How do you make a garden in the middle of Illinois cornfields?
It's a question that puzzles many wannabe gardeners living on the outskirts of Chicago. While the land once harbored rich biodiversity in its prairies and wetlands (there's a reason why they call it "the Prairie State"), Illinois has become a monoculture of corn and soybeans growing in what is often astonishingly heavy clay soil. Add in the temperature extremes, the frequent droughts and the fierce winds that sweep in from hundreds of miles to the west, and you have to wonder, is gardening possible here?
For an answer, look no further than the lovely Aurora garden of Laverne and Pete Bohlin. With a property that abuts a cornfield on one side and a recently built subdivision on the other, they could be considered participants in a what-to-do-in-a-cornfield case study.
She was disappointed when she realized she couldn't grow holly. But there were other plants that could grow here and grow well — roses, vegetables, many perennials and shrubs, even the sometimes cantankerous Crocosmia 'Lucifer', which has been thriving here since 2008. It's hard to imagine that there was nothing on the now-lush lot when the Bohlins arrived.
Their first move was a bold one. Inspired by the history of the land, the Bohlins began by creating two 10-by-10-foot beds directly next to the front sidewalk and planting them exclusively with prairie natives. One of the prairie patches features a medley of flowering forbs, such as gray-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata), New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium), goldenrod (Solidago spp.) and leadplant (Amorpha canescens).
Trees in the front yard (which does include turfgrass) include a pair of bur oaks, a pink-flowering 'Prairifire' crabapple (Malu 'Prairifire') and a 'Winter King' hawthorn (crataegus viridis 'Winter King'). The bur oaks (no surprise) proved to be "the strongest growing thing we've ever planted," says Pete. The crabapple is another success story. "Spectacular when it blooms, almost gaudy," according to Laverne. The hawthorn, while healthy, has proved to be a slow grower.
The house is surrounded by mixed borders of shrubs and perennials. The east side is particularly attractive with its blend of 'Annabelle' (Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle') and Quick Fire (H. paniculata 'Bulk') peonies, crocosmia (which receive no extra mulch) and roses. The latter put on a spectacular performance in 2012 despite (because of?) the heat and the drought. "My roses were the biggest ever," marvels Laverne. "I hardly watered." Her stars are all French-born beauties from the House of Meilland. Guy de Maupassant (Rosa 'MEIsocrat') and Yves Piaget (R. 'MEIvildo') are luscious double pinks. Tchaikovsky (R. 'MEIchibon') is a subtle yellow-white blend.
The vegetable garden is Pete's province. To get started, he built six 12-by-4-foot raised beds, which he filled with 10 cubic yards of Garden Mix brought in from Midwest Groundcovers in St. Charles. He grows what he likes — zucchini, beans, butternut squash, eggplants, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and an entire bed devoted to broccoli, accented by three giant sunflowers. What do the Bohlins do with so much broccoli? They blanch it for a minute and a half and then freeze it. They're not big tomato eaters, growing only two varieties: 'Carmello' and 'Roma'. Perhaps Laverne was warned off by the memory of her father, retired and casting about for some thing to do, went off the deep end and grew 99 tomato plants in a single year.
The fence was a must-have, given that the garden is regularly visited by skunks, rabbits, coyotes, possums and, of course, deer; sometimes 15 to 20 at a time. To keep out the rabbits, Pete stapled chicken wire on the inside of the fence as an extra deterrent. "It's like a prison camp on the inside," he jokes. As for the deer, while they do eat the crabapples, they're mainly a problem when the snow is deep in the cornfield. Sometimes they sleep in the snow.
When the Bohlins moved in, they amended the soil with mushroom compost and then set up a regimen of top-dressing with compost once a year, now reduced to mulching every other year. Soil for the vegetable beds was purchased, but the prairie area soil was never amended. Soaker hoses take care of the supplemental watering.
Not everything they've tried to grow has survived. Woody plants have been the biggest casualties — two viburnums, four lilacs, four caryopteris, an Endless Summer hydrangea and buddleias. The bur oaks and the prairie patches, on the other hand, have triumphed.
Laverne became interested in native plants after a visit to the restored prairie at The Morton Arboretum several years ago. "When I walked through it for the first time, I began to cry because it reminded me of how the land used to be," she recalls. She then took horticulture classes at the College of DuPage and now teaches a "begin to plan your garden" class at the Arboretum. She also volunteers at the arboretum's plant clinic and is a member of its Nature Artists' Guild.


Although there has been real progress made in patient safety over the past two decades, current estimates place harm as a leading cause of death worldwide. Some studies suggest that medical error may cause as many as 400,000 deaths in the US each year, and not all errors result in death. In a recent survey of a representative sample of Americans, 41 percent said they had experienced a medical error in their own care or in the care of a close relative or friend. The harms resulting from these errors can have a long-term or permanent impact on the patient's physical health, emotional health, financial well-being, or their family relationships.
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ESPN has been graced with two meaningful Monday Night Football games over the past two weeks, and this one should be another one with some fireworks.
Dallas has won back-to-back games and improved their record to 7-5 after a win on Thanksgiving Day against the Oakland Raiders. After trailing 21-7 to the Raiders at half, Dallas rallied back and ended up winning the game 31-24. Running back DeMarco Murray had three touchdowns in the win, giving him a career-high.
Murray could be in for another big day against a terrible Bears rushing defense. Dallas has been more conservative with their play calling in recent weeks as Jason Garrett is finally starting to realize he does not need Tony Romo to carry this team. Still, the passing attack is one of the league's best and Dez Bryant must always be accounted for by opposing defenses.
Defensively, it has been a struggle for Dallas as they rank last or second to last in many defensive categories. They are second to last in the league in rush defense and are surrendering over 294 yards per the air, ranking 31st in the league. However, their rush defense should be helped immensely by the return of linebacker Sean Lee. He is easily their best overall linebacker and is excellent in run support.
Chicago limps into this game after back-to-back losses the past two weeks. Their record fell to .500 at 6-6 after a wild overtime finish at Minnesota last Sunday. Both sides missed field goals at the end of regulation and in overtime before the Vikings finished the job in OT.
Like Dallas, the Bears offense has a outstanding plus matchup against the Cowboys this week. Josh McCown will once again start for the injured Cutler and has looked excellent in recent weeks with the starter's job. There is no better wide receiver tandem than Alshon Jeffery and Brandon Marshall. The former had a breakout game last week, catching 12 balls for 249 yards and two touchdowns against Minnesota. Running back Matt Forte should be heavily involved as well, but his value is diminished a little with the return of Sean Lee.
No team has defended the run more poorly than the Bears in the past 6+ weeks. They have been giving up massive games to opposing running backs. Within the past two weeks, the unit allowed almost 400 yards rushing. Their pass defense is not much better, and Josh McCown should have a solid day.
This game opened at pk and was there for much of the week but has moved to Chicago +1.5 or +1 as we creep closer to Monday. The total opened at 49.5 but has come down across the board and is listed at 48 at the vast majority of US sportsbooks.
There should be no lack of motivation from either team in this contest as both are fighting for their playoff lives, and the game is primetime. It may look like these teams may not care from a defensive perspective, but that is only because both sides are inept in that regard. For me, this game comes down to the Bears struggles against the run and Sean Lee's activation from injury.
Lee will be a difference maker in this game for Dallas, not only in the middle of field tackling but in coverage. Forte is an excellent dual threat RB, who is excellent at catching passes out of the backfield and in the flats. Lee has four interceptions on the season.
McCown has played well under the spotlight season, some say even better than incumbent starter Jay Cutler, but let's not forget this guy has mainly been a career backup. His chances as a starter were limited, and he had little success. Sure, the matchup is right, but McCown may not even be at the league average level at QB. The talent around him is excellent, but again, he has faced a cupcake schedule as far as defenses are concerned. I would not be shocked to see a hiccup on Monday Night.


