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'DWTS' alum Karina Smirnoff reveals she's pregnant with first child, keeps mum on father's identity
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Karina Smirnoff is waltzing into motherhood!
The former "Dancing With the Stars" pro, 41, revealed this week that she's expecting her very first child: "I've always wanted to be a mom," she told People. "I have so many emotions that I'm going through. I'm nervous, excited, over the moon happy and overwhelmed."
Smirnoff has opted to stay mum on the paternal lineage of the baby. Some of her relationships have been more public than others; she was previously engaged to fellow "DWTS" competitor Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and she's also been engaged to former MLB pitcher Brad Penny and businessman Jason Adelman. (Chmerkovskiy is now married to Peta Murgatroyd, who is also a "DWTS" pro dancer.)
Karina Smirnoff through the years
Karina Smirnoff and Mario Lopez during 2006 American Music Awards - Arrivals at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Karina Smirnoff at the Area in West Hollywood, California (Photo by Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage)
Karina Smirnoff and J.C. Chasez during Day & Night Party - Inside at Hollywood and Highland in Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by Alexandra Wyman/WireImage for Fusion PR _LA)
UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 15: DANCING WITH THE STARS THE RESULTS SHOW - "Episode 310A" - Audiences were treated to some spectacular performances all leading up to the dramatic revelation of the champions and presentation of the Mirrorball trophy, on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET). (Photo by Adam Larkey/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 31: Dancer Karina Smirnoff arrives at the opening of Jay-Z's USD 20 million 40/40 Club, a 24,000-square-foot sports bar and lounge at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino early December 31, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 27: Show Judge Tom Bergeron with Karina Smirnoff dancer at the 'Dancing With The Stars Finale' after party held on November 27, 2007 at The Day After club in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Karina Smirnoff attend "A Night For Change" at Blvd 16 at Hotel Palomar on December 8, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 08: Kim Kardashian and Dancing with the Stars Karina Smirnoff pose at A Night for Change, An Alternative Intervention Models Benefit on Monday December 8, 2008 at Blvd 16 at Hotel Palomar Los Angeles in Westwood, California. (Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)
DANCING WITH THE STARS - AARON CARTER & KARINA SMIRNOFF -- Triple platinum selling music artist/songwriter, producer, actor and younger brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, Aaron Carter has established himself worldwide as a pop and teen sensation. Beginning his career at the age of eight, he is currently the youngest solo artist to have four Top 40 singles. He has released four studio albums since 1997, two of which have been certified platinum, and has appeared on several television series, including "Lizzie McGuire" and "7th Heaven," as well as making his Broadway debut playing JoJo the Who in "Seussical the Musical" in 2001. He sang vocals on soundtracks for Disneymania ("The Lion King"), "Ella Enchanted," "Pokemon" and "Rugrats the Movie." In 2006 Carter starred in the E! reality show, "House of Carters," which featured all five of the Carter siblings living in the same house. He teams with KARINA SMIRNOFF, who returns for her seventh season. An all new cast of celebrities hits the dance floor on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images's "Dancing with the Stars" with the highly anticipated two-hour season premiere, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images. (Craig Sjodin/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 20: DANCING WITH THE STARS - AARON CARTER & KARINA SMIRNOFF -- Triple platinum selling music artist/songwriter, producer, actor and younger brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, Aaron Carter has established himself worldwide as a pop and teen sensation. Beginning his career at the age of eight, he is currently the youngest solo artist to have four Top 40 singles. He has released four studio albums since 1997, two of which have been certified platinum, and has appeared on several television series, including "Lizzie McGuire" and "7th Heaven," as well as making his Broadway debut playing JoJo the Who in "Seussical the Musical" in 2001. He sang vocals on soundtracks for Disneymania ("The Lion King"), "Ella Enchanted," "Pokemon" and "Rugrats the Movie." In 2006 Carter starred in the E! reality show, "House of Carters," which featured all five of the Carter siblings living in the same house. He teams with KARINA SMIRNOFF, who returns for her seventh season. An all new cast of celebrities hits the dance floor on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images's "Dancing with the Stars" with the highly anticipated two-hour season premiere, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on Walt Disney Television via Getty Images. (Photo by Harper Smith/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 10: Karina Smirnoff sighting in West Hollywood on December 10, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - DECEMBER 02: Karina Smirnoff (L) and Gilles Marini (R) kiss at the Jenny McCarthy "Your Shape" Launch Party at Hyde Lounge on December 2, 2009 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 31: (L-R) Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff attend Joonbug's End of the Year Bash 2012 with Karina Smirnoff at Bowlmor Lanes Times Square on December 31, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA - DECEMBER 12: Karina Smirnoff attends the First Annual Winter of Hope, A Breakthrough in Cancer Celebration, at the U.S. Grant Hotel on December 12, 2013 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Robert Benson/Getty Images for Maddox S'ven)
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 05: Dancer/TV personality Karina Smirnoff attends KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2014 powered by LINE at Staples Center on December 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
WESTWOOD, CA - NOVEMBER 11: Dancer Karina Smirnoff attends the premiere of "Secret in Their Eyes" at Hammer Museum on November 11, 2015 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 06: Ballroom Dancer Karina Smirnoff attends 'Now You See Me 2' World Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater on June 6, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Karina Smirnoff attends The Lodge Social Club Global Love Launch at The Lodge Social Club on September 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for The Lodge Social Club)
SANTA MONICA, CA - MARCH 15: Karina Smirnoff attends the Cinemagic Annual Gala at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows on March 15, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 27: Karina Smirnoff arrives for the 2019 DanceVision Awards at Taglyan Complex on August 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images)
"Everyone has been so great, gracious and has given me so much information," she continued in her statement to People. "I'm just trying to keep up! But I'm very grateful for the gift I've been given.
She added, "I can't wait to be a mom."
Smirnoff was a "DWTS" fan favorite who took home the famed Mirror Ball Trophy for season 13. She appeared on an incredibly 18 seasons of the show, most recently dancing alongside celebrity partner Doug Flutie in 2016.
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Cyprus' Seven Deadly Sins
By CM Guest Columnist September 1, 2013 September 3, 2013 11 104
Petros Florides
MANY factors influence the nature of governance implemented by a country or organisation. In a voluntary 'comply or explain' system like in Cyprus, people and culture play a more significant role than in a legalistic, rules-based system. This applies both in the public and private sectors.
Cyprus finds itself in crisis due to bad governance that was known and tolerated by everybody for decades. Therefore, a collective mea culpa is in order. This may also encourage Cypriots to work together and address our cultural idiosyncrasies that allowed bad governance to become so entrenched. Due to their deleterious results, these idiosyncrasies could be referred to as Cyprus' Seven Deadly Sins.
Our first deadly sin is Cronyism. With people holding important positions based on who they know rather than what they know, the country's overall performance is bound to suffer along with accountability. This social injustice and lack of meritocracy is so widespread, especially in the public sector, a law prohibiting such practice was passed by Parliament over a decade ago.
But the fact this law has never been utilised demonstrates our second deadly sin: Tokenism. Another pertinent example is the perfunctory nature of corporate governance implemented by our systemically important banking sector. The consequences have been ruinous. Trust in Cyprus and its institutions can only be restored by developing a reputation for integrity. This requires diligently following through on all our statements and commitments.
Even with the best of intentions, this will take time and brings us into conflict with our third deadly sin: Short-termism. For example, many industries in Cyprus were allowed to develop too fast and without adequate mechanisms to promote sustainability and manage risk. This was due to the pursuit of quick profits without any consideration of the future. This attitude eventually infected even our systemically important banking industry, with catastrophic results for the whole economy. Instead, we all need to behave as stewards of the nation's wealth and consider the legitimate needs of future generations too.
Such a policy and practice requires ethical leadership that is contrary to our fourth deadly sin: Populism. Instead of courage and foresight, we prefer leaders who pander to powerful interest groups and placate mass hysteria. Unpopular but necessary decisions get delayed indefinitely, only exacerbating the problems requiring even harsher corrective measures. Our experience with the Troika is a perfect example.
But instead of taking responsibility and learning from our mistakes, we find it easier to blame everybody but ourselves. This leads to our fifth deadly sin: Scapegoat-ism. Despite our best efforts to divert blame, the bad governance that has been infecting our country for decades was made exclusively in Cyprus. This has permitted untold errors of commission and omission in both the public and private sectors, making our current predicament inevitable. It was only a matter of time.
The public and banking sectors are now being forced to endure sharp and painful contractions to 'right size' and reorganise. But this is only after years of empire-building and nurturing our sixth deadly sin: Client-ism. Cypriot society acquiesces to the wider civil-service and banking sectors being over-staffed and over-paid because most families have at least one person employed in one or the other. But this phenomenon is anathema to good governance since dependency is created on the very people and institutions society should be holding to account.
Due to our objectivity and independence being compromised in this way, we seek other means to redress imbalances within our dysfunctional system. More often than not, this manifests as our seventh deadly sin: Tribalism. This can take many forms including loyal allegiance to a political party or union, people from the same town or village, and friends or family. In any case, the result is a clique of co-dependents bound together by mutual commitments that conflict with the principles of good governance including, inter alia, fairness, accountability and transparency.
Since one of the greatest advantages of belonging to a 'tribe' is preferential treatment regarding employment, the loop is closed back to Cronyism for the cycle of bad governance to continue unabated.
It is obvious how these Seven Deadly Sins have shaped the nature of governance in Cyprus and characterises 'the way we do things around here'. The question is: how do concerned citizens try to address these idiosyncrasies? Furthermore, can we develop virtues that facilitate exemplary governance to form the basis of our economic recovery?
A wide cross section of professional bodies, academia, civil society and individuals are collaborating on the 'New Governance for a New Cyprus' initiative. This includes formulating a 'Governance Charter' of ethics, values and principles the public are now demanding from systemically important, too big to fail or public interest entities. The intention is to reinforce this with new, or revised, laws relating to the personal liabilities of Directors. It is also being proposed that the appropriateness for Cyprus of a voluntary 'comply or explain' corporate governance system be reviewed. Importantly, a holistic approach to good governance is also being advocated, with each stakeholder group (e.g. shareholders, regulators, auditors, professional bodies, academia, media, employees, creditors, customers, civil society, general public etc.) exercising their rights, but also living up to their responsibilities, in order to contribute to the overall governance process.
Any organisation, institution or individuals interested in joining the initiative is invited to contact PetrosFlorides ([email protected]). PetrosFlorides is Regional Governance Advisor for World Vision International and Executive Officer of World Vision Cyprus. Petros is also on the board of the Institute of Directors (Cyprus), a co-founder of the National Advisory Council for the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments, a co-founder of the National Advisory Council for the Institute of Risk Management, and a Chartered Management Accountant
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Students classify shapes and identify them in everyday objects.
Introduce the following information about shapes to students.
What are plane shapes? Plane shapes are geometric shapes that have flat surfaces, such as a square, rectangle, circle, triangle, hexagon, trapezoid, octagon, etc. Use the activities below to help describe, recognize, model, draw, and classify geometric plane shapes.
Look at pictures of plane geometric shapes. Recognize the characteristics of each shape. Count the number of lines/sides and angles/corners.
Discuss how some shapes are alike or different.
Practice drawing and cutting out these shapes to use as manipulatives.
Create word problems using the shapes like the example below.
A hexagon has 6 sides, and a triangle has 3 sides.
How many more sides has a hexagon than a triangle?
Cut out plane shapes or use pattern blocks or tangrams. Practice fitting the sides together to form complex shapes and designs.
Use paper shapes to design patterns.
Examine quilts, clothing, etc. to see how the different shapes are arranged to form a design.
Look for geometric plane shapes in your home/neighborhood, on the TV/computer, at the store/park, etc.
Use magazines, newspapers, the Internet, etc. to find pictures with geometric shapes. Cut them out and sort them by shape.
Use the pictures to make a "shape mosaic," a large picture made up of smaller pictures.
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It really did seem like Zombie-nation was playing the entire game. The bruins scorched the Red Wings last night at Home 6-1. This was an offensive shelling. The Bruins held the puck in Detroit's zone for the majority of the night. After Krejci scored 2 goals the rest of the game was basically dekes and showboating and trying to sauce the puck back to him for a hat-trick (which he missed out on after several opportunities).
Another Big take-away was Drew Stafford's first goal as a Boston Bruin, and on a night like last night it must've felt great. Another player that should not be forgotten in this performance was Tuuka Rask. He had 26 saves putting on a show with a few great saves, the one goal he let up rang the post and I do fault him one bit.
Chara's slow. Multiple times last night he was too slow skating back to the bench for a line change and was forced to stay out there when the wings were back on a quick attack turnover. This could definitely pose as a problem against quicker more efficient teams coming up. On the bright side Brandon Carlo had one hell of a game defensively tallying 19:11 time on ice with a few takeaways.
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El raión de Krasni (ruso: Кра́снинский райо́н) es un distrito administrativo y municipal (raión) ruso perteneciente a la óblast de Smolensk. Se ubica en el oeste de la óblast. Su capital es Krasni.

