Abu Bakarr Bah is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Northern Illinois University.
The civil war in Cí´te d'Ivoire presents unique features with respect to the causes of civil wars and the nature of peace processes in West Africa. It is a conflict largely driven by concrete political and social grievances over citizenship. In addition, it is marked by a significant effort by the belligerents to take ownership of the peace process and negotiate directly. This article traces the civil war to the politicization of citizenship and ethnicity during the democratization process. It argues that the peace agreements engineered by the international community failed to end the conflict largely because they relied heavily on traditional peace formulas and paid insufficient attention to the underlying issue of citizenship. In contrast, the peace agreement forged by Ivorians has been relatively successful because it directly addressed the citizenship issue and restored domestic ownership of the peace process. This article focuses on the peace process and the intrinsic relation between citizenship and progress toward peace in Cí´te d'Ivoire. In addition, it connects the discourse on democracy in Africa with the salient issue of citizenship and underscores the fluidity of citizenship and democracy in African politics.
In contrast, the Ivorian war is about contested citizenship claims.4 A second distinct feature is domestic ownership of the peace process. Recent African conflicts, such as the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, have attracted significant international interventions to ameliorate humanitarian conditions and restore regional security.5 Mindful of the economic centrality of Cí´te d'Ivoire in the region, the international community also swiftly involved, or enmeshed, itself in resolving the conflict. International mediations have not necessarily led to speedy resolution of African conflicts.6 Liberia and Sierra Leone languished for about a decade while the international community made repeated efforts to negotiate and enforce a lasting peace agreement. After more than four years of international mediation in Cí´te d'Ivoire, peace remained elusive. The critical difference is that whereas the stakeholders in Liberia and Sierra Leone were unable to hatch an agreement without heavy involvement of the international community, Ivorians seemed dubious of international intervention and willing to address their own problems.7 They reached out to their compatriots and forged the Ouagadougou Agreement with minimal involvement of international mediators. Most importantly, the agreement directly addressed the underlying citizenship grievance.
The Ivorian case holds useful lessons for dealing with conflicts in Africa. It points to the fluidity of citizenship and the dangers of identity politics in African democracies. Clearly, democratic politics requires a clear definition of citizenship. The Ivorian conflict also exposes significant shortcomings in the way internationally driven peace processes treat the underlying causes of African conflicts. While the issue of citizenship was evident in the discourses surrounding the conflict and peace process, the internationally mediated agreements did not pay sufficient attention to it. This conflict shows that early recognition and profound appreciation of the underlying grievance is critical for forging a durable peace agreement. It also attests to the importance of building creative mechanisms into the peace agreement to rectify underlying grievances. The details of the internationally mediated peace agreements weighed heavily on power sharing, ceasefire, and election modalities at the expense of creating a mechanism to resolve the citizenship issue.
This article examines the way citizenship degenerated into a major political problem in the struggle for democracy after the death of President Felix Houphouí«t-Boigny in 1993, and the way this issue was treated in successive peace agreements. It views citizenship as a political and social issue rooted in the social construction of national identity which evolved out of colonialism, migration, and cultural ties that defy national boundaries. The article underscores the importance of citizenship in African democracy and highlights the security risks of fuzzy and cumbersome citizenship policies. Most importantly, the article makes a critical link between citizenship and the evolution of the Ivorian peace process. It argues that the failure to give sufficient attention to this problem contributed to the collapse of the successive peace agreements engineered by the international community. While the international community was aware of the citizenship problem, as evident in numerous reports, the peace agreements were often mute on the subject.8 Even when citizenship was addressed in the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, it was largely treated as a legal and administrative problem. The major breakthrough in the peace process only happened when the issue was directly addressed by Ivorians in the Ouagadougou Agreement.
1 Adekeye Adebajo, Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder,CO, 2002); Adekeye Adebajo and Ismail Rashid (eds), West Africa's Security Challenges: Building peace in a troubled region (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, 2004); Ademola Adeleke, 'The politics and diplomacy of peacekeeping in West Africa: the ECOWAS operation in Liberia', Journal of Modern African Studies 33, 4 (1995), pp. 569–93.
2 Adebajo, Building Peace; John Hirsch, Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the struggle for democracy (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, 2001); Paul Richards, 'To fight or to farm? Agrarian dimensions of the Mano River conflicts (Liberia and Sierra Leone)', African Affairs 104, 417 (2005), pp. 571–90.
3 Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler, 'Greed and grievance in civil war', Oxford Economic Papers 56, 4 (2004), pp. 563–95; William Reno, Warlord Politics and African States (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, 1999); Ira William Zartman (ed.), Collapsed States: The disintegration and restoration of legitimate authority (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, 1995); Dwayne Woods, 'The tragedy of the cocoa pod: rent-seeking, land and ethnic conflict in Ivory Coast', Journal of Modern African Studies 41, 4 (2003), pp. 641–55.
4 Ruth Marshall-Fratani, 'The war of "who is who": autochthony, nationalism, and citizenship in the Ivoirian crisis', African Studies Review 49, 2 (2006), pp. 9–43; Jean-Pierre Dozon, 'La Cí´te d'Ivoire entre démocratie, nationalisme et ethnonationalisme", Politique Africaine 78 (2000), pp. 45–62; John Akokpari, '"You don't belong here": citizenship, the state and Africa's conflicts: reflections on Ivory Coast' in Alfred Nhema and Tiyambe Zeleza (eds), The Roots of African Conflicts: The causes and costs (James Currey, Oxford, 2008), pp. 88–105.
6 Marrack Goulding, 'The United Nations and conflict in Africa since the Cold War', African Affairs 98, 391 (1999), pp. 155–66.
7 Interview, European diplomat, Abidjan, 6 June 2008; Interview, African diplomat, Abidjan, 7 June 2008; Daniel Epstein, 'International involvement in Cí´te d'Ivoire', Global Policy Forum, <"‰http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/191/38521.html"‰> (26 August 2008); Mamadou Koulibaly, La Guerre de la France contre la Cí´te d'Ivoire (La Refondation, Abidjan, 2003); Stephen Smith 'La politique d'engagement de la France í l'épreuve de la Cí´te d'Ivoire', Politique Africaine 89 (2003), pp. 112–26.
8 There were references to citizenship in several reports, including: UN Security Council, 'Second report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cí´te d'Ivoire' (S/2004/697, UN, New York, 27 August 2004); UN Security Council, 'Third progress report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations operation in Cí´te d'Ivoire' (S/2004/962, UN, New York, 9 December 2004); 'Country programme: Cí´te d'Ivoire' United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, <"‰http://unddr.org/countryprogrammes.php?c=51″‰> (25 September 2009); Peace and Security Council, African Union, 'Report of the chairperson of the Commission on the situation in Cí´te d'Ivoire' (23rd meeting of the PSC, 10–11 January 2005, Libreville, Gabon).


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As we make our weekly pilgrimage to the Downtown Farmer's Market, the arrival of baskets of strawberries, bunches of bright flowers, and little ones with big ice cream cones all point to one thing: June is here! June brings with it hot weather, and a chance for family gatherings in outdoor spaces, seasonal recipes and trips to the beach. Discover below our picks for June's best events and inspiration for a great start to Summer.


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Off to San Diego – cya LA!
Santa Monica Canyon bike ride with Yossi – AWESOME!
Today was one of the main reasons I trekked up to Los Angeles during this break…. my good friend Yossi and I had done a similar trip to this one almost 10 years ago…. how time flies… we had been planning this for months… and the word AWESOME doesn't even begin to describe how amazing it was… we were so lucky with the weather too… sun was shining but it wasn't crazy hot which meant we had a comfortable riding temperature…. it was five hours of pure heaven… Yossi rules!


