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Comcast merger under fire
Comcast's attempted acquisition has stirred the pot in Washington.
By Alex Byers
Snow piled up in Washington on Thursday — and so did quick opposition to Comcast's play to buy Time Warner Cable.
Reports of the $45.2 billion deal, in fact, were barely 2 hours old when statements against the blockbuster merger first landed from public interest groups Free Press and Public Knowledge. If completed, the deal will have a major impact on the pay-TV and broadband Internet markets.
"By raising the costs of its rivals and business partners, an enlarged Comcast would raise costs for consumers, who ultimately pay the bills," Public Knowledge Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer said in a statement. "It would be able to keep others from innovating, while facing little pressure to improve its own service. New equipment, new services and new content would have to meet with its approval to stand any chance of succeeding."
( Also on POLITICO: Hurdles ahead for Comcast deal)
Washington sees a healthy debate about the competitiveness of the cable and broadband markets even on a normal day. But Comcast's planned acquisition — which has implications for heated issues like net neutrality, retransmission consent and data caps — has further stirred the pot.
"Where we're really concerned is in the ability for a much bigger Comcast to give even more preferential treatment to the content and networks it owns through its purchase of NBC Universal," said Stephanie Chen, telecommunications policy director at The Greenlining Institute. "This merger would make a tough situation even tougher for smaller content providers, especially minority-owned and -produced content."
Comcast and Time Warner Cable executives, aware of the regulatory questions facing the proposal, were quick to pitch the public interest upside of the proposed deal during a conference call with reporters Thursday.
"On a regulatory front, we believe this transaction is approvable," Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts said. "It will not reduce competition in any relevant market as our companies do not overlap or compete with each other; in fact, we do not operate in any of the same zip codes."
The American Cable Association, a trade group that represents small and medium-sized cable operators, said it would be considering whether the deal would hurt consumers.
"ACA has long acknowledged many problems in the pay-TV market, including the soaring cost of retransmission consent and sports networks and the record-setting number of broadcaster-imposed TV signal blackouts," CEO Matthew Polka said in a statement. "ACA will be looking closely to see whether this transaction makes matters worse for small and medium-sized cable operators and their customers."
( Also on POLITICO: Full technology policy coverage)
With most of Washington ground to a halt Thursday and lawmakers skipping town or busy at political retreats, the cable firms largely escaped early concerns from Capitol Hill. Senate antitrust subcommittee chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), for her part, did commit to holding a hearing that would "carefully scrutinize" the deal.
The blogosphere, however, had early detractors.
Salon's Andrew Leonard penned a post titled "Comcast must be stopped." New York Magazine's Kevin Roose said the deal would create a "mega-empire in an industry that is already dominated by a few huge companies."
"For this reason alone — to say nothing of how long you'd have to stay on hold on a combined Comcast-TWC customer service line — the deal must be stopped," he wrote.
Several observers were cautioning that regulators shouldn't toss the deal simply because it would generate one gigantic entity. But cable companies are a favorite punching bag of distressed consumers, and that's likely to color perception in the deal's early stages.
Perhaps the icing on the cake: A White House petition, which has become a popular method of opposition in the past few years, is already collecting signatures.
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Narayan CL
Year : 2013 | Volume : 55 | Issue : 1 | Page : 96
Political abuse of psychiatry
Choudhary Laxmi Narayan
Consultant Psychiatrist, "DEEPAYAN", Tilha Kali Bari, Gaya - 823001, Bihar, India
Date of Web Publication 5-Jan-2013
Narayan CL. Political abuse of psychiatry. Indian J Psychiatry 2013;55:96
Narayan CL. Political abuse of psychiatry. Indian J Psychiatry [serial online] 2013 [cited 2020 Jan 20];55:96. Available from: http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org/text.asp?2013/55/1/96/105529
Using psychiatric diagnosis, treatment or detention for political purposes has been widely alleged all over the world during the twentieth century. Frequently this happens when persons in power are criticized for their corruption, political oppression committed by them, undermining basic human rights or other unlawful activities. Nazi Germany under Hitler and erstwhile USSR (Soviet Union) are the two most infamous instances in this respect. The abuse of psychiatry in Nazi Germany 60 years ago was the'abuse of duty to care'. [1] In the case of Soviet Union, things attained such alarming proportion that it caused wide rift between World Psychiatric Association and the All-Union Soviet Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists finally leading to latter's resignation from the WPA in 1983 and conditional return in 1989. It is estimated that approximately one-third of political prisoners in 1970s and 1980s in USSR were locked up in psychiatric hospitals. [2] Even in the US, the country renowned for its professed freedom of speech and expression, an American General Edwin Walker was admonished in early sixties for criticizing President Eisenhower and Kennedy and was forced out of the military. At around the same time, a Soviet General Petro Grigorenko was similarly bundled out from the military for criticizing the state. In both the cases, the generals claimed to be true patriots but were charged with crimes against their state. To discredit their political activities, the sanity of both the generals was impugned and lawyers and psychiatrists co-operated in the process. [3] Political abuse of psychiatry was reported from other socialist countries from Eastern Europe, most notably from Romania. To fight against political misuse of psychiatry, International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry (IAPUP) was formed, which was later renamed as Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) in 2005. Though the political use of psychiatry is less commonly reported in the twenty first century, systemic political abuse of psychiatry is alleged to happen in People's Republic of China. [2]
Although report of such abuse is not common in our country, two cases recently came into limelight in the Indian news media in which psychiatric diagnoses were used for involuntary detention. The cases attracted more public attention due to prevailing atmosphere of resentment against corruption in the backdrop of Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption at high places. A senior police officer from Uttar Pradesh, who criticized the establishment alleging widespread corruption, was admitted in a Government general hospital reportedly on an administrative order for the stated purpose of observation to establish the diagnosis of alleged bipolar disorder. [4] In the second case, a person who publicly slapped a senior Union Minister for alleged widespread corruption was similarly kept under involuntary detention for observation in a Government psychiatric hospital under a judicial order. [5] As we are not in a position to go into the merit of both of these cases, it has to be presumed that our esteemed psychiatrist colleagues have used their professional acumen without any outside influence or consideration. But it must be emphasized that we psychiatrists have to remain vigilant in such cases and strictly adhere to the ethical standards to maintain the dignity and reputation of the profession. All the procedures under the law must be strictly followed and extra precaution should be taken to avoid any deviation from it. Professional skills should be applied in an absolute objective way without any bias and prejudice. Internationally accepted principles must be followed in the process of arriving at any psychiatric diagnosis. Undue influence from the government or the political establishment must not be allowed to play any role in the process.
The Indian Psychiatric Society must remain vigilant in this respect and take appropriate steps in this regard as it is committed to maintain dignity and reputation of the profession. Separate guidelines should be evolved in this respect, which can be of great help in such situations. It should also maintain a vigilant eye on individual cases and should not hesitate to take necessary measure in this regard whatever permitted within the framework of law.
1. Birley JL. Political Abuse of Psychiatry. Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 2000;399:13-15.
2. van Voren R. Political Abuse of Psychiatry: An Historical Review. Schizophr Bull 2010;36:33-5.
3. Stone AA. Political Misuse of Psychiatry: A Tale of Two Generals. In: Stone AA editors. Law, Psychiatry and Morality (Essays and Analysis), Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press Inc; 1984. p. 2-40.
4. UP DIG DD Mishra sent from mental asylum to ′house arrest′ c2011. Available from: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Dd-Mishra. [Last accessed on 2011 Nov 20].
5. Sharad Pawar′s attacker to stay at mental hospital, ordered a Delhi Court, c2011. Available from: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Court-extends-Sharad-Pawar-attackers-stay-at-mental-hospital/articleshow/10992273.cms. [Last accessed on 2011 Dec7].
Consultant Psychiatrist, "DEEPAYAN", Tilha Kali Bari, Gaya - 823001, Bihar
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Eupatorium perfoliatum, known as common boneset or just boneset, is a North American perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a common native to the Eastern United States and Canada, widespread from Nova Scotia to Florida, west as far as Texas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Manitoba. It is also called agueweed, feverwort, or sweating-plant. It was introduced to American colonists by natives who used the plant for breaking fevers by means of heavy sweating. It is nearly always found in low, wet areas.

Description

Eupatorium perfoliatum grows up to  tall, with opposite, serrate leaves that clasp the stems (perfoliate).  The stem is hairy.  The plant produces dense clusters of tiny white flower heads held above the foliage.  In Illinois, the plant blooms during late summer and early fall. Its native habitats include damp prairies, bogs, and alluvial woods.

Eupatorium perfoliatum can form hybrids with other species of the genus Eupatorium, for example Eupatorium serotinum.

