For the last day of this edition of Blogging Marathon, here is a snack cake which will brighten your day. It is a delightful cake topped with the strawberry sauce. I loved the usage of lemon juice in this recipe.
Here is the strawberry snack cake enjoyed by us and our neighbors too!
* I used a combination of all purpose flour, wheat flour and corn starch.
Sieve the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Mix in the sugar too.
In another bowl, whisk all the wet ingredients and gently pour the wet ingredient mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until just-blended. Do not over mix.
Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease a 8 X 5 or 8 X 8 pan.
Pour in the mixture into the pan and bake in the center rack for about 30 min. Check to see if a tester comes clean when inserted in the middle.
Combine the strawberries, sugar, water and cornstarch in a sauce pan and boil until the sauce thickens.
Pour the sauce on the cooled cake and serve warm or chilled!
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Linking this cake to Pari's 'Only Baked' hosted by me.
Here is a list of recipes which I posted for the fortnight long marathon..
If you are looking for a healthy cookie recipe, you are at the right place. These cookies are a treat in the true sense!! A guilt free cookie - mildly sweet with the goodness of oats, cinnamon and ginger. The light gingery taste and a gentle bite into the tiny pineapple pieces brings out the unique blend of flavors.
I was pleasantly surprised (and delighted too) when my 9 year old picky eater was stuffing herself with these cookies. I never imagined her to like these ginger flavored cookies. So enjoy these cookies for the 6th day of BM #7.
* I am sure pineapple can be replaced with any other fruit bits of your choice. I am imagining mango here (oh oh and raisins or tutti frutti or any dried fruit) :) .
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Prepare a cookie tray by lining it with parchment paper (or foil and greasing it).
In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients (dry ingredients first followed by the wet ingredients).
Scoop out tablespoon of the batter and flatten them to 1/4th of an inch thickness. Arrange them on the prepared cookie tray about an inch apart.
Bake for about 22 min and remove when the bottoms are lightly browned and the tops are just about done.
I tasted a small piece at 18 min and thought they were not done yet and so baked for 4 more minutes.
Let them cool for about 10 min on a wire rack and indulge!
I served it with coffee/tea.
Here are some other guilt free bakes posted during this marathon..
Linking these muffins to Umm Mymomnah's 'Anyone Can Cook' and to Pari's 'Only Baked' hosted by me.
Any Mango fans out there? This is a must try for you. I would have loved to bake with fresh mango puree but had to satisfy my mango craving with the store bought sweetened mango pulp. This is yet another attempt at fat free baking, which made me a believer!!
My family has gotten used to these bakes now and are craving for more. I knew I would get into this kind of a situation. But I wouldn't change. Would I ??
These were very delicious, fluffy but again a tad dry. The dryness maybe because of over baking or lack of sufficient wet ingredients. In any case I should have baked it for about 15-18 min instead of 22 min and added a little more mango puree. We also thought we could afford a little more 'mango-ness' in these muffins. But we still enjoyed these for a snack. When it comes to mangoes, don't we all tend to forgive minor flaws? Here is the recipe for you to try out for Day 5 of BM # 7.
* Any dried fruit can be used here, better still if you add fresh mango bits for that extra bit of mango flavor!!
Preheat the oven at 350 F. Prepare the muffin plates by lining them or greasing them.
In a mixing bowl add the yogurt, mango puree, sugar and apple cider vinegar and mix until combined.
Sift the flours and baking soda and gradually add to the wet ingredients while mixing until you get a lump free batter.
Gently fold in the cranberries rolled in flour.
Fill the muffin cups 3/4 ths full with batter. This is sufficient for 9 muffins. So fill the remaining 3 with water for even baking.
Bake for 15-18 min or until a tester inserted comes out clean.
Remove onto a wire rack and let cool. Decorate if you want and indulge in this fat free muffin!
In my pre-blogging days, I always thought that delicious, fluffy cakes need to be loaded with butter and eggs. Then a whole realm opened up with eggless baking and now fat free baking. I am sure there is a lot more to explore. This Pineapple cake is a very moist cake, ideal for breakfast or a snack or as an accompaniment to tea/coffee. The theme of 'Butterless Bakes for diet' in this edition of Blogging Marathon is definitely pushing me to experiment various types of cakes and this was by far the best in that category.
I happen to like the chunks of pineapple in bakes and this cake is no exception. Coffee or no coffee, this cake is a sheer joy to dig into!! The cinnamon-sugar topping is just so irresistible!! While I enjoy this piece of cake please check out the recipe for Day 4 of BM#7.
Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease the three ramekins (I used 1 cup capacity) by spraying oil.
Grind the oats to make a fine flour. Mix in wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar in a mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl, mix in the wet ingredients.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently mix until combined.
Don't over mix. Transfer the batter into the three ramekins and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on top.
Bake in the middle rack for about 25-30 min or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 10-15 min and transfer onto a cooling rack.
Enjoy with a cup of coffee if you please!!
Linking this cake to Umm Mymomnah's 'Anyone Can Cook' , Priya and Aipi's ' Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday (Volume 51) ' and to Pari's 'Only Baked' hosted by me.
My family is a major fan of Onion rings. I was not a great fan of these, until I made these baked onion rings. Actually a scary proposition pushed me into trying these. Last month, on a regular trip to Costco, S picked up the frozen onion rings. That sent all kinds of alarm bells in my mind :) That's when I casually told him that I would make onion rings at home and so the idea of buying the frozen kind was shelved for the moment. So typical of me that I totally forgot about that and last weekend, S reminded me of my promise regarding onion rings and so I looked around the web for the baked variety which landed me here.
I would have baked 5-6 batches mixing the batter, crumbs at least 3 times owing to popular demand. In the end, I had to give up and declare the kitchen closed!! I felt bad for having done that but then I had no help and it was a long day :( I can't blame them either as they were super addictive! So for Day 3 of BM #7 here is the recipe for the crunchy baked onion rings..
* I used ready made seasoned bread crumbs for one batch and then powdered stale bread slices and added Italian seasoning for the subsequent batches. Both were equally good.
I am not absolutely positive about the proportion of ingredients so be prepared for some alterations in the quantities of ingredients. Kindly use your judgement.
Slice the onions into 1/2 inch rings and separate them. Cover them with a clean kitchen towel if they bother you.
Preheat the oven to 450 F. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper and set aside.
In a medium size bowl, mix the flour, cornstarch and make a batter adding milk gradually. Make sure the batter is lump free and it coats the back of a spoon. Add the apple cider vinegar and set aside.
In another bowl, add the bread crumbs, seasoning of your choice, salt and any other spices if you so wish. Add a teaspoon oil and rub into the crumbs and keep it ready.
Continue until all the rings are dipped, rolled and arranged on the cookie tray. You might need 2 - 3 trays depending on the number of onions you use.
Place the tray in the middle rack of the oven and bake for 8 min and then flip them and bake for another 6-7 min.
Taste to check if they are done and bake for a couple minutes more if needed.
Serve them with ketchup or as is. (I didn't have to serve them formally as they just disappeared off the cooling rack.
Sending these crunchy things to Kid's Delight, guest hosted by Gayathri themed on Crunchy Snacks for Kids and also to Pari's 'Only Baked' guest hosted by me.
Also peep into my friends's spaces to check what they are cooking in this edition of BM #7.
I was wondering if there can be any bakes (often loaded with sugar, flour and fat) which can be used while you are dieting. Portion control, portion control and portion control is the way to go, I reminded myself. But then a whole world of fat free baking opened up and then there were some which were not cakes per se, then some savory bakes too. I guess there is no limit to our imagination, is there?
Coming to the cake in question, after we had this for a snack with coffee/tea (I don't like coffee while my better half has a selective liking to some varieties of coffee!) , we liked the combo but found it a tad dry when we tried eating the cake as is. So feel free to substitute some oil/butter in place of apple sauce for a moist feel and indulge.
Disclaimer - After S had this cake with coffee, he said he would love to have such guilt free cakes with coffee everyday! OMG, where have I landed myself? :) So be prepared for a situation like this and don't blame me (just kidding)!!
In a mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and set aside.
Mix in the wet ingredients in a different bowl and pour into the dry ingredients and mix until uniformly moistened. Do not over mix.
Pour the batter uniformly in 3 ramekins and sprinkle the remaining coconut on each of them.
Place them in the middle rack and bake for 27 min.
Let them cool for a few minutes and let the demolition begin!!
Serve it along with tea/coffee.
Sending these to Pari's 'Only Baked' guest hosted by me.
Do you all crave for warm desserts once in a while? I certainly do. On one such occasion, I made this pudding and it vanished even before I realized! Ever since I have been looking for an occasion to bake this pudding. So when there were a few bread slices which were about to go bad and some strawberries begging to be finished up, I thought there is a strong force which wants me to bake now :) Also I thought this would fit in perfectly with Srivalli's Blogging Marathon theme 'Butterless Bakes for Diet' for this second week.
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Brush a pan (8" round pan recommended but I used 8 X 6 X 2, 6 cup rectangle pan) with butter/oil and sprinkle 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
In a small bowl, add 1/4 cup of milk and blend in the custard powder.
Boil the remaining milk with 1/2 cup of sugar. After the milk comes to a boil, add the milk with custard powder blended in.
Mix well so there are no lumps. Once heated through, remove from fire. The consistency of the resultant custard sauce should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
Toast the bread slices and optionally apply butter to them. (I skipped buttering).
Dice the bread slices into bite sized cubes.
Wash, hull and quarter the strawberries into bite size pieces.
Chop walnuts into desired size.
In a big mixing bowl, mix in the strawberries, bread cubes and walnuts.
Pour in the prepared custard sauce coating all the bread cubes evenly.
Pour the above mixture into the prepared baking dish.
Sprinkle with the remaining brown sugar and cover the dish with aluminium foil. After about 20 minutes, rotate the dish and remove the foil.
Bake until the top is crisp and toasted, about 20 minutes or more.
Allow the pudding to cool for about 15 min and serve warm.
*Make sure it is served warm or even hot. We thought that upon cooling, the pudding lost some texture and taste too! Reheating to the rescue!!!
*Alter the bread slices depending on your preference of the pudding consistency.
* The next time I would reduce the bread slices to 5.
Sending this pudding to Pari's 'Only Baked' guest hosted by me.


