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Hold onto your butts: Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 has been rated in Korea for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It will allegedly contain Mega Man 7, Mega Man 8, Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10. Yep; Mega Man 9 and 10.
Now, it's too soon to say which version of Mega Man 8 will be included (PSX or Saturn) and whether or not Mega Man & Bass will make the cut. But honestly, just four games? There's gotta be a little something else in there (or there should be). Pending an official announcement from Capcom, we can only speculate.
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Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite producer Danny Koo posted a much better look at the Mega Man X figure coming with the Collector's Edition. Its appearance is based on X's in-game character model, right down to the small exaggerated traits (the arcs in the helmet, for example).
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My Figure Collection has outed the existence of an NXEDGE Zero figure well ahead of an official announcement from Bandai. Much like NXEDGE Mega Man X (hitting retail soon), Zero will stand at 3.9 inches tall with varying degrees of articulation. The figure will go on sale in September.
More news on this front as it comes. Thanks to Jan for the tip!
If you were hoping to scoop up the NES Classic in North America - which plays Mega Man 2 among 29 other built-in games - you're nearly fresh out of luck: it's being discontinued by the end of this month.
It goes without saying I've been keeping a tight lip on a certain leaked trailer from the new Mega Man cartoon. Per the request of Dentsu Entertainment, I did not post it. Not yet, anyway. And while I'm still waiting for the go-ahead to do just that, here's a bit of news to chew on in the meantime: the show will air on Cartoon Network in 2018 in the United States, Dentsu announced. A toyline and a focus on global development will follow suit.
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#### Published in
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#### Original name
Helvella floriformis Schaeff.

### Remarks
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Remember last month when we finally saw a press shot of the fabled Motorola Dinara? Well, it looks like the device has come to reality as the ATRIX HD. Discovered earlier this evening, an official Motorola landing page gives us all the juicy details on the device, many of which we saw coming from the first rumors.
Maintaining Moto's recent design language, the device sports a carbon-fiber backing and a slight chin up top where the camera lives.


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'Flag Island' puts UAE flag on 123-metre high pole
Source: www.emirates247.com
His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday inaugurated 'Flag Island' in the presence of Sultan Bin Mohammed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, a project undertaken by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), in collaboration with the Sharjah Department of Public Works and a number of government bodies and departments.
Marking the UAE's 41st National Day, Sheikh Sultan raised the UAE flag on a 123 metre-high pole, considered to be the 7th highest flagpole in the world.
Sheikh Sultan honoured Emirati citizen Monzir who suggested the of construction the flagpole through the 'Direct Line' Programme which is aired on Sharjah Radio.
The world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, is illuminated in the colours of the national flag to mark the 41st National Day celebrations.
A symbol of UAE's civic pride, Burj Khalifa is saluting the nation's visionary leadership and the spirit of solidarity that marks the 41st National Day celebration, with a spectacular illumination of the global icon featuring the colours of the national flag on the façade of the tower's uppermost levels, until December 7.
The world's tallest building's highest levels will be at its resplendent best every evening through the UAE National Day celebrations in red, green and white, inspired by the national flag colours, gleaming elegantly against the backdrop of the night sky.
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The Glens of Antrim Historical Society was formed by members of the local community in Cushendall in 1965. The website contains an extensive range of historical and photographic information, including on-line video tours and audio-lectures, on the Glens of Antrim area of Northern Ireland. The material has been collected from many people and sources, both at home and abroad.
The Society has recently undertaken two community archive projects. The first, the Clachan project, aimed to document the changing face of agriculture and the amalgamation of smallholdings that has left many vacant and derelict rural houses across the Glens. The project involved members of the Society, the general community and local schools. A range of outputs, such as a comprehensive website, publicity leaflets, tutorial material for schools, photographs and material for exhibition purposes, were produced.
The second community archive project was the collection of an oral history. This project involved interviewing elderly residents of the Glens about their life and memories of a past age. The interviews bring history to life and give first-hand experience of the different aspects of living in the Glens area. These interviews have not been edited and are reproduced, on-line, in the style and language as recorded.
The Society also publishes an annual magazine, "The Glynns", together with books on the area, written by members of the local community.


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In the Novus Ordo the Offertory leaves little to offer!
"At the Last Supper Christ instituted the sacrifice and paschal meal that make the sacrifice of the cross to be continuously present in the Church, when the priest, representing Christ the Lord, carries out what the Lord did and handed over to his disciples to do in his memory. Christ took the bread and the cup and gave thanks; he broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying: 'Take, eat, and drink: this is my body; this is the cup of my blood. Do this in memory of me.' Accordingly, the Church has planned the celebration of the Eucharistic liturgy around the parts corresponding to these word and actions of Christ: (1) In the preparation of the gifts, the bread and the wine with water are brought to the altar, that is, the same elements that Christ took into his hands; (2) In the Eucharistic Prayer thanks is given to God for the whole work of salvation and the gifts of bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ; (3) Through the breaking of the bread and the Communion of the faithful the unity of the faithful is expressed, who although they are many, nevertheless receive from the one bread the Lord's body and blood in the same way the apostles received them from Christ's own hands."
Once again, GIRM demonstrates its schizophrenic nature. For the authors of GIRM, the Mass can be referred to equally as a sacrifice or as the paschal meal. The late Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani noted this equivalence in his own initial reaction to the original General Instruction of the Roman Missal back in 1969. "The ultimate purpose of the Mass is the sacrifice of praise rendered to the Most Holy Trinity. This end conforms to the primary purpose of the Incarnation, explicitly enunciated by Christ Himself: 'Coming into the world He saith: sacrifice and oblation thou wouldst not, but, but a body Thou hast fitted Me.' In the Novus Ordo, this purpose has disappeared: From the Offertory, where the prayer Receive, Holy Trinity, this Oblation has been removed." Indeed. Moreover, the eradication of the very term "Offertory" weakens the sacrificial sense of the Mass and communicates the sense, whether advertent or inadvertent, that the liturgy is more of a meal than a sacrifice, all of GIRM's protestations to the contrary notwithstanding. Additionally, referring to the Consecration as the "breaking of the bread" can also be used as a basis for those who claim that the Mass is principally a meal, that the Consecration is merely symbolic and not an offering of the Son to the Father in an unbloody manner. The very prayers read in what is now called the "Preparation of the Gifts" differ dramatically from the traditional prayers contained in the Offertory of the Traditional Latin Mass. It is significant that GIRM makes no reference whatsoever to the beauty of the Offertory prayers contained in the Traditional Latin Mass. And while those prayers developed relatively late in the history of the organic development of the Traditional Latin Mass, they convey the true sense of the Mass without any ambiguity at all.
"Receive, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this spotless host, which I, Thine unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my countless sins, trespasses, and omissions; likewise for all here present, and for all faithful Christians, whether living or dead, that it may avail both me and them to salvation, unto life everlasting. Amen."
As Father F.X. Lasance quotes a source in The New Roman Missal: "This is a telling illustration of the perfect and indissoluble union of the divinity with the humanity of Jesus through the Incarnation of the Word; and, according to the prayer of the Church, it is likewise a touching symbol of the union of Jesus with all Christians and especially with every single one who assists at Holy Mass; for the priest petitions the heavenly Father to unite our poor human nature so closely with the divinity of Jesus that nothing may ever be able to separate it. And even as these few drops of water lose themselves in the wine, so may also we lose ourselves in the divinity of Christ."
The first part of the Offertory prayer demonstrates the sacerdotal nature of the holy priesthood and of the solemn nature of what will take place on the altar of Sacrifice. It also expresses the priest's sense of his own unworthiness to offer the Sacrifice as he acts in persona Christi. As was indicated in the first part of this series several months ago, the Novus Ordo eliminates most references to man's sinful nature and of his need for God's forgiveness. This is indicated quite dramatically in the reformulated prayers for the Preparation of the Gifts. The sense of the Mass as a sacrifice is so lacking in the Novus Ordo that priests of Opus Dei used to counsel diocesan priests to say the old Offertory prayers silently instead of the prayers found in the Novus Ordo. Once Opus Dei received its status as a Personal Prelature of the Holy Father in 1982, however, such advice was dropped. It is significant, however, that such advice was given for such a long time.
"O God, Who in creating man didst exalt his nature very wonderfully and yet more wonderfully didst establish it anew; by the mystery signified in the mingling of this water and wine grant us to ahve part in the Godhead of him Who hath vouchsafed to share our manhood, Jesus Christ Thy Son, Our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost; God, world without end. Amen."
"We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency that it may ascend as a sweet odor before Thy divine majesty, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Humbled in mind, and contrite of heart, may we find favor with Thee, O Lord; and may the sacrifice we this day offer up be well-pleasing to Tee, Who art our Lord and God. Come, Thou, the sanctifier, God almighty and everlasting; bless this sacrifice which is prepared for the glory of Thy name."
"Receive, O holy Trinity, this oblation offered up by us to Thee, in memory of the passion, resurrection, and ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of the blessed Mary, ever a virgin, of blessed John the Baptist, of the holy apostles Peter and Paul, of these, and of all the saints, that it may be available to their honor and to our salvation; and may they whose memory we celebrate on earth vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen."
There is no reference to the Mother of God at this point in the celebration of the Novus Ordo. And just as the one who prepared the way for the commencement of our Lord's public ministry, Saint John the Baptist, is omitted from the new Confiteor, so is he omitted from the "Preparation of the Gifts, as are the founders of the Church of Rome, Saints Peter and Paul. Let's face it: this was an effort to make the Mass more appealing to Protestant theologians, some of whom served on the infamous Consilium in the 1960s. What happened as a result, however, was the driving away of Catholics in great numbers, not the attracting of Protestants to the Catholic Church. And the prayers contained in the Novus Ordo's Preparation of the Gifts less fully prepare the faithful for the Transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of the God-Man, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"At the beginning of the liturgy of the Eucharist the gifts, which will become Christ's body and blood, are brought to the altar. First the altar, the Lord's table, which is the center of the whole Eucharistic liturgy, is prepared: the corporal, purificator, Sacramentary, and chalice are placed on it (unless the chalice is prepared at a side table). The gifts are then brought forward. It is desirable for the faithful to present the bread and wine, which are accepted by the priest or deacon at a convenient place from which they may brought to the altar. This is also the time to receive money or other gifts for the poor or the Church brought the faithful or collected at the Mass. These are to be put in a suitable place but not on the Eucharistic table."
Once again, GIRMan schizophrenia. Is the altar an altar or is it a table? It is referred to as both. The mania for participatory democracy is demonstrated by giving the laity a visible, public "role" in what leads up to the Consecration. This presentation of the gifts has become a grand spectacle in many parishes. The very selection of who will present the gifts during a particular Mass can become a matter of satisfying various constituency groups in a parish (or who are prone to attend a particular Mass). Spectacles such as the "presentation of the gifts" by the laity detract from the solemnity of preparing to participate interiorly in the unbloody re-presentation of the Son to the Father in Spirit and in Truth.


