Hain said. The K9 unit is funded through donations, and the only protective gear the six-member bomb unit has are their bomb suits, he said.
Aurora police requested the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force to assist, Hain said. Wolf requested an armored vehicle, which the sheriff's office rolled out, the sheriff said. The vehicle was used to break down a door to the building, Hain said.
The sheriff's SWAT team members were alongside Aurora police as they entered the building searching for victims and the shooter, Hain said. Deputies were able to help Aurora police distract the shooter and end the standoff.
Hain introduced deputies as he laid out the events. "I'm honored to present to you the men and women of the Kane County Sheriff's Office," Hain said.
County Board members and the audience gave deputies a standing ovation.
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County Board Member Anita Lewis was at Henry Pratt that day. She is a longtime employee who was in a different building during the shooting.
"I lost four good friends that day," Lewis said. "I have listened to all the 911 calls. I have never been so proud to be a member of Kane County and Aurora. It was amazing to me to listen to all these brave men and women.
"You hear in their voices, they were willing to go in and get shot" to protect employees, Lewis said. "They didn't know what was around the next bend (in the large warehouse) yet they were willing to do that. I'm in awe of all of you.
"On behalf of everyone who works in Henry Pratt Co., thank you so much," she said.


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Big tech — trouble coming down the line
10. December 2019 Nigel Frith
The willingness of political leaders to target big tech firms is securing the FAANG stocks' place as a target of popular discontent.
Being cast as bogeyman is something new for many of the firms, which based their phenomenal growth on fine-tuning and giving consumers what they want.
The firms are struggling to catch up as leaders in the US, the UK and France continue to propose measures that include breaking up the firms.
Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign to reduce the power and influence of big tech is developing an international following. With the UK only days from going to the polls, the Labour Party's second most powerful politician, John McDonnell, has used what valuable time is left to attack big tech. In France, Cédric O, digital affairs minister, says that taxes are just a start and that future moves could include a ban on acquisitions or insisting that companies share data with their rivals.
Source: The Week
Tide of opinion
In his final speech before the election on Thursday, McDonnell, shadow chancellor, said that companies could be broken up or face tougher regulation. Speaking in London on Monday, he said:
"That will be the debate and the discussion that we will be having. There are clearly issues of accountability and there are clearly issues about the fair treatment of [tech] as a sector, as against other sectors."
Source: The Times
With no election in France, Cédric O has taken the opportunity to travel to the US. Wired.com stated that "on a week-long, cross-country trip that involved meeting lawmakers, regulators, and academics to discuss antitrust tactics", the French minister found the US a responsive audience:
"Tech platforms have a footprint in our economies and our democracies that is a huge challenge for public power."
The US already has its own trailblazer in the space. Senator Warren, one of the leading runners in the election of the Democrat nominee for president, has been clear about her willingness to rein in the power of tech firms. Warren has concrete proposals in mind. These include designating e-commerce platforms such as Amazon as a 'marketplace' and thereby ensuring that smaller participants in that business community get a chance to prosper.
Policy measures
Debate in America and France appears to have extended beyond electioneering rhetoric. Proof that they are the markets to watch include the fact that President Emmanuel Macron has already brought into law a new levy that takes 3% of digital sales from companies with more than €750m ($829m) in global revenue and revenues in France of over €25m ($27m) in categories such as online ads or ride hailing. Ensuring that she has the freedom to enact her own policies, Warren has pledged to turn down campaign donations from big tech and its staff. A cap of $200 per head will tie her hands during the election campaign but free them should she beat the odds to be elected.
In the UK, McDonnell is trailing in the polls and there are few concrete proposals relating to big tech in his party's manifesto. As the Times states:
"It's not how Britain could break up global technology giants, most of which are based in America."
While McDonnell may not actually have the tech firms in his sights, the fact that they are seen as a soft and popular target is quite telling.
Big oil / big tech
The model that is often suggested as a template is the break-up of Standard Oil in 1911. At that time, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Co. on the ground that it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The new companies went on to form the firms Exxon, Mobil and Chevron.
More recently, in 1982, AT&T was broken up into one long-distance company and seven regional firms, which became known as 'Baby Bells' – the move followed the argument that competition that replaces a monopoly benefits consumers and the economy as a whole.
A much more recent precedent actually involves one of the firms currently being discussed, Microsoft. In 1999, a coalition of 19 states and the federal Justice Department started a high-profile legal case against the firm. The trial found against Microsoft and stated that it had manipulated the market in an attempt to prevent competition from the rival Netscape browser.
The Standard Oil break-up sticks in the mind because its offspring went on to become market titans in their own right. However, the Microsoft action is probably more pertinent to the current day. The shot across the bows of the tech industry led to Microsoft 'voluntarily' agreeing to cease many of its practices. The judgment itself was challenged and overturned on appeal, but this was largely due to a legal technicality relating to process rather than a dismissal of the need for more regulation.
Being associated with fossil-fuel behemoths such as Standard Oil is not a good look for the tech stocks that thrive on 'cool'. The sheer size of the tech firms and apparent market dominance also weigh against them and leave the door open to the regulators and tax authorities ultimately getting their way.
Alphabet Inc. vs Nasdaq – Year to Date
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Some of the damage is self-inflicted. Buying up rivals makes commercial sense but nullifies the developments offered by the next generation of disruptors. As of December 2016, Google (Alphabet) had bought over 200 firms. Those smaller rivals that do try to compete face significant barriers to entry based on sheer scale of operation.
The support from Silicon Valley, which might surprise some, suggests that the smaller firms there would welcome a break-up of the FAANG names – if only to provide room for new firms to grow.
Race to the White House
Source: CNBC