En 2021, el raión tenía una población de 11 647 habitantes.

El raión comprende las áreas rurales ubicadas al oeste de la capital regional Smolensk y es fronterizo al oeste con Bielorrusia.

Subdivisiones
Comprende el asentamiento de tipo urbano de Krasni (la capital) y los asentamientos rurales de Gúsino, Maleyevo y Merlino. Estas cuatro entidades locales suman un total de 182 localidades.

Referencias

Geografía del óblast de Smolensk

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Industry Networks Network Management Performance Management Operational Efficiency WAN Acceleration Servers Engineering
I've been working on networks for decades and for as long as I can remember, network proxies have existed. I first came across the idea when I worked for IBM as an SNA programmer back in the late 90s but it's in more recent years that network proxies have taken on more importance.
The world of WAN optimisation is a highly interesting and potentially complex one and it is in this bailiwick that network proxies have become essential tools. Companies like F5, Allot and Ipanema, all of whose WAN optimisation equipment I have become extremely familiar with over the past decade or so will frequently trumpet that the benefits acquired by using their application delivery controllers are only enjoyed because their equipment is a full proxy. Over the years I've heard of full, reverse, half and forward proxies but as is often the case with notions with which we believe we have become familiar, dig a little deeper and we find that our perceived understanding is not so ironclad. So, setting out to put things right, I sought out the truth.
Proxies are typically called intermediaries by Service Oriented Architecture folk and can be either physical or virtual devices but in all instances are interposed between server and client modifying requests and responses to those requests. Back in my IBM days, the purpose of the proxy was to manage Web access and effectively corral all of the outbound activity on the WWW from our facility into one device through which policies relating to security and content could be applied. All of our web requests were made to the proxy and it was the proxy which would connect to external resources keeping a clean separation between our client devices and the potentially hazardous wild west web outside. Turns out however that this type of proxy is just one of the various types that exist.
FORWARD PROXIES
Forward proxies are the best-understood types of proxy and are by far the most common. The IBM proxy I described above was an example of a forward proxy placed as it was between a private network and the public net. If you are old enough to have had a Compuserve account you may well remember the messages you would see on your screen regarding content not being available or suitable for display. These proxies were known as "mega-proxies" because of the volume of data they would handle and deserved the title.
The application of proxies to web content delivery facilitating content filtering and caching as well as exercising some type of authentication in order to apply relevant policies to user traffic is the bread and butter of the forward proxy. Companies such as Cloudflare operate these types of proxy that occasionally serve up messages such as "Your request has been denied by ......" but Cloudflare is also well known for using proxies in reverse mode. Let's take a look at those.
The term reverse proxy has actually drifted out of use in favour of such highfalutin names as load balancers (f5), application controllers (Ipanema) and net enforcer (Allot). These devices though are in some sense reverse proxies, interposed as they are in front of web and other application servers and by inspecting traffic up to and including layer 7, they can apply policies to the traffic passing through them to either restrict or facilitate flows as necessary. In this sense, the term reverse is only to represent the fact that the devices are proxying inbound as opposed to outbound requests.
HALF PROXIES
A reverse or forward proxy can be (or not be) a half proxy. It's all to do with the way that they handle the dimensions in a network traffic data interchange. The term actually describes two different situations. Let's look at each in turn.
The first type of half proxy is also known as half-proxy DSR. DSR stands for direct server return. Inbound requests are handled by the proxy but return traffic is sent directly to the requesting client (or server). This is particularly appropriate when the traffic is a streamed type such as streaming audio or video.
The second type of half proxy describes a situation where the proxy acts as a gatekeeper to the network enacting arbitration of newly established sessions by policy. Once the policy decisions have been applied the proxy then steps back and allows the connection to continue directly.
Half proxies are almost always reverse proxies.
FULL PROXIES
A full proxy is so named because it establishes and maintains two distinct connections as part of its role as interlocutor. In this configuration, a full proxy is both an endpoint and an originator for the traffic under proxy hence the name of full-proxy - incoming and outgoing.
As the full proxy is a bonafide endpoint in the chain, it must fully implement the protocol stacks involved. it, therefore, has the capability to superimpose its own connection behaviours such as retransmission, windowing and TCP options. Full proxies are therefore the most versatile and capable option and it is for this reason that manufacturers such as f5 networks go to great pains to emphasise the full proxy nature of their products. As full proxies, these devices are able to apply a full suite of policy activity to clients and servers independently and differently.
And so now, equipped with an understanding of the facts about proxies, I, and now you dear reader can go forward with confidence into the complex world of application-aware networking. If you've enjoyed reading this post please do say so in the comments. If you have questions, let me know. If you just feel like saying hi, go for it. Check back soon for more helpful nuggets.
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November 16th, 1864:
With the City of Atlanta a still smoldering ruin, General Sherman and his staff, along with the 14th Corps, moved east out of the city towards Decatur. The right wing's rear guard moved out towards Jonesboro to catchup with the rest of their wing. General Sherman and his staff left their headquarters at the Lyon's house around 7:00am. The Lyon's house was located where the current Atlanta City Hall now sits. As they moved east the day was bright, clear and crisp. The roads to the east were crowded with the soldiers and wagons of the 14th Corps. Sherman and his staff made their way to Lithonia, near the Yellow River, where they camped for the night. Along the way, Sherman's Soldiers, destroyed the railroad by burning the cross ties and bending the rails around trees and telegraph poles.
The right wing of the army continues to make their way south. They pass through Jonesboro where they had fought a serious engagement in September, and then passed through Love Joy's Station and Stockbridge. They Stop near McDonough for the night.
Atlanta City Hall now stands where the Lyon's House once stood. General Sherman had made the Lyon's House his headquarters while in town and on the morning of the 16th, Sherman and his staff departed for Savannah.
The historic High House in Decatur was built around 1830 and was the first two story home in Decatur. Local legend holds that General Sherman stopped here with his staff to water their horses after leaving Atlanta with the remaining elements of the Left Wing on the morning of the 16th.
The Right Wing of Sherman's Army continued to move south through Jonesboro while their rear guard was leaving Atlanta.
After moving through Jonesboro, the Right Wing moved through Love Joy's Station and made camp near present day McDonough.
Author Clint BrownleePosted on November 16, 2016 November 12, 2016 Categories Burning of Atlanta, Civil War, Civil War Atlanta, Civil War Battlefields, Civil War Georgia, Clint Brownlee Photography, General Sherman, Georgia History, Jonesboro, Love Joy's Station, March to the Sea, Sherman in Georgia, Sherman's Left Wing, Sherman's Right Wing, The Left Wing, The Right Wing, War Was HereTags Atlanta City Hall, Civil War, Decatur, General Sherman, High House Decatur, Jonesboro, Lyon's House, The March to the SeaLeave a comment on November 16th, 1864
The March to the Sea began this morning. The right wing and Kilpatirck's cavalry move southeast along the railroad towards Jonesboro. Slocum's 20th Corps, part of the left wing, moved east toward Decatur and Stone Mountain. Sherman, along with the remainder of the left wing and the rear guard of the right wing, stayed in Atlanta. Sherman supervised the last details of loading the wagon trains and the final destruction of Atlanta. In the late afternoon of the 15th the orders were given and the torch was put to Atlanta. An enormous fire soon erupted and began to consume the city. Artillery shells and other explosives had been placed in some structures and as the fire raged, they began to explode, sending debris and shell fragments through the air in all directions. Some soldiers remarked that they could not sleep because the light from the fire was too bright. Sherman remarked to a staffer that he thought the fire could possibly be seen as far away as Griffin, nearly 40 miles away.
The railroad at Rough and Ready. The Right Wing of Sherman's Army moved south along the railroad towards Jonesboro.
After giving the order to put the torch to Atlanta, the Left Wing of Sherman's Army moves towards Decatur.
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Inside the world's sex capital: City dubbed 'modern day Sodom and Gomorrah'
"Good guys go to heaven, bad guys go to Pattaya" reads the popular slogan on t-shirts flogged to tourists .
If so, there are plenty of bad guys: every year more than one million visitors a year pass through the Thai resort known as the world's sex capital.
Many men are drawn there by one thing only.
Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
The resort's infamous main drag, the largest red-light district on earth, is lined with sex clubs and go-go bars.
Neon signs promise sex shows, pole-dancing, cheap drinks and more.
Scantily clad Thai women, faces whitened with foundation, offer massages to passing western men.
Prostitution is illegal in Thailand but the law is widely ignored and there are brothels in abundance.
Pattaya alone has more than 1,000 bars and massage parlours, many fronts illegal brothels.
But the city's sex trade faces an uncertain future.
Last year Thailand's first female tourism minister promoted to eradicate sex tourism and reinvent the country as a female-friendly destination.
This week cops raided an illegal Thai brothel on Valentine's Day, catching an unlucky British punter with his pants down in the back room with a young dancer.
Officers stormed the Windmill go-go club and banged on the door of a private room at the back.
As they walked in a grey-haired 62-year-old man jumped off the bed and wrapped a towel around himself.
Those involved in the sex trade say it benefits the country's economy by pulling in millions of visitors armed with fistfuls of cash.
But police have stepped up raids on brothels following concerns over underage sex workers and human trafficking.
The Human Help Network Foundation Thailand has warned homeless children were especially at risk of exploitation.
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Pedestrian accidents in Chicago and the greater Chicago area remain a significant traffic safety concern. As seen in various statistics, fatal pedestrian accidents are increasing. While there are many reasons given for this trend, among the more prominent reasons given are both "distracted driving" by drivers as well as "distracted walking" by pedestrians.
Another reason that pedestrian accidents are problematical in Chicago is the extensive injuries that typically occur during such accidents. As seen in the pedestrian accidents summarized on this site, a broad range of injuries can occur when a person is struck by a vehicle. As well, such injuries vary in severity. It is common for such injuries to be fatal in nature; for those injuries that aren't fatal, recuperation from such injuries can be extensive both in time as well as in the amount of medical care required.
An August 26, 2017 Chicago fatal pedestrian accident occurred near the Caldwell Woods Forest Preserve, in the Norwood Park neighborhood. Some details regarding the crash do not appear to be publicly disclosed at this time. Photos of the area around the accident scene appear to show that there is no crosswalk.
According to Chicago Police, the accident happened at 3:35 p.m., in the 6200 block of West Devon, which is near the Caldwell Woods Forest Preserve. The pedestrian, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Joseph Giljum, 36, of Chicago, was struck by a vehicle.
He was pronounced dead after being taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. An autopsy found that he died of multiple blunt force injuries due to the accident.
The accident investigation is being conducted by the Chicago Police Major Accidents Investigation Unit.


My name is Greg. I'm happily married with three wonderful children. We live in Milwaukee where we plan to live out the rest of our days seeking to help Milwaukee flourish in a way that the results of its flourishing benefit all who live here.
Being a Centrist means you are willing to compromise on your own personal convictions so that you can govern from the center of the political spectrum. Being a Centrist means that you will give up some of your desires while achieving other desires of yours in order to govern along with those who think differently than you.
Quite simply, I hold all my policy positions with conviction, but what I'm passionate about is forming a government that governs from the center, not from the left or right. Compromise is a good word, not a bad word. That's what I want to see from my government.
Ridding ourselves of gerrymandering would be ideal, but it is not a realistic possibility. Influencing our representatives to govern from the center is the next best option and is a realistic possibility. We need people who have their own personal convictions, but are willing to compromise on their personal convictions in order to govern from the center for the common good of the whole.