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Q: Using For loop with the Find function in Visual Basic Macro in Excel I am trying to figure out how to find all the numbers within a specific range (in this case between 1.900 and 2.100).
The code that I have written so far is able to find the numbers between 1.9 and 1.999 but it seems unable to find the numbers between 2.000 and 2.100. I checked the For loop to see if it was being completed and it is so it seems that something is wrong with the Find function.
Any help figuring this out would be appreciated. I have copied the code I've written below.
Sub FindPeaks()
With Worksheets(1).Range("b1:b500")
Dim i As Double
For i = 1.9 To 2.1 Step 0.001
    Set c = .Find(i, LookIn:=xlValues)
    If Not c Is Nothing Then
        firstAddress = c.Address
        Do
            c.Offset(0, -1).Value = "Peak"
            Set c = .FindNext(c)
        Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address <> firstAddress
    End If
Next i

End With
End Sub

A: This answer expands on the comment above to show a more efficient way of solving the problem
Sub FindPeaks()

Dim SRng as Range
Set SRng = Worksheets(1).Range("b1:b500")

For each cll in SRng
     If cll.value >= 1.9 and cll.value <= 2.1 Then
          cll.Offset(0,-1) = "Peak"
     End if
Next cll

End With
End Sub

A: Noting that the best way of addressing this task is not via VBA but worksheet formula it occurred to me that VBA can be used to write worksheet formulas. The code below should work faster than a loop.
Sub MarkPeaks()
    ' 26 Aug 2017

