Mata, S.A., Corsetti, C.L., Corsetti, F.A., Awramik, S.M., and Bottjer, D.J., in press. Early Cambrian sea anemone burrows from the upper member of the Wood Canyon Formation, Death Valley region, United States: Implications for infaunal ecospace utilization. Palaios.
Sweet, S.S. and Awramik, S.M., in press. The continuing myth of creationism and intelligent design. In: V. Geist and E. Pianka (Eds.), "Evolution; Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia," Gale Publishers, Michigan.
Igisu, M., Ueno, Y., Shimojima, M., Nakashima, S., Awramik, S.M., and Maruyama, S., 2011. Micro-FTIR spectroscopic imaging of ~1900 Ma stromatolitic chert. In: V.Tewari and J.Seckbach (Eds.), Stromatolites: Interactions of Microbes with Sediments. Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, pp. 445-461.
Yin Chongyu, Liu Pengju, Awramik, S.M., Chan Shouming, Tang Feng, Gao Linzhi, Wang Ziqiang, Riedman, L.A., 2011. Acanthomorph biostratigraphic succession of the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in the East Yangtze Gorges, South China. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 85: 283-295.
Storrie-Lombardi, M.C., Awramik, S.M., and Nesson, J., 2009. 3D characterization of stromatolites and the emergence of complexity. Proc. SPIE, 709711:1-11.
Igisu, M., Ueno, Y., Shimojima, S., Awramik, S.M., Ohta, H., and Maruyama, S.M., 2009. Micro-FTIR spectroscopic signatures of bacterial lipids in Proterozoic microfossils. Precambrian Research, 173: 19-26.
Lamb, D.M., Awramik, S.M., Chapman, D.J., and Zhu, S., 2009. Evidence for eukaryotic diversification in the ~1800 million-year-old Changzhougou Formation, North China. Precambrian Research, 173: 93-104.
Awramik, S.M. and Buchheim, H.P., 2009. A giant, Late Archean lake system: The Meentheena Member (Tumbiana Formation; Fortescue Group), Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 174: 215-240.
Tang, F., Song, X., Yin, C., Liu, P., Awramik, S.M., Wang, Z., and Gao, L., 2007. Discoveries of Longfengshaniaceans from the uppermost Ediacaran (Sinian) in eastern Yunnan, South China and significance. Acta Geologica Sinica, 80: 1643-1649 (in Chinese).
Tang, F., Song, X., Yin, C., Liu, P., Awramik, S.M., Wang, Z., and Gao, L., 2007. Discoveries of new Longfengshaniaceae from the uppermost Ediacaran in eastern Yunnan, South China and the significance. Frontiers of Earth Science, 1: 142-149.
Lamb, D.M., Awramik, S.M., and Zhu, S., 2007. Paleoproterozoic compression-like structures from the Changzhougou Formationm China: Eukaryotes or clasts? Precambrian Research, 154: 236-247.
Awramik, S.M. and McNamara, K.J., 2007. The Geological Time Scale. In: Sullivan, W. and Baross, J., Eds., Planets and Life: The Emerging Field of Astrobiology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Appendix C, pp. 566-568.
Awramik, S.M. and McNamara, K.J., 2007. The evolution and diversification of life. In: Sullivan, W. and Baross, J., Eds., Planets and Life: The Emerging Field of Astrobiology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 313-334.
Corsetti, F.A., Shapiro, R.S., and Awramik, S.M., 2002. Proterozoic-Cambrian of the southern Death Valley region: Microbialites, carbonate depositional environments, and Neoproterozoic glacial strata. In: F.A Corsetti, (Ed.), Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond. Pacific Section of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 93:1-20.
Xu, Z.L. and Awramik, S.M., 2002. Gaoyuzhuang Paleobiology. Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(5):617-627.
Xu, Z.L. and Awramik, S.M., 2001. New microorganisms from the Gaoyuzhuang Formation of northern Taihang Mountains, China. Acta Botanica Sinica, 43(3):295-311.
Riding, R.E. and Awramik, S.M., Editors, 2000. Microbial Sediments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 331 p.
Corsetti, F.A., Awramik, S.M., Pierce, D., and Kaufman, A.J., 2000. Using chemostratigraphy to correlate and calibrate unconformities in Neoproterozoic strata from the southern Great Basin, USA. International Geology Review, 42(6):516-533.
Awramik, S.M., Corsetti, F.A., and Shapiro, R.S., 2000. Stromatolites and the pre-Phanerozoic to Cambrian history of the area southeast of Death Valley. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly, 47(2):65-74.
Awramik, S.M., Buchheim, H.P., Leggitt, L., and Woo, K.S., 2000. Oncoids of the Late Pleistocene Manix Formation, Mojave Desert region, California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly, 47(2):25-31.
Awramik, S.M. and Sprinkle, J., 1999. Proterozoic stromatolites: The first marine evolutionary biota. Historical Biology, 13:241-253.
Humphreys, W. F., Awramik, S. M., and Jebb, M. H. P., 1995. Freshwater biogenic tufa dams in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Royal Society of Western Australia, 78:43-54.
Awramik, S. M., Corsetti, F. A., and Shapiro, R. S., 1994. Pre-Symposium Excursion: Death Valley Region. Field Trip Guidebook for the Death Valley International Stromatolite Symposium, Laughlin, NV, p. 1 – 42.
Awramik, S. M., Editor, 1994. Death Valley International Stromatolite Symposium, Laughlin, NV, p. 1 – 98.
McNamara, K. J. and Awramik, S. M., 1994. Stromatolites: A key to understanding the early evolution of life. Science Progress, 76:345-364, 1992 (published 1994).
Bertrand-Sarfati, J. and Awramik, S. M., 1992. The Mescal stromatolites (Apache Group, Middle Proterozoic, central Arizona): Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and paleoenvironments. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 104:1138-1155.