Remember, a good positioning statement gives your brand clear direction on how to lead your future marketing activities. It's not a mission statement to be shared on your website for consumers.
No matter the size of your company, brand, or firm, personal and professional—blogging has become the new dimension of website engagement.
Brand perception: VW vs. BMW?
On the surface, both car brands carry similar attributes – It's been about two years since I made the switch from a VW to a BMW and the only difference I think I've made is exchanging one German brand for another. From the moment I hit a main artery, however, I found other drivers were not so polite in letting me merge-in during high traffic situations. So what changed? The brand perception changed.
Is organization all it's cracked up to be?
What is the key to less stress, increased efficiency and greater productivity? There are an immense amount of benefits that can derive from keeping a clutter-free work area.
In the last two years, Philosophy's marketing and PR campaign with Colorado Proud has given us insight into the world of "Buying Local". We have had the opportunity to truly understand and learn the value of those who grow, raise or process our food by visiting local Colorado farmers, ranchers and much more. What is your definition of "Buying Local"?
Have you ever worked in a horrible workplace? Follow these five steps and you will be on your way to creating one of the best places to work.
Picking up the phone – the little black dress of media relations.
Philosophy likes to go back to our core communications roots. I'm not suggesting that we abandon the new trends and technologies used in public relations practice. I'm simply advising that you don't throw the traditional pitching method out next time you clean out your closet.
In the past couple of years, long-standing and established brands like McDonalds and Burger King are getting beaten out by younger brands, so what has caused this brand shift over time? Advertising? A switch from fast food to fast casual? And what does branding say about health, service and quality?
What does it take to build a brand? At Philosophy we believe in performing a brand audit for our clients, which digs deep to determine what the company is truly made for, whom they are talking to and what their expectations are.
Albert Einstein once asked, "if a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
I would argue that proper grammar and punctuation are more important than ever, especially in today's world of rapid-fire communication that uses an abundance of abbreviations, acronyms and practically no punctuation.
How many emails do you receive in a single day? Communication has changed dramatically over time and it seems to be evolving for the better, but are traditional marketing and communication strategies still more effective?
May 9, 2014 – Philosophy recently received high recognition for our work. We won nine awards at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Colorado Chapter's annual Gold Pick awards.
If you're a business, what is the goal of using Pinterest? Regardless of your business or industry, we all want the same result: people to pin and re-pin your images and ultimately purchase your product, visit your resort, try your restaurant or use your service.
Can Tennis Help in Business?
Put in practice time – Training isn't fun. It is a pain. Practice your pitch. Hone your skills. Bounce ideas off colleagues.
Which fires are the most important to fight on a daily basis? How do we as a company define "urgent" and "emergency"? What can wait? How will we train new employees in our new work ways, and how will we re-coach long-time employees? Should we have fewer meetings (hint: yes, yes and yes!).
What Does the Word "Is" Really Mean?
The English language is complicated, complex and often unexplainable, but misusing words and language makes you sound ill-informed and dare I say, uneducated. Gasp. We have Google now.
Oct. 4, 2013 – In marketing or public relations, every position has the opportunity to be creative in their own unique way. Unfortunately, sitting in front of your computer can stifle your creative process.
If you must call a meeting, make it count.
Meetings are incredibly expensive. The next time you're in a meeting, mentally add up the hourly rates of everyone in the room. Then factor in the opportunity cost for what every person could be accomplishing instead of sitting and listening to why a particular stock of paper better suits the brochure than another.
If you've ever written and managed an RFP (request for proposal), you may not be aware of some constraints and considerations on the vendor side of the fence. Still, the RFP has some value that must be noted.
The creation and development of the Internet has made the opportunity to discover what others are doing just too good to resist. It's easy to spend hours online digging for some nugget that might help you get an edge. Instead of spending time monitoring your competition's every move, focus on your strategic plan.
The Panda & Penguin Battle: What Are the Google Algorithm Updates and How Can I Keep Up?
Every day, Google is working toward a smarter analysis of each site to encourage better, more user-friendly interfaces. They are very active in updating their algorithms and are motivated to improve search results. If you are unfamiliar with the algorithms and what they do, here are a few of the basics.
Companies are often asked to sponsor a variety of opportunities ranging from reserving a table at an industry event to buying an advertisement for an elementary school. With all of the opportunities and choices, how do you decide?
EBay introduced a new brand logo late in 2012. Ebay states that it reflects our commitment to delivering a cleaner, more contemporary and consistent experience.
To develop the campaign, the process was collaborative. Ideas from the client fused with those from Philosophy. In the end, we developed a visual campaign meshing the romantic look of vintage bicycling posters with modern American city cues.
Every brand and personality wants to be a part of the big conversation. Tapping into current world events and trends can be a great way to engage, but it can also lead to the crossing of the very fine and invisible line known as acceptability.
Bad kerning (or tracking) is equally destroying design. It's 2012. We should have enough computing power today to accurately plot any two letters together with good spacing between them. And yet, our design software still struggles.
We designed a poster campaign inviting people to join us for a whiskey tasting fundraising event, hosted by our very own Jennifer Lester.


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Q: TCP timeouts when performing a lot of http requests in GCP VM I have a host (jenkins-builder) running in the Google Cloud Platform. I'm running on Debian Buster, the VM is behind the NAT gateway.
If I execute many HTTP requests to some external host, for instance, http://example.com - source host networking will be "blocked" for a certain time == 30 seconds.
I've captured traffic via tcpdump, and now I can see that there are no ACK packets during time "blocked" time:
http://app.ep4sh.cc/paste/MLxciufIus
I do see multiple [S] but lack of [ACK] - I've double-checked the behavior on the neighbor hosts - there is no such issue on them. So in my opinion it's a particular host issue.
I've also tried to perform curl command with ---trace, please see the output:
http://app.ep4sh.cc/paste/nAbkcHNiXL
I wonder why does it try to accomplish IPv6 connection (I double-checked it is disabled):
cat /etc/sysctl.conf  | grep -vP "^#"

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6=1

Could somebody suggest how to find out the root cause?
Thank you in advance!

A: The issue was in Google Cloud Nat Gateway settings,
in my case the NAT Gateway was created by Terraform, by default Terraform provider enables Endpoint Independent mapping (which differs from the Google cloud docs):
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/google/latest/docs/resources/compute_router_nat#enable_endpoint_independent_mapping
That makes sense why only 64 connections were available for any foreign host. It was a default value for port allocation.

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Let's not get crazy here.
You want to make new year's resolutions – I get it and good for you. But let's be realistic. Why is it that by Feb 1st, the gym empties out and people are off track again? They set unattainable goals.
You can make changes in your life and set positive goals for your health but set attainable ones. Start with small steps and continue setting new goals for yourself as you reach the old ones.
Do not set your goals by weight. Saying "I will lose 10 lbs in a month," is not an attainable goal nor is it something you can control. Instead set goals like, " I will workout 4 times each week and I will keep a food diary to keep track of my calories for 1 month." This is something you can control.
Stay tuned for tips on getting fit.


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I am always suprised when I meet a music lover who has not heard of the band TRAVIS. Coldplay is really well known now around the US, but many people still know very little about the band Chris Martin credits as the ones who "invented my band and lots of others." If you haven't listened to TRAVIS much, check out The Boy With No Name. It's a great place to start, or get reacquainted. Their myspace page will give you a free listen to four of their tracks, but a personal favorite of mine is 'Closer.' After living with this song for a while it has me asking some questions.
Can bad news actually be good news? Can things falling apart lead to things being whole?
The melody of "Colder," the tenth track on The Boy With No Name, is probably the most upbeat and hopeful sounding song on the entire album. Paradoxically, the lyrics are about things falling apart—things in this world getting worse—things getting colder.
Who cheerfully sings about angels on the ground? Who points to the sky falling in the midst of a happy tune? It seems on this track that TRAVIS is one of three things: delusional, signing with deep irony, or finding hope amongst the chaos.
It would be difficult to make a case that TRAVIS is delusional or out of touch with reality. Their catalog of songs is marked with awareness that connects with real life. "The Beautiful Occupation," "Dear Diary," and "One Night" are just a few songs that showcase this. And even though Fran Healy wrote this album out of the optimism that comes with the birth of a new son, the lyrics of "My Eyes" shows that his feet are not completely in the clouds.
Unless TRAVIS is picking up a new device, irony is not their style either.
Check it out for yourself, and see if you can get a sense of where their hope is coming from.


Chapman University School of Law announced, today, that former U.S. Congressman Tom Campbell will be its new dean. Last year, Campbell ran, unsuccessfully, for the Republican Senate nomination. Campbell has a serious academic pedigree with a JD from Harvard and a Ph.D in economics from the University of Chicago....not to mention that he was on the Stanford Law and Berkeley Business faculties. This is a huge pickup for Chapman.


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Q: Independent custom webpack config without the webpackJsonp We have a standard Angular 8 app, but for some specific business-related reasons we need to have some on-the-side javascript functions exposed. In order to use one build and to be able to reuse code from the angular application, we use a custom webpack config like this:
"customWebpackConfig": {
  "path": "./webpack.exposed.js",
  "replaceDuplicatePlugins": true,
  "mergeStrategies": {
    "module.rules": "append"
  }
}

The contents of the webpack.exposed.js:
module.exports = {
  entry: {
    'for-others': './src/for-others/for-others.ts',
  },
  output: {
    filename: '[name].js',
  }
};

The for-others file contains just one exported function: export default () => {'config1': 1, 'config2': 2};
This works quite well and produces a separate for-others.js file. The problem is that this file doesn't just expose the function somehow, but adds something to a global webpackJsonp array. This means that other "external systems" can't use our config, as when this push is evaluated, we as a result we get a number (what the return type of push actually is).
(window["webpackJsonp"] = window["webpackJsonp"] || []).push([["for-others"],{
},[["./src/for-others/for-others.ts","runtime","vendor"]]]);

We've handled this requirement in another project where separate webpack builds are used. There the generated file is just:
/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
/******/ ...
/******/ })({<code>})

There we use a wrapper plugin that just adds (() => {\nreturn before this code and\n})().default after it, so the whole file evaluates to the default-ly exported function.
I've seen these questions already, but none actually provides a solution (or at least i can't get a solution out).

