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Posthuman Yearnings: Kathy Goonan's "Angels and You Dogs"
By Michael Levy
KATHY GOONAN IS SOMETHING of a writer's writer, a highly literate SF novelist, enormously respected by her colleagues but less familiar to the general reading public. She's best known, perhaps, for her "Nanotech Quartet," beginning with Queen City Jazz in 1994, which follows a young woman through a future America rendered strange, beautiful, and dangerous by out-of-control nanotechology and genetic engineering. Her 2007 novel In War Times is a gripping, sometimes dream-like tale, set during and after World War II, that makes subtle use of physicist Hugh Everett's many-worlds theory to examine alternate ways in which the past 65 years of history might have played out. 2011's This Shared Dream, a direct sequel to In War Times, is also receiving strong reviews (a paperback edition will appear in early July). Many of Goonan's novels have been nominated for genre prizes, with In War Times winning the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel of the year, and she is also an excellent short story writer.
As is the case in her novels, most of the tales in Angels and You Dogs, her first published collection, center on well-developed characters living in the near future who must deal with the deep weirdness of unrestrained technological change. The volume opens with the oddly titled cover story "Angels and You Dogs." This is actually an atypical work for Goonan, and for this collection, because it's fantasy rather than science fiction. It concerns an accountant, Evan, who is deeply depressed because his much-loved partner, Charles, has left him for another man. Advertising for a roommate to share his beautifully-put-together Key West home, he winds up with Lulu, an eccentric young woman who owns a dog named Ambrose and who immediately begins violating his house rules and seriously shaking up his life. Although Lulu does help pull him out of his depression, Evan soon discovers that she has her own dark secret: she accidentally killed her husband and is now contacting him through a psychic who uses the dog as a medium. The story shifts fluently between the serious and the comic; Evan's somewhat fussy house and his collection of classic Fiestaware are lovingly described, and both protagonists come believably to life. In its superbly crafted language, strong descriptions of scene, and well-developed characters, this story exhibits Goonan at her most literate and literary.
"Solitaire," the second story in the book, moves us into the realm of science fiction but still lacks any of the futuristic background for which Goonan is best known. It concerns an odd little boy, Norman (nicknamed Stumblebum for his clumsiness), who is smart but perhaps mildly autistic. A loner and intensely introverted, he loves playing cards by himself, and does so over and over again. One day, however, forced by his mother to go outside to play, Norman discovers another boy, one even odder than himself, living alone in a shack outside of town. They form a friendship by playing solitaire — and we eventually realize, as does our protagonist, that the second boy is both an alien and a shapeshifter whose spacecraft has crashed in the nearby woods. More alone even than Norman, the alien yearns to go home. Loneliness and the need for companionship, as seen in both "Angels and You Dogs" and "Solitaire," is one of the most common of Goonan's themes and will appear over and over in this collection.
Many of the stories that follow appear to be set in either the universe of the "Nanotech Quartet" or one similar to it. They share a number of basic assumptions and extrapolations: nanotechnology and genetic engineering will develop quickly in the near future, with awe-inspiring results, but will also go badly wrong — perhaps due to overzealous usage without proper safeguards, perhaps due to intentional sabotage, or both. Large swaths of the United States, and particularly the big cities, will become either uninhabitable by normal human beings or extremely hazardous, threatening to change those who trespass into something far from human. Those who remain untransformed will watch from a not-particularly-safe distance, deeply puzzled by the mysterious, possibly self-conscious actions of the nanotech that will gradually and unpredictably transforms parts of the planet into a sort of fairyland.
"Sunflowers," the first nanotech story in the collection, concerns a man who has lost his wife and daughter after a terrorist attack in which they accidentally inhaled nanos that eventual transformed them into something more or other than human. Able to perceive so many alternate realities in such overwhelmingly beautiful detail, they essentially have chosen to commit a form of ecstatic suicide rather than retreat from their visions. Years later, the protagonist travels to Amsterdam to buy those same nanos on the black market, hoping to follow his loved ones into a less painful place, but he meets another woman who has taken them and survived and who shows him how to use the art of van Gogh to hold on to reality. This is a richly textured, deeply emotional tale, an example of Goonan at her best. "The Day the Dam Broke" concerns a doctor from the domed city of Los Angeles, a high-tech haven, who volunteers for a medical mission to the hinterlands where she will use advanced nanotechnological techniques to help the somewhat backward indigenous population deal with serious, often rogue nano-induced illnesses. Upon arriving, she immediately earns the enmity of the local doctor, who hates nanotechnology because he doesn't understand it and sees her as competition. This leads to the eventual destruction of the town and the protagonist's decision to live as a heartbroken hermit somewhere in the northern Rockies. Like most of Goonan's work, the story features well-conceived, deeply flawed characters, while at the same time incorporating a nicely science-fictional homage to James Thurber. Unfortunately, it also has a significant structural weakness: to strengthen her climax, Goonan finds it necessary for the dam on a nearby river to fail, coincidentally, just at the moment when the town is faced with a serious nano outbreak. The author tries to prepare her readers for this eventuality, but it doesn't entirely work.
"Memory Dog" may well be the most powerful story in the book. Its narrator is a dog who has had her former master's mind incorporated throughout her nervous system. In a complex back-story we learn that the human narrator was involved in the development of memory-enhancing drugs and rather stupidly experimented on himself. Losing track of his surroundings one day, he accidentally allowed his three-year-old to run out into the street, where she was killed by a car. This negligence has destroyed his marriage and led him to the brink of suicide, and perhaps beyond. His wife has turned to another man for solace, a famous political activist and author of "smacks," incendiary political messages sent out using advanced, nano-based podcasting technology that the repressive government can't censor and that those who receive them believe implicitly. For this he is eventually arrested and tortured. Now, although he has had a serious stroke (induced by his torturers), they are on the run from the government, continuing to send out the smacks he had previously recorded. The narrator, in dog form, stays with and watches over his unsuspecting former wife, eventually providing her with an inventive, high-tech way to overthrow the government. Goonan does a marvelous job of portraying a consciousness that believably combines human and canine attitudes and abilities. We understand not only the agony and guilt of the narrator's human side, but also the dog side's single-minded enthusiasm and absolute love for her mistress. "Memory Dog" was the runner-up for the 2009 Theodore Sturgeon Award for short fiction.
The less complex but still dazzling "Electric Rain" features another distinctive narrative voice — a preteen girl living in a future Washington, DC where terrorists have unleashed rogue nano with astonishing results. "The Bridge," which might easily be filmed with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, is an odd but highly successful take on the noir detective tradition (the hero even has a bottle of whiskey in his desk drawer); at first Goonan lays on the noir tropes so heavily that one assumes the story is going to be a parody, but she plays everything straight, confronting her has-been, technophobe P.I. with a devilish murder mystery that can only be solved by a well-conceived combination of nanotechnological wizardry and old-fashioned, 1930s-era detective work. I was a bit skeptical of this story at first, but it quickly won me over.
Other tales in the volume, probably unconnected to Goonan's nano future, include: the funny and very silly "The Bride of Elvis," set at a future Graceland where Elvis has been deified and his five brides either are, or think they are, aliens, waiting for his spaceship to return; the much more serious "Susannah's Snowbears," which features advanced and mysterious aliens who manipulate the title character and her scientist parents to get what they need from a repressive future society; "Klein Time," a nicely done riff on the classic C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner story "Vintage Season," in which a pair of immaterial beings, presumably from our far future, hitchhike in the minds of a married couple in post-World War II Prague, bickering and soaking up the sights until one of them decides to defect; "Dinosaur Songs," a surreal tale in which dinosaurs are revealed to have been singers whose songs were addictive, making them of considerable interest to the military; "Waiting to Talk to You," which concerns the grief of a mathematician whose work led to the discovery of a hyperspace transportation system, but whose lover was lost in the first attempt to use the new technology; "The String," the story of a man whose daughter is dying from cystic fibrosis and who becomes obsessed with the idea that by solving the complex topological problem represented by her knotted-up kite string he can save her life; and "Sundiver Day," which concerns a brilliant teenager who becomes obsessed with the idea of cloning her recently dead brother, even if it means carrying him to term in her own womb.
One of the fascinating things about reading a single-author collection is that you can quickly pick up on themes the writer keeps returning to, as well as their favorite tropes and stylistic techniques. I began by mentioning Goonan's fascination with the possibilities and dangers inherent in both nanotech and genetic engineering. Although these two research fields obviously terrify her, she seems to believe they represent the best chance for human beings to transform themselves into something superhuman — or, to use the currently fashionable term, posthuman. In story after story we meet characters who are still much like us, but who are forced to interact with those who are no longer bound by human limits. There's awe in these interactions, not to mention fear, and a good bit of yearning, for Goonan's characters, over and over again, are intensely lonely and looking for someone or something that is absent from their lives. They deeply miss loved ones who are either estranged or gone, whether into death or posthumanity. Once in a while, as in "Klein Time" or "Memory Dog," we see things from the posthuman side, but these viewpoint characters are invariably limited by their biological containers. The truly alien beings who appear in such stories as "Solitaire," "Susannah's Snowbears," and "Sunflowers" are always portrayed from the outside. The stories' viewpoint characters can see their forms (sometimes organic, sometimes not), and can even develop relationships with them, but can only guess at what is going on beneath the surface. Perhaps this is just Goonan's way, a science-fictional way, of empathizing with the human condition — limited by the flesh, but always yearning for the ineffable.
Angels and You Dogs
By Kathleen Ann Goonan
Published 2012-05-01 00:00:00
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The Pentecost University College (PUC) has denied media reports that its students have been compelled to study under trees and in tents due to the inadequate facilities at the school�s Sowutuom campus.
The Public Relations Affairs Officer, Emmanuel Kyei, speaking in an interview with Peacefmonline.com today(Thursday), vehemently debunked the reports, describing it as total �falsehood� put out by the Herald newspaper.
Explaining issues to Peacefmonline.com, he stated that the students have been furnished with an ultra-modern lecture hall in the shape of a dome as an extension of the facilities in the school.
A publication by the Herald newspaper on Thursday, April 04, 2013, revealed that "There is scarcity of infrastructure on the campus, hence the provision of some make-shift acoustic tents similar to the �The Dome �conference room where social events are organized at the Accra International Conference Centre. The lack of lecture facilities on campus is so prevalent that students have to fight over the few tents that have been provided by the school authorities."
The paper further disclosed that due to the inadequate facilities on the University campus amidst the poor treatment meted out to the students, some students have been enraged by the situation.
According to the report, despite the uncouth condition that the students have been subjected to, the University has sought to enrol several foreign students from neighbouring countries, specifically Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The University was also reported to have been saddled with accommodation challenges and in an attempt to rectify the scarcity of the lecture halls on campus, erected two acoustic tents to serve as makeshift lecture halls.
However, the school authority has discounted the claims stressing that the students do not have lectures under trees, neither are there any makeshift tents for holding lectures in the school.
�They are lecture halls with lecture seats and tables. It�s not like they are on trees and we are lecturing them. It�s absolute falsehood,� Mr. Kyei stated categorically.
According to him, the claims are misleading explaining that what the University has sought to do is to expand its facilities to accommodate the students and also provide a conducive atmosphere for studies.


