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Can Biosimilar Orphans Increase Health System Sustainability In The UK?
Francesca Bruce @ScripFrancesca Francesca.bruce@informa.com
Developing biosimilar orphan drugs is fraught with challenges and needs buy-in from regulators, developers, patients and clinicians.
Source: Shutterstock Incentives are needed to stimulate development of orphan medicines
Biosimilar versions of orphan drugs have huge potential to free up resources and improve access to medicines. The UK regulator, the MHRA, has an opportunity to set an example and forge a new path to help such products get to market, delegates were told at an online event about rare disease strategy in the UK. However, UK companies so far seem skeptical that there are opportunities in this area.
"As orphan medicines discovery accelerates to address unmet need, the contribution of these biosimilars could be a gamechanger for access and the long-term sustainability of health systems," said Angela McFarlane, senior market development director, UK and Ireland, at the consultancy company IQVIA.
"But is there an appetite for stakeholders to collaborate to achieve the potential for access and headroom? Could the MHRA take the lead as a regulatory body in thinking of innovative ways to make this happen?" she asked at last week's Westminster Health Forum online event, "Next steps for rare diseases and specialized commissioning - policy priorities, utilizing genomics, patient engagement and coordinating care."
Savings Potential
McFarlane pointed to savings already generated in the UK by greater uptake of biosimilars. A nationwide campaign rolled out in 2018 to drive usage of biosimilars or the best value biologic aimed to save £500m ($687m) a year by 2021. However, the campaign has already exceeded this target with efficiency savings of £800mn a year and clinicians have been able to use this "headroom" to treat more patients, she said.
For example, NHS England tenders for adalimumab (the originator is Lilly's Humira) resulted in a lower price of £150 for each biosimilar syringe, generating savings of £40m in one month, which meant an extra 9,000 patients could be treated, according to McFarlane.
Biosimilar versions of orphan drugs could therefore offer an important means of generating savings in a space where treatments are increasingly expensive. In 2019, some 5% of drug spending in the European Economic Area went on orphan drugs, for example, MacFarlane noted.
However, it is the growth in spending on these products, which outstrips the growth in spending on non-orphans, that is most concerning for payers, she said. "Total growth in drug spending 2018 was estimated to be 18% across the EU. Biologics accounted for about 32% of total orphan drug spending in 2019, up from 21% in 2014," she said.
The first orphan biologics are starting to lose exclusivity. In 2019, there were 156 orphan medicines registered in Europe – 100 small molecule drugs and 56 biologics. 48 of those products have lost market exclusivity, including 14 biologics, and between 2020 and 2029, 34 biologic orphan drugs will lose exclusivity, said McFarlane. Spending on five orphan biologics that will lose exclusivity by 2024 reached €501m ($606m) in Europe in 2019.
Significant Challenges
Nevertheless, developing orphan biosimilar is very different from developing a biosimilar for a chronic condition, for example, and there remain significant challenges.
"The economics may simply not stack up," McFarlane declared. IQVIA estimates that developing a biosimilar orphan drug could cost $40-50m. "Manufacturers will compare this figure to the net present value of potential returns that could be generated from commercializing a biosimilar… They will find it challenging to project an economic return on that investment," she said.
An IQVIA report, The Prospects for Biosimilars of Orphan Drugs in Europe, points to several issues affecting the development of these biosimilars, such as identifying trial sites and recruiting enough patients. There will likely be a very small number of research sites with the interest, capability, expertise and capacity to take part in clinical research for biosimilar orphan.
"These sites, and the available patients, also tend to be focused on clinical research for additional indications or new experimental therapeutics for the disease area," according to the report. In addition, the relatively small number of qualified investigators and sites will be unlikely to prioritize resources and patients for trials of biosimilar versions of existing drugs.
Finding treatment-naive patients may also be a challenge because the small patient populations may already be receiving treatment with the originator. Although patients in countries where the reference product has not been registered could take part, these countries are less likely to have the necessary infrastructure requirements to conduct trials for rare diseases, the report says.
It also highlights issues that could impact commercialization. For example, taking share from originators could be difficult for biosimilar developers as rare disease patients can be "emotionally loyal" to orphan reference products. This is because of the long and difficult "diagnostic odysseys" they have may have experienced.
Similarly, rare disease specialists are likely to have worked with originator companies on clinical research or ongoing medical education, which can lead to loyalty to the originator company, the report adds.
Winning Hearts and Minds
"Realizing the dream" of developing orphan biosimilars will require "an end to end à la carte menu of collaboration across multiple stakeholders to find a way," said McFarlane.
Manufacturers will need to be persuaded with incentives to take up the challenge of developing these products. Incentives could resemble those already in place for developing orphan medicines, including protocol assistance at a reduced charge and administrative and procedural assistance for SMEs and fee reductions, she suggested. Also on offer are 10 years of market exclusivity once a product is approved. McFarlane added that lessons could be learned from the US FDA's priority review voucher system for neglected tropical diseases.
Winning the hearts and minds of patients and doctors, though a difficult feat, could be achievable if they understand that biosimilars will improve access to medicines by making headroom for more orphan drugs to be commissioned.
Procurement processes would also need a different approach. "NHS England became exceptional at creating a sustainable tendering process and they learned from early mistakes of a race to the bottom on price," McFarlane said.
Risk-sharing incentives could also encourage usage, for example savings generated by use of biosimilars could be used across different organizations within the healthcare system.
Little Appetite, Says Industry Body
However, the British Biosimilars Association is of the view that at the moment there is little appetite for developing these products in the UK.
"Our understanding is that the development of orphan biosimilars is not a significant focus for manufacturers in the UK market at present. This is principally because of the high upfront costs compared with the potential size of the market," said Warwick Smith of the BBA, which is an expert sector group of the British Generic Manufacturers Association.
The MHRA declined to comment specifically on plans for driving the development of orphan biosimilars. However, it said that it aims to "be a global leader in the development and authorization of biosimilar products and aims to remain an attractive market to launch biosimilar products into."
It pointed out that it has consulted on draft guidance for a new pathway for licensing biosimilar products, including orphans. It has received "plenty" of helpful comments, but the agency's COVID-19 activities have meant that the review has been delayed, it said.
The agency intends to cooperate with other regulators in developing and reviewing biosimilars, and is now an active member of the Access Consortium, a coalition of regulators from Australia, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland and the UK. The agency will actively take part in the consortium's Biosimilars Working Group, which it said is in the final stages of developing its work-sharing pathways for biosimilar products.
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Halloween is a few weeks away, but it sure feels like it's just around the corner. Very soon, your customers will be wearing funny hats, vampire teeth and sprinkle pumpkin spice over everything they buy. Without delivering holiday-fitting content to send eerie callings and chills to their spines, you risk seeing your website more abandoned than a haunted house for this entire month. If you have not yet decorated your page with spider webs and Jack-O-Lanterns, you should consider these top digital marketing ideas that will bring all the trick-or-treaters to your online yard.
There is nothing creepier than an undecorated house on Halloween. This spooky appearance says that its owners either hate fun celebrations or that they haven't been home in a while. Whatever the reason may be, everyone avoids it.
You need to look at your website as a house in need of Halloween decorations, regardless of what you sell. Whether you are dealing in the gory stock market or the candy-like business, you need to spice up your visuals to fit this month's theme.
The best way to add some Allhallows flavors is to bring in some user-favorite decorations like carved pumpkins, witches or zombies. Change the background colors to make everything eerier. Throw around some blood stains and unnerving shadows to show that you mean business.
Decorating your digital home may not be enough nowadays. In reality it is common to display your holiday spirit everywhere you go. So is in your social media business pages where your presence should not miss the haunting specter of Halloween.
Make a hair-raising appearance on all social media channels to attract the visits of content-craving followers. Take your business to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat and present it in the howling spirit of the holiday. Boost user engagement by posting relevant content to your activity, but with a pinch of pumpkin spice and cinnamon.
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In digital marketing, Halloween lasts more than a day. In fact, most businesses start hanging the cobwebs and carving the pumpkins a full moon ahead. If you want to scare your competition away, you will need to do just the same.
Make a calendar of scheduled posts and theme changes that you will make to your website throughout the month of October. Keep a close eye on social media and engage users through holiday-related content. Promise visitors a breathtaking treat for All Saints' Eve, and keep the suspense up while delivering your content with a thunderous cackle!