A: I think you can make use of optimization.runtimeChunk webpack option.
By default Angular CLI sets it to 'single' which is basically alias for:
optimization: {
  runtimeChunk: {
    name: 'runtime'
  }
}

So I would try something like:
module.exports = {
  entry: {
    'for-others': './src/for-others/for-others.ts',
  },
  output: {
    filename: '[name].js',
  },
  optimization: {
    runtimeChunk: {
      name: entryPoint => entryPoint.name === 'for-others' ? 'for-others' : 'runtime'
    },
  }
};

This should remove webpackJsonp part. Then as you have already mentioned, you can use a wrapper plugin:
const WrapperPlugin = require('wrapper-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  entry: {
    'for-others': './src/for-others/for-others.ts',
  },
  output: {
    filename: '[name].js',
  },
  optimization: {
    runtimeChunk: {
      name: entryPoint => entryPoint.name === 'for-others' ? 'for-others' : 'runtime'
    },
  },
  plugins: [
    new WrapperPlugin({
      test: /for-others\.js$/,
      header: '(() => {\nreturn ',
      footer: '\n})().default;'
    })
  ]
};

so that you can export whatever and wherever you want.


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The Revolution Betrayed
Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/31877
Submitted by Matthew on 18 October, 2017 - 11:38 Author: Max Shachtman
The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 opened up a new epoch for humanity. What no other social upheaval before it had ever dared to hope for, the Russian Revolution proclaimed boldly and confidently. Not the great French revolution, not even the Paris Commune of 1871, not even the rehearsal of the Russian Revolution in 1905, dreamed that it was the immediate forerunner of international socialism.
The Russian revolutionists of 1917, from their leaders down to the most obscure militant, did believe that they had only made the magnificent beginning, and that the flame they lighted would burn until it illuminated and warmed the whole earth with the victory of socialism. But the promise of the Russian Revolution required for its fulfilment the victorious organisation of the revolution in all the great and advanced countries of the world. It was required, not only in order that the peoples everywhere might emerge from the blind alley into which capitalism had driven them, but in order that the revolution in Russia itself might establish a socialist order, and even less than that — that the Russian revolution might be maintained at all.
Every intelligent person understood this simple truth. That the two great titans of the Russian Revolution, Lenin and Trotsky, understood it, goes without saying. That the whole Bolshevik Party understood it is equally incontestable. Even the backward peasant understood that what he gained from the Bolshevik revolution was constantly in danger of being lost if imperialism abroad continued to remain in power. Woodrow Wilson understood it, and so did Lloyd George and Winston Churchill and Georges Clemenceau and Benito Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan and all the other pillars of the old order, including Adolf Hitler, an obscure corporal in the German Imperial Army whose name was not known at that time to more than 50 people. Was the immense confidence of the Bolsheviks in the world revolution mistaken?
Before saying categorically "yes" or "no," it would be better to ask whether Lenin or Trotsky were right in arguing from 1914 onward, and especially from 1917 onward, that the world is living in a period of the final decay of capitalism, of dreadful wars, of socialist revolutions and of colonial uprisings.
The Bolsheviks' complete lack of confidence in capitalism's ability to restore the old, pre-war, more or less peaceful relationships has been confirmed over and over again in the last quarter of a century. For 24 years there has been one revolutionary uprising after another, with no continent, with hardly any one country, exempt. But they were mistaken in their confidence, too. The Russian Revolution did indeed spread to other countries, but it was not triumphant. Each time it was crushed, and often with the greatest bloodshed. Yet, wherein is the strength of capitalism represented? In our times, in one thing, and one thing only: in the weakness of the working class which is destined to destroy it. And wherein is the weakness of the working class represented? In its lack of numbers?
Not at all; it is numerous enough to crush any enemy. In its social unimportance? No; it remains the indispensable foundation-stone of all modern society. Its weakness is only in its lack of full class consciousness, in its lack of complete independence from the capitalist class, in its lack of fully independent class organisation, class program, class leadership and class aims. social democracy The political name of that weakness, from 1914 on (and even earlier) and especially from 1917 on, was: the Social Democracy, the Second International. It saved capitalism during and after the First World War. It mowed down the proletarian revolution in Western Europe with machine guns. It seduced and traduced the working class, trading on its past services to labour, on the inertia of traditionalism, on the short memory of the workers. It alternately beat the workers into unconsciousness with clubs or lulled them into paralytic sleep with soothing whispers that by careful medical treatment of the poisoned body of capitalism, by transfusing workers' blood into it, it would not only get well but become transformed painlessly into socialism. By driving back the wave of revolutions that followed the war of 1914-1918 the capitalist class and its social-democratic assistants isolated the revolution from the rest of the world.
The products of this isolation of the revolution are uniformly and universally reactionary. Because the workers of Germany did not take power into their own hands, Hitlerism was imposed upon Germany and then upon the rest of Europe. Because the Chinese workers did not take power when they had the chance to do so, the rotten regime of Chiang Kai-shek kept the power, enfeebled China, facilitated the attack of the Japanese barbarians and helped in general to perpetuate the precarious rule of these barbarians in Japan itself. Because the French and British workers did not lake power, they must now fight in an imperialist war against resurgent German imperialism and fight it under menacing handicaps. So it is throughout the world.
Not the least monstrous of the reactionary products of Russia's isolation, however, is the growth and triumph of the Stalinist bureaucracy. Capitalism's victory over the revolution in the west gave birth to the bureaucracy in Russia as a powerful social force. The bureaucracy, in turn, has repaid its capitalist midwife by invaluable services rendered to keep it in power throughout the world. What the social democracy could do for only a few years after the end of the war, Stalinism has succeeded in doing since 1923, for 18 long and horrible years.
Masquerading as revolutionary communists, defaming the names of Lenin and Bolshevism under which they operate, the Stalinist bureaucrats systematically undermined the revolutionary and labour movements in one country after another.
They took up the work of the social democrats — often cooperating directly with them — in disrupting the unity of the working class. Those organisations they could not dominate, they destroyed. Those revolutionary uprisings they could not misdirect, they crushed, as in Catalonia, with armed force. The hundreds of millions of colonial slaves who saw in the great Russian Revolution a beacon of liberty, they cynically betrayed to imperialism. The class-consciousness of a whole generation, they tore to shreds. Those they could not win to their ends by persuasion or intimidation or outright bribery, they sought to discredit and isolate by methods that any half-decent capitalist politician would hesitate to employ.
In Russia, itself every trace of the great revolutionary promise of 1917 has literally been wiped out by reactionary force. The workers were reduced to the status of slaves, toiling under the despotism of the new ruling class, the bureaucracy.
The peasants were made like serfs again, wiped out wholesale, by the millions, to suit the needs of the bureaucracy. For every big factory set up, another concentration camp rose to surround the victims of a totalitarian regime. All intellectual life was transformed into organized, compulsory bootlicking of a vulgar, vain and voracious autocracy, "with Comrade Stalin at its head".
A small section of the heroes of the Bolshevik Revolution was corrupted; by far the greater part of it that remained alive after the rigours of the civil war was decimated by Stalin. The noblest figures of October were sent to their graves by assassination, including our greatest contemporary, Leon Trotsky.
* Abridged from Labor Action, Vol. V No. 46, November 1941
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Activision Blizzard Management are Scum: Abuse People, Promise Better, Then Lay off Staff (Update: Statement from Activision)