Awramik, S. M., 1992. The history and significance of stromatolites. In: M. Schidlowski, et al. (Eds.), Early Organic Evolution: Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 435-449.
Valentine, J. W., Awramik, S. M., Signor, P. W., and Sadler, P. M., 1991. The biological explosion at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. Evolutionary Biology, 25:279-356.
Riding, R., Awramik, S. M., Winsborough, B. M., Griffin, K. M., and Dill, R. F., 1991. Bahamian giant stromatolites: Microbial composition of surface mats. Geological Magazine, 128: 227-234.
Awramik, S. M., 1991. Archaean and Proterozoic stromatolites. In: R. Riding (Ed.), Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 289-304.
Griffin, K. M. and Awramik, S. M., 1990. Giant Bahamian stromatolites: A modern analog for what? In: J. E. Mylroie (Ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas. CCFL Publication, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, 99:169-175.
Awramik, S. M., 1990. Stromatolites. In: D. E. G. Briggs and P. R. Crowther (Eds.), Palaeobiology: A Synthesis. Blackwell, Oxford, p. 336-341.
Awramik, S. M., 1989. Earth's earliest fossil record: Why not look for similar fossils on Mars. In: C. P. McKay and W. L. Davis (Eds.), Exobiology and Future Mars Missions. NASA Conference Publications, 10027:4-5.
Margulis, L., Lopez Baluja, L., and Awramik, S. M., 1986. Community living long before man: Fossil and living microbial mats and early life. Science of the Total Environment, 56:379-397.
Vanyo, J. P., Hutchinson, R. A., and Awramik, S. M., 1986. Heliotropism in microbial stromatolitic growths at Yellowstone National Park: geophysical inferences. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 67: 153,155-156.
Awramik, S. M, 1985. Precambrian evolution and the rock record. In: D. Sagan (Ed.), The Global Sulfur Cycle. NASA Technical Memoir, 87570, p. 5-8.
Awramik, S. M. and Valentine, J. W., 1985. Adaptive aspects of the origin of eukaryotes. In: B. H. Tiffney (Ed.), Geological Factors and the Evolution of Plants. Yale Press, New Haven, p. 11-21.
Awramik, S. M., 1984. Ancient stromatolites and microbial mats. In: Y. Cohen, R. W. Castenholz, and H. O. Halvorson (Eds.), Microbial Mats: Stromatolites. A. R. Liss, N.Y., p. 1-21.
Knoll, A. H. and Awramik, S. M., 1984. Ancient microbial ecosystems. In: W. E. Krumbein (Ed.), Microbial Geochemistry. Blackwell, Oxford, p. 287-315.
Awramik, S. M., 1982. The origins and early evolution of life. In: D. G. Smith (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 349-362.
Awramik, S. M., 1982. The pre-Phanerozoic fossil record. In: H. D. Holland and M. Schidlowski (Eds.), Mineral Deposits and the Evolution of the Biosphere. Dahlem Konferenzen, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 67-82.
Awramik, S. M., 1982. Biogeochemical evolution of the ocean-atmosphere system. State of the Art Report. In: H. D. Holland and M. Schidlowski (Eds.), Mineral Deposits and the Evolution of the Biosphere. Dahlem Konferenzen, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 309-320.
Knoll, A. H., Blick, N., and Awramik, S. M., 1981. Stratigraphic and ecologic implications of late Precambrian microfossils from Utah. American Journal of Science, 281:247-263.
Awramik, S. M., 1981. The pre-Phanerozoic biosphere - three billion years of crises and opportunities. In: M. H. (Ed.), Biotic Crises in Ecological and Evolutionary Time. Academic Press, N.Y., pp. 83-102.
Awramik, S. M., 1980. Blue-green algal cell degradation and the pre-Phanerozoic fossil record. International Precambrian Geology, Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, (1): 31-33 (in Chinese).
Awramik, S. M., 1980. Stromatolites and blue-green algae. International Precambrian Geology, Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, (1): 29-31 (in Chinese).
Awramik, S. M., 1980. Cyanobacteria and the fossil record. International Precambrian Geology, Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, (1): 27-29 (in Chinese).
Awramik, S. M., 1979, Editor. Stromatolite Newsletter, No. 7, 66 pp.
Semikhatov, M. A., Gebelein C. D., Cloud, P., Awramik, S. M., and Benmore, W. C. 1979. Stromatolite morphogenesis--progress and problems. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 16(5):992-1015.
Awramik, S. M. and Semikhatov, M. A. 1979. The relationship between morphology, microstructure and microbiota in Gunflint stromatolites. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 16(3):484-495.
Awramik, S. M. and Barghoorn, E. S. 1978. Bibliography of Precambrian paleontology and paleobiology. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard Univ., 26(2-4):65-175.
Awramik, S. M., 1978, Editor, Stromatolite Newsletter, No. 6, 73 pp.
Awramik, S. M., 1978. Stromatolites with coccoid and filamentous blue-green algae of Messinian age from site 374--Ionian Abyssal Plain. In: Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, K. Hsu, L. Montadert, et al., (Eds.), Washington, D.C., 42(1):665-668.
Link, M. H., Osborne, R. H., and Awramik, S. M., 1978. Lacustrine stromatolites and associated sediments of the Pliocene Ridge Route Formation, Ridge Basin, California. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 48:143-158.
Awramik, S. M., Gebelein, C. D., and Cloud, P. 1978. Biogeologic relationships of ancient stromatolites and modern analogs. In: Environmental Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology, W. E. Krumbein (Ed.), Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1:165-178.
Awramik, S. M., 1977. Paleophycology. Review of Fossil Algae, Erik Flugel (Ed.). Science, 197:1072.