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U.S. Police and Courts during the Year of Racial Violence
Written by: David Krugler
A New Crisis of Race and Violence
David Krugler, the author of 1919, The Year of Racial Violence, examines the legacy of racial violence in America that has culminated in debates and riots over the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases. Racial relations almost 100 years ago offer new insight.
Protests in the United States resulting from recent grand jury decisions to not indict white law officers who used deadly force against African Americans have prompted national discussions about racial disparity in law enforcement and court proceedings.
This cartoon, published in the Washington Bee, a black weekly, highlighted a major problem during a riot in the nation's capital in July 1919: police failed to stop white mobs from attacking African Americans. "Oh! Why don't you stop them?" the woman on the right asks. "Ha, ha. That's what I would like to know," the officer replies. According to another Washington, D.C., newspaper, a police officer actually said this to an observer during the riot.
Again. In its 1968 report on the urban uprisings that broke out across the U.S. during 1967, the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders noted the "widespread belief among Negroes in the existence of police brutality and in a 'double standard' of justice and protection—one for Negroes and one for whites." Many contemporary commentators refer to this recent history in their analysis of the protests against the outcomes of grand jury decisions in St. Louis and New York City. I'd like to go back further in U.S. history to offer another comparison. My book, 1919, The Year of Racial Violence, is a study of how African Americans mounted a three-front campaign—in the streets, in the courts, and in the press—to defend themselves against mobs, unjust police practices, and biased court proceedings in 1919, one of the worst years of racial conflict in U.S. history.
To understand 1919's relevance to our time, it's helpful to first point out the biggest difference. Just after the First World War ended, dozens of white mobs formed to attack—and often lynch—African Americans who asserted their equality with whites. These assaults took the lives of approximately 250 Americans, most of them black, and engulfed ten U.S. cities in civil disorder. Chicago's riot, one of the worst, lasted a week, killed 23 African Americans and 15 whites, and required the deployment of more than 6,000 state militia to restore peace. In another 1919 riot, in Phillips County, Arkansas, a white posse and federal troops killed at least twenty-five African Americans—one estimate puts the black death toll as high as 100. During each riot, African Americans undertook armed self-defense measures that deterred many attacks, preventing the casualties from increasing.
Mobs aren't forming to attack African Americans today. But violence directed against blacks was only one part of 1919's conflict. During the riots, police forces struggling to restore law and order often unjustly targeted African Americans, especially those who had to take up arms to defend themselves. In Omaha, Nebraska, police charged blacks with carrying concealed weapons but didn't arrest whites for the same offense. In Washington, D.C.'s riot, police failed to stop white mob attacks on African Americans but they arrested blacks who defended themselves, and, in some cases, brutalized them. A black resident who visited his local precinct observed almost thirty police officers beating and kicking a black prisoner. "I rushed through the crowd and standing over the man demanded that these officers treat him as a man and a human being," he stated afterward. Very few African Americans served on Omaha's and Washington's police forces, a fact that reinforced black residents' view of the police as hostile and biased. Meanwhile armed white rioters received preferential treatment. During Chicago's upheaval, a police officer released several white rioters from a jail cell and returned their weapons, commenting, "You'll probably need [these]."
Also published in the Washington Bee, this August 1919 cartoon denounced the decision of the Illinois state's attorney to only indict African Americans (many of whom had defended themselves against mob attacks) after Chicago's 1919 race riot. Evidence of white crimes against blacks collected by the NAACP led the grand jury in Chicago to go "on strike" until the state's attorney presented cases against white defendants, an action also referenced by the cartoon.
One-sided law enforcement carried over into the courts. The number of arrested black men in Washington far outnumbered white men, even though whites were the majority of rioters. African Americans quickly mobilized to counter this bias. The Washington, D.C., chapter of the NAACP dispatched experienced black attorneys to the courtrooms. These men, who included prominent Howard University Law School faculty, won many acquittals or convinced prosecutors to drop charges against African Americans who had defended themselves during Washington's riot. A black minister appealed directly to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, who instructed a prosecutor, "it goes without saying there ought to be no discrimination of that character." In response to the Illinois state's attorney's decision to only seek indictments against black defendants, Walter White of the NAACP gave evidence he had personally collected of white crimes against blacks to the all-white grand jury in Chicago. As a result, the grand jury went "on strike," refusing to hear additional cases until the state's attorney also began presenting charges against white defendants. The legal defense of Arkansas sharecroppers falsely accused of a conspiracy to murder whites produced an important 1923 Supreme Court decision, Moore v. Dempsey, which ruled that the federal government must require the states to uphold due process and equal protection of the laws in their own courts. Although these legal efforts did not fully right the scales of justice, they did free many unjustly charged African Americans and drew national attention to prejudiced police practices.
What insight do these events from 1919 offer us today? By one measure, the United States has vastly improved its policing practices—it's hard to imagine today's law enforcement officers standing idle as mobs attack citizens. But when encounters between white police officers and black citizens escalate into violence, for whatever reasons, the long, troubled history of relations between majority white police forces and majority black communities can't be ignored. The challenge before the nation isn't an easy one to overcome: how can police and prosecutors convince Americans of color that enforcement of the law, in the streets and in the courts, is applied impartially? During 1919, disappointing outcomes during the first set of court proceedings did not deter black attorneys and the NAACP from filing appeals, collecting and presenting evidence, and going all the way to the Supreme Court. If the grand jury procedures currently used to review police use of deadly force are in need of revision, then one lesson of 1919, the year of racial violence, is clear: it's possible to make these changes.
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Айдар Хамзович Мурзин (; род. 1941) — советский и казахстанский политический и государственный деятель, первый аким города Кокшетау в 1992—1996 годах.

Биография

Родился в 1941 году в Зерендинском районе Акмолинской области Казахской ССР.

Родной брат его отца — Мурзин Мухтар Бабакаевич был репрессирован и провел многие годы в Алматинском и Воронежском лагерях, был расстрелян в Чимкенте 30 декабря 1937 года. И только в 1957 году был реабилитирован.

Трудовую деятельность Айдар Хамзович начал в 1959 году рабочим в селе Зеренда. Затем окончил в 1967 году Казахский химико-технологический институт  (ныне Южно-Казахстанский государственный университет имени М. О. Ауэзова).

В 1962—1976 годах работал в Кокчетаве на хлебозаводе, став главным инженером, а затем директором хлебозавода.

C февраля 1985 по март 1987 года Мурзин был председателем Кокчетавского горисполкома, а с 1987 по 1990 год — первым секретарём городского комитета партии.

С 1990 по 1992 год — председатель Щучинского городского совета (город Щучинск).

В 1992—1996 годах Айдар Хамзович Мурзин — аким города Кокшетау; с 1996 по 1997 год был заместителем акима Кокшетауской области (область упразднена в 1997 году).

Находясь на пенсии, занимается общественной деятельностью: был участником проекта «Кокшетау за годы независимости: в фотографиях, в воспоминаниях, в документах» в Музее истории города Кокшетау; стал одним из организаторов турнира по греко-римской борьбе, посвященного памяти Героя Социалистического Труда Е. Н. Ауельбекова. Некоторое время Муртазин был президентом Федерации триатлона Республики Казахстан.

Был награждён медалями Республики Казахстан. Почетный гражданин города Кокшетау.

См. также
 Список акимов крупных городов Казахстана

Примечания

Ссылки
 Көкшетау қаласының құрметті азаматы Мурзин Айдар Хамзаұлымен кездесу
 ГУ «Отдел культуры города Кокшетау»

Родившиеся в Казахстане
Выпускники Южно-Казахстанского университета
Члены КПСС
Председатели Кокчетавского горисполкома
Первые секретари Кокчетавского горкома КП Казахстана
Акимы Кокшетау
Почётные граждане Кокшетау

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Below you see all HR-Club members in Denmark. The number indicates the number of boats in each port, and you can click on the number to get to know which boats it is. Double-click on the map to zoom in, or drag the map with mouse, to move around.
The boats are located in 118 ports throughout Denmark. There are the most HR-Club members in Lynetten, 12 pcs. Svanemøllen are close by with 10 pcs.


We have always loved almond butter in our house. We started eating it when my daughter was diagnosed with a peanut allergy, and continued eating it long after she grew out of the allergy. Almond butter is delicious and creamy, but it can be hard to find. When we lived in a small Texas town, I could only find it by driving four hours north to San Antonio. That makes for a pretty inconvenient grocery trip.
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As a mama that really tries to eat clean, I love that The Nutramilk lets me make one-ingredient almond butter. That's right — ONE ingredient! I will walk you through how to make your own one-ingredient almond butter and then how to make almond butter fudge two ways. There is a clean and simple way for those of you who want a dessert with less sugar, and a traditional fudge recipe for those of you who want to change up your typical fudge.
The Nutramilk comes apart into several pieces. Each of these pieces is what allows The Nutramilk to make perfect butter without tamping or much effort at all on your part. Just put the machine together, add your nuts and turn it on.
The large main container has a second container that fits into it. This second container has 100 grade mesh on it that filters out large particles and pulp.
Lock the large container into place onto the base, add the second container with the mesh and then place the blade in place.
That's it! Pour your nuts into the machine, then place the lid with the black arms down into the machine, turn it on, and and set your timer. There is no soaking beforehand and no straining afterward. You can make nut butter easily whenever you want it. For this almond butter, I used raw almonds on the nut setting for 13 minutes.
After the cycle runs, you will have creamy delicious nut butter that is ready to use in any recipe!
One of my favorite ways to use fresh almond butter is in this pure and simple fudge. It has three simple, whole ingredients, making it practically guilt free!
Stir together the almond butter and coconut oil in a sauce pan over medium heat until the oil is melted and the mixture is smooth. Add the honey and stir until smooth.
Add the fudge mixture to a greased muffin tin or mold. I find a mini muffin tin makes the perfect-sized fudge bites. Freeze the fudge until it is completely set. Pop the fudge discs out of muffin tin and put into a container. Store leftovers in the freezer.
If you want a more traditional fudge full of almond butter AND chocolate, then this recipe is for you. It is a traditional creamy fudge with the extra creaminess of a fresh nut butter.
Mix together the sweetened condensed milk and almond butter in a bowl until well combined. This is really easy right after you make the almond butter because it is warm and easily spreadable.
Melt the white chocolate chips in a sauce pan over medium heat. Stir them constantly to keep them from burning. When the chocolate chips are completely melted, add the butter mixture and remove from heat. Stir the fudge until combined.
Pour the fudge mixture into a greased 9×13 pan. Allow the fudge to sit on the counter until cooled and set.
Slice the fudge into squares and enjoy!
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What nut butter or milk would you make first?
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What a great idea for fudge if you have a peanut allergy. I love your recipe for almond butter, it doesn't get any better than that.
Yum, this looks so tasty! I'll admit, I've never had almond butter fudge, but I'm pretty sure I'd like it.
Sweet Lord I think I've died and gone to heaven! This is so tempting to make. I think I will have to make it because I am now craving it!
I've never made my own almond butter before. I bet adding the freshly made almond butter to the other ingredients really amps up the taste. I have to try this. It looks delicious.
I have never made almond butter fudge BUT I wonder if this would work with cashews. I love cashew and occasionally make cashew butter – like peanut butter – as an alternative to peanut butter. I can't wait to try a little spin on your recipe.
I need to try to make this fudge. I just switched over to Almond milk so this is perfect.
YUM. I would love to try this recipe. I love almonds and almond butter.
I love using my food processor for everything. It is one of my favorite things in the kitchen. Never had almond fudge before. Will be making this after the holidays.
Homemade almond butter is just the best! I need to make this fudge recipe soon too.
This looks so good and really simple on top of that! Plus this looks like something that I can eat at anytime for a sweet low treat that doesn't have a lot of sugar.
That's a great fudge idea. It sounds like it's fairly simple to make, easy recipes are my favorite.
This Almond Butter Fudge recipe is sure to be a hit this holiday season. I have been looking for some new treat recipes to try.
The Almond Butter fudge looks tantalizingly tempting. Love almonds and this fudge looks heavenly. Hope to try out this recipe soon.
Wow, it doesn't get much easier than one ingredient! I love almonds, this sounds so delicious! I haven't heard of the Nutramilk, I need to look into that! It looks neat!
This recipe is so easy to make which I do really prefer though. We definitely would love this almond butter fudge.
How delicious! I love fudge, especially during the holiday season. It has been ages and ages since I've made fudge, but this shall change sometime soon!
Great recipe – my daughter has a peanut allergy, so it is nice to have some alternative recipes. This sounds like a unique recipe too, something a little different from most fudge recipes.
I would love to make an almond butter but I don't have the proper tool to grind it. That fudge looks so delicious!
Oh wow! I've never heard of almond butter fudge! It sounds amazing. Must try this!