Chris Wray • Dec 6, 2021 02:12 PM EST
Update (6th December): Following this piece, an Activision representative has reached out to give a statement on the recent layoffs that instigated this piece, stating:
Activision Publishing is growing its overall investment in its development and operations resources. We are converting approximately 500 temporary workers to full-time employees in the coming months. Unfortunately, as part of this change, we also have notified 20 temporary workers across studios that their contracts would not be extended.
My response to this is that conversion of approximately 500 employees from temp/contract to full time is a positive thing, indeed. However, I have to question why the twenty were let go if members of studios are indicating crunch and when the publisher is making record levels of profit. I also have to question this when they are openly celebrated as good staff. I also must point out that staff are being left in a state of limbo to find out if they have a job or not, which is simply cruel.
Original Story: If it's not clear by the fact that I've called out Activision Blizzard many times over their complete and utter bullshit, I'm not a fan of the company and its actions. Let's make this clear from the start; there are two sides to this debate: right and wrong. Anybody who even remotely attempts to defend Activision Blizzard is immediately on the wrong side. That's just a simple fact.
This is a meandering, vitriolic, opinion piece. It's not objective at all. News of new layoffs is at the end. For clarity: I do not represent the opinions of all Wccftech (the site). I'm far blunter.
Quick round-up of why I'm right about this just from news in the previous three years:
Blizzard defended the authoritarian Chinese government actions in Hong Kong over freedom of speech when they suspended Blitzchung and refused to give him his reward pay. Under massive outcry, they halved the suspension and paid him his winnings but still refused to apologise later, only giving feeble excuses.
Activision Blizzard laid off est 800 people in February 2019, despite having record financial performances in the previous twelve months.
The company attempted to lay off 133 people in 2019 and failed (French law). Activision Blizzard denied they would attempt to close this office after an agreement led to 134 staff departing with higher compensation packages. In 2020, they went ahead and tried to shut this office during the pandemic, stating they aren't core staff.
Side note: I questioned this "non-core" line (one of the few that did), saying that localisation, customer support, and so on are core. Following this, the company would always point out that localisation and customer support weren't part of "non-core" layoffs.
Activision Blizzard was making more money than ever before at the height of the pandemic, and further layoffs occurred for "growth opportunities" only two weeks after they stated they needed 2000 more staff. I made it clear that these were patching up gaps from layoffs, offering rock-bottom wages, and that more would come.
Ironically, in fitting with the recent news, I mention the inevitable fate of Raven Software, the developer working on a game that made almost $2bn in 2020 alone and facing layoffs now, AFTER the company had staff relocate.
Early 2021, Activision Blizzard laid off even more staff - giving them a whopping $200 Battle.net voucher - while Bobby Kotick was due a $200m bonus.
Bobby Kotick agreed to cut his base salary and annual bonus by 50% in a feeble attempt to appease. In addition to this, the $200m stock-related bonus was later reduced to a paltry $155m.
The lawsuit began. Once revealed, the response led to more recriminations. An internal company-wide email was written by Bobby Kotick but sent from Fran Townsend, with Kotick having her take the blame. He also called the email "tone deaf", attacking her.
Evidence or allegations of discrimination of all kinds, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and rape, amongst other violations such as intimidation and union-busting, have come to light. A full SEC investigation began following this.
Bobby Kotick (ever the liar and subhuman piece of shit that he is) denied knowing anything occurred within the company. It was reported that he had full knowledge of misconduct, ignored HR's recommendation to let a harasser go, covered up a lawsuit settlement from a female employee who was raped twice, and threatened to have his former assistant killed.
One response from Activision, in the past, stated:
We are moving forward with unwavering focus, speed, and resources to continue increasing diversity across our company and industry and to ensure that every employee comes to work feeling valued, safe, respected, and inspired. We will not stop until we have the best workplace for our team.
All of this leads us to the recent news. I read this last night just before I was going to sleep. Long story short: Activision Blizzard is laying off more employees. These are working on one of their most profitable titles, forcing even more pressure and unhealthy workloads on the remaining staff. The company had staff relocate for the role, promising contracts, pay-rises, and more. See the tweets that revealed this here:
I am gutted right now. My friends in QA at Raven were promised, for months, that Activision was working towards a pay restructure to increase their wages.
Today, one by one, valuable members of the team were called into meetings and told they were being let go.
— Austin O'Brien (@eyyohbee) December 3, 2021
Why are they doing this? There is no valid reason. They are lying unless they explicitly say, "we want less staff to increase the profit margins, giving us bigger bonuses". That's the truth of the matter. That, or tied to the earlier quote from Activision Blizzard, they believe the only way they can have the best workplace is by having no staff members, as the management are too morally bankrupt to run a decent workplace.
Naturally, this comes after a recent promise from the company to improve the workplace and give staff better pay. It's needed because some within Activision Blizzard can't even afford to use the staff canteen or eat meals some days. A tweet from a former employee also highlights a different tactic Activision Blizzard is using to pretend to meet their pledge of higher wages - simply not having those staff on the books.
Bobby is also having all contractors move to one agency (Volt) which, I was contracted through during my time at Activision and Treyarch. It wasn't great.
— Jessica Gonzalez 💙 #FireBobbyKotick (@BlizzJess) December 4, 2021
Raven and Activision Blizzard staff have tweeted in support of those being released. According to one person, these have been undergoing years upon years of crunch. After having relocated at their expense, these people are jobless as of January 28th, putting them at risk of poverty and homelessness (as it would be for anybody who had lost their job).
To top this all off, Jason Schreier has been discussing with team members, and many of them are left in a state of limbo, not knowing if their jobs are safe or not. The reality is that their jobs aren't secure because no matter how much profit Activision Blizzard make, it will never be enough. They will kill (literally or metaphorically) anybody they can to squeeze that extra cent.
My commiserations go to anybody working at Activision Blizzard. That company is irredeemable under current management. I hope that the people who work there find new employment and the company burns to the ground. I'm only one person, but my now nine-year financial boycott will continue, and I can only hope others will join in (I still review games as objectively as possible, that's my job).
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The Vyborg gubernia (Wiborgs län, Wiipurin lääni) forms the south-east part of Finland, laying between the latitudes 60°7' and 62°42'8" North (not counting the islands in the Gulf of Finland – they go to the south up to 59°45' North) and between the longitudes 26°26' and 32°47' East (from Greenwich). It includes the bigger part of the Old Finland (Gamla Finland) – the southern Karelia, the southmost part of Savolax and some parts of Nyland and Tavastland. The main part of the western border of the Vyborg gubernia goes along the Kymmene river. On the north it borders Saint Michels gubernia and Kuopio gubernia. The eastern border of the Vyborg gubernia (with adjoining Olonets gubernia) makes the part of the Eastern Finnish border. It goes first along one of the mountain ridges of the Maanselkä mountain system, then across the Unus-järvi lake and the Irstaan-joki river, tributary of the Suo-joki river. Then the border goes southward, making random curves, up to the Ladoga Lake. The south-west border of the gubernia goes southwestward along the Ladoga Lake shore to its west shore, then turns to south along the Rajajoki river going to the Gulf of Finland, separating the Vyborg gubernia from the St.