Jay's Gourmet Pizza & Seafood – Lunch / Dinner – December 31, 2019 – Carlsbad, CA.
A sweet little corner restaurant nestled in the small adorable beach town of Carlsbad. From the moment you walk in you know you are in a family establishment. Here all of the staff is family, every one of them working here over the course of many years. Their stories will truly warn your heart, and it's all part of the overall ambiance. My beautiful, charming hostess, Ashley Hayden, has been working at Jay's for over 20 years. At age 21 she started as a hostess, she left for a bit but came back, and really loves her job.
They are all so close that Ashley's best friend Courtney got her job at Jay's through Ashley. Courtney ended up marrying owner Jay Meotamedi, and they have been married for 10 years now. Ashley's other friend Shelly also met her husband at Jay's, which happens to be Jay's brother Johnny. A true family affair, but even the customers are made to feel like family when they are dining at Jay's. Jay has had many other restaurants in adjacent cities, but recently closed all of them and puts all of his energy into his one special original restaurant.
Eddie Garcia is the prep chef, and he does all of the homemade fare: like their wonderful meatballs, soups, sauces, and all of their delicious salad dressings. He also makes their bread dough from scratch. Customers know when Eddie is not there, they can tell because things taste just a bit different.
Fresh Clams in a red or white wine garlic sauce. Oh my goodness, these calms are so huge, with plump tender flavors of garlic and better, a true keeper.
Minestrone Soup: Home made tomato based soup with fresh vegetables, beans & pasta. I always know that the food is going to be great by the soup, and this minestrone soup doesn't disappoint.
Clam Chowder: New England style with corn and bacon. A nice creamy rendition with added oregano for a real added Italian flavor.
Seafood Salad: Shrimp, salmon, calamari and scallops over house salad, with creamy Italian or vinaigrette dressing. The seafood is served warm, so it's got its own unique flavors on top of what the dressing adds as an extra creamy zest. Hands down I would have to order this salad every time I would come to Jay's. It has got everything you would want in a seafood salad.
BBQ Chicken Pizza, with chicken and red onion. This pizza has a very crispy crust, with lots of BBQ sauce and moist chicken – it's a real winner.
Veal Marsala: Veal and mushrooms in a Marsala wine sauce, with side linguini in meat sauce. The veal is cooked very tender and the mushrooms are large and fruity, the Marsala sauce just took my breath away.
Cioppino: New Zealand mussels, clams, salmon, jumbo shrimp, halibut and crab in a savory marinara sauce with linguini. The mussels in this cioppino are huge and incredibly meaty, and the sauce is very delicate. All in all it's a great Cioppino.
Fresh Jumbo Scallops with Sea Scallops sautéed in a white or red wine garlic sauce with spinach and fresh tomatoes over linguini. A very light garlic sauce enhances the simple taste of the scallops. If you're a scallop lover like I am, order this dish – it's amazing!
Meat Sauce, with home made meatballs or sausage. The meatball has such great consistency and flavor, very much comfort food.
Pasta Ala Pesto: Pesto, Romano cheese, sun dried tomato, and pine nuts over pasta. This is so different then what you would expect. It is a creamy pesto, and the sauce is not super green like a typical pesto sauce, but that doesn't matter because it is terrific.
Crème Brulee: Nice little fresh raspberries make this one the best of the best list. It is remarkably creamy and delicious.
Triple Chocolate Cake: Layers of rich chocolate goodness make this an extremely decadent dessert that Jay's offers. Try it, you will be very happy.
Normally I do many wines as pairings with my meal, but since this was a daytime tasting and I had to drive 2 hours directly after, I ordered a simple glass of Chardonnay. However, they do have a nice variety of wines to choose from.
The atmosphere is funky, clean and cozy, kind of like a home away from home. Surfboards adorn the walls, with a fun chalkboard describing their desserts. They have no refrigerators because everything is fresh every day. You can taste how fresh the food is with every glorious bite.
On any given day you will see celebrities – they come in to eat and get away from the craziness of Hollywood, but still do get noticed. John Cena has been seen eating a great seafood meal here.
Customers are locals, as well as tourist folks who come here from Arizona; they come to escape the heat. They also get many people from the close-by Carlsbad Hotel.
Ashley talked about how the neighborhood has changed, and that 6 new restaurants have recently opened. But, she says that her base customers go and try the new kids on the block, but always come back for Jay's perfect seafood menu items.
I just loved this little Gem in the heart of Carlsbad. It has everything you would want from an Italian Seafood Restaurant, including heart, fantastic food, and charm. It will become one of my staples when I am visiting North County, San Diego.
Veneto's – Lunch/Dinner– December 30, 2018 – Oceanside CA.
Located in the historical part of Oceanside, on California US Route 101 (AKA Coast Highway) lays a true original. It boosts delicious authentic Italian food right in the heart of one of America's most popular surf destinations, so close to the ocean you can see it from the street.
Even though the food here is stellar, the real treat is meeting restaurateur Pino Bottalico. Pino is no stranger to the culinary world having run popular restaurants for the last 30 years. He got his start from his father at the young age of 8 in the Southern region of Italy. Pino hails from Puglia, Italy; at 19 he made his way to Florida and landed a job at Alfredo's in the Italian Pavilion of Disney's Epcot in Orlando. After a brief stint back in Italy he came back and continued his culinary career in Encinitas by opening Pino's, then worked at Tuscany in La Costa and Il Fornaio. Pino was featured in 2 magazines recently; Mainstreet Oceanside, and The Coast News. Veneto's has been opened for 14 months.
Veneto's specializes in classic dishes from many regions in Italy. The name Veneto or Venetia comes from the northeastern part of Italy where it is located, between the Alps and the Adriatic Sea, Venice and Verona being among them.
Pino is in touch with the community and what Veneto's old customers want to keep as their tradition. Pino is keeping Veneto's fresh and exciting, has live music on the weekends and a wine tasting on Tuesday.
The interior is cozy and quaint with a lovely mural of a Venice canal neighborhood (having been there I recognized the area). They play a variety of great music: from Frank Sinatra, Opera, to Nat King Cole, they have it all covered. There was a nice bar scene during their lunch hours as well, tourists, military and locals alike, enjoying their food and friends.
Thai Calamari: Lightly breaded squid, cooked to a crispy golden brown, tossed with a sweet chili sauce. These little darlings came with both a nice marinara sauce, and a delicious Thai sweet chili, both sauces were killer.
Funghi Alla Padella: Sautéed seasonal bottom mushrooms in Marsala wine sauce, plump mushroom with an amazing sauce, just the ideal way to start my wonderful meal.
Garlic Knots, Served w/ marinara sauce. These knots are just scrumptious with lots of great garlic flavor, a perfect accompaniment.
Insalata Di Spinaci: Baby spinach, goat cheese, olives, walnuts & crisp pancetta in warm pancetta Italian dressing. The dressing is tangy and the pancetta is hearty, just a nice spinach salad.
Seafood Linguini: Lots of perfect seafood tossed in a wonderful light red sauce, every bite cooked delicately, with nice tomato nuances.
Fettuccini Alfredo: Flat slender noodles sautéed in a rich cream sauce. Oh there is nothing better then a super creamy Fettuccini Alfredo, one of my most favorite pasta dishes.
Osso Bucco: Tender Veal Shank, braised vegetables in a tomato white wine sauce, served over creamy Parmesan risotto. This dish is just like a Jewish Grandmother's stew but Italian. It is the same type of warm yummy comfort food, and the risotto is the perfect addition.