    Dim Rng As Range

    ' set the range to the cells where you want the result:
    Set Rng = ActiveSheet.Range("C1:C500")

    With Rng
        ' write this formula: =IF(AND($B1>=1.9, $B1<=2.1),"Peak","")
        ' RC2 specifies the second column (meaning B)
        ' in the same row as the formula
        .FormulaR1C1 = "=IF(AND(RC2>=1.9, RC2<=2.1),""Peak"","""")"
        .Copy
        .PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
    End With
End Sub

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How artificial intelligence helps recycling become more circular
TOMRA got its start in 1972 as a provider of reverse vending, aka bottle collection, machines.
Smart robots, sensors and vision systems fortified with machine learning software are creeping into production at recycling facilities in Colorado, Japan and Europe.
The promise is twofold: Not only could these technologies help speed up the rate at which incoming items can be sorted, they could dramatically improve the accuracy with which operations can identify specific types of plastics and other materials — including one scourge of today's system, items contaminated with food and other substances.
Two companies talking up the potential to make the act of processing everything from plastic to demolished construction materials far more efficient and scalable include five-year-old startup AMP Robotics, a machine learning and computer vision specialist headquartered in Louisville, Colorado. And a middle-aged Norwegian company, TOMRA, got its start managing reverse vending machines that uses sensors to endow its food sorting and recycling systems with more intelligence.
A new vision for sorting
As its name suggests, AMP Robotics' innovations lie in how it's rethinking recycling robots. Founder and CEO Matanya Horowitz began receiving grants back in 2014 to research and develop vision systems that could improve the accuracy of separating items with machines rather than by humans. The company's equipment is "trained" by being shown millions of images — everything from logos to box shapes to dyed plastics.
"If you can teach a person to distinguish something, you can teach our vision system to distinguish it," said Horowitz, speaking about this topic this week at Circularity 19.
If you can teach a person to distinguish something, you can teach our vision system to distinguish it.
The idea, he said, is to help facilities become far more specific about separating streams of waste, which could allow operations to capture revenue from entirely new sorts of services.
For example, the technology — using a combination of light and machine learning software — could be used to sort out colored whipped cream tubs or yogurt containers from clear plastics. It can even identify items that carry a specific brand logo. One early adopter, Alpine Recyling in Colorado, recently was able to add coffee cups to the mix of stuff that its facility can handle. These levels of specificity could be valuable for consumer products companies seeking either to put their own product packaging back into circulation or to buy specific types of plastics.
"We can track what is truly being recycled," Horowitz added, and that could help provide insight into where better collection systems — and messaging — might be needed.
Video of AMP Robotics Launches New AI Guided Dual-Robot System for the Recycling Industry
AMP's latest technology is a dual-robot system called Cortex, which the 35-person company will sell for municipal solid waste, electronic waste and construction and demolition applications. The equipment can sort, pick and place items at a speed of 160 pieces per minute. More important, it will allow facilities to tackle a process that typically has been very difficult to scale — separating post-consumer fiber from cardboard to sheets of paper.
Horowitz is cagey about how much money his company has raised, although its backers include Closed Loop Partners, and he called out the Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs during our conversation. Likewise, he won't talk about the cost of his firm's technology, pointing out that customers are seeing a payback of less than two years and that it sorts at the rate of two people.
If you really need to sort out materials to the highest quality possible, you need to be able to do this.
That latter statistic might give pause to those concerned about the job-elimination potential of robotics technology, but Horowitz says recycling facilities often have high rates of turnover. "Many facilities are run underutilized," he said.
AMP Robotics is also touting applications in the construction sector. Earlier this year, it disclosed a partnership with Japanese waste management company Ryohshin to sell AI-driven robots for recovering materials out of demolition debris — including wood, metal, electronics and concrete.
Materials in black
TOMRA, which last week joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, is credited as the inventor of near-infrared sensors for sorting applications. It holds close to 80 patents, and has extensive experience with sensors that can provide information about moisture or chlorine levels as items are being washed and sorted. The company's technology is installed in roughly 100,000 locations worldwide; aside from recycling and collection, the company sells to food operations that need to sort things such as fresh produce.
"We urgently need to transform the recycling industry by creating value out of waste," said Stefan Ranstrand, TOMRA president and CEO, in a statement. "In some markets, recycling rates are as high as 98 percent, and some consumer goods companies are now making new products out of 100 percent recycled materials. But this is only a very small part of the picture, and much more must be done to preserve our world for generations to come."
Two of TOMRA's most recent innovations include a material recognition sensor that can sort single-layer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) trays (think cafeteria trays) and a new laser feature. The latter development helps TOMRA's systems detect black objects that are typically hard to ID, as well as those with certain shapes, such as silicon cartridges. Over time, the AI associated with these systems will be able to detect the presence of films within rigid plastics, according to the company's website.
"If you really need to sort out materials to the highest quality possible, you need to be able to do this," said Volker Rehrmann, executive vice president of TOMRA and head of the 4,000-person company's newly formed circular economy team.
AI has been part of TOMRA's technology for some time — some level of algorithmic detection was introduced as part of its original bottle collection machines. The company collects 40 billion used beverage containers annually through those reverse vending machines. So it has plenty of legacy experience, which will be vitally important for finding value in the wide range of plastics that now exist in the world.
"Without going into the details, it now needs to be much more accurate than it used to be," Rehrmann said.
That's because even though recycling is big business — an estimated $110 billion in America alone last year — he estimates that only 2 percent of those materials are valued as a resource, not waste, within a closed loop economy. That's a problem that the Alliance to End Plastic Waste is determined to address. "They have realized that change is necessary," Rehrmann said.
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The workshop dates are Tuesday, February 25, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (Part I) and Tuesday, March 4, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm (Part II).
The presenters are Mike McCabe, Director of Technology at the Foote School in New Haven and Joe LaMacchia from the Foote School Technology Team. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or iPad for hands-on experience.
Space is limited, registration is required. Please call 203-287-2680, the Miller Library Info desk, to register.