Warren's policies are not as unpopular or unique as some might suggest. Her ideas even find significant support in Silicon Valley. CNBC reported the comments of an aide to a start-up investor who has donated to Warren's campaign:
"Most of SV [Silicon Valley] doesn't work for big tech and a lot of big tech employees have values contrary to their employees … SV venerates competence, vision, disruption, and they see those qualities in Warren."
If Warren is elected as the Democrat candidate, then she will also tap into the 'anyone but Trump' part of the electorate, who may be willing to hold their nose and vote against open markets to replace the incumbent president.
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Rugby School makes £15mil by selling off collection of 'forgotten' art
Rugby School makes £15million by selling off collection of 'forgotten' art including Old Master that went for an astonishing £11.5m
Auction house Christie's helped to sell of items from the £34,000-a-year school
Bidders battled it out for artwork, including a rare Lucas van Leyden drawing
The painting was sold for more than £11million smashing the pre-sale estimate
Study for Perseus and Andromeda by Sir Edward Poynter was estimated to fetch £120,000 to £180,000, but ended up being sold for £332,750
An illustrious private school has raised nearly £15million by selling a large selection of mostly-forgotten artwork – with one item fetching more than £11million.
Christie's auction helped to sell off a large number of items from the £34,000-a-year Rugby School last night.
Bidders from 33 countries battled it out for artwork, including a rare Lucas van Leyden drawing, which attracted bids from numerous would-be buyers.
Rugby School (pictured) has raised nearly £15million by selling a large selection of mostly-forgotten artwork – with one item fetching more than £11million
A rare Lucas van Leyden drawing (pictured left) attracted bids from numerous would-be buyers
A 13th century single volume English bible with prologues and an interpretation of Hebrew names that sold for £56,250
The painting was eventually sold for £11,483,750 – smashing its pre-sale estimate of £1.5million.
The item set a world record of a Lucas van Leyden piece of art at auction and made him only the second Old Master, along with Raphael, with a drawing selling over £10million.
The Study for Perseus and Andromeda by Sir Edward Poynter was estimated to fetch £120,000 to £180,000, but ended up being sold for £332,750.
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, a 19th century antiquarian and former pupil is believed to have given the school much of the collection.
The art was found when staff decided to have a clear out and has been amassed over decades at the 450-year-old private school.
A presentation copy of a very rare photographically illustrated book by Richard Banner Oakeley that sold for £21,250
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Chairman of the school's governing body Lucinda Holmes, previously explained why the school decided to make the sale.
She said: 'Rugby School has been generously endowed over its 451-year history, and is fortunate to have been given such an impressive collection of artworks, many of which have been held at the school for more than 100 years.
'The school's governing body has recently had the collection assessed and in the light of this, and the advice received about the cost and expertise of preserving, insuring and storing the collection, has decided to sell those items that are not intrinsic to the history of the school.
An Egyptian painted wood coffin lid for Kenefer Third during the period 23rd-25th dynasty in around 818-656 BC that sold for £206,250
'The decision to sell this part of the collection is aligned with the school's commitment as a registered charity to use its resources to benefit current and future students.'
Some of the money will ensure the remaining collections and archive are preserved in a museum at the school in Warwickshire.
Peter Green, the headmaster of Rugby School, said: 'We shall be using a portion of the proceeds to create a newly designated museum space on the school site for that part of our collection which is intrinsic to the history of the school and which was not part of the auction.'
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It almost never fails. When I'm asked to speak to Evangelical audiences about politics, I can predict the reaction to the speech based almost entirely on the age of the audience. If a Christian is older than me, he's often angry. If younger, usually grateful.
A recent interaction is typical. After being asked in a question-and-answer session about Trump's use of Twitter, I argued that Christians should be just as concerned about falsehoods and unpresidential behavior as they were during the Obama administration. The same people who launched extended diatribes about various Obama offenses against decorum (feet up on the Oval Office desk, a sloppy salute before entering Marine One) were laughing at Trump's gifs, memes, and insults. Deceptions and misconduct aren't cleansed by partisan affiliation. The blood of Jesus can wash away sins. A red political jersey cannot.
After the speech, I was speaking to a small group of younger Christians when an older man walked up, glared at me, and said, "You just wanted Hillary." (I did not.) Conversations like this have happened time and again. It's the answer to all critiques. Worried that Trump's team has lied about the extent of their contacts with Russia? "Hillary." Concerned about chaos in the West Wing? "Hillary." Alarmed at the failure of Obamacare repeal and the obvious lack of presidential leadership? "Hillary."
Oddly enough, this ongoing older-generation Hillary obsession makes me less pessimistic about the long-term future of Evangelical political engagement. When committed support for Trump is both generational and situational, there's less chance that we're looking at a permanent Evangelical shift towards "by any means necessary" political combat. There's a better chance that we're looking at the sad by-product of the worst presidential choice in living American memory.
Younger Evangelicals (and younger conservatives more generally) saw Hillary as a corrupt choice for president. She was no more honest than Trump, but unlike Trump she was actively hostile to religious liberty and increasingly radical in her support for abortion. That's bad enough, of course, but older Evangelicals were carrying a full quarter-century of baggage into the fight. Beginning in 1991, she wasn't just at the center of scandal after scandal, she was on the wrong end of the culture wars, and she was an icon of the brand of arrogant, condescending feminism that most Christian conservatives openly despise. And she was in our face for decades.
In other words, if the Democratic party wanted to nominate the one person in the entire United States most calculated to get Evangelicals to hold their noses and walk to the polls for a man like Donald Trump, then congratulations. Mission accomplished.
Moreover, the complete shock of Trump's win (followed quickly by the Gorsuch nomination) forged a bond between older Evangelicals and Trump that isn't easy to break. They thought all hope was lost. They thought that the Clintons were immune to the laws of political gravity, and no amount of scandal could bring her down. When the darkness is perceived as particularly bleak, the dawn is greeted with even greater joy. Younger Evangelicals didn't perceive the same darkness. Thus, the light is not as bright.