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Matthias Höing: Adding Punk Rock To Engines
Creating New Classics From Old
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People shaking up their fields, old dogs doing new tricks, and those who like to bring the ruckus.
Old cars can have a second life that's even better than its first.
By Ulf Poschardt
The Daily Dose September 9, 2014
Fuse a California hot-rod sensibility for old cars with a proper dose of German engineering, and what do you get? Matthias Höing. Or one of his multicolored classic Porsche 911s that practically flies off the road with a rebuilt engine.
It wasn't always like this in Germany. Far from it. Among international Porsche fans, the "German way" was the meticulous restoration of historic automobiles, humorless, exacting. This was particularly true for the icon among German cars, the Porsche 911, which turned 50 last year and is revered at home in a way similar to Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner or Franz Beckenbauer: German classics.
Part of my mission is to unsettle the Porsche old-timers with their almost fascistic correctness ethics.
— Matthias Höing
But when it comes to Porsches, Höing has very different intentions: to popularize wild interpretations of the classic car in Germany.
"Yes, part of my mission is to unsettle the Porsche old-timers with their almost fascistic correctness ethics," Höing tells OZY. "It's funny how the older, established German Porsche guys hate my guts."
He fuses the minimalism of Porsche design with something very different.
"Porsche as a brand has such a rich and exciting cultural aspect to it, and the way this is conveyed by them is beautiful for the most part, no question. But let's add some more color, some more individuality and diversity, maybe play a little rock 'n' roll soundtrack to it," he says.
Höing became a cult figure among Porsche aficionados when Magnus Walker — the famous LA-based British Porsche restorer with dreadlocks and rocker style — praised him as the best engine builder in Europe, and California Porsche fans appeared in videos wearing his T-shirts. He added to the cult image with a video that made the dismantling of a boxer engine seem like an erotic striptease, attracting more than 300,000 viewers.
The decisive twist in his professional biography indeed stemmed from an encounter with Walker in 2007, when he turned up at Höing's when he was selling an old 911 for a friend. He arrived in a Porsche hot rod in red, white and blue.
It dawned on skateboarder and punk rocker Höing that Porsche could also mean rebellion, subculture and wild creativity. This insight was further fueled by the R Gruppe, a group of die-hard Porsche fans, including the son of actor Steve McQueen.
In the mid-"noughties," the now 40-year-old Höing completed his master's certificate in Germany and was appointed head of engine testing in LA, responsible for the finish of Porsche racing engines.
But upon returning to Germany in 2008, he established a one-man boutique for air-cooled "boxer" engines, flat engines in which pistons move in a horizontal plane. He restores them to ensure that the engine runs considerably better afterward than it did when it left the Porsche factory. He loves the air-cooled, six-cylinder boxer and yet still sees many things that, 50 years after it was invented, can be improved. Additionally, because Höing is a child of pop culture, he created merchandise like a punk band: T-shirts, badges, caps.
Those who enter the workshop he now runs with Torsten Hanenkamp find themselves in a peculiar world somewhere between museum and racetrack. "Mezgerwerk" is what the two men have called their company, as a tribute to the renowned Porsche engine designer Hans Mezger, whom Jerry Seinfeld likes to get to sign the hoods of his Porsches.
Portrait of Magnus Walker
So he combines respect for the old and the origins, but the curiosity as to how the air-cooled six-cylinder boxer can be further refined and optimized is stronger. A 380-horsepower engine is being fitted into an aged F-model, more than double the power of the original early '70s version. Anyone who wants to get behind the wheel of this rocket will really have to know how to drive. Price tag for the engines: €20,000 to €50,000 ($64,400).
Old 911s, or any other old car for that matter, will kick their Prius in the nuts when it comes to being green.
Höing is unapologetic.
"I really like to argue with my self-proclaimed environmentalist buddies about this whole sustainability issue," he says. "Old 911s, or any other old car for that matter, will kick their Prius in the nuts when it comes to being green. People need to thoroughly scrutinize this PR crap that carmakers feed them about emissions nowadays. The point is that the production of every new car replacing an old car is a bad thing to the environment."
Höing will also become a father soon. The baby is supposed to be born on 9/11. "No joke," he says with a smile, in his Steve McQueen-style. His wife is a star in the German tattoo scene, and so the whole Höing family looks like a typical new-school German bohemian gang. He is working so hard at the moment that he doesn't have time to find a Porsche 911 for himself. But this will come soon. The business is doing well. And there are two seats in the back. For children.
"I think we all agree that cars as means of mass transportation are on a downward slope, and rightfully so," he explains. "But they are still beautiful machines that embody a culture most of us love. It is up to the enthusiasts of our generation to keep the car culture going on a smaller, yet exciting, scale."
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Nuapatna-Though not a tourist destination, located 27 KM from Ansupa Lake along the State Highway 65 along the road leading to Angul – it's a place which textile connoisseurs will love. This village has around 500 families of weavers, who are supported by the state government's cooperative society. It's just amazing to see them go about their work of extracting the fibre, spinning them into a yarn, then dyeing them and the magic they weave on them. In most cases it's the entire family which is engaged in the activity of weaving those beautiful patterns on the Odissi Sarees and textiles. What's more one can buy too.
One can opt to stay at the cottages and spending a night will be an experience well worth.
There is no dhaba's or hotels along the way, if you are going for a day tour do make necessary provisions. The ecotourism department only serves guest who have checked in the cottages.
Payments for food etc at the Odisha Eco tour cottages are to be made in cash. Make sure you carry a print out of the online booking confirmation receipt.
Nearest ATM, Petrol pump and health centre is Athagarh.