Some time ago I asked you guys to send in ideas for a new Dae asks, and a got a few responses. However I need more suggestions for the next community question, so send me a private message if you have something. Today's question is courtesy of Jandro27, and is rather interesting.
Who is your favorite rival? You know, that guy/gal that always pops out of nowhere to fight you. There aren't many rivals in the games, but you don't have to pick the nicest guy, just the one that does a very good job at being a rival. Please explain who you choose him/her, as we don't want the same comment appearing over and over again.
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He put down his burden behind the house, knocked on the door and said, 'Daughter, daughter, open the door for I am tired and I have eaten nothing all day. I have a double bundle of wood which I hope to take to market tomorrow. Tonight I must sleep well so that I will be strong.
Once again, the wood-cutter, finding that he could not get into the house, tired, hungry and thirsty, lay down by his bundles of wood and fell fast asleep. He could not keep awake, although he was fearful for what might have happened to the little girl.
Now the wood-cutter, because he was so cold and hungry and tired, woke very, very early the next morning, before it was even light.
'I am telling myself my own story,' said the wood¬cutter.
The old man repeated his tale. 'Very well,' said the voice. And then the voice told the old wood-cutter to close his eyes and to mount as it were a step. 'But I do not see any step,' said the old man. 'Never mind, but do as I say,' said the voice.
In a very short time, the voice told the old man to open his eyes. When he did he found that he was in a place which looked rather like a desert, with the sun beating down on him. He was surrounded by masses and masses of pebbles; pebbles of all colors: red, green, blue, and white. But he seemed to be alone. He looked all around him, and could not see anyone, but the voice started to speak again.
The wood-cutter did as he was told, and he found himself, when he opened his eyes again at the voice's bidding, standing before the door of his own house.
They went into the house, and the little girl and her father shared the last food which they had, which was a handful of dried dates. When they had finished, the old man thought that he heard a voice speaking to him again, a voice just like the other one which had told him to climb the stairs.
For nearly a week after that the old man carried on as usual. He went into the mountains, brought back wood, had a meal, took the wood to market, and sold it. He always found a buyer without difficulty.
Now the next Thursday came, and, as is the way of men, the wood-cutter forgot to repeat the tale of Mushkil Gusha.
He went back to the house, and saw that the light was streaming from the pile of pebbles which he had put in the corner. But the rays of light were cold, and it was not possible to use them to light a fire. So he went out to the neighbors and said, 'Neighbors, I am sorry, I have no fire.' And he banged the door in their faces. They were annoyed and confused and went back to their house, muttering. They leave our story here.
The wood-cutter and his daughter quickly covered up the brilliant lights with every piece of cloth they could find; for fear that anyone would see what a treasure they had. The next morning, when they uncovered the stones, they discovered that they were precious, luminous gems.
They took the jewels, one by one, to neighboring towns, where they sold them for a huge price. Now the wood¬cutter decided to build for himself and for his daughter a wonderful palace. They chose a site just opposite the castle of the king of their country. In a very short time a marvelous building had come into being.
The servants went away and made inquiries and they came back and told the story, as far as they could collect it, to the princess.
The princess called for the little daughter of the wood-cutter, for she was very angry with her, but when the two girls met and talked they soon became fast friends. They started to meet every day and went to swim and play in the stream which had been made for the princess by her father. A few days after they first met, the princess took off a beautiful and valuable necklace and hung it up on a tree just beside the stream. She forgot to take it down when they came out of the water, and when she got home she thought it must have been lost.
The very next morning the princess went back to her bathing-place. As she was about to go into the water, she saw what looked like her necklace down at the bottom of the stream. As she was going to dive in to try and get it back, she happened to sneeze. Her head went up, and she saw that what she had thought was the necklace was only its reflection in the water. It was hanging on the bough of the tree where she had left it such a long time before. Taking the necklace down, the princess ran excitedly to her father and told him what had happened. The King gave orders for the wood-cutter to be released and given a public apology. The little girl was brought back from the orphanage, and everyone lived happily ever after.
These are some of the incidents in the story of Mushkil Gusha. It is a very long tale and it is never ended. It has many forms. Some of them are even not called the story of Mushkil Gusha at all, so people do not recognize it. But it is because of Mushkil Gusha that his story, in whatever form, is remembered by somebody, somewhere in the world, day and night, wherever there are people. As his story had always been recited, so it will always continue to be told.
поговорка, с одной стороны, словно подсказка: нога и рука противоположны друг другу, вместе ими не похлопаешь, хотя йоги наверняка могут придумать соответствующие асаны, однако, эти органы части единого тела, а в самой истории есть специальные противоречия и нелогичности. а с другой, ценность самой истории много выше поговорки, т.е. можно ограничить свое понимание заострившись на поговорке.
Насколько мне известно, еще один вариант «The Story of Mushkil Gusha» был опубликован в 1968 году в: Idries Shah: CARAVAN OF DREAMS, The Octagon Press, London 1968.
В варианте из этой книги, в конце истории, приводится пословица «A hand and a foot do not clap together», которая, на мой взгляд, тесно связана с ней самой. А иначе, зачем И. Шаху было ее приводить.


