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Marie Claire Patron*
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › Research › peer-review
In the words of Walt Disney in the film 'Saving Mr Banks': '[Like] George Banks, [the brave women authors of this book] will be honored, will be redeemed and will be saved in imagination. This is what story tellers do. We restore order with imagination, we instill hope again and again and again'.
If we can instill hope in the hearts and minds of the women who have been deeply impacted by the traumas of WAR, then we can begin to envisage a brighter future. We wiIl thus have achieved our objectives in Women and War: Opening Pandora's Box. Hope, the last remaining force from Pandora's Box is surely our ally.
Opening Pandora's Box - Intimate relationships in the shadow of traumatic experiences
M-C Patron, R Wildeboer, A Rokach
vii-xvi
The World of Psychology: Therapeutic, relational, teaching
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Patron, M. C. (2017). Preface. In M-C. Patron, R. Wildeboer, & A. Rokach (Eds.), Women and war: Opening Pandora's Box - Intimate relationships in the shadow of traumatic experiences (pp. vii-xvi). (The World of Psychology: Therapeutic, relational, teaching). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Patron, Marie Claire. / Preface. Women and war: Opening Pandora's Box - Intimate relationships in the shadow of traumatic experiences. editor / M-C Patron ; R Wildeboer ; A Rokach. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2017. pp. vii-xvi (The World of Psychology: Therapeutic, relational, teaching).
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Q: Retrieve total for all months if not data exists but months should be within two dates only First, I did see answers in SO that are related to my question and did get the design idea of tblmonths from them. But am stack with this:
Basically, I want to specify start and end dates as: 2015-05-01 And 2016-01-01. I want to get records between those dates based on month. If no data exists for a month between those, it should return 0.
So far my query returns correct data but always for 12 months even when the dates are a few months apart. For the period 2015-10-01 AND 2016-01-01, the output should be:
2015-Oct = 10
2015-Nov =  0
2015-Dec = 5
2016-Jan = 2

SELECT
 tblmonths.monthid,
 COUNT(servicestatusid) as totalcompleted
FROM  tblmonths
left JOIN tblservicestatus ON  (tblmonths.monthid=MONTH(tblservicestatus.statusupdatedon)
AND  tblservicestatus.statusupdatedon BETWEEN 2015-10-01 AND 2016-01-01)
GROUP  BY  monthid

I have moved the:
tblservicestatus.statusupdatedon BETWEEN 2015-10-01 AND 2016-01-01

out of the LEFT JOIN but no change and included it as HAVING after the GROUP BY clause.
Someone suggested I do it over the monthid field and I came up with:
SELECT
COUNT(servicestatusid) as totalcompleted
FROM tblmonths
LEFT JOIN tblservicestatus ON (tblmonths.monthid=MONTH(tblservicestatus.statusupdatedon)
AND CONCAT_WS("-",2015,monthid,1) BETWEEN 2015-10-01 AND 2016-01-01)
GROUP BY monthid

Wondering if CONCAT_WS was returning string, did try STR_TO_DATE. The only change that makes some change is changing the JOIN but the output is wrong.
Where am I wrong?