Here are the Pokemon Creed Chat Rules, please read all of them to prevent yourself from being banned.
Note: These rules can be changed at ANY time, or updated. So checking this regularly is wise.
This is an English-only chat room, do NOT post in a different language.
We do not tolerate bullying. Talking to a member in a tone that denotes bullying or bullying anyone may result in a warning or a ban depending on how severe your bullying was.
We do not tolerate spam - Including mass use of capitals and emoticons.
Do not say the same/near the message in the chats repetitively whilst it's still on the same page. E.g. "Bets up", forum links, what you're trading. We have events we do not need to know who won what etc.
Do not swear or use offensive language.
Do not say inappropriate content, this is a children's game. If found you will be banned permanently.
Flooding is NOT allowed - This means do not post loads of different posts in a row. Post them in one line.
Do not type your message in capitals. Maximum amount of capitals is 3 in a word. As well as that, if staff feel that your message includes a considerate amount of capitals in it, it will involve this rule as well.
As above, you may not try to 'go round' it and just type 3 letters in capitals for each word. Exploiting this rule, will result in a ban. So, if your message contains capitals which are not needed, you will be banned.
Do not troll - This means anything to offend someone or say stupid things.
Do not beg/ask for Pokemon, Coins, Money, Points or for anything else.
Do not ask for other people's password/personal information.
Do not 'Mini-Mod' whilst there is staff online on chats.
Do not talk about other Pokemon Games, this is Pokemon Creed only. Other games maybe allowed.
Posting other chat links/mentioning other chats is NOT allowed.
Do not post Phishing Links.
If you are banned, do not go on another account/ create a new one to get on chat room, we will ban all your accounts. Bans will increase each time you do it. This is also known as ban evading.
After being chat banned, please do not bug/annoy staff to unban you/lower the time. If you do this, your chat ban may be lengthened, or if your ban is permanent, we may freeze you.
If you are being flamed at, do NOT flame back, simply just report it to staff.
Do not argue with staff, if you have been told to do something/or told to stop, do it.
Do not login to more than ONE account in the chatroom at once.
Do not accuse someone in the chats, if you think someone is breaking the rules, PM the correct staff.
If your name is inappropriate, you will be banned, name change is not available so create a new account.
No impersonating someone else, you will be banned if you are found doing this.
Asking for the Promo to be changed/asking why doesn't it change will maybe result in a chat room ban. Also, suggesting promos will mean that promo will be at the back of the list.
Being 'smart' or 'cheeky' towards a member of staff is not allowed, do it? And you will be banned.
Do not attempt to scam/cross-trade whilst in the chat room.
Do not make troll/fake contests.
Do not nag/ask about a ban/freeze which isn't your account, the owner of that account has options to ask about it in the appeal section.
This chat room is for Pokemon Creed, not a dating site, please go somewhere else.
If there's a rule not listed here, staff have the authority to still warn you in the chat room.
Please read them carefully - Please remember that warnings may, or may NOT be given to some rules. Also depending on how severe you have broken the rules, you may also be frozen/banned on the RPG, and also banned on the forums. So be warned.
Also, there are some rules in the RPG rules which apply to the chat-room as well.
Flooding - Posting each or a few words in different posts when you can post them all in one post.
Troll/Trolling - Saying stupid things, offending people on the chat room.
Phishing Links - Links which when you type your details in, the owner of the website can know what the 'details' are.
Flamed/Flaming - Basically attacking other with words which may offend them.
Ban evade - Going on another account whilst you're still banned on the other account.
Impersonating - Saying your someone else when you're not.
Cross-Trade - Trading Pokemon Creed Stuff for another game's stuff.
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Catherine Breillat – Sex Is Comedy (2002)
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By A. O. SCOTT
Thanks to movies like "36 Fillette," "Romance" and "Fat Girl," Catherine Breillat has acquired a reputation for both fearlessness and perversity. Her two most recent movies, "Anatomy of Hell" and "Sex Is Comedy," arriving in New York theaters within a week of each other, will no doubt extend that reputation, though in different ways. The newer movie, "Anatomy of Hell," which opened last Friday, takes her fascination with female sexuality to a new extreme of literal-minded explicitness. "Sex Is Comedy," which was completed in 2002 and which opens at Film Forum in Manhattan today, is much less graphic than "Anatomy," and it is probably Ms. Breillat's most restrained and self-critical film. There is less nudity and less on-screen sex than in her previous movies, but a good deal more self-exposure.
Rather than delve into the clinical details of sexual desire and behavior, Ms. Breillat reflects on what it means for a filmmaker to conduct such an inquiry and to use other people's bodies in the service of her own will. The result is a minor, meandering film that shows a family resemblance both to François Truffaut's peerless "Day for Night" and to a more pedestrian genre, the director's commentary "extras" that bulk up so many current DVD's. "Sex Is Comedy" (which ends, by the way, in tears) might work best in a boxed set with "Fat Girl," Ms. Breillat's strongest movie, and the one it refers to most directly.
Roxane Mesquida, who played the slimmer, older sister in "Fat Girl" (which is known in France as "À Ma Soeur," or "To My Sister"), here portrays an actress playing a similar part. We don't know what, apart from the loss of her character's virginity, the movie is about. Though the layers of Ms. Mesquida's performance turn out to be crucial to "Sex Is Comedy," most of the film is concerned with the relationship between the director (Anne Parillaud) and her pouty, loutish leading man (Grégoire Colin). She alternately coddles and berates him, and their scenes of tenderness and tension illuminate Ms. Breillat's main concern, which is the power struggles that take place on film sets between actors and directors.
To the extent that Ms. Parillaud's performance is Ms. Breillat's self-portrait, it is both admirably unflattering and sneakily self-aggrandizing. The director, whose name is Jeanne (her stars are identified only as "the Actor" and "the Actress") occasionally has a private moment of self-doubt, but she is otherwise ruthlessly committed to being in control. To the assistant who is her confidant (and possibly her lover), she declares that she hates actors, and she resorts to all kinds of aggression and manipulation to get what she wants from them.
Most of "Sex Is Comedy" concerns the preparations for a single scene, and it recreates the complexity, absurdity and sheer tedium involved in counterfeiting the realities of sex (or anything else) on screen. Accordingly, the film itself is at times confusing, often amusing and frequently dull. But it may satisfy some of the curiosity that viewers – admiring, repulsed or ambivalent – have felt in watching Ms. Breillat's unflinching and radical forays into eroticism. How much of the sex in her films is real? How do she and her actors make it seem that way, even when it isn't? Is her realism a matter of emotional nakedness, or the physical kind? The ingenuity of "Sex Is Comedy" is that it pretends to satisfy this curiosity, only, at the end, to force us once again to reckon with those uncomfortable questions, as the director treats herself to the last laugh.
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1 - Overarching statement
1.1 FHC seeks to develop all its players through the provision of competitive match play.
1.2 Fylde Hockey Club (FHC) will conduct selection fairly, equally and with respect[1].
1.3 Players will only be considered for selection where they are:
Registered as a FHC member
Of the age required or recommended for the competition entered
Not under disciplinary procedures
Not in financial arrears to FHC
Not over 12 weeks pregnant[2]
Not recovering from concussion[3], or have any other injury or condition preventing the player from playing at their full ability
1.4 For the purpose of this policy FHC defines 'junior' as any player under the age of 18; 'Adult' as any player over the age of 18.
1.5 FHC expects and encourages movement between teams and that players identify with FHC rather than individual teams.
2 - Adult Selection
2.1 Squad and team selection will be conducted by a Selection Panel appointed and chaired by the Head of Coaching & Performance and supported by the relevant team coaches and Club Captain.
2.2 Squad selection is conducted at the beginning of the season, refined throughout the season with a mid-season review being performed.
2.3 Squad Leadership teams and Team Managers are appointed once the squads have been finalised with the expectation that the Captain will remain with the squad throughout, however these roles are not immune to selection and Captains can be reviewed throughout the season.
2.4 Club Captains (Men's and Ladies) will propose Team Captains to FHC Management Committee who will appoint these positions as Officials of FHC.
2.5 Captains will be expected to lead by example on and off the pitch and uphold FHC's values. It is also expected that these players will take a leadership role in relation to junior players and will need to be DBS cleared as standard and be in possession of an EHB Online Safeguarding certificate before appointment. Failure to achieve DBS clearance will affect selection in this role.
2.6 Team selection is conducted per game based on availability provided for all the adult teams.
2.7 League rules dictating player availability will be adhered to and will at times influence selection in order to avoid fines or non-eligibility of individual players.
3 - Availability
3.1 It should be recognised that 'Availability' and 'Selection' are not the same thing. Selection procedure can only begin once accurate information regarding player availability is provided.
3.2 Players should make their availability known at the earliest opportunity using the club's designated application[4]. It is the players own responsibility (or their parent where u16) that this is completed in advance of the Selection Panel meeting.
3.3 Where availability permits, it is the Club's intention to select a predetermined number of players to each game as follows:
Team: Squad Size
Mens 1XI: 14
Ladies 1XI: 15
4 - Selection Procedure
4.1 The purpose of the individual team dictates the selection criteria for that team. These are indicated in the table below:
Team: Purpose
Mens 1XI: Performance
Mens 3XI: Junior Development
Mens 4XI: Participation
Ladies 1XI: Performance
Ladies 3XI: Performance Development
Ladies 4XI: Junior Devlopment
Ladies 5XI: Participation
Ladies 6XI: League Introduction
4.2 Selection for the performance teams (Ladies 1st and 2nd X1, Men's 1st and 2nd X1) will be based on players who demonstrate (or are working towards)
Displays the values and behaviors of FHC- Teamwork, Respect and Inspire in relation to team mates, opposition, officials and spectators
Can consistently demonstrate adaptable technical and tactical skills often in tough conditions and whilst under pressure
Players who display a winning attitude, seek to learn, develop others and demonstrate a positive and supportive attitude
Players who understand the principles of the game and are able to link these to make the best decisions
Are physically robust, fast and display high levels of strength and conditioning
Players who can use their skill and understanding to adapt to perform
Strong psychological/ social attributes, enjoy their hockey, are emotionally capable, maintain game focus, confidence and show high levels of resilience under pressure
4.3 Selection for the Ladies 3rd X1
4.3.1 The purpose of this team is to provide a competitive environment for adults and juniors aspiring to achieve selection for the Performance squads. Selection will be influenced by the performance criteria and ensuring a continued learning environment for those junior players graduating from the Junior Development team.
4.4 Selection for Men's 3X1 Ladies 4th XI
4.4.1 The purpose of these teams is to provide a development pathway for young players to nurture and support their development in relation to the technical, tactical, physical and psychological demands of the game.
4.4.2 These teams will be a blend of those junior players that show the potential to develop to the requirements of the performance squads and a small number of adult players.
4.4.3 The Junior Academy Captain will maintain a non-disclosable individual player development pathway record overseen by the Head Coach and Performance Manager. This will influence junior selection for these squads.
4.4.4 Adult selection for these teams will be based on those individuals that both meet the performance requirements and behaviours for the team but also evidence a contribution to a safe and supportive learning environment for young players.
4.5 Selection for Men's 4XI and Ladies 5XI
4.5.1 These teams will provide a competitive environment for those players that wish to enjoy their hockey and not seek development to the performance squads.
4.6 Selection for the Ladies 6XI
4.6.1 This team will predominately be a junior team of players turning 13years old and/or adults to provide an introductory experience to adult hockey. With the aim of increasing confidence and belief to play with and against adult teams. We aim to give players at this level equal pitch time to support their development and the opportunity to play in a variety of different positions.
