INTERNATIONAL BIBLE COLLEGE. International Bible College, in San Antonio, was founded by Rev. Leonard W. Coote in 1942, when World War II temporarily halted his missionary efforts with the Japan Apostolic Mission. He had previously established a Bible training school for native workers in Ikoma, Japan, and wanted to build a similar Bible training center in the United States. The school, chartered as a nonprofit institution and dependent on private contributions for support, was situated on a ten-acre campus atop "Hallelujah Hill," overlooking San Antonio. In 1965 the campus included fourteen buildings; the library contained 3,000 volumes. By 1967 the campus included nineteen buildings; that number grew to twenty-seven by 1995. Curriculum offerings in 1967 were a 2½-year course leading to a Christian worker's certificate, a three-year ministerial diploma course, and two four-year Bible college courses-one leading to the bachelor of theology degree and the other to the bachelor of religious education degree. A nonsectarian school, the International Bible College was affiliated with the North American Association of Bible Colleges and Bible Institutes. Enrollment in 2001 was ninety-one full-time-equivalent students; faculty numbered twenty-one. David W. Cook served as president.
Handbook of Texas Online, "INTERNATIONAL BIBLE COLLEGE," accessed April 25, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbi06.


STREAM defines the production process according to the best processing sequence, taking all variables, including production costs, into account, and starting with the model of the finished product. It is structured on three levels: technical, production and business.
CAM for the part: creates or allows for changes to be made to a 2D model and automatically defines lead-ins and cutting sequences.
CAM for the sheet: calculates the processing path and the movements between one processing and another, and decides the cutting tool, permitting manual interventions thanks to a powerful interactive editor.
NESTING for automatically, semi-automatically or manually composing the sheets from the list of parts to be produced; it re-orders the lists generated so as to optimize production on systems equipped with an automatic store-tower.
classifying the parts according to common categories (size, material, thickness, etc.) or categories personalized by the customer (project, kit, etc.).
defining one or more production flows for each of the parts to be made on Salvagnini systems.
generating the programs for the technologies present in the production flow for the part to be made.
providing the final cost of entire production batches, nests and single parts in a simple and efficient manner.
managing the costs relating to electrical energy, manpower, materials and depreciation and automatically converting prices into the main currencies.
taking into consideration the work carried out on Salvagnini or third-party systems (painting, welding, etc.).


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App Store Experiencing Widespread Search Issues [Updated]
Thursday May 5, 2016 5:38 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
A significant number of users on Reddit and Twitter, corroborated by multiple tips we have received, are affected by an ongoing App Store issue preventing a number of popular iOS apps from showing up in search results unless already installed, including Google, Periscope, Spotify, Tidal, Tumblr, Uber, Vine, Waze, and many others.
The search issues appear to be widespread, affecting iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch customers throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, and elsewhere since early Thursday morning. Apple has yet to update its System Status page with any reported issues as of 6:00 a.m. Pacific, but it has historically been slow in reflecting outages.
Update: The search issues also appear to extend to iTunes and the Mac App Store.
Update 2: Apple is aware that users have been "experiencing a problem with the App Store" since about 2:00 a.m. Pacific. Apple is "investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available."
Update: Apple's System Status page indicates the App Store issues were resolved shortly after 8:00 a.m. Pacific. Search results now appear to be functioning normally.
Tags: App Store, system status
TheAnimal
You can still use Google to find and download apps. Easier to do that regardless of whether app store search is working anyway. :(
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Jsameds
"App Store Experiencing Widespread Search Issues"
Hasn't that always been the case? :rolleyes:
Moonjumper
Isn't this standard for the App Store? Search used to be good, but recently (over the last few months at least) an exact name search has not produced the correct app at all, even fairly popular ones. Google always found them easily.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
macfacts
This is happening cause Apple is trying to be experts in everything including search instead of partnering with real experts. Steve knew how to play with others.
just another service outrage/issue. Nothing to see here, move along . If you need an app, use google
joueboy
Tim Cook must be proud of this! :rolleyes:
Apple Releases Minor iOS 15.2.1 and iPadOS 15.2.1 Updates
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Metra Train Strikes Car In Morgan Park Near 112th StreetA Rock Island Metra line train struck a vehicle near 112th Street In Morgan Park Friday morning.
Center For COVID Control COVID-19 Testing Sites Will Not Be Reopening For Foreseeable Future, Illinois AG SaysIllinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Thursday night that Center for Covid Control COVID-19 testing sites will not be reopening for the foreseeable future.
South Side Residents Hold Town Hall Meeting Over Serial Rapist
Filed Under:rapist, Roseland, sexual assaults, Washington Heights
Sketch of suspect who sexually assaulted two women and a teen Wednesday in the Washington Park neighborhood.(sketch from Chicago Police)
CHICAGO (CBS) — Residents of the Roseland and Washington Heights neighborhoods held a town-hall style meeting today to discuss the serial rapist who attacked two women and a young girl on Wednesday and attempted to attack another girl.
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People wanted to know what the police are doing to keep them safe.
"We're doing everything we can" was the answer from the 22nd District Police Commander, Dan Godsel.
The commander told the crowd assembled at Marcus Garvey School, at 103rd and Morgan, that catching the suspect is a top priority.
He said the detectives have been inundated with calls from people offering leads.
The director of Roseland Ceasefire, Bob Jackson, said that even the gang members are out looking for the suspect.
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Many people pointed out that the suspect wears his hair in dreadlocks, or at least he did when the attacks occurred, and that he looks like a lot of other young men in the community.
The commander said, "I'd like to have as many people looking for him as possible. I don't want people jumping to conclusions and I don't want people taking matters into their own hands."
Bob Jackson, with Roseland Ceasefire, said, "this is the first time in a long time that I've seen everyone in this community come together, so, people can talk about the gang bangers all they want, but, guess what? They're a part of this, trying to get this predator off the street."
One woman active in her block club said, "block clubs aren't just for parties" and urged everyone to keep their eyes open.
Activist Todd Jackson organized the meeting.
He was asked, "are you concerned that the wrong guy could be targeted by somebody who wants street justice."
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"The reality," he said, "is sometimes there's casualties of war."