Fans of the Yo-Kai Watch franchise, particularly the fans that came by way of the videogames, will have the end of the month to look forward to. In preparation of the celebration of its fifth anniversary, Level-5 will be announcing the next Yo-Kai Watch game on June 27.
The announcement will be made via the Yo-Kai Watch 5th Anniversary Title Presentation, which will be streamed live on Youtube on June 27. The upcoming game has already been teased through various information and art on the official website (http://www.youkai-watch.jp/5th-anniversary/), and it is looking very much like it will be bringing the franchise to smartphones for this iteration. Of course, we could always be wrong so it's best to tune in for the announcement later this month to get the accurate details.


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The old lady owes us nothing
ighteen Jesuits, from six communities, plus two ex-Jesuits who were novices in Emo, and five ladies who have worked there in recent years, gathered in the old noviciate on a November evening to remember and pray, and enjoy the hospitality of the Office of Public Works before scattering. It was a day to remember. Read more. A 1962 novice commented: "It really was quite touching to have Mass and sing the Take and Receive in the 'Chapel' again. That is to say nothing of seeing the range in the kitchen just as it was in 1962."
Conor Harper led Mass on the spot where the high altar once stood. They prayed for the women and men, some illustrious, some forgotten, who had made Emo Court their home over the centuries. They brooded on the financial vagaries which led to its abandonment by the Portarlingtons in 1920, its purchase by the Jesuits for £5000 in 1930, its sale to Major Cholmeley Harrison for £46,000 in 1969 (Jesuits reasoned that "the old lady owes us nothing, and Harrison is the only bidder offering cash"); and its gift by Harrison (who had spent up to seven million restoring it) to the Irish nation which now, through the OPW, maintains it splendidly.
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package controller

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
	"sync"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"

	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	informerv1 "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
	informerv1beta1 "k8s.io/client-go/informers/extensions/v1beta1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
	scheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
	unversionedcore "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
	listers "k8s.io/client-go/listers/core/v1"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"

	"k8s.io/ingress/controllers/gce/loadbalancers"
)

var (
	keyFunc = cache.DeletionHandlingMetaNamespaceKeyFunc

	// DefaultClusterUID is the uid to use for clusters resources created by an
	// L7 controller created without specifying the --cluster-uid flag.
	DefaultClusterUID = ""

	// DefaultFirewallName is the name to user for firewall rules created
	// by an L7 controller when the --fireall-rule is not used.
	DefaultFirewallName = ""

	// Frequency to poll on local stores to sync.
	storeSyncPollPeriod = 5 * time.Second
)

// ControllerContext holds
type ControllerContext struct {
	IngressInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer
	ServiceInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer
	PodInformer     cache.SharedIndexInformer
	NodeInformer    cache.SharedIndexInformer
	// Stop is the stop channel shared among controllers
	StopCh chan struct{}
}

func NewControllerContext(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, namespace string, resyncPeriod time.Duration) *ControllerContext {
	return &ControllerContext{
		IngressInformer: informerv1beta1.NewIngressInformer(kubeClient, namespace, resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc}),
		ServiceInformer: informerv1.NewServiceInformer(kubeClient, namespace, resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc}),
		PodInformer:     informerv1.NewPodInformer(kubeClient, namespace, resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc}),
		NodeInformer:    informerv1.NewNodeInformer(kubeClient, resyncPeriod, cache.Indexers{cache.NamespaceIndex: cache.MetaNamespaceIndexFunc}),
		StopCh:          make(chan struct{}),
	}
}

func (ctx *ControllerContext) Start() {
	go ctx.IngressInformer.Run(ctx.StopCh)
	go ctx.ServiceInformer.Run(ctx.StopCh)
	go ctx.PodInformer.Run(ctx.StopCh)
	go ctx.NodeInformer.Run(ctx.StopCh)
}

// LoadBalancerController watches the kubernetes api and adds/removes services
// from the loadbalancer, via loadBalancerConfig.
type LoadBalancerController struct {
	client kubernetes.Interface

	ingressSynced cache.InformerSynced
	serviceSynced cache.InformerSynced
	podSynced     cache.InformerSynced
	nodeSynced    cache.InformerSynced
	ingLister     StoreToIngressLister
	nodeLister    StoreToNodeLister
	svcLister     StoreToServiceLister
	// Health checks are the readiness probes of containers on pods.
	podLister StoreToPodLister
	// TODO: Watch secrets
	CloudClusterManager *ClusterManager
	recorder            record.EventRecorder
	nodeQueue           *taskQueue
	ingQueue            *taskQueue
	tr                  *GCETranslator
	stopCh              chan struct{}
	// stopLock is used to enforce only a single call to Stop is active.
	// Needed because we allow stopping through an http endpoint and
	// allowing concurrent stoppers leads to stack traces.
	stopLock sync.Mutex
	shutdown bool
	// tlsLoader loads secrets from the Kubernetes apiserver for Ingresses.
	tlsLoader tlsLoader
	// hasSynced returns true if all associated sub-controllers have synced.
	// Abstracted into a func for testing.
	hasSynced func() bool
}