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Fort Indiantown Gap (englisch), auch als "The Gap" oder "FIG" bezeichnet, ist ein Census-designated place und ein Ausbildungszentrum und Truppenübungsplatz der Nationalgarde Pennsylvanias, der sich hauptsächlich im Lebanon County, Pennsylvania befindet. Ein Teil der Einrichtungen befindet sich auch im östlichen Dauphin County.

Geschichte

Fort Indiantown wurde als Fort gegen den Stamm der Susquehannock errichtet. Der heutige Truppenübungsplatz ist seit 1931 in Betrieb. Hier befinden sich die Garnisonen der 28. Infanterie-Division und der 213. Regional Support Group.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Memorial Lake State Park
 Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
 Marquette Lake

Weblinks

 https://www.ftig.ng.mil/

Einzelnachweise

Truppenübungsplatz in den Vereinigten Staaten
Bauwerk im Lebanon County
Militärische Einrichtung in Pennsylvania
Census-designated place in Pennsylvania
Bauwerk im Dauphin County

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This is the signature program of Dolce where we ensure that we guide you towards properly learning music and your instrument.
Every single student will be uniquely considered and the most effective way of teaching will be set up for each individual. However, the tested and carefully written Dolce curriculum will provide the measurable guidelines and suggest a universally proper order of learning. In the beginning this requires pulling aspects from a wealth of different curriculums such as the Suzuki, ABRSM, AUER, and BARBARA series. Later on Schradieck, Dounis, Sevcik, Yost, Wolfhart, Kreutzer, Ysaye Scales and Galamian methods will be used in bits to provide the students with an outstanding grasp of fundamentals that is difficult to find anywhere even nationally.
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A new version of the entertained Pong game, this time in another planet. Enjoy these pleasant graphs and alien personages. The objective is to give back the ball and to try that your opponent does not catch it. You must make 5 points to pass to another level. If you lose you have 3 lives to continue trying.


After growing up on soul and R&B, then studying jazz, classical, African and Indonesian music, pianist/composer Michael Cain began a performing career in the Los Angeles area working with musicians such as flutist and composer James Newton, jazz vocalist Marlena Shaw, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra, drummer Billy Higgins, and the New American Orchestra among others. After moving to New York, Cain began working with members of the M-Base collective such as Greg Osby and Robin Eubanks, joined Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, and worked with artists Dave Holland, Steps Ahead, Dewey Redman, Ravi Coltrane, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Turrentine, Pat Metheny, and Meshell N'degeocello. He has received numerous awards, including a 2006 Grammy nomination for Dance of the Infidel, Meshell N'degeocello's 2005 Shawnachie Records release, on which Mr. Cain is pianist and co-arranger. He has also recorded several records as a leader including Circa, a 1996 ECM release. The Green Eyed Keeper is Michael Cain's latest release. This recording features Jack DeJohnette on drums, Lonnie Plaxico on bass, vocalists Tondrae Kemp and Melissa Rose, and guitarist Matthew Fricke. It's a journey through Electronic, R&Bish, Soulville vibes, as well as piano/bass/drums trio vibrations. Enjoy!!


Oregon State University President Ed Ray and David Hurwitz, associate professor of transportation engineering at the 2018 University Day awards dinner.
Oregon State University kicked off the new academic year with University Day, an event which reunites campus colleagues, provides informative and fun activities, and recognizes faculty and staff for their exemplary efforts and achievements.
David Hurwitz, associate professor of transportation engineering received the OSU Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, which honors unusually significant and meritorious achievement in teaching and scholarship that enhances effective instruction.
Hurwitz received the award in recognition of his use of current research in engineering education to improve classroom instruction, his unique and innovative technical courses, and his use of state-of-the-art research equipment – including the Driving and Bicycling Simulator – in the classroom. Students use the driving simulator to study driver responses to a wide range of situations and conditions. Since the simulator is one of only a small few of its kind in the U.S., Hurwitz' students have unique abilities to connect road and signal design and traffic conditions to traffic safety and efficiency.
Earlier in 2018, Hurwitz received the Sponsored Student Organization Advisor of the Year award for his work advising the OSU ITE Student Chapter. The award recognizes faculty and staff who take extra time to ensure their respective club/organization has success and develops a team atmosphere.
Congratulations, David Hurwitz and thank you for your dedication and many contributions to student success at Oregon State.


For starters, lets visit the Pancake Soup. Oh, and lets not forget the other Pancake Soup.
So why am I asking you to re-visit some of my most fabulous cooking disasters?
Because I know it will make you smile (or maybe cringe) when I tell you that yours truly has been asked to host the cooking segment on our local news station next month! And – believe it or not – I actually said YES!
Come to think of it, the whole situation is kind of funny and if I do ruin my meal on the show, it might just enhance the program. The whole reason I've been chosen for this segment is that the theme of this weeks program is "supermoms." They want to know "how I do it." Well, there it is!!! My kids eat Pancake Soup for lunch and Oven Roasted Cheesecake for dessert. They've developed a taste for overcooked oatmeal and burned bread. They've learned to survive on unrecognizable meals and thrive on combinations that would ruin the palate of a more delicate child.
Instructions: Saute onions, red pepper and garlic in olive oil until soft. Add the cumin and mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes, until mushrooms are cooked. Set aside.
Process beans in a food processor until blended, add mushroom mixture, salt and pepper and stir until well combined. Add just enough oats/flour/bread crumbs to thicken the mixture, if needed.
Pray for me, 'yall! I have a feeling I'll need it!
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Local elections in Imo State in Nigeria were held on 12 March 2022. Elections were held across the 27 local government areas and 305 INEC wards across the state to elect local Government Councils and Chairmen.

Background
In 2021, Governor Hope Uzodinma announced his intention to hold local elections in accordance with the State Independent Electoral Commission.