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Q: Custom fields with spaces in Workfront issues Please, can you help me create/update items from custom fields that have space within their name?
We have a project with a custom field Contact phone. This field can be used correctly from the browser. https://github.com/Workfront/workfront-api-examples-csharp didn't help. I was able to add the data within the details of the issue. I would like to add it within the specific custom field (create/update).
var client = new AtTaskRestClient(_url); // from the example
...
var description = $"Contact phone: {item.ContactPhone}";
client.Create(ObjCode.ISSUE, new { name = item.Name,
    description = description,
    projectID = _projectID });

client.Create has an object as final parameter. We use an anonymous type that can't contain "DE:Contact phone" = item.ContactPhone within the constructor. How can we write this field?
Reading DE:Contact phone works correctly if we insert the value from the browser:
JToken issues = client.Search(ObjCode.ISSUE, new { projectID = _projectID });
foreach (var issue in issues["data"].Children()) {
    var name = issue.Value<string>("name"); // correct
    var id = issue.Value<string>("ID"); // correct
    var fields = client.Get(ObjCode.ISSUE, id, new[] { "description", "DE:Contact phone"}); // correct

A: https://github.com/Workfront/workfront-api-examples-csharp/blob/master/AtTaskRestExample/AtTaskRestClient.cs
public JToken Create(ObjCode objcode, object parameters) {
    VerifySignedIn();
    string[] p = parameterObjectToStringArray(parameters, "sessionID=" + SessionID);
    JToken json = client.DoPost(string.Format("/{0}", objcode), p);
    return json;
}

I wrote a new function CreateEx, that receives a string array
public JToken Create(ObjCode objcode, string[] parameters) {
    VerifySignedIn();
    JToken json = client.DoPost(string.Format("/{0}", objcode), parameters);
    return json;
}

It is accessed as follows:
var client = new AtTaskRestClient(_url); // from the example
...
string[] parameteres =
    {
        $"name={issueName}",
        $"description={description}",
        $"projectID={_projectID}",
        $"sessionID={client.SessionID}",
        $"DE:Contact phone={contactPhone}"
    };
client.CreateEx(ObjCode.ISSUE, parameteres);

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Mol. formula:
There is no harmonised classification and there are no notified hazards by manufacturers, importers or downstream users for this substance.
Important to know Important to know
This section highlights four regulatory activities or outcomes under REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006:
Community rolling action plan - indicates if the substance is or was included in the Community rolling action plan (CoRAP). The CoRAP list includes substances that could pose a risk to human health or the environment and whose (potentially hazardous) properties are to be evaluated by the Member States in the next three years. After evaluation, proposals may be made for further regulatory action regarding the substance.
Candidate List - indicates if the substance is included in the candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). The Candidate List includes substances that are subject to additional protocols and reporting obligations and which may eventually be included in the Authorisation List, further limiting their use.
Authorisation list (Annex XIV to REACH) - indicates if the substance is included in the Authorisation list. These substances cannot be placed on the market or used after a given date, unless an authorisation is granted for their specific use, or the use is exempted from authorisation.
Restriction list (Annex XVII to REACH) - indicates if the substance is included in the Restriction List. The Restriction List describes the conditions for the manufacture, placing on the market or use of certain substances, either on their own or in mixtures or articles.
Please note: The identification of relevant regulatory activities and outcomes is done automatically and without manual verification. Substances may be grouped together under a specific regulatory activity for more efficient risk management and legislative processing (e.g. restriction on "Lead and its compounds"). In these cases, Infocards may not identify all substances in the group.Therefore it does not represent official and legally–binding information. To confirm if a substance is covered by a specific regulatory action the official publication, e.g. the electronic edition of the Official Journal of the European Union should be consulted.
Some uses of this substance are restricted under Annex XVII of REACH.
PACT - Public activities Co-ordination Tool
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Tool showing an overview of substances in various key regulatory processes that authorities are working on.
Substances intended to be restricted and entered in Annex XVII to REACH.
Restriction list
REACH Annex XVII. Substances for which certain uses are Restricted under REACH at EU level.
PIC - Prior Informed Consent Regulation
Construction Products Regulation
Construction Product Regulation - Annex I (3) - Hazardous Substances
EU. Hazardous Substances for Purposes of Annex I (3) (Requirements for Construction Works), Regulation 305/2011/EU on Marketing of Construction Products, amended by Regulation 574/2014/EU, 28 May 2014
This list contains a non-exhaustive inventory of substances taken from: (1) Table 3 of Annex VI to CLP; (2) the Candidate List of SVHCs; (3) Annex XIV of REACH (Authorisation List); (4) Annex XVII of REACH (Restrictions List); (5) F-gases subject to emission limits/reporting per Regulation 517/2014/EU; and (6) volatile organic compounds (VOCs) listed in the Ambient Air Directive 2008/50/EC. The basis of the list is Annex I(3) of the Construction Products Regulation 305/2011/EC, which stipulates that construction works must not have a high impact on human health or the environment as a result of: giving off toxic gas; emissions of dangerous substances, volatile organic compounds (VOC), greenhouse gases or dangerous particles into indoor or outdoor air; release of dangerous substances into drinking water, ground water, marine waters, surface waters or soil.
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General Product Safety Directive - Hazardous Substances
EU. Hazardous Substances for Purposes of General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC), 15 January 2002, amended by Reg 596/2009/EC, 18 July 2009
This list contains a non-exhaustive inventory of substances that fall within the European Union's hazardous substance definitions, as provided on: (1) Table 3 of Annex VI to the CLP Regulation 1272/2008/EC; (2) Annex III of Directive 2000/54/EC (Biological Agents); Candidate List of SVHCs; and REACH Annexes XIV and XVII (Authorisation and Restriction lists). They can be considered hazardous for purposes of the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC.
Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods Directive
Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods Directive, Annex I - ADR
EU. Dangerous Goods List (ADR, Chap. 3.2, Table A), Directive 2008/68/EC, last amended by Directive 2020/1833/EU, 4 December 2020
This list contains the ADR Dangerous Goods List, as implemented by the European Union's Directive 2008/68/EC. This Directive applies the European Agreements on the international transport of dangerous goods by road (ADR) and inland waterways (ADN), and the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID). The specific CAS linked as members on this list are representative examples, but not exhaustive.
Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods Directive, Annex II - RID
EU. Dangerous Goods List (RID, Chap. 3.2, Table A), Directive 2008/68/EC, last amended by Directive 2020/1833/EU, 4 December 2020
This list contains the RID Dangerous Goods List, as implemented by the European Union's Directive 2008/68/EC. This Directive applies the European Agreements on the international transport of dangerous goods by road (ADR) and inland waterways (ADN), and the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID). The specific CAS linked as members on this list are representative examples, but not exhaustive.
Inland Transport of Dangerous Goods Directive, Annex III - ADN
EU. Dangerous Goods List (ADN, Chap. 3.2, Table A), Directive 2008/68/EC, last amended by Directive 2020/1833/EU, 4 December 2020
This list contains the ADN Dangerous Goods List, as implemented by the European Union's Directive 2008/68/EC. This Directive establishes rules for the safe transport of dangerous goods between EU countries by road (ADR) and inland waterways (ADN), and the regulations concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by rail (RID). The specific CAS linked as members on this list are representative examples, but not exhaustive.
EC Inventory, PIC, Other
PIC, Pre-Registration process, Other
CAS names
EC Inventory, PIC, Pre-Registration process, Other
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This National Gallery of Australia travelling exhibition celebrates some of the most significant work made by Indigenous photographers, video and multimedia artists in the last five years. It brings together established and critically acclaimed artists with exciting emerging talent reflecting the diversity and dynamism of contemporary practice.
Resolution: new Indigenous photomedia is a National Gallery of Australia Exhibition. The National Gallery of Australia acknowledges funding support from the Visions touring and the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Programs, both Australian Government programs aiming to improve access to the national collections for all Australians.
Ali G. Baker Bound / Unbound Sovereign Acts II Simone Ulalka Tur, 2015, pigment inkjet print. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 2016.


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use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\SelfHandling;

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 * Class DeleteTypePages
 *
 * @link          http://anomaly.is/streams-platform
 * @author        AnomalyLabs, Inc. <hello@anomaly.is>
 * @author        Ryan Thompson <ryan@anomaly.is>
 * @package       Anomaly\PagesModule\Type\Command
 */
class DeleteTypePages implements SelfHandling
{

    /**
     * The page type instance.
     *
     * @var TypeInterface
     */
    protected $type;

    /**
     * Create a new DeleteTypePages instance.
     *
     * @param TypeInterface $type
     */
    public function __construct(TypeInterface $type)
    {
        $this->type = $type;
    }

    /**
     * Handle the command.
     *
     * @param PageRepositoryInterface $pages
     */
    public function handle(PageRepositoryInterface $pages)
    {
        foreach ($this->type->getPages() as $page) {
            $pages->delete($page);
        }
    }
}