Phytochemistry and safety
Eupatorium perfoliatum leaves and roots contain mixed phytochemicals, including polysaccharides (containing xylose and glucuronic acid), tannins, volatile oil, sesquiterpene lactones, sterols, triterpenes, alkaloids, and various flavonoids, such as quercetin, kaempferol, and caffeic acid derivatives. E. perfoliatum and several of its related species are listed on the Poisonous Plants Database of the US Food and Drug Administration, with E. perfoliatum described as an "unapproved homeopathic medicine" with unknown safety by the US National Library of Medicine.

Holistic health companies marketing fraudulent supplement products that contained E. perforliatum with claims of benefit against COVID-19 were warned by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2020 about making illegal health claims and scamming consumers from their money.

Traditional medicine
Eupatorium perfoliatum (also called boneset) was used in traditional medicine by Native Americans who applied extracts for fever and common colds. Possible effects of E. perfoliatum for these uses remain undefined by adequate scientific research, and are unconfirmed by high-quality clinical research. If consumed in large amounts, its tea made from leaves may cause diarrhea.

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Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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-- August 2002 - Week 4 -- Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors Artrosis - Fetish Aska - Nine Tounges Cradle Of Filth - Live Bait For The Dead Darkane - Expanding Senses Divercia - Modus Operandi Evil Wings - Kite Haggard - Awaking the Centuries Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings Last Tribe - Witch Dance Primordial - Storm Before Calm Stratovarius - Black Diamond Thyrfing - Vansinnesvisor
Hate Eternal - King Of All Kings
10 songs (33'45)
Release year: 0
Hate Eternal, Earache Records
Reviewed by Crims
With a solid line-up of pros in the Death Metal field including Eric Rutan (ex-Morbid Angel), you would or at least should expect some above average Death Metal; and you would be correct in assuming so. Much like how Morbid Angel had/has those unique sounding riffs- the ones that sound somewhat out of tune but still quite dark and appropiate- Hate Eternal has a similar sound to their riffs. The only difference is, what's playing behind Hate Eternal's riffs is a heck of a lot more aggressive than typical Morbid Angel and closer to Krisiun; so you have a lot of blast beats that are relentless in their attack.
Individually the songs on King Of All Kings are pure ass kickers, the problem is Captain Repetitive shows up on the CD every so often. So listening to the release as a whole has the potential to get tedious to the listeners who demand a lot of tempo and rhythm changes. But that's not what Hate Eternal is all about. Instead, King Of All Kings is one non-stop Death Metal attack. Sometimes they are very successful, especially on The Obscure Terror, Powers That Be, and Born By Fire. The best songs on here are the one's with the best riffs. I just love that Morbid Angel guitar style, and Eric Rutan has put together some really interesting riffs once again. I think the best part about them, and what starts to set Hate Eternal apart from other Brutal Death Metal bands, is that you don't expect them to be playing this riff over that drum run, or that drum run backing up that riff. It does manage to fit together, too, and there really isn't that many out of place notes at all. The leads are also very good (to be expected); Rutan has brought over the lead sound and tone from Morbid Angel's Gateways To Annihilation, and it works very well here too.
The vocals on King Of All Kings are very, very typical; absolutely nothing new, and only a couple of memorable vocal lines appear. Yeah, they get the job done and fit the band, however, other Death Metal bands, the really good one's, tend to have a decent amount of memorable vocal lines. Everything else is impressive including the bass work, which is quite proficient in the rhythm department, and of course the drumming is insanely fierce and intense. In short, there some very good aspects on this release, the problem is aside from the unique riffs that pop up in most songs, the tracks follow the same pattern with only a couple of surprises. It's ok for a while, but after awhile I started tuning out of the CD; I just loss interest, and not because the music was bad, it was just same basic thing. I do like Krisiun quite a bit, who play Death Metal with essentially the same idea, but I find myself a lot more interested in them. Everything else is solid on King Of All Kings, just the lack of surprises, the lack of strong vocal lines, and the short CD length all bring the marks down a bit. I still recommend this release to Death Metal fans though, simply because the guitar work and intensity should appeal to all but the most finicky Death Metal fans.
Killing Songs :
King Of All Kings, The Obscure Terror, Servants Of The Gods, Born By Fire, Powers That Be Crims quoted 80 / 100
Other albums by Hate Eternal that we have reviewed:
Hate Eternal - Phoenix Amongst the Ashes reviewed by Tony and quoted 51 / 100
Hate Eternal - The Fury and Flames reviewed by Dylan and quoted 48 / 100
Hate Eternal - I, Monarch reviewed by Aaron and quoted 85 / 100
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I had a great time this morning speaking at the Northmont Brotherhood Club, Retired Mens Club meeting. It was well attended by a great bunch of guys. Interest in the Civil War was strong and they listened attentively and afterward asked some very good questions. My hats off to these fine gentlemen and I hope to see them all again.


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#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "config.h"
#endif

#include "gstdtlsenc.h"

#include "gstdtlsdec.h"

static GstStaticPadTemplate sink_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("sink",
    GST_PAD_SINK,
    GST_PAD_REQUEST,
    GST_STATIC_CAPS_ANY);

static GstStaticPadTemplate src_template = GST_STATIC_PAD_TEMPLATE ("src",
    GST_PAD_SRC,
    GST_PAD_ALWAYS,
    GST_STATIC_CAPS ("application/x-dtls")
    );

GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_STATIC (gst_dtls_enc_debug);
#define GST_CAT_DEFAULT gst_dtls_enc_debug

#define gst_dtls_enc_parent_class parent_class
G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstDtlsEnc, gst_dtls_enc, GST_TYPE_ELEMENT,
    GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_dtls_enc_debug, "dtlsenc", 0, "DTLS Encoder"));

enum
{
  SIGNAL_ON_KEY_RECEIVED,
  NUM_SIGNALS
};

static guint signals[NUM_SIGNALS];

enum
{
  PROP_0,
  PROP_CONNECTION_ID,
  PROP_IS_CLIENT,

  PROP_ENCODER_KEY,
  PROP_SRTP_CIPHER,
  PROP_SRTP_AUTH,
  NUM_PROPERTIES
};

static GParamSpec *properties[NUM_PROPERTIES];

#define DEFAULT_CONNECTION_ID NULL
#define DEFAULT_IS_CLIENT FALSE

#define DEFAULT_ENCODER_KEY NULL
#define DEFAULT_SRTP_CIPHER 0
#define DEFAULT_SRTP_AUTH 0

#define INITIAL_QUEUE_SIZE 64

static void gst_dtls_enc_finalize (GObject *);
static void gst_dtls_enc_set_property (GObject *, guint prop_id,
    const GValue *, GParamSpec *);
static void gst_dtls_enc_get_property (GObject *, guint prop_id, GValue *,
    GParamSpec *);

static GstStateChangeReturn gst_dtls_enc_change_state (GstElement *,
    GstStateChange);
static GstPad *gst_dtls_enc_request_new_pad (GstElement *, GstPadTemplate *,
    const gchar * name, const GstCaps *);

static gboolean src_activate_mode (GstPad *, GstObject *, GstPadMode,
    gboolean active);
static void src_task_loop (GstPad *);

static GstFlowReturn sink_chain (GstPad *, GstObject *, GstBuffer *);
static gboolean sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event);

static void on_key_received (GstDtlsConnection *, gpointer key, guint cipher,
    guint auth, GstDtlsEnc *);
static void on_send_data (GstDtlsConnection *, gconstpointer data, gint length,
    GstDtlsEnc *);

static void
gst_dtls_enc_class_init (GstDtlsEncClass * klass)
{
  GObjectClass *gobject_class;
  GstElementClass *element_class;

  gobject_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
  element_class = (GstElementClass *) klass;

  gobject_class->finalize = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_dtls_enc_finalize);
  gobject_class->set_property = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_dtls_enc_set_property);
  gobject_class->get_property = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_dtls_enc_get_property);

  element_class->change_state = GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_dtls_enc_change_state);
  element_class->request_new_pad =
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (gst_dtls_enc_request_new_pad);

  signals[SIGNAL_ON_KEY_RECEIVED] =
      g_signal_new ("on-key-received", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
      G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, 0, NULL, NULL,
      g_cclosure_marshal_generic, G_TYPE_NONE, 0);

  properties[PROP_CONNECTION_ID] =
      g_param_spec_string ("connection-id",
      "Connection id",
      "Every encoder/decoder pair should have the same, unique, connection-id",
      DEFAULT_CONNECTION_ID, G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);

  properties[PROP_IS_CLIENT] =
      g_param_spec_boolean ("is-client",
      "Is client",
      "Set to true if the decoder should act as "
      "client and initiate the handshake",
      DEFAULT_IS_CLIENT,
      GST_PARAM_MUTABLE_READY | G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);