Results
All seats were won by the All Progressives Congress.

References

See also

Imo State local elections
March 2022 events in Nigeria
2022 local elections in Nigeria


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Bayfront Health Seven Rivers recently had a seminar titled "Know Your Heart Risks" at the hospital's Senior Circle, presented by cardiologist Dr. R. Prasad Potu of Potu Cardiology in Meadowcrest, Crystal River.
Just before the seminar began, patrons were treated to a heart-healthy lunch provided by the hospital.
Dr. Potu was introduced to the large crowd by Wayne W. Ruppert Jr., cardiovascular coordinator, emergency manager and EMS liaison at Bayfront Health Seven Rivers.
He said Dr. Potu is a highly rated and highly respected by his peers.
"His percentages are based on his rate of treatment compared to his peers nationwide," he said, according to insurance data.
Dr. Potu advised that when people develop heart-related problems, the damage is already done, but they can use prevention from other occurrences by changing their lifestyles to eat healthier by eating real foods, exercising, losing weight when necessary and choosing a healthier lifestyle.
Preventive measures are important in taking care of your heart and before you have heart-related issues, he noted.
"The heart is a muscle, but unlike the muscle in one's legs and arms, the heart muscle is an involuntary muscle," he said. It needs nourishment, works to pump and contract and keeps the body's electrical system working.
Arteries are important as they flow the blood from veins and the heart. There are four chambers: two upper and two lower.
"When the blood slows down, it causes problems," said Dr. Potu.
Hypertension, high blood pressure, is one of the causes of heart disease. It can cause a stroke, heart disease, heart valve problems, heart failure and even death.
Being overweight, lack of exercise, high blood pressure, not eating a healthy diet, stress, smoking, genetics, drinking too much alcohol, too much salt, high cholesterol and having diabetes all contribute to heart-related problems and stroke.
Preventive measures are important in avoiding heart failure, but if someone already has heart-related problems, they need treatment to prevent further occurrences and should follow a risk-management program.
Heredity also factors in, as well as race and gender. Be aware of your family's health history as it can affect you.
Being diabetic is also a risk factor that can create heart problems. Diabetics must keep their A1c in control. A diabetic person's A1c should be between 6 and 7, Dr. Potu said.
"Today, many people are less active and obesity is a significant problem," said Dr. Potu. High blood pressure is also a contributing factor. It affects Hispanics and African-Americans even more.
High cholesterol is another heart-related factor. A person with diabetes or heart disease should have LDL, bad cholesterol, of around 70 and HDL, good cholesterol, higher than 35. Triglycerides should be less than 150. Cholesterol can be controlled with diet, exercise and if needed, statin drugs.
As far as heart-healthy diets go, eat lean meats but not an excess of red meat, increase vegetables and fruits consumed and eat real food, not processed food.
Exercise is a requirement for good health.
"Walk, even walk in your house if need be, but stay active," he said. Walking reduces stress and strengthens the heart, as do bike riding, swimming, water aerobics and gym workouts.
"The more active you are, the more healthy you'll be," Dr. Potu said.
Obesity is on the rise today, but is preventable. One's body mass index, BMI, should be less than 25 to 30. More than 30 is not good, as the BMI measures the amount of fat in one's body.
In addition, Dr. Potu advised people to learn to control stress.
After a heart event, one must eat a healthy diet, go to cardiac rehab to strengthen the heart muscle and exercise regularly. Make lifelong changes to stay healthy.
"Take care of your heart and have a heart-healthy lifestyle," said Dr. Potu.