4.6.2 There will be a maximum squad size of 13 players for this squad to encourage lots of touches of the ball in line with England Hockey's Golden Thread.
5 - The Selection Panel
5.1 The Selection Panel will be chaired and appointed by the Head of Coaching and Performance and include as a minimum, individual team coaches and Club Captains. Individual team coaches will have final say on selection for the squad that they have responsibility for.
5.2 If a member of the selection committee has a conflict of interest they would be expected to defer to the other committee members.
5.3 The Selection Panel will meet at a frequency determined by the Chair.
5.4 Any player who has not provided their availability will not be considered by the Selection Panel. It is neither the Selection Panel's responsibility nor any captain to chase availability responses.
5.5 The Selection Panel will confirm selection via team managers at least 72hours in advance of any game for the performance squads and 48hours in advance for all other teams. In the event of player injury or unforeseen non-availability then these will be communicated with players directly and outside of these timescales.
5.6 Team Managers
5.6.1 Team Managers will convey the decisions of the Selection Panel with individual players. In the event of team movement upwards, the manager from the higher team will inform them of the decision.
5.6.2 Where a player is de-selected the player must be informed of the decision and reasons why. Ideally this should be done in person and must happen before the team is confirmed.
5.7 New Players to the Club
5.7.1 New players to the club should start at an appropriate level decided by the Selection Panel and be reviewed until a full assessment of the individual can be made.
6 - Junior Selection
6.1 FHC aims to ensure that our junior members are given every opportunity to reach their full potential whatever level that may be (international, regional, county, social or otherwise).
6.2 FHC acknowledges that juniors develop at different rates and will ensure a continuous assessment of the junior's technical, tactical, physical and psychological development.
6.3 Selection for teams will only be when the Junior Academy Captain or Junior Selection Committee assess that a junior will be able to meet the demands of the league or competition from a physical, mental and playing perspective.
6.4 The Junior Selection Committee will be appointed for EH Competition teams only by the Head of Coaching and Performance, chaired by the Junior Academy Captain and include as a minimum the Junior Head Coach. Junior Committee decisions are made on a majority basis with the Chair having final decision.
6.5 FHC will promote and develop leadership skills amongst its juniors. Captains will be selected based on demonstrating FHC's values on and off the pitch.
7 - Challenging Decisions
7.1 Selection for the teams is final. It is important that FHC Members recognise that if they are asked to move up or down a team it is intended to be in the best interests of the Club or the needs of an individual player and should be honoured.
7.2 Players are encouraged to discuss performance and selection in the first instance with their team coach or captain to identify areas for improvement or raise any concerns.
7.3 If a player feels they have not been treated fairly, equally or with respect by the Selection Panel then they must report this to the chair of the Management Committee.
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[1] England Hockey Board (EHB)'s Equality Policy
[2] EHB Pregnancy Policy June 2014
[3] As defined in EHB Hockey Concussion Policy November 2018 v2
[4] TEAMO as of September 2020
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Adhesion related disorders
Nature:
Adhesions are internal scars -- strand-like fibrous tissue -- that form an abnormal bond between two parts of the body after trauma through complex processes involving injured tissues. For most patients, adhesions formation has little effect. However for some patients adhesions can cause severe clinical consequences: adhesion related disorder.
Surgery is the most common cause of adhesions, though infection, endometriosis, chemotherapy, radiation and cancer may also damage tissue and initiate adhesions.
Adhesions are almost an inevitable outcome of surgery and the problems that they cause are widespread and sometimes severe. Adhesions are the single most common and costly problem related to surgery and yet most people have not even heard of them. This lack of awareness means that many doctors are unable or unwilling to tackle the problems of adhesions.
Intestinal obstruction is one of the most severe consequences of adhesions. 30-41% of patients who require abdominal reoperation have adhesion-related intestinal obstruction. Adhesions involving the bowel can cause a bowel obstruction or blockage. Adhesions can also form elsewhere after surgery, such as around the heart, spine and in the hand where they may lead to other problems.
It is not unusual for several organs to be adhered to each other causing traction (pulling) of nerves. Nerve endings may also become entrapped within a developing adhesion causing severe pain. Adhesions involving the female reproductive organs can cause dyspaareunia (painful intercourse) infertility, subsequent surgery and debilitating pelvic pain.
Surgical procedures most commonly associated with adhesion formation are, ovarian cystectomy, myomectomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, salpingostomy / fimbrioplasty, excision of endometriosis, excision of eptopic pregnancy, cesarean section and adhesiolysis.
Incidence:
Following reproductive pelvic surgery performed by laparotomy, 55% to 100% of patients are shown to have adhesions at subsequent surgeries. The number of hospital readmissions for adhesion related complications rival the number of operations for heart bypass, hip replacements and appendix operations.
Over 40% of all infertility problems are related to adhesions.
This risk of developing adhesions and the severity increased with age and increasing number of previous laparotomies. A study involveing 120 patients undergoing reoperative laparotomy, estimated an increase of 24 minutes in total time of operation, because of intra-abdominal adhesions from a previous surgery. A 21% risk of adhesion- related bowel perforation was identified in 274 patients undergoing relaparotomy.
Broader Problems:
Medical complications
Narrower Problems:
Arachnoiditis
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
Asherman's syndrome
Peritoneal adhesions
Aggravates:
Intestinal obstruction
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
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Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), known professionally as T.I. and Tip (often stylized as TIP or T.I.P.), is an American rapper and actor. Harris signed his first major-label record deal in 1999 with Arista subsidiary LaFace. In 2001, Harris formed the Southern hip hop group P$C, alongside his longtime friends and fellow Atlanta-based rappers Big Kuntry King, Mac Boney, and C-Rod. Upon being released from Arista, Harris signed to Atlantic and subsequently became the co-chief executive officer (CEO) of his own label imprint, Grand Hustle Records, which he launched in 2003. Harris is also known as one of the artists who popularized the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with Young Jeezy and Gucci Mane.
Harris has released ten studio albums, with seven of them reaching the top five of the US Billboard 200 chart. Throughout his career, Harris has also released several highly successful singles, including Billboard Hot 100 number one hits "Whatever You Like" and "Live Your Life", the later replaced the former atop the chart and helped Harris join a select group of artists to replace themselves at number one and simultaneously occupy the top two positions . Harris began to gain major recognition in 2003, following his first high-profile feature, on fellow Atlanta-based rapper Bone Crusher's single, "Never Scared". Harris earned more prominence with the release of Trap Muzik (2003), which includes the Top 40 songs, "Rubber Band Man" and "Let's Get Away". The next year, Harris appeared on Destiny's Child's international hit, "Soldier", alongside Lil Wayne, and released his third album Urban Legend (2004). His subsequent albums, King and T.I. vs. T.I.P., generated high record sales and were supported by popular singles, such as "What You Know" and "Big Shit Poppin'", respectively.
Harris' sixth album, Paper Trail (2008), became his most successful project, with the album being certified gold for first-week sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States, additionally making it his third consecutive number one album. In 2013, Harris was featured on Robin Thicke's single "Blurred Lines", alongside Pharrell Williams, which peaked at number one on several major music charts. In November 2013, Harris announced that he had signed with Columbia Records, after his 10-year contract with Atlantic came to an end. He released his Columbia Records debut, Paperwork, in October 2014. In February 2016, Harris announced he signed a distribution deal with Roc Nation, to release his tenth album. Harris has won three Grammy Awards.
Harris has served two terms in county jail, twice for probation violations and a federal prison bid for a U.S. federal weapons charge. While serving 11 months in prison, he released his seventh studio album, No Mercy (2010). Harris has also had a successful acting career, starring in the films ATL, Takers, Get Hard, Identity Thief, and the Ant-Man films. He is also a published author, having written two novels Power & Beauty (2011) and Trouble & Triumph (2012), both of which were released to moderate success. Harris has also starred in the American reality television series T.I.'s Road to Redemption, T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, and The Grand Hustle. In 2009, Billboard ranked him as the 27th Artist of the 2000s decade.
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Workplace gender equality
Current: Workplace gender equality
Creating an equal, safe and inclusive workplace.
Gender inequality is the key driver of violence against women.
Workplaces are an important place for addressing the underlying attitudes, behaviours and systems that foster inequity, and we're leading by example.
The 'Gender Equality in Merri Health' project looks at ways to make our organisation a more equitable, safe and inclusive workplace for everyone, regardless of their sex or gender identity.
Call the Community Health Promotion Team on 9355 9900.
This project is an initiative of the Community Health Promotion Team.
Family violence and gender equity at Merri Health
Merri Health views family violence as a serious health issue. We are committed to preventing, refining and strengthening existing service responses for people experiencing family violence. Our key achievements in the prevention of family violence and gender equity efforts include the Gender Equity Citation, Rainbow Tick Accreditation, development of a Family Violence Policy and staff training, an organisational wide Family Violence Strategy, responses to various consultation and commissions and a targeted approach to community education and awareness raising. This has been supported by frontline services providing direct counselling and support to individuals experiencing the effects of family violence.
Family Violence and Gender Equity Strategy 2020-2022
Merri Health has a whole of agency approach towards gender equity and the elimination of family violence for the creation of a better future. Our Family Violence and Gender Equity Strategy sets out how we use our resources to make positive changes both within the organisation and within the community.
Our strategic goal:
To create a better future for our community that is free of violence and is gender equitable, safe and respectful
The four strategic areas for action are:
Workplace commitment, leadership and culture
Community education and awareness raising
Workforce and organisational practice
Service innovation and response
For a summary of our Family Violence and Gender Equity Strategy, click here.
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Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery #24)
In the newest installment of the New York Times bestselling Hannah Swensen Mystery series by Joanne Fluke, spring has sprung in Lake Eden, Minnesota, but Hannah doesn't have time to stop and smell the roses--not with hot cross buns to make, treats to bake, and a sister to exonerate!
Hannah's up to her ears with Easter orders rushing in at The Cookie Jar, plus a festive meal to prepare for a dinner party at her mother's penthouse. But everything comes crashing to a halt when Hannah receives a panicked call from her sister Andrea--Mayor Richard Bascomb has been murdered and she's the prime suspect.
Even with his reputation for being a bully, Mayor Bascomb--or "Ricky Ticky," as Hannah's mother likes to call him--had been unusually testy in the days leading up to his death, leaving Hannah to wonder if he knew he was in danger. Meanwhile, folks with a motive for mayoral murder are popping up in Lake Eden. Was it a beleaguered colleague? A political rival? A jealous wife? Or a scorned mistress?
As orders pile up at The Cookie Jar--and children line up for Easter egg hunts--Hannah must spring into investigation mode and identify the real killer...before another murder happens!
Kensington, 9781496718921, 352pp.
Joanne Fluke is the New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen mysteries, which include Chocolate Cream Pie Murder, Raspberry Danish Murder, Cinnamon Roll Murder, and the book that started it all, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. That first installment in the series premiered as Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries® Channel. Like Hannah Swensen, Joanne Fluke was born and raised in a small town in rural Minnesota, but now lives in Southern California. Please visit her online at JoanneFluke.com.