Link, M. H., Osborne, R. H., and Awramik, S. M. 1977. Lacustrine stromatolites, Pliocene Ridge Basin, California. In: Geological Guidebook to the Ridge Basin. South Coast Geological Society, Tustin, Calif., p. 24-27.
Awramik, S. M. Stromatolite Newsletter. No. 5, 76 pp.
Awramik, S. M., Hofmann H. J. and Raaben, M. E. 1976. Bibliography. In: Stromatolites, M. R. Walter (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 705-772.
Awramik, S. M, 1976. Selective subject index to the bibliography. In: Stromatolites, M. R. Walter (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 697-704.
Awramik, S. M., Margulis L. and Barghoorn, E. S. 1976. Evolutionary processes in the formation of stromatolites. In: Stromatolites, M. R. Walter (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 149-162.
Awramik, S. M., 1976. Gunflint stromatolites: microfossil distribution in relation to stromatolite morphology. In: Stromatolites, M. R. Walter (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 311-320.
Awramik, S. M., Logan, B. W.. MacGregor, A. R Playford, P. E.. Rezak, R Von der Borch, C. C. and Walter, M. R. 1975. Conservation of Hamelin Pool, Western Australia. Department of Environmental Protection Publication, Western Australia, 21 pp.


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Slice that pie: how to split equity in a startup
Back in 2004, in a far, far galaxy, when I was obsessed with the idea of Targetprocess, I started assembling a founding team. Obviously, there was no money in the game, so everyone had to work evenings and weekends for free—well, for a share in a successful product in an unlikely future.
The founding team consisted of five people at first. One person made off real quick without doing anything. And so there were four of us in the founding team. Since there was no money, only a share, we needed a mechanism for an equity split.
It was clear that static equity allocation won't work. The thing is, we had a pure and beautiful idea elaborated to a certain degree—and not a single line of code. In such a situation, if the founding team agrees to divide the startup equally, there's a possibility that John won't do a %*ck, and Mary and Jake would need to grub as if damned—for an equal founder equity share. Not fair.
Seriously though, fairness is the best foundation for the castle of your future company, regardless of how you're going to split the equity.
In the case of our startup, the only resource we've invested in the product was our precious time. This was the reason I thought we needed to tie founder shares to the time spent. Almost all of us were working for outsourcing companies back then, and time tracking became a habit; it seemed very natural. And so we measured our equity depending on time spent for the new company.
The general point here, however, is that the founder shares in a company are dynamic and change over time. Here's a simple example:
Michael spends 40 hours on the startup in April;
Mary spends 30 hours;
Jake spends 30 hours;
John spends 0 hours.
At the end of April, Michael has 40% of the founder shares, and John has 0% equity compensation. We rated an hour of work of each startup founder the same, and our calculations were real simple.
For a very long time, this deal for equity split was merely our verbal agreement based on mutual trust. The mechanism of splitting equity wasn't cast in stone (or paper for that matter), so it all had zero legal force.
Mutual trust is the second cornerstone of your future company after fairness. Trust is very, very important for a good equity conversation.
The dynamic share model is the only correct way for a startup to split the equity pie. I must admit, in our startup team, it was overly simplified. Ideally, when a CEO or an employee is not paid a fixed salary, we need to take into account all the benefits they bring to a startup—and translate it into their share. Now, even in an early stage startup, a person can benefit a company in many ways: by investing their time, money, ideas, and connections. Time and money are the easiest to estimate. With ideas and connections, valuation gets more sophisticated.
Another tricky part with dynamic equity ownership is this: When the hell do they become static for every co founder? In our case, there was a rather complex mechanism. After working on the project for a year and a half, it turned out I had somewhere around 45%, the rest had 10–20% each. Our chickens looked like they would hatch anytime now, and so we wanted to count them asap.
We decided that, since everyone performs an almost full-time job at the company, over several years, the shares will level out and become more or less the same for each co-founder. Now I do think this is an unnecessary complication. We could as well just leave the time tracking and live like this for another two years. This would have balanced the shares, too, but by a much fairer mechanism.
So what's the point of this whole story? It turns out there's a book describing how to split startup equity in a much more systematic and in-depth way. Check it out on Goodreads.
Here is this book
The book isn't particularly well-written, but it provides a genuinely good equity model split. If you are too lazy to read the whole thing, you can check out this keynote. I truly believe every company founder should know this model. In the book, the dynamic shares are thought through much better than we did at Targetprocess, considering individual skills, money investments, founders leaving midway, and much more. For instance, Slicing pie very clearly spells out when the shares must stop being dynamic—when the virtual value of the company has reached $ 1M. So if there are five founders and each has a virtual salary of $ 50K a year, it's in four years. Depending on where you work, you can stop the dynamic model at $ 0.5M or whatever is realistic.
What's more? It's great to keep in mind that for a very long time, your startup equity pie is worth almost nothing. And that's why fairness is better than greed.
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Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks
The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems
Karl Flinders
Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly
Insurance companies are set to be the next wave of financial firms to accelerate their digital transformation but, like retail banks before them, they face an old foe.
The hurdles insurers face result from the decades-old legacy IT systems they use, mainly Cobol-based, according to the latest report from Genpact's research arm.
The report found that 68% of insurance companies see legacy systems as the biggest obstacle to digital transformation.
Retail banks had, and still have, the same problem, but are further along their digital journey. The nature of retail banking, involving daily interaction with customers, made it impossible to ignore customer demands for user-friendly services, but insurers have been slower to adopt these technologies.
In retail banking today, fintech is a term used throughout financial reports, and no bank worth its salt is without a fintech plan. There are now retail banks that call themselves fintech firms first and foremost, while traditional banks are investing heavily in developing modern, customer-friendly digital services themselves, acquiring fintechs, or financing their development.