Stuffed Eggplant Florentine: Fresh marinated eggplant stuffed with ricotta cheese spinach and Italian herbs. Baked and topped with melted mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce served with penne ala vodka. Another super fantastic dish, with all of the right seasonings, cooked to perfection.
Homemade Tiramisu: Layers of ladyfingers cookies and sweet creamy coffee inspired whipped cream, served with a drizzle of syrup. A large healthy piece packed with all of the creamy coffee goodness you would expect, but just a touch more elegant.
Cannoli: Crunchy cannoli shell stuffed with a sweet, creamy, chocolate chip filling. This for me was the cat's meow. The filling is what I really loved, yum!
I had a couple nice glasses of Chardonnay to taste, but because it was a daytime tasting I did not do my usual extended wine pairing. Their wine list is very good for single glasses. I had a glass of Josh, Craftsman's Collection. They have a well-rounded list of wines to choose from.
When the word gets out about the great food at Veneto's it will be a hard place to get into, so get there now! This place is a keeper; in this fun beachside community you can have perfectly authentic Italian cuisine that is fresh and affordable. Mangiamo.
The 87TH Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade – November 25, 2018 – Hollywood, CA.
The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will be hosted by Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams, featuring Marine Toys for Tots with Nancy O'Dell as this year's Grand Marshall, with special co-hosts Elizabeth Stanton and Garrett Clayton. Taped for network television, the live event will premiere as a two-hour special on The CW on Friday, December 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET / PT (7:00 p.m. CT). The Marine Toys for Tots program, which is essential in providing gifts to less fortunate children everywhere, will also air to more than one million American service men and women worldwide on American Forces Network. The event will be presented and produced by Associated Television International, in association with The City of Los Angeles.
A true Hollywood yearly tradition, the parade attracts more than one million in attendance each year, with larger than life inflatable character balloons, award winning bands, colorful equestrians, ornate floats, popular characters/novelties, celebrity filled cars and, of course, Santa Claus making the much heralded trek down the over three mile parade route.
12 Pre-Parade Concert Performers: THE TEARAWAYS (Singing "Stuff Your Stocking"), THE BAND OF MERRYMAKERS (Singing "Christmas Everyday"), MAGICIAN ED ALONZO (Star of The CW's Primetime Hit Show, Masters of Illusion), MIKALAH GORDON (Singing "Mary Did You Know"), BLAKE LEWIS (Singing "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman"), CLARE DUNN (Singing "More" and "O Holy Night"), ELLIOTT YAMIN (Singing "This Christmas"), KIMBERLY CALDWELL-HARVEY (Singing "All I Want For Christmas"), DAVID ARCHULETA (Singing "Christmas Everyday" and "Holly Jolly Christmas"), ASHANTI (Singing "Let It Snow"), RUBEN STUDDARD (Singing "Every Year, Every Christmas"), RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! (Special Performance).
4 Additional Appearances (Telecast Only): DONNY AND MARIE OSMOND, THE BEACH BOYS Performing Mike Love's new single "(You'll Never Be) Alone on Christmas Day", JANE LYNCH, KATE FLANNERY and TIM DAVIS, LUDACRIS Special Tribute To Marine Toys For Tots.
5 Live Parade Performances: THE CUBCAKES CREW (Youth Dance Group from Los Angeles, CA), CELTIC IRISH DANCE ACADEMY (Burbank, CA),TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE CADETTES (Athens, TX),CAMP BROADWAY (Award-winning youth theatre company from Venice, CA), 34TH & PHUNK (Skilled Hip-Hop Dancers from across the country).
2 Street Performers: Magicians JIBRIZY and NAATHAN PHAN, Stars of The CW's Primetime Hit Show, Masters of Illusion, will be performing Christmas Street Magic for Grandstand Ticket Holders).
4 Parade Hosts: ERIK ESTRADA, LAURA MCKENZIE, DEAN CAIN and MONTEL WILLIAMS.
Parade Co-Hosts: ELIZABETH STANTON and GARRETT CLAYTON.
Grand Marshal: NANCY O'DELL, Grand Marshal, The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Featuring Marine Toys For Tots and Entertainment Tonight Television Icon.
114 Award-Winning Bands From Around The Country: Marine Band San Diego with U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard ("Hooray For Hollywood" and "Marine Hymn"),Thomas Jefferson High School Jaguar Marching Band (Bloomington, MN),Korean American Youth Performing Artists (KAYPA) (Chino, CA), Carrollton Trojan High School Marching Band now celebrating their 70th Anniversary (Carrollton, GA),The Salvation Army Band (Los Angeles, CA), O'Fallen Township Marching Panthers (O'Fallen, IL), Habersham Central High School Band (Mt. Airy, GA), Northwest Guilford Marching Viking Band (Greensboro, NC), Pacific American Volunteer Association World Traditional Korean Marching Band (PAVA World, Los Angeles, CA), El Roble Intermediate School Marching Band and Color Guard (Claremont, CA), Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums (an Irish pipe band from Los Angeles, CA), Summit High School (Fontana, CA), Chatfield Senior High "Charger" Marching Band (Littleton, CO), Los Angeles Catholic Schools Band (Torrance, CA).
4 Equestrian Units: Knott's Merry Farm (Buena Park, CA) with Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Lucy with spokesperson Tim Klega, Express Employment Professionals Present The Express Clydesdales, Broken Horn Ropers (Sponsored by The Broken Horn Saddlery of Baldwin Park, CA),Majestic Acres (Ramona, CA).
50 Characters/Novelties: United States Marine Corps Color Guard, 36 Movie Picture Cars Supplied by Nate Trumans' Star Center, including: Barmobile with original Robin (Burt Ward), Green Hornet (Black Beauty), CHIPS Motorcycles, Covertte Summer, MAGNUM PI Ferrari, Griswold's Wagon Queen Family Truckster, TRUE ROMANCE, PIZZA PLANET Truck, Cars Francesa, BACK TO THE FUTURE Deloreon 1, 2 and 3, Marty McFly Toyota Dream Truck, Highway Patrol, MAYBERRY RFD Police Cruisers, STARSKY & HUTCH, DUKES OF HAZZARD, SMOKEY & THE BANDIT, HERBIE THE LOVE BUG, HERBIE, BLUESMOBILE, BAYWATCH Lifeguard Truck (Ski-Doos), KNIGHT RIDER Kitt, KNIGHT RIDER Karr, Mustang Kitt, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLE Van, Rad Truck, TRANSFORMERS Bumblebee Original, Bumblebee 2, ITALIAN JOB Mini Cooper, FAST AND FURIOUS Jezebelle, AUSTIN POWERS Shaguar, SCOOBY DOO Mystery Machine, JURUASIC PARK Jeep, JURRASIC PARK Explorer, Sci-Fi UFO/Gotham Patrol Car, United States Air Force Color Guard, P51 Mustang and F16 Mini Jets with Lieutenant General John F. Thompson, GUMBY with Joan Clokey, 501st Legion & Rebel Legions including 189 Characters, Ripley's Believe It or Not! (celebrating their 100th Anniversary) with Spokesperson Sabrina Sieck and 109-Year-Old Man, Art Jensen), Esporesto.com Porsche, The Salvation Army VW Bug, Aquarium of the Pacific, Trolley with International Visitors Council Friends of Sister Cities , Masha and the Bear with Kaitlyn McCormick.
14 Floats: Nebuta Marching Unit and Nebuta Float inspired by the popular Nebuta Festival of Aomori Prefecure, one of the largest and most famous festivals in all of Japan that dates back hundreds of years,The Way To Happiness with Kerri Kasem (Producer, Writer, Radio Personality and Daughter of the late legendary Casey Kasem), The Hanart Chinese Latern Festival, Santa Claus and His Reindeer, ushering in the holiday season, accompanied by two United States Marine Corps escorts, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew McDonald and First Sergeant Bill Holodnak.