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Gus Worland will front another series for Foxtel, this time competing in the New York Marathon.
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Media presenter and Hugh Jackman-pal Gus Worland will front another series for Foxtel next month, this time competing in the New York Marathon.
Gus Worland: Marathon Man is a six-part series from Mint Pictures that will follow the transformation of Worland from an "overweight, unhealthy couch potato to a lean, mean marathon man" after he accepts a challenge from Hugh Jackman.
A co-host on Triple M Sydney's Breakfast radio show, Gus claims to be the world's biggest sports fan. What's for certain is he's NO sportsman. In fact, Gus is hauling around a massive 140 kilos that is fast becoming a serious health hazard and jeopardising his future with his wife and three children.
In contrast, his best friend since kindergarten – movie star Hugh Jackman – is a real-life superhero whose six-pack is capable of rendering most women speechless. Worried about Gus's health, Hugh sets him a weighty mission: to race the 42.195km TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 2, and prove to everyday Australians that they can do it too.
Viewers will follow Gus as he changes his eating habits and pounds the pavement in his bid to shed at least 40kgs in six months. Keeping him on the straight and narrow is fitness coach and nutritionist Brad Pamp, who will change the way Gus eats, sleeps and lives, and will mentor him every step of the way.
Gus will also be egged on by his two colleagues at Triple M, ex-NRL legends Matty Johns and Mark Geyer, who will set each week's main mission to get him physically ready – from spending time on a real Aussie farm to the Outback Half-Marathon to climbing Australia's tallest mountain in the middle of winter.
There will be an additional weekly challenge to get him mentally prepared for the task ahead: from colonic irrigation to a full body wax, Bikram yoga and pole dancing – Gus soon learns where there's no pain, there's no gain.
As Gus and his family set off for New York, the stakes are huge. Gus is risking reputation and ridicule, but the rewards are even bigger – health, happiness, family bliss and the thrill of overcoming mission impossible.
Will his hunger to succeed override his hankering for Maccas? Will his desire to win supersede his desire for snacks, lollies and smokes? And will Hugh Jackman get his old mate to become a new slim-line self?
Thursday November 6 at 7.30pm on A&E.
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Occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents and risks of glioma and meningioma in adults
Objectives Chlorinated solvents are classified as probable or possible carcinogens. It is unknown whether exposure to these agents increases the risk of malignant or benign brain tumours. Our objective was to evaluate associations of brain tumour risk with occupational exposure to six chlorinated solvents (ie, dichloromethane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene).
Methods 489 glioma cases, 197 meningioma cases and 799 controls were enrolled in a hospital-based case-control study conducted at three USA hospitals in Arizona, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Information about occupational history was obtained through a detailed inperson interview that included job-specific modules of questions such that the interview was tailored to each individual's particular work history. An industrial hygienist assessed potential solvent exposure based on this information and an exhaustive review of the relevant industrial hygiene literature. Unconditional logistic regression models were used to calculate OR and 95% CI for each solvent for ever/never, duration, cumulative, average weekly and highest exposure.
Results Overall, we found no consistent evidence of an increased risk of glioma or meningioma related to occupational exposure to the six chlorinated solvents evaluated. There was some suggestion of an association between carbon tetrachloride and glioma in analyses restricted to exposed subjects, with average weekly exposure above the median associated with increased risk compared with below the median exposure (OR = 7.1, 95% CI 1.1 to 45.2).
Conclusions We found no consistent evidence for increased brain tumour risk related to chlorinated solvents.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2012-100742