// NewLoadBalancerController creates a controller for gce loadbalancers.
// - kubeClient: A kubernetes REST client.
// - clusterManager: A ClusterManager capable of creating all cloud resources
//	 required for L7 loadbalancing.
// - resyncPeriod: Watchers relist from the Kubernetes API server this often.
func NewLoadBalancerController(kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, ctx *ControllerContext, clusterManager *ClusterManager) (*LoadBalancerController, error) {
	eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
	eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
	eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&unversionedcore.EventSinkImpl{
		Interface: kubeClient.Core().Events(""),
	})
	lbc := LoadBalancerController{
		client:              kubeClient,
		CloudClusterManager: clusterManager,
		stopCh:              ctx.StopCh,
		recorder: eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme,
			apiv1.EventSource{Component: "loadbalancer-controller"}),
	}
	lbc.nodeQueue = NewTaskQueue(lbc.syncNodes)
	lbc.ingQueue = NewTaskQueue(lbc.sync)
	lbc.hasSynced = lbc.storesSynced

	lbc.ingressSynced = ctx.IngressInformer.HasSynced
	lbc.serviceSynced = ctx.ServiceInformer.HasSynced
	lbc.podSynced = ctx.PodInformer.HasSynced
	lbc.nodeSynced = ctx.NodeInformer.HasSynced

	lbc.ingLister.Store = ctx.IngressInformer.GetStore()
	lbc.svcLister.Indexer = ctx.ServiceInformer.GetIndexer()
	lbc.podLister.Indexer = ctx.PodInformer.GetIndexer()
	lbc.nodeLister.Indexer = ctx.NodeInformer.GetIndexer()
	// ingress event handler
	ctx.IngressInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
			addIng := obj.(*extensions.Ingress)
			if !isGCEIngress(addIng) && !isGCEMultiClusterIngress(addIng) {
				glog.Infof("Ignoring add for ingress %v based on annotation %v", addIng.Name, ingressClassKey)
				return
			}
			lbc.recorder.Eventf(addIng, apiv1.EventTypeNormal, "ADD", fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", addIng.Namespace, addIng.Name))
			lbc.ingQueue.enqueue(obj)
		},
		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
			delIng := obj.(*extensions.Ingress)
			if !isGCEIngress(delIng) && !isGCEMultiClusterIngress(delIng) {
				glog.Infof("Ignoring delete for ingress %v based on annotation %v", delIng.Name, ingressClassKey)
				return
			}
			glog.Infof("Delete notification received for Ingress %v/%v", delIng.Namespace, delIng.Name)
			lbc.ingQueue.enqueue(obj)
		},
		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
			curIng := cur.(*extensions.Ingress)
			if !isGCEIngress(curIng) && !isGCEMultiClusterIngress(curIng) {
				return
			}
			if !reflect.DeepEqual(old, cur) {
				glog.V(3).Infof("Ingress %v changed, syncing", curIng.Name)
			}
			lbc.ingQueue.enqueue(cur)
		},
	})

	// service event handler
	ctx.ServiceInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
		AddFunc: lbc.enqueueIngressForService,
		UpdateFunc: func(old, cur interface{}) {
			if !reflect.DeepEqual(old, cur) {
				lbc.enqueueIngressForService(cur)
			}
		},
		// Ingress deletes matter, service deletes don't.
	})

	// node event handler
	ctx.NodeInformer.AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
		AddFunc:    lbc.nodeQueue.enqueue,
		DeleteFunc: lbc.nodeQueue.enqueue,
		// Nodes are updated every 10s and we don't care, so no update handler.
	})

	lbc.tr = &GCETranslator{&lbc}
	lbc.tlsLoader = &apiServerTLSLoader{client: lbc.client}
	glog.V(3).Infof("Created new loadbalancer controller")

	return &lbc, nil
}

// enqueueIngressForService enqueues all the Ingress' for a Service.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) enqueueIngressForService(obj interface{}) {
	svc := obj.(*apiv1.Service)
	ings, err := lbc.ingLister.GetServiceIngress(svc)
	if err != nil {
		glog.V(5).Infof("ignoring service %v: %v", svc.Name, err)
		return
	}
	for _, ing := range ings {
		if !isGCEIngress(&ing) {
			continue
		}
		lbc.ingQueue.enqueue(&ing)
	}
}

// Run starts the loadbalancer controller.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) Run() {
	glog.Infof("Starting loadbalancer controller")
	go lbc.ingQueue.run(time.Second, lbc.stopCh)
	go lbc.nodeQueue.run(time.Second, lbc.stopCh)
	<-lbc.stopCh
	glog.Infof("Shutting down Loadbalancer Controller")
}

// Stop stops the loadbalancer controller. It also deletes cluster resources
// if deleteAll is true.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) Stop(deleteAll bool) error {
	// Stop is invoked from the http endpoint.
	lbc.stopLock.Lock()
	defer lbc.stopLock.Unlock()

	// Only try draining the workqueue if we haven't already.
	if !lbc.shutdown {
		close(lbc.stopCh)
		glog.Infof("Shutting down controller queues.")
		lbc.ingQueue.shutdown()
		lbc.nodeQueue.shutdown()
		lbc.shutdown = true
	}

	// Deleting shared cluster resources is idempotent.
	if deleteAll {
		glog.Infof("Shutting down cluster manager.")
		return lbc.CloudClusterManager.shutdown()
	}
	return nil
}

// storesSynced returns true if all the sub-controllers have finished their
// first sync with apiserver.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) storesSynced() bool {
	return (
	// wait for pods to sync so we don't allocate a default health check when
	// an endpoint has a readiness probe.
	lbc.podSynced() &&
		// wait for services so we don't thrash on backend creation.
		lbc.serviceSynced() &&
		// wait for nodes so we don't disconnect a backend from an instance
		// group just because we don't realize there are nodes in that zone.
		lbc.nodeSynced() &&
		// Wait for ingresses as a safety measure. We don't really need this.
		lbc.ingressSynced())
}

// sync manages Ingress create/updates/deletes.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) sync(key string) (err error) {
	if !lbc.hasSynced() {
		time.Sleep(storeSyncPollPeriod)
		return fmt.Errorf("waiting for stores to sync")
	}
	glog.V(3).Infof("Syncing %v", key)

	allIngresses, err := lbc.ingLister.ListAll()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	gceIngresses, err := lbc.ingLister.ListGCEIngresses()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	allNodePorts := lbc.tr.toNodePorts(&allIngresses)
	gceNodePorts := lbc.tr.toNodePorts(&gceIngresses)
	lbNames := lbc.ingLister.Store.ListKeys()
	lbs, err := lbc.toRuntimeInfo(gceIngresses)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	nodeNames, err := lbc.getReadyNodeNames()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	obj, ingExists, err := lbc.ingLister.Store.GetByKey(key)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// This performs a 2 phase checkpoint with the cloud:
	// * Phase 1 creates/verifies resources are as expected. At the end of a
	//   successful checkpoint we know that existing L7s are WAI, and the L7
	//   for the Ingress associated with "key" is ready for a UrlMap update.
	//   If this encounters an error, eg for quota reasons, we want to invoke
	//   Phase 2 right away and retry checkpointing.
	// * Phase 2 performs GC by refcounting shared resources. This needs to
	//   happen periodically whether or not stage 1 fails. At the end of a
	//   successful GC we know that there are no dangling cloud resources that
	//   don't have an associated Kubernetes Ingress/Service/Endpoint.

	var syncError error
	defer func() {
		if deferErr := lbc.CloudClusterManager.GC(lbNames, allNodePorts); deferErr != nil {
			err = fmt.Errorf("error during sync %v, error during GC %v", syncError, deferErr)
		}
		glog.V(3).Infof("Finished syncing %v", key)
	}()
	// Record any errors during sync and throw a single error at the end. This
	// allows us to free up associated cloud resources ASAP.
	igs, err := lbc.CloudClusterManager.Checkpoint(lbs, nodeNames, gceNodePorts, allNodePorts)
	if err != nil {
		// TODO: Implement proper backoff for the queue.
		eventMsg := "GCE"
		if ingExists {
			lbc.recorder.Eventf(obj.(*extensions.Ingress), apiv1.EventTypeWarning, eventMsg, err.Error())
		} else {
			err = fmt.Errorf("%v, error: %v", eventMsg, err)
		}
		syncError = err
	}

	if !ingExists {
		return syncError
	}
	ing := *obj.(*extensions.Ingress)
	if isGCEMultiClusterIngress(&ing) {
		// Add instance group names as annotation on the ingress.
		if ing.Annotations == nil {
			ing.Annotations = map[string]string{}
		}
		err = setInstanceGroupsAnnotation(ing.Annotations, igs)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if err := lbc.updateAnnotations(ing.Name, ing.Namespace, ing.Annotations); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		return nil
	}

	// Update the UrlMap of the single loadbalancer that came through the watch.
	l7, err := lbc.CloudClusterManager.l7Pool.Get(key)
	if err != nil {
		syncError = fmt.Errorf("%v, unable to get loadbalancer: %v", syncError, err)
		return syncError
	}

	if urlMap, err := lbc.tr.toURLMap(&ing); err != nil {
		syncError = fmt.Errorf("%v, convert to url map error %v", syncError, err)
	} else if err := l7.UpdateUrlMap(urlMap); err != nil {
		lbc.recorder.Eventf(&ing, apiv1.EventTypeWarning, "UrlMap", err.Error())
		syncError = fmt.Errorf("%v, update url map error: %v", syncError, err)
	} else if err := lbc.updateIngressStatus(l7, ing); err != nil {
		lbc.recorder.Eventf(&ing, apiv1.EventTypeWarning, "Status", err.Error())
		syncError = fmt.Errorf("%v, update ingress error: %v", syncError, err)
	}
	return syncError
}