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Cole Bay prepares for active hurricane season
POSTED: 05/31/13 12:32 PM
Disaster coordinator Salomon commends cleanup actions
St. Maarten (DCOMM) – Disaster Coordinator Winston Salomon, head of the Office of Disaster Management, commends the cleanup initiative that was undertaken by the community police, Jazz G and O.C.C.O. of the Cole Bay district in preparation for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season that opens tomorrow
The first cleanup took place on May 18. Another cleanup is planned for Saturday, June 8 along Welfare Road, Windsor Road, and Cay Bay Road from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
The final clean-up will be on Saturday, June 15 on Welfare Road, Corner Road and Bill Folly Road. Those interested in volunteering their time to help should call 588 40 35 or 550 77 47. The removal of garbage is being carried out by Leonard Enterprises.
"These types of initiatives are very much welcome, and I am calling on all the districts to mobilize and cleanup. We need to see similar initiatives in the other residential districts. We need all stakeholders working together," Salomon said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States Department of Commerce (NOAA) forecast for the upcoming six months an active or extremely active hurricane season.
The NOAA forecast says there is a likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms, of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes, including three to six major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5) with winds of 111 miles per hour or higher.
"I am once more appealing to the Sint Maarten community to prepare for the hurricane season. We do this every year and more than the majority of the country knows exactly what they have to do before the hurricane season starts.
"The Office of Disaster Management always prepares for every season regardless of the forecast, because we must remember that all it takes is one storm to make it a bad season," Salomon said.
Storm names for the 2013 season are: Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy.
The hurricane season ends on November 30.
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Teresa Giudice Says Husband Joe Giudice Has Been 'So Supportive' Of Her Bodybuilding Goals!
As previously reported, Teresa Giudice showed off her toned new figure during a bodybuilding competition earlier this month. Now, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star reveals that her husband, Joe, wasn't on board with her taking on this hobby — at first.
"I don't think he wanted to get me on stage in a bathing suit," she told Us Weekly. "Then he recently said to me 'you know what, you should do it.' He's been so supportive, he's so happy for me."
"Joe said to me 'T, if you really wanted to do this, I wouldn't have been able to stop you anyway. I never stopped you from doing anything,'" she told the publication.
Meanwhile, Joe had to wait to see her competition-ready body until he received his issue of Us Weekly.
"He hasn't even seen me yet! he'll see the Us Weekly when he gets it delivered! They all get it in there," she told Us Weekly. "He's seen me with clothes on when I get to visit but hasn't seen any pictures yet from Saturday night."
The Standing Strong author explains why she decided to go through this body transformation.
"It was something I've always wanted to do. For myself. I like always being in shape. I've gone to the gym since I could drive, I've always worked out. it's something I wanted to try," Teresa told Us of her bodybuilding goals. "I wanted to see my body transform and if I could do it – and I did! It was a big challenge and I love the results."
"It's a lot of hard work. A lot of people don't realize it. It's so much dedication, hard work. Last couple of weeks preparing for it was so draining," said Teresa. "I was so tired. At the end, they cut out my carbs. Without carbs, you have no energy. I thought you got it from protein."
"I love the way my arms and back look," she gushed. "Next, I want it to my legs and my ass."
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So I'm uploading my first short story to Amazon on friday (assuming I finish editing in time, but I only have a few pages left so it should be fine). It's come quite a long way with plot and wording and hopefully speelingand grammar.
I'm not allowed to post it up here in it's entirety as I'm going to let Amazon call it a Kindle exclusive so I get slightly more for it, btu I am going to put up a sample. It's the same sample I put up before but edited and re-written to be a part of our future not Galledar's.
I hope to put it up on Kindle for about £0.99/$1.50 It's about 100 kindle pages (at default font size) should be awesome. Anyone who reas this I urge you to be awesome and buy it.
"The elf known as Draegon waits as he listens to the hacked com-frequency of the enemy security personnel. He kneels atop the building and listens for the right moment, when the enemy says the words 'all clear'. Aiming down the scope of his rifle, a smirk slides across his features; he hears it. The enemy indicates to him that they're vulnerable, that they're relaxed and he pulls the trigger, sending the sniper rifle's bullet soaring straight down at the target. It hits him right between the-" Dylan narrated.
"What? Come on, it's a gun, not a sword. It doesn't take skill to use, it's got targeting systems," Dylan argued, waving a hand at his elf hit-man character sheet as it floated above the holo-projector.
"Didn't we already cut off their coms anyway? How would they call in backup?" Charlie asked.
"Okay, the shield goes up over you, but it doesn't extend to the others," Wren described.
"If we stand behind him what happens?" Dylan asked.
"They see through him and see you," Wren responded. Dylan frowned and looked down at the map.
"Okay, I lay down by the lip of the building, where he can't see me." Dylan said.
"Me as well," Magnus added.
"Now I'm going to take my sniper rifle and fire on him. The sniper." Charlie decided, pointing at the piece on the table. He reached up and rolled a dee-ten against his dexterity. It came up as a nine. "Sixteen." He said, looking up at Wren expectantly.
"And not a soul knew where the shot came from." Wren narrated.
Wren frowned at the youngster and watched as he rapidly aged. He blinked and the room was gone. Young Magnus was gone. Young Wren was gone. He was aboard Thor-class Imperial War ship 'Relentless', Magnus was thirty-one, he was thirty-three and they were under attack.
He took in a few deep breaths and focussed on Magnus' knife sharp features. He was light skinned with wrinkles around his eyes. His jet black hair had a dusting of grey collecting at the temples, cut short and cropped to navy regulations.
Magnus' eyes were a soft green that seemed to comfort those who looked into them, despite the serious expression that was plastered across his face at all times.
The Executive Officer looked remarkably different to his friend. Wren's hair was mostly grey with patches of rusty red marring his otherwise silver mane. His hair had started going grey when he'd gained his Admiralty at twenty-six, more than likely a mark of stress, though there was every chance it could have simply been genetics. Wren's hard grey eyes matched his hair so well that he was surprised whenever he saw pictures of himself with locks of a different colour.
Wren ran his hand through his hair to check for any blood, but the short crop remained dry. Hopefully no concussion. He checked the rest of his strong features, finding a cut on his eyebrow and chin that would likely become scars. If he'd been allowed to grow a beard he might have had a problem with the wounds but he'd be clean shaven until he retired, so why worry?
He let out a long breath and forced himself back to his feet, getting his bearings. The circuits in his command seat had blown and he'd been sent flying across the once pristine command deck floor, marring it with blood from the wounds on his face and a large gash on his back. Blood dripped down Wrens face while Magnus by comparison seemed unharmed.
"Sir," Magnus responded, saluting and turning to face the holo-displays. "Three pirate war ships including the supposedly destroyed Imperial Hunter-Class destroyer, Jeopardy," Wren's eyes widened and he looked up at the screens. How the hell did they get a hold of Charlie's ship? It'd been eight years since Charlie and his crew had been blown out of the sky… and yet there it was; the ship they had been flying in when it had happened. It still had the scars on its hull from their final engagement.
"Yes sir," Magnus agreed, motioning to a junior officer.
"Set co-ordinates T.Z. via New Beijing," Wren ordered, watching allied ships explode on the holo displays in eerie silence as the fighters disengaged and desperately tried to latch onto Wren's ship.
His eye twitched as he watched a group of fighters commence a strafing run across the side of his ship shredding several of his defenceless fighters to pieces. It wasn't a good plan. It wasn't a smart plan. It wasn't an honourable plan. It was pure survival. "Ready, sir," Magnus said.
"Sir." Magnus nodded to a junior officer and the ship shuddered. The holo-displays showed The Quartz zip out of existence, Relentless following a painstaking moment later. A couple of fighters that hadn't clamped on properly ripped from the hull and were instantly disintegrated by the kinetic energy caused by the ships high velocity.
"Lower three decks have hull breach, we had an explosion in the med bay and the primary cannon's engineering room. Reports are still coming in, but I'd estimate that we lost three-hundred men," Magnus responded.
Wren cursed. Magnus's estimations were usually accurate. He had truly, colossally failed. An estimated five-thousand-six-hundred-and-seventy-five out of seven-thousand-and-seventy lives lost. More than an eighty percent death rate. He hadn't had such a crushing defeat since his simulated battles against Charlie at the academy.
"Estimated time to arrival at New Beijing?" Wren asked.
"X.O. Magnus, you have command," Wren said before turning and walking off of the bridge.
Hopefully you enjoyed that and you will buy the kindle short story to find out how and why the book is called Exile and what happens with jeopardy.