  properties[PROP_ENCODER_KEY] =
      g_param_spec_boxed ("encoder-key",
      "Encoder key",
      "Master key that should be used by the SRTP encoder",
      GST_TYPE_BUFFER, G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);

  properties[PROP_SRTP_CIPHER] =
      g_param_spec_uint ("srtp-cipher",
      "SRTP cipher",
      "The SRTP cipher selected in the DTLS handshake. "
      "The value will be set to an GstDtlsSrtpCipher.",
      0, GST_DTLS_SRTP_CIPHER_AES_128_ICM, DEFAULT_SRTP_CIPHER,
      G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);

  properties[PROP_SRTP_AUTH] =
      g_param_spec_uint ("srtp-auth",
      "SRTP authentication",
      "The SRTP authentication selected in the DTLS handshake. "
      "The value will be set to an GstDtlsSrtpAuth.",
      0, GST_DTLS_SRTP_AUTH_HMAC_SHA1_80, DEFAULT_SRTP_AUTH,
      G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);

  g_object_class_install_properties (gobject_class, NUM_PROPERTIES, properties);

  gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class, &src_template);
  gst_element_class_add_static_pad_template (element_class, &sink_template);

  gst_element_class_set_static_metadata (element_class,
      "DTLS Encoder",
      "Encoder/Network/DTLS",
      "Encodes packets with DTLS",
      "Patrik Oldsberg patrik.oldsberg@ericsson.com");
}

static void
gst_dtls_enc_init (GstDtlsEnc * self)
{
  self->connection_id = NULL;
  self->connection = NULL;

  self->is_client = DEFAULT_IS_CLIENT;

  self->encoder_key = NULL;
  self->srtp_cipher = DEFAULT_SRTP_CIPHER;
  self->srtp_auth = DEFAULT_SRTP_AUTH;

  g_queue_init (&self->queue);
  g_mutex_init (&self->queue_lock);
  g_cond_init (&self->queue_cond_add);

  self->src = gst_pad_new_from_static_template (&src_template, "src");
  g_return_if_fail (self->src);

  gst_pad_set_activatemode_function (self->src,
      GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (src_activate_mode));

  gst_element_add_pad (GST_ELEMENT (self), self->src);
}

static void
gst_dtls_enc_finalize (GObject * object)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (object);

  if (self->encoder_key) {
    gst_buffer_unref (self->encoder_key);
    self->encoder_key = NULL;
  }

  if (self->connection_id) {
    g_free (self->connection_id);
    self->connection_id = NULL;
  }

  g_mutex_lock (&self->queue_lock);
  g_queue_foreach (&self->queue, (GFunc) gst_buffer_unref, NULL);
  g_queue_clear (&self->queue);
  g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);

  g_mutex_clear (&self->queue_lock);
  g_cond_clear (&self->queue_cond_add);

  GST_LOG_OBJECT (self, "finalized");

  G_OBJECT_CLASS (parent_class)->finalize (object);
}

static void
gst_dtls_enc_set_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id,
    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_CONNECTION_ID:
      if (self->connection_id != NULL) {
        g_free (self->connection_id);
        self->connection_id = NULL;
      }
      self->connection_id = g_value_dup_string (value);
      break;
    case PROP_IS_CLIENT:
      self->is_client = g_value_get_boolean (value);
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (self, prop_id, pspec);
  }
}

static void
gst_dtls_enc_get_property (GObject * object, guint prop_id, GValue * value,
    GParamSpec * pspec)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (object);

  switch (prop_id) {
    case PROP_CONNECTION_ID:
      g_value_set_string (value, self->connection_id);
      break;
    case PROP_IS_CLIENT:
      g_value_set_boolean (value, self->is_client);
      break;
    case PROP_ENCODER_KEY:
      g_value_set_boxed (value, self->encoder_key);
      break;
    case PROP_SRTP_CIPHER:
      g_value_set_uint (value, self->srtp_cipher);
      break;
    case PROP_SRTP_AUTH:
      g_value_set_uint (value, self->srtp_auth);
      break;
    default:
      G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (self, prop_id, pspec);
  }
}

static GstStateChangeReturn
gst_dtls_enc_change_state (GstElement * element, GstStateChange transition)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (element);
  GstStateChangeReturn ret;

  switch (transition) {
    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_NULL_TO_READY:
      if (self->connection_id) {
        self->connection = gst_dtls_dec_fetch_connection (self->connection_id);

        if (!self->connection) {
          GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self,
              "invalid connection id: '%s', connection not found or already in use",
              self->connection_id);
          return GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE;
        }

        g_signal_connect_object (self->connection,
            "on-encoder-key", G_CALLBACK (on_key_received), self, 0);

        gst_dtls_connection_set_send_callback (self->connection,
            g_cclosure_new (G_CALLBACK (on_send_data), self, NULL));
      } else {
        GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self,
            "trying to change state to ready without connection id");
        return GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE;
      }
      break;
    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_PAUSED_TO_READY:
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "stopping connection %s", self->connection_id);

      gst_dtls_connection_stop (self->connection);
      break;
    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_READY_TO_NULL:
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "closing connection %s", self->connection_id);

      if (self->connection) {
        gst_dtls_connection_close (self->connection);
        gst_dtls_connection_set_send_callback (self->connection, NULL);
        g_object_unref (self->connection);
        self->connection = NULL;
      }
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }

  ret = GST_ELEMENT_CLASS (parent_class)->change_state (element, transition);

  switch (transition) {
    case GST_STATE_CHANGE_READY_TO_PAUSED:
      GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "starting connection %s", self->connection_id);
      gst_dtls_connection_start (self->connection, self->is_client);
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }

  return ret;
}

static GstPad *
gst_dtls_enc_request_new_pad (GstElement * element,
    GstPadTemplate * templ, const gchar * name, const GstCaps * caps)
{
  GstPad *sink;
  gboolean ret;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "sink pad requested");

  g_return_val_if_fail (templ->direction == GST_PAD_SINK, NULL);

  sink = gst_pad_new_from_template (templ, name);
  g_return_val_if_fail (sink, NULL);

  if (caps) {
    g_object_set (sink, "caps", caps, NULL);
  }

  gst_pad_set_chain_function (sink, GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (sink_chain));
  gst_pad_set_event_function (sink, GST_DEBUG_FUNCPTR (sink_event));

  ret = gst_pad_set_active (sink, TRUE);
  g_warn_if_fail (ret);

  gst_element_add_pad (element, sink);

  return sink;
}

static gboolean
src_activate_mode (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstPadMode mode,
    gboolean active)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (parent);
  gboolean success = TRUE;
  g_return_val_if_fail (mode == GST_PAD_MODE_PUSH, FALSE);

  if (active) {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "src pad activating in push mode");

    self->flushing = FALSE;
    self->send_initial_events = TRUE;
    success =
        gst_pad_start_task (pad, (GstTaskFunction) src_task_loop, self->src,
        NULL);
    if (!success) {
      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self, "failed to activate pad task");
    }
  } else {
    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "deactivating src pad");

    g_mutex_lock (&self->queue_lock);
    g_queue_foreach (&self->queue, (GFunc) gst_buffer_unref, NULL);
    g_queue_clear (&self->queue);
    self->flushing = TRUE;
    g_cond_signal (&self->queue_cond_add);
    g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);
    success = gst_pad_stop_task (pad);
    if (!success) {
      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self, "failed to deactivate pad task");
    }
  }

  return success;
}

static void
src_task_loop (GstPad * pad)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (GST_PAD_PARENT (pad));
  GstFlowReturn ret;
  GstBuffer *buffer;
  gboolean check_connection_timeout = FALSE;

  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: acquiring lock");
  g_mutex_lock (&self->queue_lock);
  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: acquired lock");

  if (self->flushing) {
    GST_LOG_OBJECT (self, "src task loop entered on inactive pad");
    GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: releasing lock");
    g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);
    return;
  }

  while (g_queue_is_empty (&self->queue)) {
    GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: queue empty, waiting for add");
    g_cond_wait (&self->queue_cond_add, &self->queue_lock);
    GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: add signaled");

    if (self->flushing) {
      GST_LOG_OBJECT (self, "pad inactive, task returning");
      GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: releasing lock");
      g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);
      return;
    }
  }
  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: queue has element");

  buffer = g_queue_pop_head (&self->queue);
  g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);

  if (self->send_initial_events) {
    GstSegment segment;
    gchar s_id[32];
    GstCaps *caps;

    self->send_initial_events = FALSE;

    g_snprintf (s_id, sizeof (s_id), "dtlsenc-%08x", g_random_int ());
    gst_pad_push_event (self->src, gst_event_new_stream_start (s_id));
    caps = gst_caps_new_empty_simple ("application/x-dtls");
    gst_pad_push_event (self->src, gst_event_new_caps (caps));
    gst_caps_unref (caps);
    gst_segment_init (&segment, GST_FORMAT_BYTES);
    gst_pad_push_event (self->src, gst_event_new_segment (&segment));
    check_connection_timeout = TRUE;
  }