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Ontario introduces tiered generic pricing framework
Miller Thomson LLP
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Canada June 10 2015
The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) announced, on May 20, 2015, changes to generic drug pricing that are retroactive to April1, 2013. The changes include the introduction of tiered generic drug pricing, and are the result of amendments to the regulations under the Ontario Drug Benefit Act (the ODBA Regulations).
In November, 2014, the MOHLTC gave notice of proposed amendments to the ODBA Regulations in respect of certain drug products approved for listing on the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB)/Comparative Drug Index (the Formulary), which apply to public and private reimbursement. The existing pricing framework required manufacturers to set generic prices at25% of the brand reference product for solid dosage forms (e.g. tablets, capsules) and 35% for non-solid dosage forms (e.g. solutions, creams).
The amendments to the ODBA Regulations permit the Executive Officer to consider various new exemptions to the 25135% price requirements, including as follows:
where a generic product is the only generic product listed on the Formulary (i.e. a single source generic product), the price will be 75% of the brand reference product or 85% if no province has a listing agreement in respect of the brand reference product; and
where there are only two generic products listed on the Formulary (i.e. dual source generic products), then the pricewould be50% of the brand reference product.
Where there are three or more generic products available, then the standard 25135% pricing would continue to apply.
Other amendments address potential price increases in respect of generic products listed prior to 2006. For example, under the amendments to the ODBA Regulations, the Executive Officer now has the discretion to adjust a brand reference price based on the Consumer Price Index by a factor of up to 10 years, or more where it is inthe public interest to do so.
Earlier this year, on March 10, 2015, the MOHLTC announced that four additional generic molecules had been selected to be reduced to 18%of the brandprice (clopidogrel bisulfate, gabapentin, metformin, and olanzapine) as part of the Pan-Canadian CompetitiveValue Price Initiative for Generic Drugs, and the Drug Benefit Price for those productswould beeffective as of April1, 2015.
The MOHLTC states that the new tiered pricing framework, resulting from the amendments to the ODBA Regulations, isnot anticipated to impact a large number of generic product listings.
Miller Thomson LLP - Julian Worsley
Generic drug
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Jack Covert Selects: Jack Covert Selects - How Stella Saved the Farm
By: 800-CEO-READ @ 5:26 PM – Filed under: Management & Workplace Culture
How Stella Saved the Farm: A Wild and Wooly Yarn About Making Innovation Happen by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, St. Martins Press, 160 pages, $19.98, Hardcover, March 2013, ISBN 9781250002129
I was surprised to see that two of the most respected and knowledgeable business book authors writing today, Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, wrote a parable. The team—both faculty at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth—has previously written three more academic-leaning books together, and their 2012 book Reverse Innovation appeared on numerous best-of lists. So, why the parable now? Perhaps it's because turning theory into story can reach an entirely new audience, as this book should.
Here's the scenario: Animals have taken over running all the small "family" farms, and humans run huge factory farms. Humans, however, want to buy up all the smaller farms, and the animals want to prevent this because the worker-animals on the human farms are treated unfairly. On this particular farm, the (horse) CEO has moved on and bequeathed the running of the farm to his (horse) daughter, Deidre, who is (the sheep) Stella's mentor. Deidre's promotion is a surprise and puts her at odds with the farm manager (a bull) who expected to take over for the late CEO, but was overlooked due to his more traditional approach to business.
Clearly the farm is in danger, and obviously there is a bad guy (human) who would like to snatch it up. This puts pressure on the farm to do some quick innovating.
They hold a contest, and Stella's suggestion of introducing a new, rather "foreign" revenue stream to the farm is chosen as one of the changes. Drama (and lots of ground pawing) commences. Does Stella and her innovative idea save the farm? The authors suggest early on that just because the book is named after Stella doesn't mean she actually did save the farm. Numerous other characters contribute to the attempts to innovate, so the suspense remains high to the end.
I'll admit, as I was reading, I began to think about the independent bookstores we've seen wither under the assault of first the super-stores and now the online monolith, Amazon.
Overall, Deidre determined, the farm was operating as efficiently as ever. That was the good news. But prices for the farm's products were dropping across the board, squeezing profits. If current trends continued, Windsor [farm] could be forced out of business in just a few years.
In other words, I could relate—which is exactly what Govindarajan and Trimble set out to do with this parable. This tale enables the authors to share their theories of innovation with any reader who learns better or engages more intimately through story, even if the story features farm animals at the helm. Additionally, as I was reading, I started to come around to the idea that these animals (hooved, but able to type!) were actually fine representatives for those of us who feel handcuffed when fighting against companies with more money and more power.
Govindarajan and Trimble offer us an insightful little book laced with humor and clever little details that make for entertaining reading. Will you need to suspend disbelief that there are custom-made desks for horses? Yes, but you will not need to struggle through a lengthy academic thesis to access the pragmatic lessons the authors make clear through the struggles of this charming little farm. They also offer a list of review questions and ponderables at the end of the book to get you thinking about the many layers of lessons woven into the story. And this last section allows readers to become a very important part of the story.
NEWS & OPINION: The Best Books of 2012, Amazon Edition
By 800-CEO-READ, published November 28, 2012, at 2:50 PM – Filed under: Management & Workplace Culture
Amazon's editors have come up with another fine list of books this year. Their choices in the Business and Investing category are: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg, Random House Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business by Patrick Lencioni, Jossey-Bass Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve Coll, The Penguin Press Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Brad Feld, John Wiley & Sons How Much is Enough? : Money and the Good Life by Robert Skidelsky and Edward Skidelsky Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere by Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Indra K.
NEWS & OPINION: Reverse Innovation
By 800-CEO-READ, published April 10, 2012, at 1:19 PM – Filed under: Management & Workplace Culture
Following up my recent post on Jugaad Innovation, which detailed Western companies that looked at non-Western innovation as inspiration, today I'm reading Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble's Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere. What's interesting about this book, is the authors are calling companies to actually innovate from within non-rich countries, and then tweak that innovation to adapt to richer nations. If this sounds over-ambitious, consider Gatorade, and example from the book, whose fundamental recipe began in Bangladesh to treat victims of cholera.
NEWS & OPINION: The Best Books of 2012, strategy + business Edition
The strategy + business best of business books list is always one of our favorites of the year—one we always look forward to—and this year's does not disappoint. The strength of the list is in it's breadth and flexibility. The categories always change slightly to reflect the important topics of the year, and they choose experts on those topics to pick the best books published in those categories.
JACK COVERT SELECTS: This Week - 12/5/05
By 800-CEO-READ, published December 5, 2005, at 3:34 PM – Filed under: Management & Workplace Culture
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NEWS & OPINION: More Eastern Influence on American Business
By 800-CEO-READ, published October 25, 2006, at 6:54 PM – Filed under: Management & Workplace Culture
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Screening platform for development of antibody-drug conjugates against novel targets at the National Research Council of Canada
Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-3669
Search for: Jaramillo, Maria Luz1; Search for: Meury, Luc1; Search for: Bouchard, Patrice1; Search for: Matte, Allan1; Search for: Marcil, Anne1; Search for: Acchione, Mauro1; Search for: Hill, Jennifer1; Search for: Fauteux, Francois2
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Proceedings title
Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC
Cancer Research; Volume 77
American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017, April 1-5, 2017, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract nr 3669
One of the most promising of the next generation of biologic-based cancer therapeutics builds on the molecular targeting abilities of antibodies by combining them with drugs to generate highly specific antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). However, the development of ADCs requires time-consuming selection of the antibody for every target and cancer type. High-throughput screening technologies based on the use of conjugated secondary antibodies provide a fast and efficient surrogate assay from which to identify which antibodies are best internalized and suitable for immunoconjugate development into ADCs. As part of its integrated antibody development initiative, NRC has isolated and characterized anti- mouse Fc and anti-human Fc monoclonal antibodies to serve as very selective detective reagents for various IgG isotypes. We have shown that these secondary antibodies are species specific, selective and of high affinity. When conjugated to pH sensitive fluorophores, we have used them to specifically identify internalizing antibodies against tumor targets, which were later validated as ADCs. Furthermore, these secondary conjugates exhibit high specific potency and low background toxicity once conjugated to linkered drugs. This approach allow us to optimize the selection of an antibody for a particular target, tumor type, linker and drug for ADC development. NRC will present results of a screen of 285 mouse antibodies against 20 different targets in 7 different cancer cell lines, using either MCC-DM1 or vc-MMAE-conjugated secondary antibodies. The NRC ADC discovery platform is combining this methodology with our proprietary mRNA and DNA expression database for the selection of appropriate ADC targets. NRC Biologics and Biomanufacturing program is in the process of screening thousands of NRC antibodies generated against a variety of cancer-associated cell surface targets to deliver a steady pipeline of ADCS as part of its drug discovery efforts. This functional screening platform further promotes the integration and advancement of NRC's capabilities and strengths in the area of biologic-based therapeutics lead candidate selection, including quality attributes and characterization and biomanufacturing. The combined expertise in cell biology, high throughput screening, antibody generation and selection, bioinformatics and expression analysis forms the foundation by which NRC can establish strategic collaborations with other Canadian or international partners to develop antibodies into novel ADC biologics.
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Provo, Utah (PRWEB) --April 26, 2012--Property Solutions International, Inc., the largest provider of property management websites and payments, announced the release of SiteTablet 3.1, which features the addition of HotSheet and Local Resources. SiteTablet, multifamily's first iPad app for leasing agents and property management professionals, now effectively eliminates the need for a traditional leasing binder and allows users to complete leasing, payment, and maintenance management operations exclusively on the iPad.
SiteTablet's latest features, HotSheet and Local Resources, will supplement the app's existing features, including guest cards, pricing/availability, interactive floor plans, virtual tours, applications, full-screen photo-viewing, and social media integration. Local Resources gives leasing professionals the ability to upload and view information on local amenities and distribute it as a virtual, leasing packet to prospects via email. For larger communities requiring greater inventory control, HotSheet was created to enhance functionality of SiteTablet's admin section, allowing users to view and submit guest cards for all available and on-notice units. The additional features enable SiteTablet to replace the leasing binder that multifamily professionals traditionally must maintain, update, and carry to community tours and viewings.
The original release of SiteTablet in 2010 brought the leasing office to an unprecedented level of mobility, convenience, and eco-consciousness. "The SiteTablet app was designed with the leasing professional in mind," stated Josh Albrechtsen, director of project management at Property Solutions. "It uses the latest in user-interface design to guide leasing professionals and prospects through the leasing process."
In 2011, SiteTablet was awarded MHN's Most Innovative Multi-Housing Technology of the Year and recently received a 2012 Utah Innovation Award for web-enabled B2B solutions. Today, nearly 1,000 properties use SiteTablet, claiming that the personal engagement the app grants prospective residents translates to greater connection and higher conversion rates. "Consistently, our clients have loved the tight integration the app offers with their property management software and lead management solutions," said Albrechtsen. "The app is also easy to use with minimal training, making adoption on-site painless."
SiteTablet 3.1 is available free to download on iTunes and fully integrates with Property Solutions' payment, work order, and lead management platforms.
Founded in 2003, Property Solutions International, Inc. is the nation's largest provider of apartment community websites and a leading developer of innovative property management software tools. The company offers a variety of web based solutions for leasing, rent collection, and maintenance request processing. Property Solutions' web portals and electronic payment processing tools offer the advantage of full data integration with most widely-used property management software packages. For more information, go to http://www.propertysolutions.com.