// updateIngressStatus updates the IP and annotations of a loadbalancer.
// The annotations are parsed by kubectl describe.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) updateIngressStatus(l7 *loadbalancers.L7, ing extensions.Ingress) error {
	ingClient := lbc.client.Extensions().Ingresses(ing.Namespace)

	// Update IP through update/status endpoint
	ip := l7.GetIP()
	currIng, err := ingClient.Get(ing.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	currIng.Status = extensions.IngressStatus{
		LoadBalancer: apiv1.LoadBalancerStatus{
			Ingress: []apiv1.LoadBalancerIngress{
				{IP: ip},
			},
		},
	}
	if ip != "" {
		lbIPs := ing.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress
		if len(lbIPs) == 0 || lbIPs[0].IP != ip {
			// TODO: If this update fails it's probably resource version related,
			// which means it's advantageous to retry right away vs requeuing.
			glog.Infof("Updating loadbalancer %v/%v with IP %v", ing.Namespace, ing.Name, ip)
			if _, err := ingClient.UpdateStatus(currIng); err != nil {
				return err
			}
			lbc.recorder.Eventf(currIng, apiv1.EventTypeNormal, "CREATE", "ip: %v", ip)
		}
	}
	annotations := loadbalancers.GetLBAnnotations(l7, currIng.Annotations, lbc.CloudClusterManager.backendPool)
	if err := lbc.updateAnnotations(ing.Name, ing.Namespace, annotations); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) updateAnnotations(name, namespace string, annotations map[string]string) error {
	// Update annotations through /update endpoint
	ingClient := lbc.client.Extensions().Ingresses(namespace)
	currIng, err := ingClient.Get(name, metav1.GetOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(currIng.Annotations, annotations) {
		glog.V(3).Infof("Updating annotations of %v/%v", namespace, name)
		currIng.Annotations = annotations
		if _, err := ingClient.Update(currIng); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// toRuntimeInfo returns L7RuntimeInfo for the given ingresses.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) toRuntimeInfo(ingList extensions.IngressList) (lbs []*loadbalancers.L7RuntimeInfo, err error) {
	for _, ing := range ingList.Items {
		k, err := keyFunc(&ing)
		if err != nil {
			glog.Warningf("Cannot get key for Ingress %v/%v: %v", ing.Namespace, ing.Name, err)
			continue
		}

		var tls *loadbalancers.TLSCerts

		annotations := ingAnnotations(ing.ObjectMeta.Annotations)
		// Load the TLS cert from the API Spec if it is not specified in the annotation.
		// TODO: enforce this with validation.
		if annotations.useNamedTLS() == "" {
			tls, err = lbc.tlsLoader.load(&ing)
			if err != nil {
				glog.Warningf("Cannot get certs for Ingress %v/%v: %v", ing.Namespace, ing.Name, err)
			}
		}

		lbs = append(lbs, &loadbalancers.L7RuntimeInfo{
			Name:         k,
			TLS:          tls,
			TLSName:      annotations.useNamedTLS(),
			AllowHTTP:    annotations.allowHTTP(),
			StaticIPName: annotations.staticIPName(),
		})
	}
	return lbs, nil
}

// syncNodes manages the syncing of kubernetes nodes to gce instance groups.
// The instancegroups are referenced by loadbalancer backends.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) syncNodes(key string) error {
	nodeNames, err := lbc.getReadyNodeNames()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if err := lbc.CloudClusterManager.instancePool.Sync(nodeNames); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func getNodeReadyPredicate() listers.NodeConditionPredicate {
	return func(node *apiv1.Node) bool {
		for ix := range node.Status.Conditions {
			condition := &node.Status.Conditions[ix]
			if condition.Type == apiv1.NodeReady {
				return condition.Status == apiv1.ConditionTrue
			}
		}
		return false
	}
}

// getReadyNodeNames returns names of schedulable, ready nodes from the node lister.
func (lbc *LoadBalancerController) getReadyNodeNames() ([]string, error) {
	nodeNames := []string{}
	nodes, err := listers.NewNodeLister(lbc.nodeLister.Indexer).ListWithPredicate(getNodeReadyPredicate())
	if err != nil {
		return nodeNames, err
	}
	for _, n := range nodes {
		if n.Spec.Unschedulable {
			continue
		}
		nodeNames = append(nodeNames, n.Name)
	}
	return nodeNames, nil
}


OSHA is proposing to issue an interpretation of the term "feasible administrative or engineering controls" as used in the general industry and construction occupational noise exposure standards and to amend its current enforcement policy to reflect the interpretation. Comments are due 12/20/10.
OSHA is proposing to issue an interpretation of the term "feasible administrative or engineering controls" as used in the general industry and construction occupational noise exposure standards and to amend its current enforcement policy to reflect the interpretation. For the purpose of enforcing compliance with these standards, the proposal states that "feasible" has its ordinary meaning of capable of being done.
OSHA's noise standards specify that feasible administrative or engineering controls must be used to reduce noise to acceptable levels and that personal protective equipment, such as ear plugs and ear muffs, must be used only as supplements when administrative or engineering controls are not completely effective.
The preference for engineering and administrative controls over personal protective equipment is consistent with the approach taken in all of OSHA's health standards and reflects the fact that such controls are generally more effective. Under the agency's current enforcement policy, however, the agency issues citations for failure to use engineering and administrative controls only when they cost less than a hearing conservation program or such equipment is ineffective.
OSHA proposes to interpret the term "feasible" in conformity with its ordinary meaning and with the safety and health purposes of the OSH Act. The Supreme Court has held that the term "feasible" as used in the standard setting provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act means capable of being done.
The proposal aligns the interpretation of the noise standard with the Court's holding and with OSHA's other standards that require feasible engineering controls. The Agency intends to change its noise enforcement policy to authorize issuing citations requiring the use of administrative and engineering controls when feasible as indicated in the interpretation described in the FR notice.
Comments on the interpretation must be submitted on or before December 20, 2010.


Remove the reverse driven washer; then remove the low driven gear locking washer. Account for a cap screw, washer, pin, and spacer. Remove the fixed drive face. Slide the hub out of the knuckle and set aside. Connect the coolant hoses to the water pump and secure with the hose clamps.
Inspect the sealing surface for any indication of high spots. Camshaft lobes directed down toward the pis- ton. Place a new O-ring in the intake pipe; then position the pipe onto the engine and secure with two cap screws. Secure the wires to the frame with nylon ties. Appears as if someone rebuilt this carb, because it is extremely clean.
Close the bleeder screw before releasing the brake lever. Remove the cotter pin from the tie rod end and remove the tie rod end from the knuckle. Remove the nuts securing the rear exhaust pipe to the 16. Apply grease to the hub and drive axle splines; then 13. Place the side storage box into position on the frame; then secure with the two cap screws A and B. With engine moved rearward, engage the splines of the front driveline into the front output drive yoke; then move into position and install the two through-bolts. Just print it out and take it with you into the garage or workshop.
Install the reverse driven bushing and bearing; then 5. This manual is an easy layout format that covers all repair procedures in great detail. Place the cylinder head on the surface plate covered with 400 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper. Install the wheel and tighten to 40 ft-lb steel wheels install the hub assembly onto the drive axle. Noting the timing marks for installing purposes, drop the sprocket off the camshaft. Block the engine up in this position.
Remove the gas tank cap and set the rear body panel in position; then install the cap and connect the tail- 1. Covers complete tear down and rebuild, pictures and part diagrams, torque specs, maintenance, troubleshooting, etc. Thanks in advance for the help! Loosen the clamps securing the coolant hose to the water pump; then remove the crossover tube from the cylinder head. Remove the secondary driven shaft assembly A noting the location of the bearing locating pins. Place the differential with the open side down; then lift the housing off the spider assembly. Install a new seal F , output yoke G , washer, and nut H and tighten to 200 ft-lb. Remove the two cap screws and lock nuts securing the rear gear case to the frame; then remove the gear case through the left side.
This is the same type of service manual your local dealer will use when doing a repair. Measure the cylinder front to back in six places. Tons of pictures and diagrams at your fingertips!! Remove the cap screws and lock nuts securing the front rack to the frame;. Secure the throttle body assembly up and away from remove the air filter housing. Remove the two cap screws securing the gear posi- tion switch;. Secure the hub assembly with the nut.
Slide the grommet out of the lower half of the throt- tle control; then remove the cable from the actuator arm. Loosen the cap screws securing the valve cover to the head. To adjust tooth contact, use the following chart to correctly shim the driven shaft. The countershaft is now ready for installation. Remove the oil pump drive gear cap screw.
Remove the cotter pin and slotted nut securing the tie and nuts. Tighten the 6 mm cap screws to 10 ft-lb and the 8 bearings are correctly seated in the crankcase. Remove the cam chain guide. Just print it out and take it with you into the garage or workshop. Place the battery into position in the battery compart- Tighten securely. Closely observe the note introducing each sub-section for this important information. Tire inflation pressure low 3.
This Manual is a must for the Do-It-Yourselfer! Place tab-washer onto the sprocket making sure it covers the pin in the alignment hole. Inspect the bearings in the magneto housing for dis- coloration, roughness when rotated, and secure fit in bearing bores. Lubricate the inside wall of the cylinder; then using a 5. If backlash measurement is more than specified, 2. Using light pressure, move the cylinder head cover in a fig- ure eight motion. Squeeze the element by pressing it between the 1.
Camshaft lobes directed down toward the piston. Align the shift forks to allow engagement with the shift cam; then engage the shift forks and slide the shift fork shaft into the locating boss in the crankcase. If damaged, the camshaft must be replaced. Install the side panels into position. Using an awl, remove one piston-pin circlip. If any of the above conditions exist, replace the starter clutch assembly.