AS IT STANDS: What Happened to the 'Woodstock of American Rallies'?
What Happened to the 'Woodstock of American Rallies'?
Did you happen to see the "Mother of all Rallies (MOAR)" in Washington DC's National Mall Saturday?
It wasn't exactly inspiring, to put it mildly. Trump supporters have been planning for a huge rally to support the Liar-In-Chief for months.
At first, they boasted there would be a million supporters of Donny's polices attending MOAR.
A week before the supposed "Woodstock of American Rallies" the organizers downsized the projected attendance to 10,000.
When the big day came...there were less than a thousand people walking around with Trump "Make America Great Again" hats, and signs. They were a colorful group to be sure.
Many were dressed in red-white-and blue costumes that could have been raided from an old performance of Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney.
The organizers said they were sending a message to the world that mainstream Americans must be heard. That statement obviously came from a warped cult that sees themselves as 'Average Americans."
Actual Mainstream Americans weren't tuned into the MOAR fiasco Saturday. Nielson ratings show they were watching college football.
If the organizers were dismayed by the dismal attendance you'll never know about it. Leaders from alt-right groups were the featured speakers.
As of press time, I haven't been able to get any attendance statistics for any of the 30 other rallies that day - including one staged by Juggalos who say they need to be taken off the FBI's terrorist watch list.
Was it a coincidence that side-by-side rallies were sponsored by clowns?
There was some concerns there would be trouble. Everything went fine, however.
Mere blocks away, there was a counter protest opposing white supremacy.
Near the White House, there was a protest against Russia's election interference.


The Rhiannyne Gaze was a famous painting of Rhiannyn I Aderyn commissioned in the final months of the first Celtic queen's life. Originally commissioned to do a full-body portrait of Rhiannyn I, artist Katarin Maela was forced to leave the first portrait of Rhiannyn unfinished as the queen's respiratory troubles began to exaggerate further ailments (notably an injury from Rhiannyn having been unhorsed in the war against Rome in 1108), forcing the queen to be seated during her sessions with Maela.
The second (seated) portrait was also left unfinished as Maela began to feel that the second painting was "undignified" and thus unsuitable for someone of Rhiannyn's status, leading to the famous facial portrait of Rhiannyn that, originally known simply as the Portrait of Rhiannyn I, would become known as the Rhiannyne Gaze in future generations.
The Rhiannyne Gaze became the definitive portrait of Rhiannyn I because, as one art critic put it, "no other portrait so definitively captured the spirit of Celtica's first queen - from the exhaustion clearly evident in her white hair, its slow turn toward wisps from battling 12 years of infighting in Celtica along with months of illness; to the relief one can see in her eyes that her dreams of a united Celtica are finally coming to pass."
Rhiannyn I, in her years as queen of Celtica, was only rarely presented opportunities when it could have become possible to paint a portrait of her - in fact, as 1120 approached, the queen grew famous for not having a single full-body portrait ever painted. Many wondered what would be left of the Great Queen upon her death beyond the few portraits of her which predated her ascension of the throne of Celtica in January 1109.
The queen herself was somewhat apprehensive about taking the time for a portrait to be painted - she wanted to make sure any painting could capture her spirit, but felt that she would not be able to divert attention from more pressing matters, such as the growing aggression of the Netherlands, for long enough to do so. In addition, the queen's face was still showing signs of the nerve damage she suffered from an illness in 1106 (at times, part of the right side of her face would either freeze or droop); she felt that presenting signs of illness would weaken her image or the impact of the painting.
In December 1120, the queen's Advisory began to convince Rhiannyn that a portrait would be necessary to satisfy the scores of people who were looking for iconography of the Great Queen, and she was finally convinced by her elder daughter Kateira to have a portrait painted while the Advisory was in holiday recess. Upon its reconvention, the Advisory immediately called for a convention to "seek a qualified artist for the commissioning of a portrait of Her Serenity the Queen at the earliest possible convenience" on 7 January 1121.
Immediately, the convention was swayed, at Rhiannyn I's urging, toward Katarin Maela, then a 43-year-old artist who was teaching both of Rhiannyn's daughters to paint. Maela had previously done a painting of Kateira for Rhiannyn, which the queen considered "[her] most treasured possession." Maela soon became the most-considered candidate for the convention, which officially commissioned her on 14 January.
For her part, Maela was paid 50 litavisi for taking the commission plus one litavis per day she worked on the painting. Immediately getting to work, Maela began working with Rhiannyn on finding an appropriate setting on 14 January. By the end of January, the scene of Rhiannyn's portrait and the dress Rhiannyn would wear had been chosen, and work began in earnest on 3 February.
As painting began in early February, Rhiannyn, though starting to show signs of the illness that would ultimately kill her five months later, was initially available for several hours, which Maela used to the best of her ability, hoping to finish the portrait by mid-March. As war with the Netherlands became a distinct possibility in mid-February, Rhiannyn's time rapidly became shorter, much to the chagrin of Maela and others.
In mid-February, Rhiannyn's body was roughly half-completed, but bar slight touches to the scenery, the portrait was still very much unfinished on 20 February. Maela expressed her frustration with the lack of time for painting to the Advisory, which went into recess - having no truly pressing issues at the time - for five days, allowing Rhiannyn to stay and work with Maela.
By the end of the five-day recess on 25 February, a "significant amount of progress" had been made on the portrait, but it became impossible to deny that Rhiannyn's health was failing by the end of February. The queen began to suffer from severe pain, to the point where she was barely able to stand on 24 February. This was the first stage of Rhiannyn's declining health - the queen seemed to recover, to an extent, in late April and early May only for her health to totally collapse in June. It is believed that the queen's developing laryngitis and pneumonia led to severe coughing spells, which aggravated an injury from the Roman War, in which Rhiannyn was unhorsed at the penultimate Battle of Cornwall in 1108.
Maela's time with Rhiannyn was frustrated by the queen's declining health, and, by 27 February, she was forced to admit "I will get nowhere with this standing portrait. The queen barely has the strength in her to keep standing, and when she does, she is hardly able to stand still, being so often wracked by agonizing pain." As such, on 1 March, Maela abandoned the standing full-body portrait for Rhiannyn, and began to consider alternatives.
As early March began in Celtica, tensions with the Netherlands flared, and the increasingly frail Rhiannyn was forced to head to Amsterdam for negotiations, thus delaying the portrait of Rhiannyn even more, in the face of an increasingly concerned Celtic people. However, the break in painting allowed Maela to devise an alternative plan for the painting of Rhiannyn. A seated portrait would, in Maela's opinion, still allow the Queen's full visage to be portrayed whilst showing a softer side to her (and also compensating for her declining health). When Rhiannyn returned on 17 March, painting continued in earnest, with the Advisory and her husband Cameron assuming many governmental duties to both ease the workload on the ailing Queen and (unintentionally) allow time for the painting to complete.
However, Maela soon encountered yet another roadblock - the painting was moving increasingly away from the people's vision of Rhiannyn. She had never been painted sitting - even prior to her reign as Queen of Celtica - and had always carried an aura of strength around her, which Maela believed was sacrificed in the sitting portrait. It also served as a conceit to Rhiannyn's failing health, which would likely not be appreciated by the people as an icon of the Queen. She conceded that "the painting is undignified - we cannot portray Rhiannyn in this weak of a state" to the Advisory on 23 March, which, although concerned that a painting would not be finished before Rhiannyn's death, relented and allowed Maela to begin searching for a third portrait design.
The lack of a successful portrait design dismayed both Maela and Rhiannyn, and the two began corresponding with each other (when Rhiannyn was fit to speak - increasingly, she grew hoarse through the end of March) on the future course of her portrait. They both agreed that one with Rhiannyn leaning upon a wall would not portray her adequately, though one with her hand against a pillar was considered briefly. The lack of full-body portraits led them to continue searching for such an option until 27 March.
After the full-body options had been explored, and each rejected, Rhiannyn and Maela turned to half-body portraits, though the solution to the problem of not giving away Rhiannyn's frail state remained elusive. A breakthrough came on 1 April, however, when Maela conceived the idea of a solely "facial portrait". She justified this to the Advisory by stating "Rhiannyn's being - her entire personality - can be captured through just her face. We don't need a fancy dress to do that." The Advisory relented later that day, and painting of the third portrait began on 2 April.