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New Zealand v Ireland: Sexton passed fit for second Test
Johnny Sexton was injured in the first test on Saturday at Eden Park
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton successfully played in the second Test of his three-match series against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.
Sexton was dislodged from suffering a concussion during their 42-19 defeat to the All Blacks in the opening game in Oakland last weekend.
Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt confirmed that the 36-year-old would be available for selection.
"Johnny is fine," Kat told reporters on Tuesday.
"Johnny is decent, Johnny has passed every test he needs to pass, so from our point of view he's good to go."
Sexton was not allowed to return to the field on Saturday after failing an initial head injury assessment (HIA).
After the match, however, Irish coach Andy Farrell refused to exclude Sexton from the rest of the series because half of the Fly had passed second of three HIA exams.
While Kat was relieved that Sexton would be available this weekend, he also praised the performance of his replacement, Joey Carberry, in Auckland.
"(Sexton) is a massive cog there but I think Joe came in and did really well," Cat said.
"We're back again and that's what the Tour is all about, our ability to adapt to what's being thrown at us and I think we've done it well. So I hope it continues."
Meanwhile, All Blacks locksmith Sam Whitelock and Tupou Vaa'i have both been disqualified from Saturday's test.
Whitlock, who became the second-most capped Blacks first player of the weekend, may also miss the third Test in Wellington on July 16 after a delayed concussion was reported after the 42-19 win over the Irishman at Eden Park.
New head injury protocols in World Rugby prevent players from being selected 12 days after they have suffered a concussion.
"It's not ideal," All Blacks captain Sam Kean told reporters.
"Sam had a great weekend. He's become the second most capped black of all time which is hugely impressive.
"We will no doubt miss his leadership and what he brings."
Coach Ian Foster will also be without Vaa'i after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Patrick Tuipoloto has been called up as a substitute after his final return from a six-month stint in Japan.
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Book Review: Contested Utopia: Jewish Dreams and Israeli Realities
Growing up in the years following the founding of the State of Israel, I, like so many of my generation, was taught that the new Jewish state was the fulfillment of a utopian dream: a Jewish homeland after almost 2000 years of exile. It would be a refuge for persecuted diaspora Jews and its governance guided by Jewish values.
Our assumption was, and still is, that Israel would be a Jewish state, where Jews could protect themselves, and would finally feel safe. The pictures I saw in my religious school classes of chalutzim (Zionist pioneers) – robust men and women in very short shorts dancing the hora – convinced me that a Jewish utopia had been created in the land promised to my biblical ancestors thousands of years ago.
I am much older now and, hopefully, much wiser. Israel is not, and probably never was, utopia. And, I have discovered, my understanding of "utopia" as it relates to Israel is not shared by others.
In his fascinating book, Contested Utopia: Jewish Dreams and Israeli Realities (Jewish Publication Society), Marc Rosenstein – an American Reform rabbi who made aliyahaliyahעֲלִיָּה"Going up." The honor of being called to recite the blessings before and after the Torah reading. Also refers to immigration to Israel, to "make aliyah" to Israel; plural: aliyot. Lit. "Ascent." some 30 years ago and is the former director of the Israel Rabbinical Program at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem – examines the Jewish state through the lens of Jewish utopian thought from its biblical beginnings to modernity. He argues that the collective memories, desires, hopes, and faith of the Jewish people converged to envision an ideal life in the Land of Israel.
But there is and always has been conflicting and often overlapping visions of what the ideal Jewish state would look like. And never has there been a common understanding of what the physical borders of a Jewish state would be.
Rosenstein points out that if one were to take a poll of Israelis and Diaspora Jews as to what the ideal Jewish state would be, what they say they want cannot exist in one place: an ethnic nation-state that is a paragon of social justice; a hospitable state with a powerful defense force that welcomes the stranger; a modern democratic state in which religious officials exercise a dominant role with borders believed to be divinely ordained.
Rosenstein spends a good portion of the book showing how contradictory utopian visions of the Jewish state have been a constant in Jewish history: conflicting descriptions in Torah, the diverse views of the early proponents of Zionism, the ever-changing visions of Israel's leadership and citizens, and the conflicting views of diaspora Jewry.
Among the most common of these endless debates is the question: Should Israel be "a Jewish state" or "a state of all its citizens"? The first represents the kind of a nationalistic utopia, the nation state where every Jew belongs to the nation, akin to being one big family or community. In Rosenstein's words, "This is the state where we can just be us, where it's just Jews and everybody's Jewish, unlike in America, where only a small minority is Jewish." In an Israel that is the state of all its citizens, Jews are in the majority and Jewish culture reflects that reality, but no one group is favored over the other. Everyone has equal rights and, hopefully, equal protection under the law.
In a recent interview, Rosenstein said
"I think the point of the book is to say we have to be conscious of the fact that we walk around with these different visions and we have to understand that it's not a zero-sum game, that I can't have a state that's only a Jewish state and therefore it's not a state of all citizens. But I also can't have a state which is a totally cosmopolitan and liberal and where there's nothing Jewish about it, because neither of those are options for us. Ultimately, it is a question of balance. As a liberal Jew living in Israel that balance is critical."
Thus, the challenge Rosenstein presents for those who call themselves liberal Jews is to understand how the disparate utopian visions collide in the attempt to establish policy and practice regarding such issues as Sabbath observance, social welfare, immigration, the use of land, and the Israel-Diaspora relationship, to name a few.
The balance among these (and others) has always been uneasy, messy, and a constant work in progress. Liberal voices need to be heard in the ongoing conversations about Israel's future – a future that may not be utopian, but one in which Israel is a modern, enlightened, pluralistic democracy that protects the rights of all its citizens and, at the same time, continues to be a vibrant place where the best of Jewish culture thrives.
For Rosenstein, and for liberal Jews in the diaspora who care about Israel, the challenge is "…to pursue a vision of Israel as a state like any other – or as a state not like any other."
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Relational Psychoanalysis: The Emergence of a Tradition
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Over the course of the past 15 years, there has been a vast sea change in American psychoanalysis. It takes the form of a broad movement away from classical psychoanalytic theorizing grounded in Freud's drive theory toward models of mind and development grounded in object relations concepts. In clinical practice, there has been a corresponding movement away from the classical principles of neutrality, abstinence and anonymity toward an interactive vision of the analytic situation that places the analytic relationship, with its powerful, reciprocal affective currents, in the foreground. These developments have been evident in virtually all schools of psychoanalysis in America, from the most traditional to the most radical.
The wellspring of these innovations is the work of a group of psychoanalysts who have struggled to integrate aspects of interpersonal psychoanalysis, various British object relations theories, and psychoanalytic feminism. Although not self-selected as a school, these theorists have generated a distinct tradition of psychoanalytic thought and clinical practice that has become extremely influential within psychoanalysis in the United States.
Relational Psychoanalysis: The Emergence of a Tradition brings together for the first time the seminal papers of the major authors within this tradition. Each paper is accompanied by an introduction, in which the editors place it in its historical context, and a new afterward, in which the author suggests subsequent developments in his or her thinking. This book is an invaluable resource for any clinical practitioner, teacher or student of psychoanalysis interested in exploring the exciting developments of recent years.