16 Parade Sponsors: Marine Toys For Tots, which collects and distributes toys bringing annual holiday cheer to young children worldwide, The Salvation Army, founded in 1865, which has brass bands in worldwide regions known for their charitable work, Ripley's Believe It or Not! – Hollywood now celebrating their 100th Anniversary of everything odd, unusual or just plain weird, Masha and The Bear, the animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov, starring Kaitlyn McCormick as the English voice of Masha, Easy Choice Health Plan offering a variety of 2019 Medicare Advantage plans , GUMBY – Joan Clokey of Clokey Productions/Premavision Studios carries on Gumby's 60-year legacy created by Art Clokey, Esposito Porsche Restoration helping you achieve the body you always wanted, Hanart Chinese Lantern Festival now at the Pomona Fairplex through January 6, 2019 with 1000 larger-than-life lanterns, Carvana, where you can buy your next car 100% online, Banc of California, Express Employment Professionals, putting a million people to work annually Present The Express Clydesdales, an eight-horse hitch with each horse weighing 2000 pounds, standing 20 hands high, Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, now celebrating its 20th Anniversary as a non-profit dedicated to ocean conservation and education, Torrey Pines Bank, Los Angeles Nebuta Marching Unit and Float inspired by the popular Nebuta Festival of Aomori Prefecture, one of the most famous festivals in Japan, CalPrivate Bank, Knott's Merry Farm, celebrating the Merry Christmas, Snoopy!
5 Media Sponsors: The CW Network, Entertainment Tonight , Variety , KOST 103.5 FM, POPSTAR!
2018 marks the historic 87th Anniversary of the Hollywood Christmas Parade, an American tradition. The parade is produced by Associated Television International and presented in association with The City of Los Angeles on the streets of Hollywood, CA on Sunday, November 25, 2018. The Pre-Parade Concert is from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. The Parade is from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
During the Red Carpet Arrivals Council member Mitch O'Farrell will present Grand Marshall Nancy O'Dell with a Certificate of Recognition on behalf of The City of Los Angeles. Parade Co-Hosts, Erik Estrada and Laura McKenzie will present an award to Author Services, Inc. recognizing their 10th Anniversary of hosting the parade and their 10th Anniversary of Stories of the Golden Age, which kicked off at the parade 10 years ago.
The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade Featuring Marine Toys For Tots will premiere as a two-hour prime time special on The CW Network on Friday, December 14, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT (7:00 p.m. CT) and will be seen on Hallmark after The CW broadcast. The parade will also air to more than one million American servicemen and women worldwide on the American Forces Network at 12-Noon on December 25, 2018, Christmas Day.
This parade always gets me ready for the festive holiday season, with all of the joy and merriment. It just kicks the holiday season into full happy mode for me. It would not be the same if I didn't attend. I just love everything that the parade has to offer.
Dinner – Pasta Mia West – November 7th, 2018 – Las Vegas, NV.
A little gem of a restaurant, Pasta Mia is in the middle of Sin City, with its two locations; this is one dining experience you don't want to miss! Pasta Mia West is nestled in a mini strip mall on the West side of Las Vegas. Far enough away from all of the hustle and bustle of the noisy strip, yet close enough to schmooze with the locals – a unique experience, one that I really enjoyed! Pasta Mia West has excellent authentic Italian food with all of the bells and whistles that you would expect from a big city like Las Vegas.
Prosciutto Ham with Parmigiano Cheese – a delightful appetizer, with a delicious array of cheese and prosciutto.
Sea Scallops served with seasonal vegetables – Big fresh bay scallops, with a sweet light lemon sauce, terrific!
Pasta Portofino, with Clams, Mussels, Calamari, and Lobster on a bed of Spaghetti and marinara – I just loved this dish, it had a lovely amount of fresh seafood in a very flavorful red sauce. All of the clams, mussels, and shellfish just popped in your mouth.
Scampi Shrimp in Garlic, Butter Sauce – another great dish filled with nice light garlic flavors, in a balanced butter sauce.
Veal Marsala, Tender Veal breast with sautéed mushroom in a dry Marsala wine sauce – The veal is super tender with a sweet mushroom Marsala sauce that hit the spot.
Fettuccine Shrimp & Mushrooms, Pink Creamy Alfredo Sauce, with Porcini Mushrooms – The porcini flavor adds a subtle nuance to this delicious pasta dish, and the shrimp are butterflied and just spectacular.
Italian restaurants attempt to do this the traditional way, but Pasta Mia succeeds with flying colors.
Tiramisu, Mascarpone Cheese, Espresso, Rum, Lady Fingers, and Cocoa – This dessert is so smooth and delicious, just spectacular.
Chardonnay, Meridian, Santa Barbara, CA.
About The Chef: Chef-owner Armando Martinez has been a notable chef in the Las Vegas area for over 29 years. As one of the openers for the famous Piero's Italian Restaurant, he has served his old world Italian pasta dishes to some of the world's most iconic celebrities, including Celine Dion, Andre Agassi, and Brooke Shields. Splitting his duties as chef and owner of Pasta Mia West, chef Armando has been celebrated in the Las Vegas area since opening his restaurant more than two decades ago. Chef Armando is a winner of the Award of Excellence and is also a Five Star Award Winner.
Pasta Mia is truly an award-winning Northern Italian cuisine. Having stood the test of time in a city that sees restaurants come and go, Pasta Mia West continues to draw rave reviews for its Northern Italian cuisine, especially its pasta. Linguine with fresh mussels, lasagna Bolognese, and a multitude of other pasta masterpieces stand out here.
Crisp linens set the tone for an elegant dinner, while a garden patio waits to whisk guests away from the noise and random downpours of confetti that beleaguer the Strip.
My meal was so fantastic; every little ingredient was fresh and perfect. I was so happy to be here. This is what I call a hidden gem, a spot that someone has to take you too, but luckily I found Pasta Mia on my own. I would go every time I am in Las Vegas it is just that good!
The interior is very basic Italian, with hand-painted murals of the iconic Rialto Bridge in Venice, the perfect spot for a portrait or selfie. But you're not at Pasta Mia for the ambiance; the cuisine is the real winner here.
"Rated Excellent" – Zagat, Award of Excellence Winner, Five Star Award Winner, "Pasta Mia's food is so good, you'll finish the huge portions even if you don't want to"! Heidi Knapp Rinella – Las Vegas Review – Journal.
Sunday – October 28, 2018 – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation Celebrates It's 30th Anniversary With Annual A Time for Heroes Family Festival – Smashbox Studios – Culver City, CA.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation celebrated 30 years with their annual A Time For Heroes Family Festival. Olivia Munn, Ariel Winter, Gilles Marini, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Sarah and Erin Foster were some of the notable celebrities who came to show their support by attending the family festival. A Time for Heroes raises critical funds needed to end AIDS in children. Since its inception in 1990, the event has raised more than 35 million dollars toward its goal of creating a world where no child has AIDS. Celebrity guests and supporters enjoyed delicious food from top local eateries, games for all ages, and high-energy entertainment. The festivities kicked off at noon and included a day of fun for both celebrity attendees and Angeleno families alike. Guests enjoyed carnival activities such as hula hooping, life-sized jenga, a virtual reality booth, painting, DIY cookie decorating, and more. The day was capped off with an upbeat performance by HIV-positive Danish singer, Thomas Muchimba Buttenschøn. The global leader in the fight to end AIDS in children.
EGPAF supports over 1 million people worldwide, including nearly 70,000 children, on life-saving medications. Operating at over 5,000 sites in 19 countries around the world, EGPAF has reached more than 27 million pregnant women with services to block transmission of HIV to their babies. This work has prevented over 300,000 pediatric HIV infections since 2004.