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The New PSAT, Redesigned in 2015: Complete Guide
Posted by Rebecca Safier | Nov 30, 2021 10:00:00 PM
PSAT Info and Strategies , New SAT
If you're a high school student planning on taking the PSAT, you'll be taking the redesigned PSAT. This new version of the test started in October 2015 was administered to all students across the country.
We'll let you know all about the PSAT format, scoring, and content and what you need to know to be prepared. Not only is the 2015 PSAT an important step in prepping for the SAT, but it also qualifies you for National Merit distinctions and scholarships.
Let's dive into the changes in format, scoring, and content being made to the redesigned PSAT and what these changes mean for your test prep.
Changes in Format
The new, redesigned PSAT is 35 minutes longer than the old PSAT. It clocks in at 2 hours and 45 minutes, rather than 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Instead of five multiple-choice answers, the PSAT now offers only four. This means you have a better chance of getting the answer right if you guess!
The following chart breaks down the time and number of questions per section:
Section Time Number of Questions
Reading 60 minutes 48 questions
Writing and Language 35 minutes 44 questions
Math 70 minutes 47 questions
Total 165 minutes 139 questions
What Format Changes in the New PSAT Mean for Your Prep
The new test is longer, so train your focus. Since the test is still pretty new, there aren't a lot of official practice tests to take. So far, College Board has come out with two official sample PSATs, which you can download and score. Make sure to take note of the changes between this test and older versions.
New PSAT Practice Test 1 - Answer Explanations - Score Your Test
Since having only two practice tests gives you limited options, it's also a good idea to use older practice tests. If you are practicing with full-length old practice tests, give yourself an extra section to practice test-taking for that longer chunk of time. As you practice, take note of your energy and attention. Take short breaks and anything else you need to keep focus for that amount of time.
The new PSAT also closely resembles the new SAT, which was first administered in March of 2016. The two tests have very similar content, format, and even scoring. Because of this, you can also use these 10 practice tests for the new SAT to prep, while still keeping an eye out for any differences between the new PSAT and new SAT. (The College Board no longer includes tests 2 and 4 on its website, but you can still access them using the links below.)
New SAT Practice Test 1 - Answer Key
New SAT Practice Test 10 - Answer Key
The new scoring system on the PSAT is designed to help you predict your SAT score. Below I'll explain the changes in the scoring system for both the new PSAT and new SAT and how you can incorporate this awareness into your studying.
Changes in Scoring
The redesigned PSAT is scored on a scaled between 320 and 1520. You can score on a range from 160 to 760 for Math and 160 to 760 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing. In addition to these section scores, your score report will also tell you subscores for Math, Reading, and Writing and Language between 8 and 38. This will give you a sense of which sections you're best at and where you need improvement. Unlike the old PSAT, the redesigned PSAT gives no penalties for wrong answers.
The SAT returned to the 1600 scoring system it used back in the day, before 2005. It now has a maximum composite score of 800 for Math and 800 for Evidence-Based Reading and Writing combined. As I mentioned above, your PSAT score is meant to predict your SAT score.
The PSAT scale doesn't go up to 1600 exactly since the SAT is a more difficult test than the PSAT. While a 1300 on the PSAT suggests you might score around a 1300 on the SAT, a perfect PSAT score doesn't necessarily guarantee perfection on the SAT.
The two scoring scales coincide with one another, but the PSAT is shifted down to account for its differences in difficulty level. Keep this discrepancy in mind when interpreting your PSAT scores from your practice tests and the official test itself.
Disappointed with your PSAT performance? Want to improve your PSAT score by 150 points? We have the industry's leading PSAT prep program. Built by Harvard grads and SAT full scorers, the program learns your strengths and weaknesses through advanced statistics, then customizes your prep program to you so you get the most effective prep possible.
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What Scoring Changes in the Redesigned PSAT Mean for Your Prep
Because they eliminated the wrong answer penalty, you don't have to devise a strategy anymore for which questions to guess on and which to leave blank. Give all of them your best guess, even if you are unsure. If you leave any blank, save enough time at the end of each section to bubble in all your answers.
When you're taking a practice test, make sure to mark which ones are random guesses so you can review them when you're finished. To make the most out of your practice tests, you want to really analyze why you missed a question and what you need to do—review content, work at a faster pace, etc.—to ace that question type the next time.
Since the National Merit Scholarship Corporation is considering your composite score, rather than your section scores, all sections are important for qualifying for National Merit Semifinalist, Finalist, and scholarships.
Changes in Content
The changes that were made to the content of the PSAT match the revisions to the SAT. Overall, the content is more evidence- and context-based, featuring real world scenarios and data analysis. Emphasized skills include depth of analysis, interpretation of a word or idea in context, and multi-step problem solving. Check out the "Skills Crosswalk" for all three sections on College Board.
Gone are the days of studying long lists of obscure vocabulary—the new PSAT (and SAT) tests that you understand the meaning and connotation of a word within the context of a passage. Similarly, grammar questions ask you to revise sentences within the context of passages, not as stand-alone sentences.
All of the sections will include graphs and charts to test your ability to interpret, describe, and represent data visually or in words. The following example is taken from College Board's New PSAT Sample Questions for the math section.
Math questions also include multi-step grid-in word problems. They are going to focus more on algebra and data analysis and less on geometry. The geometry problems that are still there ask you to solve problems involving area, volume, or line, angle, and triangle theorems.
What This Means for Your Prep
Focus on sharpening your skills of problem-solving, data interpretation, and understanding grammar and vocabulary through context. These skills are more connected to what you learn in class and real life. You can develop them through reading and writing widely and often, as well as by paying attention to data representation and analysis in your math and science classes.
When you're reading, take notes on the work's structure and organization. Consider the passage's theme, tone, style, etc. and make sure you can point to specific lines that support your ideas.
Get a sense of the various connotations of words in different contexts, rather than memorizing lists of vocabulary. For example, "brilliant" may mean exceptionally smart when describing a person, but it suggests bright and vivid when describing a color.
Many of the skills and knowledge being tested remain the same from the old PSAT—understanding of literary terms and elements, depth of analysis and interpretation, working knowledge of various mathematical concepts.
The new PSAT asks you to go one step further: to back up your answer with evidence, whether it is from a passage or chart, and to understand the relationships among words and numbers.
Don't stop here: check out our collection of free practice questions and full-length tests for the PSAT, plus learn more about how to use old practice tests and material to prep effectively for the new PSAT.
PSAT Comparison Chart
Below is a chart comparing key points for the old version of the PSAT and the new version of the exam. You can use this to quickly see some of the most important differences between the two tests.
Former PSAT New PSAT
Total Scoring Scale 60-240 320-1520
Section Score Scales Critical Reading: 20-80
Math: 20-80
Writing: 20-80 Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 160-760
Math: 160-760
Testing Time 2 hours and 10 minutes 2 hours and 45 minutes
Number of Answer Choices 5 4
Guessing Penalty Lose 1/4 point for every incorrect answer No guessing penalty
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To learn more about the changes from the test makers, check out College Board's site. As this site discusses the PSAT and SAT together, you'll see the similarities in the two redesigns.
Students who are taking the PSAT this fall don't have as much practice material as past classes had, but you can still prep very effectively and get a high score if you are aware of the changes. As time goes on, more and more practice material for the new PSAT will become available.
What scores do you need to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship? Read about what scores qualify on the new PSAT scoring scale.
How can you win a National Merit Scholarship? We describe the different kinds of scholarships and what you need to do to qualify.
Curious about the SAT changes that were implemented in 2016? Read our detailed guide to the redesigned SAT.
Want to get a perfect SAT score? Read about what it takes from an SAT perfect scorer.
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Rebecca graduated with her Master's in Adolescent Counseling from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has years of teaching and college counseling experience and is passionate about helping students achieve their goals and improve their well-being. She graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University and scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT.


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Three Chimneys Farm went to $1.525 million to secure a colt by Distorted Humor during the second day of the Sept. 14-26 Keeneland September Yearling sale.
Consigned as hip No. 277 by Taylor Made Sales Agency on behalf of Stonestreet Stables, the colt is out of Forest Music, winner of the 2005 Honorable Miss S. (G2) and the dam of Kentuckian, a 3-year-old son of Tiznow who won this year's Laz Barrera S. (G3).
"We looked at the pedigree and hopefully he'll be our next stallion. We may race him with Stonestreet. We're excited. Everything (impressed us)," Three Chimneys' owner Goncalo Torrealba said. "You always go a little further (than you expect to pay), but the good ones are hard to come by."
"This colt, my son said, 'Do not sell this colt.' And this mare gets runners. I'm going to stay in for some of him," Stonestreet's owner Barbara Banke said after the colt sold. "I love the mare. I have a painting of her in my dining room. She was super-fast, she raced every two weeks going around the country. And he looks like a runner, he acts like a runner. He worked hard every day and does everything right."