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40 years of the Lamborghini Miura
By Automobili Lamborghini SpA on April 7. 2005 in LamboNEWS.
The Lamborghini Miura, the most famous high-performance car ever to be produced in Italy, is about to celebrate its 40th birthday.
Automobili Lamborghini will begin the official celebrations of this anniversary at the Techno Classica 2005 in Essen, Germany (7th-10th of April).
The celebrations will continue throughout 2006 with a series of events involving The House of Sant'Agata Bolognese, Lamborghini Clubs, and numerous customers and enthusiasts from all over the world.
The revolutionary concept of a super car with a mid-engined V12 mounted transversely saw the light of day for the first time in the autumn of 1965 at the Turin Motor Show and it cemented the reputation of the Lamborghini name worldwide.
The chassis, complete with all mechanical parts and therefore the technical heart of what was to become the super car par excellence, was presented to the public in Turin. With this chassis, its creators, the engineers Gianpaolo Stanzani and Gianpaolo Dallara, turned the accepted concept of a super sports car on its head.
The 'TP400' chassis (the abbreviation stands for 'Trasversale Posteriore 4.0 litre') was constructed from sheet steel which was bent, cut, welded and drilled in a more aeronautical rather than automotive style. This was a radical innovation compared to the standard solution of a circular or oval section tubular chassis.
This intricate structure in sheet steel provided the frame for the vehicle, the attachment points for the suspension, the central area for the cockpit and the space for the drive train, which was just as revolutionary.
The well-known, highly-rated V12 engine from Bologna, which had a cylinder capacity of 3929cc and a maximum power of 350 hp, was modified by creating a new engine block into which the clutch, transmission and differential were incorporated.
This single, light-alloy sculpture made sure that the principal mechanical parts of the TP400 were integrated into a unique, light, rigid and compact structure; ideal for use in a very high performance sports car. The fact that it was mounted immediately behind the cockpit and in front of the rear wheels, and therefore near the center of gravity of the car, meant that weight distribution and the polar moment of inertia were particularly good.
This chassis met with extraordinary success at that Turin Motor Show. The interest shown by the great names in car design and styling, all interested in the possibility of building the bodywork for this new and exciting chassis, gave rise to a series of private meetings with Ferruccio Lamborghini.
After a few weeks, in the month of February 1966, Bertone was able to officially declare that it had been engaged by Lamborghini to create the bodywork for the chassis. The Head of Design of the Turin House, Marcello Gandini, actually already started work on this project at the end of 1965, immediately after the close of the Turin Motor Show.
The presentation of the final car came in a record time, only five months after that of the chassis, during the Geneva Motor Show in March 1966.
One of the great masterpieces of our time in terms of automotive design was born. It took its name from the most ferocious and feared breed of Spanish fighting bulls: the Miura.
( The '40 Years of Miura' logo was designed by Luc Donckerwolke )
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You would think that a polity ruled by God would be different. Surely it would be a model of peace and understanding where all people prospered together as one? A place where all are free and equal citizens? The strange thing is that even in the Bible (which is written by the Israelites and therefore puts them in the best light) the Israelites seem the exact same as every other tribe of the time. Being directly lead in all they do by God doesn't seem to make a society in any way better than how they would have acted without God. Moses and God act like petty despots rather than models of virtue that we should all follow.
For example, Chapter 11 begins by noting that when some people complained about living in a desert (which can hardly have been much fun), how do you think God reacted? Did he show love and kindness? Perhaps show some of his legendary justice and wisdom? No, instead the Bible casually notes that he consumed them with fire. In fact, he only stopped burning people because Moses prayed to him to stop.
Of course killing protestors doesn't solve the underlying problem that they are still in a desert. The "rabble" (that is the word used in the Bible) grumbles again so God brings a huge amount of quail from the sea in a wind. Let's ignore the science of how exactly this works (if I stop to ponder over the impossibility of every miracle I'll never finish the book) and marvel at one of the first signs of kindness from God to his chosen people. But like a peace offering from a mafia don or a Red Wedding, it's a trap. While the people are eating the quail God gets angry at them for no reason and he struck them down "with a very great plague". Just to be clear, God is literally slaughtering people for no reason.
In Chapter 13 Moses sends out spies to scout out the land of Israel. Some return boasting of how prosperous it is (a land of milk and honey) but others come back with lies claiming that it is inhabited by ferocious giants. This scares the people who start weeping and declare they wished they died in Egypt. There is no compassion or understanding from God, instead like Darth Vadar, he finds their lack of faith disturbing. He vows to take the Death Star proposal and kill everyone, men, women, children, those who oppose him and those who love him. He tells Moses that he will exterminate the entire Jewish population and make a new, better people. No wonder the Catholic Church doesn't encourage reading the bible but Atheist Ireland does. I wonder what a religious person would make of the casual way in which God suggests committing Genocide against his "chosen" people.
Moses talks God out of genocide, but God swears that none of these people will ever see the promised land. God declares that the Israelites will wait for 40 years in the desert until everyone who grumbled against him is dead, only then will they enter Israel. This is something new to me, I had always thought that the Israelites moved very slowly and that's why it took them 40 years to cross the desert. In fact there was only about a year or two of travelling, then a 40 year rest and there another year or so until they reached Israel. This seems incredibly spiteful and petty from God, I mean why does he care about a few grumblers? Why make the innocent suffer as much as the guilty?
Just to make sure the lesson is learned, the spies die of a plague (why did God need spies in the first place?). The Israelites repent and beg for mercy but apparently God doesn't forgive (there is more plot holes and contradictions in this book than in a cheap detective novel. Moses mocks their pleas and the Bible casually notes that the people went into the hills where they were defeated (and presumably killed) by the Canaanites and Amelikites (so much for God's protection). The Bible really doesn't care about the sufferings of ordinary people, so no real notice is paid to this inconvenience. Just in case there wasn't enough needless bloodshed, a man was found gathering sticks on the Sabbath so God told Moses to have the entire Israelite congregation (of 600,000 men?) stone him to death.
In a break from the bloodshed, we get some racism in sexism in when Miriam and Aaron criticise Moses for marrying a Cushite (African) woman. God gets angry at them (though its not clear whether its because of the racism or because they questioned Moses) so he rebukes them and infects Miriam with leprosy, while Aaron is untouched. This is yet another example of blatant sexism. Aaron did just as much as Miriam, yet he is untouched, while Miriam must siffer is banished from the camp for seven days. Women get punished severely while men are untouched for doing literally the exact same thing. And religious people have the nerve to claim society would have no morals without these wonderful Bible ethics to guide us?
Believe it or not, we're only halfway thorugh the bloodshed as a man, Korah gathers 250 chiefs and challenges the authority of Moses. Korah must be either very stupid or very brave considering what happened to everyone else who complained. Korah claims Moses is trying to make himself a prince and holding a monopoly over the word of God. Korah believes that God is for all the Israelites not just Moses. I actually agree with him and I don't see why Moses and the priests have erected themselves as barriers between God and everyone else. Why does God only talk to Moses while ignoring all the other Israelites? Is God for everyone or just the elites? Does Moses really get his orders from God or does he just make them up himself?
Moses tells all his opponents to gather with their wives and children and declares that if nothing happens to them, he isn't sent by God. But if the ground opens to swallow them all, then he was. Sure enough the Earth splits open and all of Korah's followers fall into it. For good measure, God also sends a fire to burn 250 extra men. The next day people grumble about the massacre they just witnessed, so God sends a plague that kills 14,700 of them. The strange thing is that neither God nor Moses hesitate in the slightest before killing. There is no attempt to reason, debate or convince people. Moses doesn't argue that he is sent by God, he simply kills those who think he wasn't. No thought is given to the suffering and death that will follow or that innocents will probably die. There were loads of peaceful ways this could have ended but instead Moses and God go straight for the King Joffrey option.
Yet again, the people have no water and grumble against God, wishing they were dead. Now the Israelites must be either stupid or desperate if they are still complaining (or maybe God isn't as miraculous as the Bible claims). Have they not learned by now that resistance is futile, questioning God in any way carrys the death penalty? What's interesting is that the only time ordinary people are mentioned is when they are complaining. It seems that neither God nor Moses thinks or cares about them unless they are causing trouble. They are simply mouths to feed nothing more. Anyway God tells Moses to strike a rock and make water flow. Moses does this and inexplicably God then punishes Moses for not believing in him and declares Moses will not see the promised land. This makes no sense. I've read and reread the passage, but it's the same, Moses does everything God asks and is still punished. When people say God is mysterious, it doesn't seem to be a good thing.
As further punishment for nothing, God declares that Aaron must die. Again, this makes no sense as God is punishing his most loyal servants who have done nothing wrong. So in one of the most cold-hearted scenes in the Bible, God tells Moses to bring Aaron up to a mountain, strip him naked and leave him to die. Aaron's son has to watch this and receive his father's clothes and wear them. Imagine how Moses felt leaving his closest companion to slowly die alone.
What is usually left out of the traditional Bible stories about the Israelites is that the promised land wasn't empty, but had its own people living there. Rather than treating them as, you know, fellow human beings, the Israelites slaughter them. They conquer the Amorities and slaughter all the people of King Og until none are left. Just for good measure God sends "fiery serpants" to kill his own people who dared complain (God is sounding pretty Stalinist at this point).
There is a very odd story about a talking donkey that I think it's best to skip.
By chapter 25, The Israelites have begun to "whore with the daughters of Moab". Some people have even started to worship Baal (though God must be awfully unconvincing if he loses believers so easily). While normal people have no problem with multicultarism and intermarriage, God reacts like a Fascist and tells Moses to execute the main worshippers of Baal and hang/impale (the word can apparently mean either) them publically. If there are any religious people reading this right now, you're probably feeling a bit uncomfortable as your God seems to be acting like the Ku Klux Klan. When some people say they believe every word of the Bible and don't pick and choose what suits them, do they include this? Do they believe in murdering those worship other religions or marry other ethnicities?
A man and his Midianite woman walk past so a priest kills them with a spear. God is so pleased with this that he ends a plague that was affecting the Israelites and that had killed 24,000 of them. Apparantly racial murder counts as atonement (do not want to think about the ethical consequences of this). God then commands that the Midianites should be killed for daring to intermarry with the Israelites (even though it was originally the Moabites that he was angry with).
The Israelites go to war with the Midianites (who have done nothing bad at all) and kill all their men. They capture their women, children and all their goods before burning their cities. This is one of the earliest recorded cases of genocide in history (though it's thankfully doubtful as to whether it really happened). Moses gets angry, not at the horrendous massacre or the despicable slaughter of innocent people (who have done literally nothing to deserve it) but rather at the fact that they spared the women. He orders them to murder every boy and also every woman who has lost her virginity. The soldiers can keep the virgin girls for themselves (I don't want to know what for). This amounts to 32,000 virgin girls, which implies that over 100,000 innocent people were slaughtered. God has no problem with any of this, his only input is to request that a share of the plunder is given to him. Sometimes Atheists say that even if God was real, they still wouldn't worship him. To be honest, if there was a God who encouraged such evil, then he'd be no different from the Devil.
Another census is taken and despite all the slaughter the population surprisingly almost the exact same number. Even though probably 100,000 thousand have been killed by God, the population is relatively unchanged at 601,730.
The Book of Numbers ends with God telling Moses to climb to the top of a mountain and die as punishment for disobeying him. Moses, who has done everything God has asked and been his voice to the Israelites is casually discarded without much thought. God is left like Tony Montana or Michael Corleone, he has complete power, but only at the cost of wading through a sea of blood and turning his back on everyone close to him. He has absolute power but is still bitter, isolated and unloved. He sits on a throne of corpses.
Re "The "rabble" (that is the word used in the Bible) grumbles again so God brings a huge amount of quail from the sea in a wind. Let's ignore the science of how exactly this works" You do not need to be a scientists to know that quail are not sea birds, that they avoid large bodies of water. They are birds of the plains, so "quail from the sea?" Sorry, Charley another instance in which the Bible gets it wrong. Plus you left out the bit where God orders the Hebrews to grab their swords and kill one another for no reason stated at all. Tough gig, being the Chosen People.
-This is the problem: no explicit reference to God.
Walter Mattfeld (bibleorigins.net) has some stuff on the quail and the Bible being weird.
Quail at sea hm.. Even i no pigs can't walk on water.
Who needs the devil with a God like this?
I value the longer posts but an occasional short post such as this lends punch, especially when treating an individual digression or oddity. The occasional short post also lightens your work load and lets you proceed with your reading. Many thanks for this wonderful series! It refreshes my knowledge of the old testament, brings smiles, and increases my valuing of this infuriating, puzzling, and at moments even moving syncretic jumble of fragmentary tales. One suggestion, however, please dispel your amazement that the god(s) of the old testament is/are not the god of love and the universal god, these are anachronisms cast backwards onto the text. The god(s) of the first books of the old testament is/are not loving but arbitrary, capricious, imperfect, ill-formed, and inconsistent, not unlike most people and not unlike life itself.
I like your posts…anyone else who points out the inconsistencies, contradictions and plain non-sense of the bible is good by me.
Hello – first time reader, and I love these. 🙂 I am a mathematician, and also a part-time theology student (theology was always and interest of mine). I have read the Bible and Quran from cover to cover (and studied them in depth – I am actually working on a potential book related to critical study of the Quran). I also speak a fair amount of Arabic and some Hebrew – and I found it very amusing to see someone essentially expressing my same opinions on the Bible in these posts. I mention the language part because, although there are some translation issues as you've mentioned, they are few and far in between (despite what some apologists claim). Essentially, what you read in English is what was written in Hebrew.
However, my reason for commenting is this: I saw your above comment, and I thought that it might interest you to know, if you weren't aware, that there was a sect of Christianity known as Gnosticism that was eradicated in the early days of the Catholic Church. Their main belief was that the Devil wrote the Old Testament, and Jesus came to save us – not from sin, but from this evil dictator masquerading as God. The god of the Old Testament was an evil monster, but "The Father" was distinct from this thing.
The central idea was this: The Father created several beings, one of them being Sophia (the Holy Spirit), another the Logos (Jesus), and yet another Yadalbaoth (Jehovah). Jehovah ended up being delusional, believing himself to be self-existent and omnipotent, so he created his own world with creatures specifically designed to worship him as God. Sophia, his sister, saw this injustice (keeping humans as worship-slaves) and came down in the form of a serpent in the Garden of Eden to tell men that Jehovah could be beaten. Since then, history has been a struggle between good (freedom) and evil (Jehovah and servitude). The real Father, the true God, needs no worship to Gnostics – he is not so insecure, nor gives a $^%# if people believe in him or not. However, in an act of mercy (seeing the injustice Jehovah was enacting on innocent creations, the humans), the Father sent his son, Jesus, down to earth as a man – which infuriated Jehovah to no end, because someone else was meddling in his world. Jesus preached the way to escape from the clutches of Jehovah, and for this Jehovah used his chosen people (the Jews) to execute Jesus. However, to prove to the world that Jehovah really and truly had absolutely no real power, the Father resurrected Jesus to show that even killing him (Jehovah's ultimate punishment) wouldn't stop the truth.
Now, I'm not a Gnostic (I'm Buddhist), as I have many issues with their core theology (for example, the Gnostics were very sectarian and elitist – they believed most people could never escape Jehovah because they were too stupid, and they were violently anti-Semitic) but the general idea always interested me. This is because, in my mind, the god painted in the Bible (especially in the Old Testament) is more akin to Satan. As the books progress, Jehovah's character seems to get a little better (for example, in the book of Isaiah, he is just merely complaining and predicting how the Jews will abandon him, instead of slaughtering them for what he knows are their intentions), but in general it stays around the same tone.
Anyway, sorry for the long comment, but I wanted to share in case you were unaware! Keep up the great work!
P.S. The "Bible of the Gnostics" was unearthed many years ago in the desert, and is now called the Nag Hammadi Library if you want to look it up.
i spent 2 weeks in Israel in 2010, I looked for "milk and honey" but all I saw was a giant pile of rocks.
seriously.., Israel is a giant pile of rocks. the only green is a narrow band next to the tiny muddy "river" aka "Canal" Jordan.
God should have sent the Israelites to the USA, that would have been a land flowing with milk and honey.