Glossocarya is from the Greek γλωσσω (glosso), the tongue and καρυον (karyon), a nut; hemiderma is from 'ημι- (hémi-), half, and δερμα (derma), the skin.
Glossocarya hemiderma occurs on the Cape York Peninsula and down the coastal strip to south-eastern Queensland. It is found from sea level to about 700 m altitude. It generally grows in well-developed rain forest and monsoon forest. It is also found in New Guinea.
This plant can grow as a shrub up to about 4 m tall, or a tree-top vine, depending on the surrounding vegetation. The specimen pictured is the former, growing behind the frontal dunes on the Horseshoe Bay foreshore. It is quite spectacular when in bloom, though hardly noticeable for the rest of the year. It is a relatively rare plant, and I have not been able to find mention of a common name. The type specimen was collected at Rockingham Bay, Queensland.
Vine stem diameters have been recorded up to 9 cm. The stem is very hard and woody. The twigs and petioles are sparsely pubescent, and both surfaces of the leaf blade are more-or-less glabrous, or very sparsely pubescent. The leaf blades are about 4-12 by 2-6 cm, with no glands; the petioles are short, about 2-10 mm long, grooved on the upper surface. On leaves produced on epicormic shoots there are often up to 5 large teeth in the margin on each side, but on leaves produced from mature shoots the leaf margins are usually entire. There are 4-6 lateral veins on each side of the midrib. Leaf-bearing twigs are often square in cross-section, finely grooved or ridged.
The inflorescence is terminal and in the axils of topmost leaves. In the flowers, the calyx is 3-4.5 by 2-3 mm, hairy and glandular on the outer surface, glabrous on the inner; the teeth are rounded or bluntly pointed. The corolla tube is hairy and glandular on both surfaces, and cream-white in colour. The corolla is 5-lobed at the top. The 4 (or sometimes 5) stamens are exserted, as is also the style; the filaments of the stamens are white.
The fruit is oblong to ellipsoid-oblong, rounded at the top, much exserted above the fruiting calyx, green when fresh, greyish brown when it is mature and dry; it is up to 1 cm long by 3 or 4 mm in diameter, the exserted portion glandular and tomentose-hirsute, 4-locular in the upper part where the endocarp closes around the seeds and separates into 4 narrow mericarps, the lower seedless portion resembling a wing on each mericarp. The calyx is persistent on the base.


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Richard Malone: The Emerging Fashion Designer Preaching Practicality
By Olivia Singer
Vogue introduces Richard Malone, the young talent who is taking a remarkably refreshing approach to designing sustainable clothes for women One of the common problems that plagues young designers is that they can all too easily forget that the clothes they are wearing might, hopefully, be bought and worn by a woman – after all, if you aren't used to selling, then it can be all too easy to get caught up in concept and forget about your customer. Such a problem simply doesn't come into play with Irish talent Richard Malone, who started his eponymous brand by creating custom pieces for private clients who spotted his designs in Dublin's Brown Thomas department store (their buyers snapped up his entire graduate collection). These women not only operated as the initial backbone for Malone's business, providing the financial support that he needed to go forward with his brand, but equally proved to be the foundation for the philosophy behind his designs. "The feedback all of those clients gave me really informed my work," he says now, a few years down the line, as he prepares for his first fashion show supported by the NEWGEN fashion fund. "We would have conversations about inspiration, and so the whole process becomes a lot more honest, and a lot more functional." That's certainly not to say that what Malone designs is prosaic – his collections are anything but, filled with remarkable shapes, geometric patterns and good/bad taste colours. In fact, all it means is that the clothes that he designs incorporate elements like pockets or well-positioned fastenings, that they wrap around and flatter the body, and are always made from the sorts of material that you will be actually able to wash (in fact, early on in his career, one of his proudest achievements was that he'd made a machine-washable showpiece). Even the more avant-garde, sculptural showpieces he creates are so cleverly designed that, after being packed into a suitcase, they spring into shape. It might sound like common sense but, in an industry that can quickly forget about the women who invest in its success, it is anything but. Besides the consideration he exhibits for women and their bodies, another of Malone's remarkably compelling characteristics is that he is dedicated to sustainability – but without falling into the tiresome or worthy narratives that often surround such a missive. He grew up in Wexford, a small county in southeast Ireland, in the midst of a recession, and thus quickly learned how to make do and mend; his graduate university collection was made from leftovers that he found in his father's shed after he had lost his job on a building site. Over the years, such an approach has developed into resolute resourcefulness executed with refined finesse; in fact, his spring/summer 2018 collection uses a fabric made from the bark of eucalyptus trees, which is as malleable as polyester but with the appearance of silk. "I think it's the only way you can do something that is really contemporary," he explains. "You really need to consider where it's coming from – and I think the customers really want to know about that side of things." That's the thing with Malone – that, no matter what he's talking about, he always returns to the women who might buy his pieces, women like Belmacz founder Julia Muggenburg, or MoMa curator Paola Antonelli (who is including one of his pieces in upcoming show Is Fashion Modern?). "I get a lot of feedback from my customers about why they're not buying clothes from the megabrands, and it's because there's a lot less consideration for their bodies and their image than there used to be," he says. "Hearing them talk is so important to how I design, how I cast my show, for the consideration I have for clothes. Hearing that they buy Yohji Yamamoto – and not just because it's beautiful, but because it's functional, too – is nice, and it's important to remember." Important, yes – and something which sets him in good stead for seasons to come.
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Good hotel with smart room and best breakfast.
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Fidelity Investments is targeting a March 2019 launch date for its Bitcoin custody service as the mutual-fund giant moves forward with a plan that could help ease fears of trading cryptocurrencies.


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Mitchell and Laidlaw celebrate 50 years of Lindisfarne at Milton Rooms
By Charles Hutchinson
Once upon a Tyne: Billy Mitchell and Ray Laidlaw tell stories of Lindisfarne's 50 years
FRONTMAN Billy Mitchell and founder member and drummer Ray Laidlaw present The Lindisfarne Story, an affectionate and enthusiastic celebration of the long-running Geordie folk group, at Malton's Milton Rooms on April 2.
Written and performed by the duo, the 7.30pm show takes a trip through 50 years of Lindisfarne, from their 1969 beginnings in the pubs and clubs of Tyneside to the concert halls and festivals of today; from Whitley Bay to 'Frisco Bay, from Rothbury to Glastonbury.
The story is told through the classic songs, such as Lady Eleanor, Meet Me On The Corner and Fog On The Tyne, and rare and unseen video, audio clips and private photographs, linked together with tall tales and scurrilous gossip.
The 2019 tour brings the story up to date, in the wake of Clear White Light, a play with music by the late Alan Hull, the new biography We Can Swing Together and the launch of a new version of Lindisfarne fronted by Rod Clements.
The show is being staged by Hurricane Promotions, a new East Yorkshire events company that has a series of folk, roots and Americana events planned for 2019 across the region.
Promoter James Duffy says: "This will be a highly enjoyable evening. The Lindisfarne Story is a real insight into the history of the band and the talented individuals that have forged so many fantastic songs over five decades."
Tickets cost £20 on 01653 696240 or at themiltonrooms.com.
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Ardell Yoast, 73, of Blairsville, passed away 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at his residence.
Ardell retired in 2006 after 37 ½ years working as a Master Technician for Koenig Chevrolet in Carbondale.
Ardell was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force during the Vietnam War.
Ardell loved to play country music, watch St. Louis Cardinal Baseball, loved hockey, especially the St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks. He was also an avid NASCAR fan.
Ardell was born April 13, 1945 in Carbondale, IL to Ivan and Ada (Mutell) Yoast.
Ardell was united in marriage with Terri Childress on July 31, 1971 in Jackson County, IL.
Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Terri Yoast; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Hank and Melissa Yoast of Herrin, Ed Yoast of Herrin; four grandchildren, Karissa (Sean) Masters of Vergennes, Kristina Yoast of Herrin, Christian Yoast of Herrin, Easton Yoast of Herrin; sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Mike Dixon of Carbondale; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Glenda and Bill Jones of Anna, Jerry and Charla Childress of Blairsville, Tim and Kathy Childress of Aviston, Ada and Van McGill of Royalton, Stewart and Cheri Childress of Blairsville and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, John Yoast, Virgil Yoast, Loyd Yoast and Irvin Yoast.
Services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at Meredith-Waddell Funeral Home with Rev. Matthew Caraway officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 at the funeral home. Interment with military graveside services conducted by the Scott Air Force Base Honors Detail, the Herrin American Legion Post # 645, Herrin V F W Post # 1567 and the Carterville American Legion Post # 347 will be in Cundiff Cemetery at Blairsville.
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Bowers & Wilkins (souvent abrégé en « B&W ») est un fabricant anglais de matériel audio, et plus spécialement d'enceintes. Il a été fondé en 1966 par John Bowers à Worthing, dans le Sussex de l'Ouest, en Angleterre. Bowers & Wilkins appartient désormais à , lequel inclut également les fabricants de matériel audio Rotel et .