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Zach Bryan - From A Lover's Point Of View
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The official music video for From A Lover's Point Of View premiered on YouTube on Friday the 8th of May 2020. Listen to Zach Bryan's song below.
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ObamaCare: The Drive By Shooting of America
I admit I was wrong about ObamaCare – to a point. You see, I knew it would be bad, but I underestimated just how bad. My prediction, and those of so many others, was hardly anything that bordered on the prescient or prophetic. Just like any meteorologist can tell you that a cold front will bring cooler temperatures, so anybody who has studied history, government, and economics, even superficially, could tell you what government intrusion into health care would mean. Thomas Sowell, the King of Clarity, pointed out the obvious when he said, "It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it." Is anyone surprised at the increased costs or the number of those being denied care because of a 2,000 page bill implemented by who knows how many pages of administrative manuals? I'm not surprised that any of this happened, not even at the backward technology in the failed government website, but I am surprised at how fast and how extensively it has impacted the lives of vulnerable Americans.
A few of us took warning at the flippant comment to a woman in regard to her elderly mother, "…at least we can let doctors know and your mom know that, you know what? Maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller." Did you notice the pronouns? Not you, your mother, your doctor, but we can let your doctors know. Still, some starry eyed devotees of government hoped that this president would be the one to make it work even if such a system has either produced even worse waiting lines, denials of service, diminished quality of care, or gone bankrupt everywhere it has been tried. No, not this time. This president sends thrills up people's legs, sunlight glints off his chiseled pectorals, and his trousers have a genuine crease in them! But he is man, and not a god. In fact, he's a pretty poor president, and more and more we see evidence of a self-centered and cold disregard for others.
Is liar too strong of a word? When we learn, "That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health-care plan, you'll be able to keep your health-care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what," really meant if we don't like your health care plan, we'll demand it be changed even if it drives up the cost out of reach for "only" millions of Americans. I think if I said something like that, and explained what I "really" meant in a similar manner, someone just might call me a liar.
Is theft too strong of a word? Policies of the Affordable Care Act forcibly regulate how insurance companies may spend their money. You are required to buy a policy you otherwise wouldn't purchase or pay a progressively increasing fine to the government. If I forcibly regulated how somebody else spent their money, it would look a lot like theft, wouldn't it? The trend for governments that run out of money is to resort to confiscation. It was true of ancient Rome and modern day Greece and France, and it could become true for us as bureaucrats hungrily eye the savings accounts of those who have been responsible with their money. We see Europe as a warning; they see it as a precedent.
Is disaster too strong of a word? If suddenly a single city of "only" millions of souls were laid off, suffered financial hardship, or couldn't access health care today when they could yesterday, what else would it be called?
Is manslaughter too strong of a word? It's a much nicer word than the one liberals loved to fling about when George W Bush was president. If I deliberately intervened between another human and their access to life saving care, what else would it be called? What's the essential difference between my disconnecting a cancer patient's IV from life-saving chemo treatment and a law that makes such treatment inaccessible when it was previously available before the law? The nicest way to put this is that there will be unnecessary deaths on account of this law. A harsher way to put it is that this act is the president's drive by shooting of America. Well, not all of America, "only" a few million citizens. For now. Did I go too far in this paragraph? If the president insists to the point of lying on implementing a program that causes this much suffering, I'm stumped trying to think of a nicer way to say it.
So, what to do? Constitutionally, this law can only be unmade in the fires of Mount Doom from whence it came – that is, Congress. This law needs to be repealed, not repealed and replaced with socialism lite, but completely struck and replaced only with freedom. Do that, and you'll see near miraculous economic growth. Watch for who's running in the primaries. If you have the passion and the resources, get involved. We need patriots who identify with the suffering of Americans like never before, and are willing to stand and fight. Ted Cruz and the Boston Tea Party like removal of the war memorial barricades are a good start, but we have got to replace the Democrat Loyalists in the Republican Party if we're ever going to see meaningful reform and a return to prosperity.
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Ah yes, our very own Prezzy Pants On Fire, doing drive by country killing on his 2-Speed...
Remember, he's only doing what he promised BEFORE his first election - a fundamental transformation of America. And the LIVs voted for him twice.
This just in! Dear Leader is sorry that we've found ourselves in a situation based on his assurances, or that we're too stupid to understand what he really meant. What a precedent this sets. If I whack somebody in the back of the head with shovel or a crowbar, all I have to do is say, "Oh, I'm sorry you got in the way. Hope that didn't hurt too badly." And then all is well.
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By 101.9 The Mix | December 1, 2020
Colman Domingo recalls the "moment" when Chadwick Boseman broke down during 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'
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(NEW YORK) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Colman Domingo is sharing a powerful scene from Chadwick Boseman's last film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
In the August Wilson adapted feature, Domingo plays Cutler, one of Ma Rainey's band members. Colman says he experienced an emotional "moment" on set with Boseman, who plays Levee, after Cutler tells the story of a Black pastor being confronted by a group of white men.
"And then Chad comes in," Colman tells ABC Audio. "And he stopped in the middle of some words… which was about God's will and basically why do terrible things happen to people who believe. It touched him deeply, whatever it was."
Colman says he didn't want the scene to be cut so he started yelling at Boseman to, "'Tell me, tell me, tell me!'"
"And he finally exploded with those lines, "God hates n***** as much in his heart. God takes n***** wishes and throws them in the garbage. God don't care about your Black a**,'" he recalls Chad saying.
"And that strikes fear in the heart of Cutler because it's… like, 'What if he's right?,'" Coleman continues. "And all Cutler can do is… throw blows at him. So we go to blows [and] George [C. Wolfe] calls 'Cut!" And we looked at each other and we just started crying and holding each other."
"And we were not only crying and holding each other as Levee and Cutler, but it was Chad and Colman," he explains. "And I think it was those things that touch us as Black men in the world."
Although Colman notes that he and Boseman are "very hopeful people…[who] believe in humanity" he admits he's not always sure.
"But I think there's also that little question… in the back of [our] mind that hurts us deeply to the core: 'What if it's all a lie?'" Colman adds.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom premieres on Netflix December 18.
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Ronald Ludwig Vogt - good friend and brother-in-law, sister Shirley's husband of 62 years, left this 'vale of tears' and joys on Monday March 9 at 2 PM in the afternoon. A family-only funeral was held at the Glenville Funeral Home. On a ledge on one side of the room was arrayed a selection of photos from his life. He was enthusiatic about the flights that he and I accompanied son Randy for brunch at airports ranging from Burlington VT to Nantucket MA. In browsing through these pages you will see many photos from these flights. A favorite vacation was a trip to the Peaks of Otter in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. So here is a retrospective of the photos displayed:
The story starts with Ron and Shirley's wedding at Zion Lutheran Church. On the left are the proud Alex and Frieda, on the right are Ron's parents Ludwig and Helene Vogt.
The two friends early in their acquaintance. Ron is visiting Peter at his house in Poughkeepsie.
Ron with Russell and Randy watching the action at Tampa International Airport.
Ron with Mr. Johnson, owner of the Peaks of Otter winery in Bedford Virginia. He specializes in wines made from fruit juices. www.peaksofotterwinery.com
While visiting Cumberland MD Ron and I signed up for a cab ride to Frostburg. He talked me into an extra $75 (each) for us to ride in the locomotive cab. The picture was taken while the engine was on the turntable in Frostburg.
A present for Ron - anything rail oriented was very welcome.
This is really "getting close up and personal" with a geared locomotive at the Cass Scenic Railroad in West Virginia. (Check the second page of the "Rail Adventures 2005" home link.
Randy and Don partnered in the ownership of this speedy Commander.
Unexpected welcome from the owner's frisky puppies at Richmor Aviation in Schenectady where Randy kept the airplane he co-owned.
Ron and Randy under the wing of one of the Cessna's owned by the Albany flying club, of which Randy is a member.
The view from the rear seat (my position) of the Cessna cockpit on the ground at Albany Airport before a flight. We flew to regional airports for "brunch" - really breakfast at the airport's restaurants.
A flight to Westfield MA Barnes Airport for "brunch" with 'hitchhiker' Peter. The restaurant is no longer in operation.
In the restaurant at Sky Acres airport in Poughkeepsie with Peter, Ron and Randy. August 2014.
A slightly delayed Father's Day flight to Nantucket Island - July 5, 2019.
On a fan trip to the Delaware and Ulster Railroad, July 1997.
On a visit to the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame with a statue of "The Bambino" Babe Ruth in 2003.
Our favorite restaurant - the Tory Tavern in Schoharie. The 'price fixe' selection was the 'way to go' - appetizer, entre and dessert with coffees. Excellent food, good presentation and marvelous atmosphere in the old tavern. The staff was outstanding.
The original membership of the HVBS (Hudson Valley Bullshit Society) with founding member Jack Gahan. This meeting was held at the Raccoon Saloon in Marlboro NY. The Hudson River is in the background.
A latter day HVBS meeting at the Hoffman House in Kingston, our regular haunt for over 20 years. In the right rear is Bill Lucarelli, our 'probationary' member.
A bundled up Fritzi, out for a romp in the yard.
Friends in better days.
Peter and Kay having lunch with Shirley and Ron in a local Poughkeepsie restaurant.
All the family in a "selfie", courtesy of Bobbi's iPhone.
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Would you like to travel Europe with your family and you don't know the best destinations? Well! Don't mind as we are here to help you. There are several beautiful and amazing destinations in Europe where you can go and spend quality time with your family.
Thus, today we have compiled for you some of the most amazing and wonderful destinations to travel with your family.
However, to make your family holiday fantastic and memorable, you need to hire a car to help you move from one place to the other. In this circumstance, it's where the 24 hour car rental comes in and offer you quality services.
London has numerous and exciting parks in almost every neighborhood. Thus, there are much plenty of things to entertains children. The amazing museums and sports grounds make it the best destinations for kids.
With all these beautiful things for children, give it a priority when planning for a vacation with the family.
There are various activities to entertain children in Barcelona. Ranging from fire eaters, relaxing places, unbeatable foods, and amazing beaches.
Barcelona will offer your children a thrilling and memorable experience. So consider it among the best destinations to go with your family.
If you think about a family holiday, first think about Rome. The city has wonderful history, fantastic meals, and every corner is extremely beautiful.
There are many things for your kids to learn and enjoy tasting delicious and beautiful Roman Pizza.
Amsterdam has what your kids deserve to enjoy their vacation to the fullest. The city has more amazing things for children other than the popular coffee shops.
You can enjoy touring Amsterdam by boat and bicycle. The fantastic Dutch cuisines will make your children always want to go back there.
Lisbon temperature isn't too cold or hot. With its amazing old wooden irons and trams which have lasted for centuries, children will enjoy to their highest level.
You will enjoy amazing Lisbon streets which has everything you need to keep your children entertained throughout the vacation.
There are endless European destinations to go with your children. However, the above discussed are among the best and has everything you will need to make your kids enjoy the whole vacation.
However, if you will be using public transport to move from place to place you will experience inconveniences and lack to enjoy your vacation. Thus, you need to rent a car and 24 hour car rental will offer you luxurious and fantastic services.