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The digger.
Mystery surrounds the photos above, which I took on Thursday. I had received an Email from a long time reader and occasional contributor, who mentioned how he had been told by others that an excavator had dug "massive holes" in the Erith Riverside Gardens, and did I know anything about it? I ventured round to the gardens to investigate. I certainly found a large, tracked digger parked on top of one of the flower beds, but I found no evidence of any holes being dug, or indeed of any work having been carried out at all. No workers were on site, and the digger was locked up. I then walked across to the Running Horses car park, where the site offices for the Quadrant Construction development of the old swimming baths site are located. I had a chat with the Site Manager, who was very pleasant and helpful. I had wondered if the digger was something to do with them? It turned out not; the manager was just as mystified as I. He told me that he guessed that it was council contractors, and that they had been on site on Wednesday, but nothing had been seen of them since. I checked the Riverside Gardens yesterday (Saturday) afternoon, and the digger had been moved a few metres, but no additional activity had taken place, and no holes had been dug. The mystery deepens. If you have any information regarding the mystery digger as pictured above and below (click on any photo for a larger view), please let me know. Leave a comment below, or Email me at hugh.neal@gmail.com.
The controversy over the proposed electoral boundary changes in Bexleyheath shows no signs of abating; The Boundary Commission has proposed a new Woolwich constituency which would include four wards from the Erith and Thamesmead constituency and St Michael's and Lesnes Abbey wards from the London Borough of Bexley. The proposals also include an Erith and Crayford constituency, which includes four wards from the Erith and Thamesmead constituency, and six wards from the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency. Local paper the News Shopper have reported that MP David Evennett, objects to the proposals. He said recently:- "I have objected to the Parliamentary Boundary Commission proposal to place St Michael's Ward in the new Woolwich constituency, as historically and geographically there are no links between the two areas. I have urged the Commission to think again, taking into account the strong community ties St Michael's Ward has with the towns of Welling and Bexleyheath. I am also concerned about plans to split Bexleyheath across three Parliamentary constituencies, and I believe the town of Bexleyheath should be recognised in the name of the new constituency. In conclusion, Bexley is formed by a collection of communities, which include Bexleyheath town, Thamesmead town, Erith town and Belvedere village. These are valued by residents across our borough." What do you think? In a recent survey, 88 percent of Bexley residents objected to the proposed boundary changes, on top of which many even objected to being located in a London borough, and who instead wanted to be part of Kent. This makes me wonder - would Bexley be better off seceding from the United Kingdom and becoming independent? There is a precedent, albeit a very old one. At one point what is now the London Borough of Bexley was an independent kingdom, ruled by Æthelberht, King of Kent from about 589 until his death. The eighth-century monk Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People, lists him as the third king to hold imperium over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. In the late ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle he is referred to as a bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the first English king to convert to Christianity. Æthelberht was the son of Eormenric, succeeding him as king, according to the Chronicle. He married Bertha, the Christian daughter of Charibert, king of the Franks, thus building an alliance with the most powerful state in contemporary Western Europe; the marriage probably took place before he came to the throne. Bertha's influence may have led to Pope Gregory I's decision to send Augustine as a missionary from Rome. Augustine landed on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent in 597. Shortly thereafter, Æthelberht converted to Christianity, churches were established, and wider-scale conversion to Christianity began in the kingdom. He provided the new church with land in Canterbury, thus establishing one of the foundation stones of what ultimately became the Anglican Communion. Æthelberht's law for Kent, the earliest written code in any Germanic language, instituted a complex system of fines; the law code is preserved in the Textus Roffensis. Kent was rich, with strong trade ties to the continent, and he may have instituted royal control over trade. Coinage probably began circulating in Kent during his reign for the first time since the Anglo-Saxon invasion. He later came to be regarded as a saint for his role in establishing Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons. Æthelberht died on 24 February 616 and was succeeded by his son, Eadbald. His feast day was originally 24 February, but was changed to 25 February. So we have been an independent kingdom before - do you think it would work again? What do you think - home rule for Bexley? Leave a comment below. or Email me at hugh.neal@gmail.com.
The photo above was taken by a regular Maggot Sandwich reader earlier this week. It shows the flower beds adjacent to the footpath that runs on the outside of The London Southeast College (what used to be Bexley College before it was taken over) in Walnut Tree Road, Erith. As you can see there are hundreds, if not thousands of discarded cigarette butts all over the flower beds and pathway. These have come from the students, who congregate outside of the building during break times in order to smoke. What concerns me is that students at the college are largely in the 16 -18 age range. In the eyes of the law this makes them still children. The college has a duty of care towards its students, which includes caring for their health and wellbeing. Smoking has been banned for anyone under the age of 18 since 1994; I want to know why the college are not doing more to prevent students from smoking through both a campaign of education, and the enforcement of punishments for those who ignore the legal ban? Minors are specifically prevented from smoking in any public place under law. Why this law is not being rigorously enforced by staff at the college is a mystery to me. If you have any insight into this issue of concern, then please contact me. This has been highlighted at a very opportune moment, just as the laws relating to smoking are being tightened and rewritten; new measures being brought in now include include packs of 10 no longer being available as well as some flavoured tobacco and smaller packs of rolling tobacco. The laws actually came into force last May but suppliers and shops were given a year to get rid of old stock and adjust to the changes. The full ban will fully come into effect from May 20th, 2017. Menthol cigarettes are also being phased out and will be completely gone from shops by 2020. This is because the are regarded as a "gateway" to other forms of cigarette. The cheapest packet of cigarettes will cost £8.82 from May 21st. The gradual phasing out of menthol cigarettes will begin; Cigarette packets are set to be plain with only a graphic image showing the impact of smoking on people. Some flavoured cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco, including fruit, spice, herbs, alcohol, candy or vanilla, will be made illegal. You will not be able to buy smaller packets of cigarettes such as packets of 10. Smaller bags containing less than 30g of roll up tobacco will also be banned. Amanda Sandford of anti smoking charity ASH said in a recent interview:- "Cigarettes are already expensive and the price increase of cigarettes is a key factor in making people quit smoking. So by removing the packet of ten cigarettes this means people will have to find that extra money for a packet. It will hit poorer smokers harder, who are usually younger smokers. Paying £3 or £4 for a packet of ten cigarettes at the moment might not seem so much to people and still leave them with change in their pockets. But when you have to spend £6/£7, even £9, people may think, 'Do I really need this packet?'"
Bexley residents are going to have to use a new method to book a car parking space. The new service is known as RingGo - with which you book your car park via a mobile phone application. When you come to park, you'll have to provide the location code (a five digit number shown on signs near the parking bay) and say how long you want to park. RingGo can be downloaded or drivers can go online to www.RingGo.co.uk to pay, however, a charge of 20p is added each time you use the service. The council claim that by using RingGo drivers won't have to save up change, hang around in the rain or cold, trek to and from the machine, or put a ticket on the dashboard Users can also be reminded by text message when parking is about to run out and top up wherever they are, reducing the risk of a penalty charge notice. But the cost of a reminder text is 10p. Apart from the additional cost over and above the conventional way of paying for a parking ticket, I can see a number of additional drawbacks. I feel that the onus will be on the poor motorist to prove that they have indeed paid for their space when the parking warden comes to check and the system has incorrectly recorded their details. It also presupposes that all car park users will have a mobile phone. Whilst a majority will, not all may. Fellow local Blogger Malcolm Knight and I share a number of things in common, one of which is that neither of us owns a mobile phone. For me, it is not just a question of actively disliking the things, it is purely that I have no use for one. I rarely use the landline phone at home, let alone any other potential phone device. Perhaps the most common reason people give for having a phone is safety. For the vast majority of us there is no empirical foundation to the idea of phones as essential to our security. That myth depends on something psychologists call the "availability heuristic". Our minds focus on unusual, dramatic possibilities: the broken-down car on a dark and lonely highway; a health emergency where immediate contact is essential. But in reality those scenarios are extremely rare — rarer, no doubt, than accidents while texting or muggers preying on distracted phone users. Focusing on them leads to biased assessment of risk, which, in turn, contributes to a biased assessment of smartphones' utility. Let us not forget that despite the perks, mobile phones have serious downsides, which I have outlined in the past. Experts have even coined a term for phone separation anxiety — nomophobia. Some of it, experts say, comes from the thought of facing big fears — criminals and car breakdowns — without a phone. But I've also been told about subtler anxieties, over "wasted" events that might go unphotographed, uncommunicated, unquantified, as if reality depended on digitization. There's even a pathological aversion to plain old boredom. What if a few minutes waiting for a friend becomes insufferably dull? Owning one, like owning a video game system, has benefits and drawbacks, and I'm convinced there's no reason for me to need or desire a mobile phone. It is all about personal liberty; you are free to own and use a mobile phone, and I am free to choose not to.
I was walking through Erith Riverside Shopping Centre on Tuesday afternoon when I saw a man coming out of the Paddy Power betting shop. He then approached me and asked me if I could spare 70p? I paused for a moment to allow for the absurdity of the moment to sink in, before I walked away without saying anything. The guy obviously had a severe gambling problem, but his total lack of self awareness astonished me. Why is it that confrontational beggars always ask for a specific amount of money? Do they think it will make them more credible to potential donors? I have had beggars come up to me asking for money for a train fare, but when I offered to accompany them to the station to buy them a ticket, they got abusive. It is the same situation when travelling by train or tube, where you get the career beggars working their way along the carriage. They ask for money - yet how did they afford the fare to get on the train in the first place? Of course they did not, and they are riding illegally, a fact which seems to escape some fellow passengers.