  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "src loop: releasing lock");

  ret = gst_pad_push (self->src, buffer);
  if (check_connection_timeout)
    gst_dtls_connection_check_timeout (self->connection);

  if (G_UNLIKELY (ret != GST_FLOW_OK)) {
    GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self, "failed to push buffer on src pad: %s",
        gst_flow_get_name (ret));
  }
}

static GstFlowReturn
sink_chain (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstBuffer * buffer)
{
  GstDtlsEnc *self = GST_DTLS_ENC (parent);
  GstMapInfo map_info;
  gint ret;

  gst_buffer_map (buffer, &map_info, GST_MAP_READ);

  if (map_info.size) {
    ret =
        gst_dtls_connection_send (self->connection, map_info.data,
        map_info.size);
    if (ret != map_info.size) {
      GST_WARNING_OBJECT (self,
          "error sending data: %d B were written, expected value was %"
          G_GSIZE_FORMAT " B", ret, map_info.size);
    }
  }

  gst_buffer_unmap (buffer, &map_info);

  gst_buffer_unref (buffer);

  return GST_FLOW_OK;
}

static gboolean
sink_event (GstPad * pad, GstObject * parent, GstEvent * event)
{
  gboolean ret = FALSE;

  switch (GST_EVENT_TYPE (event)) {
      /* Drop segment, stream-start as we will push our own from the src pad
       * task.
       * FIXME: do we need any information from upstream for pushing our own? */
    case GST_EVENT_SEGMENT:
    case GST_EVENT_STREAM_START:
      gst_event_unref (event);
      ret = TRUE;
      break;
    default:
      ret = gst_pad_event_default (pad, parent, event);
      break;
  }

  return ret;
}

static void
on_key_received (GstDtlsConnection * connection, gpointer key, guint cipher,
    guint auth, GstDtlsEnc * self)
{
  gpointer key_dup;
  gchar *key_str;

  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_DTLS_ENC (self));
  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_DTLS_CONNECTION (connection));

  self->srtp_cipher = cipher;
  self->srtp_auth = auth;

  key_dup = g_memdup (key, GST_DTLS_SRTP_MASTER_KEY_LENGTH);

  if (self->encoder_key) {
    gst_buffer_unref (self->encoder_key);
    self->encoder_key = NULL;
  }

  self->encoder_key =
      gst_buffer_new_wrapped (key_dup, GST_DTLS_SRTP_MASTER_KEY_LENGTH);

  key_str = g_base64_encode (key, GST_DTLS_SRTP_MASTER_KEY_LENGTH);
  GST_INFO_OBJECT (self, "received key: %s", key_str);
  g_free (key_str);

  g_signal_emit (self, signals[SIGNAL_ON_KEY_RECEIVED], 0);
}

static void
on_send_data (GstDtlsConnection * connection, gconstpointer data, gint length,
    GstDtlsEnc * self)
{
  GstBuffer *buffer;

  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (self, "sending data from %s with length %d",
      self->connection_id, length);

  buffer = gst_buffer_new_wrapped (g_memdup (data, length), length);

  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "send data: acquiring lock");
  g_mutex_lock (&self->queue_lock);
  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "send data: acquired lock");

  g_queue_push_tail (&self->queue, buffer);

  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "send data: signaling add");
  g_cond_signal (&self->queue_cond_add);

  GST_TRACE_OBJECT (self, "send data: releasing lock");
  g_mutex_unlock (&self->queue_lock);
}

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If you just cannot get enough of the DeepVeer wedding, we have more good news. Turns out, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh have planned a third reception on December 1 (yes, you heard that right, three!), and this one is solely for the Bollywood glitterati in Mumbai. How did we know that? Actress Manisha Koirala took to Twitter earlier to post her invite for the reception as she wished the happy couple on their wedding.
The Bengaluru reception last night at The Leela Palace Bengaluru was exclusively hosted for close friends in the city and saw the likes of Anil Kumble, PV Sindhu and Pooja Makhani attend. The internet blew up again over DeepVeer's love and their stunning picture from the event had us all swooning. If you missed some of the details from the event, read all about them here.
We also know that the two are hosting a similar reception for family and friends in Mumbai on November 28 at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai. However, the Bollywood reception party is the one that has everyone abuzz with curiosity, and thanks to Manisha, we now have a confirmed date for the event. The Sanju actress went online to wish Deepika and Ranveer and added that she will not be able to attend the celebrations as she is out of town.
Soon, a Twitter user called her out saying that no one from Bollywood was invited for the Bengaluru reception. Manisha promptly replied by sharing the reception invite for the one in Mumbai.
The invitation card was in a shade of deep red and read 'Celebrations'. It also had Manisha's name written on the top, followed by the details of the event. The wedding invite is personalised for all guests and we're loving this personal touch.
The reception will take place at the Grand Hyatt Mumbai too, at 9 pm. The event would be a black tie event.
Deepika and Ranveer had the grandest of weddings at Lake Como in Italy last week. The couple released their pictures from the wedding a few days earlier, which nearly took down Instagram. The two-day wedding, spread across November 14 and 15, included traditional Konkani and Sindhi ceremonies.
You can find all the details from the wedding here.