But now, six months into a dysfunctional presidency, it's time for Evangelicals to come to their senses. It's time to fully understand that Hillary is actually vanquished. There is absolutely no criticism of Trump that will cause her to parachute into the White House. Indeed, if the political crises grow increasingly grave, then the choice wouldn't be Trump or Hillary but rather Trump or Pence. Moreover, withholding criticism of Trump's bad acts enables his worst behavior. Holding firm behind him no matter his actions reinforces his own view that "his people" support him unconditionally. Given his erratic behavior, that's dangerous for him to believe. He should understand his political limits.
There is absolutely no criticism of Trump that will cause Hillary to parachute into the White House.
Cutting against the chance of Evangelical accountability are the powerful forces of opportunism and rationalization. It's obvious that the conservative Christian movement has more than its share of throne-sniffers, the kind of people willing to give a big grin and thumbs-up right in front of a Playboy magazine cover (as did Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, during a photo-op a year ago in Trump's office). Trump was able to appeal to the ambition of a motley collection of fading Christian stars. They're with him, they gush about him as if he's God's great gift to America, and they'll stay with him if he live-tweets himself murdering someone on Fifth Avenue.
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But that's the fringe. The masses are more vulnerable to rationalization — the quest to justify or excuse conduct you'd otherwise condemn. This is the heart of the appeal of anti-anti-Trumpism. No matter what Trump does, you can find someone on the Left doing something worse. Trump tweets about Mika's alleged facelift? Well, didn't Kathy Griffin hold up a model of Trump's severed head? Never mind the enormous disparities in power between the president of the United States and any member of the media or any celebrity. Never mind the hypocrisy in excusing misconduct that you'd condemn in others.
It's the ancient human tendency. We always refight the last war, and the last war featured two equally powerful corrupt forces, but one of them had the advantage of at least paying lip service to Christian conservative concerns. There's a new political war now, and in this one, the most powerful man in the land has proven to be exactly as deceptive and erratic as many of us feared. Yes, some of the forces opposing him are hysterical and unhinged. But if Christians want to preserve their witness and their influence, they cannot and must not march in lockstep behind a man who scorns their values in word and, most important, in deed.
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Huawei's next smartwatch may be set to land in three different variations, differing from previous generations.
That's after trademarks indicated that the Chinese tech giant is working on three separate versions of a new device - one that's likely to be the Huawei Watch 3. That wasn't confirmed within the filings, though we do already know from Huawei CEO Richard Yu that a third generation of the watch is in the works.
Read this: What we want to see from the Huawei Watch 3
The three individual trademarks can be found on the World Intellectual Property Organization, with each denoting a different name: Anchor, Voyage and Unlimited. It's expected that the Unlimited will lead the line, while the other two models sit below. Again, we don't yet know the full details regarding what will separate each model, but it's likely that the top-end model will offer the likes of 4G LTE and GPS support.
As for the names themselves, it's difficult to tell whether they'll be the official monikers given to the three potential devices, or whether they're just codenames given through the filing in order to distinguish them. If they turn out to be the latter, we could see Huawei once again identify its different models through the Classic and Sport editions.
When we'll know for sure is unclear, though. The company recently launched an updated version of its current smartwatch in China, the Huawei Watch 2 2018, but the original version of the device is now approaching 18 months old. That could mean that the company is preparing to pull back the curtain at IFA 2018 in late August, though that would be a tad surprising considering it's already publicly stated it's in no rush to launch the new iteration.
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There are many very fine obituaries and appreciations of Aretha Franklin, who passed away this week at 76. I have two favorites.
The first is a whip-crack of an essay by the New York Times's Wesley Morris that, better than most, taps into Franklin's own musical energies.
Ms. Franklin's respect lasts for two minutes and 28 seconds. That's all — basically a round of boxing. Nothing that's over so soon should give you that much strength. But that was Aretha Franklin: a quick trip to the emotional gym. Obviously, she was far more than that. We're never going to have an artist with a career as long, absurdly bountiful, nourishing and constantly surprising as hers. We're unlikely to see another superstar as abundantly steeped in real self-confidence — at so many different stages of life, in as many musical genres….
The song owned the summer of 1967. It arrived amid what must have seemed like never-ending turmoil — race riots, political assassinations, the Vietnam draft. Muhammad Ali had been stripped of his championship title for refusing to serve in the war. So amid all this upheaval comes a singer from Detroit who'd been around most of the decade doing solid gospel R&B work. But there was something about this black woman's asserting herself that seemed like a call to national arms. It wasn't a polite song. It was hard. It was deliberate. It was sure.
The second essay, for NPR by dream hampton, "Black People Will Be Free': How Aretha Lived The Promise Of Detroit," is more slowly wound, and less about the music than the time and place that produced Franklin and in which she flourished. It bleeds like a wound, a wound the size of a city, where the Industrial Revolution met the Great Migration and became the Civil Rights Movement.
It is important to understand the tradition of black liberation theology, a term coined by James H. Cone, that sought to use scripture to center black self-determination. In Detroit, pastors like C.L. Franklin and Albert Cleage of the Shrine of the Black Madonna used black liberation theology to help a growing black city to imagine itself powerful. They used their churches to launch the campaign of Detroit's black political class, including Coleman Young. At the same time, Rev. Franklin's church remained a touch point for even more radical organizing. He opened New Bethel to black auto workers who were waging a class struggle within a racist United Automobile Workers union. He gave shelter to Black Panthers who were targeted by J. Edgar Hoover's crusade against them. Later leaders of the fractured Black Power movement like the late Jackson, Miss. mayor (and Detroit native) Chokwe Lumumba gathered at New Bethel to form the Republic of New Afrika.
A new sound rooted in older sounds; a new politics rooted in older politics; a new, triumphant individualism rooted in the liberation of entire communities. In all these things, Aretha stood at the crossroads of history. Maybe no one else could have done it.