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Zazon (born Élisabeth Castro, 12 October 1976) is a French filmmaker and actress.  She is the daughter of architect Roland Castro.

Biography

Elizabeth Castro was born in Paris on 12 October 1976, while her parents were living on the rue Saint-Honoré.
Her father, the architect Roland Castro, had been a radical student activist at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts during the protests of 1968.
Her mother was a revolutionary feminist.
She embarked on an artistic career, taking courses in acting and comedy, and obtaining a Master in Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts in France.

From 2001 to 2002, she lived in Los Angeles, where she worked as a waitress and became the fiancée of a producer of Hollywood blockbusters.
However, he broke off the engagement when he found out about her father's politics.
She returned to France and began her acting career, at first producing her own videos for the web.
She made her first short film À la pêche aux poules (fishing for chickens) in 2002, followed by Summertime in collaboration with Fanny Glissant.
She first created the character Zazon in 2003.
In 2004, she appeared in Nous ne sommes pas des anges (We are not angels) on Canal+.
In 2006, she appeared on France 3 in C'est bon pour le moral (It's good for morale).
She and Peter Cattan founded Otoko films and produced the series Are you Buddha.

She became known for wacky skits, videos and improvisations, playing characters such as Zazon in the subway, the disruptive Toutaz (France 4 from January 2007) and the hysterical eco Miss Green (France 4 2008).
In some episodes she plays the false innocent, where the reactions of passers-by are captured by a hidden camera.
In others she acts out family neuroses.
From February to May 2012, she appeared in the one-woman show Sous les pavés… les pavés at l'Espace Saint-Honoré in Paris.
The show gives a humorous account of her upbringing by a leader of the upheavals of 1968.

Main characters and interpretations

 À la pêche aux poules, short, self-produced, 2001.
 Summertime, short co-produced with Fanny Glissant, 2002.
 Version Zazon, series of sketches and incidents, self-produced, 2003.
 Nous ne sommes pas des anges, 37 TV sketches, Canal+, Angel Production, 2004.
 C'est bon pour le moral, ten TV sketches, France 3, Ibach télévision, 2006.
 La lifecam de Zazon, short for the Internet, Otoko films, 2006.
 Are you Bouddah ?, short, 26 episodes, Otoko films, broadcast on France 4, 2008.
 Miss Green, short, 20 episodes, Otoko films, broadcast on France 4, 2008.
 Zazon cherche un garçon, short, Zazon, June TV, Otoko films.

Acting parts

 2009: La fonte des neiges, short, directed by Jean-Julien Chervier
 La journée de ouf, short, France 2, Martange production.
 La crim, Television film by Denis Amar.
 Diams, film by Keja Kramer.
 Que les feux roues s'éteignent, film by Céline Fossati.
 À la folie, pas du tout, film by Chantal Briet.
 Rien dans les poches, Marion Vernoux, Canal plus.
 2009: La Grande Vie by Emmanuel Salinger
 Les quarante frères, feature film by Rachid Djaïdani.
 2010: La Fête des voisins by David Haddad

Writer

 Zzz, feature film.
 La remplaçante, short, co-written with Bilco, Otoko films.
 Web love, short, Otoko films.
 Bip, feature film supported by the Fondation Beaumarchais.
 Fantasy, film co-written with Julie Grelley.
 La tragique histoire d'Oswald et Precious, short.