Michael Eigen - The Area of Faith in Winnicott, Lacan and Bion (1981)
Irwin Z. Hoffman - The Patient as Interpreter of the Analyst's Experience (1983)
Donnel B. Stern - Unformulated Experience: From Familiar Chaos to Creative Disorder (1983)
Nancy J. Chodorow - Toward a Relational Individualism: The Mediation of Self Through Psychoanalysis (1986)
Jay R. Greenberg - Theoretical Models and the Analyst's Neutrality (1986)
Stephen A. Mitchell - The Wings of Icarus: Illusion and the Problem of Narcissism (1986)
Jessica Benjamin - Recognition and Destruction: An Outline of Intersubjectivity (1990)
Emmanuel Ghent - Masochism, Submission, Surrender:Masochism as a Perversion of Surrender (1990)
Lewis Aron - The Patient's Experience of the Analyst's Subjectivity (1991)
Jody Messler Davies and Mary Gail Frawley - Dissociative Processes and Transference-Countertransference Paradigms in the Psychoanalytically Oriented Treatment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1991)
Adrienne Harris - Gender as Contradiction (1991)
Stuart A. Pizer - The Negotiation of Paradox in the Analytic Process (1992)
Robert D. Stolorow and George E. Atwood - Three Realms of the Unconscious (1992)
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9 Indian Artists That Are Using Paper In Creative Ways - Homegrown
9 Indian Artists That Are Using Paper In Creative Ways
Sudipta Das
By Sara Hussain | Posted Aug 29 2017
Our brains may be tapped into the digital world of selfies, Tinder and dog videos, but when it comes to art, the love we have for paper, in its many forms, still remains. There is a certain charm and sense of peace that comes from putting brush to paper, folding it into different shapes or even cutting it up to create something new altogether. From origami and kirigami to paper cut, collage and sculptures, artists are constantly transforming this modest resource into beautiful works of art.
We all created our own works of flying art when we were younger through soaring paper planes across classrooms. Today we look at some amazing Indian artists that are cutting, folding, bending, glueing, rolling and transforming paper in innovative ways, using it imaginatively in ways we never thought possible.
I. Parth Kothekar
Paper cut artworks are individually sketched and hard-carved using a special paper cut knife on a single sheet of paper. The precision required is pretty immense considering one slip of the hand could ruin the entire creation and make you start over. Ahmedabad-based Parth Kothekar is well-versed in this method, and his creations are beautiful and delicate.
It was during his experiments with graffiti stencil that he took up this new form. "This art form made me feel more connected to my work. I felt the 'life' in them," he said. His work is based on aspects of everyday life, observations and situations, he explained, "The thing with paper cuts is that one doesn't know the final output until the end. I have an assumption of what it might look and that is what I work with. It is the curiosity of finding out if I have got it that keeps me going."
You can view more of his work, purchase artwork and even request your own here.
Paper cut artwork by Parth Kothekar
II. Archana Kumar
While she isn't working towards her PhD in electronics engineering, Archana Kumar spends her time quilling. Best known as paper filigree, quilling is the art of rolling narrow strips of paper into scrolls or coils and arranging them to create intricate patterns and designs. Archana's work goes beyond quilling, in fact, she goes beyond the paper rolls and gets innovative with her approach. Her geometric works are as eye-catching as the rest of her designs, and she always creates her series with a set of three works that follow a distinct colour palette or theme.
Quilling for her was a chance discovery when she came across the works of Yulia Brodskaya and Kathleen Usova on Pinterest, she tells All Things Paper. Known popularly as Tealcup, Archana turned to quilling as a respite from stressful University work. From her work so far, Lakhnau and her Tribe series have to be our favourite, and we can't wait to see what she creates next.
Check out her work on her website.
Lakhnau series by Archana Kumar
III. Sukanta Dasgupta
Pune-based artist Sukanta Dasgupta spends days carefully planning and executing each piece of his work in a style called Pune-based artist Sukanta Dasgupta spends days carefully planning and executing each piece of his work in a style called papier collé. It's hard to believe at first glance that his creations aren't oil paintings. The longer you look and pay attention to the details, you soon notice the numerous little pieces of paper that have been intricately and precisely organised to create this incredible work of art.
This is far from a simple cut-and-paste collage. He explains that each piece of paper is cut according to its colour, texture, reflectivity, style of printing and many such aspects that go into its collection. The term 'taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture' has never been more apt than when viewing Dasgupta's work. Saying papier collé requires patience and determination would be an understatement. Gupta's pieces give viewers the chance to find beauty in the chaos, if nothing it could be ordered chaos, of sorts.
Read more about his work here and view his body of work here.
'Ordinary Life' by Sukanta Dasgupta
IV. Hari & Deepti
We're just going to start off by saying that these guys are paper cut magicians. It's more than just paper cut, in fact, they create whimsical, magical worlds of shadow, light and paper – one we'd happily step into.
The artistic couple Hari, a graphic designer and illustrator, and Deepti, an Interaction Designer and trained artist, took up paper cut for fun back in 2010. Little did their know that their work would soon take social media by storm and draw the eyes of people the world over.
Their creations are given incredible depth and perspective with their use of paper in layers. Each sheet is individually cut with great precision and arranged in front of each other to create the wondrous landscape illuminated with carefully placed LED lights – they're now even creating book covers in their style.
Follow their work on Facebook and Instagram.
'Nautilus' by Hari & Deepti
V. Sabeena Karnik
You may recognise Sabeena's incredible quilling work from this year's Independence Day Google doodle. The Mumbai-based illustrator, graphic designer and 'paper typographer' creates intricate and clean lettering and designs through quilling. Working with products, advertisements, publishing houses, major brands like Tanishq and editorials, working with agencies around the world.
As she said, "The world of paper is so vast and magical; no matter how much you explore, the possibilities are limitless!"
You can view more of her work on her Behance page.
Sabeena Karnik's Independence Day 2017 Google Doodle
VI. Himanshu Agrawal
From small paper-folded peacocks to four-feet-tall fire breathing dragons, Himanshu's work and scale know no bounds – he even got a spot in the Limca Book of Records for a 105 feet long and 30 feet tall dragon paper sculpture that had to be folded in an aeroplane hangar.
Having had his work showcased at events and art shows around the world, he began practising Origami in 1989 and has since grown in and development to create his own technique and style of large scale Origami and expressive paper sculptures.
Himanshu has breathed new life into this ancient art of paper folding. "Origami is all about having infinite patience, a mind for mathematical equations and strong visualisation powers," he said in an interview. We can't wait to see his next monumental creation.
You can follow his work on his website and Instagram.
Origami mask designed, folded and photographed by Himanshu Agrawal
VII. Sachin George Sebastian
It was during his time at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, that Sachin fell in love with the art of paper engineering. He was mesmerised by the geometry and magic of paper craft but he is now expanding to include more mediums of expression. His primary subject has been the city itself, the collective history of a metropolis while stories are either told or fade quietly into oblivion. As he previously shared in an interview with Homegrown, "The simple life in a city, the beauty of its chaos, its power on its subjects and its magnetic nature irrespective of its weight, make way for my process."
He works on the juxtaposition between organic and inorganic facets of the city, showing towering skyscrapers amid intricate flowers. He's constantly pushing the boundaries when it comes to our understanding of paper art and installations and continuously strives to challenge himself as well as his audience in how we perceive the world around us. While there are many exceptional artists in the country today, he remains one to be watched.
'R.I.P. Regression in Progression' by Sachin George Sebastian
VIII. Nibha Sikander
A graduate from MSU, Baroda, Nibha makes intricate paper cut works of insects, birds and beautiful butterflies, and has provided us with a strange fascination now for moths. It's hard to distinguish reality from art when it comes to her work, it's as realistic as it gets. While we've been able to find little of her work online, we can't wait to see what this incredible artist creates next.