Hall Place is the only stately home in the London Borough of Bexley, built in 1537 for Sir John Champneys, a wealthy merchant and former Lord Mayor of London. The house was extended in 1649 by Sir Robert Austen, a merchant from Tenterden in Kent. The house is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, and surrounded by a 65-hectare award winning garden. It is situated on the A223, Bourne Road, south of Watling Street (A207) and north of the 'Black Prince' interchange of the A2 Rochester Way and the A220. Hall Place has the River Cray running through its gardens. The River Cray is an important freshwater river in the borough; it used to be the home for a large population of water voles, but these indigenous wild creatures are under threat from a number of sources. A recent report by the Canal and River Trust analysed water vole sightings dating back as far as 1970, and found that they were seen in only half as many locations in the past fifteen years as they were in the thirty years before that date. Between 1970 and 1999 water voles were spotted at 53 locations along nearly 270 miles of waterways managed by the trust; between 2000 and 2015 there were water vole sightings at 38 locations covering 141 miles. The decline in water vole population has continued, despite an investment of £500,000 since 1980 in forty projects designed to protect them from predation by American Mink, who were introduced into the British countryside when animal rights protesters illegally released them from fur farms. Water voles are one of the most endangered species in the country, and are fast becoming a rare sight on Britain's canals and rivers. Non – indigenous mink are one threat, but another, less well known creature is an even greater threat to British Water Voles. In the last twenty years, the American Signal Crayfish has spread like wildfire in British waterways. The creatures, which look like mini lobsters, and are typically 6–9 centimetres (2.4–3.5 in) long, although sizes up to 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) are possible. They are bluish-brown to reddish-brown in colour with robust, large, smooth claws. They have a white to pale blue-green patch near the claw hinge, like the white flags that signalmen used for directing trains—hence the name. The Crayfish burrow into the banks of the river, destroying Water Vole homes and causing the banks to crumble. The infestation of American Signal Crayfish has affected many of the fresh water courses in the UK. The little critters are very difficult to eradicate, as they breed quickly and produce around 200–400 eggs after mating in the autumn, and are carried under the female's tail until they are ready to hatch the following spring. The eggs hatch into juveniles, which pass through three moults before leaving their mother. Sexual maturity is reached after two to three years, and the life span can be up to 20 years. You have the worst combination – the creatures are quick to breed, long lived, and have no native predator. The American Signal Crayfish does have one key weakness however – once boiled, they are delicious to eat. It is quite legal to hunt wild American Signal Crayfish – all you need to do is to apply for a hunting licence from the Environment Agency. Most licences to hunt wild animals are quite expensive, and limit the size of the hunters bag to only a few animals, in order to limit the impact on the population of that animal. Tellingly, the Environment Agency website has an unlimited bag size and a free licence when it comes to hunting invasive crayfish. Once you have your hunting licence and officially approved design of trap (designed specifically not to trap Water Voles or Otters), you only need the permission of the land owner (who will almost certainly be more than glad that someone is willing to rid them of the infestation of the destructive species). You can then trap American Signal Crayfish for your table – and you can feel that not only are you going to have a fine feed, but you will be doing the environment some real good in the process.
First Top Gear imploded, and the three classic presenters moved to Amazon Prime where they made pretty much the same show under a new title of The Grand Tour, albeit with a massively increased budget. Now my second most favourite car show is also changing - Wheeler Dealers is losing genius mechanic Edd China after thirteen series. Officially Edd China is moving on to new projects, but the real reason is that the original British production company has sold the show to a subsidiary of the U.S Discovery Channel, and the U.S want to reduce the level of technical complexity and the detailed explanations of the engineering that goes into each classic car restoration, reducing the role of Edd to little more that a target for motor mouth Mike Brewer as the main presenter. In essence the new producers are seeking to "dumb down" the programme, and make it into another scripted reality show. One commenter said:- "I only watched for Edd and his repairs and restorations. Unlike most Discovery channel 'reality', it felt genuine. Hats off to Edd, the first whiff of fakery and he leaves. That's integrity. We don't want more scripted 'reality' nonsense which Discovery pushes to our screens relentlessly. We need a real mechanic and enthusiast like Edd doing real things in the real world which we can share in via media. Thank you Edd, you're appreciated hugely". Car builder and TV presenter Ant Anstead will replace Edd China for series 14; I like Ant, and wish him well in the role, though I wonder how long he too will last if Wheeler Dealers becomes as "dumbed down" as is being threatened.
This week the Maggot Sandwich has a guest contributor, local resident and traffic campaigner Tony Fairbairn. As you may be aware, many local stories have multiple aspects to them, and the ongoing discussion regarding additional crossings of the River Thames to the East of London is certainly contentious. Tony writes:- "There are misconceptions regarding the overwhelming support for a River Thames road crossing at Belvedere. First the TfL survey population was about two million, of which only 4519 persons (Less than 0.5 percent) responded, from that result 77 percent approved a package of train, DLR, tram and road crossings at Thamesmead and Belvedere. At Belvedere, the only option offered was a road crossing. The Mayor is proceeding with DLR and rail crossings at Thamesmead. The Belvedere road crossing has been put in abeyance but could remain a long- term option; However, readers should note only 4 percent approved a road crossing at Belvedere in isolation, possibly why is was put into the long grass. A crossing at Belvedere is essentially a duplicate Dartford Bridge and a link between the A13 in Essex and the A2016. We all know about the congestion problems at Dartford, but what is little known is that traffic levels on the A13 are five times higher than the A2016. An additional net daily inflow of 17,000 vehicles are estimated to enter Belvedere/Erith, these vehicles will either park in our area thus taking up valuable land (six parking places = one new home), or attempt to drive right through to and return later via the A2016, Bexley Road or the steep inclines of Belvedere towards the A2, and that is on a good day, imagine those days when we have a blocked Dartford or Blackwall crossing. 17,000 vehicles are equal to about an 80 percent increase of those already registered in North Bexley. In addition, North bound traffic of around 10,000 vehicles daily would also be seeking to cross Northwards at Belvedere. The parking spots they vacate would not be occupied by those arriving. That is a massive increase in polluting traffic and congestion that can only turn our environment into an urban sprawl as well as increasing the level of road accidents". Interesting stuff - what do you think? Are you concerned about increased pollution from larger number of vehicles in the area, or do you think it would provide economic stimulus to the borough? Leave a comment below, or Email me at hugh.neal@gmail.com.
I have written in the past about former local resident, and prolific inventor and businessman Hiram Maxim – inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun, the first person to fly a heavier than air craft, several years prior to the Wright Brothers, and the man that invented both the fire sprinkler and the sprung mouse trap. Maxim also invented the car exhaust silencer, and as an off – shoot (if you will excuse the pun) his son, the American inventor Hiram Percy Maxim, is usually credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful model of gun suppressor circa 1902 (patented 30 March 1909). Maxim gave his device the trademarked name Maxim Silencer, and they were regularly advertised in sporting goods magazines. The muffler for internal combustion engines was developed in parallel with the firearm suppressor by Maxim in the early 20th century, using many of the same techniques to provide quieter-running engines (in many English-speaking countries automobile mufflers are still called silencers). Former president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt was known to purchase and use Maxim Silencers. So, it is not too much of a stretch to say that many inventions that we all take for granted were either invented in Erith or Crayford at the two Maxim / Vickers factories, or by people also living in the same area. We for example also had the first petrol – powered tricycle (the Butler petrol cycle), several years before the Benz automobile, which was tested along Manor Road, and the first submarine capable of firing a torpedo whilst submerged was created by the Nordenfeldt works, also located in Erith. The end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century were a real hot house of inventive talent in the local area – some of the most cutting edge engineering took place in and around Erith. I don't feel that we do enough to celebrate our strong links to key moments in the history of Britain. What do you think? Hiram Maxim had a rival in a chap called William Cantelo, who allegedly was the original inventor of the recoil operated machine gun. Cantelo was a Southampton pub landlord with a flair for mechanical engineering whose experiments with firearms in the extended cellar of his pub often caused consternation to both his regulars and his neighbours, though William Cantelo was highly secretive, as he realised the engineer who could invent an automatic, repeat firing rifle would make a fortune. Once he was confident that his machine gun was ready for the world, he packed several prototypes up and went off to market the weapon. That was the last anyone ever saw of him. Not long afterwards, Erith's own Hiram Maxim (born in America, but a naturalised Briton) started producing his range of Maxim Guns - touted as the first recoil operated machine gun, which were made at his large factory in Fraser Road, Erith - to this day the area is known locally as "The Pom Pom" - after the noise of the guns being tested on the range to the rear of the factory. Investigators have noticed that Cantelo and Maxim looked remarkably similar - and certain conspiracy theorists have had a field day in supposing what the connection between the two men was. The thing is, back in the late Edwardian period, most men over the age of thirty had large bushy beards - as did both Cantelo and Maxim, and a lot of their physical similarity would seem to be due to the beard element. Later, Hiram Maxim claimed that he had a double who was impersonating him, but this was never independently confirmed (Maxim was a bit of a showman, and fond of making Donald Trump - like sweeping statements, so this was nothing remarkable or at all unusual). Maxim was already a wealthy man, having the patents for the aforementioned fire extinguishing water sprinkler and the sprung mousetrap, amongst others. Personally I feel that the whole Cantelo / Maxim conspiracy is a fictional construct – Cantelo probably did what many adventurous entrepreneurs did in Victorian times, and emigrated to America (ironically the direct opposite of what Maxim did a few years earlier) – and then disappeared from history. The story makes a good yarn however.
The ending video this week dates back to 1985, and a BBC TV news piece on the then Snooker World Champion, Plumstead lad Steve Davis. In the 1980's Snooker was massively popular on TV; one of the reasons was that by this time nearly all sales of TV receivers were of colour models, whereas prior to this black and white sets had been more popular, due mainly to their lower purchase price and cheaper TV licence. The short TV article goes to Steve Davis's old Abbey Wood School and talks to contemporary pupils, and one of Davis's former teachers about both his time at school and his then dominance of Snooker. It is an interesting historical document.
Labels: Æthelberht, American Signal Crayfish, Cigarette butts, Cigarettes, Digger, Erith Riverside Gardens, Hall Place, Hiram Maxim, Paddy Power, RingGo, Steve Davis, Wheeler Dealers