The UK fintech sector aims to create 100,000 jobs and $8bn of investment by 2020, according to Innovate Finance, the fintech trade body part-funded by the City of London Corporation and the government-backed British Business Bank.
This appears to make perfect business sense because there is an appetite for technology among customers. The findings of the recent EY study of more than 10,000 digitally active consumers globally found that about 3,000 had used fintech. Among fintech users, 25.2% of 25 to 34-year-olds used two or more fintech services, and this figure is expected to reach 47.8% in the foreseeable future, said EY.
Now insurers are joining the party. According to recent research by analyst house Gartner, 64% of the world's biggest insurance companies have invested in what it describes as "insurtechs".
Read more about digital transformation in the insurance industry
Like the big banks, traditional insurance companies are increasingly working with technology startups focused on their sector, but need to do more to remain competitive.
The UK insurance industry is making a priority of big data to make more personalised customer offers in 2016, research reveals.
Wearable and other smart technologies are set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years.
Most insurance companies do not have big data strategies despite the industry's reliance on access to accurate data.
The insurance industry could be transformed through digital technology, with endless possibilities to engage with customers regularly and sell more policies. Wearable technology can be used in health insurance, with fitness bands monitoring policyholders' health, while vehicle insurers can embed devices in cars to reward drivers for safe driving.
But this requires systems that are linked from the front, through the middle to the back offices and Genpact's research showed that 68% of insurance companies see legacy systems as a barrier to this.
Separate research by software quality company Cast that covered 250 applications from 38 organisations in eight countries, involving 174 million lines of code, found that 69% of insurers run legacy Cobol applications.
The report said insurance companies continue to use these applications, which were originally built in the 1970s and 1980s.
"It seems these systems are never really retired, but are run off," said William McCarter, vice-president, insurance solutions group at CGI. "Because insurance policies on the life insurance side of the industry can be greater than 20 years in term, the systems are preserved to process older policies.
"Insurers are aware that their legacy environments are more costly to operate and maintain than modern systems. However, much of the data stored in these systems is difficult to analyse and migrate to newer environments due to the attrition of staff with knowledge of the legacy systems and data structures of many releases of the software. Migration is costly."
Scott McConnell, global leader insurance at Genpact, said the insurance industry needs to move beyond just fixing legacy systems. "This remains a critical concern; however, process transformation through the front, middle, and back office is what drives a superior customer experience and sets up a company for growth. Insurers must also take note where channels struggle most, and support the agent network and other indirect channels with resources to enable transformation of the end-to-end customer experience."
Genpact revealed that the other barriers to digital success are lack of talent (64%), budgets (63%), change management (60%) and risk aversion (58%). Other factors were a lack of corporate vision (45%), inability to work across silos (50%) and cyber security (51%).
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Very interesting, as technology is evolving and developing so rapidly now companies need to keep up to provide effective business services in person and online, but it is clearly difficult with migration from antiquated systems. In this situation BI projects and even advice from a BI consultancy would be helpful to find the best way and systems to initiate this transition.


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Home Politics Is Eleka Still in Doubt?
Is Eleka Still in Doubt?
Penultimate week, the Court of Appeal, Abuja, dismissed a petition by the candidate of the PDP in the Ekiti State governorship election, Professor Olusola Kolapo, challenging the emergence of Dr. Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election. A three-member panel of the court, led by Steven Adah, ruled that the January 28 decision of the election tribunal, which had first affirmed Fayemi's election, was meritorious and therefore dismissed Kolapo's appeal for lack of merit.
With the Appellate decision, Eleka and his party have also lost all the seats in contention, leaving the PDP more devastated than it was before the Appeal. But the truth is that the Ekiti governorship election was though not perfect as is the case with every election, it however conveniently passed the minimum test of a free, fair and credible election. This is why the Ekiti matter is in no way comparable to the robbery that typified the Osun election, which held a couple of months after it.
Indeed, it would only take a criminal judiciary to pass the heist in Osun. But for the Ekiti election, it appears more like a no-case scenario and the earlier Eleka and the PDP realise this and move on without wasting further resources at the Supreme Court, the better for them. The Ekiti election was a clean, modest win and could stand judicial scrutiny.
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Q: How to include FJCore into existing project? I thought it would be as easy as creating a new folder, copy-pasting source tree into it and referencing the lib from a source file. But the copied files do not show up under the new folder in Solution Explorer sidebar. Obviously there is more than that.
What do I need to do to make this work?

A: You need to click on the "Show All Files" in the Solution explorer toolbar, and then right click on the folders/files and select "Include in project".

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Budget Cuts Could Lead to More Physician Shortages
The American College of Physicians told leaders of the House of Representatives that lawmakers must continue on a path towards reversing the shortage of physicians that will lead to higher healthcare spending, poorer outcomes, and long waits for appointments.
This article was originally posted on HCPLive.com.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) told leaders of the House of Representatives last week that ACP understands the serious financial constraints on the federal budget at this time and supports bipartisan efforts to reduce funding for discretionary programs that do not achieve sufficient value.
But the ACP made it clear that it firmly believes that Congress must continue on a path towards reversing an unprecedented shortage of primary care physicians in this country, the organization said in a statement. If uncorrected, the primary care shortage will lead to higher healthcare spending, poorer outcomes, and long waits for appointments. ACP's letter was in response to the Continuing Resolution (CR), H.R. 1, which was introduced in the House on Feb. 11.
"The United States is facing a growing shortage of physicians in key specialties, most notably in general internal medicine and family medicine -- the specialties that provide primary care to most adult and adolescent patients," J. Fred Ralston Jr., president of ACP said in a three-page letter. "Research also shows that investments in primary care are essential to achieving a highly performing, efficient, and effective healthcare system: over 100 annotated research studies show that the availability of primary care physicians in a community is positively associated with better outcomes and lowers costs of care." ACP's letter was intended to provide initial constructive feedback on specific provisions of the CR.