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Q: Is SSL/TLS still secure enough? It is said here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authenticated_encryption

"a number of practical attacks has been introduced into production
  protocols and applications by incorrect implementation, or lack of,
  authentication (including SSL/TLS)"

So is SSL/TLS still secure enough ?
What's the risk (new kind of attack) ?
If not what to do now to really secure web servers ?

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Google and Rockstar, the patent consortium formed by Apple and other smartphone leaders, said they have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed last year.
Rockstar, which counts Apple, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Microsoft, and Sony among its investors, was formed in 2011 to acquire thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, and paid $4.5 billion (£2.9bn) for this intellectual property.
Aside from Google, Rockstar has filed lawsuits against Samsung, HTC and others, whose products use Google's Android software, alleging the companies violate seven Nortel patents related to search technology used in Google's mobile advertising platform.
An announcement by the Texas court handling the case said the parties have signed a statement of terms that "settles, in principle, all matters in controversy between the parties".
Rockstar has asked for a period of 45 days to reduce the agreement to a definitive settlement, an unusually long period that's necessary due to the complexity of the transaction and "the number of additional parties whose claims are concurrently being resolved", the court said in a statement (PDF). Google hasn't opposed the deadline extension.
The terms agreed by the parties haven't been disclosed.
Earlier this week Cisco revealed in an earnings call that it expects to pay $188m to settle its own dispute with Rockstar, which sued at least a dozen Cisco customers.
In May, Google settled a patent dispute with Apple related the Motorola Mobility mobile phone business.