Aujourd'hui, la gamme de produits de Bowers & Wilkins comprend des enceintes Hi-Fi, des enceintes sans-fil ainsi que des casques.

Histoire
Bowers & Wilkins commence comme une boutique d'électronique et de radio à Worthing, créée après la Seconde Guerre mondiale par John Bowers et Roy Wilkins. Petit à petit, John Bowers devient intéressé par la conception et l'assemblage de haut-parleurs, installant une petite ligne de production à l'arrière de la boutique pour des clients locaux.

En 1966, John Bowers fonde la société B&W Electronics Ltd. La première enceinte de la marque est la P1, commercialisée en 1966. Le coffret et le filtre sont fabriqués par Bowers & Wilkins, mais les haut-parleurs viennent de EMI et .

En 1968, Audioscript, aux Pays-Bas, devient son premier distributeur international. Les moniteurs familiaux () DM1 et DM3, plus abordables, sont introduits la même année. En 1969, Dennis Ward (travaillant précédemment chez EMI) intègre l'entreprise.

Début mai 2016, la start-up californienne Eva Automation, spécialisée dans l'interconnexion d'équipements audio et autres, rachète B&W pour un montant inconnu.

Technologies

Produits actuels

Enceintes Hi-Fi
 Nautilus
 Série 800 Diamonds 3
 Série 700 S2 Signature
 Série 700 S2
 Série 600

Home cinéma
 Mini Theatre
 Formation Bar et Subwoofer
 Série CT700
 Série CT800

Enceintes encastrables
 Marine
 Série 300
 Série 600
 Série 700

Enceintes sans-fil
 Formation Duo
 Formation Flex
 Formation Wedge

Casques
 PX7
 PX5

Electronique
 Formation Audio

Notes et références

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Victoria Beckham's Skype Documentary Is Making Her Emotional… And This Is Why
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David and victoria beckham in matching black outfits at the vanity fair party Credit: Rex
Victoria Beckham reveals new details of her Skype documentary, and tells the world what life's really like in her shoes...
Victoria Beckham is gearing up to give the world unprecedented access to her fashion empire. Gulp.
Teaming up with Skype and the voice-over-IP service, the successful businesswoman and mother-of-four will detail the last five years of the Victoria Beckham brand in an official documentary.
But all this success is making VB a little emotional.
'I'm always so busy moving on to the next thing and I always want to do better than the previous season. I'm very ambitious and we move at such at a fast pace, so what's great about Skype is actually looking back at our story,' Victoria told WWD. 'I get emotional actually watching it.'
And you can hardly blame Posh Spice for feeling a little overwhelmed by her achievements. In just five years the Victoria Beckham mainline collection has broadened from intimate presentations, into two coveted spots at New York Fashion Week.
Now boasting a second Ready-To-Wear collection, a denim line, an accessories collection and eyewear range, Victoria has more than cemented her place among fashion's finest, as well as becoming a go-to label for A-listers.
'I did believe in creative visualisation and I always had high hopes,' she adds. 'I believed what I was doing and I think I have a strong point of view. I always hoped. I like to look at the big picture and I like to build things in the right way. I never went into this thinking that it would be a flash in a pan.'
Talking more about her Skype documentary, she said: 'It will be the first time that the people will really be able to see the brand through my eyes.'
With even bigger plans for her business this year, Victoria Beckham is set to open her first standalone store in London, with for a sister store in New York already said to be in place.
We can't wait to go behind-the-scenes with Victoria Beckham. Here's hoping little Harper makes an appearance, too…
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Jeter, Walker elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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Here's where Derek Jeter really ranks among MLB's all-time greatest shortstops
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How North Carolina's 2019-20 season unraveled -- a timeline
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It's not so much a case of teaching an old dog new tricks but Roy O'Donovan admits he's thriving under the tutelage of Brisbane Roar coach Robbie Fowler.
The Irish veteran notched his fifth goal of the A-League season on Saturday as the Roar claimed a 2-0 win over Central Coast at Suncorp Stadium.
The 34-year-old's goalscoring qualities were well known before he joined the Roar after successful stints with the Mariners and Newcastle.
But even he admits having a man with 163 English Premier League goals to his name as his coach is enhancing his forward craft.
"He sharpens my senses," O'Donovan told Fox Sports about Fowler's impact.
"He keeps me on my toes. He takes me out of my comfort zone."
Another Roar forward seemingly heeding the lessons of Fowler's know-how is youngster Dylan Wenzel-Halls.
Relegated to bit-part roles off the bench for most of the season after his pre-season was hampered by injury, the 21-year-old was given his first start of 2019-20 against the Mariners.
He didn't disappoint, providing a direct threat on the right side of the Roar's forward line which included an assist for O'Donovan's opener.
It was a display which didn't go unnoticed by Fowler.
"Having an injury sort of knocked him back a good few weeks and all of a sudden it was him playing catch-up, trying to catch-up his fitness and his football," the Liverpool legend said.
"His attitude's been good and that's all you can ask for as a manager.
"Dylan was exciting. Probably a little bit more lively than what we've had in the past games. They've warranted and deserved a chance and they've took it."


Heat Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 48 – Danny Dietrich, 2. 11 – T.J. Stutts, 3. 70X – Spencer Bayston, 4. 67W – Justin Whittall, 5. 39 – Cory Haas, 6. 55K – Robbie Kendell, 7. 75 – Chase Dietz, 8. 47K – Kody Lehman.
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 21 – Brian Montieth, 2. 70 – Brock Zearfoss, 3. 5 – Dylan Cisney, 4. 39M – Anthony Marci, 5. 29 – Jason Shultz, 6. 1X – Chad Trout, 7. 73B – Brett Michalski, 8. 0 – Rick Lafferty.
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Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1. 24 – Lucas Wolfe, 2. 48 – Danny Dietrich, 3. 11 – T.J. Stutts, 4. 72 – Ryan Smith, 5. 11B – Dale Blaney, 6. 51 – Freddie Rahmer, 7. 21 – Brian Montieth, 8. 1X – Chad Trout, 9. 70 – Brock Zearfoss, 10. 39 – Cory Haas, 11. 29 – Jason Shultz, 12. 5 – Dylan Cisney, 13. 27S – Adrian Shaffer, 14. 67W – Justin Whittall, 15. 0 – Rick Lafferty, 16. 99M – Kyle Moody, 17. 73B – Brett Michalski, 18. 70X – Spencer Bayston, 19. 47K – Kody Lehman, 20. 75 – Chase Dietz, 21. 39M – Anthony Marci, 22. 22 – Cole Duncane, 23. 55K – Robbie Kendell, 24. 17B – Steve Buckwalter.