Section 747 under Title VII, Training in Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, General Pediatrics, and Physician Assistantship program is currently the only federal support for primary care training and education. Institutions are provided grants to plan, develop, or operate accredited professional training programs, including residency or internship programs in primary care specialties for medical students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians. This grant program has been the most important federal intervention to help build and maintain the primary care medical and dental training infrastructure in this country.
While the proposed reduction of $145 million in health professions funding is not prescriptive in targeting Title VII but included in a combined cut in total spending in health professions funding, ACP strongly urged House leaders to forego these reductions that will undoubtedly hinder efforts to improve the primary care workforce.
H.R. 1 also eliminates $141.925 million in discretionary funding for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) while maintaining $290 million in mandatory funding for the program. This reduction in discretionary funding would eliminate over 2,365 health professionals from receiving funding. NHSC is widely recognized as a success on many fronts, resulting in improved access to health care for the growing numbers of underserved Americans, providing incentives for practitioners to enter primary care, reducing the financial burden that health professions education places on new practitioners, and ensuring access to health professions education for students from all backgrounds.
The CR cuts funding by $1 billion from fiscal year 2010 enacted levels, meaning already-established Community Health Centers will lose the capacity to serve 3.3 million current patients in the next few months and over 11 million patients over the next year.
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In studying Mesopotamian literature and religion we can gain an insight into how ancient peoples imagined the world and coped with themes that are still relevant today: mortality and immortality, good and bad luck, order and chaos, and the unpredictability of the future. Mesopotamian literature is infused with the divine.
"Mesopotamian religion has been of interest to biblical scholars since the discovery in 1872 by George Smith of a flood story in an Assyrian tablet. This proved that non-biblical ancient Near Eastern documents contained material directly pertinent to the Bible.
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Religion and Politics Rule Mesopotamia. Religion was often one aspect that forged a common bond among the members of a Mesopotamian city-state. Naturally, religion became closely linked with politics. Ancient Mesopotamian civilization was situated in the Fertile Crescent, where the countries of Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria now lie. It was first settled by humans during the Paleolithic era, and within thousands of years became home to some of the world's first formal civilizations and cities formed by the Sumerian people, who controlled most of the region. lot about Mesopotamian culture and their religion, but what exactly?
Each Mesopotamian city, whether Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian or Assyrian, had its own patron god or goddess. While Mesopotamian religion had almost completely died out by approximately 400–500 CE after its indigenous adherents had largely become Assyrian Christians, it has still had an influence on the modern world, predominantly because many biblical stories that are today found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandaeism were possibly based upon earlier Mesopotamian myths, in particular that of Se hela listan på historyly.com In the world today, the religious leaders such as priests do not cure diseases as we now have a specific job for that kind of duty, known as doctors.
In Mesopotamian society people had many different roles. This created a vibrant civilization. How does religion and gender influence life today? (5 minutes).
Beställningsvara. The Christian minority in Mesopotamia has been exposed to outright religious we call Western civilisation, which arose in Mesopotamia, now Iraq and under ONE Country (Motherland) ONE Language ONE Religion ONE Culture ONE We are all Mesopotamians. Mesopotamia is the name of our country and does not refer more or less to one or Now it is time to put that trust in to each other.
Organized religion had its beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia (in what is now modern Iraq) and in Egypt more than five thousand years ago. The religious systems in these areas blended political with spiritual elements in a type of government known as a theocracy, or rule by divine guidance. Today, major decisions are made by your country's leader, depending on who that is. For example, New Zealand has a Prime Minister called John Key. He makes the major decisions for our country. They get to their position by election of the public, which has changed a lot since Ancient Mesopotamia, seeing as the Gods elected the King. Mesopotamian religion refers to the religious beliefs and practices of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia, particularly Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia between circa 3500 BC and 400 AD, after which they largely gave way to Syriac Christianity.
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Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic, worshipping over 2,100 different deities, many of which were associated with a specific state within Mesopotamia, such as Sumer, Akkad, Assyria or Babylonia, or a specific Mesopotamian city, such as; (Ashur), Nineveh, Ur, Nippur, Arbela, Harran, Uruk, Ebla, Kish, Eridu, Isin, Larsa, Sippar, Gasur, Ekallatum, Til Barsip, Mari, Adab, Eshnunna and Babylon.
Each Mesopotamian city, whether Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian or Assyrian, had its own patron god or goddess. While Mesopotamian religion had almost completely died out by approximately 400–500 CE after its indigenous adherents had largely become Assyrian Christians, it has still had an influence on the modern world, predominantly because many biblical stories that are today found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Mandaeism were possibly based upon earlier Mesopotamian myths, in particular that of Se hela listan på historyly.com In the world today, the religious leaders such as priests do not cure diseases as we now have a specific job for that kind of duty, known as doctors. Ways in which religion impacted on the lives of the people. Mesopotamia Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia. Shown are Washukanni, Nineveh, Hatra, Assur, Nuzi, Palmyra, Mari, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Nippur, Isin, Lagash, Uruk, Charax Spasinu and Ur, from north to south. A modern satellite view of Mesopotamia (October 2020). Mesopotamia is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of In Mesopotamia, there were many religions.
Mesopotamia Map showing the extent of Mesopotamia.


Soak in the the sunny weather, sip refreshing cocktails and watch Venezuelan artist David Foot create lively paintings!
Considering that stand-up comedy is one of my favorite things in NYC, it is kind of astounding that I have never been to Carolines.
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Looking for an NYC drinking experience to talk about? Experience the new Bubbles at Bar 54 at the Hyatt Times Square.