If you are in Sydney on a short stay, this tour will suit. As well as the essential Blue Mountains tourist destinations - Echo Point and the Three Sisters, Scenic Cableway, Skyway and Railway. We visit an award winning interactive wildlife park, also included is a 2 course lunch. Beat the traffic home on our privately chartered cruise right up the middle of the Parramatta River.
Visit the Spectacular Three Sisters , a towering rock formation overlooking the Jamison Valley.
At our next stop ride on the Scenic Railway and Scenic Cableway.
Travel across the Valley on the Scenic Skyway, to enjoy breathtaking views.
On the return trip enjoy a relaxing Fantasea River Cruise along the Parramatta River to Darling Harbour or Circular Quay where your tour concludes.
If you only have time for one trip, THIS IS IT!
Ride on the Scenic Cableway, Scenic Railway and Skyway.


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Blending lyrical serenity with classical textures, popular rhythms, and technical virtuosity, the Midnight Moon Ensemble is a highly unique performance group on the music scene. Founded by soprano June Suh and guitarist J. Andrew Dickenson, concerts with Midnight Moon feature music influenced by rock, classical, jazz, folk, and world music. The duo is also frequently seen on stage with dancers, actors, artists, videographers, and other musicians for collaborative performances.
Soprano June Suh began her voice studies in her native city of Seoul, Korea. Following graduation from the prestigious Sunwha Art Middle and High School, whose alumni include Sumi Jo and Young Ok Shin, she was awarded a scholarship to the Chicago College of Music of Roosevelt University where she studied with Carmen Mehta. Following her dream to study in Italy, she was then accepted to the esteemed Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milano, where she was granted a Voice Fellowship to study with admired teachers such as Maria Luisa Cioni, Katia Angeloni, and Stefano Gibellato. Upon graduation she was invited to participate in the Conservatorio's selective Post-Graduate teaching program.
June has appeared in concerts and opera productions throughout the Italian cities of Milano, Bergamo, Bari, Tocco dei Casauria and Taranto, Sicilia, and recently graduated from Mannes The New School for Music in New York City, where she was accepted in the Opera Program under the direction of Joseph Colaneri, Susan Caldwell, and Ted Taylor and studied privately with Ruth Falcon. While in New York, June has appeared on stage as Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale, as Barena in the Vertical Players Repetoire production of Janacek's Jenufa, as Musetta in the Amato Opera Company's productions of Puccinni's La Boheme, as Sandrina in Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera with The Little Opera Company, and the lead role of Adina in the New Jersey State Repertory Opera's production of L'Elisir d'Amore.
June recently returned from Texas, where she participated in the El Paso Young Artist Program as Papagena in Mozart's The Magic Flute. She has also been a finalist in the Harold Haugh Light Opera Competition and Camillo de Nardis Competition, and has received third prize in the Mario Lanza Competition as well as an encouragement grant from from the Gerda Lisner Foundation. She is an Adjunct Professor of Voice at Cecil College in Maryland.
A musician of numerous passions, J. Andrew Dickenson is a performer, teacher, composer, conductor, administrator, writer, and arranger who has been showcased in a variety of prestigious locations around the world.
Founder of the Midnight Moon Ensemble with soprano Yeonjune Suh, Andrew has performed in some of the most celebrated venues in the United States (Carnegie Hall), Korea (KNUA Hall), and England (Penzance Guitar Festival). He is also a member of CoLABorative, the resident faculty company of Cecil College. Andrew was an original founding member of both the New York Guitar Quartet and the guitar quartet 1 East, and has worked with high profile acts such as SONOS Chamber Orchestra and Trio Sorella. An avid protagonist of new music and art, Andrew actively commissions pioneering composers to write music for his performances, including Terry Champlin, Bryan Johanson, Brian Grundstrom, and Judah Adashi, Albert Carbonell Sauri, and Steven Stone. He has also collaborated with many multi-media artists to produce shows at Baltimore's Augenmusik festival, Artscape,the Maryland Institute of Art, and the Academy of Art in Philadelphia.
A scholarship winner from both the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Mannes College of Music, Andrew's primary teachers include Julian Gray, Robert Trent, and Frederic Hand. He has also studied with Sergio Assad, Manuel Barrueco, Gilbert Biberian, Terry Champlin, Carlo Domeniconi, Peter Golladay, William Kanengiser, Michael Newman, and Laura Oltman.
Now a dedicated teacher himself, Andrew is an Assistant Professor of Music at Cecil College and former String Department Head at Concordia Conservatory. He is the author of the acclaimed Guitar Fundamentals series and has been published internationally in Soundboard and Classical Guitar. Andrew is also editor of NYlon Review, the newsletter of the New York City Classical Guitar Society, where he was President and Artistic Director for 4 years.
Andrew has recently been invited for several conducting engagements, and he is quickly becoming known for his precise directing, inventive programming, and his innovative arrangements. Arranging credits include Carmen, West Side Story, and Man of La Mancha for chamber orchestras as well as numerous pop and rock songs for classical ensembles.


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package com.alecgorge.minecraft.jsonapi.adminium;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.bukkit.configuration.InvalidConfigurationException;
import org.json.simpleForBukkit.JSONObject;

import com.alecgorge.minecraft.jsonapi.adminium.Adminium3.AdminiumPushNotification;
import com.alecgorge.minecraft.jsonapi.dynamic.API_Method;
import com.alecgorge.minecraft.jsonapi.dynamic.JSONAPIMethodProvider;

public class Adminium3Methods implements JSONAPIMethodProvider {
	Adminium3Config config;
	Adminium3 adminium;
	public Adminium3Methods(Adminium3 ad) {
		adminium = ad;
		config = Adminium3Config.config();
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.register", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public boolean registerDevice(String pushID) {
		if(pushID.length() != 64) return false;

		if(!config.devices.containsKey(pushID)) {
			config.devices.put(pushID, config.notificationDefaults);
			try {
				config.save();
			} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.remove", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public boolean removeDevice(String pushID) {
		if(config.devices.containsKey(pushID)) {
			config.devices.remove(pushID);
			try {
				config.save();
			} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.device.taboo.all", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public List<String> tabooList(String pushID) {
		try {
			List<String> taboo = config.taboo.get(pushID);
			if(taboo == null) {
				return new ArrayList<String>();
			}
			return taboo;
		}
		catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
			return new ArrayList<String>();
		}
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.device.taboo.add", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public boolean tabooAdd(String pushID, String phrase) {
		if(!config.taboo.containsKey(pushID)) {
			config.taboo.put(pushID, new ArrayList<String>());
		}

		if(!config.taboo.get(pushID).contains(phrase)) {
			config.taboo.get(pushID).add(phrase);
			try {
				config.save();
			} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.device.taboo.remove", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public boolean tabooRemove(String pushID, String phrase) {
		if(config.taboo.containsKey(pushID) && config.taboo.get(pushID).contains(phrase)) {
			config.taboo.get(pushID).remove(phrase);
			try {
				config.save();
			} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		return true;
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.device.push_notifications", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public JSONObject pushNotifications(String pushID) {
		if(config.devices.containsKey(pushID)) {
			Map<String, Boolean> dev = config.devices.get(pushID);