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THE SADDEST PLEASURE: A Journey on Two Rivers
A former Peace Corps worker and author of Living Poor and The Farm on the River of Emeralds (1978), Thomsen completes the trilogy with this soul-baring account--introduced by Paul Theroux--of his journey as a 63-year-old gringo through Brazil. Born into a wealthy family in the Pacific Northwest, Thomsen grew up listening to tales of his Danish grandfather's capitalist ventures south of the border. Rebelling in middle age against his ultra-conservative father's attempts to control his son through his wealth, Thomsen escaped to South America to become a Peace Corps worker in Ecuador. But it took several years for Thomsen to realize that instead of improving the Ecuadorians' lot, he was, if anything, acting as an unwitting emissary for the capitalist system he'd rejected. He quit to buy a farm on the Rio Esmerelda, operating it in partnership with a local friend. Twelve years later, his friend kicked the aging American off the farm. Stunned at being told he ""didn't belong here"" by his adopted family and unable to come up with anything more useful to do, Thomsen embarked on a trip across Brazil. In vivid, disarmingly candid prose, he re-creates economically precarious Rio, graceful Bahia with its artists and intellectuals, and the Amazon River, lined with one-room shacks and millionaires' rancheros--all the while mourning the widening chasm between rich and poor in South America and implicitly comparing its dependence on the West to his own experience as both a product of capitalism and a hopeless rebel against its corrupting influence. Thomsen concludes with a quote from a philosophical Dutchman he meets along the way: ""Man is man; he will never change. . .We have a contact with God; he is using us to bring peace to the universe. We must go out there and one by one snuff out the stars."" Oddly, when voiced by this exceptionally determined seeker, even these words leave an aftertaste of humor and optimism. An intensely personal, captivating exploration.
Pub Date: March 15th, 1990
Publisher: Graywolf


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Many newly engaged couples choose to buy matching wedding rings for bride and groom for their big day. It is not new for couples to get matching rings to mark their union. It is not only romantic but also looks good when a couple wear similar styled Wedding Rings Plano. It shows their love and how much they care for each other. It makes their wedding ceremony even more special.
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This is one of the most popular choices you have. Rings which display two halves of a single design look not only attractive but also shows how incomplete you are without the other part. It can be a heart or any other thing which symbolizes your relationship. You can also create your own pair of ring based upon your taste and choice. These Wedding Rings Plano give you the freedom to choose you own metal and stones.
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Metal. Are you both planning on yellow gold, two tones, or some form of white gold such as platinum or palladium?
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Give the following tips a shot. You may find life with your interactions with your canine friend dramatically changed by these tips.
Try to think about what it would be like your dog.Frustration may come quickly if your dog fails to learn simple things quickly. Don't give up- think instead.Imagining the world as they see things may give you a different perspective on training them.
Try not to reinforce bad behavior in your dog. This means you must not reward your dog with attention or treats or attention for something he should not be doing. For example, it will be difficult or impossible to train your dog not to jump on people if you give your pet a friendly neck-scratch when he or she jumps on you.
When getting closer to a dog, be sure to approach slowly and offer the dog the back of your hand to sniff. This allows the dog to get accustomed to your smell and makes him much more likely to trust you.
You need to teach your dog how to walk correctly when the leash is attached. This will help keep your dog and you are safe when going for walks.
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Hopefully now that you have read this article you have a better understanding of how to effectively train your dog. Just make sure you remain patient when training your dog. Both your dog and yourself are going to be very happy.


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Parallels to reports of alien abduction
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject: Parallels to reports of alien abduction
California-based therapist Gwen Dean noted 44 parallels between alleged alien abductions and Satanic ritual abuse. Both emerged as widespread phenomena in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and both often use hypnosis to recover lost or suppressed memories.
Furthermore, the scenarios and narratives offered by abductees and SRA victims feature many similar elements:
Both are typically said to begin when the experiencer is in their youth.
Both are said to involve entire families and to occur generationally.
The alien examination table that is reported is similar to the Satanic altar in those accounts.
Both phenomena feature a strong focus on genitals, rape, sexuality and breeding.
Witnesses often report that the events happen when they are in altered states of consciousness.
Both phenomena feature episodes of "missing time" when the events are said to occur, but of which the victim has no conscious memory.
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:43 am Post subject:
If you lookf or corrwlation, you will find it. Although to correlation is quite obvious and significant, this could be more to do with how the human mind works. Alters/tables are used in many rituals, even mundne tasks. I am using a table now that could be said to be like an alter, if you are looking for connections. Humans seem to have fixation with sex, and many things involve it directy(whether supression or indulgance), or symbolically. The altered state of consciousness could be due to a sleep like state where the person is dreaming, but they are almost conscious and convince themselves it is real. Missing time can also be explained by this. When you sleep, you are not aware of time passing.
Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:
I remember when this theory made the rounds. At the times it was a desperate and perfect out for skeptics of alien abduction theory, then a funny thing happened it gained more ground and was sensationalized as a stand alone wide spread phenomena of course there was no real proof of some of the more published alleged abuses and soon it to was banished to the fringe categories and tabloids. I have met and talked with individuals who have had "abduction" experiences and can tell you that these people were not victims of satanists.
My personal favorite abduction explanation is of the pre-natal memories in which we are supposed to believe that abductees are only remembering there emergence from the womb (the doctors are the aliens in this theory). I think it's evident that data can be scewed to represent and mis-represent actual events by agenda oriented researchers.
"My personal favorite abduction explanation is of the pre-natal memories in which we are supposed to believe that abductees are only remembering there emergence from the womb (the doctors are the aliens in this theory). I think it's evident that data can be scewed to represent and mis-represent actual events by agenda oriented researchers"
Good observation. But the research has not overwhelmingly suggested that abductions are merely the result of pre-natal recollections. Abduction scenarios have many and varied explanations. Data can indeed be skewed by those with agendas and points to prove but we have to examine ALL possibilities before we posit a credible conclusion.
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:16 am Post subject:
Good point but it's also important to take time to look at all possibilities even if they are unpopular ones or contrary to a particular belief system. To look at someone who has had an alleged abduction experience, pat them on the head and say. "It's all right, it's all simply in your head." This is to me is unprofessional and nothing more than an easy way out.