Theater
 JZ Experience
 Sous les pavés, les pavés

References

External links

Living people
1976 births
French film actresses
Actresses from Paris
French film producers

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Mathew Dornbush works to advance biofuels, restore native ecosystems
by Susan Borowski
AAAS member Mathew Dornbush focuses his research on invasive plant species in an attempt to understand the best way to restore biological diversity in degraded ecosystems. (Photo: Kimberly Vlies/UW-Green Bay)
At what is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful campuses in the University of Wisconsin system, UW-Green Bay is the perfect place to find AAAS member Mathew Dornbush, associate professor of Natural and Applied Sciences, who specializes in plant restoration ecology. The campus is ringed by an arboretum that includes native prairies, woodlands and ponds, while the campus itself includes several greenhouses and native planting areas.
Dornbush is the epitome of a man who loves his job — every aspect of it. "I love writing grants, I love doing the research, I love the field work, I love writing papers," he says. What does he love the most? "I most enjoy mentoring students," says Dornbush, who is also chair of the Environmental Science and Policy graduate program.
One area of Dornbush's research focuses on invasive plant species in an attempt to understand the best way to restore biological diversity in degraded ecosystems. A current project involves studying Phragmites australis (frag-mite-eez), a giant (10-12 foot) reed that is taking over wetland ecosystems.
Dornbush and one of his graduate students are trying to determine how exotic and native Phragmites genotypes affect other plants — whether the mechanism is straight competition for resources, or whether the genotypes produce different feedback effects, resulting in the snuffing out of the native species. "Understanding the mechanism gives you different management options in controlling it," says Dornbush.
Dornbush first became interested in ecology as a child, hunting and fishing with his uncle. "I spent all my childhood outside," he says. "I think my mom was a saint for all the critters I brought home and kept in the basement."
While pursuing his undergraduate degree at Augustana College, courses in field botany and limnology piqued his interest in plants and the role of chemistry in ecology, so he decided to specialize his graduate work in ecosystem ecology. At Iowa State he received a Masters in botany and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology. "I had a great mentor there, James Raich" he says.
Dornbush's appreciation for nature also spurs him to work on climate change projects, specifically promoting the use of biofuels. He's currently working on a project with the Native American Oneida Nation where they have established field-scale biofuel grassland plantings.
Dornbush explains that Northeast Wisconsin is a marginal area within the Midwest for low crop production because of the short growing season and abundance of land prone to spring flooding. "With perennial biofuel grasslands, the growing season can be stretched to its full extent, plus the grasses love the extra moisture, so we can productively use the marginal land that would otherwise produce a low crop yield," he says.
One of the classes Dornbush teaches is Tropical Conservation & Ecology, where every year a group of 12-18 students travels to Costa Rica for two weeks. The students live and work in Carara National Park, helping to improve the park's infrastructure while they study the tropical ecosystems.
"They've helped build a biological station, put in potable water systems, built bridges, and improved roads. We also do outreach with the local schools in the economically disadvantaged rural villages surrounding the park where much of the poaching (particularly of scarlet macaws) occurs."
Dornbush says it's a cultural experience for the students, not just a science course. "I hope they realize that other countries and other cultures can have great solutions that we haven't thought of here. I hope they gain appreciation for the real global challenges of conserving biodiversity."
The consequences of not managing invasive species are expensive, according to Dornbush. For example, Phragmites is a fire-prone grass, and has established itself along the Bay of Green Bay, surrounding significant infrastructure and creating a potential hazard if not controlled.
It's also important to manage invasive species to maintain biodiversity for the future. "Land is finite," says Dornbush, "and the number of pristine natural areas that are left are rapidly declining. We can't just save what's left, we have to take the degraded areas and make them capable of again supporting high native biodiversity."
Climate change is a moral issue for Dornbush, because "those that are going to be least able to adapt to a changing climate are the poorest in the world," he says. He notes that the many benefits of his biofuel project include providing local jobs, creating energy independence, and additional ecological benefits. He explains: "Producing energy from native grassland creates habitat, reduces flooding, creates a sink for carbon to mitigate the fossil fuels we've been burning, and it builds soil structure and fertility so that in 50 years the land can be used to farm crops again. Biofuels create value-added features to the landscape."
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Autobiography Of Red
By Anne Carson
In this extraordinary epic poem, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon. There is a strong mixture of whimsy and sadness in Geryon's story. He is tormented as a boy by his brother, escapes to a parallel world of photography, and falls in love with Herakles - a golden young man who leaves Geryon at the peak of infatuation. Geryon retreats ever further into the world created by his camera, until that glass house is suddenly and irrevocably shattered by Herakles' return. Running throughout is Geryon's fascination with his wings, the colour red, and the fantastic accident of who he is. Autobiography of Red is a deceptively simple narrative layered with currents of meaning, emotion, and the truth about what it's like to be red. It is a powerful and unsettling story that moves, disturbs, and delights.
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Lupus, also called systemic or disseminated lupus erythematosus, is an autoimmune disease. The gastrointestinal microbiota may be involved in this disorder.
The number of people affected by lupus is hard to determine. Its worldwide prevalence is estimated to vary between 10 and 150 cases for every 100,000 inhabitants, of whom the majority are women (85%).
For reasons that remain unknown, the immune system in people afflicted with lupus produces autoantibodies, which cause inflammatory reactions and lesions that can affect all tissues. A whole range of symptoms results from lupus: fatigue, cutaneous eruptions, joint pain, dry eyes, hair loss, thrombosis, fever, pleurisy, and pericarditis. The disease progresses in flares of variable duration and intensity, which alternate with phases of remission. A diagnosis of lupus is confirmed by blood test, and the extent of the damage is measured with imaging examinations.
Although the causes of lupus remain a mystery, several predisposing factors have been identified: estrogen, a genetic disposition, certain medications, UV rays, stress, and certain viruses (Epstein-Barr virus). Research work has also examined the role of the intestinal microbiota. Indeed, an imbalance (dysbiosis) was observed in lupus patients during the remission phase. The microbiota may even be involved in the production of autoantibodies.
No medication cures lupus. However, combining several molecules (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories, antimalarials, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and monoclonal antibodies, depending on the severity of the disease) eases flares, limits complications, and lengthens the periods of remission. At the same time, less harsh long-term treatments prevent relapses.
If the role of the microbiota is confirmed, modulating it via diet or probiotics could become a promising therapeutic option.