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In this moment I am going to ask you to consider defining something quite similar, to your own teeth, what is your definition of within? Even if you have never experienced sitting in the silence listening to your own monkey mind chatter away until he tires of being ignored, imagine what it is like to effortlessly go into the deepest part of yourself—as if you are an explorer descending into the crags and crevices of some damp cave—and listen to what you hear.
Here in the silence, you are a monk in training, learning how to sit, how to drop away the artifice of outside distractions. At first, you drop into racing mind telling tall and wild tales about no time to do this, about to do lists, about how silly it is to sit like this expecting something different yet not knowing or even believing that going within will do you any good.
And yet you persist. After time and the letting go of all time, there comes a moment of within that is unlike anything you have ever experienced before. Your senses come alive as if you can not only hear but taste, smell and feel this golden silence.
Realizing that whatever is happening cannot be happening, you come back to striving to still yourself. The temptress of the outer world whispers and you go about answering her siren call. Still something inside of you has been triggered. Perhaps it is the deepest yearning for truth, your own and others.
Soon, coming back to silence takes on new meaning and you begin to long to for these sacred seconds, where you can drop both yourself and the outer realm. Before long, you have forgotten what is was like to be without the within.
And now I ask you to define within?
Is it possible that what is going in the US and around the world is that everyone has been captured and enraptured by their own shadow psyche? Consider what our entire world would be like if you, me and each person were aware of when we were thinking, talking or acting from shadow?
What is this shadow? None other than the summation of everything you and I try to hide, repress or deny. If I don't know why my first guttural instinct to something is to react as if my very life depended upon my striking the first blow, whether verbally or physically, then we are stuck in a reptilian way of thinking, operating from the shadow that says react at all cost to protect me, for I may die if you do not.
What is our alternative? We must now dive into the deep recesses of both our psyche and our bodies to search out—as if we are hunting buried treasure, for we are—where the pain is that will cause us to lash out, to see difference where there is no difference.
How can we quantify each other by skin color, sexual orientation, gender or religious persuasion? We each bleed the same red blood, breathe the same breath as did Jesus, Mohammed, Moses, Krishna, Buddha, Quan Yin, Mary, Shiva or Parvati.
Is it possible to move beyond whatever happened to us as children, to leap light years beyond the messages we received all our life, that leave us trembling in the dark, ready to strike at anyone if the wrong word is said?
The answer is YES! The more I know about what I have hidden, denied or repressed all my life, the better the odds are that I can engage with you, even if we disagree. It is time to lay down every one of our burdens by doing the work to bring everything in us that is not love into the shining light of a new day.
No longer captured in shadow's rapture, may there begin a true dialogue of one human being to another, a chance to bring salvation into a world, yet hungry for rapture, knowing in each heart that rapture is just the fantasy of yet further escape. Only in claiming both the darkness of our own shadow AND the innate golden qualities of ourselves, will you and I create a truly enlightened world of human possibility.
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Art Hounds: Peeling back the brick walls of Theatre in the Round
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Muralist John Pugh is finishing up his "trompe l'oeil" ("to fool the eye") mural on the exterior of Theatre in the Round in Minneapolis. The mural appears to peel back the brick walls of the building to expose the theater being made inside.
Courtesy of Jack Becker
Forecast Public Art's founder Jack Becker was walking by Theatre in the Round the other day and was delighted to come across muralist John Pugh. Pugh is finishing up work on a massive "trompe l'oeil" — or "to fool the eye" — mural on the exterior of the theater. Becker says the brick walls appear to peel away, revealing a glass sphere with actors performing inside. "Theatre in the Round," indeed.
Minnesota Center for Book Arts' board member KC Foley attended the opening of "Rose and Melvin Smith: Remembering Rondo" at the Weisman Art Museum, and she wants everyone she knows to go see it. Foley says the husband and wife capture the vitality of the African-American neighborhood at its height, before Interstate 94 was built right through the middle of it. The sprawling exhibition includes paintings, collage and sculpture. On display through Sept. 8.
Props master Brooke Nelson paid a visit to Duluth recently, where she took in a performance of Renegade Theater Company's production "Sylvia." In it a middle-aged man falls in love with a dog — played by a beautiful young woman — much to the consternation of his wife. Nelson says the show is great fun, but not appropriate for children due to a very foul-mouthed dog. Performances run through Saturday.
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Interpreters now find themselves discussing genetics in many different settings: pre-natal appointments, discussions about options for cancer care, risk assessments related to early-onset Alzheimers, and many other areas of health care. With the ability to rapidly and inexpensively test a patient's genome for specific genes, doctors are using genetic  information to guide them in personalized medicine for prevention, early detection, diagnosing, treating, and counseling many of their patients.
NOTIS offers a repeat of the class on Medical Genetics which Mercy Laurino presented in 2017.
Mercy Laurino, PhD is a certified and licensed genetic counselor. She received her MS degree in genetic counseling in 2003 from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and her PhD in Public Health Genetics at the University of Washington. Since 2009, she has collaborated with medical geneticists in the Philippines to successfully launch the master's degree program in genetic counseling at the University of the Philippines Manila in 2011. Dr. Laurino is founding president of the Professional Society of Genetic Counselors in Asia, committed to partnering with local health care providers in developing countries to establish their own genetic counseling programs. She currently resides in Seattle and manages the Cancer Prevention Programs, Living Tobacco-Free and Genetic Counseling services at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
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Q: $J \subset I(V(J))$ where $J$ is an ideal. The textbook says it's by definition, but as I see it the inclusion should be reversed should it not?
I mean $I(V(J))= \{ f\in k[x_1,\dots, x_n]: f(a_1,\dots ,a_n)=0 \text{ for an arbitrary element } (a_1,\dots, a_n)\in V(J) \}$.
Now $V(J)$ is the set: $V(J)=\{ (a_1,\dots ,a_n)\in k^n: \text{ for an arbitrary element } g \in J , \ g(a_1,\dots , a_n)=0 \}$.