Day two of IATA's World Passenger Symposium in San Diego brought a more detailed examination of the plans the industry has for introducing a more personalised service for passengers.
Amadeus executives were again to the fore with Hervé Couturier, Head of R&D, delivering a key note to the CIO and IT Executive stream. While the title of his talk was "the next 100 years… a vision for the future of Airline IT", Hervé insisted that as the "delivery guy" for the global travel ecosystem outlined the previous day, he would talk about the next three years.
Hervé explained how technology could help travel providers and subscribers serve their passengers with additional opportunities throughout all stages of the journey. He outlined how to take advantage of passenger touch points from the initial "Inspire" phase all the way through to "post-travel" by incorporating content from different players in the value chain and presenting a personalised offer to the traveller.
He went on to outline the four key technological innovations that would be required to deliver this: Big Data, Personalisation, Mobile and Ultra-High Availability of systems, describing some of the steps required to make each a reality.
Earlier in the day, Stephane Lecourtois from Amadeus' Airline IT product strategy team participated in a technical panel session reviewing airline system order and ticketing capabilities, while John Dabkowski, Vice President of Airline Commercial was a combative speaker during a debate about whether NDC was a challenge for the PSS, GDS and IT provider. In perhaps the most contentious debate of the week, John said that PSS providers would be most challenged in an NDC world but said he was confident that Amadeus' strength in both domains meant the company was well placed to be successful.


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Data is the new currency. Social media is now the hottest way to raise consumer support ticket. Sentiment analysis are being more and more accurate in understanding customer desire. There is enough evidence these days that enterprises are no longer debating about the value of big data. The challenge, however, is how to implement its big data strategy.
There are two distinctly different approaches so far, centralized and departmental. Each of them comes with its advantages as well as challenges.
The centralized approach is mostly originated from the centralized Information Technology organization of the enterprise. They have experienced the complexity of data management first-hand, and they are in the deep realization of all the data compliance needs. Therefore it's natural for the IT organization to recommend a centralized approach that usually starts with three steps: first, dig a data lake; Second, secure the data lake; Third, establish a process of who and how the data can be accessed.
The approach has many advantages such as data security. It's also very effective in meeting compliance requirements such as customer privacy and confidentiality audits. On the other hand, it's at a disadvantage because of the conflict between control and speed. The more centralized and secure the big data repository is, the less flexible it seems when there is a need to harness the data, store the data, or retrieve the data. The processes will get into the way so much that business units start to create local copies of spreadsheet "just for the sake of speed," hence resulting in multiple copies of data, therefore, losing the value of having a "single version of the truth." The data lake invested by the centralized IT organization would start to become a secure but less popular lake, often in need of frequent and active business users. When I speak to some of my CIO customers for large enterprises, they would tell me that they have been building their data lake for the last few years yet they are still "not done" and are under the pressure of seeking more concrete use cases and justifying much quicker ROIs (Return on Investment).
The departmental approach is almost the opposite of the centralized approach. It usually got started with a well-defined objective ("We need to know what product features our customers are using so that we can prioritize our investment"), some rudimentary data collection ("I talked to a few customers and here is a spreadsheet of their feature usage mapping"), and the need of turning data into actions quickly ("Let's make a change now by prioritizing this set of features and get them out to customers in 2 weeks"). While this approach can lead to quick time to value because of its laser focus, it creates a lot of repetitive work when each business unit started from zero for their big data needs. With the staff implementing these mostly being business experts rather than technology experts, the architectural design may lack the foresight for future growth. Lastly, there can be multiple copies of customer Twitter data stored at multiple locations by different business units, which is not only a waste of resources but also a hindering factor to prevented an enterprise to leverage the data in a more collaborative fashion.
Initiate with a joint mindset, shared by stakeholders who bring expertise both from business units as well as from centralized IT best practices. Note that the initial task force doesn't have to have representatives from ALL business units, for the sake of speed. This is the most crucial part of your overall investment because it gains buy-in and builds the team. It's important to glue the players with a clear objective after putting out all the risk and concerns from different groups on the table.
Identify a project with well-defined scope, objective and success criteria. Is our first win about increasing the demand-gen funnel, or about reducing the escalations and complaints from customers seeking support? The outcome of this exercise allows focus and ability to demonstrate the Time to Value and ROI. After identifying such project, some adjustment of the project team members may be needed to align further to ensure there is "some skin in the game" for each group participating. This is a key step to recruit additional stakeholders from within, which will further increase the ROI of the big data investment as it scales.
Incorporate architectural foresight into design since day one. This is probably the most debated concept. Some believe that you only worry about scalability when the demand is in front of you. A well-known example would be early-days Facebook where they were so small, and all they can afford to focus on is the immediate deliverables. Others believe that just like when building a house you leave electric outlets and plumbing hooks for future expansion, the same should apply so that additional use cases can be added and economy of scale can be achieved without too much duplicate work. In working with CIOs and business leaders for their strategic initiatives, I learned that the foresight is important for enterprise cost benefit.
To sum it up, we are still in an early stage of exploring the full benefit of big data implementation. Technology leaders should be mindful of the advantages and disadvantages of both centralized and departmental approach, thus orchestrate a hybrid approach with a common big data engine carefully so that enterprises can benefit from early wins followed by the economy of scale.
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