-Petersburg one. The southern border of the Vyborb gubernia is formed by the Culf of Finland. The islands in the gulf, far from the northern coast, and even those, lying close enough to the southern shore, including Hogland (Suursaari), Tyttärensaari, Sayvi (Vähä Tyttärensaari), Lavansaari, Peninsaari and Seskär (Seitskaarto) belongs to the Vyborg gubernia. Their inhabitants are of the Finnish origin and live by fishing, seals hunting and piloting. The latter is quite necessary here, as the islands are surrounded by numerous dangerous rocks, banks and underwater stones that cause shipwrecks every year. That is why there is a lot of buoys and lighthouses. There are three lighthouses on the Hogland isle, one on the Seitskaarto isle, two on the cliffs north of Lavansaari and two on the rocks south-west of Hogland. All these lighthouses are kept by Russia and belong to St.-Petersburg Admiralty. As to the coastal line of the Gulf of Finland along the Vyborg gubernia, its eastern part is low and sandy and without any islands up to the Styrsudd cape, then the shore goes a bit to the north-west and becomes almost typically Finnish (more indented) and soon one meets a sizeable group of islands – four big (Björkö or Koivusaari), Biskopsö or Piissaari, Tuorsaari and Soukansaari) and a lot of small ones. This group of islans is sepereted from the mainland by quite narrow (1-2 miles), but long (about 15 miles) Björkösund strait, well-known since the 1790 war. Going on to the west one meets the Vyborg bay (Wiborgska viken) – the biggest one in Finland. Its entrance is for ¾ blocked by the long and narrow Björkö cape. On the other side of the cape the bay widen to the south-east and scattered with a lot of islands. The strait between islands Uuransaari and Suoniosaari, called Trångsund (narrow strait) is used for the anchorage of big ships, that are loaded and unloaded here. The smaller ships go up to Vyborg and even into the mouth of the Saimen Channel. To the west of the Vyborg bay there begin the real skerries. The nearest to the Vyborg bay is a group of Pitkäpaasi isles with a good anchorage. Father to the west there is a Vederlaks (Virolahti) bay. A lot of single isles and groups of islands covering this part of the gulf. Thanks to that sail ships find here more or less safe refuge from the storms, but sailing here is quite dangerous due to lots of pitfalls. Nobody goes here without a pilot. Between Pitkäpaasi and Hogland there is a well-known to all sailors a group of isles Aspögaddar (Perkel-skär), surrounded by the dangerous reefs. There is a lighthouse on one of the islands. To the north of this group there is an open space, leading to the Vekkelaks (Vehkalahti) bay, close to which there are Fredrikshamn isles. Further to the west there are three big islands – Kirkkomaa, Kuutsalo and Kotka. In the strate between the latter two there is a historically remarkable Svensksund (Ruotsinsalmi) isle.
As it was already said, the bigger part of the south-east border of the Vyborg Gubernia goes along the shore of the Ladoga lake. Almost from the beginning of the border with St-Petersburg gubernia the coast begins to change it southern look. Already at the mouth of the Suvanto river we can see high forest-overgrown hills and oses, made of a mess of boulders and pebbles and gaunt crosswise to the shoreline (from north-east to south-west). To the north of the Vuoksa river, just after the mouth of the Hiitola brook the coast is made from the bare granites and the country gets typical Finnish look, presenting the same indented coastline and lot of skerries as along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The biggest islands along the western coast are Konevets (Kononsaari) and Keksholm (Käkisalmi), blocking the mouth of the Vuoksa river, with the town and fortress of the same name. The biggest skerries are at the north-west shore of the Ladoga lake. Here one meet islands Touna or Kilpolansaari-Riekkalansaari (near Serdobol), and lot of other islands. At the north-easten coast the most remarkable are Uuksulahti, Mansinsaari and Lunkulansaari. Of the islands that lay further from the shore the most remarkable is Valamo group, steeply rising from the deepest part of the lake.
The surface of the Vyborg gubernia is quite uneven. The main heights are the Salpausselkä ridge, Maly (small) Salpausselkä ridge and Ayräpäänselkä ridge. The first begins in the north-east part of the Vyborg gubernia, giving the spur that goes to the south-east into Olonets gubernia, goes to Kuopio gubernia and returns to Vyborg gubernia near the eastern shore of the Pyhäjärvi lake in Sordavala uezd. From here it turns to south-west and then to the west to Nyland Gubernia. Salpausselkä ridge is a watershed between the Ladoga and Saimaa lakes and on the west – between the Saimaa Lake and the Gulf of Finland. In the eastern part it mainly covered by alluviums and only somewhere there are open granites. Further to the west granites and gneiss lay opened. Some way to the west the Salpausselkä ridge is broken by Vuoksa river, forming here a will-known Imatra waterfall. Still further to the west the ridge is cut by Saimaa channel. From here on the ridge is hidden by sands sown with rapakivi1 stones and covered by sparse trees. Here it is quite convenient for building a road over it and for more than 200 verts the road is going over it. The Finnish railroad is also going atop of the ridge for several tens of versts (the part to the east of Riihimäki station). The height of the ridge in the Vyborg gubernia reaches 100 meters. Parallel to the said ridge some 20-40 versts to the north there goes the Maly Salpausselkä ridge, that begins at the western coast of the Pyhäjärvi lake and goes to the south-west, crossing the Saimaa Lake. This ridge mai be regarded as a spur of the main Salpausselkä ridge. Another important spur is the Ayräpäänselkä ridge, that parts with the main ridge at the north of the Saimaa channel and goes south-east along the western shore of the Vuoksa river. At the source of the Rajajoki river it goes into St-Peterburg gubernia. The area between Salpausselkä ridge and the Ladoga Lake shores is the most important part of all the Finland in its mineral resources. Here in the Sordavala uezd there is a marble mount Ruskeala, about 2 versts long, half of verst wide and up to 150 feet high. The eastern part of the Gulf of Finland coast is more or less plane, to the west it is covered with numerous hill made of rapakivi. The same kind of granite, but more solid, is mined in Pyterlahti quarries. The islands in the Gulf of Finland are usually not high, except for the Hogland isle with its three peaks reaching 180 meters and seen far from the sea. The main rock here is porphyry. The main rock in the Vyborg gubernia are gneiss-granite compounds, sometimes met rapakivi; thee true gneiss is found only on a limited area near the nerth=east coast of the Ladoga Lake. On the small area near the northern coast and further to the north there are also met slates and greenstones.
As to the water supply, the Vyborg gubernia lays partly in the Gulf of Finland basin and partly in the Ladoga Lake basin. Of the rivers the most remarkable is the Kymmene river with the lakes Pyhäjärvi (which it goes through) and Vuohijärvi, on the border with the Nyland gubernia. From the east the Kymmene river takes up waters from the system of the large Kivijärvi lake, lying between the main Salpausselkä and Maly Salpausselkä ridges. Further to the east several small rivers are entering the Gulf of Finland, including Siester-joki (Systerbäck) – the border-line with Russia. Of the rivers of the Ladoga Lake basin the most remarkable is Vuoksa, entering the lake near Keksholm. The bigger part of the Saimaa Lake, heavily covered with the islands, also belongs to the Vyborg gubernia. Some 30 versts to the west of the source of the Vuoksa river there begins the Saimaa Channel, going nearly to south-west and connecting the Saimaa Lake with the Vyborg bay. Also a part of the Suo-joki (Shuya) river, beginning in the Suo-järvi lake, runs by the territory of the Vyborg gubernia.
According to Strelbitsky, the territory of the Vyborg gubernia is about 43056 sq. kilometers (37833 sq. versts). The mainland with the inner waters is about 42716.7 sq. km, the lakes (including part of the Ladoga Lake belonging to the gubernia) occupies 12587.2 sq. km. According to Ignatsius, the territory covered by swamps and peat-bogs is 8626.76 sq. km, giving about 24.1% of the mainland (excluding the Ladoga Lake). Internal waters makes up 10.5% of the mainland. So, with exception of the Ladoga Lake, the lakes, rivers and swamps encounter 34.5% of the territory of the Vyborg gubernia. Only Kuopio, Vaasa and St.-Michel gubernias has bigger water surface.
The population of the Vyborg gubernia in 1887 was 330823 (162858 men, 167965 women), of them 26518 lived in towns, 304305 in villages. Population density is 10.5 per sq. km. Most of the inhabitants of the Finnish origin. By the 1880 data of 301975 people 291490 considered Finnish as their mother tongue and 7382 – Swedish. Somewhere among native Finnish inhabitants there are met Russian families. In the Moula parish there are several Russian villages (Kyyrölä, Kangaspelta, Suvenoja and Parkina). In the towns except for Russian there live some Germans. The Swedish population (except for the towns) lives in the most western part of the gubernia. The biggest part of Finns belong to the eastern Savolax-Karelian group and speaks on the corresponding dialect. The western part of gubernia is populated by the western (Tavastland) speakers. There are 6 towns, 1 township, 49 rural regions, 1819 villages in the Vyborg gubernia. The average population of the village is 171 (the sixth in Finland).