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No two encyclopedias of children's literature will be the same but their evaluation demands assessment of their scope not to speak of their authority and accuracy. Format, clarity and accessibility are the other factors that crucially underpin the endeavours of the compiler/s of encyclopedias. How successful is the new Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature ? Brian Alderson discusses.
Towards the end of his revelatory five-page Introduction, Jack Zipes the Editor-in-Chief of this extensive work pays tribute to some predecessors. Having noted the 'excellence' of Klaus Doderer's Lexicon (which he doesn't date properly) he goes on to commend as 'fine books' the Carpenters' Oxford Companion , Watson's Cambridge Guide , Silvey's Children's Books and their Creators and Culinan & Person's Continuum Encyclopedia . Very well; but what one would like to know is whether he has actually read these hefty volumes and whether he found anything in them to assist his own editorial labours. For – leaving aside the Silvey, which had none of the vaulting ambitions of the other works – one needs some convincing that they are 'fine books' (the Continuum volume is laughably inadequate) or that Professor Zipes's perusal of them has helped him in any way to devise a better class of reference book than the ham-fisted job that we have here.
For what is revelatory about his Introduction is not so much his questionable assessments of his forerunners as the casualness with which he describes his own task. His two-page summary of the 'historical background' is a travesty (he even gets the date of Robinson Crusoe wrong) and his two-page statement of 'editorial principles and practices' slides erratically across some of the book's surface features. He rightly recognizes the complexity of the subject and impresses us with the fire power he has brought to bear on it: over 3200 entries, with 400 illustrations, and a brigade of over 800 contributors whose offerings have passed the inspection of some 32 editors and 30-odd members of the production team. He regrets that it was not possible to dwell more fully on international publishing – although the variably-divided articles on non-English-speaking countries are one of the Encyclopedia 's few successes – but he tells us nothing of his strategy for dealing with the home-grown products that are the main substance of the four volumes.
One assumes that the designers of the editorial scheme for the Encyclopedia would have given thought to the likely expectations of its users and arrived at some sort of 'hierarchy of necessity'. Thus, with the bulk of the contents being devoted to individual performers (authors, illustrators, publishers, commentators etc) decisions would surely be needed about giving uniform treatment to such matters as biographical data and their relevance to creative work, the chronology and range of that work and how the publishing data should be recorded, the reception and/or significance of the work in its own time and today (query: allowing room for the contributor's subjective opinions?), the provision of references to bibliographical and critical sources, which will encompass primary sources not mentioned in the main article and secondary sources which will enlarge upon the discursive element of the entry, and, finally, cross-references to related topics within the encyclopedia. That point takes on a particular importance where the composition of general articles is concerned. Entries devoted to individual persons, titles, or subjects will have supplementary coverage elsewhere and careful editorial control is needed to ensure that repetitions are eliminated, contradictions avoided, and agreement achieved in any citations or critical remarks that are duplicated.
I have no doubt that the levelling of these blanket criticisms will be regarded (not least by the Editor-in-Chief himself) as yet another example of this reviewer's penchant for nit-picking (although when you come across such sizeable nits as the allegation that the Kelmscott Press published children's books illustrated by Beardsley, Crane and Kate Greenaway you must wonder what all the sixty-two editors were up to). But objectors should perhaps bear in mind that this work is not only expensive but is being produced by one of the world's leading academic publishers. The editorial team have a responsibility not only to their customers who are forking out good money for the thing but also to those who expect university presses to sustain our much-threatened standards of scholarship. This confused and ill-edited encyclopedia is an affront to both.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature edited by Jack Zipes [and many friends], illustrated, is published by Oxford University Press (4 vols. xxxvi, 436; 469; 465; 505pp, 978 0 19 514656 1, £275 hbk).