The 2018 Heroes Host Confirmed Committee: Adam Irigoyen (The Fosters), Ali Landry (Actress), Alison Sweeney (Days of Our Lives), Andy Allo (Singer), Ariel Winter (Modern Family), Aubrey Anderson Emmons (Modern Family), Bryan Geenberg (Actor), Courtney Cox (Cougar Town), Christine Taylor (Arrested Development), Chuck Liddell (UFC Fighter), Dustin and Lisa Hoffman (Actor), Erin Foster (Barely Famous), Fatima Ptacek (voice of Dora on Dora the Explorer), Forrest Wheeler (Fresh off the Boat), Gilles Marini (SATC movie), Hudson Yang (Fresh off the Boat),Ian Chen (Fresh off the Boat), Jack Dylan Grazer (Beautiful Boy), Jake Short (All Night), John Salley (Sin City Saints), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Justin Hartley (This is US), Kate Mara (Pose), Kristen Bell (Like Father), Lizzy Greene (A Million Little Things), Magic Johnson (Former NBA Player), Marisol Nichols (Riverdale), Mason Cook (Speechless), Med Donnelly (American Housewife), Mena Suvari (American Reunion), Olivia Munn (X-Men), Parker Bates (This is US), Perez Hilton (Celebrity Blogger), Randy Jackson (American Idol), Robbie Amell + Italia Ricci (The Flash), Sara Foster (Barely Famous), Sean Giambrone (The Goldbergs), Steve Guttenberg (Ballers), Tan France (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy), Tia Mowry (Me, Myself and I), Tiffani Thiessen (White Collar), Vanessa Williams (Actress and Singer).
Confirmed Celebrity attendees included: Ariana Greenblatt (Stuck in the Middle), Ariel Winter (Modern Family), Aubrey Anderson Emmons (Modern Family), Chuck Liddell (UFC Fighter), Daniel DiMaggio (American Housewife), Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl), Erin Foster (Barely Famous), Faithe Herman (This is US), Fatima Ptacek, Forrest Wheeler (Fresh off the Boat), Gilles Marini (Separated at Birth), Hudson Yang (Fresh off the Boat), Ian Chen (Fresh off the Boat), Jade Pettyjohn (School of Rock), Jason Dolley (Good Luck Charlie), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings), Joshua Rush (Andi Mack), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless), Olivia Munn (X-Men), Mason Cook (Speechless), Meg Donnelly (American Housewife), Parker Bates (This is US), Perez Hilton (Celebrity Blogger), Randy Jackson (American Idol), Raegan Revord (Young Sheldon), Sean Giambrone (The Goldbergs), Ser'Darius Blain (Charmed), Sara Foster (Barely Famous), Steve Guttenberg (Ballers), Tia Carrere (Actress and Singer).
The day was so much fun, with all of the kid friendly activities, and delicious food. I turned into a kid for the day, making cardboard cats and hand painted tiles, creative and adventurous was my theme for the day, and it worked.
The 2nd Annual Los Angeles Westside Food & Wine Festival benefiting The Westside Food Bank. Showcasing some of LA's best culinary talent and finest winemakers in Southern California. There were over 25 food, wine, beer, spirit, beer, drink purveyors and vendors providing scrumptious samples no one left hungry or thirsty from this event!
Gold Sponsors Culver City Honda & Culver City Toyota are among quite a few other great sponsors and vendors including Wescom (Big Blue Truck), T Mobile (Truck), Madmen, Renewal by Anderson, Winning Ways, Acme Sign and Design, Get Around Ride Sharing, Figo Italian Blazers/Suits. Live Music, DJ, Strolling Magic and multiple Entertainers including family friendly kid's stuff. During the festival (arts & crafts, games, photo booth). There will be food, entertainment, music, sponsors, vendors and giveaways outside.
LA Weekly, Yelp, LA Art Party, The Argonaut, Coast to Coast Newspaper & The Culver City News and The Culver City Chamber of Commerce were the Media Sponsors.
Food Vendors: Stonefire Grill, Benny's Tacos, Fresh Brothers Pizza, Gourmet Paper Plates Catering, Marriott Hotel Catering, Deep Seeded LA, Fresh Farm to you, Distefano Burrata Cheese, My Mochi, Red Shoe Cakes, L.A. Sweet Tooth Confections, Champaine CBD desserts, Kind Bars, Go Go Squeeze, Panini Kabob (Silent Auction), and Luna Olive Oil.
Liquor and Drink Vendors: Obvious Wines, San Antonio Winery/Riboli Wines, Smog City Brewing, Embajador tequila, Blossom Brothers Wines, The Scotch Whiskey Society, One Hope Wines, VeroVino Wines, Harajuku Taproom-Baird Beer & Sake, Botran Rum, Zignum Mexcal, My Wine Society, Wood Bottle Wines, Wine Water, Topa Chico Sparkling Water, Kevita Kombucha, Vita Coco, Naked Juice Truck, and Essential Water.
Silent Auction with art, sports, paintings, pictures and unique items to help benefit the Marvin Elliot, Todd Elliot's father, medical bill expenses fund.
Last year's Inaugural Festival was the Culver City Centennial Westside Food & Wine Festival.
This is a great way to spend he afternoon, with delicious food, libation and wonderful people, a nice relaxing vibe.
Blue Point Coastal Cuisine – Dinner Oct. 11, 2018 – San Diego, CA.
This was such a wonderful experience. They have the freshest seafood, and everything is done with such precision and attention to detail, I just can't say enough about this great restaurant.
Owned by David and Leslie Cohn, they have 24 total restaurants in Southern California. But Blue Point Coastal Cuisine was meant to be a fine dining, all sustainable, seafood experience in the Gaslamp district, and they have succeeded. They really go above and beyond, and want to make every customer happy, so that they come back for more.
This corner spot on 5th Ave., in the Gaslamp district, has such great street views of all of the partygoers that entertaining you while you are doing. The interior has a large aquarium which adds to the over all ambiance. Ceiling fans and large sconce type drop fixtures make for an elegant interior. The music is all about romance, with nice ballads.
Executive Chef Samuel Jeffrey is French trained, so many of his dishes have classic nuances. Chef Di Cuisine, Edgar Sierra came out and sat with me, he explained how he tailored my dishes to me being by myself and wanting to have me try a wide variety of dishes, but all were made in small single tasting portions. My server, the handsome Dave Babcock, has been with the restaurant since they opened, he loves his job and added a nice touch to my overall experience.
Traditional Vodka Martini, this is my jam, I love to start my meal with an oldie but goodie. They gave me a sidecar, which I totally love! The olives are stuffed with Blue cheese.
Assorted Fresh Oysters, on the half shell with prosecco mignonette. A nice assortment, every single one was fresh and just astounding.
Blue Point Lobster Bisque, with sherry and creme fraiche. This is one of my favorite soups, but Blue Point Coastal nailed it. Really the best bisque ever. I would just go back to enjoy this soup again and order nothing else.
Wild Mushroom Ravioli, with port wine truffle sauce. Its kind of sweet, with a dash of what tasted to me like vinegar, truly delicious.
Seared Day Boat Scallops, potato galette, green apple, arugula, shaved asparagus, pomegranate, and champagne citrus gastric. OMG, just delightful, a perfect scallop dishes.
Peppercorn Ahi & Blackened Shrimp, with basmati rice, creamy spinach, asparagus, avocado cilantro coulis, and honey balsamic reduction. My fantastic server David said I had to try this, he was right, wow.
Cioppino, seabass, shrimp, king crab leg, clams, mussels, and a spicy tomato broth. This Cioppino has all of its bases covered, and the fish is just superb.
8 oz. Filet Mignon, garlic mashed potato, summer vegetable, and honey ancho pepper sauce. There is just nothing that is bad here; every dish was tasty and perfect, including this steak!
Herb Crusted New Zealand Rack of Lamb, spicy lamb sausage, Japanese eggplant, and flageolet beans. The lamp was cooked rare, and the beans are just the best part of this dish.
Red King Crab, again nothing here is disappointing, these were truly amazing.
Creamy Spinach With Homemade sausage. I loved the spinach in this dish.
They make their own bread daily and it has survived 3 different chefs.
Raspberry Macaroon, citrus mousseline, and cheesecake ice cream. You need a knife to cut threw this glorious huge cookie.
Ice Cream Plate, chef's selection of three housemade ice creams. These were refreshing and a perfect way to cleanse my palate.
Chardonnay, Dry Creek Estate Block 10, Russian River – 2016. This wine goes with any of the seafood dishes, but I liked it with the fresh oysters the best.
Chardonnay, Ferrari-Carano, Sonoma – 2016. One of my favorite Chardonnays, you have to try this with the crab, and the Cioppino.
Zinfandel, Neal, Napa Valley – 2015. Well of course this wine would be perfect with the Steak or the Lamb, its fruity and add a nice balance with the meat dishes.
I am telling you hands down, just the best food of my trip. Take my advice and try this glorious Seafood restaurant in the Gaslamp district, like me you will want to make Blue Point Coastal Cuisine your new destination restaurant in San Diego.