You can keep up with her work on Instagram.
Moth paper cut by Nibha Sikander
IX. Sudipta Das
What Sudipta does with her collage work is fascinating. She breaks down known narratives to reconstruct them in fragments to create a new visual narrative, drawing attention back to historical moments often lost in archives. Histories can be changed and altered, this is what she addresses through her work.
Describing herself as a 'fourth-generation Bangladeshi migrant in India', there is empathy for the world's refugee crisis in her work, especially in 'The Great Shift'. Building off 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by Katsushika Hokusai, there is a clear sense of displacement in 'The Great Shift' that comprises of a multitude of small pieces of torn-up paper painstakingly put back together. You notice the shades of brown prevalent in her creation since after she tears the paper, she dips them in coffee and tea, then leaves them out to dry.
Sudipta Das with 'The Great Shift' Source: BLOUIN ARTINFO
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Theresa Cogswell: The Next 4-Letter Word
By Theresa Cogswell
In the past month, the legionnaires in the fight for sodium reduction have come out in full force. On the heels of required calorie posting for chain restaurants, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a nationwide plan to cut sodium content by 20% over the next five years. To date, 16 food makers and restaurant chains agreed to comply.
In response to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report recommending the reduction of sodium intake in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offered a statement proposing it will review the IOM recommendations, suggesting continued work with federal agencies, public health and consumer groups and the food industry to support the reduction of sodium levels in the food supply.
The battle over sodium is nothing new to those in the baking industry. Bakers have already proactively reduced the amount of sodium in bread through the years. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) data confirms the average sodium level in a slice of bread has dropped from 254 mg to 180 mg since 1963.
However, when the grain-based food group is meant to support the foundation of the Food Guide Pyramid, it's necessary to consider the recommended six to 10 servings when figuring total daily sodium consumption from grain-based foods. Given the recent IOM sodium report and FDA awareness of the subject, further sodium reduction in baked foods will become necessary as salt continues to make front page news.
The challenge for bakers and product development departments is that salt in yeast-raised bread and rolls is functional. Understanding the quantity of salt needed for each part of the equation is essential. Like all mathematical equations, you can solve it many different ways. If you are currently using 1.8% salt in your formula today, then your equation will be A + B = 1.8% salt. Planning on a 10% reduction would then move the equation to A + B = 1.62%.
Work performed by Dubois et al. (1984) determined that the range of 1.0 to 1.5% salt (flour weight basis) appeared to be best for bread production.
To reduce the sodium content in bread, its vital roles in breadmaking must be considered. Salt performs three principal functions in bread dough.
Foremost among these is flavor enhancement. Bread without salt has an insipid and flat taste and flavor. Besides contributing a salty taste when present in suffi cient concentration in a food, salt will impart great fullness to mouthfeel, increasing the perception of sweetness, masking possible off-taste and, most importantly, improving the flavor balance.
A second function of salt is to inhibit yeast activity, reflected in reduced gassing rates. Salt alters the osmotic pressures in food, causing microorganisms, including yeast, to lose moisture to their briny surroundings, reducing their vitality. The same inhibitory action of salt also affects potential spoilage mechanisms, aiding in the control of the microflora of dough.
Salt's third function is its strengthening and tightening effect on the gluten of dough. Evidence indicates a more direct interaction of the salt with flour proteins. The strengthening effect is particularly beneficial in instances where very soft water is encountered or where inadequately matured flours must be processed. Under these conditions, use of maximum amounts, 2% salt (flour weight basis) will help overcome possible diffi culties with soft and sticky dough. During baking, salt retards starch gelling and inhibits pasting.
Compromising the flavor of bread by reducing sodium may also discourage consumers' consumption of enriched and whole-grain products. This potential reduction in consumption would result in limiting access to key nutrients important for a balanced diet. Since 1941, enriched white bread has included thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and iron. Folic acid was added to the list of fortification in 1998 in an effort to decrease neural tube defects. If the consumption of enriched white bread was to decrease, the benefits of folic acid enrichment could also diminish.
A gradual sodium reduction approach based on sound science is more likely to be embraced by consumer's tastes and preferences. Grain products, led by bread and rolls, account for 21% of sodium intake, the largest source of any food category. So don't wait to move on the sodium issue. The baking industry is not likely to get by under the radar screen on this issue. •
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Hunting on the Rocks
Over 15,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, a massive glacier carved its way through the Italian Alps in what is now the province of Brescia. Its melting waters left behind the 56-mile long valley, which became a major crossing place for herds of game followed by hunter-gatherers and later for the exchange of goods and ideas.
With so much game around, the hunters remained in the valley where they soon discovered that the smooth sandstone valley walls were the perfect surface for creating scenes with a hammer stone or pointed tool. They left over 300,000 rock engravings spanning 10,000 years from the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) period to the Middle Ages.
The valley is named after the Celtic tribe the Romans assimilated in the 1st century BCE: the Camuni. Scholars have identified a number of distinctive phases in the rock art that reflect changes in interests and concerns of the period: the economy, beliefs and rituals, social organization, and external contacts.
The earliest scenes comprise simple line drawings with schematic figures. The main themes depict hunting large animals, identified as elks, sometimes shown hit by spears. Elks may have been hunted to extinction as they do not appear in later periods. One engraving depicts a basket-shaped fishing trap holding a fish. Bivouacs of modest size suggest that the first inhabitants lived in small hunting groups at the foothills of glaciers amid forests of pine and birch.
By 5500 BCE, the beginning of the Neolithic, the Camunians' interests had turned to farming scenes. The artists were more likely to portray domesticated animals: dogs, bovids, goats. While they still hunted, their art focused on farming and ritual; they may even have worshipped dogs. Towards the end of the period they began to record the latest technological advance: metallurgy. First copper, then bronze weapons such as daggers, axes and halberds. Hunting scenes became frequent once more. A new warrior class was beginning to emerge, with the wealth and leisure to enjoy hunting as a sporting rather than subsistence activity.
Horses appeared in scenes in the Bronze Age. Images of hunters riding after wild deer, which were also worshipped, became popular. Camunian hunters, armed with spears and shields, are depicted as virile and aggressive, pitting their manly skills against the wild forces of nature. In one scene a horseman, led by an armed servant, holds a long curved stick, rather like a hockey stick. Strabo wrote about a spear-like stick that Celts to hunt birds,'with a range greater than an arrow'. The spear or lance continued to be commonly used by huntsmen during the chase or to dispatch prey caught in traps or nets,
By the Iron Age, ties to other Celtic tribes become more apparent in religious scenes. Rock 70 has probably the oldest depiction of the divinity known as Cernunnos, who sports huge deer antlers on is head. Stags were both quarry and divinity. One hunt scene shows hunters surrounding a half-human, half-stag creature with huge antlers. Another shows hunters seemingly in prayer grouped around a trapped stag. In a third, a circle of people and other smaller stags worship a stag with huge antlers, as if it is divine. Or perhaps, like many other traditional societies, the artists wish to acknowledge the great gift their quarry offers in allowing itself to be eaten.
by Celine Castelino