Barrick Gold's (TSX:ABX) (NYSE:GOLD) executive chairman, John Thornton, said Wednesday he was encouraged by the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) newly elected president Felix Tshisekedi's vision of attracting foreign investment and supporting the development of the country's mining industry.
The Canadian miner, which operates the country's Kibali mine, one of the world's ten largest gold mines, said Tshisekedi had confirmed his intention of working with mining companies to keep expanding the nation's gold sector.
"We look forward to continue making a significant and growing contribution to the DRC's economy and to unlocking the enormous value of its mineral potential," Thornton said following Tshisekedi's speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
His comments come amid investor concerns regarding a new mining code introduced by the previous government, which raised royalties, added taxes and cancelled a clause that would have protected them against fiscal changes for 10 years.
Tshisekedi's view on the new rules has been unclear. In early March, he showed support for them, but following meetings with both Glencore and Barrick's executives, he said he would be "attentive" to the grievances of miners and called for "win-win" applications of the mining code.
Barrick and AngloGold Ashanti (JSE:ANG) (NYSE:AU) are some of the DRC's top investors.
The country is the world's main supplier of battery ingredient cobalt and a key source of minerals from gold and copper to tantalum. Its public revenues from the mining sector nearly doubled in 2018, Reuters reported.


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Swing Common Dialogs
========

Java Swing Common Dialogs, by Wiechman, Joshua

For more information please see [the website][1].

## Getting started

Download [the latest JAR][2] or

Maven:

```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.github.rampantlions</groupId>
  <artifactId>Swing</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
```

Gradle:
```groovy
compile 'io.github.rampantlions.SwingCommonDialogs:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
```

Ivy:
```xml
<dependency org="io.github.rampantlions" name="SwingCommonDialogs" rev="0.0.1-SNAPSHOT" />
```
Snapshots of the development version are available in [Sonatype's `snapshots` repository][snap].

Usage
--------

### Example
```java
LoginView.show();
LoginView.waitUntilClosed();
String username = LoginView.getUser();
String password = LoginView.getPassword();
```

## Bugs and Feedback

For bugs, questions and discussions please use the [Github Issues]( https://github.com/RampantLions/SwingCommonDialogs/issues).

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 [snap]: https://github.com/RampantLions/maven/tree/gh-pages/releases/io/github/rampantlions/SwingCommonDialogs/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT


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The Morning Shift
Volkswagen Sees Billions Wiped Off Market As Stock Tumbles 20 Percent Amid Dieselgate
Patrick George
The Morning ShiftAll your daily car news in one convenient place. Isn't your time more important?
Good Morning! Welcome to The Morning Shift, your roundup of the auto news you crave, all in one place every weekday morning. Here are the important stories you need to know.
1st Gear: The Shitstorm Begins
Things are getting bad really quickly at Volkswagen, mere days after the Environmental Protection Agency announced the automaker installed "cheat devices" on their diesel cars that allowed them to pass emissions tests they should not have passed. VW's stock took a huge hit in the European market today, the AP reports:
Around 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) was wiped off the market value of Volkswagen AG on Monday following revelations that the German carmaker rigged U.S. emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars.
By early afternoon trading in Frankfurt, Volkswagen's share price was down a stunning 19.4 percent at near three-year low of 130.20 euros. Its dramatic fall weighed heavily on Germany's main stock index, the DAX, which underperformed its peers in Europe with a 0.6 percent decline.
We'll have more on this story today, but expect it — and the question of emissions — to be a big deal in the auto world for some time.
2nd Gear: A Test For VW's New CEO
And now, the position of VW CEO Martin Winterkorn is also in jeopardy. It's the classic accountability question: what did he know and when did he know it? Via Automotive News:
Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, director of the Center for Automotive Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, said Winterkorn should resign.
Winterkorn should have known about the manipulation in his role of head of VW's r&d or, if he didn't, it shows that he does not have the automaker under control, Dudenhoeffer told a German newspaper. Either way, Winterkorn's role as CEO is no longer tenable, the academic said.
3rd Gear: Pay Raises In UAW-Fiat Chrysler Deal
As the United Auto Workers enters their first round of contract negotiations with Fiat Chrysler, a few details emerged from the proposal. From Automotive News:
Among the highlights shared with local leadership: Veteran, or Tier 1, workers can expect their first wage increase in 10 years; the idea of a health care purchasing co-op will be explored to control costs; and production of numerous vehicles will be shuffled among the automaker's plants. Output of strong-selling pickups, SUVs and crossovers will be consolidated at U.S. factories, improving the job-security outlook for workers at those plants, while output of price-sensitive cars will move to lower-wage Mexico.
And wages for Tier 2 workers were improved dramatically. The pay range, depending on seniority, advances from $16 to $19 an hour currently to $17 to $25 an hour by the end of the four-year contract.
4th Gear: The Next Phase For Opel
Opel has long been the most troubled brand in General Motors' portfolio (and in light of events in recent years, that's really saying something.) The brand lost $18 billion over 16 years for GM.
But the European market is a critical one, so GM is planning a big product resurgence there with cars like the all-new Astra — but industry watchers remain skeptical. One more from Automotive News:
Future profitability will come from introducing new vehicles for which Opel can command higher transaction prices, Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann says. That product-centric strategy has shown early traction.
The Mokka introduced in 2013 is one of the top-selling small crossovers in Europe, with sales of 100,137 through July, according to JATO Dynamics. A redesigned Corsa subcompact — Opel's highest-volume nameplate — was launched early this year and is registering "much higher" transaction prices than its predecessor, Neumann said. The Adam, a premium subcompact launched in 2013, is reaping incremental sales and attracting younger buyers, with an average age of 37.
"Our intention is to get more revenue per car by selling higher trim lines and more features," Neumann told reporters on the sidelines of the auto show.
5th Gear: The pods are coming! The pods are coming!
In the Netherlands, they're testing out a vehicle that many see as the future of cars: an autonomous public transit pod you book with a dedicated app. Via The Telegraph:
The first self-driving electric shuttle for use on public roads has been delivered to the Netherlands. The "WEpod" will take passengers between the two towns of Wageningen and Ede in the province of Gelderland from November.
Autonomous public transportation does exist in other parts of the world, such as the ParkShuttle bus in Rotterdam, the Heathrow Pod in London and the LUTZ Pathfinder in Milton Keynes, which run on special single trajectory lanes, or in pedestrianised areas. The WEpods in Gelderland will drive on regular roads amongst public traffic.
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Neutral: How Does This End For VW?
They're facing hefty fines, possible prosecutions, lawsuits and much more. How bad does this get?
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Contact the author at patrick@jalopnik.com.
Ash78, voting early and often
I just upped my stake in VW by 50% at the open (-18.5%). This freakout is partially justified, but overblown. If you don't have the stomach for 20% swings in a stock, GTFO and go back to bonds, CDs, and Matlock.
One thing I'm still confused about — you can't cheat a "sniffer" test. Do most locales actually rely on an OBD self-test now? Seems pretty screwed up to let the car tell you how it's doing and call it an official test.
I mean, imagine if the EPA allowed car manufacturers to self-report their efficiency based on a general platform or drivetrain? You could have, say, a Ford Fusion Hybrid report numbers from another Ford vehicle altogether. And Ford might get into trouble for that, but Mark Fields would threaten the EPA with violence and the issue would be dropped.