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Appeal of OSWALD JUNGER, on behalf of MICHELLE JUNGER, from action of the Board of Education of the North Bellmore Union Free School District with respect to placement.
Peter G. Albert, Esq., attorney for respondent
MILLS, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals the refusal of the Board of Education of the North Bellmore Union Free School District ("respondent") to allow his daughter to go directly from the fifth grade to the seventh grade for the 1996-1997 school year. The appeal must be dismissed.
Petitioner's daughter, Michelle, was a fifth grade student during the 1995-1996 school year. On April 15, 1996, petitioner wrote to respondent's Director of Special Services, requesting his daughter's acceleration, setting forth the reasons for his request, and attaching substantial documentation. There seems to be no dispute that Michele was an excellent student in the fifth grade.
On April 26, 1996, respondent's superintendent wrote a letter denying this request, and setting forth his reasons for doing so in considerable detail. Thereafter, petitioner sought assistance from staff members of the State Education Department who attempted to assist by having Michele's records reviewed by an outside party. When these efforts did not produce the results he sought, petitioner appealed to respondent, which, by letter dated July 3, 1996, advised that the board had reviewed the superintendent's decision in executive session and supported the superintendent's decision not to accelerate Michelle's grade level assignment.
Petitioner commenced this appeal on August 22, 1996, and sought an interim order directing that his daughter be placed in the seventh grade. On September 4, 1996, an affidavit of respondent's superintendent was received, setting forth the reasons why a stay should not be granted. The stay sought by petitioner was denied on September 9, 1996. After the denial of the stay, respondent filed its answer, supporting affidavits, and memorandum of law. Petitioner filed no reply and filed no other papers after the denial of the stay.
The appeal must be dismissed as moot. The Commissioner will not render a decision where the facts upon which the claim is based no longer exist. In this case, the relief petitioner sought as an interim order was also the ultimate relief desired. Where a stay has been denied and the time period critical to that stay has passed, e.g., the beginning of the 1996-1997 school year, the matter has become moot (Appeal of Laudin, 37 Ed Dept Rep 3; Appeal of Kline, 35 id. 91; Appeal of Doris J., 31 id. 153). On the facts presented by this appeal, it is clear that no meaningful relief is now possible (Appeal of Stopka, 34 Ed Dept Rep 157; Appeal of Winkler, 33 id. 334). Everything that petitioner wanted to have considered was considered at the time the request for an interim order was denied.
Even if I were not dismissing for mootness, I would dismiss on the merits. Education Law "1709 provides boards of education with the specific power and duty:
3. To prescribe a course of study by which the pupils of the schools shall be graded and classified, and to regulate the admission of pupils in their transfer from one class or department to another, as their scholarship shall warrant.
In an appeal before the Commissioner, a petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested. Determinations as to grade level or program are uniquely within the province of the local board of education. I will not substitute my judgment for that of a board of education with respect to student placement unless I find that the board has acted in an illegal, arbitrary, or capricious manner (Appeal of Schrier, 33 Ed Dept Rep 656; Appeal of Paye, 33 id. 241; Appeal of Stokes, 29 id. 409; Matter of Brandon, 22 id. 223; Matter of Boussios, 18 id. 590). This rule has been applied in cases where acceleration was demanded but denied (Appeal of Wertis, 35 Ed Dept Rep 312; Appeal of Stokes, supra). While the materials presented on behalf of petitioner indicate that his daughter is an excellent student, the record also reflects that there were other students just as highly qualified. The record also indicates that Michelle's abilities and educational needs could be adequately addressed in a sixth grade setting, properly supplemented by the school's "Alpha Program" for gifted students and other available enrichment opportunities. Respondent and its superintendent gave considerable thought to the decision not to accelerate Michelle, which I consider to be rational.
I have reviewed the parties' other contentions and find them without merit.


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Klonopin (clonazepam) vs. Restoril (temazepam)
Klonopin vs. temazepam: What's the difference?
Klonopin (clonazepam) and Restoril (temazepam) are benzodiazepines used to treat anxiety.
Klonopin is primarily used for treating panic disorder and preventing certain types of seizures such as those caused by Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Temazepam is used to treat symptoms of insomnia.
A brand name for clonazepam is Klonopin.
A brand name for temazepam is Restoril.
Side effects of Klonopin and temazepam that are similar include sedation, dizziness, depression, loss of orientation, headache, weakness, unsteadiness, and sleep problems (insomnia).
Side effects of Klonopin that are different from temazepam include lack of inhibition, fatigue, amnesia, confusion, changes in sexual desire, rash, and irritability.
Suddenly stopping Klonopin or temazepam after prolonged use can lead to withdrawal symptoms.
What are Klonopin and temazepam?
Klonopin is a benzodiazepine anti-anxiety medication. Other benzodiazepines include alprazolam (Xanax), diazepam (Valium), lorazepam (Ativan), and flurazepam (Dalmane). Klonopin is mainly used to treat panic disorder, to prevent certain types of seizures, and to provide short-term relief of anxiety symptoms. Klonopin and other benzodiazepines enhance the effects of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the brain. Research shows that excessive activity in the brain may lead to anxiety or other psychiatric disorders.
Temazepam is a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety and insomnia symptoms, such as trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Temazepam is in the benzodiazepine class of drugs. Research shows that excessive activity in the brain may lead to anxiety or other psychiatric disorders, and that temazepam reduces the activity. Temazepam increases total sleep time.
What are the side effects of Klonopin and temazepam?
The most common side effects associated with Klonopin are sedation, which is reported in approximately half of patients. Dizziness is reported in one-third of patients.
Other common side effects include:
A feeling of depression
Loss of orientation
Lack of inhibition
Changes in sexual desire
Other serious side effects of Klonopin include:
Respiratory depression
Enlarged liver
Withdrawal symptoms (if stopped suddenly)
Other serious adverse reactions:
Antiepileptic medications have been associated with an increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior. Anyone considering the use of antiepileptic drugs must balance this risk of suicide with the clinical need for the antiepileptic drug. Patients who begin antiepileptic therapy should be closely observed for clinical worsening, suicidal thoughts or unusual changes in behavior.
Temazepam
The most common side effects associated with temazepam are:
Excessive sleepiness
What is the dosage of Klonopin vs. temazepam?
The dosage of Klonopin is tailored to the patient's needs.
For seizures in adults, the initial dose is 1.5 mg daily in 3 divided doses.
Dosage may be increased by 0.5 to 1 mg daily every 3 days until seizures are controlled or side effects preclude further increases in dose.
The maximum dose is 20 mg daily. The initial dose for panic disorders is 0.25 mg twice daily.
The dose may be increased to the target dose of 1 mg daily after 3 days.
The recommended dose of temazepam is 7.5 to 30 mg taken about 30 minutes prior to bedtime.
For elderly patients, start with 7.5 mg until the response is determined.
What drugs interact with Klonopin and temazepam?
Klonopin, like all other benzodiazepines, accentuates the effects of other drugs that slow the brain's processes — such as alcohol, barbiturates, and narcotics — and leads to increased sedation.
Alcohol or drugs that cause sleepiness increase the effects of temazepam.
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Are Klonopin and temazepam safe to use while pregnant or breastfeeding?
Klonopin and other benzodiazepines have been associated with fetal damage, including congenital malformations, when taken by pregnant women in their first trimester. Klonopin is best avoided in the first trimester and probably throughout pregnancy.
Benzodiazepines are secreted in breast milk. Mothers who are breastfeeding should not take Klonopin.
Temazepam and other benzodiazepines have been associated with fetal damage, including congenital malformations, when taken by pregnant women in their first trimester. Temazepam should be avoided during pregnancy.
Use by nursing mothers has not been adequately studied.
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With heavy hearts we announce the tragic passing of Brianna. She is deeply missed by her beloved puppy Ferdinand. Brianna is predeceased by her sister, Leanne and survived by her mom Carol (Ron), her dad Jim (Renee), her brothers Scott (Tori) and Trevor and by her friend and sister, Lauren. Also deeply saddened by the loss of Brianna are her grandparents, Vi and Colin Kinnear.
A private service to honor Brianna was held on February 14, 2009. Her brilliant smile and vivacious personality will be missed by all who knew her. Brianna loved babies – in lieu of flowers, donations to Basics for Babies will be gratefully accepted.


The Saint Vincent Honors Program brings together students from across the college who share a vigorous commitment to intellectual life. The backbone of the program is the set of Honors courses that enable such students to pursue a liberal education characterized by intense conversation and work with dedicated professors. We are also seeking to form a broader intellectual community, where the ideas that students explore in the classroom take on a life of their own in the lives of our students.
Honors students have the opportunity to participate in special extracurricular activities, including evening discussions and cultural excursions. They also interact with faculty outside the classroom, providing for support and mentoring throughout (and sometimes beyond) their time at Saint Vincent. We hope to develop and expand these opportunities in the coming years and are excited about the talented group of students we serve.
Our professors design classes in the Honors Program to challenge and reward students who seek substantial intellectual development in college. The quality, not the quantity, of work distinguishes Honors classes from other courses.
Dinner and evening discussions or readings, films, art exhibits, etc.
During previous semesters, Honors students discussed current science issues over dinner with Bill Nye (The Science Guy), astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Vatican astronomer Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J. (above), and Joanne Rogers (wife of the late Fred Rogers), and participated in poetry readings and discussions with faculty. Students of the Honors Program have also traveled to New York City and driven to Washington, D.C., for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Supreme Court.
Honors students in majors with a senior research or capstone project will be strongly encouraged to present their work – both in a special colloquium at Saint Vincent College and at professional meetings in their research areas.
Acceptance to the Honors Program at Saint Vincent College will be based on your academic work, along with evidence of your motivation to pursue challenging course work. If you are not initially accepted to the program, you can reapply at a later date using additional materials.
A cover letter addressed to the Honors program, simply stating your intention to apply and listing the materials included in your application.
An original essay, which you produced for a course you have taken and which you believe is representative of your academic ability. You should submit an original or duplicated copy; in either case, your submission should include the evaluation and grade you received from the teacher and should indicate the course for which it was produced. The submitted work should not be a collaborative project, nor should it be a mere research report that primarily strings together quoted sources and does not include substantial portions of original writing.
Fr. Brian D. Boosel, O.S.B., Ph.D.
We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you into the Honors Program!
As a first-year student, you are invited to apply to the Honors Program. The Honors Program Admission Committee will review the high school transcript and the ACT or SAT score that are part of your general application to the College, as well as the materials listed in the How to Apply tab, which may be submitted online.
Application materials must be complete before students will be considered for the program.
The deadline for receiving your completed application is Feb. 15, and successful applicants will be notified by March 15. Later applications may be accepted, but may not be considered if the program is filled.
Students seeking to graduate as Honors Scholars must take a minimum of five Honors classes plus the Honors Seminar. Students may remain in the Program if their GPA remains above 3.0 and they continue to participate in Honors classes and at least one major Honors Program event per year.