I finally had some time to do some testing with TSS shot. We all know it's some deadly stuff, but it has gotten so much hype, it's hard to separate fact from fantasy. I wanted to have some reasonably hard data points to look at.
Before getting to the test results, also please note, this is a tiny data sampling here. It's as much as I can afford though . But, different gun, chokes, load, more shots, different test medium, the list goes on and on of how the results might change. I get it. This is just what I have, at this point, and it is what it is.
So, take this for what it is, nothing more. Draw your own conclusions or form your own new questions.
I tested just two TSS loads. Both 12 gauge 2-3/4". Both 1-5/8 oz payload, listed by the data source at 1255 fps. One with TSS #4 and one with TSS #2. With 131 and 94 pellets each.
All in my Benelli M2 with a 26" barrel.
Let's start by looking at some patterns. Really terrible patterns. My first two patterns with TSS at 40 yards.
Talk about a lousy start!
Everything I had heard was to use less choke with TSS. So, the first choke I tried was an extended Carlson Mod. Horrible!!! Next, I tried a Kicks GT .670.
Kicks GT .670 at 40 yards – MUCH better!
The #4, interestingly, had fewer hits in the 10" circle at 47. With a 131 pellet payload, I'd expect more hits in the 10", not less. This proved to be the case in all patterns at all distances that I shot with the TSS #4 and Kicks GT .670 compared to the TSS #2, so I believe a better choke could be found for the #4's.
But, that's a fairly even and dense pattern over the whole 2x2 backer, with 123 out of the 131 pellets in the shell hitting that two foot square. And 47 in the 10" at 40 yards, that's a coyote whose soul is halfway to heaven before it has any chance to hear the shot. So, while I think a better choke could be found, that's still a coyote killer of a load and pattern!
And, it must be stressed, I have done quite a bit of patterning with this shotgun in the last few months since I got it. With more than a half dozen 3" loads and many chokes. All geared 100% towards coyote. These first two shots at 40 yards with 2-3/4" TSS loads and the GT .670 are by far, the best 40 yard patterns I've seen yet with this gun yet.
For comparison, these are the two next best I've seen at 40 yards so far and it took a lot of shooting to come up with them.
Dead Coyote T, with DC choke, 34 in the 10", all 51 pellets in the shell hit the backer.
Nickel Plated F, 1-3/4 oz, 26 of the 49 in 10".
At 40 yards, the TSS #2 is putting TWICE as many in the 10" as my previous best handload, the NP F.
That, is some seriously good 40 yard patterning, I think.
The TSS #2 put 37 in the 10", 71 on the backer. The TSS #4 put 32 in the 10" and 108 on the backer. Again, with the #2's putting more in the 10", I think the #4's are wanting a different choke. But, still, pretty dang good!
Nothing else I've patterned at 50 yards has come anywhere close to that kind of hit density in the 10".
That, is some seriously good 50 yard patterning! This TSS is looking awfully good, so far. So, let's look at 60 yards, why not, eh?
I only took one shot at 60 with the TSS, using the #2's. I also shot 3" Dead Coyote T and 3", 1-3/4 oz of nickel plated F at 60. Here all all three patterns.
As you can see in the pictures, TSS #2 was the 60 yard pattern champ by a mile. Putting a whopping 25 pellets in the 10" circle, at 60 yards. And still, 72 hits on the two foot backer – that's as many pellets as are in my Hev-shot BB 1-1/2 oz load. But TSS #2 penetrates WAY better than HS BB.
So... 70 yards was never a goal for me here, just not even part of the plan. But, after looking at the 60 yard patter from TSS #2 for awhile, I couldn't help but wonder, could it actually hold a coyote killing pattern still at 70 yards? It sure looked like it might. So, a week later, I went back out and took one pattern shot at 70 yards, using TSS #2.
Here's the setup. 70 yards is a loooong way out there, for a shotgun.
And here is the pattern. At 70. Freaking. Yards.
That 70 yard pattern, is nothing short of astonishing to me. That would be a dang fine looking 40 yard pattern for most coyote loads in most guns. We'll get to penetration in just a moment, but suffice to say, all indications are that TSS #2 is going to penetrate better than anything else I've ever used for coyote. At this point, I believe it will have sufficient penetration at 70 for good coyote killing performance, though, only field experience will truly tell that tale. But that pattern right there, at 70 yards, sure looks to me like a facing or broadside coyote is going to hit the dirt and not get back up.
For myself, this is redefining what I think of as "possible" with a shotgun for coyote.
So here are some tables and charts relating to my pattern testing with coyote ammo in this Benelli M2 the last couple months. Note – I finished these tables and charts before doing the 70 yard pattern, so it's not included in any of them. And that 70 yarder was way better than could have been predicted by previous results at 60 yards. Again, tiny sample size, makes for lumpy data, but it's all I have at this point.
Here are the results of considerable pattern testing at 40, 50 and 60 yards in table format – note, most of these loads were tested with multiple shots each with at least a few chokes and these results represent the best of each not the average.
And here is some of the same data in chart format, showing the number of pellets that hit in the 10" circle at different distances for the same group of loads.
And another chart showing how many pellets hit the 2'x2' backer paper for the same group of tests. An indication of overall pattern size and density, which shouldn't be ignored – I'm not interested in turning my shotgun into a rifle here, being able to make hits on close in, fast running coyotes flying through the sage brush is my primary use and interest for the shotgun.
Bottom line on pattern testing, TSS patterns better than anything I have ever tried.
- Excluding TSS, the previous three way tie for most pellets in 10" at 50 yards was only 13. The 37 in the 10" at 50 yards for TSS #2 is almost three times as many hits as previously seen with this gun.
- My Hevi-shot BB load, with 72 pellets total and 25 pellets in the 10" at 40 yards, has proven a good coyote killer for me out to about 45 yards. TSS #2, with 94 pellets total, puts the same 25 pellets in the 10", at 60 yards, with much better penetration!
- TSS #4, with 123 hits on the 2'x2' paper at 40 yards and 32 hits in the 10" at 50 yards, with overall better penetration than Hevi-shot BB, is going to be just a big, dense, nasty swarm of death out to 50 yards.
- Dead Coyote T is a well proven effective coyote load. But TSS #2 just beats the heck out of DC in every test. Patterns and penetration with TSS #2 are just far superior to Dead Coyote T. It's not even close!
Okay, so how about penetration? I use predicted ballistic gel penetration in KYP shotgun ballistic software as my basic benchmark. Based on his considerable experience with shotgunning coyote, using heavier than lead shot and working with the KYP program, derbyacresbob has suggested 3.7" of gel penetration as the minimum for good killing penetration on coyote. These are the distances where 3.7" of penetration is predicted by KYP (as adjusted for my typical conditions).
You can draw your own conclusions about the usefulness of these penetration predictions. But, clearly, TSS #2 is predicted to maintain penetration at further distance than any of the others. That, combined with the patterning shown above, could make for some might fine performing coyote ammo!
While shooting patterns at 50 and 60 yards, I was also shooting into phone books. I taped the phone books closed and rigged a little holder out of crap off my junk pile and used duct tape to hold them tight against the rear of my target stand/backer.
After the shooting was done, I carefully opened the pages of each phone book and recorded how many pages deep each pellet I found had made it. Here is the table of the 50 yard data, showing shot type, the page number of each pellet found, total count of pellets found, total number of pages penetrated by all pellets and the average number of pages penetrated for each shot type.
Here is a chart, showing the count and the average number of pages penetrated for each shot type at 50 yards.
As you can see in the figures above, the phone book test did not shake out in exactly the order predicted by KYP. Phone books aren't ballistic gel, I guess. And for dang sure neither ballistic gel nor a phone book is a coyote. Taking it altogether though, I think it looks safe to say that the TSS #2 is going to penetrate coyote very well at shotgun ranges. It took second place for average number of pages penetration at 448, vs 555 pages for the winner nickel plated F.
But what I find truly remarkable about this comparison, is that I HIT the dang phone book with 24 pellets of TSS #2 at 50 yards! And 16 times with TSS #4. Vs. hitting it 8 times with Dead Coyote, only 6 pellets each with #4 Buck and NP F. I think that TSS #2 load is just going to crush a well hit coyote at 50.
To illustrate the number of hits and the implications, here is a simple chart showing the total number of pages penetrated for each shot type at 50 yards. You might think of this along the lines of "total distance of wound channel inflicted".
Note the TSS #4, came in last for average penetration. But, it's pretty close to HS BB, which I've found a reliable killer out to 45 yards. The difference, the HUGE difference, is that 16 of the TSS #4 pellets hit the phone book at 50 yards while only 4 of the HS BB pellets did. Putting TSS #4 in second place for total pages penetrated, behind only TSS #2.
And here is a picture of some of the shot recovered from the 50 yard phone book. Note, the TSS looks reusable and I have in fact, reused it!
Note that some of the Dead Coyote shattered. And the deepest penetrating Dead Coyote pellets were the ones that remained whole.
Now let's look at the 60 yard penetration test.
I only took three shots at 60 yards, here is the data in table format.
Very interesting! TSS #2 came in second place for average penetration at 50 yards, but pulled WAY ahead by 60 yards. Again, phone books, not gel, not coyote, but, still!
And again, while the raw penetration is very impressive – going up against Dead Coyote and NP F, it came out on top by a wide margin. But, what is truly awe inspiring, by comparison, is that the TSS #2 hit the 8.25"x10.75" phone book 17 times at 60 yards! Vs. only 4 hits for second place Dead Coyote.
Here is the total pages penetrated chart. Thinking about it in terms of representing tissue disruption, TSS #2 is just killing it here.
Lastly, some of the shot recovered from the 60 yard phone book. Note, the TSS shot is much, much harder than lead, I can barely put a mark on a pellet with pliers.
I know which load I want to be using on a longish shot. And it ain't even close. That, is some impressive test performance Gentlemen! Only field experience will tell, but I do believe this TSS #2 load will be a reliable clean killer at 60 yards. And the TSS #4 ought to just hose them down out to 50.
It will be a few more months before I get out amongst 'em and unleash these loads on coyote. I'll report back after I've killed a couple dozen and performed a few necropsies. I'm expecting to be impressed.
Finally... If you have made it to the end here, I thank you! The resources I put into this aren't trivial so I really do appreciate that you've taken the time to read it all. I hope you've found this interesting, if not outright useful.
Wow! What's it cost you to load one of your #2 shells? With all those charts, the only one missing is cost per unit.
Well put together, lots of great data. I have been out of the shotgun world for about 15 years. What is TSS? this read reminded me of when I got my 1st 3 1/2 in Remington for turkey hunting the bigger chock tube opening the better patterns were I think the biggest opening I found was .680 ?
Well... Cost seems to dominate a lot of TSS discussion. I'm sick of it and frankly, am going to puke if this turns into another thread about the cost of TSS. I was exploring performance and deliberately chose not to talk about the cost end.
But... I confess. The cost chart exists. It's the first tab on my spreadsheet. I made it long before I even ordered any TSS . And I knew it was going to be one of the first things brought up, whether I wanted to talk about it or not. Like I said, it seems to dominate TSS discussion.
But to answer your question, these cost me just over $5 each to load. The same price I paid for the Dead Coyote factory ammo. The NP F load would get the value award at $1 each give or take two cents. The HS BB load is another great bang for the buck, they cost me about $1.40 each (great prices were had on all the components).
TSS - Tungsten Super Shot. Much denser than lead at 18gr./cc and much harder too.
Wow, Dave, thanks for putting forth all that effort and expense.
I got a new semi-auto to use this coming season. Haven't tried a shotgun much before, but have a friend who shoots about 40% of his coyote with one.
Now, since you won't need it anymore, can I have your 17 Predator?
I haven't shot coyote with a shotgun before, but probably should carry one. I also don't reload for my shotgun, but appreciate this kind of info and understand the work it takes to put it all together.
Of course cost drives the discussion, whether it should or not. Many of us shouldn't really be worried about cost per shell because we don't even see a third of the coyotes in a year that you seem to put down. Our total cost isn't really that high. But as in all things, we just can't get it out of our heads. It's the same reason people hunt or carry fmj or some other cheapo round in their carry pistol. It makes absolutely no sense, and doesn't save most people very much money. Still it's hard for us all to practice what we preach when it comes out of our own pocket.
wow. been waiting for this. impressive testing and results. thanks for doing it and sharing it.
that was all 2.75 shells. going to try some 3 inchers?
if you shoot a 223 at coyotes you may father children with 6 toes. are you willing to chance that?
TSS shot is about 45% denser than lead so the same weight of TSS shot takes up much less space as lead or even Hevi-Shot. Dave's 2-3/4" reloads have 1-5/8 oz of TSS shot in them and most of the factory lead and Hevi-Shot 3" coyote loads have 1-1/2 oz of shot in them. So there is no real need to go to 3" loads.
For the guys that have to use Lead Free shot on coyotes or can't legally use buckshot on coyotes TSS shot may be the best way to go. You can reload the TSS coyote loads for the same amount of money it takes to buy factory Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote loads but the TSS loads out perform the factory Hevi-Shot loads by a long ways.
Now to try and find TSS as cheap as we possibly can!
Amazing performance to say the least.
Z, you'll have to fight Tim for the .17P .
Slick - what Bob said on the 3". Had been my plan, to use 3", but simply no reason to unless I want to get crazy with the payload. At this point, I see no reason to go heavier with it though. The test performance of the #2's especially, just blows me away.
Keith, I'm too broke to move on it anytime soon, but next year I'd very seriously like to get a group buy put together where some of us go in on 100 kilos from China.
This is good info DAA, thanks for all the effort put into your test. I was doubted and talked down to when I first came on here and posted about TSS, but it appears now that the proof is in the pudding.If you want to know more, shoot me a pm or email me at blingslinger2017@gmail.com, and we can discuss TSS.