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Home HEALTH Three tropical diseases targeted in push for new drugs
Three tropical diseases targeted in push for new drugs
An international consortium led by Brazilian researchers hopes to speed up the discovery of new drugs to be used in the treatment of malaria, visceral leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease.
Chagas and leishmaniasis are categorised as neglected tropical diseases because they affect mainly poor populations in low-income countries and attract less treatment and research funding than major diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
The consortium involves researchers at the universities of Campinas (Unicamp) and São Paulo (USP), both in São Paulo state, and the international organisations Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi).
With an investment of about US$ 10.7 million from participants over the next five years, researchers expect to produce compounds that can be developed into drugs to combat the three tropical diseases.
Jadel Kratz, drug discovery manager at DNDi in Latin America, told SciDev.Net: "The partnership will also support the training of new specialists in the treatment of neglected diseases at Brazilian universities while bringing new job opportunities and infrastructure investments to these institutions."
The task of analysing and preparing a new antimalarial drug will be divided between the synthetic organic chemistry laboratory of the University of Campinas and Switzerland-based MMV, which focuses on reducing the burden of malaria in endemic countries.
Carlos Dias, a chemist at Unicamp and consortium coordinator, told SciDev.Net: "By analysing the structure of molecules included in the MMV's portfolio, we will try to identify those that may be used to treat malaria in a single dose, avoiding cases of drug resistance."
MMV maintains a database of molecules ready to be studied, synthesised and used in the development of new medications.
"The idea is to develop a pill capable of maintaining a high enough concentration in blood plasma to eliminate the malaria parasite in up to seven days," Dias added. Currently, people infected have to take drugs every day for many days. This is the case for artemisinin, a drug used to treat malaria, obtained from the herb Artemisia annua and used against the protozoan Plasmodium falciparum, the most lethal malaria-causing parasite.
However, since the 2000s, artemisinin started losing some of its potency against the disease in countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
In 2018 there were an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide, resulting in 405, 000 deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Ninety-three per cent of those cases were in the Africa region.
Unicamp's chemistry laboratory will also work with the University of São Paulo's centre for structural molecular biotechnology and the DNDi to develop new drugs against Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis, the most severe form of the potentially fatal skin disease spread by sandflies.
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Индэ́ () — городской уезд городского округа Цинъюань провинции Гуандун (КНР).

История
Во времена империи Хань здесь были образованы уезды Чжэньян (浈阳县) и Ханькуан (含匡县).

В эпоху Южных и северных династий, когда эти места находились в составе южной империи Лян, то в 546 году была создана Сихэнская область (西衡州), власти которой разместились в уезде Ханькуан. После объединения китайских земель в составе империи Суй Сихэнская область была в 589 году переименована в Куанчжоускую область (洭州), а после смены империи Суй на империю Тан Куанчжоуская область была в 627 году расформирована.