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Most Americans Spend 2 or More Hours Per Day Sitting
Despite warnings about the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, Americans are spending more time sitting now than they were in 2001, according to a recent study.
Investigators from the University of Washington examining sedentary behavior found that most Americans are spending two hours or more everyday sitting and watching television or videos.
Investigators used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to examine a cohort of 51,896 individuals from 2001 to 2016. The group was comprised of 10,359 children, 9639 adolescents, and 31,898 adults. Children were defined as being aged between 5 and 11 years, adolescents were considered to be between 12 and 19 years old, and adults were classified as 20 years or older.
Participants were asked two questions, "Over the past 30 days, on average, how many hours per day did you sit and watch television or videos?" and "Over the past 30 days, on average, about how many hours per day did you use a computer or play computer games outside of school or work?". Respondents could choose between the options of none, less than 1 hour, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, or 5 hours or more per day. For the primary analyses, investigators further categorized participants into groups that watched less than 2 hours per day and 2 hours or more per day.
Investigators assessed total sitting time among adolescents and adults, but not children, from the 2007-2008 cycle through the 2015-2016 cycle. Authors noted that participants reporting more than 16 hours per day of daily sitting time were excluded as they were considered implausible values.
Investigators found that total daily sitting time increased among adolescents and adults from 2007 to 2016, from 7 hours per day to more than 8 for teenagers, and from 5.5 hours per day to almost 6.5 for adults.
Investigators also noted that most Americans are spending at least 2 hours per day sitting and watching television or videos. Among children, 62% spent at least 2 hours in front of screens, among adolescents that number was 59%, and about 65% of adults between 20 and 64 spent that much time in front of screens.
Investigators noted that from 2015 to 2016, 84% of adults over the age of 65 spent at least 2 hours per day watching television. Across all age groups, investigators found that 28 to 38% of the population spent 3 hours or more per day watching television or videos, while 13 to 23% spent 4 or more hours per day.
Additionally, the authors found that screen time outside of work and school increased over the study period. At least 50% of all individuals across all age groups used a computer during leisure time for more than 1 hour per day in the two most recent years of the study.
In the 65 and older group, the number jumped from 15% of individuals using a computer for an hour per day during leisure time in 2003 to 53% of individuals in 2016. They noted that up to 25% of individuals across all groups used computer outside of work and school for 3 hours or more.
The study's lead author, Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, epidemiologist and assistant professor of surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine, remarked that she hoped the results of her study could be used as a baseline when examining trends or impacts of public policy.
"Until now, we haven't had data demonstrating the amount of time most Americans spend sitting watching TV or doing other sedentary activities," Cao said. "Now that we have a baseline, on population level and for different age groups, we can look at trends over time and see whether different interventions or public health initiatives are effective in reducing the time spent sitting and nudging people toward more active behaviors."
This study, titled "Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among the US Population, 2001-2016," was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.


The owner of Drew's Diesel is Andy Bellemere, and trucks have always been a huge part of his life. Right out of high school, he started working on motorcycles, and he hasn't looked back since. Even while working full-time at an auto service center, Andy couldn't stop. Soon, his property was filled with trucks in need of his expertise. After his wife recommended opening up his auto repair shop, so they could have their yard back, the story of Drew's Diesel officially began. With his talent for fixing and servicing diesel vehicles, Andy began an operation unlike any other in Grain Valley, MO and even beyond: an auto service center solely focused on the repair and maintenance of diesel trucks.
Why just diesel repair? Andy saw a striking lack of specialized diesel repair shops and many drivers who needed skilled diesel mechanics for their repairs. He put together a fantastic team of service advisors and diesel repair specialists. Now, Drew's Diesel Repair is the trusted source for diesel repair in Grain Valley, MO. We have the knowledge, specialized equipment, and an all-star team of diesel mechanics. Our team will provide you with quality diesel repair, every time.
Our team of diesel mechanics has used their expertise to collect some of the best diesel repair equipment available. We have specialized tools, scanners, technology, parts, and equipment hand-picked for efficient and dependable diesel repair. It's a big investment to get all of the equipment for the job, but we think it's only fair, seeing as you made quite the investment when you purchased a diesel vehicle.
We do all we can to make diesel repair hassle-free and easy for the drivers because we know how important your vehicle is to you and your productivity. For many drivers around Grain Valley, their diesel cars and trucks are their primary form of transportation. It's how you get the kids to school, go to work, and head out of town for vacation every once in awhile. Most customers simply drop off their vehicle, and we'll ring them when it's ready. The same goes for fleet vehicles. We take special care to ensure that we upkeep your fleet regularly, with little to no work on your end. We even take fleets that are not entirely diesel, so that you only have to go one place for your repairs.
We are always excited to hear about our customer's stories and experiences at Drew's Diesel Repair. We are sincerely invested in making sure that your vehicle's repair goes smoothly, anytime it's done in our shop. You can find us on 1200 NW Pamela Blvd Suite F, Grain Valley, MO 64029, and you can make an appointment by calling (816) 226-6016. Although we are located in Grain Valley, MO, we often service diesel vehicles for drivers from many cities in Missouri and Kansas. Come in and get to know Andy and the rest of the team! We look forward to meeting you soon!


An "around the clock" bridal shower is a celebration where guests are assigned to bring gifts for the bride that she can use at different times of the day. If you've been invited to this type of shower, there are a number of gifts you can present to the bride-to-be that she can enjoy morning, noon or night.
Choose gifts like bath robes, slippers, or over-sized bath towels for the bride if you're giving morning gifts. You may also want to present her with an alarm clock that plays soothing nature sounds if she's not a morning person, or a gift card she can use at her local coffee shop. Bath salts and lotions in invigorating scents like verbena and bergamot are morning gifts that the bride can take an energizing shower with. If she enjoys going out for a morning walk or jog, purchase a comfortable pair of tennis shoes for her, or record a mix of songs that she can listen to while exercising.
By the middle of the day, the bride-to-be may be running errands, trying to finish up projects at work, or getting together meal ideas for dinner. If you've been asked to buy an afternoon gift, consider purchasing some gift cards or a coupon book to local grocery stores. Dessert or salad plates in the bride's favorite color, or in the china pattern she's chosen, are appropriate mid-day presents as well. A gift certificate for a lunchtime spa treatment like a manicure or hand massage can also be added to your present to give the guest of honor the pick-me-up she needs to continue her day stress-free.
Cookware items are frequently given as evening gifts for around the clock bridal showers. Purchase a set of quality pots and pans for the bride, or a kitchen appliance such as a mixer or food processor. Cookbooks are a helpful and welcomed gift, so that the bride can try new recipes each night for dinner or dessert. Or give the bride-to-be some items that will help her to relax after a long day, such as a set of her favorite DVDs, or monogrammed bed linen. It's also a good idea to give evening gifts that the bride can use with her new husband, such as a gift basket filled with cheese, crackers and fine wine, or an assortment of massage oils and a book explaining massage techniques.


Is there anything better than puppets?
May 24, 2017 October 4, 2017 Categories lifeChicago, cocktails, humor, puppets, rum, TikiLeave a Comment on Is there anything better than puppets?
I spent a few days earlier this week in Chicago for a trade show. On Sunday night, my teammate, Britney, and I ventured to a nearby Tiki bar for a cocktail after dinner. We entered the restaurant and descended the stairs to find the bar bustling with people. Lucky for us, a man arose from his bar stool just as we approached, and Britney gestured for me to take the seat.
We ordered our drinks, foaming with rum and coconut, and I quickly realized that I had seated myself right next to a friendly Saudi Arabian man who, albeit nice, was swimming in his fifth cocktail. We talked – he talked, rather – until he excused himself to use the restroom. I rolled my eyes at Britney, and she gestured to a pair of stools that had opened at the end of the bar. We gracefully slid down, leaving my seat open for the next poor soul. The bartender smiled knowingly, and I smiled back.
Safely secluded at our end of the bar, Britney and I chatted with each other and with the friendly bartenders who were kind enough to answer our endless questions about their flamboyant drinks. We took shots, and I asked Jon to make me something rummy and off-menu. "A daiquiri?" he asked. I nodded.
He mixed the drink and handed to me, and just as I took a sip of the boozy cocktail, I saw something out of my periphery. A tiny, plastic plane, flying past the right side of my face. It took me a second to realize what I was seeing; A adult man with graying hair and thick-rimmed glasses made a zooming noise as he teetered the plane from side to side with his hand, eventually landing the small plane on the bar in front of me. "What do you think of this plane?" he sang into my ear in a deep voice.
"Excuse me?" I asked quizzically.
"Is there anything better than puppets? Is there?!" he repeated.
"Umm…?" And before I could think of how to respond because obviously there are ONE ZILLION things better than puppets, he turned and walked away. I looked at Britney, stunned. "What was that?" I asked.
"Puppetry!" she replied. We broke into fits of laughter.
Throughout the night, we watched the man moving around the bar. Performing magic tricks over here, cracking jokes over there. And just before he left, he came back to me. Of course, I didn't see him approach, so I nearly jumped out of my seat when his voice rang behind me again. "Enjoy your plane!" he said dramatically before giggling loudly.
The next morning, I met Britney in the hotel lobby to catch the shuttle to the trade show. "Look over there," she whispered as I approached. And sitting there on the couch, quiet and a little peakish, was the Puppet Master. We made eye contact with a flash of recognition, and then he looked away sheepishly.
I guess puppetry's not as fun in the harsh light of day.