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A Perfect Depiction of a National Tragedy - Tiff Review by ReelScreenReviews (by reelscreenreviews)
******This Review May Contain Spoilers****** The assassination of JFK and the following 4 days are re-counted in our next review. Hello there to everyone watching and thank you once again for getting your 2013 Toronto International Film Festival info from We Live Film & ReelScreenReviews, I am movie critic Nick Iacobucci & our next movie review is for "Parkland". This period piece and intense drama will open in limited release at the beginning of October and will bow on DVD in November, and it stars Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti, Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Welling, James Badge Dale, <more>
& Billy Bob Thornton. "Parkland" comes to us from director Peter Landesman, and he is a first time filmmaker that also serves as the screenwriter on this project."Parkland" tells the tale of the events that unfold on November 22nd, 1963, or the day that John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. After being shot President Kennedy was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital where a team of respectable medical personal did everything in their power to save this world leader. This film also incorporates the elements of Abraham Zapruder or the man that famously shot the most watched home movie in history. "Parkland" also covers Lee Harvey Oswald and his family's relation to Parkland Memorial, and it also has time for the Dallas Police, the Secret Service, and the FBI.Well people "Parkland" is shot very up close and personal, and many times throughout the film you actually feel like you are watching a documentary. It obviously makes use of the Zapruder film and mixes dramatic narrative and actual footage for an almost seamlessly flowing story. "Parkland" felt very realistic from time to time, and never relents on an intensity that it brings forth from the film's beginning.Now even though most people are fully aware of the events that occurred on the road in Dallas that fateful day, most are completely unaware of the events that followed. The actions that unravel in the operating room are grippingly graphic and powerfully real, and the film also introduces other points of insight. Like what happens amongst and within the Oswald family is a revelation, and their relationship with the cops and the Feds is quite interesting."Parkland" also explains how an ordinary average garment manufacturer could easily be considered a United States national hero. Abraham Zapruder knew what he had filmed, and I might add knew about the technicalities of photography for the time period. He was there with the FBI & the Secret Service every step of the way, and Mr. Zapruder was the distinct and crucial element as to why anyone knows anything about the murder of JFK. He positively knew what he had filmed and he kept on filming it as it played out, and in my opinion that alone makes him a hero. There are only conspiracy theories today because of the strength of Abraham Zapruder in that moment on the 22nd of November 1963, and without him nobody would've known anything concrete. It shows us direction and a time scale of the shots fired as well as a 2 dimensional blueprint of the murder itself. Put simply in an era where cameras were just being invented for the masses, this was the one aspect the killers never counted on.Then "Parkland's" authentic look and feel was truly a character all its own, and added very much in its delivery. The clothes and décor, the cars and props, everything in this feature is a spot on match for 50 years previous. Then aside from the way the movie looks the emotional connection that it captures with the audience is even more impressive. There were many people in attendance that were crying for a fallen American President that was likely killed many years before they were even born. This film perfectly conveys the misery & tragedy of a country mourning the loss of its emperor.Then I actually wrote the word 'Relentless' in my notes to describe this film 4 times throughout its viewing. "Parkland" absolutely does not stop in terms of the trauma that unfolds in the hospital, the city, or the country that November day. It seems to interweave authorities, witnesses, victims, & of course medical personal all wrapped up in a national heartbreak. This movie is filmed well, the screenplay is tight, the acting is top notch, and with little time to breathe I don't know how anyone could complain about boredom.I think that I clocked "Parkland" at a quick 1 hour and 30 minutes, and in that time there wasn't even 1 boring or worthless second. This film is the definition of a true ensemble cast, and that's where everyone that stars in it cares more about the film than they do about their own individual performances. This movie flew by as one of the most enjoyable, interesting, and informative films that I have seen all year, and that's why Nick's Reel Screen Review is a perfect 4 stars out of 4. That perfect recommendation comes for the grippingly realistic drama "Parkland".
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Different angle - fascinating (by phd_travel)
If you think you have seen enough on screen about the assassination, this movie doesn't go into territory covered by previous movies like "JFK". No conspiracy theories or reconstruction of the shooting. Instead its provides you with a detailed fascinating view of the events and people that you don't figure centrally on screen before. What happened at the hospital from the point of view of doctors and nurses - harrowing. Removing the body after death to Air Force One by the secret service. Lee Harvey Oswald's brother and mother and their reaction. Zapruder's filming <more>
of the event and the way the film was developed and first viewed. The FBI's first reaction to the shootings and Oswald.The movie is very well directed. It gives a feel of being in the thick of things. Authentic. The acting is good with a mostly well chosen cast. Zac Efron as the doctor who first attended to JFK. Paul Giamatti as Zapruder. Tom Welling and Billy Bon Thornton as a Secret Service agents. The actor playing Oswald looks like him. A couple of not so good choices. The actress playing Jackie didn't look too much like her. Colin Hanks didn't look like a chief resident doctor.Overall very interesting. Worth a watch.
Riveting and Refreshing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (by DragnetDC)
If you believe the garbage, lies, obfuscation, non sequiturs, and pure fiction produced by Oliver Stone in "JFK," then you will hate "Parkland." However, if you, like me, have been waiting a long, long time for Hollywood to make a movie that sticks to the facts the good, bad or ugly facts about the crime of the 20th Century, then you will LOVE this movie.The dialog is real. The words the actors speak are as close to reality as possible, and not some script writer's ideological interpretation to fit a conspiracy theory.The movie is so fast paced, I didn't think 94 <more>
minutes could fly by that quickly! The panic, fear, confusion and shock of the Secret Service agents, Dallas Police, FBI, Parkland Hospital staff, witnesses, news media and the American public is non stop!!!!! Paul Giamatti is superb as Abraham Zapruder, the reluctant hero who recorded the most famous home movie in history.James Badge Dale nails it as Robert Oswald, the assassin's brother who now has to deal with a new, terrible reality. He makes you feel his disgust for his brother's actions, but at the same time, feel his sympathy and sorrow for Lee Harvey.Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden are great as the Emergency Room doctor and nurse, who without warning, are forced to deal with a fatal gunshot wound to the most important person in the world. You can see the initial fear and trepidation on their faces before they snap out of their daze and try to save the President's life.One of the most underrated actors of our time, Ron Livingston, plays FBI agent James Hosty, the man who was assigned the case of Lee Harvey Oswald after he returned from Russia. The FBI's investigation of Oswald is going nowhere fast, and Hosty describes Oswald as a "nobody." But as his boss screams at him, a NOBODY who just shot the President! The viewer feels sorry for Hosty as he is being forced to compromise his ethics and integrity to help the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover avoid the embarrassment sure to follow if the world finds out Oswald came to the FBI office in Dallas ten days before the assassination and threatened Hosty.Billy Bob Thornton......................what more can I say! He is one of the most talented actors in Hollywood. He jumps off the screen as Forrest Sorrels, the Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service in Dallas. He must be nominated for an Academy Award for this role! And I will close with a comment about Jacki Weaver, an Australian actress who plays the mother of the Oswald brothers. Phenomenal!!! She knocked it out of the park. Quickly, the viewer see just how crazy she is, and how in the middle of such horrors as the assassination of the President, she embarrasses her son Robert with her utterly preposterous claims about her son, Lee.I hope every high school history teacher in America shows this film in class so the younger generation can see what really happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Excellent Depiction of Some Ancillary Characters, However Rushed (by madorosh)
It was rumoured years ago that Tom Hanks wanted to do a mini-series based on the Kennedy Assassination, as a counter-point to Oliver Stone's film, "JFK", using Vincent Bugliosi's research as a guide. If anything, this film is a convincing argument for such a series - and perhaps is even a test-bed for such a project. The film seems to pack a lot of material in, and as noted by many others, the pacing feels off.However, there is a great verisimilitude created by the inclusion of actual footage - in limited amounts - as well as the integration of the ground-breaking television <more>