			JSONObject o = new JSONObject();
			for(String key : dev.keySet()) {
				JSONObject oo = new JSONObject();
				oo.put("enabled", dev.get(key));
				oo.put("description", Adminium3.pushTypeDescriptions.get(Adminium3.pushTypes.indexOf(key)));
				o.put(key, oo);
			}
			return o;
		}
		return new JSONObject();
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.devices.device.set_push_notification", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public JSONObject setPushNotifications(String pushID, String pushType, Boolean on) {
		if(config.devices.containsKey(pushID)) {
			Map<String, Boolean> dev = config.devices.get(pushID);
			dev.put(pushType, on);
			try {
				config.save();
			} catch (InvalidConfigurationException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
		}
		return new JSONObject();
	}

	@API_Method(namespace="",name="adminium.notifications.all", isProvidedByV2API=false)
	public List<AdminiumPushNotification> getAllPushNotifications() {
		return adminium.notifications;
	}
}


•Six letters: profit - Why Nigeria wins at Scrabble.
•The Economist, December 2, 2017.
•Abuja, The best players earn government salaries.
•In the hot, golden light of an Abuja afternoon two men spin a rotating Scrabble board, oblivious to the flies buzzing around them. •The opening moves in the word-building game are relatively low-scoring: "writer" for 26 points, followed by "pool", "ow", "or" and "li". •But the scores soon stack up, including two 50-point bonuses for getting rid of all seven letters for "mediant" (the third note of a diatonic musical scale) and "deracine" (from déraciné, a French noun and adjective for someone who has been uprooted). •In less than 20 minutes, the time allowed for a professional game, Eta Karo beats Ben Quickpen by 461 points to 410.
•Both men are members of the triumphant Nigerian team that last month won the World English-language Scrabble Players Association championship for the second time running. •Four of the team's eight players made the top ten, out of 118 competitors.
•Scrabble found fans in Nigeria in the 1980s. •It was made an official sport in the early 1990s. •Prince Anthony Ikolo, the coach of the Nigerian national team, reckons there are now around 4,000 players in more than 100 clubs around the country (compared with about 2,000-2,500 members in 152 clubs in America and Canada combined). •He wants to ensure that "all nooks and crannies in this country have a Scrabble board." For now, the game's best players hail from the better-educated south, particularly Lagos and the oil-producing states.
•It helps that some states hire Scrabble players as civil servants. •Mr Quickpen gets 70,000 naira ($195) a month from Bayelsa state for coaching younger players. •He still finds time to play for four hours every day, six days a week. •Godswill Akpabio, a former governor and now senator for the southern state of Akwa-Ibom, puts on a yearly tournament. •This year the first prize was worth $10,000. •Not for nothing is he known as the "Pillar of Scrabble in Africa".
•Sechs Buchstaben: Profit – Warum Nigeria bei Scrabble gewinnt.
•The Economist, 2. Dezember 2017.
•Scrabble found fans in Nigeria in the 1980s. •Es wurde in den frühen Neunzigern zu einer offiziellen Sportart. •Prince Anthony Ikolo, the coach of the Nigerian national team, reckons there are now around 4,000 players in more than 100 clubs around the country (compared with about 2,000-2,500 members in 152 clubs in America and Canada combined). •He wants to ensure that "all nooks and crannies in this country have a Scrabble board." For now, the game's best players hail from the better-educated south, particularly Lagos and the oil-producing states.
•It helps that some states hire Scrabble players as civil servants. •Mr Quickpen gets 70,000 naira ($195) a month from Bayelsa state for coaching younger players. •He still finds time to play for four hours every day, six days a week. •Godswill Akpabio, a former governor and now senator for the southern state of Akwa-Ibom, puts on a yearly tournament. •Dieses Jahr war der erste Preis 10.000 $ wert. •Not for nothing is he known as the "Pillar of Scrabble in Africa".
Six letters: profit - Why Nigeria wins at Scrabble.
The Economist, December 2, 2017.
Abuja, The best players earn government salaries.
In the hot, golden light of an Abuja afternoon two men spin a rotating Scrabble board, oblivious to the flies buzzing around them.
The opening moves in the word-building game are relatively low-scoring: "writer" for 26 points, followed by "pool", "ow", "or" and "li".
But the scores soon stack up, including two 50-point bonuses for getting rid of all seven letters for "mediant" (the third note of a diatonic musical scale) and "deracine" (from déraciné, a French noun and adjective for someone who has been uprooted).
In less than 20 minutes, the time allowed for a professional game, Eta Karo beats Ben Quickpen by 461 points to 410.
Both men are members of the triumphant Nigerian team that last month won the World English-language Scrabble Players Association championship for the second time running.
Four of the team's eight players made the top ten, out of 118 competitors.
Scrabble found fans in Nigeria in the 1980s.
It was made an official sport in the early 1990s.
Prince Anthony Ikolo, the coach of the Nigerian national team, reckons there are now around 4,000 players in more than 100 clubs around the country (compared with about 2,000-2,500 members in 152 clubs in America and Canada combined).
He wants to ensure that "all nooks and crannies in this country have a Scrabble board." For now, the game's best players hail from the better-educated south, particularly Lagos and the oil-producing states.
It helps that some states hire Scrabble players as civil servants.
Mr Quickpen gets 70,000 naira ($195) a month from Bayelsa state for coaching younger players.
He still finds time to play for four hours every day, six days a week.
Godswill Akpabio, a former governor and now senator for the southern state of Akwa-Ibom, puts on a yearly tournament.
This year the first prize was worth $10,000.
Not for nothing is he known as the "Pillar of Scrabble in Africa".
Good Nigerian players tend to have an encyclopedic knowledge of short words, which they often deploy instead of longer ones in order to block their opponents and conserve useful letters such as S, E and R. Money seems to be their main motivation.
Top players can make more than $4,000 a year, a useful income boost in a country where more than half the population makes less than $1.90 a day.
"As a people we believe in profits," says Mr Ikolo.
""Gäbe es kein Preisgeld, wäre es nicht wettbewe..."
"Dieses Jahr war der erste Preis 10.000 $ wert."
"Es wurde in den frühen Neunzigern zu einer offi..."
"The Economist, 2. Dezember 2017."
"Da es der Titel ist, und im Englischen ebenfall..."
"Sechs Buchstaben: Profit – Warum Nigeria bei Sc..."


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The stock market will be closed this Friday in observance of Good Friday, but the government is still scheduled to release its March jobs report at the end of the week.
"It's highly irregular, but the relationship between the government and the stock market has always been a little bit strange," explained Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS Financial Services, on CNBC.
The non-farm payrolls report, typically announced on the first Friday of each month, is a widely-followed indicator of the U.S. economy. As such, an unexpected result can create big market swings.
Non-farm payrolls are expected to show a gain of above 200,000 in March, the fourth-straight month the economy has added more than 200,000 jobs, after an increase of 227,000 in the previous month.
"There is some suspicion that the number [this Friday] may be a bit more surprising than people think," Cashin added.
Meanwhile, the bond market is scheduled to close early, at noon ET, on Friday.
In addition, Cashin explained in his daily market commentary why stock markets close for Good Friday, debunking a popular myth associated with a black Friday crash.
In the nearly five decades that I've been in Wall Street, each Easter season sees the re-blooming of an old—and erroneous—myth.
That myth contends that the NYSE opened on a Good Friday and the terrible Black Friday crash occurred. Thus, chastened and shaken, the Governors vowed never to open on a Good Friday again. It never happened.
There was a famous and terrible Black Friday crash in Wall Street but it was primarily in the gold market. It came about when the "corner" on gold that Jay Gould and Jim Fisk had constructed (with some help from President Grant's brother-in-law), collapsed. That occurred on September 24th, 1869, a little late in the year for Good Friday. You will also note from the search of the records that the NYSE was closing on Good Friday at least five years earlier and probably, much, much longer.
Lastly, for some unexplained reason, the NYSE stayed open on three Good Fridays. On April 8, 1898, the Dow closed down a half point. That's hardly a crash. On the other two, April 13th, 1906 (a Friday the 13th) and March 29th, 1907, the Dow actually rose.
I hope that puts the myth to bed.