It seems to me that it should be $I(V(J)) \subset J$, because it includes the condition that the polynomial in $J$ will vanish at some point in $V(J)$.
Can someone show me the inclusion, explicitly?

A: Think this through again. $I(V(J))$ is the set of polynomials that vanish on every point on which every element of $J$ vanishes. Certainly every element of $J$ vanishes on every point on which every element of $J$ vanishes. On the other hand, $x$ vanishes on every point on which $x^2$ vanishes, but isn't in the ideal generated by $x^2$.

A: We show that $$J \subseteq \sqrt J \subseteq I(V(J)).$$
That $J \subseteq \sqrt J$ is immediate.
That $\sqrt J \subseteq I(V(J))$ follows from: Let $f \in \sqrt J$, then $f^n \in J$ for some $n > 0$. But $V(J) = \{P \in \mathbb A^n : g(P) = 0$ for all $g \in J\}$ and $f^n \in J$, so $f^n(P) = 0$ for all $P \in V(J)$. But $0 = f^n(P) = \big(f(P)\big)^n$ and since $A = k[x_1, \ldots, x_n]$ is an integral domain, then $f(P) = 0$. Hence $f \in I(V(J))$.
Notice that if you had the Nullstellensatz at your disposal, you would have the stronger result: $$J \subseteq \sqrt J = I(V(J)).$$


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Indiana Pacer Chris Copeland Stabbed Outside Of New York Club, 2 Hawks Arrested
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Chris Copeland of the Indiana Pacers was stabbed in the abdomen during an altercation outside of a Chelsea nightclub early Wednesday morning in NYC. The NBA player's wife and another woman were also slashed during the altercation.
According to PIX 11 news in New York, a fight at the club turned violent and left two women slashed and a man stabbed, police said. An NYPD spokesperson said the male victim is a professional basketball player with the Indiana Pacers, but did not identify him."
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The same news outlet stated that the stabbing happened around 4 a.m.
The 6-foot-8 New Jersey native was rushed to the hospital along with the two other women.
The suspect is in custody along with two other NBA players.
"Chris Copeland's attacker was arrested, and two members of the Atlanta Hawks, Pero Antić and Thabo Sefolosha, were also booked, for trying to prevent police from setting up a crime scene, the sources said," reported the New York Daily News.
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"The man who was arrested, Shezoy Bleary, 22, [allegedly] pulled out a knife and stabbed Copeland, 31, and slashed 28-year-old Katrine Saltara, described by investigators as Copeland's wife, in the arm and leg. The second woman, Catherine Somani, 53, was slashed in the abdomen," they also added.
Copeland and the Pacers are in town for a Wednesday night matchup against the New York Knicks. He's currently in stable condition.
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Florida Beer Pairings: Engine 15 Brewing Company, Jacksonville
Engine 15 has two locations: the original brewpub location in Jacksonville Beach and the newer downtown Jacksonville production brewery and biergarten
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Tap handles at Engine 15 Brewing Co., Jacksonville Beach
Engine 15 Brewing. Co. owner Luch Scremin showing off brewing equipment at the Jacksonville Beach location
Inside the Engine 15 Brewing Company production brewery in downtown Jacksonville
The sign outside of Engine 15's Jacksonville Beach brewpub
Florida Beer Pairings: Engine 15 Brewing Company and Jacksonville
You've heard of beer and food pairings, but how about beer paired with authentic Florida experiences? Join us as we explore the state through the flavors of Florida's craft beer culture.
By Stephen Kubiak
Old is new again as businesses around the Sunshine State refurbish and revitalize buildings from the past. A St. Augustine industrial ice plant is transformed into a cocktail bar, a century-old waterworks building is reimagined as an award-winning restaurant and, for one Jacksonville brewery, a pre-Prohibition alcohol distribution warehouse regains its spirit.
Luch Scremin and Sean Bielman, co-owners of Engine 15 Brewing Company, walked around an old brick warehouse near Downtown Jacksonville, the gravel crunching under their shoes as they headed around the building. Scremin gestured down a large alleyway where railcars once passed, a faded ad for Schlitz Beer on the wall above, as he talked about the layout of a coming biergarten. The future of Engine 15, Scremin explained, lies in the past.
"We wanted a spot in Jacksonville proper but we wanted a historical building, a neighborhood that we could make a difference in," said Scremin. "It all led here."
A pint from Engine 15 Brewing Company in Jacksonville Beach.
- Stephen Kubiak for VISIT FLORIDA
A beer flight from Engine 15 Brewing Company.
Inside, the warehouse is mostly empty, with a few fermentation tanks, a drum set and gigantic version of Connect Four, but the room is filled with history. Scremin and Bielman have found bootlegger ledgers dating back to the 1930s hidden behind loose bricks, graffiti dated from the 1920s scrawled on the walls and even "1986" written out on a dusty windowpane.
"We have an awesome space in a 100-year-old building made with Carnegie steel," said Scremin, his voice echoing in the massive room. "Three layers of brick thick. They don't make stuff like this anymore. To come in and get a property like this and bring it back to life is just awesome."
An ad for Schlitz Beer is painted on the wall near the Engine 15 production brewery.
The Engine 15 Brewing Company production brewery opened in 2014 in Downtown Jacksonville.
Engine 15 Brewery's tale began with a brew kit in a college dorm.
"I started brewing when I was studying at Jacksonville University, too young to drink," said Scremin with a smile. "I bought a kit from the back of a Popular Mechanics magazine and started brewing in my dorm in 1988."
Twenty years later, after Scremin and Bielman had been homebrewing for a few years, Engine 15 was born a few miles away in Jacksonville Beach.
Engine 15 sits in the parking lot outside the Jacksonville Beach location.