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Instagram Trends for 2018
by Nick Rojas | Dec 27, 2017 | Instagram, Marketing, Social Media, Uncategorized
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Every year we see wondrous new things across all social media platforms. In fact, stunning new developments seem to be a requirement if you want to be a player in the social media site game. This high tech, low contact form of interaction has been around long enough and has become widespread enough that it has managed to become an integral part of not only social aspects of the lives of its users but the business aspect as well. Whether you are hoping your make-up tutorials get you discovered, your DIY holiday centerpiece gets over 1000 likes, or to increase revenue for your business, social media has quickly become the cornerstone of accomplishing… well, almost anything.
Instagram has now reached over 800,000 users and that number is on the rise. Bloggers and vloggers from the far corners of the Earth seem to have settled on Instagram as THE app to use to promote your business, your YouTube channel, your micro-company, and just about anything else you can imagine. The influencers are flocking to Instagram. If you are interested in the new and upcoming social media trends that we are going to see from Instagramming 2018, pause that Snapchat story, ignore that post from David Avocado Wolfe on your news feed, and read on.
This popular Instagram feature is only about a year old. Its immediate rise to popularity is indicative of an upward trend in video content. Instagram stories will continue to be refined and video content and quality will continually improve. The story feature is already being utilized by several niche markets and, as a result, companies are going to want to partner with influencers who are comfortable reaching out to their market in this way. The site's algorithms are even being redone to include videos receiving more updates and thereby becoming the more promoted posts. In order to receive higher engagement rates, companies will have to get comfortable in front of the camera if they want to stay competitive on social media platforms.
Sandwiching
According to an article on digiday.com, sandwiching is "strategically placing promoted posts between imagery forecasted to have high rates of engagement, based on existing data." Influencers accomplish this by taking a post and publishing it in between two posts that they know from experience will have high engagement, such as a post for a contest and a post for a giveaway. This new trend comes on the heels of the new algorithm that Instagram has implemented, which left a lot of brand owners wondering why so many of their posts were suddenly receiving such low engagement. While this current attempt to beat the system has proven successful, Instagram surely has lots of other nooks and crannies where future surprises are hiding.
Since late in 2016, it has been possible to shop directly from within the Instagram app itself through a feature known as "shoppable photos". This capability was limited, however, as the shoppable feature was only used by certain brands.The feature went through extensive testing by Shopify throughout 2017 and in 2018 this feature is really expected to take off, with only a few minor limitations this time. Merchants can only sell physical products like food, clothes, books, toys, art, stationery, and electronics. There is a limit of five tagged items total in new and old posts combined.
It's a smart bet that these three trends will not be the only ones you see blow up on Instagram in 2018, but these are definitely they three you will need to know about in order to increase your brand recognition and drive your company's sales upward. With all of these brand new app innovations, cell phone companies are developing increasingly higher tech phones in order to keep up with the current market. Given the right combination of cell phone capability and social media know how any aspect of any business will soon be able to be accomplished from anywhere.
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Instagram Marketing for the Holidays
by Nick Rojas | Nov 12, 2017 | Instagram, Marketing, Social Media
Instagram provides excellent digital marketing opportunities, and many small businesses use it to raise awareness of their products and services. That said, Instagram marketing can be an extremely competitive space, especially during major shopping seasons. If you want to stand out from your competition on Instagram during the holidays this year, you might want to brush up on your knowledge of how to use the app as a promotional tool. We have some tips that can help you begin.
Put a Holiday Theme in Your Profile
Your Instagram profile is somewhat akin to the homepage on your website—it's the first screen users will see when they click on your name, just like your homepage is (usually) the first screen they'll see if they click on a link to your site. Would you change your website to reflect a seasonal trend? Probably, so you should do the same thing for your profile. Try updating your bio with a brief holiday message, like this.
Run Smart Holiday Instagram Ads
Ads are a pretty new feature on Instagram, so a lot of people are still figuring out how to make the most of them. You can beat them to the (holiday) punch by being clever about the ads you place. Instagram ads are partnered with Facebook ads, but it's a mistake to forget that these are separate platforms requiring different approaches. Consider using ad formats that perform especially well on Instagram specifically, like carousel ads and videos. Engagement for video posts on Instagram has risen by 53% in the last year alone, beating the growth rate for photo engagement. Just make sure that you have the available capital to place an ad that will reach a substantial audience… and remember to put some holiday content in your videos—maybe a carol or two?
Connect with Influencers who Thrive During the Holidays
Influencer marketing remains one of the most effective ways to reach Instagram users. The most successful profiles on Instagram aren't businesses—they're individual influencers and celebrities. Still, a lot of businesses waste time trying to figure out how they can convince an influencer to plug their products or services when the answer should be obvious: just hire them. Since influencers can often achieve up to 16 times more engagement than paid media, hiring one normally proves cost-effective in the long run.
Some Instagram-based holiday marketing strategies are easy and inexpensive, but most require a certain investment of capital as well as time. To make sure you can afford to overhaul your Instagram for the holidays, look at practical short-term borrowing options. Taking out a working capital loan to fund your next ad campaign can be a smart choice, especially since the average consumer spent nearly $1000 extra last season. The more eager shoppers you net with your marketing this year, the easier it will be to pay off debts and collect substantial profits.
Social media has provided small businesses with many versatile options for digital marketing during the holidays. Whether you make small adjustments to your profile or invest in major campaigns through ads and influencers, this time of year represents an opportunity you won't want to miss.
Thanks to Nick Rojas for his guest blog post. Follow Nick Rojas on Twitter
Nick Rojas is a business consultant and journalist who lives in Chicago and his hometown Los Angeles with his wife. His work often discusses social media, marketing, and branding in regards to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Why We Love YouTube (And You Should, Too!)
by Queen Bee | Feb 7, 2016 | Social Media, Video, YouTube
YouTube is the leader with it comes to online videos
As Valentine's Day approaches, we're sharing fourteen reasons why we love YouTube, and you should too!
Here's 14 Reasons and Statistics to Love YouTube A Little More:
When it comes to online videos, YouTube is the online leader. How popular is YouTube? It's actually the 3rd most visited website in the world. It's the 2nd when it comes to search.
Every single day, people watch almost 5 billion videos. More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices. That's a lot of love and views.
YouTube makes it easier than ever to connect and engage customers. Videos are more dynamic than traditional marketing. Video allows your viewers to see your business as the authority.
Videos that are uploaded to YouTube can be cross promoted on other social networks. They can be shared on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.
Integrating YouTube into your marketing plan gives you the opportunity to provide an effective way connect with people interested in your products and services.
Viewers can also comment on your video, leave feedback and ask questions. Providing responses quickly, humanizes your brand and takes it to the next level. This is also great for other viewers to see.
The number of hours people spent watching videos on mobile is up 100% y/y. YouTube on mobile alone, reaches more 18-34 and 18-49 year olds than any cable network in the U.S
Having a video on YouTube gives you better search engine optimization. Videos are searchable and show up in Google search results.
Viewers can subscribe to your channel after watching your videos. If someone subscribes to your channel after watching your video that sends a HUGE signal that you have an amazing video.
Videos can be liked too! It's always a good thing we you get a thumbs up!
Your videos can be embedded into your website or blog posts.
They provide analytics for your channel. An overview and real time stats with average watch time, average length of video played, demographics and so much more.
Video Storytelling is becoming increasingly common for one simple reason; they work. Good stories compel people to change and customers love to hear a good story.
The social network was created by three former PayPal employees on February 14, 2005.
Happy 11th Birthday online video leader!
And that's a wrap! Your videos can increase engagement, position your business as the authority and so much more. Businesses can have a company overview, client testimonials, product overviews and behind the scenes videos.
When considering a video developer for your business, consider Queen Bee Media. Why? We've been creating digital media for over 20 years. Watch some of our latest client videos below.
Instagram Adds New Feature – Account Switching
by Queen Bee | Jan 9, 2016 | Social Media
Multiple Instagram Users Rejoice!
Do you have several Instagram accounts? Tired of logging in and out of your accounts? Well, great news. Instagram announced yesterday that users can add up to 5 multiple accounts. Starting this week adding accounts has never been easier.
To add multiple Instagram accounts:
Go to your profile and tap or in the top right
Scroll down and tap Add Account
Enter the username and password of the account you'd like to add
To switch between accounts you've added:
Go to your profile
Tap your username at the top of the screen
Tap the account you'd like to switch to
Once you have multiple accounts added, you'll see your profile photo appear in places throughout the app so you can always tell which one you're using, You can now add up to 5 Instagram accounts and quickly switch between them without having to log out and log back in.
Account switching will be available as part of Instagram version 7.15 for iOS and Android.
What is Instagram?
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing, and social networking service that enables its users to take pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately on the app, as well as through a variety of other social networking platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr. via – Wikipedia
The photo sharing mobile app has grown to nearly 400 million users within the last 5 years. 80M photos are shared per day with a total of 3.5 daily likes, that' a lot of double taps.
Storytelling for businesses has never easier with this fun and popular app. Are you using it?
We would love to hear your feedback and how it's changed the way you take and share photos.
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The example in the book is a caching application that uses one Erlang process per element to store the cached value. There's a mapping from the key to the pid of the process holding the data.
This design works well because processes are cheap and easy to distribute in Erlang. The timeout code provided as part of GenServer is also handy for implementing cache expiry.
Because the implementation code uses cast for the delete (as you can see here) there's a race condition. The server for the key that's just been deleted isn't dead but it's on it's way out and we call lookup from our test before it's had a chance to properly terminate. The message we get back is the exit message that the supervisor should be handling.
To config/test.exs allowed me to see the messages and have them formatted in reasonably readably. I've added recon and Dbg to my list of things to checkout but this is enough for now.
So process <0.199.0> is our test process and <0.202.0> is the SimpleCache.Element process created to hold the value.
But before the server gets a chance to process the cast fetch is called again via the lookup API function.
And instead of the expected reply we get the DOWN message because the server has just exited.
Which causes the test to fail.
So far I've come across three ways to get the test to pass, one bad and two good. Which one to pick depends a little on how your code needs to work.
A naive way to make the test pass is to sleep long enough for the Element process to terminate.
Adding :timer.sleep 100 after the delete call makes the test pass but this doesn't actually fix the problem and we don't want slower tests just because we're waiting for things to synchronise.
A better way to make the test pass is to convert the asynchronous cast to a synchronous call so the delete won't return until the process has terminated. You can see the commit that does that here.
So is this a good solution? In this case I think it is. The test highlighted a race condition that could happen to client code as well and this will prevent it.
That said, Chapter 9 of Erlang and OTP in Action makes a good case for why you want to use cast when you can and I'd highly recommend reading it.
There's another good example of this race condition in the Elixir Mix and OTP guide on the ETS page here that's definitely worth reading too.
I came across one more potential solution as I worked through the book, it's using GenEvent to signal when a process has performed the action being tested. You can see an example of this in the test I wrote for the ResourceDiscovery application from the book.
The assert_receive in the test will timeout after 100ms if it doesn't receive the message so the test will fail if something is wrong with the code. The test only waits until it gets the event before checking the system state is correct so it's as fast as it can be.
It does feel like doing a lot just for a test in this case. If this was the only use case for the event the perhaps it would be possible to create a macro that only adds the event code when testing.
If this fits your application then it's the way to go. You shouldn't do this just to make testing easier though as you want your system to be as decoupled as possible.
This is a heavier solution as it requires another process, module, and more test code. I do find it easier to reason about and there's a good chance the event logging will be useful in production. It may be the only solution when you know the code must use cast.
There's a open source ebook on testing here that has pointers to many Erlang testing resources that could also be useful when testing Elixir code.
I plan to learn more about all the tools mentioned in that book as well as how ExUnit is implemented itself and I'll share what I find here.