The agriculture and handicraft industry are at very low level here. Because of big areas covered by waters, swamps and quagmires and prevalence of the sandy and rocky lands, the agriculture is quite limited. In 1885 the arable lands took only 3.38% of all the lands in the Vyborg gubernia. The annual yield in the Vyborg and St.-Michel gubernias is the lowest in Finland, the quality of the land cultivation is the worst in the country. In 1887 the harvest was (in hectoliters): wheat – 3766 (7.69-fold), rye – 597885 (7.07-fold), barley – 179345 (5.93-fold), oats – 781665 (5.76-fold), mix of oats and barley – 11326 (5.78-fold), buckwheat 6833 (8.33-fold), pea – 13870 (5.64-fold), potato – 626163 (5.95-fold). Except for that, turnip and the like harvest was 55710 kilograms, flax – 302709 kilograms, hemp – 115246 kilograms. The per capita crop was 1.83 hectoliters of the wheat and rye, 0.55 hectoliters of the barley, 2.41 hectoliters of the oats and oats/barley mix, 0.06 hectoliters of the pea and buckwheat, 1.96 hectoliters of potato and 0.17 hectoliters of turnip and the like. By the per capita quantity of the wheat, rye, oats, oats/barley mix, pea and buckwheat the Vyborg gubernia is fifth in Finland, barley and potato – seventh, turnip and the like – third. The growing of the buckwheat is relatively big here, only St.-Michel gubernia exceeds Vyborg gubernia in that. In the Vyborg gubernia the small farms are predominant (as in all Finland, but to mach greater extent that in other gubernias). According to 1887 data of 29387 land owners only 87 had more than 100 hectares of arable land, 1940 had from 25 to 100 hectares, 10718 – from 5 to 25 hectares and 16642 – less than 5 hectares. The number of cattle in the Vyborg gubernia is relatively big. In the 1887 winter there were 41433 horses and foals, 167028 cows, bulls and calfs, 125455 sheep, 44903 pigs, 298 goats and 48578 poultry. The big damage for the cattle is brought by predators. In 1887 in Vyborg gubernia there were paid 4036 Finnish marks as a premiums for the killed predators.
The Vyborg gubernia is quite reach with the forests. The total forests area is 2191521 hectares, of them in private use are 2070820 hectares and in the state ownership 120701 hectares. By the amount of the privately-owned forests the Vyborg gubernia is the second in Finland. The best forests are at the north-east from the Ladoga lake. And here there is well developed forest industry (in 1887 there were 34 wood mills, of them 26 with the steam engines, with 1343 workers that cut up 1141634 logs). Cabinet-worth and fruit trees are met only in the southern part of gubernia. In the Nykyrka (New kirk) parish there is a planted larch wood. In the woods of the eastern part of gubernia there can be met wild and feral reindeers; sometimes there also can be met elks. The number of predators (including bears), as it was noted earlier, is rather big.
In the Gulf of Finland they catch a big take of the sprat, in the winter (from under the ice) they catch a lot of smelt (about 400 metric tons a year). There is a big catch of the whitefish (Coregonus albula), called here "muikko", in the lakes. There are many salmons in the Kymmene used and in the river Vuoksa.
Quite important for the Vyborg gubernia are its mineral treasures. The most rich with the minerals are the regions adjoining the northern coast of the Ladoga Lake. The Vyborg gubernia supplies a big volume of the different building stones. The most important are rapakivi quarries in Pytärlahti and Vederlaks (Virolahti) – the latter supplied the block for Alexander's column, granite quarries in Tuppuransaari near Vyborg, marble quarries in Ruskeala (in Sordavala uezd; cloudy bluish-gray Ruskeala marble was used in the building of the St-Isaak Cathedral, the Marble Palace and other buildings in St-Petersburg). Also, there are big syenite-granite quarries near Serdobol. Every year big block of this stone are exported to Russia (the stone was used for the monument in Novgorod, the monument to the Nickolay I and for the Nikolaevsky bridge in St.-Petersburg. In Impilahti and other places there are feldspar and quartz quarries that is exported to St.-Petersburg china works at about 2400 metric tons a year. The stone export through Serdobol amounts to about 100000 marks. In Pitkäranta, at the shore of the Ladoga Lake, there is the only working copper mine with the annual ore output to the amount around 300000 marks. Here they also mine the tin. In 1884-87 there had been mined tin for about 163000 marks. In some lakes (in 1887 – in six) there is a lake iron ore lifting, in some places there is also bog iron ore extraction. In 1886 there was extracted 3060 metric tons of Iron ore which was used for production of 1192 metric tons of the sheet iron, 4.6 metric tons of the blacksmith's iron and 123.3 metric tons of nails.
The total number of factories and manufactures in 1886 was 835. The number of workforce was 6143 and the annual output – 16325724 marks. Of them 368 with 2126 workers and output of 6907855 marks were in towns and townships and the rest 467 with 4017 workers and output of 9417859 marks were in villages. Distillation is not much spread, The most important works and factories are the following: in Vyborg – soap works and machine-shop, In Nurmes (near Vyborg) – metalwork factory, in Pero – nails works, in Rokkola -glass works, in Pitkäranta – ochre oil pant factory, in Raivola – iron works, in Suotniemi (near Keksholm) – delftware shops, in Kuusankoski – paper mills, in Turppa (near Fredrikshamn) – gunpowder works, in Ingerois – paper mills. The mercantile marine of the Vyborg gubernia on January 1st 1888 consisted of 625 sail vessels with total tonnage of 43713 register tons and 64 steam vessels with the tonnage of 1685 tons. The Vyborg gubernia has big trading turnover, especially in timber. In timber export the most important port is Kotka, that compete in timber trade with Bjerneborg, Vyborg and Fredrikshamn. The othe export goods are butter, livestock, meat, fish, sheet iron, metalwork and stone. The main import goods are flour and handicrafts from Russia. Apart from Vyborg, Kotka and Fredrikshamn the other important trading towns are Keksholm, Serdobol, Vilmanstrand, Kronoborg. There is a St.-Petersburg-Helsingfors railway, going along the Vyborg gubernia. It has branches to Kotka (at Kouvola station) and Vilmanstrand (at Simola station). Under construction is the railroad from Vyborg to Serdobol and further to Joensuu. Very important for Vyborg gubernia is the Saimaa channel, connecting the Saimaa lake with the Vyborg bay. The ground roads in gubernia in 1880 were 7905 kilometers (25 km per 100 sq. km).
In 1887-1888 there were 155 schools (118 in villages and 37 in towns), of them 71 mixed schools, 43 boys schools and 41 girls schools with total number of pupis 9509. By the language there were 142 Finnish, 6 Swedish, 2 Finnish/Swedish, 1 Finnish/German, 1 Finnish/Russian and 3 Russian schools. Secondary and high schools are in Vyborg, Vilmanstrand, Fredrikshamn, Serdobol and Keksholm. Administrativly the Vyborg gubernia is divided into 9 uezds: 1) Stranda (Ranta), 2) Ayräpää, 3) Keksholm (Käkisalmi), 4) Kronborg (Kurkijoki), 5) Kymmi, 6) Lappvesi, 7) Salmi, 8) Sordavala and 9) Jääski. The courts in gybernia are under supervising of Judicial Chamber (Hofrätt), The Lutheran church is under the rule of the bishop of Borgå, Orthodox church is under the Vyborg clerical board, which reports to the metropolitan of Novgorod and St.-Petersburg. The biggest part of the inhabitants are of the Lutheran church, only Russians and some Finns in the eastern part of the gubernia (parishis Salmi, Suistamo, Suo-järvi and village Kitilä in the Impilahti parish) are of the Orthodox church. The territory of the present Vyborg gubernia was the battlefield between Swedes and Russian from the ancient times. The bigger part of it (including Vyborg) was rejoined to Russia by the Nishtadt peace, the western part – during the reign of Elizaveta Petrovna. It was included into the Grand Duchy of Finland in 1811.
In 1903 the were 438060 inhabitants in the Vyborg gubernia. The native language in 1901 was Finnish for 407817, Swedish for 8821, Russian for 3960, other languages for 1012. In the towns there lived 49184, of them 33210 – in Vyborg. There were 402 of all kind of schools in 1901 with 20895 pupils. The were 8 high schools (lycees) with 1080 pupils, 383 elementary and secondary schools with 19172 pupils, 11 professional secondary schools with 643 pupils, including 1 mixed teachers school with 277 pupils.
kind of very soft granite, the world "rapakivi" means "rotten stone" in Finnish.