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Q: Linear 2D transform in the sense of geometric figures? Consider tranformation which turns one aligned rectangle to another:

This tranformation can be written in matrix form in the following way

where
$a_i=a_{ii}=\frac{x'_{i1}-x'_{i2}}{x_{i1}-x_{i2}}$
$b_i==\frac{x_{i1}x'_{i2}-x_{i2}x'_{i1}}{x_{i1}-x_{i2}}$
and
$a_{12}=a_{21}=0$
i.e. transform matrix is diagonal.
My question is: what about arbitrary matrix? What 2 geometric figures defines it? Is this a pair of two arbitrary quadrangles?
If "yes", then what is the formula, relating angle coordinates to matrix coefficients?
How is it extrapolated to multidimensional?
UPDATE
I realized, that the number of equations in each transformation is $N$, the dimension of space, and the number of unknowns is $N^2+N=N(N+1)$ where $N$ is the number of translation column elements and $N^2$ is the number of linear matrix elements. Hence to make the system complete, we need $N(N+1)/N = (N+1)$ sample pairs of points.
So in the case of 2D we need to provide 2 arbitrary triangles to define transform.
Where to find a formula?


A Nigerian guy is advising men to date older girls who according to him are less stressful than the younger girls.
He made a post on his twitter account, he gave reasons why older girls are better in a relationship. According to him, they are clean, real, mature, know what they want and don't stress.
Date older girls, they the cleanest, reallest, they know what they want, mature, and most importantly won't stress you one bit.
WHY are phones banned on planes?


Years ago, I went to my boss and shared with him a serious problem we were having with our business. It was the kind of problem that comes with growth and success. I was literally stunned by his initial reaction. My boss said to me, "This is the kind of problem we want to have… I call it a High Class Problem." He then proceeded to tell me that one of the best ways to be highly engaged and excited about your work is to solve high class problems.
High class problems are problems that occur because you solved most of the initial problems. High class problems are the problems of success. As we start 2010, both a new year and a new decade, I want you to think about what kinds of high class problems might exist in your business. Over the past three weeks, I have posted all kinds of videos to demonstrate the capacity of our curiosity, courage, and efforts. We are truly capable of performing miracles ourselves (as opposed to waiting for them to occur through some random act of circumstance). Solving high class problems will not only help your business, but also get you motivated. Granted, they will lead to more high class problems and that's what all high performers want.
One more thing… the problem you solve does not have to be YOUR high class problem. You can find high class problems anywhere — in another business unit, in your partnerships with others, in your community, and perhaps in your personal life. In fact, I need to make a confession… the most pride I have ever felt in a professional environment was when I launched an internal community service project for an organization I used to work for. It was not my problem nor was it in my business, but it was a problem for the organization. I created a plan and offered it to the leadership team. They bought it. Today, many years later, that organization still uses that program. Learn to find and solve high class problems. It will do wonders for your confidence and sense of direction in 2010 and beyond.


The UK government has announced new measures to encourage and help doctors, nurses and other frontline health workers to play a greater role in the fight against female genital mutilation.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates there are 130 million girls and women across the world who have been subjected to some form of female genital mutilation (FGM). Here in the UK the government has recently announced a range of measures to help combat this illegal procedure which, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 'has no medical or health benefits and violates the human rights of girls and women'. These new measures include initiatives to provide improved FGM training and guidance for health professionals, such as doctors, nurses and midwives. Launching the initiative, Health Minister Jane Ellison said, "FGM devastates the lives of women and girls and we are committed to ending the brutal practice in one generation."
One of the key innovations is a new system to allow clinicians to note on a child's health record that they are at risk of FGM. This is backed up by new mandatory recording requirements for GPs and mental health trusts, requiring them to record cases of FGM in the same way that NHS acute trusts do already. Data will be published annually by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Responding to the promise of legislation to enforce the new mandatory reporting requirement, Royal College of Nursing Chief Executive Dr Peter Carter commented, "The government's focus on mandatory reporting is an important step towards ensuring that nurses, midwives and other health professionals act as they would with any suspected abuse and report it."
"Many nurses and midwives may be unaware of their legal and professional responsibilities when it comes to the reporting of FGM," said RCN Director of Nursing Janet Davies in an interview with The Guardian. "This important guidance will bring them up to date and make clear what they can do to help tackle FGM and help protect their patients."
Training is another key focus of the new measures. A new online resource has been developed by HEE e-Learning for Healthcare, supported by the Department of Health's FGM prevention team, and is provided free to all healthcare professionals, including nurses, doctors and health visitors. Made up of five 20-30-minute sessions, it's designed to improve the knowledge and awareness amongst healthcare professionals of some of the issues which affect FGM victims throughout their lives.
The RCN has recently updated its own guidance on recognising and tackling FGM, which covers nurses' legal and professional responsibilities, the different types of mutilation, how nurses can identify girls at risk and the procedures for referring people to appropriate agencies.
Announcing the new guidance to nurses, doctors and academics at an FGM conference in February 2015, RCN professional lead for midwifery and women's health Carmel Bagness called on nurses to demonstrate 'professional curiosity'. "Healthcare professionals could ask simple and generic questions of their patients during appointments, regardless of how busy they are," she suggested. "If a woman is not coming in for a smear test, they should be asking why."
The British Medical Association (BMA) currently has its FMG guidance under review to take into account the recent legislative and policy developments. New guidance is due to be published in summer 2015.
Sanctuary Training is running an FGM and Forced Marriage training course in London on 13th May. The course provides practitioners with the skills to recognise and assess victims of honour based violence and then manage and minimise safety risks for victims and their children in the UK. You can register for this course on the Sanctuary Training website or by calling Harriet Cadman on 0333 7000 028.
Are you a doctor, nurse or other health professional with views on the issues raised in this article? Leave your comments below.