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CTM / transmediale Collaborative Programme
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Berlin Current
CTM 2014 Preludes
Label Focus
↑KTL, Peter Rehberg and Stephen O'Malley.
Independent record label Editions Mego was founded in 2006 by Peter Rehberg as a means of conserving a catalogue released via now-defunct experimental electronic music label, Mego. It has since tirelessly exhumed and published archival works as well new, unabashed experimentalists, presenting relevant and challenging entry points into a vast open landscape of experimental music while looking simultaneously forward and backward in time. CTM 2014 will pay tribute to Editions Mego's ongoing explorations with a multipart programme that spans its various sublabels and recent releases.
Encouraged by techno's decentralized and rapidly sprawling networks, but soon charting a much more unwieldy and boundless sonic territory, the Mego label was founded in 1994 in Vienna by Ramon Bauer (General Magic), Andi Pieper, and Peter Meininger. Bauer and Meininger had previously run Mainframe, one of Austria's first techno imprints. Meiniger left in 1995, only to be replaced by Peter Rehberg, also known under the artist name Pita.
Three years older than the CTM Festival, Mego and later Editions Mego have served as a continuous source of inspiration for CTM's own explorations of vanguard music since its inception in the summer of 1998.
The label's first release, Fridge Trax EP by "General Magic & Pita", was followed by 75 further releases including timeless classics such as Pita's Seven Tons for Free (1996), which laid the foundation for what later became known as glitch, or Kevin Drumm's Sheer Hellish Miasmah (2002) that introduced many into the worlds of drone and noise. Fennesz' Endless Summer (2001), which, seen from today, might well go through as an early hauntological masterpiece due to its complex layering of nostalgic pop references buried in hiss and feedback, coupling dazed memories and sonic decay, remains another of the label's masterpieces.
When Mego suffered a financial breakdown in 2005, Ramon Bauer and Andi Pieper decided to fold. Peter Rehberg, however, decided to reset and go on, founding Editions Mego in 2006 with the intention of both sustaining the Mego catalogue and publishing new works of experimental music using consecutive catalogue numbers. With this approach he thus created both a conscious break with the past and a form of continuity.
Editions Mego has ever-since run as a solo attempt, propelled by Rehberg's formidable music enthusiasm from his Vienna home office. The label has become more productive than ever, counting more than 50 releases alone in 2012 and more than 30 in 2013. Major releases such as Oneohtrix Point Never's Returnal or Emerald's Does It Look Like I'm Here? grant the label an almost unquestioned aesthetic authority, which gives Rehberg even more room to take ever bigger risks.
↑Editions Mego / Spectrum Spools, SP 023 / Bee Mask, When We Were Eating Unripe Pears, 2012.
Sonically, Editions Mego has become even more daring than its predecessor, spanning a wide range of experimental music that reaches from Eyvind Kang and Jessica Kenney's interpretations of age-old traditional music to the futuristic rave deconstructions of Evol, or from the utterly idiosyncratic black metal of Wold to the computational stuttering of Mark Fell. Another project that embodies the genre-defying attitude behind the label like few others is KTL, Rehberg's collaborative project with Stephen O'Malley. KTL combines Rehberg's high pitched computer noise with O'Malley's guitar subterranean drones.
In looking at this impressive level of activity and overwhelming wealth of sonic experimentation, one might not help but feel a somewhat strange yet provocative resonance, humming in tune with the label's name. Mego allegedly stands for "My Eyes Glaze Over" and originates from Herman Kahn, a prominent American futurist and military strategist who among other things inspired Stanley Kubrick's at once sinister and manic film character, Dr. Strangelove. Accordingly, Mego either leans towards intentionally using dense and ciphered information to confuse and distract the listener, eventually inducing agreement because the listener does not want to admit to not understanding what is going on, or, from another perspective, refers to the listener's eye-glazing reaction, triggered by information overload.
Rehberg admits that the label is not bound to a specific concept, nor unified by a singular visual identity. But he maintains an impressive quality control, based on his personal judgements and on those of several collaborators, who head an array of specialized sublabels.
↑Editions Mego / Ideologic Organ, SOMA016 / Ákos Rózmann, Images of the Dream and Death, 2013.
Former Emeralds man John Elliot, who will play CTM 2014 with his new project Outer Space, runs Spectrum Spools, a sublabel that regroups the current activities of the US synthesizer music underground. Old News puts out musical experiments by ex Sonic Youth and Gastr del Sol member Jim O'Rourke, while Sensate Focus gives room for Mark Fell's algorithmic house aberrations. Ideologic Organ serves as the outlet for the personal quest of Stephen O'Malley. Drawing together new and past works, O'Malley's approach might best be described as an attempt to encircle a group of timeless works of "spectral" music. Another sublabel that goes primarily backward in time is Recollection GRM, which has released a substantive body of work from the Paris-based Groupe de recherches musicales (INA-GRM). Founded by Pierre Schaeffer in 1958 to explore his idea of acousmatic music, and still active today, it has counted musicians such as Luc Ferrari, Iannis Xenakis, and the recently deceased Bernard Parmegiani among its members. In close collaboration with this legendary institution, Recollection GRM issues gems from the GRM archives.
Interestingly, Rehberg, who is heavily inspired by industrial music and has collaborated with many renowned artists including Jim O'Rourke, Christian Fennesz, Matmos, Marcus Schmickler, Russell Haswell, Florian Hecker, Mika Vainio, Zbigniew Karkowski, Z'EV, Keith Rowe, Dennis Cooper, and Sunn O))), still considers himself a non-musician. It is probably exactly this sensitivity and non-conformity of a person who can't play music but does so nonetheless that serves as the basis for the unbound and inspiring musical search he keeps extending through Edtions Mego.
Editions Mego I – Groupe de recherches musicales (INA-GRM)
HAU2, Tue 28.01.2014, 16:00
Lecture by Christian Zanési with pieces by Pierre Schaeffer, Beatriz Ferryera, Philippe Carson, Bernard Parmegiani, Régis Renouard-Larivière, Christian Zanési
Editions Mego II
Kassel Jaeger, Jim O'Rourke (sound diffusion, artist not present), Main
Editions Mego III
Berghain, Tue 28.01.2014, 22:00
Russell Haswell, Yasunao Tone, KTL, Chris Madak (Bee Mask), COH & Tina Frank
Editions Mego IV – EMS / Ideologic Organ
HAU2, Thu 30.01.2014, 20:00
Ákos Rózmann "Images of the Dream and Death", Performed by Mats Lindstrøm
Editions Mego V
HAU1, Fri 31.01.2014, 19:30
Innode, Outer Space
Editions Mego website


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Can there be fur that is actually animal-friendly while not being "faux" and hence made from polyester? The answer is yes, and Swedish fashion brand House of Dagmar has been making beautiful coats and jackets from it for years. Here's how it's done.
House of Dagmar is widely known for their outstanding knitwear, and though they've had the health of people, planet and animals in mind from the start, it's only in more recent years that they've started communicating their commitment towards sustainability.
Except for the organic cotton and vegetable tanned leather that is commonly found in their collections, we'd also like to recognize another ethically and environmentally conscious material, which goes by the name of "animal-friendly fur". We asked Sofia Wallenstam, one of the brand's three founding sisters, to give us some insight to this clever invention.
It's been quite a few years since you launched the first "animal-friendly furs". Tell us about how you came up with the idea and put it into action.
– Since we started the brand, sustainability has been one of our core values. We always search for ways of making the production process better for the animals, people or planet in some way, so when we found a way of producing "animal-friendly fur", it was natural for us to choose that.
How does this method work, and how would you describe the process of sourcing and making the coats and jackets in the collection?
– The process is the same as when you are making a knitted wool garment. The fur is shaved off the animal and sewn on to a cotton fabric – the same process as when you make a wig or a teddy bear. By using this process we are gentle on the environment, as the material is biodegradable and the animals are not harmed in the process. What is also positive is that you get the same warm effect as you would from a conventional fur, which is something you wouldn't get from a faux fur that is usually made from polyester.
Why is "animal-friendly fur" better from an environmental perspective?
– It's a friendlier process for the environment compared to making for example faux fur, which is made from polyester. An "animal-friendly fur" can have a really long life in your wardrobe, since a wool garment keeps its quality and shape for a long time.
Do you think we will see more animal-friendly products in your future collections?
– Definitely. We have quite recently started working more on how to improve our overall footprint, and will incorporate even more sustainable products going forward.
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Advanced bowel cancer patients are losing out on the opportunity to live longer because NHS clinical specialists are not included in treatment decisions and as a result are denied surgery that could extend their life, a survey for our new report, 'Get Personal: Unlocking treatment options for advanced bowel cancer', has found.
This research launches today on World Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Day.
Every year 41,200 people in the UK are diagnosed with bowel cancer, with 10,000 people (23-26%) diagnosed at stage four. Many more people who are diagnosed at an earlier stage progress to stage four. Survival rates for people diagnosed at this stage are poor. Less than one in ten people (8%) with advanced bowel cancer survive for five years or more, compared with more than nine out of ten people (98%) diagnosed with stage 1 bowel cancer.
Advanced bowel cancer, also known as stage four, secondary or metastatic disease, is when the cancer spreads from the bowel to other parts of the body, most commonly the liver or lungs.
Around a fifth of patients with advanced bowel cancer (20%) have liver-only metastases. Clinical guidance recommends referring these patients to a liver specialist. It's important that liver surgeons are consulted because research shows patients treated with chemotherapy alone survive for around six to 22 months, compared to 44-74% of people surviving five years following liver surgery. In addition, patients treated at a hospital with a specialist liver MDT [multidisciplinary team] were also associated with improved survival rates.
Our survey of advanced bowel cancer patients found wide variation in the involvement of specialists in their treatment decisions. A fifth of patients surveyed (21%) with liver metastases did not have a liver specialist involved in their treatment plan, whilst 37% did not have liver surgery.
The survey results echo an earlier study from Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust that show of 53 patients with liver metastases who had not been reviewed by a specialist surgeon and were being treated with palliative chemotherapy, 63% could have had curative liver surgery. Patients with liver metastases that do not have a liver specialist in their multidisciplinary team can lead to patients being denied potentially curative treatment.
Our healthcare systems must take significant proactive steps to ensure people are diagnosed at the earliest stages of bowel cancer when it is more treatable.
Deborah Alsina MBE, Chief Executive of Bowel Cancer UK, says: "The exclusion of specialists in treatment decisions can have devastating consequences for people with advanced bowel cancer. These patients have poor survival rates; less than one in ten people survive for five years or more so they must not be denied access to surgery that could extend their life and in some cases offer hope of a cure. We must do more to transform survival chances for advanced bowel cancer patients and access to specialist surgery is a vital component to ensure lives are not needlessly lost.
What is World Metastatic Colorectal Day?
World Metastatic Colorectal Day is an international day to raise awareness and understanding of advanced bowel cancer.
We've joined forces with Bowel Cancer Australia, Colon Cancer Alliance (US), Fight Colorectal Cancer (US) Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada, Europa Colon and Foundation A.R.CA.D. (France) to increase survival rates, improve quality of life and reduce variation in access to best treatment and care for people living with metastatic colorectal cancer around the world.