Thailand, officially known as the Kingdom of Thailand, is a Southeast Asian country located at the center of the Indochina peninsula. Stretching over 198,000 square miles, Thailand is the world's 51st largest and the 20th most populous country in the world. Its capitol, Bangkok, is Thailand's political, commercial, industrial and cultural hub. A constitutional system was established in 1932, but Thailand's monarchy and military have continued to intervene periodically in politics and a military junta took power in May 2014. Its large population and growing economy has made Indonesia a middle power in the Southeast Asian region of the world.


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Fixed S&D round counting error when round limit is reached.
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Q: Make a new column based on values in other rows of other columns I have a data frame (df) with three columns as below:
A   B   C
1   15  -1.60
15  17  -1.49
3   13  2.59
17  18  3.34

I want to make a new column, "D" in which each row is a copy of a value in column "C," which in its row the column "A" has an equal value to the value of column "B", and if there is not an equal value put "NA"; something like below:
A   B   C   D
1   15  -1.6    -1.49
15  17  -1.49   3.34
3   13  2.59    NA
17  1   3.34    -1.6

I tried to write a loop to make "D" column from "C" column, but it does not work:
for(i in 1:nrow(df)) {
      if (df$B==df$A){
        df$D==df$C
      }else{
        df$D==NA}
    }

Is there any way rather than looping to make this column? If not, how can I use loops?

A: No loops needed here. A lot of times (read: most of the time) you will get better/faster results (in R) if you leave for-loops alone and use vectorised functions.
Here is a data.table approach, using a by reference join
library( data.table )

df <- fread("A   B   C
1   15  -1.60
15  17  -1.49
3   13  2.59
17  1  3.34")

#or use the code:  setDT( df )

df[ df , D := i.C, on = .(B = A)][]
#     A  B     C     D
# 1:  1 15 -1.60 -1.49
# 2: 15 17 -1.49  3.34
# 3:  3 13  2.59    NA
# 4: 17  1  3.34 -1.60

A: In base R, we can use match
df$D <- with(df, C[match(B, A)])

-output
df
#   A  B     C     D
#1  1 15 -1.60 -1.49
#2 15 17 -1.49  3.34
#3  3 13  2.59    NA
#4 17  1  3.34 -1.60

data
df <- structure(list(A = c(1L, 15L, 3L, 17L), B = c(15, 17, 13, 1),
    C = c(-1.6, -1.49, 2.59, 3.34)),
    row.names = c(NA, -4L), class = "data.frame")

A: Using dplyr package, you can do the following:
# data
df <-
    data.frame(A = c(1, 15, 3, 17),
               B = c(15, 17, 13, 1),
               C = c(-1.6, -1.49, 2.59, 3.34))