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3 thoughts on Mavs' 51-point win over Clippers: Luka Doncic, Dallas show record-setting rhythm and potential
Yes, you read that correctly.
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, left, goes up for a basket past Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020.(Kyusung Gong)
By Callie Caplan
Here are three thoughts about the Mavericks' 124-73 win over the Clippers, their first win of the 2020-21 season:
Record-setting surge
Perhaps the Mavericks were especially frustrated about starting 0-2 and needed to let out their emotions.
Or maybe they still felt the sting from last year's first-round playoff loss.
Either way, the Clippers paid for Dallas' force, dominance and swagger on Sunday afternoon in Staples Center.
The Mavericks led 77-27 at the half. Yes, that's 50 points.
It was the largest halftime advantage in the NBA's shot-clock era.
The previous NBA record: Golden State led Sacramento by 47 points (88-41) in November 1991.
The Mavericks' previous franchise best: 44 points on Nov. 13, 2014 against the 76ers.
Then, Philadelphia was deep in "The Process" of rebuilding. Though without Kawhi Leonard in the lineup (mouth laceration) Sunday, the Clippers this year are considered championship contenders in the Western Conference.
The Mavericks' surge didn't erase all disappointment of their first two losses, including a 23-point defeat to the Lakers in the same arena on Christmas, but the first-half statistics likely erased any doubt about their potential this season.
The Mavericks out-rebounded the Clippers 32-16 and shot 45% from three and 58% from the floor. Luka Doncic was in full triple-double watch with 18 points, seven rebounds, four assists and one steal at the break.
Largest halftime leads in NBA history
Halftime score
50 Dec. 27, 2020 Dallas 77, at LA Clippers 27 W, 124-73
47 Nov. 2, 1991 at Golden State 88, Sacramento 41 W, 153-91
44 Nov. 23 1967* Seattle 75, Boston 31 W, 123-70
44 Nov. 13, 2014 at Dallas 73, Philadelphia 29 W, 123-70
42 Feb. 15, 1961* St. Louis 78, Philadelphia 36 W, 135-98
42 Oct. 29, 2018 Golden State 92, at Chicago 50 W, 149-124
*Neutral site game
Doncic finds his rhythm
The Mavericks' rotations with rookies and reserves weren't typical for the entire second half. Of course, they were playing with an atypical lead.
But before the game was sealed early, Doncic played with the rhythm, finesse and confidence he showed throughout his second season, particularly in their August playoff series against these Clippers.
The 21-year-old All-Star tallied 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and a steal in the first quarter, playing all 12 minutes.
He didn't return after checking out with 1:41 left in the third quarter — when the Mavericks' still led by 50 (102-52) — and finished with 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists in 26 minutes, just shy of his first triple-double of the season.
While his three-point shooting struggles continued — he went 0 for 5 on Sunday and is 2 of 16 this season — Doncic powered through several tough drives, drawing and-1 calls on three of his seven fouls. He showed strong chemistry with new wing addition Josh Richardson (21 points in 27 minutes), too.
Home sweet home-bound
The Mavericks haven't been shy when speaking about the challenge of starting the season on the road against three of the West's best team.
This road trip might've been equally as daunting off the court.
Because of California's rigid COVID-19 regulations, the Mavericks couldn't leave their hotel and rarely left their rooms, aside to play and practice in Staples Center. They had boxed food over Christmas, rather than team meals, because they couldn't hold gatherings of more than a couple of people outside the arena.
Carlisle wouldn't say the limitations, necessary for public health and safety amid the pandemic, were mentally taxing. "We've had several months now of not normally operating," he said before the game. "Look, these are inconveniences, but right now they're realities."
But with a massive victory in hand, the Mavericks will sure be happy to return to Dallas on Sunday evening, take the day off Monday, practice Tuesday and play the Hornets in their AAC opener Wednesday.
Find more Mavericks stories from The Dallas Morning News here.
Callie Caplan, Staff Writer. Callie Caplan covers the Dallas Mavericks, high school football and Olympic sports. She has also written for The Washington Post, USA Today and The Baltimore Sun and graduated from the University of Maryland in 2017.
callie.caplan@dallasnews.com @CallieCaplan
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I'm not crazy. It just appears that way.
I was walking into the convenience store here on post for a couple of things and I saw a centipede on the ground in the parking lot.
I've mentioned the centipedes in Hawaii before. They are PURE EVIL. I hate them.
These bugs lie there looking completely disgusting with their nasty little millions of legs waiting to bite unsuspecting passersby and send the poor humans screaming to the emergency room with a welt the size of a basketball.
So I could not allow this abomination to live. Obviously.
When it finally stooped moving and appeared to have been nearly severed in half, I stop beating it, caught my breath, and looked up.
I straightened up with as much dignity as I could muster and walked into the store.
I muttered as I searched the ground, "Where are you: where are you? Aha! There! You're dead! Good!" I said triumphantly as I kicked the desiccated corpse and observed no further movement.
I looked up to find another unfortunate young man walking past, giving me a wide berth and avoiding eye contact.


Good news for Audi owners, today new maps has arrived and anyone can install it. If you have an Audi with MMI 3G navigation then we proudly inform that now you can easy update. This last update contain all Europe countries, for US search on our website, we also have posted. By following the below short tutorial you can easy update you Audi professional navigation.
This tutorial works for most audi cars that use MMI 3G professional navigation system. Audi A6 MMI 3G Navigation DVD Europe is available to download free right now. The process to update the nav is simple, not require experience and anyone can do it.
For the beginning you need a computer to download and burn the maps to a dvd or usb drive. We highly recommend a DVD. Once you have downloaded the iso file with maps open Nero Burning Rom and burn the iso file to DVD.
After you completed burn the iso file to dvd go and insert in your car. Now go to engineering section and choose update. You will be asked from where you want to download the maps, select CD/DVD. Now choose the file that appear (Nav_EU_KO325_9_D1). Then again chose start download and wait. Will take some time to install and the nav will reboot few time. Don't do anything, once completed enjoy and you can anytime eject the DVD.


Rangi Logan writes to his parents, probably from Italy, on 18 March 1944.
You see I have once more slipped back into my bad habit of being a bad correspondent to you; but I don't seem to be able to find an excuse either. I have received quite a few letters from Edith at Waipukurau Hospital. It is very nice of her. She also sends me the 'Truth' and 'Free Lance' now and again. I am sorry to say that I have written her only once. However in the short lull I will endeavour to write to her. I received both your letters last week and was very pleased to read all the news and know how everyone is. I have also received quite a bit of news from the other boys.
As you can see by the address, I am now doing the job of 2 i/c Bn. For a while after I got back to the Bn, I was just a stray, the pakeha Colonel said he didn't want me so I was placed in an unpleasant position. Here was a pakeha colonel who is typically pakeha, and doesn't understand us, telling me, whom the men refer to as 'the old man' or 'the chief' that he had no room for me. Well, I hope it gives Reta Keiha satisfaction to know the results of what he has done because we have never been worse. The discipline is slipping and getting worse all the time. Our boys get drunk on wine and do awful things and when I told the Colonel that I had taken a jar of wine off the men and pored it out he said he did not mind them drinking. We catch certain men up to something bad and when they should get something to teach them a lesson they get let off very lightly. Consequently the men are just laughing and carry on doing the same things. They are a very sorry looking family and not happy. Peter Awatere who was the 2 i/c Bn before I came back has been sent to a camp for our men left out of this campaign. He is a sick man and looking old. This climate seems to get him down due to much cold. Do you know that the C.O. wanted me to go 2 i/c of a company when I first got back. What a joke and an insult. Well I refused so I became a spare part until Peter went to hospital and the C.O got me to do this job. I can't help thinking of what Freyberg told the Maori people when he was home on holiday - that there were Maori officers still capable of commanding the Bn. It seems to me that we are just employed without any consideration of the unique nature of our Bn. We don't want to get any different treatment; we don't ask or expect favours, but we would like, in fact we expect, to be consulted on matters that are of interest to the people and which it is our duty as leaders of our Bn., the men and youth of our people to uphold. I am sorry to say that we are losing our identity. Frequently I have thought of a transfer, but I know I don't want to be in any other unit, and I would much rather stay and be of some little use in holding up our end of the stick and trying to maintain 'nga ahuatanga Maori' in the Bn., than to satisfy the personal sense of injustice and be out of all though with the Bn. Well, I am going to stick here until I see that our Bn is once more on its feet, and then I can face our people, and say that our men are well and in good hands. There is a strong clique at Bn. H.Q. here consisting of 'Kahungunu'. It is not surprising when you realise that in Bn. H.Q. now all belonging to Kahungunu are - myself, 2 i/c Bn, Tutaki, Adjutant, Raureti, Intelligence officer, Wi Huata, Padre, all our batman, Peter Gonnell and Ray Thompson (Jury Thompson's brother), both Provost. You can see that there are some real family arguments and we feel just like one family too. Wi Huata is an absolute jewel. The boys are very fond of him and he is the ideal padre for the Bn. Being such a Maori at heart I think is the main reason and then he is so energetic and always has a smile on his face and a welcome for everyone. Raureti in a worker and although he is very dull, he is alright. Al the Wairoa boys turned out alright in the line.
Riki Smith, however is so slow that he nearly drives Matahaere mad. The Wairoa boys are certainly the strong arm upon which "D" Coy and my B. H.Q. lean. Next time you see our people from Wairoa, don't forget to tell them. Ben Christie is in 'A' Company because they are short of officers, and he is very popular with the Ngapuhi boys too. He has had two very narrow escapes recently. Once he was blown clear out of his trench by a tank a few yards away firing point blank with its big gun. He landed six feet away from his trench, and then yesterday he was blown by a bomb landing 20 yards away clean through a closed door without anything worse than a severe shaking. He is quite well too. Well, you certainly have seen Ted Pohio and Bill Mohi by now and heard all they have to say and tell you. Tessie sent me an aerograph saying she had seen Ted at a dance in Napier. Ted is better off there. He is not a soldier. As for Bill, well, he is 'devil-may-care' in battle as well as out of it. He is the same all the time.
The sensational news about Hankie and George Tawhai had reached here quite some time before your letters, but the Padre refused to believe that one of his flock had gone astray.
Old Ray Thompson and Peter Gunnell reckon I'm like Granny King Winiata in that I have only one speed for working - flat out; so at least I have the application and the keenness. I can't see men doing things the slow way or mess about. I hop in and set the pace, and make them keep up; if I can do it, they can. That's why they don't like going on a route-march when I lead, because I go right from the start, and get faster near the finish. It breaks most of them, but it makes the others very fit. Well, if I keep up this pace after the war (and I can't see myself going slower), I ought to accomplish something, eh? I want to learn more of the Maoriland Settlement Schemes, too. I have had nothing but praise for it here from the men who have become successful farmers under it. It doesn't appear to be the money and blood-sucking octopus I have always regarded the private firms like H.B.F., Dalgety etc. I really think that the scheme will be the making of our people and getting back of our lands from the clutches of the pakeha.
You know, I am a little surprised that Uncle Peter, having no ties or domestic worries, did not join up. We have had in the last two reinforcements men who have grown-up families and farms back home, and we are grateful to them, because we need them, although I would much rather see the old devils home. It is amusing some nights to see Thompson and Gunnell having an argument, and then Wi Huata chips in. They both turn round to him and say, "E ta, shut up; you're only a boy." These old chaps have the apple, but I try and save them as much as possible; they always jump to it when I talk and are willing workers. Our poor Bn is not the same old Bn. There seems to be a lot of bad eggs coming over now, and I suspect Bertrand of bundling them over; however, he is right, too, because the sooner that type hits action the better, rather than making a disgrace of us back in New Zealand.
Well, I am still going strong, and that is the main thing. I think it must be the pendant which never leaves my neck. Please give my regards to everyone at home, and in the district. Congratulations to Pauline on passing the 6th. I thought she was going in the convent. Jock sends his regards. He is a nice chap, and I like him. Jerry is just a rat-bag and a baby. Cheerio for now, and give my regards to old Rev. Huata when you have a chance, to Mr. C.G.Harker, and our many other friends.