Mayumi has been practicing Craniosacral Therapy since 1999, completing Levels 1-4 with Jim Asher, as well as Biodynamic Craniosacral with Tom Shaver DO. She has been practicing Rolfing Structural Integration since receiving her certification in 2001 and Rolf Movement since 2003. More recently Mayumi completed a 2200 hour Massage Therapy program with M.H. Vicars school of Massage Therapy in June of 2016. She is also a Reiki practitioner since 1997, and Reiki teacher since 2004.
Born and raised in Japan. Received BA of Literature from Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. She loves gardening, the ocean, nature, animals and good food.
Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a gentle, non-invasive, whole body evaluation and treatment approach which is an effective method of treatment for problems affecting the cranial-visual system; colic, ear infections, visual and auditory processing problems, strabismus and amblyopia, cerebral palsy, torticollis, autism, a.d.d, seizures.. (See article below) It can be very effective for releasing tension patterns or trauma in the eyes, brain, and body.
"Craniosacral therapy helps people regain the fluid nature in their eyes. In fact, I have measured the eye prescription of patients, given them a craniosacral session, and re-measured their eye prescription and their initial prescription is completely gone. When the compressions are removed and the fluid returns to its' resonate state, our eyes function in a normal, flexible way."
The production and re-absorption of the cerebrospinal fluid causes a rise and fall in the pressure within the membrane system which is transmitted through the soft tissue of the body. This can be felt anywhere on the body and is known as the craniosacral rhythm. The symmetry, quality, amplitude, and rate of this rhythm gives the Craniosacral therapist insight into the proper working of your craniosacral system.
Birth traumas: Breech, C-section, Ptosin-induced birth, forceps, suction, premature birth.
Physical trauma, especially in early life.
Psychological trauma, especially in early life.
For babies, home visits in Craniosacral Therapy is performed while your child sleeps.
View or Program of Craniosacral Therapy & Vision Coaching for Amblyopia "Lazy eye"


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New Literacy Studies: For What It's Worth…
Posted on June 24, 2020 June 28, 2020 by Elizabeth McDonald
By: Dr. Todd Lilly, University of South Carolina
(For what it's worth, this blog is peppered with a few hyperlinks to entertain the reader and to illustrate New Literacy Studies… for what it's worth. Enjoy!)
Here's a scene you might recognize: Everyone is concerned about the mental health of the young prince. The father of his fiancé finds him alone in a room in the castle, absorbed in a book. "What do you read, my lord?" The prince stops reading, flips through his book as if to try to find an answer to this most-important question. Then, as if making an astonishing discovery, he answers: "Words. Words. Words!"
I know what you're thinking: "I'm not an English teacher! What's this got to do with me?" Well… In the context of New Literacy Studies…Plenty. For what it's worth, there was certainly a whole lot more in the prince's book than words, and that should interest all of us.
"private property" by Lost Albatross is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Our house backs up to a popular public recreation area, so our Home Owners' Association (HOA) posted signs: "Private Property/ No Trespassing!"
Many third graders would have no trouble sounding out the words:
"Pr…Pr… Pr as in Pretzel"
"Tr…Tr…Tr… as in Truck"
Hmmmm… I have no idea why the 'ATE' in " PRIVATE" shouldn't be pronounced like "8" or why the 'ei' in "eight" should. What exactly is a 'ə' anyway? "I'm not a reading teacher!" Anyway, that's the gist of old literacy studies.
So, maybe we secondary teachers don't actually know all that much about Old Literacy Studies, but still, we get the idea: If kids know enough rules to sound out words, they can read just about anything we give them, whether it's a social studies text book or Hamlet. It's an autonomous design: Learn to decode and you have power. It's that simple.
Well… actually, no, it's not that simple. And neither are the literacy events and practices we expect students to engage in when they enter our classrooms. That's where New Literacy Studies gets interesting.
About 30 years ago, just about the same time as "You've got mail!" several out-of-the-box smart people from a few English-speaking countries got together and kicked around the idea that literacy was more than decoding, semiotics, and semantics. In the mid-1990s they saw how the rise in popularity of digital technology had the potential to radically change the way people produced and consumed all kinds of texts. They got so excited about this "New" idea that they made plans to meet in a small New England town, New London, New Hampshire, just to talk about it. And they did. They came to be known as "The New London Group." What was their conclusion?
This might be a good time to get up, stretch, visit the bathroom and/or the refrigerator, maybe do a little yoga… Ok, here goes:
They decided that literacy is a social event embedded in a complex web of power-laden social and technological contexts that all revolve around texts and language. (Yes, English teachers; that's what Pygmalion, written a century ago was all about… "Duh!"). Another way of looking at it is that literacy exists by means of some technology (a book, a sign, a billboard…) in a social space between a producer and a consumer. It involves ways of speaking, thinking, acting, and believing, which would mean that one's identity and membership in social groups can and does affect meaning. This mutation from literacy as merely decoding to literacy as a social practice was coined "the social turn."
So there. Move over Gutenberg!
That's pretty much what they could agree upon. I can imagine the discussion got a bit contentious when they started thinking about the definition of "text." Is an embroidery of birds on a pillowcase a text? Seriously, that's an important question in the context of multiliteracies, but we'll save that for another blog.
For now, let's consider the "No Trespassing" sign above as a text. It's not a Falkner novel or a Shakespeare play, "but 'tis enough, 'twill serve."
Someone created the sign, someone nailed it to a tree, and there are indeed people who have come along and read it. The sign successfully transfers an idea from the sign's producer to the consumer: "Keep off OUR property!" The literacy event is accomplished. What more might these New Literacy folks say?
Well…plenty. They would point out that that the posting and reading of the sign was but an event, part of a larger practice that brought together myriad social and power connections. The sign was initially a reaction to a legal context. At our annual HOA meeting, our lawyer noted that if we hadn't posted these signs, we would be liable for any damages incurred by anyone who stepped onto our property. (Don't you just LOVE lawyers?)
There's also, of course, a power dynamic. Who are these potential trespassers? We can only imagine them happening by and reading our message: We own something/ you don't/ you can't have it/ We deserve it/ You don't. Nanananana… "The sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside…Ugh!"
I'm sure y'all noticed the graffiti on the sign, probably a tag, a unique form of literacy that a certain group of people (in this case, graffiti writers) use to identify their work: Loosely translated, it says: "Hey, I'm somebody too!" And am I wrong to deduce a bit of anger and animosity?
If literacy, then, is all about contexts and social memberships, who gets to decide meaning? ELA teachers have heard this refrain before; it's not new.
Student: "Mr. Lilly, I think Robert Frost's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is about Santa Claus."
I can't remember my reply, but now in my current life, I call forth the literacy gurus:
Louise Rosenblatt would have said, "Ok, a reader has a right to make meaning out of otherwise meaningless symbols."
E.D. Hirsch might exclain: "Hogwash! Go ask Frost!"
Michel Foucault would look up from his bath: "Go for it kid 'cuz Robert Frost is dead!"
Here's some song lyrics that were a bit more popular than Frost when I was a kid:
"Paranoia strikes deep. Into your life it will creep. It starts when you're aways afraid. You step out of line, the man come and take you away."
–Stephen Stills
In the words of the great Yogi Berra: "It's like déjà vu all over again." For you youngins ("Ok, Boomer…"), long before Post Malone, Lizzo, Chance, JayZ/ Beyoncé; long before Justin and Taylor, even before Back Street Boyz and still further back before AC/DC there was the Buffalo Springfield. Band member Stephen Stills, in 1967, during the tumultuous years of the Vietnam War and Civil Rights, immortalized these words in his "For What It's Worth" which rocketed to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Ok, what's it about? Vietnam Protests? The Generation Gap? Was it a precursor to NWA? "Words, words, words."
Nope, it was about an event in which riot police confronted a large gathering of young people who came together to protest a curfew in Hollywood, California. But to hundreds of thousands, it represented a division in America, an anti-establishment movement that exists to this day. If you don't recognize the lyrics, I'll bet if you click on the above link, you'll recognize the tune. And if so, is the tune an integral part of the text? (If you actually click on that link, you've officially become involved in New Literacy Studies!)
Ok, that's cool, but here's the kicker: What happens to a text when it becomes older than the generation for which it was written? In the 1990s, about the same time the New London Group met in New Hampshire, the Buffalo Springfield band members (minus Neil Young, of course) all in middle-age, allowed their song to be used in a Miller Beer commercial. What?! An anthem of protest converted into an anthem of capitalism?! "Something's happenin' here. What it is ain't exactly clear…"
Well, actually, it is quite clear. The baton had been passed to a new generation. The context, the setting, the medium, the identities and power dynamics of the producers and consumers had changed from social injustice to quaffing a cold one. If you think about it, it's much like what kids experience when they march from math to social studies to ELA and to lunch, all in the course of a typical morning. Everything changes. Students might read the same word in each class' lesson, ("plot," for example), but it will have a totally different meaning as the bell rings and students march from one class to another. The fact that they can pull this off day after day demonstrates remarkable sophistication. No science teacher is going to accept a lab report written as a rhetorical composition. As soon as students cross the threshold into the science room, they abandon the aesthetics of poetry that defined the day's ELA class and magically conform to the inductive reasoning espoused by Francis Bacon, whoever he was.
Where old school technology goes to die-
Alex Watson, CC.org
Nothing is benign; a literacy event is always at the intersection of competing contexts (identities, histories, cultures, purposes, technologies) that can wax and wane over time. While in the course of a single day, we demand students think like a historian, think like an artist, think like an author, think like a scientist, think like a mathematician, think like a musician; all of which require a different literacy practice.
This past March, those kids were sequestered to rooms in their home "castles" somewhere in the village or in places even Verizon won't go. And at the flip of a switch we were found alone at our laptop at our kitchen table desperately trying to replicate the old literacy practices of a face-to-face classroom and project it onto the new, unseen, unfamiliar contexts of the students' existence. We tapped out words that were meant to convey the same curriculum and the same standards, but we all sensed the inevitable: "Something's happening here/ What it is ain't exactly clear." More than a few of us have been confronted students' equivalent of "No Trespassing/ Keep Out;" maybe not in so many words,
This could be a very long, very hot summer!
Robert Davy "Protest" Licensed through Creative Commons
"What a field-day for the heat. A thousand people in the street. Singing songs and carrying signs. Mostly say, "Hooray for our sign!'…You step out of line, the man come and take you away. It's time we stop, children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down…"
For what it's worth, this New Literacy Studies stuff never gets old.
"It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away" –Shakespeare (Just kidding; it was the Bee Gees, and if that makes a difference to you, welcome to New Literacy Studies!)
Todd Lilly has been a teacher for over 40 years, the majority of which was invested in middle and high school ELA and theater classes in and around Rochester, NY. Over the past 10 years he has served on undergraduate and graduate faculties in Wisconsin and currently at the University of South Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include out-of-school literacy practices and the stories of marginalized, disenfranchised students. He is married to Dr. Catherine Compton-Lilly who holds the John C. Hungerpiller chair in the College of Education, University of South Carolina
Tags: Content Area Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, ELA, Literacy, New Literacies, Research, Teaching and LearningCategories: Research
Elizabeth McDonald holds a Bachelor of Science Secondary Social Studies, Clemson University; Masters in Education, Anderson University and a Masters in Educational Administration, University of South Carolina. She is a Literacy, Language and Culture PhD. Student, Clemson University. If you are interested in writing for LiD6-12, please email hello@literacy6-12.org.