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Louisiana Has Failed to Protect Black Communities from Toxic Air
Community groups file civil rights complaint with EPA against state agencies
Erin Fitzgerald, efitzgerald@earthjustice.org
Washington, D.C. —
Today, Earthjustice and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of Concerned Citizens of St. John and the Sierra Club, submitted a complaint to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Louisiana Department of Health for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Black residents of St. John the Baptist Parish have been subjected to disproportionate air pollution and extremely high cancer risk caused by various manufacturing facilities, including the Denka neoprene production plant. These agencies have failed to control hazardous air pollution and mitigate its harm. Administrator Michael Regan visited St. John the Baptist Parish on his "Journey to Justice" in late fall 2021 due to the severe environmental injustice this community has faced and is facing.
"For years, we have tried to engage with state agencies and local officials to share our concerns about our communities' ongoing exposure to toxic air pollution and the extraordinarily high rates of cancer we experience. But we have been dismissed time and again," said Mary Hampton of Concerned Citizens of St. John. "It is unacceptable that we've been ignored for so long, and so now we're asking the EPA to step in to protect our civil rights, including to have equal protection from environmental harm, and to ensure that our right to breathe clean air is finally enforced."
"Environmental injustice in St. John the Baptist Parish has created a public health emergency," said Deena Tumeh, Earthjustice attorney representing CCSJ and Sierra Club on the Title VI complaint. "This predominantly Black community suffers disproportionate exposure to toxic air pollution and, as a result, the highest cancer risk from air pollution in the nation. EPA must protect the civil rights of St. John's Black residents and ensure that federal funds are not used to discriminate on the basis of race."
"It is beyond time for the EPA to step in to protect the residents of St. John the Baptist Parish from environmental racism," said Dorian Spence, director of the Special Litigation and Advocacy Project at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law."The Louisiana Department of Health and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality have abandoned their duty to protect this majority Black community. Intervention from the EPA is critical to protect the health and wellness of the residents of St. John."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must step in and protect the residents of St. John the Baptist Parish," stated Jane Williams, chair of the Sierra Club's National Clean Air Team. "Louisiana has failed to protect fenceline communities, including St. John residents, from the harms of highly polluting facilities. Now is the time to act."
About the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law — The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers' Committee), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice for all, particularly in the areas of voting rights, criminal justice, fair housing and community development, economic justice, educational opportunities, and hate crimes. For more information, please visit https://lawyerscommittee.org.
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Ways To Reduce Fleet Fuel Costs
Every organization that strives to maintain a positive bottom line and continued financial success requires all departments to keep a stringent eye on expenses.
Commercial trucking enterprises operate hundreds of vehicles from locations throughout the United States. The fuel costs of transportation contribute a large chunk towards the total; approximately 60% of overall operating costs. Companies that strive to optimize logistics operations must find ways to minimize fuel expenses and one of the best ways to do that is by managing these cost with a fuelz card.
Fuel is a highly volatile commodity, and its price remains subject to frequent fluctuations. Though low fuel prices have contributed to decreased fuel expenditures in the past, economic uncertainties create possibilities of future price hikes requiring alternative and affordable solutions.
A fleet manager in-charge of decreasing operational expenses can exercise his authority to implement cost-cutting practices, and policies that reflect gains in future profit and loss statements. Through this article, we seek to inform you of a few ways to reduce the fuel costs of your fleet.
Driver Training and Engagement
A fleet business must engage with its drivers to raise awareness in regards to fuel saving methods. Many businesses provide company cars and offer employees fuel allowances. By stressing the importance of responsible fuel consumption, a corporate culture can be molded where employees themselves monitor their fuel usage and act accordingly and responsibly to minimize personal fuel expenditure.
Additionally, a fleet company should provide training on economical driving techniques to show drivers ways to reduce fuel consumption while on a hauling run. However, it is important to note that while training initially shows immediate improvements, the results tend to wear off with time. Consistent training programs and employee engagement should be scheduled to ensure retention and conditioning.
To further prolong and ensure training pays off, companies can even look to merge technology with training. Telematics systems provide the GPS positioning of each vehicle operated in a fleet – when drivers know they are being monitored, unnecessary mileage is reduced and drivers will use optimum routes to reach their destinations (more on this later).
The system checks, balances, and provides an analysis through which the weak performers can be weeded out. Drivers that perform poorly can be focused upon individually to understand why they utilize more fuel. Issues such as tough schedules, faulty vehicles, or difficult routes can then be assessed and corrected through guidance, without resorting to penalties.
Better Routing Through Telematics
As a management solution, telematics help drivers reduce miles driven by 10% percent. Through GPS integration, fleet managers can plan out the most efficient routes as they have access to maps that not only track the vehicle and its route, but also provide real-time traffic conditions until the final destination has been reached.
The software package allows managers to monitor weather patterns and traffic conditions, which proves useful in planning the best routes and improving the overall efficiency of the fleet; simultaneously reducing fuel costs.
Vehicle idling is another common cause for excess fuel usage – traffic congestions, and sub-optimal routes increase a truck's engine's idling time. A fleet's idling averages are found to be as high as 40% of operation time. This means that for almost half the time the engine was running it was burning fuel while the vehicle was at a standstill. Fleet managers should note idling times and address the issue by improving routing.
Evaluate the Existing Fleet and Maintenance
When looking to cut fuel costs, a fleet manager can miss the entire point of fleet management, thanks to its many diverse and important realms, and ignore the vehicles that comprise the fleet. Fleet operations vary in size, and while for certain companies, the best solution may be to reduce the number of vehicles entirely; for others, the right choice could be in transitioning to fuel-efficient vehicles.
The solution demands that the organization evaluates the total mileage of older vehicles in the fleet and replaces them with vehicles that have smaller engines, are lighter in weight, and showcase improved fuel efficient capabilities. The newest additions must be able to meet the demands of the business yet display functionality that is superior to the previous models.
Trucks that are well-maintained operate at maximum efficiency, providing optimum fuel consumption. A fleet manager must create a service schedule in which every vehicle receives the maintenance necessary – entailing a thorough check and service of all its parts to ensure maximum performance gains.
Even the most minor of checkups should cover tire pressure. The under-inflation of a tire is known to have a serious negative impact on fuel consumption. Tires that aren't properly inflated give a reduced mileage and burn excess fuel. A good practice is to check your fleet's tire pressure before each run.
Maintenance schedules can prevent trucks from premature wear and tear and prolong the useful life of a costly and important investment. By incorporating technology, providing training. and ingraining a culture of responsibility and accountability, a business can look to reduce fuel expenses that can majorly cut into its returns.