How many times have you been to a presentation where the presenter's screensaver or screen blanker kicks in 5 minutes in to the presentation, and then every so often thereafter, causing them to have to stop in mid-flow and swipe their finger over their trackpad to restore their slide to view?
It would be great if the GNOME screensaver (or that of other free software platforms) were able to detect that the screensaver had been automatically dismissed immediately after being invoked (say within 10 seconds), and decide to disable the screensaver entirely for the next hour or so. Possible loss: some energy. Possible gain: a much more pleasant presentation. Good trade-off? If this made too many false positives, then perhaps it could switch it off only after 2 consecutive sub-10-second dismissals.
No idea if it got implemented or not, though mjg is usually the type to actually hack and not just talk.
Instead of random guessing, wouldn't a better solution be for presentation apps to send some sort of notification to the screensaver when presenting started and ended, so that the screensaver would know for certain not to come on during that time?
Smokey: sure, and many apps do, but some people present with e.g. Firefox, which probably shouldn't send such notifications. And also, you aren't always showing a presentation app or video app.
Perhaps Firefox could send such a notification when in full-screen mode?
I find them useful when watching programmes on BBC iPlayer, or long tech talks on YouTube.
None of the proposed solutions takes into account something like an automatic slide show. From the user point of view, a simpler method is just to take into account screen activity as well as keyboard and mouse. The current system considers only keyboard and mouse activity as evidence of user interest. If the screen keeps changing, just assume it's needed.
Yippe. Caffine looks promising for keeping the screensaver at bay when you want the capability of using something like Firefox for longer than your screensaer init time and you don't want to have to fiddle with the settings.
8.11. How do I make my application stop the computer auto-suspending?
8.12. Are GNOME Power Manager and GNOME Screensaver inhibit methods the same?
When the computer has been idle for a time, the system sends a WM_SYSCOMMAND message to the current foreground window with argument SC_SCREENSAVE. If the active window is not a windows application, or if it gobbles up the message, then nothing further happens.
caffeine -exitafter:45 is doing just what I want. A wife friendly way to click a shortcut and temporarily inhibit the screensaver while we do out workouts while using Firefox.
8.11. How do I make my application stop the computer auto-suspending?
8.12. Are GNOME Power Manager and GNOME Screensaver inhibit methods the same?
I use a Makefile to compile my LaTeX-beamer presentations. The "present:" target of that Makefile just does "xscreensaver-command -disable" before calling xpdf and then "xscreensaver-command -enable" afterwards (ie: after xpdf exits).
I don't see a reason to introduce "intelligence" into software when it can be simply implemented by human cleverness.
Why not just run "gnome-screensaver-command -i" before running your presentation? The command will stop the screensaver from activating until you ^C it. I use it when playing Armagetron Advanced, because the screensaver likes to come on in the middle of the game for some reason.
It seems that this sort of thing is not a new phenomenon. I once saw an amusing video clip of an "out-take" from a televised weather forecast from the relatively early days of using computerised graphics for forecasts rather than have the forecaster physically stick weather symbols onto a map. Just before the live broadcast, they were meant to lock computing resources from the Met Office's system so that these would be reserved for use by the presentation rather than for other tasks. On one occasion they forgot to do this, and during the live broadcast the system went completely out of control and started just displaying random wind arrows all over the map, while the red-faced forecaster just looked on helplessly and was completely unable to deliver a meaningful forecast.
If your screensaver kicks in during a presentation because you spent 5+ minutes on a single static slide, then your presentation is not well designed.
Michael: I disagree. I've listened to great sermons which are half an hour long and have four or five slides. Presentations are a support for what you are saying; the current 150+-slide slide-per-sentence style is only one way of presenting, and some would argue not the best way.
More on the Windows adaptive display (auto-extend the screensaver timeout).
Are they really intelligent, that's scary.