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Untethered
Two weeks after my surgery, I was scheduled to have my catheter removed. There are many celebrations people treasure throughout their lives: birthdays, graduations, weddings, and the birth of their children come to mind. But for a man, there is nothing so glorious, so otherworldly as having a catheter retracted from his schmeckle. Sure, a first kiss is thrilling, a promotion is grand, but the unleashing of one's Johnson tops them all. Trust me, you are spirited to climb the highest tower and sing the opening refrain from Barbra Streisand's hit:
"Free again, back to being free again.
Back to being me again
With all my precious freedom,
My precious, precious freedom."
It makes me misty just thinking about it.
BUT it did not come so easily. On the fateful day, I ran the gauntlet through two horrific procedures. The first was under a fluoroscope at Kadlec Medical Center. The object was to make a movie of my bladder to determine if there was any urine leakage from the surgery. If seepage were detected, I would be required to retain the catheter for two more weeks. Please don't make it so.
I was told the procedure was easy. "A walk in the park," they all said. They lied like a sadistic orthodontist.
I lay on a table with a camera positioned over my bladder, which is not my best side. Then, a perky female technician rolled in an IV pole with a clear quart-size jar of fluid.
I gulped. "What are you going to do with that?" I asked.
Fluoroscope
The answer came from the radiologist who stepped into view. "I'm Dr. Hatchet," he said (not his real name, but close enough). "We're going to stream the liquid into your bladder."
"To see if it leaks?"
"That's correct."
"I see," I said timidly. "And how much fluid are you dumping in?"
Although I can't be sure, I think Dr. Hatchet wiped off a smirk. "Not all of it. Only three hundred milliliters."
Three hundred milliliters! A virtual punchbowl! Before the operation, my average spillage was one third the volume. And now my bladder had even less capacity. "I don't know if I can take that much," I said, my voice beginning to quaver.
The radiologist pursed his lips. "Well, we'll find out, won't we."
What's this "we" business. There was no "we." There was only me, with a tube jammed into Mr. Willie, who clenched at the thought of becoming an aqueduct.
Dr. Hatchet slipped into a booth with a large window that overlooked the fluoroscope, the sinister bottle of fluid, and me—the ham sandwich. He switched on the microphone. "Open the valve," he said to the technician.
I expected a slow trickle. What a dope. Bubbles rushed to the top of the bottle. The liquid gushed from the topsy-turvy tureen and into my bladder.
"Fifty milliliters," Hatchet announced. "Sixty milliliters."
My bladder was aching. Then as the fluid backed up into my kidneys, my lumbar seized.
"Seventy-five milliliters."
Now my gut and back throbbed, then pounded, then hammered. "Everything hurts," I said, my voice a cry for mercy.
"Eighty milliliters," the doctor said. "Breathe."
Don't tell me to breathe, you putz. Breathe this. The pain was a solid nine and heading north. I was huffing hard and fast. People in the waiting room must have thought I was giving birth. "Damn," I said between clenched teeth.
"Okay, hold on. We'll go to one hundred and fifty milliliters. Just keep breathing."
I panted like a heatstroke wolfhound, but it didn't help. At one hundred and twenty-five milliliters, I was howling."
"That's it," Hatchet said. "We're stopping."
The technician immediately backed out the fluid.
"Ohohoh," I said, the word escaping in sputters. The relief eclipsed the most legendary drain of sewage.
"Good news," Hatchet said. "There was no leakage. The catheter can come out this afternoon." The doctor stared at me, his face scrunched as if catching a whiff of something rank. "I'm…well, sorry."
Somehow, "sorry" never sounded so hollow.
Four hours later, I walked into my urologist's examination room. His name is Julio Slongo, a young and amiable physician, born in Brazil and fluent in four languages. We babbled in French until we both realized it was a good idea to switch to English when the subject turned technical.
He's a doctor who dislikes formalities. From our first exchange, we addressed each other by our first names, which is also my preference.
At this meeting, he was happy to hear my bladder had not leaked. "But there's one other thing we have to do before removing the catheter," he said.
My sigh was so heavy my chest caved. "What now?"
"When the catheter comes out, we have to make sure you can still urinate."
"And if I can't?"
He said the awful words. "Then we'll have to keep the catheter in for two more weeks."
"Damn it, I'll piss," I said, roughing up my language for emphasis.
Julio chuckled. "We'll see. I'm going to inject fluid into your bladder."
"Hold on there, cowboy," I said. "That's what the radiologist did. And it hurt like hell."
"I'm sorry, but I can't get around it."
I stared into Julio's brown eyes. "All right," I said. "But just understand my right hand is very close to your crotch. You hurt me, and I'll hurt you."
Julio laughed but not for long. "A hundred and fifty milliliters should do it," he said. "Stand up."
I stood on a small absorbent pad in the middle of the examination room, my pants pooled around my ankles.
Using a syringe, he injected seventy-five milliliters of water into a side-port of the catheter. I could feel the familiar pain building—first in my bladder, then in my right kidney. Then, in violation of all that was holy, he reached for a second syringe and pressed down on the plunger.
"Mother," I thundered, which was not a term of tenderness. Because he was on one knee on the floor. I grabbed him by the shoulder. I'm not sure how hard I squeezed, but it must have caught his attention, because he stopped injecting the fluid.
Then, without warning, he slipped the catheter out of my penis in a single stroke, which was followed by a cascade of clear liquid that puddled the pad and floor.
"I'm sorry," I said.
"Don't worry about it. That's routine."
"Well, not to me."
"Yeah, for you too," Julio said, handing me a plastic container calibrated in milliliters. "All right. Let's see how much you can urinate."
Concentrating on Mr. Willie, I commanded him to piss. Come on, big fella, you can do it. A modest pinkish flow first dribbled, then streamed. It was not a torrent, more like a modest spill, but apparently enough to satisfy Julio.
"Good job," the doctor said. "You made the cut. You're now catheter free. But—"
"There's a 'but'?" I squawked.
Julio's eyes turned darker. "Yes, Allen. If you don't urinate by seven o'clock this evening, you need to go to emergency to have a catheter reinserted."
With jaw jutted and back straightened, I said resolutely, "I will pee."
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Train link for Duisburg
In Zeebrugge, the trains call at the CHZ container terminal, the Britannia dock terminals and the P&O terminal. In Duisburg, they stop at the DeCeTe container terminal, the DUSS combined transportation terminal and the DIT terminal on the west bank of the Rhine. Trains leave Zeebrugge every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and return the next day. There is a connection in Muizen (near Mechelen) with the Channel Tunnel rail link to the UK and the terminals of Daventry and Manchester.
As well as the two ports, the French shipping line CMA CGM and Belgian rail operator Inter Ferry Boats (IFB) are partners in the joint venture project. The trains are operated by Stinnes/Railion and Belgian cargo train company B-Cargo. It is thought that the service will take 300 truck journeys a week off the busy Belgian-German interstate road system, the equivalent of 15,000 journeys every year.
The new service will enhance Duisburg's role as a European gateway. "Cargo from overseas and from the UK shipped via Zeebrugge will be moved from Duisport to 70 European destinations, and will continue its way to southern and eastern Europe," said Erich Staake, CEO of Duisburger Hafen AG.
Baltimore honours Bentley
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Tag Archives: red tape
Florida Medical Cannabis Market Growth Stymied By Red Tape
The demand for medical cannabis in Florida might be growing steadily, with patient numbers soaring, but that doesn't mean the market will grow accordingly. Due to hampering regulations and a lack of state guidance, the industry in Florida is tiny and patients have limited options for medical cannabis products.
A little more than three years ago, Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law, legalizing medical cannabis, but only for terminally ill patients and only for one strain, Charlotte's Web. That stipulated a low-THC, concentrated oil form of cannabis. That bill also set up the licensing framework for what is now an extremely limited market.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has been accused of making the licensing process secretive Photo: Gage Skidmore, Flickr
In November of 2015, the Office of Compassionate Use, now called the Office of Medical Marijuana, issued licenses for five dispensaries. To get a license, applicants needed to meet a variety of absurd requirements. That included being a nursery in business for thirty years, growing a minimum of 400,000 plants at the time of applying, paying $300,000 in fees and a $5 million performance bond.
Fast forward to Election Day last year when voters passed Amendment 2 by a wide margin, amending the state's constitution and legalizing medical cannabis for a broader scope of qualifying conditions. What hasn't changed, however, is the old vertical licensing framework. Critics have dubbed this a "pay-to-play" market, with massive barriers to entry prohibiting small businesses from gaining market access.
David C. Kotler, Esq.
David Kotler, Esq., attorney and partner at CohenKotler P.A., says we shouldn't expect to see a viable market for years as a result of all this red tape. "Honestly the State of Florida, with their limited licenses and odd requirements to qualify for licensure have stunted what could be a good market both for businesses and patients," says Kotler. "It has been an inefficient roll-out and is truly an embarrassment for the state, legislature and the Department of Health." Kotler says he's heard reports of extremely limited product selection, poor quality, as well as no dried flower being offered.
But the patients are pouring in by the thousands- on July 27th, the Office of Medical Marijuana reported 26,968 registered medical patients, with more than 10,000 patients signing up since June 7th. "Despite my belief that it would be a slow roll out, it appears the patient count is picking up," says Kotler. "The elimination of the 90-day doctor-patient relationship will certainly help this." He is referring to the reversal of a waiting period policy, where patients had to wait 90 days before receiving a medical cannabis certification. "But there still seems to be a backup with issuance of cards and poor guidance from the Department of Health leaving many doctors unsure of what they should be doing," says Kotler. The rules and guidelines for physicians participating in the program are still not established, but the Florida Board of Medicine expects to vote on them this week, reports say.
Matt Karnes, founder and managing partner of GreenWave Advisors
With seven licensees right now and a total of ten licensees by October allowed to grow and distribute cannabis products, the question remains if that is enough to satisfy the growing number of patients. According to Matt Karnes, founder and managing partner of GreenWave Advisors, the state is adjusting by adding more licensees and allowing them to operate more dispensaries, potentially trying to sate that demand. "Both of these amendments will likely serve as a catalyst for revenue growth but could be tempered by a lack of physician participation (as we have seen in other states) in the medical marijuana program," says Karnes. "For every incremental 100,000 patients who register in the Medical Marijuana program, four more licenses will be issued and existing licensees will be allowed to open another four dispensaries (current cap is 25). We do not expect an incremental 100,000 patients until sometime in 2021." His firm's market projections account for those increases and edibles now being sold, but still no dry flower allowed. They project total sales figures in the state to reach $712 million by 2021.
Those figures are contingent on the increase in registered patients and more licensees. If Florida's vertical licensing model remains, it's quite possible the state will see a cannabis shortage, much like Nevada during their opening month of adult use sales. "Instead of learning from so many states before it, Florida forged a path down the rabbit hole that may limit Florida's potential until either a legislative change or a backlash at the polls in the form of an amendment bringing forth adult use," says Kotler. In New York, that vertical licensing model arguably created a monopoly, with only a select few businesses controlling the entire market. That doesn't foster market growth; it hurts quality, keeps prices high and prevents real competition. "We see how that worked out for New York," says Kotler. "We cling to that despite what could be a large patient base with the potential to service tourists who wish to have reciprocity."
Florida's market could be a powerhouse for the state, with the potential to generate millions in tax revenue, create thousands of jobs and actually help patients get the medicine they need. But until the state ditches their conservative, closed-door approach, we won't see the industry truly flourish. .