"We continue to see a move toward centralized and automated systems, which allow organizations to treat third parties the same way they treat their own employees with access to hotlines, training and policies," said Randy Stephens, vice president of Navex, in a statement. "This is a smart approach, especially given the top concerns we see each year--even if some of those stated concerns fluctuate based on compliance failures in the headlines and shifting regulatory pressures."
What's That?: A survey of 1,000 office workers by cloud app provider Intermedia found 31% said they aren't familiar with ransomware.
Work To Do: A survey of 132 compliance officers world-wide by the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council found 6% said they are presently compliant with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation that takes effect in May 2018.
Not Ready: A survey of around 190 general counsel by advisory firm Grant Thornton found 65% said their organization isn't prepared for a data breach.
Inauthentic: A survey of 200 IT professionals by security firm Bitglass found 25% of organizations still don't use multi-factor authentication for employee devices that are used for work purposes.
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'Black Ink Crew: Chicago': What is Phor Brumfield's net worth? Tattooist wants to focus on his rap career
The "Black Ink CrewAlthough not everyone is a millionaire, they have impressive bank accounts. You can read on to learn how Phor Evrim (aka Phor) has advanced from the rest of the cast.Black Ink Crew ChicagoSince the beginning of his appearance on the show, "," has moved.
Because of their connection most "Black Ink Crew Chicago" fans often wonder if they are related. Phor Evrim Both Bishop Don and Don Are Brothers. They both have their fair share of bad and good moments, which makes them fans favorites but also gives them the highest net worths. Fans believe Phor's networth has risen since he began to take his rapping career seriously and started tattooing full time in 2020. Because neither Don or Phor shared their stories before the 'Black Ink Crew', their secret identities made them seem more intriguing to their fans.
VH1 debuts 'Black Ink Crew: Chicago,' a reality series that follows the life of 9Mag, a Black-owned tattoo parlor located in Pilsen. The cast of 'Black Ink Crew' turned the shop's regulars into superstars, but cast member Phor Robinson had already made a reputation for himself as a rapper before the first episode aired — he'd released the full-length 'Sacrifice' in early 2015. Robinson released four more albums under the name Phor, an average of one per year. Robinson's 2020 album, 'Self Love (NMOL),' is mostly about mental health. However, a few of the 16 tracks on it highlight his steely talent. Robinson has an uncanny knack for amplifying the bounce of his beat by inserting his rubbery lines in the groove. This allows him to make his music sound fluid yet hard-edged. Robinson combines gloomy despair on Mind Over Matter with seesawing lines, delivering his words so gently and methodically that even the shortest lines show emotional complexity.
While 'Black Ink Crew Chicago is currently in its ninth season is responsible for Phor's success, it does not reflect who he really is. He regards himself as an all-around artist, and he would like to be treated that way. People should look at him as an artist, he reminds them often. He is more than a rapper. Everything he does, however, should be considered art. Whatever it may be, he is always creating something.
Phor was shy and spent much of his childhood in the basement of his grandmother, creating battle rhymes and playing videogames. Phor created a name for himself in Marynook, where he grew up before the suburbs — and long before the bright lights of reality-TV stardom. As a rapper, he rose to fame. Aaron was his childhood friend and he went by the name Phase One. His first beat was produced and he became an expert in freestyling. Phor was in awe. Phor took the pen from Nas just as Nas was about to ethered. Jay-Z In 2001, he had been 14 or 15. Aaron was the reason Phor said he wouldn't be the writer he is today. Phor wasn't able to understand the music of rap so he took Aaron's advice and became a serious rap artist. Phor doesn't want to be a hit. His goal is to make anthems such as stadium music. It is unique.
Phor also loved to draw. His neighbor was a painter and taught him depth and perspective as well as the finer points of his craft. He used to doodle and conceal all of his drawings in his mama's closet in a big-a** Aldi's bag. Phor started painting personal graphics on his gym shoes as a Thornwood High School student in South Holland. His job was gone. For lunch, his mum gave him only $5-10 per day. He started designing clothes and shoes when he could not afford to buy anything. His friends would give him Air Force 1s and then he'd go mad. Even after high school, he had an indefinite hold on all schools. He signed a deal with Nike at the age of 20, but it came so quickly that he wasn't clear what he was getting himself into — and when it expired, he didn't renew it. From there, it was only one step to becoming a tattoo artist. Jet was his Indiana buddy and had his tattoo equipment. He still does Phor's tattoos. Phor was encouraged to get the needle by all who were around him.
Phor's rapping is, however, the core of his work. This is what makes him stand out in 'Black Ink Crew Chicago'. He's the sole musician of the cast and the songs he writes are featured on the series. Paul Wall, the famous Houston rapper who is known for his grill designs as well as chopped-and-screwed music, is Phor's comparison. Phor does not work for any label. He is managed by Private Stock in Chicago. However, Phor claims that he has had conversations with top label executives about his desire to quit tattooing and focus on music.
His rap career has been more intense and he plans to put out a mixtape each year. He's created 200 songs and posts what appear to be freestyles set to prominent R&B rhythms on Instagram – he has approximately 743,000 followers (as of August 2022) and names the series #StricklyPhorInstagram. He did not want to be a hip-hop star like so many people who become reality stars and go on to make it big. This is a combination of tattooing and service. His drug of choice is music.
What's Phor Robinson's Net Worth?
Their reality TV program, "Black Ink Crew," has been a hit with Paramount Plus viewers thanks to Phor's strong personality and their amazing tattooing skills. Their stardom comes with royalties and fees, which many fans believe to be in the thousands. There are many online estimates for Phor Robinson's net worth. Although it is easy to predict his income, it is much more challenging to determine how much Phor spent in the past. It is possible to appoint Phor as a consultant. eceleb-gossip If he is believed, his net worth is $150,000 in 2022.
The new season premieres August 9, at 8 p.m ET/PT. Phor will share with the world his struggles. while co-parenting as a new father. Phor is a rising rapper in Chi-Town. He will prioritise his music and business opportunities before he rekindles the romance.
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Scarlett Johansson shows off tattoos in red bikini in Hamptons