coverage of the events of the day. The conclusion of the film is perhaps too subtle, but if one pays attention to what Cronkite is saying and relates it to the action on-screen, there is a very clever "conclusion" to the film that it seems some reviewers have missed. I saw this film in the same opening weekend as "Gravity" and ironically, the latter film is receiving rave reviews for the acting of its cast, despite not really having much of a story. In fact, "Gravity" is really not much more than a thematic notion about "rebirth" with two weakly drawn characters, while "Parkland" focuses on a group of real-life men and women who had to deal with a major historical catastrophe. I found the latter far more gripping, and compelling.Some of the choices in "Parkland" were a bit odd, and comparing to the historical record as set out by the source material - Bugliosi - one sees some liberties taken for one presumes cinematic reasons. Other reviewers have pointed out some i.e. Zapruder had initially locked his film in his safe, not clutched it to his bosom in Dealey Plaza . One wonders if we truly won't see an expanded version of this film, in mini-series form, with the many other characters explored. The actor chosen to portray Lee Harvey Oswald bore an uncanny resemblance and the effort seemed wasted given the tiny screen time given to that major historical figure. One could easily see some merit to an 8 or even 10 part treatment of various subjects, including Oswald's life in Russia, the assassination attempt on General Walker, the work of the Warren Commission, the rise of the conspiracy industry, Jack Ruby's last weekend of freedom, the Clay Shaw trial, etc. Many more interesting stories to tell from the perspective of the Bugliosi/Posner perspective.
why the low rating??? (by bluefoxniner)
Parkland is a very different type of film to the usual JFK assassination types. It doesn't delve into the 'whodunnit' side of things or point fingers at cover ups nor conspiracies.What it does do,however is look at how the death of JFK affected people not routinely associated with him.I found it to be unlike any other film i have seen, the only one that it bears any sort of parallel to me is " taking chance".I thought the documentary type shooting was beautifully atmospheric and felt numb with helplessness at the suffering of Jacqueline Kennedy.It's obvious appeal <more>
will immediately be with those who like the Kennedy assassination genre, but I found it to be a deeply emotional film in it's own right.it's worth a lot more than the current 6/10 rating.
Fascinating (by mariadarling)
This is supposed to be a drama with a documentary feel. No, you won't see Kennedy's bloodied head. No, you will not see Clint Hill. No, there is nothing here that hasn't already been picked over with a fine tooth comb. There are eye opening moments, you wish you knew the characters a little better, but I think that's what the director wanted. Boom, there's the nurse, boom, there's LBJ, boom, here's the doctor in charge. It's a re-creation of the events, but from a different angle. Maybe a huge blockbuster was what was expected but with this movie, a little goes <more>
a long way. It makes you think.With this movie, what you see is what you get. The director could totally have made this a huge 3 hour long movie event, but in 1 1/2 hours, you see what happened over the course of that horrific day from a different perspective. Blink and you will miss it.
Abraham, Martin and John (by clarkj-565-161336)
I was 12 when President Kennedy was assassinated. Even though I am Canadian, it was a huge deal for us. I remember seeing him and his wife Jacquie coming out of the Church of the Ascension in Westmount Montreal sometime in 1962 or thereabouts. No crowds, no security, you could feel something exciting about him. North America changed profoundly after that. This movie does not put forward any theories about what took place at Dealey Plaza, but it does show with great accuracy how normal people are affected by extraordinary events. No matter how well we are prepared for things, when disaster <more>
strikes it takes everyone off guard and chaos ensues. Look at current events and we see the same thing. The mixture of archival footage was done exactly right, so you felt that you were really there. Despite the horrible circumstances, by the simple acts of ordinary people, one could see that not everyone had lost their humanity. The acting was superb, Marcia Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti and Zac Efron in particular.
A numbing experience of the horror before conspiracy theories emerged. (by TheSquiss)
A certain generation gained its knowledge of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from Oliver Stone's JFK. Don't get me wrong, JFK remains a fine film, but there's a danger of believing the conspiracies are factual. Parkland, Peter Landesman's directorial debut, doesn't necessarily right any wrongs but it does approach the assassination with a clean slate.Parkland unfolds the story we are all familiar with, but manages to shock thoroughly as it recounts the events of 22 November 1963 and the immediate aftermath before the conspiracy theories and thoughts of dark <more>
dealings beyond the obvious murder emerged. Landesman manages to numb us, playing our own horror and sense of helplessness across the faces of the protagonists before us as their innocence is lost and their faith in humanity is rocked.Central to Parkland is Abraham Zapruder Paul Giamatti , the man who inadvertently shot one of the most important 26.6 seconds of film in American history: the arrival of the President's cavalcade and his harrowing, public execution at the hands probably of Lee Harvey Oswald. We watch Giamatti's Zapruder evolve from confident boss to shuddering, emotional mess as he realizes just what he has recorded and the impact that footage will have on the world and his own life. It is very easy to view Zapruder as a fortunate man, a man who in a lucky half minute, shot himself fame and financial security, but Giamatti flawlessly portrays a man who just might crumple permanently under the weight and pressure from the police, the Secret Service, the press...At every turn in Parkland there is another character recoiling in their own horror, undergoing their own life-changing trauma, and each is played with the sensitivity demanded in order for Parkland not to be a mawkish, voyeuristic experience.After last year's The Paperboy but overlooking the awful The Lucky One , it's definitely time to take Zac Effron seriously as an actor. As Doctor Charles 'Jim' Carrico, the young doctor called upon to put his own emotions aside and fight for the life of his President as the First Lady weeps in the corner holding a chunk of her husband's brain, he looks shell shocked and as numbed by the events as we feel. Subtler is James Badge Dale as Robert Oswald, another man whose life is irrevocably changed by the actions of a man, who happens to be his brother. At first shocked by the shooting, he retreats into himself as realisation dawns, emerging only to castigate his deluded mother, Marguerite Jacki Weaver , who sees an opportunity for fame and hero's honours for her youngest son.But Parkland is such a powerful film for much more than the performances. They say the devil is in the detail and it is the minutia that kicks us in the gut the hardest. The obvious is overlooked in favour of the finer points. We never see the Zapruder film clearly or in its entirety but the sound of Jim Carrico pumping the President's chest while the gathered crowd watches silently and without hope, goes right through us. The handle of the coffin torn off as the agents lift it out of the hearse, the panic as they realise it will not fit into Air Force One, the hasty removal of the aircraft panel with saw and shoulder... They all serve to make the situation real, the horror genuine and immediate. Landesman has created a film of morality; not just the obvious judgment towards murder, but the more difficult matters of a church burial for a man despised by the population, the suspicion thrown at the family and the blame levied at those who could have prevented the act if they had had the benefit of foresight. Parkland is an emotional journey the delivers a series of punches to leave us reeling. Yes, we know the story, even though we may not have even breathed our first breath in 1963, but have we experienced the emotion before now?For more reviews from The Squiss, subscribe to my blog and like the Facebook page.
A different look at the Kennedy Assassination. Doesn't take sides, just the facts. As a huge assassination buff I really liked it. (by cosmo_tiger)
"This was not supposed to happen!" Dallas Texas, November 22nd 1963. President Kennedy is in town for a campaign stop and is on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart for a speech. He never makes it. While riding in his motorcade he is struck in the head by a bullet and is rushed to Parkland hospital. A staff of doctors do all they can to save his life but are unsuccessful and he becomes the 4th President to be assassinated. This is what happened next. I will start by saying that I am extremely interested in the Kennedy assassination. I have tons of books, movies and other memorabilia of <more>
the Kennedy assassination and administration. I won't bore you with what I know or even my opinion of what happened because that would distract from the review. What I will say is that this is nothing like JFK. That is one of my favorite movies ever but it is more or less an opinion and more conspiratorial. This movie doesn't really deal with the assassination head on but rather the out lying players. The movie focuses on Zapruder Giamatti , the man who took the famous movie. Forrest Sorrels Thornton the head of the secret service. You also see the actions of countless medical staff, Oswald's family and the Dallas F.B.I. You see the actions of these people and how the assassination affected them rather then what all the other movies focus on. Overall, a different kind of Kennedy assassination movie. It doesn't take sides, just shows how people acted. I really enjoyed this a lot. I give it an A.