В эпоху Пяти династий и десяти царств, когда эти земли находились в составе государства Южная Хань, в 920 году была создана Инчжоуская область, власти которой разместились в уезде Чжэньян.

Во времена империи Сун из-за того, что иероглиф «Куан» входил в личное имя её основателя Чжао Куанъиня, из-за практики табу на имена уезд Ханькуан был в 971 году переименован в Ханьхуан (浛洸县); с 973 года уезд Ханьхуан вошёл в состав Инчжоуской области. По аналогичной причине (из-за того, что иероглиф «чжэнь» читался точно так же, как и иероглиф, которым записывалось личное имя Чжао Чжэня), в 1022 году написание названия уезда Чжэньян было изменено на 真阳县.

В 1194 году на трон империи Сун взошёл Чжао Ко; так как до этого одним из его титулов был «Ин-гогун» (英国公), то в честь торжественного события Инчжоуская область была в 1195 году повышена в статусе, и стала Индэской управой (英德府). После монгольского завоевания и основания империи Юань Индэская управа стала в 1278 году Индэским регионом (英德路). В 1286 году уезды Ханьхуан и Чжэньян были упразднены, а в 1308 году Индэский регион понижен в статусе и стал Индэской областью (英德州). После свержения власти монголов и основания империи Мин Индэская область была понижена в статусе ещё дальше, и стала уездом Индэ (英德县).

Во времена империи Цин в 1813 году из смежных территорий уездов Цинъюань и Индэ был образован Фоганский комиссариат (佛冈厅), после Синьхайской революции преобразованный в уезд Фоган.

После вхождения этих мест в состав КНР был образован Специальный район Бэйцзян (北江专区), и уезд Индэ вошёл в его состав. В 1952 году Специальный район Бэйцзян был расформирован, и уезд перешёл в состав Административного района Юэбэй (粤北行政区). В конце 1955 года было принято решение о расформировании Административного района Юэбэй, и с 1956 года уезд вошёл в состав Специального района Шаогуань (韶关专区), который в 1970 году был переименован в Округ Шаогуань (韶关地区).

В июле 1983 года округ Шаогуань был преобразован в городской округ Шаогуань.

Постановлением Госсовета КНР от 7 января 1988 года был образован городской округ Цинъюань, и уезд перешёл в его состав.

В 1994 году уезд Индэ был преобразован в городской уезд.

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In Zante Town, one can find mostly hotels in fairly affordable prices and a relatively good services quality. The basic advantage of staying in Zante Town is the commercial center and the cafes, which are close by, whereas it is the ideal base for excursions around the island.
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In Zante Town one can visit the beach nearby Solomos square or in the outskirts of the town, in Kryoneri there is a beach with small pebbles and calm water. Both of them are a great solution for a short swim near Zante Town.
Zante Town offers a wide variety of activities. On the main road that leads to Zakynthos Port, one can find excursions point of sales for a day of Zante Coast Discovery. The Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos, Cultural Center which houses the Municipal Library and the Zakynthos historical reports, are located on Solomos Square. In the medieval square of St Mark, Solomos Museum with the impressive Dionysios Solomos and Andreas Kalvos tombs is definitely worth a visit. Here, the Catholic Church of St Mark is also situated with regular Sunday Holy Mass. The Tourist Train of Zante Town, the best way to see the town while enjoying a fun and relaxed ride, has daily guides that start from Solomos Square. The magnificent Church of St. Dionysios, the patron saint of Zante, hosts the relic of the St. Dionysios and it is also considered a great attraction for the visitors. Beside the church one can visit the Ecclesiastical Museum of Zante. Romas Mansion, nearby Solomos Square is one of the few buildings that were not destroyed by the earthquake of 1953. Just outside of Zante Town is the famous Stranis Hill, where Dionysios Solomos was inspired from the sounds of the Greek revolution to write the national anthem and Bohali, the place where one can enjoy the superb views across Zakynthos as well as a magnificent sunset.
At Solomos Square one can hire bicycles, toy jeeps and motorcycles for children. There, the children can play safely while adults can enjoy a stroll down the square or a refreshing cup of coffee.
Zante Town offers a variety of taverns with traditional local cuisine and fresh fish, most of which are located along the main road that leads to Zante Port and a couple in Kryoneri. Likewise, one can choose Greek souvlaki with pitta, as there is an abundance of grill houses in town. For the fast food lovers, there are several shops with delicious sandwiches and pancakes.
The picturesque Rouga Square, currently Alex. Roma is by far the most commercial street in Zante, with shops selling clothes, shoes, accessories, jewelry, local traditional products, children's clothes, underwear and gifts. In Zakynthos the day begins early in the morning and ends late at night that's why shops remain closed in the noon as the owners take their siesta.
Nightlife in Zante Town is relatively calm. Here one can find bars and cafes that during the night are turned into bars as well, with modern Greek and international music, ideal for the first drinks of the night or a relaxing evening. Some seaside bars can be found in Kryoneri, while in Bohali there are a couple of cafes and bars with modern international music that often host parties and present famous DJs.
August is a festive month for Zakynthos, as on the 24th of August the church honors the transportation of St. Dionysios' relics from Strofades to Zakynthos. These days a big flee market is hosted in Zante Town near St. Dionysios church, where one can find a great variety of cheap clothes, shoes, jewelry, accessories, souvenirs and gifts as well as local products such as mantolato, pasteli and fitoura. The festive events end with pomp and a parade of the relic around the city.
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When spouses decide to divorce, the usual framework is a process involving attorneys and the court system. But as modern life is complex, it is becoming more common for spouses to remain permanently yet not divorced. It's a state of gray that many feel comfortable in. Unfortunately for both family law and estate law, it is a hard place to be.
While the details of Kate Spade's separation are not known, Bourdain's separation from his second wife are well documented. In fact, Bourdain's situation is a common one. He and his estranged spouse were together for years. But work and other commitments caused them to move in separate directions. Yet they had a child-one loved by both parents-and they wanted to co-parent successfully together.
But now after his untimely death, it brings up an odd aspect-his estranged spouse is his beneficiary. She will be the owner of his legacy. And in terms of immediate issues, she controls his body and his funeral.
While this might be acceptable for the Bourdain family in the event you consider a permanent separation, it may be prudent to consider the pros and cons of an estranged spouse's rights.
Upon marriage, spouses are given a bundle or rights that were previously unavailable to them in their single status with their partner. In fact, it is estimated that there are approximately 1,138 laws in which marital status provides an enormous amount of rights and privileges. These rights are as wide-ranging as social security benefits to spousal privilege in court to inheritance rights.
Even if your separation is amicable, there are a few steps you might want to consider. First, if you want to make sure someone other than your estranged spouse is able to plan your funeral, you need to have a new Healthcare Directive put in place. A Healthcare Directive or Proxy is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are unable to make such decisions as well as handle the disposition of the body in the event of death. This document is state specific.
If you make such a change, it is important that you alert the key people. It is generally best practice for you to include your funeral plans in your Healthcare Directive and make sure the relevant people have copies of it.
Further, communication is especially key where the separation will be permanent. You and your estranged spouse need to think through all the areas where spousal rights exist. It should be part of your planning process as your work through separation issues.
But strong communication should not end there. Make sure your family law attorney and estate planning also communicate with each other. People need to understand what is happening on both ends of the planning.
Ultimately when a couple is splitting up, they need to find the right way to move forward-whether divorcing or permanently separating. But rather than avoid key issues, the best separation plans might entail deeper planning and an update of your health care directive.
And in the cases of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, let's hope that they find the peace in death that they so wished for life.