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Robert Taylor's Battle of Britain: Commemorative Collection
by Robert Taylor
World War Two's Battle of Britain was the first major campaign in which aerial warfare was a, if not the, decisive factor. Its 70th anniversary in 2010 prompted this compilation book of paintings by one of the dominant names in aviation (and other military) art.
Taylor's work is widely published but a large number of the secondary illustrations shown here (studies, roughs etc.) have not been seen in print before.
Moreover, the 27 oil paintings presented here are accompanied by his own extensive commentary about the specifics of the scene (both in terms of historical and painterly detail) and the larger context of the battle. It is especially the descriptions of technique and underlying ideas—insights that really only the artist can offer—that make this book stand out and singularly useful to fellow artists. Aviation buffs too will recognize and appreciate Taylor's signature level of realism in capturing technical and aerodynamic aspects, be it the size of a rivet or the position of a flap.
While the hardcore historian might say the book offers nothing new in its treatment of the event overall (which isn't its purpose anyway!) there are quite a number of micro details about specific engagements that are, in most cases, provided by the very people who participated in them! Taylor is personally acquainted with such figures on both sides of the conflict—who regard his work highly—and this sort of input is one of the key factors that allow him to do uncommonly detailed work in the hyper-realist manner. He also uses logbooks and Combat or Operations Reports (nowadays declassified and easily available) to extract critical detail to give his work a documentary quality. From all this he derives the sort of information that allows him to depict multi-layered scenes, such as a fairly shot-up plane at a nose-up attitude that a pilot would recognize as just above stall speed while the pilot of a lower-flying escort casts a weary eye on his stricken comrade, replete with angle of light and type of clouds correct for the time of day and geographic location. None but the people who were there at that moment would know whether all this is accurate—but the viewer can safely assume it to be so because this sort of forensic approach is Taylor' s stock in trade. (Considering the size of the original paintings even this 11˝-wide landscape-format book can of course only offer a semblance of their detail and impact.) Weather, sky, clouds, visibility, and spatial relationships are aspects Taylor is able to render with remarkable nuance and realism and these factors, too, distinguish his work.
The realism is all the more noteworthy because Taylor is essentially self-taught. (Readers who are, or want to be, artists themselves will now be gnashing their teeth.) Already as a boy he had a knack for drawing and single-mindedly pursued it as a vocation. After leaving school at the age of 15 and putting in two years at the Bath School of Art he has worked in the world of art ever since, even if not, initially, behind the easel. Working as a framer and then restorer at an art gallery schooled his eye, and emulating the techniques of others sharpened his own and gave him versatility. Soon, the gallery sold his work—and a chance encounter fifteen years later led to commissions from a military publishing business with whom Taylor remains associated to this day.
He's been at it for four decades now, his work—first maritime subjects and since the early 1980s aviation—is widely collected privately and by institutions who pay serious money, and almost all of it today is available as limited-edition prints (some of which signed by the people in the painting). The lowly $35 for this book are an incomparably cheap way to get up close and personal with Taylor and his work.
From high-adrenaline dogfights to ferry flights in almost pastorally calm skies, the book shows various episodes from the summer and autumn of 1940 in, presumably, chronological order. Each painting is covered on 4–6 pages, with one full-page reproduction and several smaller, sometimes b/w sketches, rejected proposals, or close-ups. The detailed accompanying text explains the specific scenes both in terms of operational details and artistic issues such as perspective and dynamics. The latter, along with the rejected drafts, offer invaluable pointers to the artistically minded reader. The captions generally do not state original size or date of creation but do disclose current whereabouts/original client.
Regardless of the extent of the descriptions, the paintings must be studied in great detail to yield their secrets. Just what it is that makes Taylor's work so singularly recognizable is not easily expressed. Witness the Introduction by writer Michael Craig who comes from the fine art publishing world, has worked with Taylor, and here waxes about Taylor's "deep personal insight" and how "many of those who flew and fought" have remarked that "somehow Robert's work manages to impart a true, highly graphic and sometimes uncanny understanding of what air warfare was really like." All true—but what does it reveal about the how and why, especially considering that Taylor is neither an aviator nor a combat veteran, nor, for that matter, a formally trained artist?
The text is augmented with sidebars, often with photos, presenting bios, pilots' reminiscences about specific aircraft; excerpts from a Combat Report; and even peripheral items such as the role of the Limited Edition Fine Art Print. Very nicely designed and presented (no dust jacket!); really excellent Index.
Copyright 2011, Charly Baumann (speedreaders.info).
Robert Taylor's Battle of Britain
Commemorative Collection
Casemate (June 2010)
128 pages, 150 color & b/w illustrations, hardcover
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The Front de Seine neighborhood on Paris' Left Bank was developed in the 1970s as a mix of high-rise residential and commercial buildings. It's quite striking from a distance, but I never really got a feel for how to move through the space when I lived in Paris. Apparently, the public plazas and walkways have been improved in a recent renovation.
The bridge in the background is a railroad bridge for the suburban commuter line C of the RER (Réseau Express Régional).
Of course, I didn't really have much reason to spend time in this part of town back in the early 1980s, aside from curiosity about what it all was. I was always fascinated by cities, but I wouldn't start formal studies in architecture and urban planning until the late '80s.
A view of Front de Seine through the structure of the Pont de Bir-Hakeim.
These two views are taken from the Bir-Hakeim bridge, upstream from the development. Most of the towers were built in the 1970s, but the development's final building, la Tour Cristal, was constructed in 1990.
I wonder what that very tall (the tallest in the set) slender structure is? A bell tower? A cell phone tower? The perspective from the Bir-Hakeim makes a very nice contrast of centuries.
In your photos there appears to be something so open and inviting about the undersides of these bridge structures. Very unusual.
some day I hope to see this city.
kiwi, that, I read, is a smokestack for the underground heating plant.
michael, I hope you do!