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La variante Omicron del SARS-CoV-2, chiamata lignaggio B.1.1.529, è la variante del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 con la più alta prevalenza cumulativa globale nell'anno 2022. Secondo la nomenclatura PANGO, comprende la riga B.1.1.529 (in Nextstrain 21M) con la principale sottovariante BA.1 (Nextstrain 21K) e altre sottovarianti.

La variante Omicron è stata rilevata per la prima volta in Botswana in un campione raccolto il 9 novembre 2021. Uno dei primi a identificare la variante fu il virologo zimbabwese Sikhulile Moyo, direttore del laboratorio, il 26 novembre 2021. L'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità l'ha classificata come VOC (Variant Of Concern: variante preoccupante) e nominata con la lettera greca omicron. L'OMS, nel sequenziare la nomenclatura delle varianti, ha saltato le precedenti lettere ni e xi dell'alfabeto greco per evitare confusione con le somiglianze della parola inglese new (nuovo) e il cognome cinese Xi.

Questa variante ha un numero insolitamente alto di mutazioni, molte delle quali sono nuove o colpiscono il peplomero, conosciuto come proteina spike. Queste caratteristiche rendono la variante Omicron preoccupante per quanto riguarda la sua trasmissibilità e l'efficacia del sistema immunitario o dei vaccini contro di essa. Sono state messe in atto a livello internazionale diverse restrizioni all'ingresso per i viaggiatori provenienti dai paesi in cui è stata rilevata, al fine di limitarne la diffusione. Nonostante ciò, la variante era presente in tutto il mondo a metà dicembre, diffondendosi a un ritmo senza precedenti secondo l'OMS e ECDC.

Contesto storico
Tulio de Oliveira, direttore del Center for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) di Durban (Sud Africa), ha affermato che questa variante ha fatto un grande salto evolutivo. Per il numero e caratteristica delle mutazioni aminoacidiche non sono state rilevate varianti intermedie tra la Omicron e le precedenti, anche se in sud Africa erano stati rilevati casi isolati. Il gran numero di mutazioni nel peplomero del SARS-CoV-2 influenzerebbe le proprietà virali come la trasferibilità e la fuga immunitaria.

Il legame con l'HIV
Un legame con l'infezione da HIV può spiegare il gran numero di mutazioni nella sequenza della variante Omicron. Infatti, per avere un così alto numero di mutazioni, il virus deve aver potuto evolvere a lungo senza uccidere il suo ospite, né essere eliminato. Una di queste situazioni si verifica nelle persone con un sistema immunitario indebolito. È il caso dei pazienti affetti da HIV in Sud Africa, che rappresentano oltre il 20% della popolazione. A causa della mancanza di accesso alle cliniche, della paura della stigmatizzazione e dell'interruzione dell'assistenza sanitaria, milioni di persone che vivono con l'HIV nella regione non sono sottoposte a una terapia efficace per l'HIV. Tulio de Oliveira avverte che le persone con maggiori probabilità di produrre mutazioni nell'Africa subsahariana sono i circa 8 milioni di persone con HIV non riconosciuto o mal trattato. Queste persone potrebbero "diventare una fabbrica di varianti per il mondo intero".

Sull'origine della variante Omicron sono state fatte anche altre ipotesi compresa quella di un doppio salto di specie dall'uomo all'animale e poi dall'animale all'uomo.

La preoccupazione per il potenziale impatto economico della variante Omicron ha portato a varie ripercussioni socio-economiche, con un calo delle borse a livello mondiale.

Varianti e mutazioni
Del lignaggio B.1.1.529 sono state identificate 5 varianti (BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, BA.5) con oltre 75 sotto-lignaggi dovuti a mutazioni puntuali. La variante BA.1 (B.1.1.529.1 e B.1.1.529.1.1)  ha prevalso ampiamente (>95%) dagli ultimi mesi del 2021 fino a febbraio 2022, essendosi diffusa rapidamente anche fuori dal Sud Africa. La variante BA.2 ha cominciato a prevalere sulla BA1 da marzo 2022 mentre la BA3 è stata rilevata raramente. Le varianti BA.4 e BA.5, con molte mutazioni in comune con la BA.2, sono emerse da aprile 2022.

La variante BA1 conta 58 mutazioni nucleotidiche e aminoacidiche rispetto alla sequenza di riferimento, mentre la variante BA2 ne conta 65.

Di queste di particolare rilievo clinico sono le mutazioni nel peplomero.

Alcune sono comuni ad almeno 3 altre varianti.

Il gruppo di mutazioni H 655 Y, N 679 K, P681H (diversa dalla P681R della variante Delta)  nel sito di scissione della furina S1-S2 può anche essere associato ad una diversa suscettibilità alle proteasi simili alla furina in particolare alla TMPRSS2 e conseguente difficile l'ingresso del virus nelle cellule usando la "cell surface fusion" (mentre è ottimizzato l'ingresso usando la "endosomal fusion", che avviene nelle cellule delle vie aeree superiori. Da questo se ne ricaverebbe rispetto alla variante Delta un rischio minore di sviluppare una polmonite severa a fronte di una aumentata abilità di infettare le cellule delle vie aeree superiori.

La delezione del69-70 assente nelle varanti BA.2, BA.4, BA.5 agevolerebbe l'evasione immunitaria, ma è soprattutto un marker nei test per l'identificazione della variante Omicron, anche se è presente pure nelle varianti Alfa, Eta e C.36.3.

La combinazione di mutazioni Q498R e N501Y negli studi di evoluzione in vitro hanno aumentato significativamente l'affinità di legame con l'ACE2 aumentando presumibilmente l'infettività e l'evasione immunitaria.

Le 3 delezioni del3675/3677 potrebbero favorire l'evasione immunitaria innata, probabilmente compromettendo la capacità delle cellule di degradare i componenti virali.

Caratteristiche cliniche
Secondo l'OMS, il rischio di contrarre una forma grave è inferiore rispetto ad altre forme di Covid-19, ma la sua diffusione è più veloce. Uno studio del dicembre 2021 stima che sia quattro volte più contagioso del tipo naturale e il doppio della variante Delta.

Secondo uno studio condotto in Norvegia su un gruppo di persone che sono state infettate a una festa il 26 novembre 2021, la metà delle persone infette ha mostrato i sintomi della malattia entro tre giorni. Questa mediana è più alta per altre varianti di virus: per la variante delta è di circa quattro giorni, per altre varianti di circa cinque giorni.

I primi studi in Sudafrica pubblicati nel dicembre 2021, su un numero ridotto di pazienti, mostrano che la fuga immunitaria è "molto più importante" di quella osservata per le varianti precedenti. L'azione degli anticorpi prodotti dai vaccinati (dopo due dosi del vaccino Pfizer) è quaranta volte meno buona contro la variante omicron che contro il ceppo storico. Secondo i primi studi europei, lo stesso programma vaccinale comporterebbe una perdita totale di efficacia o solo sette volte inferiore. Tuttavia, una terza dose di vaccino ripristinerebbe una protezione parziale. Christian Drosten, direttore del dipartimento di virologia dell'ospedale universitario di Berlino della Charité, qualifica questi primi risultati, sottolineando che "Una riduzione di 40 volte dell'attività di neutralizzazione non significa che la vaccinazione proteggerà 40 volte di meno. La vera perdita di immunità è molto minore" e la protezione contro le forme gravi potrebbe essere mantenuta.

Uno studio nel dicembre 2021 condotto su nove anticorpi monoclonali utilizzati in clinica o nella fase di sviluppo preclinico mostra che sei di essi sono totalmente inefficaci contro la variante Omicron, mentre gli altri tre vedono la loro efficacia ridotta da 3 a 80 volte per rispetto alla loro azione sulla variante Delta. Test condotti su soggetti un mese dopo una terza dose di vaccino Pfizer mostrano la sua efficacia contro la variante Omicron, ma anche che questa variante richiede una quantità di anticorpo da 5 a 31 volte maggiore di quella necessaria per neutralizzare la variante Delta. La durata di questa efficacia non è ancora nota. Gli stessi studi, d'altra parte, concludono che i pazienti che erano sintomatici 12 mesi prima o che hanno ricevuto le due dosi di vaccino Pfizer più di cinque mesi prima sono poco protetti contro la variante Omicron.