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Is Hollywood's Sugarcoating of Violence a Good or Bad Thing for Moviegoers?
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Movie Violence
Photo: 20th Century Fox
A throat is slit, heads are lopped off, buildings crumble, bodies dissolve, Wolverine's metal claws plunge into multiple living bodies, and little more than a spritz of blood is shed during the two-and-a-half-hour running time of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse. The latest entry in 20th Century Fox's 16-year-old franchise is its worst, as it manages to be both overstuffed with characters yet empty in its depiction of them. It's a low-to-no-stakes narrative in an ever-unfolding franchise, and Apocalypse seems mostly to exist because, well, it's time for a new X-Men movie.
X-Men: Apocalypse seems particularly useless when compared to recent, more intellectually engaged spandex fests. Both Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice openly grappled with the sort of accountability their franchises have long skirted (albeit the former did so with way more coherence than the latter). In the name of heroism, their protagonists have inflicted destruction upon their environments. They always get the bad guys, but the cost of this in terms of number of unseen deaths has gone mostly uncounted until this year.
Still, Captain America: Civil War is full of PG-13 violence, the kind that finds a man repeatedly bludgeoned in the face without producing much blood, and one in which a superhero's arm is ripped off without any visible gore or guts (granted, it's a robotic arm).
What these and a growing number of PG-13-rated movies suggest is that acts of violence are permissible in a way that their consequences—from drawn blood to human suffering to loss—are not. PG-13 movies target a broader age group than R-rated movies do. They also make more money. The Classification and Rating Administration (CARA) division of the Motion Picture Association of America is responsible for giving films their ratings and states in its Classification Rules and Ratings document: "There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence."
This can play out absurdly—the PG-13 version of Live Free or Die Hard features a bloodless shooting that magically produces a red geyser in the film's unrated version. Liam Neeson's character in the PG-13-rated Taken 2 gets away with an estimated 23 deaths—more than Jason Voorhees enacts in almost every Friday the 13th flick. Death here is not the issue—its severity is. Sugarcoating means sales.
And the bodies keep piling up. A 2013 study published in the journal Pediatrics, "Gun Violence Trends in Movies" found more violence in PG-13 movies than in R-rated movies.
"It's clear that PG-13 movies sanitize the violence, so they take out the blood, and that allows them to show a lot more killing than you see typically even in R-rated movies," explained one of that study's authors, Dan Romer, by phone. Romer is research director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and director of its Adolescent Communication Institute at UPENN.
"R-rated movies that have violence will have more blood, and show more suffering, but there's actually less violence in those movies, ironically," he continued. "So PG-13 allows Hollywood to have lots and lots of what some people think of as gratuitous violence, and get away with it because they're not showing the pain and the suffering and what actually happens if you get hit with a bullet."
In other words, MPAA classifications don't theoretically protect kids from violence itself, but from its more disturbing consequences. The drive to satisfy the MPAA to achieve a PG-13 classification essentially incentivizes making brutal acts consumable. We seem to agree as a culture, then, that the harder something is to watch, the worse it is for you.
Romer said he plans to look into the effects of PG-13's bloodless violence versus the more graphic kind that you'd find in an R-rated movie, though no data comparing the two exists, to his knowledge. "It could turn out that the ratings are the inverse of harmfulness—that PG-13 is worse than R," he said. "But we really don't know. The research hasn't been done to answer that question."
Just what is at stake here? What does "harmfulness" mean in the conversation about cinematic violence, which has the feel of being beamed in from the '90s? Romer says the primary fear is that "seeing films with lots of gun violence will develop a more favorable attitude [in viewers] toward the use of guns and increase their likelihood of being seen as an effective way of dealing with conflict." He points to Bandura's famous bobo doll experiment to show how kids model the behavior of adults they see in media, and mentions the ready availability of guns in America to suggest the practical implications of this "more favorable attitude" toward gun violence. "Gun Violence Trends in Movies" also points to several studies that measured elevated aggression levels after watching violent media, including "Short-term and Long-term Effects of Violent Media on Aggression in Children and Adults," which was co-authored by a co-author of "...Trends in Movies," Ohio State professor Brad Bushman.
"In general what researchers find with violent media is that it does tend to have a temporary increase in aggression, but it's very questionable how long that lasts," said Patrick Markey, a professor at Villanova. "I like to think of it like any kind of art. If you go see a really sad movie, you'll get sad afterward and feel bummed, but it doesn't change you. You're not depressed suddenly. Violence probably does the same thing. Right after we see a violent movie, we might be more hyped up about it, but it doesn't change who we are."
In 2014, Markey co-authored a paper in Human Communication Research called "Violent Movies and Severe Acts of Violence: Sensationalism Versus Science" that challenged some of the claims in "Gun Violence Trends in Movies" and found that "although watching a violent film does not seem to be related to shifts in homicide or aggravated assault rates, such exposure may affect other types of less severe aggressive behaviors such as bullying, spreading gossip, minor fights at school, pushing and shoving, or hurling insults." Violence in PG-13 movies may be on the rise since 1985 (a point in Romer's paper that Markey doesn't contest) but as the Washington Post pointed out in December, gun violence in the U.S. has been on the wane since 1993. The "sensationalism" in the title of Markey's paper refers to the way Romer's findings were pegged on extreme acts of violence like the Aurora shooting, as opposed to overall trends. (The Attenberg Public Policy Center than issued a response to the response.)
If PG- and PG-13-levels of violence is being consumed by more people in more cinematic acts, and yet violent crime is on the wane, could it be that consumable violence is somehow pro-social? Instead of being a disingenuous way of commodifying the idea of death, could PG-13 movies somehow be giving our society the violence it seems to crave without the negative consequences? Have we found our perfect portion? In my estimation, the most brutal decade in cinema was the '70s, when crime rates were much higher (and Vietnam still had a tremendous grip on our national psyche). Think about how the extreme violence of many of the movie offerings along 42nd Street during its grindhouse heyday reflected the violence one could encounter just outside the theater (and sometimes within). Think about how this study of violent video games found that in video games that had an option to turn off the blood and gore, "that the presence of blood within the game increased verbally aggressive intentions when it was accompanied by an increase in aggressive cognition." The study also cites "television research where the presence of blood lessens the likelihood of imitation."
But though an R-rated movie may spill more blood, it can't possibly capture the extent to which violence disrupts and affects lives. You don't get to smell the stink of death. We're talking about degrees of packaging violence. The director Ben Wheatley explained this vividly in a recent conversation we had:
I think the example for me is Hannibal, the TV show, where it's so horrible, unbelievably horrible. I was watching it, thinking, "Why is this so fucking horrible, this thing?" I think it's because if in real life I saw a dead body over there and they'd just had a heart attack and died, I'd be traumatized by it and think about it for weeks. If I see it on a TV show and that's happened...I don't care. They must have hit that thing and gone, "Right, well now we do a procedural investigation, but no one cares about murder anymore so it has to be this much murder." If anything had happened on that show in real life, everyone would be talking about it forever. For every episode forever and ever. There would be a whole industry of publishing books about it, going over it, "Well, how could this happen?" I was thinking that's a crazy gap, between reality and how a show is perceived.
Perhaps the question at the heart of this piece is one of artistry, not sociology. And anyway, if you go looking for art in a blockbuster, you're likely to leave the theater disappointed.
Regardless, I reached out to the MPAA for more clarity on its process and its philosophy regarding consumable violence. The response I received via MPAA Corporate Communications VP Chris Ortman is on background and vague as it is, so I am summarizing it instead of quoting directly.
According to the MPAA, the ratings system is not meant to police art or protect children but to provide parents with information. Movies are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and there is no predetermined quota of the amount of violence that would dictate what received a PG-13 rating versus and R rating. The MPAA says it is in a continuing dialogue with parents. Furthermore, a recent Nielsen survey found that 80 percent of parents find the ratings system accurate.
Which is to say that a PG-13 movie is a PG-13 movie because it seems like a PG-13 movie, and most people more or less agree that it is. Whatever the implications, fallout, suggested philosophy, or whatever is of far less concern than maintaining the status quo as we understand it.


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Brexit and the UK's approach to international finance
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