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Anthony Howard "Tony" Sneazwell (* 4. Oktober 1942 in Melbourne) ist ein ehemaliger australischer Hochspringer.

Bei den British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 in Perth wurde er Siebter, und bei den Olympischen Spielen 1964 in Tokio kam er auf den 13. Platz.

1968 schied er bei den Olympischen Spielen in Mexiko-Stadt in der Qualifikation aus.

1963, 1964 und 1968 wurde er Australischer Meister, 1963 mit seiner persönlichen Bestleistung von 2,20 m Japanischer Meister und 1973 Englischer Hallenmeister.

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Hochspringer (Australien)
Olympiateilnehmer (Australien)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1964
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1968
Australischer Meister (Leichtathletik)
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	AbstractContainer createAbstractContainer();

	/**
	 * Returns the package supported by this factory.
	 *
	 *
	 * @return the package supported by this factory.
	 * @generated
	 */
	AbstractconstructsPackage getAbstractconstructsPackage();

} //AbstractconstructsFactory


text:
<?php
/**
  * wechat php test
  */

//define your token
define("TOKEN", "moneyhell");
$wechatObj = new wechatCallbackapiTest();
$wechatObj->valid();

class wechatCallbackapiTest
{
	public function valid()
    {
        $echoStr = $_GET["echostr"];

        //valid signature , option
        if($this->checkSignature()){
        	echo $echoStr;
        	exit;
        }
    }

    public function responseMsg()
    {
		//get post data, May be due to the different environments
		$postStr = $GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"];

      	//extract post data
		if (!empty($postStr)){
                /* libxml_disable_entity_loader is to prevent XML eXternal Entity Injection,
                   the best way is to check the validity of xml by yourself */
                libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
              	$postObj = simplexml_load_string($postStr, 'SimpleXMLElement', LIBXML_NOCDATA);
                $fromUsername = $postObj->FromUserName;
                $toUsername = $postObj->ToUserName;
                $keyword = trim($postObj->Content);
                $time = time();
                $textTpl = "<xml>
							<ToUserName><![CDATA[%s]]></ToUserName>
							<FromUserName><![CDATA[%s]]></FromUserName>
							<CreateTime>%s</CreateTime>
							<MsgType><![CDATA[%s]]></MsgType>
							<Content><![CDATA[%s]]></Content>
							<FuncFlag>0</FuncFlag>
							</xml>";
				if(!empty( $keyword ))
                {
              		$msgType = "text";
                	$contentStr = "功能紧张开发中!";
                	$resultStr = sprintf($textTpl, $fromUsername, $toUsername, $time, $msgType, $contentStr);
                	echo $resultStr;
                }else{
                	echo "Input something...";
                }

        }else {
        	echo "";
        	exit;
        }
    }

	private function checkSignature()
	{
        // you must define TOKEN by yourself
        if (!defined("TOKEN")) {
            throw new Exception('TOKEN is not defined!');
        }

        $signature = $_GET["signature"];
        $timestamp = $_GET["timestamp"];
        $nonce = $_GET["nonce"];

		$token = TOKEN;
		$tmpArr = array($token, $timestamp, $nonce);
        // use SORT_STRING rule
		sort($tmpArr, SORT_STRING);
		$tmpStr = implode( $tmpArr );
		$tmpStr = sha1( $tmpStr );

		if( $tmpStr == $signature ){
			return true;
		}else{
			return false;
		}
	}
}

?>


Gorenje Group is one of the leading European home appliance manufacturers with a history spanning more than 60 years. Their global presence is built on two brands: Gorenje, which includes the entire range of home products of the upper-mid price range, and Asko, which is positioned as a global premium brand. Technologically perfected, superiorly designed and energy-efficient home appliances elevate the quality of living for the users of our products in ninety countries around the world.
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