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Q: Angular 2 background body only on single page i have a Angular 2 project that uses Routes and differents components. one of this components is a login page that don't show any sidebar or footer... So, i need to put ONLY on this page a background (that covers all the body).
I try to use :host {..} but don't work.
How can access to the body background property on this component?
This component is on the same level that app.component.
app.component.html has the  and the login component renders here.
Can you help me?

A: Not sure why you are applying backgorund. If you just want to hide side bar and footer for your login page then you can simply hide them based on your active route using hidden attribute or ngIf directive. Here the refernece for ngIf

A: It really depends on your login.component.html if :host will work and you didn't show it. You can wrap your login.component.html in a div container and add a class to it for its background color. This one works for me.
<div class="my-container>
<!--your content --!>
</div>

Here's a plunkr for the demo


The Spring Flowers Egg is made of varicolored gold, platinum, translucent strawberry red enamel, diamonds, bowenite and satin and velvet lining. The basket surprise is made of platinum, gold, translucent green enamel, diamonds, white chalcedony and demantoid (green) garnets.
Enameled translucent strawberry red over a guilloche ground and applied with neo rococo gold scrolls and foliage, the Spring Flowers Egg opens along a vertical diamond-set seam fastening at the top by means of a diamond-set clasp, to reveal a removable diamond-set platinum miniature basket of wood anemones, the flowers with chalcedony petals and demantoid pistils. The Egg, the lobed bowenite base with a diamond-set girdle and with a gold rim pierced with neo rococo shell work and scrolls, is marked "Fabergé" in Cyrillic and the assay mark of 56 standard for 14 karat gold, also with scratched inventory number 44374 or possibly 44474.
The Spring Flowers Egg, hallmarked with head workmaster Michael Perkhin's "early" mark, is struck with the St. Petersburg's assay mark for before 1899 and appears to bear a scratched number 443 (or 4) 74, which may or may not be Fabergé's inventory number. Its original fitted case is stamped with Fabergé's Imperial Warrant and the addresses of St. Petersburg, Moscow and London. These facts seem to be in apparent contradiction. The hallmark dates the egg to before 1899, the original case to after 1903, after the opening of the London Branch. Inventory numbers do not generally appear on Imperial Eggs.
A list of objects dated 14-20 September 1917 transferred from the Dowager Empress's Anchikov Palace to the Kremlin Armory and signed by Major-General Yerechov , mentions a "purse of gilt silver in the form of an egg covered with red enamel, with a sapphire" and, separately, "a basket of flowers with diamonds," which probably correspond to this egg and its surprise. It was sold by the State firm Antikvariat in charge of the disposals of Russian Imperial treasure, to an unspecified buyer in 1933 for 2,000 rubles ($1,000), later sold by A La Vieille Russie to the Long Island collector Lansdell Christie, and again by the same New York dealers to Malcolm Forbes as an Imperial egg in 1966. It was exhibited as an Imperial Easter egg twice at the Metropolitan Museum in 1961 and 1996 and at the seminal exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1977, and, up to 1993 has been published by all leading specialists, including Bainbridge (1949), Snowman (1962, 1963, 1964, 1972), Habsburg (1979, 1987, 1993, 1996), Solodkoff (1979, 1984, 1988, 1995) and Hill (1989) as part of the series of Imperial eggs.
Recently, Muntian (1995) and Fabergé/ Proler/Skurlov (1997) have excluded the Spring Flowers Egg from the list of presents made by the last two Tsars. Muntian, based on the 1917 inventory of the Anchikov Palace, now believes that it belonged to the Dowager Empress and assumes that it was presented to her by a relative or close friend.
With its decoration of scrolls and rocaille, the Spring Flowers Egg is a typical example of Michael Perkhin's early Neo-Rococo style, probably dating from the late 1880s or early 1890s. This date is borne out by the early form of Perkhin's initials. Inexplicably, the basket of wild anemones in this early Egg is virtually identical to the surprise contained in the 1913 Winter Egg designed by Alma Pihl in 1913.
Sold in 1933 to an unknown buyer in Paris. 1961 Owned by Lansdell K. Christie, Long Island, New York. 1965 Owned by estate of the late Lansdell Christie. 1966 A La Vieille Russie negotiated private sale on behalf of Christie estate to the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York. February 2004 sold by the Forbes' family to the Vekselberg Foundation/The Link of Times-Collection, Russia.
*Discussion on the Imperial Spring Flowers Egg. One of the Easter eggs bought by Viktor Vekselberg in the spring of 2004 from inheritors of the Forbes fortune, is a counterfeit, according to Valentin Skurlov, Russian expert. Vekselberg's representatives do not doubt the authenticity of the object.


Private equity-backed park operator Verdant Leisure this week confirmed they have taken over Queensberry Bay Holiday Park, in what is thought to be a seven-figure deal.
The purchase brings Verdant's portfolio to nine parks across southern Scotland and north east England, and marks the fifth bolt-on since the company was backed by Palatine Private Equity in April 2016.
Queensberry Bay was controversially granted planning permission by Dumfries and Galloway Council in March this year to expand the site from around 100 pitches to 315, with former owners John Watson and Joanne Doherty saying the development would create jobs and provide an economic boost to the area.
Powfoot residents had voiced concerns that additional traffic could detract from the beauty of the scenic village, and were worried that heavy loads carrying equipment to the site could further damage the already crumbling roads.
However, it appears Queensberry Bay's new owners plan to take full advantage of the site's permission to expand, and Verdant Leisure CEO Graham Hodgson said: "This acquisition is a perfect choice for the Verdant Leisure group in terms of the geographical location.
"It allows us to expand our portfolio from the Borders and Ayrshire to the west of southern Scotland.
"Queensberry Bay will bring a further 315 holiday home pitches and 40 touring pitches to the wider group.
Mr Hodgson formed Verdant Leisure in 2010 in the belief it could grow quickly as a consolidator in a fragmented market.
The firm now operates more than 3000 pitches of privately owned lodges, holiday homes, holiday lettings and touring facilities in Scotland and northern England.
Queensberry Bay is the company's second acquisition in less than a year, having bought the Scoutscroft holiday park in the Scottish Borders in February, and the firm's backers Palatine Private Equity say they are "confident that Verdant will maintain this momentum and continue to grow its portfolio of leisure parks over the next few years".


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using System;

namespace Plugin.Geolocator.Abstractions
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Settings for location listening (only applies to iOS). All defaults are set as indicated in the docs for CLLocationManager.
	/// </summary>
	public class ListenerSettings
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets whether background location updates should be allowed (>= iOS 9). Default:  false
		/// </summary>
		public bool AllowBackgroundUpdates { get; set; } = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets whether location updates should be paused automatically when the location is unlikely to change (>= iOS 6). Default:  true
		/// </summary>
		public bool PauseLocationUpdatesAutomatically { get; set; } = true;

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets the activity type that should be used to determine when to automatically pause location updates (>= iOS 6). Default:  ActivityType.Other
		/// </summary>
		public ActivityType ActivityType { get; set; } = ActivityType.Other;

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets whether the location manager should only listen for significant changes in location, rather than continuous listening (>= iOS 4). Default:  false
		/// </summary>
		public bool ListenForSignificantChanges { get; set; } = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// Gets or sets whether the location manager should defer location updates until an energy efficient time arrives, or distance and time criteria are met (>= iOS 6). Default:  false
		/// </summary>
		public bool DeferLocationUpdates { get; set; } = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// If deferring location updates, the minimum distance to travel before updates are delivered (>= iOS 6). Set to null for indefinite wait. Default:  500
		/// </summary>
		public double? DeferralDistanceMeters { get; set; } = 500;

		/// <summary>
		/// If deferring location updates, the minimum time that should elapse before updates are delivered (>= iOS 6). Set to null for indefinite wait. Default:  5 minutes
		/// </summary>
		/// <value>The time between updates (default:  5 minutes).</value>
		public TimeSpan? DeferralTime { get; set; } = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);

		/// <summary>
		/// A Boolean indicating whether the status bar changes its appearance when an app uses location services in the background. (>= iOS 11). Default: false
		/// </summary>
		public bool ShowsBackgroundLocationIndicator { get; set; } = false;

		/// <summary>
		/// A boolean indicating whether Always permission should be required to start location listening
		/// </summary>
		public bool RequireLocationAlwaysPermission { get; set; } = false;
	}
}


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The City of Wilsonville required a Tourism Development Strategy to provide guidance for directing future efforts aimed at increasing tourism within the community, particularly for overnight stays.
The strategy identified that tourism in Wilsonville is entering a new era that will be characterized by the introduction of new attractors, events, infrastructure and innovative digital marketing. This will require the City of Wilsonville to establish new goals, responsibilities and strategies.
The strategy provided tourism visioning and mission statements. A destination audit presented a clear understanding of the community's tourism assets and the opportunities for growth. It provided directions for investing in its tourism, meetings, leisure and recreation strengths to provide compelling year-round experiences. The strategy was also designed to build Wilsonville's market share, revenue, employment and new business opportunities. Particular focus was given to horse tourism and river recreation.
The strategy was launched in June 2014. The City of Wilsonville has commenced implementation of the tourism strategy.