# code
library(dplyr)
df %>%
    left_join(df %>% select(A, C) %>% rename(D = C),
              by = c("B" = "A"))

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By Steve Hartman CBS News February 22, 2013, 7:44 PM
Act of sportsmanship gives Texas high schooler shot at glory
Basketball team manager Mitchell Marcus was asked to suit up for the last game of the season.
(CBS News) EL PASO, Texas -- Coach Peter Morales of the Coronado High School Thunderbirds in El Paso, Texas, makes no qualms about it: he has a favorite on this team.
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Team manager Mitchell Marcus has a developmental disability, but he far surpasses everyone here when it comes to love of the game.
"He's just an amazing person that our basketball team loves being around," Morales says.
Mitchell's mom, Amy, says he's always been that way.
"Mitchell always had a basketball, that was always what he wanted for his birthday," she says.
And because basketball is that important to him, on the last game of the regular season, the coach told Mitchell to suit up.
"I was very happy," Mitchell says of what it was like to put on the team's uniform.
Just wearing a jersey was enough for Mitchell, but what he didn't know -- what no one knew at the time -- was that the coach planned to play him at the end, no matter what the score.
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Morales says he was prepared to lose the game.
"For his moment in time, yes," he says.
With a minute-and-a-half left -- Coronado leading, but only by 10 -- Coach Morales put in his manager.
"And I just started hearing, 'Mitchell, Mitchell,'" Morales says.
But here's where the fairytale fell apart. Although his teammates did everything they could to get Mitchell a basket, each time they passed him the ball, he either missed the shot, or, like on their last possession, booted it out of bounds, turning the ball over to the other team with just seconds left.
"He wasn't going to be able to score, but I was hoping that he was happy that he was just put in the game," Morales says. He couldn't have imagined what happened next.
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What happened occurred on the inbound. The guy with the ball was a senior at Franklin High School, Number 22, Jonathon Montanez.
"I was raised to treat others how you want to be treated," Jonathon says. "I just though Mitchell deserved his chance, deserved his opportunity."
"I think I'll cry about it for the rest of my life," Amy says.
What Jonathon did was yell out Mitchell's name, then threw the ball right to him -- one of the most memorable turnovers of all time.
It wasn't the game-winning shot. When the buzzer sounded, Coronado had 15 more points than Franklin. But Jonathon's assist and Mitchell's basket did change the outcome decidedly. Play any game with this much sportsmanship and both teams win.
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Murder, white supremacist cults, masked cops, and raining squid—we walk through the first episode of this brilliant new show.
By Matt Miller
To understand the baggage of Watchmen is to understand the history of comic books—and their transition to the biggest Hollywood genre of the modern era. Watchmen, a 12-issue comic series in the mid-'80s by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, fundamentally changed the medium as we know it. Comic books were still considered a lesser form of children's entertainment when Moore and Gibbons's political, deeply thought-provoking Watchmen series proved that superhero stories could be as challenging as any work of dramatic literature. The text tackles everything from the dangers of nuclear war, to metaphysics, the Cold War, and the ethics of power and governance. It has been debated by scholars, critics, political scientists, and fans for three decades. Both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz have quoted Watchmen to prove points on opposite sides of the political spectrum. There have been prequels. There have been sequels. There was a disappointing movie by slo-mo enthusiast Zack Snyder. You could connect a line from Watchmen in 1986, to the groundbreaking Christopher Nolan Batman films, to the rise of the MCU, and even this month's deeply controversial Joker.
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So, when I say HBO's Watchmen series premiere is challenging—perhaps the most challenging debut of any show this decade—I mean that in a few different ways. It's challenging to anyone who hasn't read the comics—who is experiencing this strange and complex universe for the first time. There's a learning curve here, one that is helped by understanding the rhythm and storytelling that Lindelof is capturing from the comics. But it's also challenging to anyone who has read the comics. It's also quite possibly the most politically challenging show released during a deeply confounding time in American history. Watchmen fearlessly challenges all points on the spectrum, rebuilds our ideas of conservatism and liberalism from an alt-history perspective, and provides a new lens through which we can approach these ideas.
But, as anyone who watched the series premiere on HBO tonight can attest, it's absolutely worth the challenge. Watchmen is the most important show of the year. In an era where major entertainment is defined by superheroes, Watchmen is a show that defies all expectations—of its original source material, of the genre, and television itself.
And so, Watchmen begins in a flashback to the Tulsa race riots of 1921, where a mob of white people attacked a black community. It's a real moment in American history that's referred to as the "worst incident of racial violence" in the country. While most of Watchmen exists in a fictional alt-history, this massacre in Tulsa actually happened the way it's depicted in the opening of this episode. The Tulsa race riots remain a stain on American history and are a disturbing intro to this story, which delves into the battle against white supremacy that this country has been fighting for centuries. It's also worth noting that this massacre has been largely erased from American history. To see it appear in such vivid detail in this comic book adaptation is powerful and surreal. This opening also serves as an excellent primer for Watchmen's treatment of history, which is at times accurate to ours and at other times altered by the fictional characters who inhabit it. It's this exact reason why the U.S. won the Vietnam War thanks to the appearance of Doctor Manhattan on the side of the Americans. In this series, Doctor Manhattan is no longer helping the U.S., but back on Mars, as is shown in a brief 2019 news segment.
The main storyline takes place in present day, in an alt-history in which Robert Redford has been president for decades (you'll remember at the end of Watchmen, there's a mention that Redford is considering a run for president). But in this liberally controlled country, white supremacy is still a cancer eating away at America. That exists in this story as the 7th Kalvalry, a group of white supremacist fanatics, who hide their faces under a familiar ink blot cowl. That cowl is a visual reference to Rorschach, the demented protagonist from the original comic. In the end of those comics, Rorschach sent his journal to a far right publication to expose the truth. And clearly, the image and idea of Rorschach has been co-opted by the far right into some sort of racist Qanon fringe group. We first see that image when a white man with a Rorschach mask murders a black cop. This is what kicks off the police crackdown on the Kalvalry after they seem to have been hibernating for three years. What's interesting is that during the interrogation of the Kalvalry member, Tim Blacke Nelson's Looking Glass asks if the man thinks that transdimensional attacks on the U.S. are hoaxes by the government. This seems to hint that these Kalvalry members have gotten their hands on Rorschach's journal and interpreted his theory.
But our main protagonist in this Watchmen series is the opposite of Rorschach. She's Regina King's Angela Abar, a wife and mother who moonlights as a masked police officer—forced into hiding after her identity was exposed, making her a target for white supremacist fringe groups. In this story, the police are trying to crack down on the increased violence of the 7th Kalvalry. She's helping the police in disguise, based out of a bakery that's "opening soon." They track the Kalvalry's movements to a cattle ranch where the terrorists are stockpiling watch batteries, for what must be some sort of horrible plan. Abar and the rest of the police force attack, bringing in a ship that looks strikingly familiar to Nite Owl's hovercraft Archimedes. It's unclear at this point if it's the same ship, or some sort of police issued recreation, but it ends up getting crashed at the end of the shootout.
With this, any regular fan of superhero stuff is probably wondering who is good and who is bad in this story. Do we trust the cops? Obviously, the guys running around in the Rorschach masks are not good. Well, that's kind of keeping in the spirit of the original Watchmen comic, as Lindelof told me in an interview for Esquire's November issue, "good guys and bad guys are not really even part of the vernacular here."
At this point, we can likely count on King's Abar being our protagonist—and hopefully—our hero. But it's important to realize, when consuming this show, that Watchmen gives it to all sides of the political spectrum. We see cops attempting to do their jobs in a world where a Liberal Supreme Court has tightened gun legislation. We're supposed to be sympathetic to the cops. The White Supremacists are the grassroots movement of political agitators. It's hard to get your bearings here, but once you do, it's a valuable commentary on our modern political system—showing how watered down legislation, even legislation we would view as "good," can be fucked up in practice. It's not bothsiderism as much as it is showing us a new perspective on the socio-political landscape we find ourselves trying to unpack in the real world. That is best evidenced in the opening scene with the white Kalvalry member (I'd imagine this is spelled with a K to bring to mind the real-world white supremacist group). It's a reversal of our known social and political landscape that allows for freer storytelling. One thing with Watchmen is certain: we can all agree that the masked 7th Kalvalry white supremacists are evil.
Everything's different—different from our world, from the world of the Watchmen comics. But it's all so familiar.
There's also moments of classic Lindelof surrealism—circa The Leftovers or Lost—like when there's a sudden, unexplained rain of squids. The characters play it off as if it's a sudden rain shower. And while I don't know for certain, I'd say this is some sort of echo of the conclusion to the original Watchmen, where a squid was teleported into Manhattan, killing millions. Are these the after-effects? We also get some early images of Jeremy Irons's Adrian Veidt, who is living in an isolated castle surrounded only by his loyal servants.
In the end, King's Abar is called to a tree in the middle of nowhere, where Don Johnson's Chief Judd Crawford is found hanging from a tree. The only witness she has is the elderly man in a wheelchair she saw earlier in the episode outside of her bakery/hideout. He couldn't have possibly killed Crawford, could he? It's not clear, but you'll notice he's holding the note the little boy was given at the beginning of the episode during the Tulsa riots. Thus begins a story similar to the one we saw in the original comics, where a masked vigilante is investigating the murder of an old friend. Everything's different—different from our world, from the world of the Watchmen comics. But it's all so familiar—that's exactly what gives this show the space and freedom to hopefully do some unparalleled storytelling.
Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.
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Thank you, krySal! I quite agree. ModCloth is developing quite the following in the curvy community; where's the acknowledgement thereof?
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I think the trompe l'oeil can work for ladies of all shapes and sizes – and I'm really happy that our Leeds Time Dress (the yellow dress pictured above) is available in sizes XS to 4X!
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Directed by Andrew Browser, we meet Belle (Natasha Ward) whose been chillin' with a clock and a teapot. This girl with the magic mirror is a more up-to-date Disney princess, one that we'd love to see on the big screen soon. Belle is balancing her books, hanging with her girls, and curving Gaston anytime he tries to approach her. She can't be bothered with his foolishness because she's too busy with her baguettes and her talking silverware.
Unfortunately, we don't see the Beast in this video, but according to Belle, he's savage and ruthless. Chip, the teacup also has some bars which add to the enchantment of this hip-hop/ Disney mashup.
Peep the iconic video for yourself here.
The forthcoming Beauty and the Beast has already broken records with pre-sale tickets. Though it doesn't have as many brown faces as we would have hoped, the stunning Gugu Mabatha-Raw stars as Plumette, the sultry feather duster.
We're definitely going to see Beauty and the Beast this weekend, but we'd be even more hype to see a live-action Princess and the Frog. If Disney does have it in the works, they need to call up Andrew Browser and Natasha Ward to direct and act in it. We've put Migos' original video below so you can compare both.