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Indonesia eases requirements for mining export permits, nickel excluded
JAKARTA, March 23 (Reuters) - Indonesia will now grant miners export permit for unrefined mineral ores, even if construction of their refining facilities is delayed, a move aimed at lessening the blow to the industry from the coronavirus, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Indonesia announced last year it would ban exports of unprocessed ore by 2023 to spur higher value smelting industries in the country, and that only miners with refining facilities that were meeting their construction schedules would be eligible for export permits.
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"This export incentive does not eliminate the company's obligation to continue building smelters in the country," the ministry said. (Reporting by Bernadette Christina Munthe; Writing by Fathin Ungku; Editing by Martin Petty)


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Interviews, News, Pop	— June 16, 2015 at 11:09 am
INTERVIEW: Gentle Bones' Joel Tan can't imagine life without friends, sushi and his guitar
When Joel Tan, the artist known to most as Gentle Bones, picked up a guitar for the first time at 16 years old it's doubtful he could have predicted how quickly he would achieve the incredible successes he's managed…
In fact, the 21 year old has achieved more in the past 18 months than many aspiring musicians could hope to achieve in a lifetime. His debut single 'Until We Die' secured the number 1 position on the iTunes charts and Music Weekly Asia's Top 30 Singapore charts upon release, he has become the first ever Singaporean artists to sign a '360-degree-deal' with Universal Music Singapore, performed in front of 25,000 people at The Float@Marina Bay and now is mere days away from a European invasion, performing in London with his band.
Indeed Gentle Bones represents the forefront of a new wave of Singaporean artists that, along with The Sam Willows, are making an impact far beyond their small island home. His delicate approach to stripped back folk driven pop music has resonated with both local and international audiences and it seems only a matter of time before a major international record deal is imminent. It's safe to say that the trajectory is looking good for this talented young artist.
We took some time out of the perennially humble Tan's day to discuss his recent collaborations with YouTube sensation Kurt Schneider, what he couldn't live without on a deserted island and what lies in the future for this mercurial talent.
How would you describe your sound to someone that hasn't had the opportunity to hear you perform?
My music of late has been very folk inspired. A lot of big sounds, from orchestral bits to large choir chants, they tend to contrast the intimacy and honesty of my lyrics, but yet accentuates the emotion.
You played packed out shows at Music Matters 2014 before your EP was released, with so much momentum coming into this year's Music Matters what was the response this time around?
We performed one show during Music Matters 2015 at the main Fountain Stage and it was an incredible night. We filled up the whole place, people sang and it was a good time.
Do you have any pre-gig rituals or superstitions?
Not quite. But I do keep to myself most of the time as show time draws closer.
You've just been signed by Universal and the first Singaporean artiste to sign a "360-degree deal" which includes recording and publishing rights, events, endorsements, and merchandise. This is the kind of opportunity that many young artists can only dream of. Can you tell us more about what it was like when you got that call?
Everything that has happened over the one and a half years since I released my first single "Until We Die" has exceeded all my expectations. It was extremely humbling to know that Universal believed in my work and was willing to invest in my art. I'm grateful to be able to continue putting out material.
You've collaborated with YouTube sensation Kurt Schneider recently. Tell us more about that came about and what it was like working with him?
Kurt is a genius. He works so fast and churns out his "one-take" content so quickly. It was definitely a huge learning experience and taught me so much. We filmed a video with Tiffany Alvord that is up on his YouTube channel now!
The SGMUSO Live showcase is coming up in London soon, running from 24 to 28 June? How are you feeling about bringing your music to an international audience?
So much pressure! But most of all, I'm grateful that I'm able to present my music to people of another continent and take my band with me.
When can we expect the debut album to be released?
Hopefully, by the end of the year! Expect surprises though, laughs.
Finally, name the three things you'd take with you if you were going to be stranded on a deserted island?
A friend, a guitar and sushi.
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