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How The Cup Carnival Winners Rated
By: Brad Bishop Time published 2022-11-08 at 12:26 PM (GMT +11:00)
A look at how the winners of the Flemington features stack up ratings-wise With the dust now settled on another huge Melbourne Cup Carnival, we try and put the performances of the winners of the biggest races into performances using Timeform ratings as a guide.
GOLD TRIP winning the Lexus Melbourne Cup Picture: Colin Bull / Sportpix
CHAMPIONS SPRINT (1200m)
Of all the Group 1s run on what is now known as Champions Day, the Sprint is traditionally the one that takes the most winning.
Nature Strip went 130 to win last year's edition and 128 in 2019, while Bivouac also pulled a 128 figure to win the year between Nature Strip's two wins.
Roch 'N' Horse's winning figure of 116 was the lowest since became a weight-for-age event and shifted to the final day of the Carnival in 2006.
Factored into that figure if the four-pound allowance for mares, but the lowest-rated male winner in that time is Swick at 120 in 2008.
Other mares to win the Champions Sprint in that time are Black Caviar, who went 129 in 2010 and 124 in 2011, while Miss Andretti rated 127 in 2007.
Nature Strip's Champions Sprint figure of 119 was well down on his career-best of 131, while three-year-old Giga Kick rated 117, which was seven pounds lower than he ran to win The Everest.
CHAMPIONS MILE (1600m)
While the Sprint figures were down on recent editions, the Champions Mile numbers were up, which is no shock given it's shift from handicap to weight-for-age event.
All Too Hard gelding Alligator Blood went 122 to beat Tuvalu (121) and Mr Brightside (119) with the three placegetters all pulling figures that would have been good enough to win the previous five editions.
Alligator Blood's figure was the highest winning number since Le Romain (123) in 2016, while Testa Rossa (129), Boban (126), Turn Me Loose (125) and All Silent (124) are the only other winners to have gone better than 122 since 1990.
CHAMPIONS STAKES (2000m)
The Champions Stakes was touted as a Cox Plate rematch with four of the first five home in The Valley's weight-for-age championship renewing hostilities at Flemington, but none of them ran up to their Cox Plate figure.
Zaaki's winning figure of 121 was two pounds down on what the son of Leroidesanimaux went to win last year but was on-par with recent winning figures for the race formerly known as the Mackinnon Stakes.
The previous six winners were Awesome Rock (122), Tosen Stardom (122), Trap For Fools (118), Magic Wand (119), Arcadia Queen (121) and Zaaki (123) giving the race an average winning figure of 120.83 since shifting to the final day of the Carnival.
Zaaki and runner-up Mo'Unga (120) were the closest to run to their Cox Plate figure, both rating one pound inferior, while Anamoe rated 117 – his worst figure of the spring – after going 126 to win the Cox Plate, while I'm Thunderstruck regressed from 124+ to 114.
The surprise packet was $81 outsider Hezashocka, who entered the race with a peak rating of 108 but pulled a 120 figure after crossing the line second before being relegated to third on protest.
QUEEN'S CUP (2600m)
The Queen's Cup does not carry Group 1 status, but can be won by progressive stayers touted as capable of winning much greater spoils 12 months on – think Makybe Diva, Puissance De Lune and Francis Of Assisi – and many are predicting big things for Soulcombe.
The Chris Waller-trained son of Frankel went 115+ to win this year's edition.
The + is significant for a horse who was having his first Australian start, and just eighth run overall, and stacks up well against recent winners Warning and True Self, who both went 116.
Puissance De Lune's 123 is the highest winning figure since the Group 3 event became a 2600m event in 2010, while Francis Of Assisi went 120 six years later.
Those two both spent time at the head of the Melbourne Cup market in the months following their Queen's Cup wins and Soulcombe sits prominent in betting on the 2023 Melbourne Cup.
He is one of three progressive stayers seen at this year's Spring Carnival being spoken of as leading Melbourne Cup contenders for next year and his figure was superior to White Marlin (112), 5-1/2-length winner of the 2800m race at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, but inferior to Group 2 Moonee Valley Cup winner Francesco Guardi (118).
MELBOURNE CUP (3200m)
This year's Melbourne Cup had a bit to live up to off the back of Verry Elleegant's 127-rating win 12 months earlier and while Gold Trip was unable to match that number, he did post a figure that has been bettered only three times in the post-Makybe Diva era.
The son of Outstrip's two-length win earned him a rating of 125, the same as Makybe Diva went in the second of her Cup wins and matched by Delta Blues (2006), Fiorente (2013) and Cross Counter (2018) since.
Only Verry Elleegant, Protectionist (128) and Americain (126) have gone better than 125 since Makybe Diva went 129 when completing her Cup hat-trick.
Saintly and Might And Power, who each went 128 in 1996 and 1997 respectively, are the only other Cup winners to go better than 125 since 1990.
VICTORIA DERBY (2500m)
The Victoria Derby was spoken up as being one of the 'classiest' Derbys in recent times, but Manzoice's winning figure of 114 is the second-lowest since Amalfi went that number in 2001.
The only lower-rating Derby was the 2020 edition, which Johnny Get Angry won in 112.
Manzoice's number was just one pound down on Warning (2019) and Extra Brut (2018), while Preferment (2016) went 116.
Preferment's Derby-winning figure was the peak number Sharp 'N' Smart entered the race with but he ran to 112 the week after winning the Spring Champions Stakes.
COOLMORE STUD STAKES (1200m)
In Secret posted the highest Coolmore Stud Stakes-winning figure by a filly since Gold Edition when she denied the boys in the other three-year-old feature on Day 1.
The daughter of I Am Invincible earned a rating of 120, which was two pounds superior to 2012 winner Nechita, while the previous fillies to win – Sunlight (201) and September Run (2020) – both ran to 116.
Gold Edition still holds the benchmark for a filly, though, having gone 122 in her four-length romp in 2006, which was the first edition run at Group 1 level on Derby Day.
Taking into account the four-pound fillies allowance, In Secret can be assessed as a 124 performer, which is one pound less than Home Affairs went to win last year's race, the same figure allocated to Exceedance in 2019.
Flying Artie, who went 127 in 2016, is the highest-rating winner in the history of the Coolmore.
EMPIRE ROSE STAKES (1600m)
All the talk heading into the Empire Rose Stakes was about Kiwi star La Crique, but she was unale to replicate her peak figure of 116, running to 108 which was only good enough for fourth placing.
The winner was Icebath, who ran to 111+, which was down on her 115+ peak, returned when runner-up to Anamoe in the George Main Stakes earlier in spring.
That was nowhere near the highest figure posted since the race was elevated to Group 1 status in 2004 – Typhoon Tracy's 123 in 2009 – but rated similarly to Appearance, I Am A Star and Shout The Bar, who all ran to 111, and superior to Lyrical Bid (110).
VRC OAKS (2500m)
She's Extreme enjoyed a clear ratings edge over her rivals and she exerted that with a fine display, running to 111+, which was a slight increase on 110 performances when a minor placegetter at her previous two, and superior to most recent winners of the Oaks.
Miami Bound, who went 113 in 2019, was the only higher-rating winner in the past six years, while Pinot (2017) rated 111 without the +.
Lasqueti Spirit (2016) went 110, Aristia (2018) and Personal (2020) both 109, while Willowy earned a figure of 108 for her win last year.
Miss Finland (2006) and Mosheen (2011) are the benchmark winners of the Oaks from a Timeform perspective in the past 30 years, both running to 124.
Champions Sprint
Nature Strip
Roch 'N' Horse
Miss Andretti
Giga Kick
Champions Mile
Alligator Blood
Mr Brightside
Zaaki
Awesome Rock
Tosen Stardom
Trap For Fools
Mosheen
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