CAMDEN, NJ— Mayor Frank Moran pointed at a pile of mattresses, TVs, buckets and other trash dumped near the corner of Federal and 28th streets in East Camden and shook his head.
Earlier this week, he had stood at the intersection of 34th Street and Westfield Avenue and challenged business owners to keep their storefronts clear of trash and debris.
On Friday morning, the mayor was back in East Camden going door to door to try and challenge that way of thinking for the city's residents as well.
The mayor was joined by the city's code enforcement officers, public works employees and members of the city's fire department to clean up two blocks between Federal Street and Westfield Avenue, and distribute information and materials to help the residents who live there keep the blocks clean and avoid potential code violations.
Friday's effort was part of Moran's larger "Inclusive Prosperity" initiative to invest in and transform blighted sections of Camden's neighborhoods. Moran said Friday he chose to begin with the blocks of 28th Street and Leonard Street because of their history in attracting drug activity along with the amount of trash and pothole complaints the city's received.
"Also the underworld in these communities that sort of gravitate to blight and filth — we're going to let them know we're not going to tolerate this," Moran said.
Those who live on the block received packets that featured information on the city's trash and recycling collection schedule, where the trash should be located to be picked up, what should go in the trash and what should go in the recycling, and how to dispose of items such as e-waste and mattresses.
The city also handed two new trash cans to the residents, and the fire department installed smoke detectors inside homes if needed.
Director of Code Enforcement Luis Ruiz said that the most common code violations in the city are around trash disposal because those who rent are unaware of the collection schedule and rules. On Friday, he said code enforcement officers were there to only educate the residents.
For residents on the block, it was the first time they had ever seen so many city workers cleaning the streets, boarding up and painting vacant homes and repairing potholes.
"I think it's good they're cleaning the block," said Maria Rivera, a resident of 28th Street for three years. Rivera added that the trash and potholes are constant problem on the street.
Dawn Rodgers has lived on 28th Street for 21 years and said she has never anything like Friday's efforts. Rodgers described the block as family oriented, with neighbors taking care of the elderly and children.
"We just want positivity and to know that we are important to the city as well ... It's been changing positively," Rodgers said.
Another longtime 28th Street resident, Walter Odom, wasn't so quick to buy-in.
Odom said those on the block of 28th Street were like a family, and clean up every day as much as they can.
"From what I've seen, a lot blocks already do that, but the news media makes it appear that we don't do anything. That's not true," Odom said.
Moran said he plans to carry out Friday's operation in all sections of the city. In April, he will also launch his Team Up! Clean Up! Program for the second year, which features 11 clean up events throughout Camden's neighborhoods and parks.
According to Moran, not only will cleaner neighborhoods result in a better quality of life for Camden's families, the city can spend upwards of an additional $1 million per year in tipping fees from the illegal dumping the department of public works collects in addition to the nearly $3 million per year the city pays Waste Management to collect household trash and recycling.
CAMDEN, NJ — The South Camden Theatre Company's second production of the season, "An Infinite Ache" is set to open next Friday, April 26 at the Waterfront South Theatre.
This season, the theatre company selected plays written by diverse playwrights that focus only two characters.
BLACKWOOD, NJ—The president and co-founder of the South Jersey Young Democrats Black Caucus [SJYDBC] was recently awarded the Camden County East NAACP Visionary Leader Award.
Fatima Heyward received the award on Saturday, April 13, becoming one of the youngest individuals to receive the honor.