Cannaday Chapman's illustration succinctly captures the trend of black millennials leaving or avoiding New York in The Times Opinion article, "Racism Is Everywhere, So Why Not Move South?" published July 8, 2017. The image is part of our collection of editorial illustrations being offered for the first time ever to the public as unframed or framed fine-art prints.
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Indian American Makes History as First Miss America
Atlantic City, Sep 16: After conquering the realms of politics to business to sports, the growing influential Indian American community added a crown jewel to their glory with Nina Davuluri winning the Miss America title for the first time.
"I'm so proud to be the first Indian Miss America," the 24-year-old Miss New York and an aspiring physician said shortly after defeating 52 other contestants from all the 50 states, capital city of Washington, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
"We are making history right here as Asian-Americans," said Davuluri after last year's winner, Mallory Hagan, another former Miss New York, crowned her successor.
"I'm so happy this organisation has celebrated diversity, and, on this stage tonight, there was so much diversity," she said.
Miss California Crystal Lee finished the first runner-up in the 93-year old beauty pageant that debuted in 1921 and returned to Atlantic City after a six-year stint in Las Vegas.
Syracuse resident Davuluri, who was also the first Indian-American to serve as Miss New York, sashayed off with the tiara and the $50,000 scholarship cash that she intends to use to pursue her medical studies by showing off her talent with a "Classical Bollywood Fusion" dance.
Competing on the platform of "Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency," she was also asked a question about revelations that American television personality Julie Chen had plastic surgery on her eyes.
Davuluri answered that she personally was opposed to plastic surgery and said that one's diversity should be celebrated.
Davuluri studied at St. Joseph High School and University of Michigan. Her scholastic honours include Dean's List; Michigan Merit Award; National Honour Society, according to Miss America organisation.
Earlier the 53 contestants introduced themselves in a taped segment with some quippy catchphrases, including "Listening to your phone calls from the Nation's Capital. Just kidding! I'm Miss District of Columbia, Bindhu Pamarthi."
The pageant was televised live by ABC, which picked up the contest again in 2011 after dropping it in 2004 because of a steep ratings decline.
The judges were 2004 Miss America winner Deidre Downs Gunn, the New York Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire, Lance Bass from the boy band 'N Sync, comedian Mario Cantone, violinist Joshua Bell and television chef Carla Hall.
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Обыкновенная сельдь-круглобрюшка или круглая сельдь, или сельдь-сардина () — вид лучепёрых рыб семейства сельдевых. Эти морские пелагические рыбы обитают в северо-западной части Атлантического океана. Тело веретенообразное, покрыто циклоидной чешуёй, голова голая. Максимальная длина 33 см. Питаются планктоном. Являются объектом коммерческого промысла.

Ареал и среда обитания
Обыкновенная сельдь-круглобрюшка обитает в северо-западной части Атлантического океана от залива Фанди до Мексиканского залива. Эта морская пелагическая рыба совершает сезонные миграции, уходя в открытое море с похолоданием и возвращаясь на материковые отмели с потеплением.

Описание
Тело веретенообразное, покрыто циклоидной чешуёй, голова голая, брюшко округлое, щитки перед и позади брюшных плавников отсутствуют, имеется единственный брюшной щиток в виде буквы W. Голова небольшая, глаза крупные, верхняя челюсть протягивается до вертикали середины глаза. Имеются многочисленные зубы на челюстях, нёбе и языке. Брюшные плавники расположены позади воображаемой вертикали конца спинного плавника.