Un rapporto dell'Imperial College pubblicato il 22 dicembre 2021 suggerisce un minor rischio di ospedalizzazione con la variante Omicron rispetto alla variante Delta, pur rilevando, tuttavia, una popolazione più giovane affetta dalla variante Omicron e quindi meno a rischio.

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Voci correlate

 Varianti del SARS-CoV-2

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First part is the outline, The second is the final paper 9-10 page paper that will be due 4/7/2016. I will pay $20 for a detiled OUtline and $5 a page for the final assignment. I have attached a bunch of items that you will need. Please let me know if you have any questions.
This week, you will write an outline for your Final Paper. You must use the Outline Template as the basis of your outline.


First tiny fruits set. This one is one of my Venus cross.
Love the trichomes on the closeup shots!
Im behind on posting my updates on Karen's crosses. They are doing great, lots of little green tomatoes. Can't wait to see some color.
Starting to get a couple of ripening ones and Teresa's are setting very well with some close to ripening. There are stripes which I'm happy about and lots of variation in the plants that remain between us. First ripe shown is from one of my Venus cross plants at 96 days from sowing the seed.
Remains to be seen which ones ( hopefully) have flavour and best overall plants to select the final candidate(s) to bring forward for an F3 grow.
Overall I am very pleased so far with more than 300 starts whittled down to about 50 remaining between us - here's hoping for some flavour... will know soon.
Looking great Karen! Wondering how tall they are at this point? Are all four crosses approx the same heights after all the culling or is there a lot of variation between your chosen crosses' sizes? Also was there a lot of leaf shape variation?
The plant with the ripe one at 96 days is determinate, micro about 14" tall regular rugose foliage. It's a contender if it tastes good. Hoping for other colours as well.
Update from Teresa, this group enjoying a little winter sunshine in North Carolina are all from my Venus cross.
Excited to see some colour soon!
They look terrific. I am really enjoying your project!
They are cute! It is fun to have the miniatures growing in the winter. I am having fun with D Folette's micros again this year and most have baby green tomatoes on. All were started Nov. 7.
They are fun indeed. Smell alone makes them worth growing.
Some exciting variation in form and striping final colours very soon then seed saving and decisions to be made for advancement. I think there will be several to go forward for sure.


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Do You Know How To Waltz?
syncopated rantings and musings
It's Easier Now
Posted on March 18, 2013 by Asfandyar
There's much to be said about Jason Molina, who passed away today. I'm sure there'll be lots written – he was one of indie's unsure, unheralded giants. From Songs: Ohia's devastating, melancholy meanderings to the more bluesy rigmarole of Magnolia Electric Co, Molina was a phenomenally competent songwriter and band leader.
I can't say anything about his work that hasn't already been said, or is likely to be repeated over the next week, but I do feel some aspects of his work need constant reiteration, lest they ever be forgotten. My first proper introduction to Molina was his 2006 solo album, It's Easier Now. From the opening track's utterance of the titular lyrics, I was never going to do anything but fall in love with his booming, emotive voice. Molina sings like few people I've ever heard – his voice actually travels and it's never been coated in anything other than sort of honesty you'd expect from one of the greatest artists of his generation. His command over dynamics, over soft and loud, over theatrics and subtlety are unmatched, as his ability to sing what should be maudlin songs, but are instead the sort of eviscerating, destructively honest songs that only a few can muster up regularly.
It's Easier Now and Songs: Ohia's The Lioness and Didn't It Rain are some of my favourite albums ever. This is music that is desolate but incessantly genuine. It's music made by someone who was at the peak of his abilities nearly throughout his sojourn on this piece of rock and dust.
Molina was someone whose music, despite its scope and breadth, never really lifted the veneer off whatever was going on in his head. It's something we'll never know either, and perhaps we aren't meant. Maybe this is how it was always supposed to be, and an album full of achievement and happiness was never supposed to be forthcoming.
But ultimately, it matters not a jot – Molina's body of work is as good as anyone else's, and it's one of life's greatest failures that a man, and a musician, as irrevocably brilliant as Jason Molina, will never get to sit down and look back at what he's done and the lives he's touched and mended over his life.
Songs Ohia: Lioness
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require 'nrser'
require 'nrser/props/immutable/instance_variables'

# Declarations
# =======================================================================

module QB; end
module QB::Util; end

# Definitions
# =======================================================================

# Base class for QB "resources" - object representations of outside structures
# and concepts: things that live on disk, in remote systems or other runtimes.
#
class QB::Util::Resource

  # Mixins
  # =====================================================================

  include NRSER::Props::Immutable::InstanceVariables

  def initialize values = {}
    initialize_props values
  end # #initialize
end # class QB::Util::Resource

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// INCLUDE
#include <OpenSim/Simulation/Model/Model.h>
#include <OpenSim/Simulation/Model/AnalysisSet.h>
#include <OpenSim/Tools/CMCTool.h>
#include <OpenSim/Tools/ForwardTool.h>
#include <OpenSim/Auxiliary/auxiliaryTestFunctions.h>

#include <fstream>
#include <thread>

using namespace OpenSim;
using namespace std;

void testCMCArm26() {
    cout<<"\n******************************************************************" << endl;
    cout << "*                     testCMCArm26_Millard                          *" << endl;
    cout << "******************************************************************\n" << endl;
    CMCTool cmc("arm26_Setup_CMC.xml");
    cmc.setResultsDir("Results_Arm26_Millard");
    cmc.run();

    Storage results("Results_Arm26_Millard/arm26_states.sto"), temp("std_arm26_states.sto");
    Storage *standard = new Storage();
    cmc.getModel().formStateStorage(temp, *standard);

    // activations within 1.5%, angles within .6 degrees
    std::vector<double> rms_tols(2*2+2*6, 0.015);
    const string& muscleType = cmc.getModel().getMuscles()[0].getConcreteClassName();
    string base = "testCMCArm26 "+ muscleType;

    rms_tols[6]  = 0.05;   // TRIlat/activation
    rms_tols[8]  = 0.05;   // TRImed/activation
    rms_tols[10] = 0.05;   // BIClong/activation
    rms_tols[12] = 0.02;   // BICshort/activation
    rms_tols[14] = 0.005;  // BRA/activation

    CHECK_STORAGE_AGAINST_STANDARD(results, *standard, rms_tols, __FILE__, __LINE__,
        base+" failed");

    cout << "\n" << base <<" passed\n" << endl;
}

int main() {

    SimTK::Array_<std::string> failures;

    Object::renameType("Thelen2003Muscle", "Millard2012EquilibriumMuscle");

    try{
        testCMCArm26();
    }catch (const std::exception& e) {
        cout << e.what() <<endl; failures.push_back("testCMCArm26_Millard");
    }

    if (!failures.empty()) {
        cout << "Done, with failure(s): " << failures << endl;
        return 1;
    }

    cout << "Done" << endl;

    return 0;
}


My family spent the weekend at my in-laws which is always a great time. The kids had spend the whole previous week down there, because my wife went to a friend's house for most the week to help a her with her kids because she just gave birth to a new baby girl.
My wife came home with a new found respect for how easy we have it with our well behaved daughters who know how to play and learn on their own. Also, she confirmed a feeling we mutually had decided about two months ago, which is we do not want to get pregnant and birth another baby. A hard decision to make, but not as hard as raising three young children simultaneously and really know who each of them are.
So I have a consultation to get snipped in a few weeks. I have some work travel in May, so I was hoping to get the procedure done before then, but it looks like that won't happen. Of course, this won't stop us from adopting or fostering when our girls are older.
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Every time I read your posts, I get motivated. I'm glad you are here!
I'm glad you are motivated! And I'm certainly happy to be here!
By the way, I use my posts as motivation, too. I make sure I post about my training everyday to force myself to do something everyday. Even on those chaotic weekends, if something comes up and I miss training, then I can always just make it up before bed.
So Hannigan finally earned a ban. I didn't follow the whole story (nor do I care to), but it seems appropriate with the way he approached the situation and never let it go. Others involved could use a cool down too I would assume as he wasn't arguing with himself.
To be honest, I think he only brought the drama with Jax to the IJRS forum, because he wanted to ensure his reputation and appearance was not tarnished for current or potential students of his. Why else would he continue to promote his Healer group here? Why not just leave and let the IJRS members in his group promote the group here? His ego.
Was he taking courses here? Is he a teacher here? Are his padawan-master relationships recognized here? No, No, and No. Then take your disruptive behavior, pack your bag, and shove off. Any of those answers change in the future, then feel free to come back and unpack, but leave the ego and disruptive behavior at the door.
This weekend was my eldest daughter's 4th birthday party (actual birthday is today). With both sides of the family visiting plus nine kids, it was a good size party. Luckily, it was a beautiful day, so the kids played outside most the day. The ducks were not amused. My wife planned an excellent party with plenty of activities to keep the kids busy, though. Besides, Adri being too tired by the end to say goodbye to her friends, there wasn't any issues. My family was exhausted by the end, rolling right into Sunday. My youngest had been sick and on anti-botics all week. By Sunday, my eldest had come down with something too and was feverish most the day. We skipped Church and slept the afternoon away. I hope today is an easy day at the pediatrician for my wife. I might swing home for lunch.


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