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Codemasters shareholders vote to approve EA acquisition
The buyout is expected to be finalised by the end of the first quarter
By Puah Ziwei
Dirt 5. Credit: Codemasters
The majority of Codemasters' shareholders have voted to approve EA's US$1.2billion offer to acquire the UK developer.
READ MORE: Video games haven't just been escapism for me in 2020, it's been a lifeline
According to VGC, the company's shareholders voted remotely on Wednesday (February 3) to approve the deal. 76 shareholders were present at the meeting, with 63 of them voting in favour of the acquisition and representing 99 per cent of the shares held.
However, EA's buyout of Codemasters is not a done deal yet. The company is set to attend a court hearing on February 16 in order for the purchase to be legally sanctioned, in addition to approval from regulatory boards according to competitive laws, VGC added.
If approved, trading of Codemasters shares will be suspended and subsequently removed from the London Stock Exchange in the following days. The deal is expected to be finalised by the end of the first quarter of 2021.
Earlier this week, EA revealed plans to release racing games every year after it successfully acquires Codemasters. The company noted that the addition of the developer into its portfolio would make it "a global leader in racing entertainment" and would "enable EA to release new racing experiences annually".
"These are amazing teams that we know very well, and we are adding significantly to our racing portfolio to drive growth," EA CEO Andrew Wilson said. "We believe the combination of EA Sports and Codemasters can take the game franchise to an even greater level."
Prior to EA's offer, Take-Two Interactive had announced its intentions to acquire Codemasters. The company said it had proposed to "acquire the entire issued share capital" of Codemasters, valued at 739.2million pounds (US$973.01million). At the time, the Codemaster board were said to have been keen to "recommend unanimously that Codemasters' shareholders accept the possible offer".


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In connection with the events related to the US-Poland Innovation Week on November 16-21, 2014, in which we are cordially inviting you to participate after visiting www.paiw.pl for an up-to-date information on the events, the US-Polish Trade Council together with the Polish Network invite you to attend the USPTC Open Day that will take place onNovember 18, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. at the headquarters of USPTC at 2479 East Bayshore Road, Suite 205, Palo Alto. Polish and American professionals based in Silicon Valley will network and mingle with innovative Polish entrepreneurs visiting Silicon Valley in order to establish valuable contacts, gain additional knowledge and understand the local business savoir-vivre.
The meeting's guests of honor will be Konrad Grotowski, founder of the Polish Network and a number of Polish companies from the IT sector, including Poleng, Open Innovation, InsBird, 42Trade, Akson Elektro, Astec, Cinkciarz, Konfrontuj, Opero, Petra IT Solutions, Sinersio Data Center, Streamsoft. All of the above companies either participate in USPTC's US-Poland Innovation HUB program or are part of an economic mission organized by the Lubuskie Region Employers Organization.
Refreshments and drinks will be served during the evening.


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Daisy Rock
Daisy Rock Poised To Break Out
"Daisy Rock is ready to set the world on fire" - Photo Courtesy of Daisy Rock UK
Daisy Rock, star of her own web site entitled Daisy Rock UK, is a former British burlesque performer turned porn star who is currently enjoying great success, not only in the United Kingdom but all over the world. And it's pretty easy to see why.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Daisy Rock, let me give you a little primer on this hot porn star. Daisy Rock was born July 22, 1977 and was a burlesque performer before she made the transition into porn in 2006, at the age of 29. She is a beautiful British babe, from Brighton, who stands 5'4" and has a marvelous 32DD-26-35 body.
Over the course of her career, she has been in a number of hardcore porn and fetish movies; which include What Bitches Are For, UK Gloryhole Cum Sluts Vol. 2, Rubber Cats, The Nylon Mistress, High Class Hookers, Baby Loves The Shaft V, and 2 Chicks 1 Dick.
She has also received numerous awards for he work, which can easily be classified as a potpourri of porn that incorporates a lot of the hardcore, anal, lesbian, and fetish genres. The awards she has won include: a 2007 UK Adult Film & Television Award for Bound, Gagged And Shagged; a 2008 Adult Film & Television Award for Most Outrageous Performance; and a 2010 Best Female Performer Award granted by the UK Adult Producers Awards. And now she has moved on to bigger and better things, in an attempt not only to gratify her UK fans, but to gather fans from all over the world.
Her new site, Daisy Rock UK, is poised to set the entire world aflame. On this site, Daisy Rock shows what makes her a sizzling and rare commodity in the world of porn. Her site artfully blends hot fetish action with a lot of hardcore action. Whether she is sucking off some guy she met in the Mediterranean or getting her pussy eaten out by a hot lesbian, you know the action will keep you glued to your screen.
She also has no problem with taking on a few fetishes; A list which includes pissing, rubber, smoking and even some BDSM. It appears there is nothing this UK porn star won't attempt.
Her site also features live shows, her wild public adventures and something I don't see too often on a porn site. Her giving her fans an opportunity to fuck her. Yes, she is currently taking submissions from guys who have dreamed of sticking their cock in her wet mouth or tight fucking pussy. Hell, you don't even have to be a male fan, she is also known for giving her female fans a shot at her pussy.
If your looking for a porn star, and a porn site, that constantly teeters on the edge between mainstream hardcore porn and extreme fetish porn, then you might want to head on over to Daisy Rock UK. She will not only entertain you with her stunning body, and incredible sexual antics, but she will also take you on a sexual journey that you couldn't even begin to dream about, even in your wildest fantasies.


So, you may be wondering what this is. This is me taking my hobby a little too seriously. As many of you know, I have been building ArduinoBoys for the video game music community and selling them out of a free Google website for a few months now. However, like all free sites, the Google site has its limitations. The layout is inflexible and outside resources, like the PayPal button I was using to make sales, can be finicky. My biggest complaint, however, was that I had no custom domain name: I had to share a domain name with Google. It just didn't look all that professional.
This is where things become serious.
This is the site where I will be doing all of my major business from now on. It will be where I will discuss my projects, new developments in the fields of science, engineering, and backyard tinkering that catch my eye, and hints and tricks I pick up during my own pursuits and studies.
Fully expect this site to change, potentially dramatically, over the next few months, as I add additional content, such as a For Sale page and a copy of my resumé.
If you have any comments, or have any hints, tips or tricks with using WordPress, please leave them below, or email them to my new address at anthony@gilberti-industries.com.
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Psychology and urban design intersect in fellowship
A fellowship with the Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health is allowing Dr. Kevin Bennett to combine two of his passions.
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Penn State Go, the official mobile app of the University is available now
Penn State Go, the official all-in-one mobile app, is available to download in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Penn State Go delivers single sign-on access to features including Canvas, Penn State email, shuttle bus tracking,  campus maps,  grades, class schedules, tuition bills via LionPATH, LionCash+, library services, Starfish academic advising, and more.
Penn State Beaver honors alumnus Scott Noxon for long history of campus support
Scott Noxon has been given the Penn State Beaver Outstanding Alumni Award for his continued support of the campus.
Penn State partners with Pennsylvania food banks to reduce food insecurity
Through community partnerships in food recovery, Penn State is working towards bridging the gap between food waste and food insecurity, creating a more sustainable food system.
Student entrepreneurs enter the 'Lion's Den' in competition at Penn State Beaver
Penn State Beaver students pitched ideas for new products Nov. 14 during the fourth annual Lion's Den competition.
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It's essential to strengthen resilience to adapt and succeed in changing times.
4. I can't tolerate ambiguous situations.
5. I'm persistent when working on challenging projects.
6. I'm a sequential problem solver.
7. I'm comfortable being myself.
9. I'm usually non-judgmental about people.
– Look upon something different or unknown as an opportunity to challenge yourself. If you don't try something new, how will you find out you can do it? Expect things to work out. View mistakes as learning experiences.
– Note what you've learned from a negative experience. Indicate how it has made you stronger, wiser. Identify early clues you ignored, and what you'll do differently.
– Detect and dispute inaccurate thoughts and causal beliefs. Are you or your circumstances responsible for your beliefs? Are your beliefs based on fact or fallacy? Why or why not?
– Approach problems from different perspectives. Ask for feedback from people with diverse backgrounds. Take things out of their ordinary context and create new patterns for them. Notice the number of ways you can use eggs or milk cartons. Develop a playful, childlike curiosity. Ask questions, experiment.
– Build self-confidence. Make a list of everything you like about yourself. Include personal traits and accomplishments. Post this where you can see it. Set your own standard of excellence. Realize that perfection is an unattainable goal. Accept the ideal as a guideline, not to be attained 100 percent. Work toward improving your performance each time.
– Be authentic. Your actions should be consistent with your thoughts and feelings. Don't succumb to peer or family pressures.
– Develop meaningful, supportive relationships. Link up with like-minded people with whom you can share feelings and receive positive feedback and assistance.
– Continue to learn. Keep updated on local and international news. Build knowledge in your discipline. Develop critical thinking skills. Ask questions. Compare and contrast, link ideas, and evaluate.
– Strengthen intuition and creativity. Set aside time for quiet contemplation. Attend to cues your body and mind are giving. Note bodily sensations (headaches), feelings (fear, excitement), and mental thoughts (ideas that pop into your head). Ask questions you want answered before falling asleep.
– Learn to risk. Identify three successful risks you've taken. What did you do to make each turn out well?


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