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Q: Absolute difference between consecutive array elements Is there any simple way to find the absolute difference between consecutive array elements?

A: By assuming that you have an array like arr[n]:
You can define another array to keep differences like diff[n-1] and then you just need a loop like:
for(i=0; i<n-1; i++) {

   diff[i] = abs(arr[i]-arr[i+1]);
}

Don't forget to include <stdio.h> and <stdlib.h>.

A:     process.stdin.resume();
process.stdin.setEncoding('ascii');
var inputString="";
var currentLine=0;
process.stdin.on('data',function(data){
    inputString+=data;
      inputString=inputString.split('\n');
      main(inputString);
});
function main(str){
        var dat=str[0].split(' ',2).map(el=>Number(el));
       var arr=str[1].split(' ').map(el=>Number(el));
        console.log(arr);
      var constant=dat[1];
      var newArr=[];
      let diff=0;
       for(let i=1;i<=arr.length;i++)
       {
            diff=Math.abs(arr[i-1]-arr[i]);
            if(diff==constant)newArr[i-1]=0;
            if(diff>constant)newArr[i-1]=1;
            else if(diff<=constant)newArr[i-1]=0;

       }

       console.log(newArr.join(' '))

}


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Stafford, VA – March 8, 2017 – Stafford County Fire and Rescue units responded to a reported motor vehicle crash on the parking lot of Wendy's at 145 Garrisonville Road this afternoon at 3:43 p.m. The caller then reported that one of the vehicles struck a gas line and that there was an odor of gas noticeable. First arriving units found two vehicles involved in the crash with one resting on top of the pipe assembly of a 1,000 gallon underground propane tank. Crews simultaneously checked for injuries and deployed a hose line for protection. Due to high gas levels in the area, Wendy's and several other businesses were evacuated and two lanes of eastbound Garrisonville Road were shut down as a precaution. One driver from the accident was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Crews operated on the scene for over two hours until the vehicle could be removed from atop the pipe assembly and the leak stopped. Traffic on Garrisonville Road was impacted through the evening rush hour. Wendy's will remain closed this evening and possibly until 12 noon on Thursday.
Firefighters and EMS personnel from Aquia Station 9, Potomac Hills Station 10, Stafford Station 2, Brooke Station 5, Berea Station 12, and Shelton Shop Station 14, responded to the alarm.
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Jeep Gladiator bakkie gains 746 kW engine from Hennessey!
Hennessey has revealed its extreme take on the Jeep Gladiator.
It's called the Maximus 1000.
The package includes a suspension upgrade.
Yes, you read that correctly: 746 kW in a bakkie. The folks over at Hennessey Performance in the United States have gone and dropped a tuned Hellcat V8 engine into the Jeep Gladiator.
The result is the Maximus 1000, powered by a tuned version of the famous supercharged 6,2-litre V8 engine (fitted with the Texas-based firm's HPE1000 engine upgrade) churning out a whopping 1 265 N.m.
Hennessey says just 24 units of the double-cab bakkie will be built, each costing around $200 000 (that's a little more than R2,9-million at the current exchange rate), including the base Gladiator. Production is set to begin in July with the build time for each unit set at approximately four months.
"We wanted to create the ultimate Jeep Gladiator," said company founder, John Hennessey. "Maximus 1000 – the name says exactly what it is: 'badassery' on four wheels."
The tuned bakkie employs an eight-speed automatic transmission and gains an uprated ECU, wiring harnesses, radiator and fuel system, as well as a stainless steel exhaust system.
Special front and rear bumpers have also been fitted, along with additional LED light-bars, Hennessey 20-inch wheels (wrapped in BFGoodrich off-road rubber) and an upgraded suspension system with a 152 mm lift. A custom leather interior upgrade is also included in the price.
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