Long-term follow-up, computed tomography and computational fluid dynamics of the cabrol procedure.
Objectives: The Cabrol procedure is characterized by insertion of an ascending aortic composite graft with reimplantation of the coronary arteries by the interposition of a graft tube. Our purpose is to report the clinical long-term follow-up and computed tomographic findings in patients having undergone the Cabrol procedure and to determine blood flow in the Cabrol graft using computational fluid dynamics.
Methods: Clinical follow-up (76.6 ± 16.6 months) and dual-source computed tomographic angiography data of 7 patients (all men, mean age 54.9 ± 9.6 years) with 12 Cabrol grafts (left main coronary artery, n = 7; right coronary artery, n = 5) were reviewed. In 2 patients, the right coronary artery was directly reattached to the aortic graft. Computational fluid dynamics were calculated using computed tomographic data of a patient with the Cabrol procedure and compared with those in a Valsalva graft and a healthy aortic root.
Results: Computed tomography showed Cabrol graft occlusions to 1 of 7 (14%) left main and of 2 of 5 (40%) right coronary arteries. Six grafts to the left main and 3 to the right coronary artery were fully patent, similar to the 2 directly reattached right coronary arteries to the aortic graft. Computational fluid dynamics results show similar blood flow parameters into the coronaries for the healthy aortic root and Valsalva graft. In the Cabrol graft, a spiraling flow pattern with low flow into the right coronary artery was found (right coronary artery = 1 mL/min at both systole and diastole).
Conclusions: Our study indicates low flow rates particularly in the right Cabrol graft correlating with a higher incidence of occlusions of the right as compared with the left Cabrol graft at long-term follow-up.


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/**
 * This software is released as part of the Pumpernickel project.
 *
 * All com.pump resources in the Pumpernickel project are distributed under the
 * MIT License:
 * https://github.com/mickleness/pumpernickel/raw/master/License.txt
 *
 * More information about the Pumpernickel project is available here:
 * https://mickleness.github.io/pumpernickel/
 */
package com.pump.plaf.button.mixed;

import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.ItemEvent;
import java.awt.event.ItemListener;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Objects;

import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.ButtonModel;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

/**
 * This installs/uninstalls a mixed state look on a JCheckBox. Different subclasses will require
 * a "mixed state" sets the selected state to TRUE or FALSE, depending on how the rendering requirements.
 * (That is: in a mixed state myCheckBox.isSelected() may return true
 * or false depending on the specific MixedStateUI in use. But in either case
 * {@link MixedState#getState(JCheckBox)} will return {@link MixedState#MIXED}.)
 */
public abstract class MixedStateUI {

	class MixedStateUIButtonModel implements ButtonModel, Serializable {

		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

		private final ButtonModel delegateModel;

		public MixedStateUIButtonModel(ButtonModel delegateModel) {
			this.delegateModel = delegateModel;
		}

		@Override
		public Object[] getSelectedObjects() {
			return delegateModel.getSelectedObjects();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isArmed() {
			return delegateModel.isArmed();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isSelected() {
			return delegateModel.isSelected();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isEnabled() {
			return delegateModel.isEnabled();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isPressed() {
			return delegateModel.isPressed();
		}

		@Override
		public boolean isRollover() {
			return delegateModel.isRollover();
		}

		@Override
		public void setArmed(boolean b) {
			delegateModel.setArmed(b);
		}

		@Override
		public void setSelected(boolean b) {
			Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
			if (editingThreads.add(currentThread)) {
				try {
					MixedState newState = b ? MixedState.SELECTED : MixedState.UNSELECTED;
					MixedState.set(checkBox, newState);
				} finally {
					editingThreads.remove(currentThread);
				}
			} else {
				delegateModel.setSelected(b);
			}
		}

		@Override
		public void setEnabled(boolean b) {
			delegateModel.setEnabled(b);
		}

		@Override
		public void setPressed(boolean b) {
			delegateModel.setPressed(b);
		}

		@Override
		public void setRollover(boolean b) {
			delegateModel.setRollover(b);
		}

		@Override
		public void setMnemonic(int key) {
			delegateModel.setMnemonic(key);
		}

		@Override
		public int getMnemonic() {
			return delegateModel.getMnemonic();
		}

		@Override
		public void setActionCommand(String s) {
			delegateModel.setActionCommand(s);
		}

		@Override
		public String getActionCommand() {
			return delegateModel.getActionCommand();
		}

		@Override
		public void setGroup(ButtonGroup group) {
			delegateModel.setGroup(group);
		}

		@Override
		public void addActionListener(ActionListener l) {
			delegateModel.addActionListener(l);
		}

		@Override
		public void removeActionListener(ActionListener l) {
			delegateModel.removeActionListener(l);
		}

		@Override
		public void addItemListener(ItemListener l) {
			delegateModel.addItemListener(l);
		}

		@Override
		public void removeItemListener(ItemListener l) {
			delegateModel.removeItemListener(l);
		}

		@Override
		public void addChangeListener(ChangeListener l) {
			delegateModel.addChangeListener(l);
		}

		@Override
		public void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener l) {
			delegateModel.removeChangeListener(l);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * This listener is attached when a MixedStateUI is installed. If it identifies
	 * a SELECTED or DESELECTED event: it updates the MixedState appropriately so
	 * the MixedStateUI will be uninstalled.
	 */
	private static ItemListener ITEM_LISTENER = new ItemListener() {

		@Override
		public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
			if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
				MixedState.set( (JCheckBox) e.getSource(), MixedState.SELECTED);
			} else if(e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.DESELECTED) {
				MixedState.set( (JCheckBox) e.getSource(), MixedState.UNSELECTED);
			}
		}

	};

	private final Collection<Thread> editingThreads = Collections.synchronizedCollection(new HashSet<>());
	protected final JCheckBox checkBox;
	protected final ButtonModel originalModel;
	protected final ButtonModel newModel;

	protected MixedStateUI(JCheckBox checkBox) {
		this.checkBox = Objects.requireNonNull(checkBox);
		originalModel = checkBox.getModel();
		newModel = new MixedStateUIButtonModel(originalModel);
	}

	protected final void install() {
		if (isInstalled())
			return;

		Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
		boolean outerEdit = editingThreads.add(currentThread);
		try {
			checkBox.setModel(newModel);
			doInstall();
			checkBox.addItemListener(ITEM_LISTENER);
		} finally {
			if (outerEdit)
				editingThreads.remove(currentThread);
		}
	}

	protected abstract void doInstall();

	protected boolean isInstalled() {
		return checkBox.getModel() == newModel;
	}

	protected final void uninstall() {
		if (!isInstalled())
			return;

		Thread currentThread = Thread.currentThread();
		boolean outerEdit = editingThreads.add(currentThread);
		try {
			checkBox.removeItemListener(ITEM_LISTENER);
			checkBox.setModel(originalModel);
			doUninstall();
		} finally {
			if (outerEdit)
				editingThreads.remove(currentThread);
		}
	}

	protected abstract void doUninstall();

}

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