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"We just want to have a system where we can depend on the rule of law," Mayor Kenney said ta the Multicultural Roundtable budget briefing.
When introducing the 4.4 billion budget that focused heavily on infrastructure, health and human services the Mayor briefly discussed the impact of the current presidential administration and the impact Harrisburg will have on the city as it tries to improve on services provided to the community as a whole in the coming year.
From investing 1.9 million to the opioid problem to $90 million for the 1-95 Chestnut and Walnut development, the 4.4 billion budget is an effort to keep Philadelphia afloat in the times of political adversaries at the state and federal level.
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Scenic Design of a Play is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The award was first given in the 1996 ceremony, when the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design was separated into two categories: one for plays and one for musicals. The award was retired after the 2009 ceremony but revived in the 2016 ceremony.

Winners and nominees

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See also
 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Set Design
 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design

References

External links
 Drama Desk official website

Set Design


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Q: Java JDBC Null Point Exception When i try to run these methods then i only get an error about nullpointexception while i've also have been checking my code and comparing it to similar applications but still i don't understand.
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I get an exception on the for loop line in the GUI code.
Ive built my application in MVC
GUI code:
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

            String pnr = textResPnr.getText();
            String courseNr = textResCourseNr.getText();
            ArrayList<Student> studentList = controller.results(pnr, courseNr);

            String resultString = "";
            for (Student student : studentList) {
                resultString = student.getPnr() + " " + student.getName() + " " + student.getGrade() + "\n";
            }
            textAreaResultat.setText(resultString);

        }

My controller:
public ArrayList<Student> results(String pnr, String courseNr){
    try {

        student.setPnr(pnr);
        course.setCourseNr(courseNr);
        ArrayList<Student> studentList = null;
        if(student.getPnr() != null){
            dal.getResults(course, student);
        }else{
             studentList = dal.getAssignedStudents(course);
            /*for (Student student : studentList) {

            }*/
        }

        return studentList;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        return null;
    }
}

My Database Access Layer:
public ArrayList<Student> getAssignedStudents(Course course){
    try {
        Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();
        ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT Student.pnr, Student.namn, Registrering.betyg FROM Registrering INNER JOIN Student ON Registrering.pnr = Student.pnr WHERE betyg IS NOT NULL AND kursnr = '" + course.getCourseNr() + "';");

        ArrayList<Student> studentList = new ArrayList<Student>();
        while (rset.next()) {

            String pnr = rset.getString("pnr");
            String name = rset.getString("namn");
            String grade = rset.getString("betyg");

            Student student = new Student();

            student.setName(name);
            student.setPnr(pnr);
            student.setGrade(grade);

            studentList.add(student);

        }
        return studentList;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("Got an exception! ");
        System.err.println(e.getMessage());
        return null;
    }
}

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