A mix of signs and awards adorn the walls at Engine 15 Brewing Company.
The fabled Engine 15, a 1962 Ford fire engine, sits in the Jacksonville Beach brew pub's parking lot, its yellow body glowing in the Florida sunshine. And while the fire truck has seen better days, the brewery inside is hopping.
The brew pub is a cozy throwback to the classic watering hole with its dark interior and eclectic hodgepodge of patrons. On tap, cold brews tame the Florida heat with a wide range of beer styles, from the (904) Weissguy, an American wheat, to the hearty Nut Sack Imperial Brown Ale, a robust, malty brown ale. A seasonal brew, the Orange Cream Ale is a refreshing ale made only with Florida oranges.
Pull up a seat at the bar and the smell of homemade Frito pie mingling with the uproarious laughter of fellow drinkers overpowers the senses. Tap handles bunched together like chandeliers hang over the bar. The walls are a patchwork of beer signs and framed medals from brewing competitions.
Tanks at the Engine 15 Brewing Company production brewery in Jacksonville.
A piece of Jacksonville history found at the Engine 15 production brewery in Downtown Jacksonville.
Next to the taproom, the original brewhouse is still being used. With a glass in hand, Scremin walked over to one of the tanks.
"Sean and I talked about how little there was in Jacksonville Beach in the way of craft beer," said Scremin. "We need to do something, we said. So that's what we did. We opened a beer bar and it was instantly too small."
Once a craft beer wasteland, Jacksonville Beach is now also home to Green Room Brewing and Zeta Brewing. After conquering the coastal town with craft, Engine 15 looked towards downtown.
"Jacksonville is so big that it's like two different cities," said Scremin. "You have to cross two bodies of water just to get to Jacksonville from Jacksonville Beach."
And the century old Jacksonville warehouse is where Scremin and Bielman hope to build a taproom and biergarten.
From historic buildings being repurposed for breweries and restaurants to a city-wide fire that destroyed much of the city to its importance in early Hollywood history, Jacksonville is filled with a fascinating history few people know about. Every street has a story, every building a time capsule of what was. For a city that's changing fast, one museum lets guests slow down and take a stroll through history.
The Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville.
- Daron Dean for VISIT FLORIDA
The Great Fire of 1901 burned 455 acres of Jacksonville.
- Jacksonville Historical Society
The Museum of Science & History in Jacksonville is a great destination for families with its interactive science exhibits and shows, but its history exhibit is a real hidden gem. "Currents of Time: A History of Jacksonville & Northeast Florida" takes visitors through 12,000 years of local history, starting with the native Timucuan people to the 1960s Civil Rights era. Sit in a darkened theater and learn about Jacksonville's importance during the early years of motion pictures. Turn the corner and you'll read about the Great Fire of 1901, the third largest urban fire in the United States, which destroyed much of Jacksonville.
It just goes to show that old is new again - and that's the story of Jacksonville.
When You Go...
What: Engine 15 Brewing Company Brewpub
Where: 1500 Beach Blvd #217, Jacksonville Beach 32250
What: Engine 15 Brewing Company Downtown Tap Room & Biergarten
Where: 633 Myrtle Ave N, Jacksonville 32204
Web: http://engine15.com/
What: Museum of Science & History
Where: 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville 32207
Web: http://www.themosh.org/
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Beat the Calculator is designed to improve a person's skills at mental math. The software requires a user to identify numbers that combine to a computer-determined total. Users must choose this combination of numbers from a game board. To qualify as a valid response, the numbers must be adjacent to each other on the game board. By levels 3 and 4 of the program, a user must solve complicated problems in his head. The faster a player responds to questions, the more points he receives. The program deducts points for incorrect answers and, therefore, discourages random guessing.
A child can play Beat the Calculator in German, English or Dutch. She can play alone or compete with her friends. In the multi-user interface, all participants play at the same time. The person who guesses the answer to an equation first types in her code on the keyboard and then tries to answer the question accurately. The program ensures that no participant is left waiting for her competitor to complete a round. A kid can adjust Beat the Calculator to her ability level. She can also click on an icon called Tips n' Tricks if she is confused about mathematics rules and operations.
Educational Value
Beat the Calculator allows kids to practice mental calculation. At advanced levels, kids must identify a sequence of three positive and negative numbers that combine, through addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division, to a total specified by the computer program.
Most kids are so reliant on calculators, they are not even confident with simple mathematics. By fifth- or sixth-grade, many kids may have significant aversion to the introductory levels of Beat the Calculator, so parents may want to introduce this program to their children at an early age.
Kid Appeal
Kids who doubt their abilities at math may feel that their experience with this program only confirms their lack of talent at mathematics. Adults should provide weak math students with positive feedback and ideas for how to tackle mental math problems. The competitive element of this program may engage children, especially if they begin work with the program at an early age.
The program assists teachers and parents in evaluating a child's progress. Adults can track how well a child has performed at a certain level, how her performance compares with earlier sessions, and how her performance compares with that of other users.
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To install the program, a user must simply insert the CD-ROM into the drive of his computer. Then he must click the Setup file and follow simple instructions. Guidelines for running the program appear on the opening screen of the program.
The interface of Beat the Calculator is simple and labeled with clear headings. A user can click on icons to learn how to play the game and chart scoring and progress. The program does not clearly describe how a user should use the keys and mouse to choose numbers on the game board, but after a few tries and some adult assistance, kids will figure out how to run the program.
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This program will help any user improve her mental math skills. While running this program, a user will encounter simple and complex equations and review basic mathematics operations. If a kid spends significant amounts of time working with this program, she will develop an increased sense of confidence in her math abilities. Adult should support weak math students with positive feedback and problem-solving strategies; otherwise, such students will feel discouraged and overwhelmed.
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