От прочих сельдевых, за исключением дуссумиерий, отличается многочисленными жаберными лучами (12—15) и прямоугольной предчелюстной костью.

В спинном плавнике 15—18 лучей (первые 3—5 лучей неветвистые); в анальном 10—13 (первые 3—4 луча неветвистые); в грудных 14— 17 (первый луч неветвистый); в брюшных 8 (первый луч неветвистый); вдоль бока пролегает 48—58 чешуй; жаберных тычинок на 1-й дуге (12—15)+(30—35); позвонков 49. Окраска дорсальной поверхности голубовато- или оливково-зелёная, бока и брюхо серебристые.

Максимальная длина 33 см.

Биология
Самки обыкновенной круглубрюшки мечут икру порциями в зимнее время. В водах Флориды на глубинах 25—40 м в марте наблюдается большое количество развивающейся икры и личинок этого вида. Икра развивается несколько дней. С потеплением личинки и мальки перемещаются к берегу. Продолжительность жизни 5—6 лет. Обыкновенные сельди-круглобрюшки становятся половозрелыми в возрасте около 2 лет при длине 14—16 см и массе 35—40 г. Рацион состоит из зоопланктона.

Взаимодействие с человеком
Является объектом коммерческого промысла. Ловят сетными орудиями, тралами, круглобрюшка положительно реагирует на свет. Мясо вкусное, нежное, употребляют в пищу в жареном, солёном, копчёном виде, идёт на приготовление консервов. Международный союз охраны природы ещё не оценил охранный статус вида.

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Ticketless fans of Nigerian singer Wizkid broke into the performer's London show Sunday night, charging past security barriers and into the concert venue.
Videos showing the breach quickly went viral on social media, although spokespeople for the O2 Arena said the incident was rapidly resolved.
"People are literally breaking in to see Wizkid at the London o2," one clip was captioned.
Other videos showed the madness from different angles.
A "breach of the security cordon on the arena entrance occurred," a spokeswoman for the venue confirmed in a statement to the BBC, adding that "a number of fans in the queue were able to enter the venue."
The situation, however, "was quickly contained by staff and the incident resolved."
It occurred on the first day of Wizkid's three nights of shows at the venue, and the O2 Arena is now "reviewing security procedures for the remaining shows this week and advises fans to arrive early for security checks tomorrow night and again on Wednesday."
The scary security moment comes just a few weeks after 10 people were died when chaos broke out at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert.
In addition to the brief mob of barrier-passers, the show (which sold out in only 12 minutes) also made headlines for being "derailed" by controversial guest star Chris Brown, who made his first London performance in a decade, the Guardian reported. The R&B singer's failure to perform in the UK over the last 10 years was due to his being banned from the country after assaulting Rihanna — his girlfriend at the time — in 2009.
While the publication writes that Wizkid — Nigeria's most-streamed artist — appeared to bring Brown onstage "out of genuine affection rather than any attempt to shock," it still brought an unwelcome silence from many members of the audience.
Earlier this month, Wizkid got five nominations and one win at the Soul Train Awards.
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Inferior Point Break Trailer Released
Trailer for Point Break remake released
1991's Point Break starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey is a cult classic. For some reason, Hollywood executives think remaking cult classics is a great idea. It's not. This inferior version of Point Break will open on Christmas Day this year and star Luke Bracey in Reeves's role and Edgar Ramirez in Swayze's. Ray Winstone will take over for Busey.
William Riker stars in Star Trek Parody Spinoff on YouTube
A Star Trek fan made this film featuring the William T. Riker character from Star Trek: The Next Generation. The character, played by Jonathan Frakes, has a become a cult favorite among fans.
Canadian Man Sets Guinness World Record for Farthest Journey By Hoverboard
Canadian Catalin Alexandre Duru built a hoverboard and rode in for 905 feet and 2 inches to set the World Record. He got to a height of about 15 feet over the lake.
Trailer for Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy
Amy, the documentary on the late Amy Winehouse, will be released this July in theaters. The film has been making the rounds on the festival circuit, where it has garnered great reviews. Winehouse's parents have voiced their displeasure with the film.
John Oliver on Corruption At FIFA In Light of FIFA Arrests in Zurich
This clip from Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is from last June, but is quite relevant today in light of the arrests of top FIFA officials in Zurich yesterday. In case you missed the news, Swiss officials arrested seven FIFA officials yesterday at a hotel in Zurich where they were gathering for their annual meeting. The officials are among 14 people indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on corruption charges. Among those indicted are also several executives in the sports and marketing field. Sepp Blatter, the longtime head of FIFA, was not among those arrested of indicted. An election is set to be held Friday that is likely to put Blatter in for a fifth term as the head of the organization. Here's a rundown of the case against the 14. Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 and became President of the organization in 1998. Blatter also apparently doesn't know who Alex Morgan is, which is a crime in itself.
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At the start of March we joined together with the other churches in our Network to celebrate, pray and learn at the Love:Nations conference hosted by Mosaic Church. Senior pastor at Antioch Church, Jimmy Seibert, led our teaching sessions with a passion for Jesus, personal integrity and a love for the word of God.
Mosaic have made the teaching sessions from the conference available here, I'd definately suggest listening to but if you're time is limited - check out "LIVING BY FAITH" and "WALKING WITH THE SPIRIT".


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Trump is readying tariffs on the final $US257 billion worth of Chinese goods. The Trump administration is preparing to levy tariffs on the final $US257 billion of Chinese goods in case trade talks at the G20 summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping fail in late November.
The Chinese yuan hits its lowest level in a decade.The onshore Chinese yuan fell to 6.9741 per dollar in overnight trading, its weakest since May 2008.
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Evan Spiegel named a new chief business officer and then gave someone else the job two days later. The Snap CEO named Kristen O'Hara, its vice president of sales, to the role of chief business officer and then two days later gave the position to Jeremi Gorman, who headed Amazon's advertising sales effort. O'Hara has since left the company.
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