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Q: How to associate Click to Form Control as was previously done to ActiveX Control? In Excel 2010 for Windows, I associated a Click event to an ActiveX Control.  In Excel 2011 for Mac, I understand I must use Form Controls rather than ActiveX Controls.  How do I associate a Click with a Form Control command button?  I don't seem to be able to get at the Properties of a Form Control as I previously did with an ActiveX Control.

A: This assumes that Mac Form Controls act like Windows ones. When you first create the button, you'll see the Assign Macro dialog. If you've already created the macro, you can select it then:

If you want to assign the macro later, you need to get the Assign Macro dialog. In Windows, you'd right-click like this:

I'm realizing this is not my most helpful answer ever, but hopefully it's good enough.

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In our last post, we looked at the surprising breadth of support for our central proposition - that David Cameron did not win the 2010 election. Left-wing blogger Lisa Ansell and Telegraph columnist Benedict Brogan both wrote separate pieces explaining, respectively, that no-one had won the election, and that Cameron's problems today stem from his failure to win.
although she also charitably observes that Cameron has won at least one thing - a game of tennis against Clegg.
A high-flying socialite and a gutter-dwelling hack; the (guest) editor of Britain's best-selling left-wing weekly and a former exec at the News of the Screws. You couldn't get much further apart than Jemima Khan and Paul McMullan, but on one thing they agree: David Cameron may be the PM now - but he didn't win the 2010 election.
Jemima Khan knows. Paul McMullan knows. Lisa Ansell and Benedict Brogan know. Even Nick Clegg seems to know (though he's probably too afraid of getting a chinese burn from Eric Pickles to say so openly). The only people who seem not to know are Cameron and Osborne, gloating about the 'political capital [that] comes from winning an election'. Clearly, the Bullingdon boys need a reminder. And, this May 6th, when they open their post, we'll make sure they are reminded!


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Jean Rigoleu oder Rigoleuc (geb. 24. September 1596 in Quintin; gest. 2. Februar 1658 in Vannes) war ein französischer Jesuit.

Leben und Werk
Jean Rigoleu wurde 1596 in Quintin, einer kleinen Stadt im Bistum Saint-Brieuc in der Bretagne, geboren. Er wurde 1627 zum Priester geweiht und verfasste unter anderem die Doctrine spirituelle du Père Louis Lallemant (Geistliche Lehre des Pater Louis Lallemand), die von dem französischen Theologen Pierre Champion (1632–1701) veröffentlicht wurde.

Papst Franziskus bemerkte im Jahr 2013 in einem Interview mit seinem Ordensbruder Antonio Spadaro über sich selbst, dass er (im Jesuitenorden) der mystischen Strömung Louis Lallements nahestehe.

Schriften
 Pierre Champion: La Vie du Père Jean Rigoleu de la Compagnie de Jésus, avec ses Traités de Dévotion & ses Lettres spirituelles. Pierre Valfray, Lyon, 1739. Quatrième Édition revûë, corrigée & augmentée." Digitalisat (Die 1686 zum ersten Mal in Paris erschienene Biographie wurde vom Autor dem Bischof Louis-Marcel de Coëtlogon gewidmet.)
 Vom inneren Leben. Aus der Lehre von Louis Lallement / [Rigoleuc]. Eingel., ausgew. u. übers. von Berta Kiesler. Luzern: Rex-Verl. 1946 (La Doctrine spirituelle du P. Louis Lallemant; dt.)

Literatur
 Hamon, S.J.: Jean Rigoleuc de la Compagnie de Jesus - Oeuvres Spirituelles. Edition SPES, Paris 1931 (Collection "Maitres Spirituels")*
 Louis Lallemant, S.J.: The Spiritual Doctrine, translated by Patricia M. Ranum. Chestnut Hill, MA: Institute of Jesuit Sources, 2016 (Review)
 Carlos Sommervogel: Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus
 Francisco H. Coutinho da Cruz Sobral: Die 'Zweite Bekehrung' in der Geschichte der Spiritualität. Ihre Behandlung bei ausgewählten Autoren, mit ausführlicher Darstellung der Lehre J. Kentenichs. Wissenschaftliche Zulassungsarbeit zum Theologischen Lizentiat. 1994 Online

Weblinks
 worldcat.org

Einzelnachweise und Fußnoten

Jesuit
Autor
Franzose
Spiritualität
Geboren 1596
Gestorben 1658
Mann

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> This file is all about practice. Writing all practices by yourself will improve your understanding in Python. Also I will put here more detailed, and somehow advanced examples, so you can challenge yourself practicing on them.

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## Dictionaries
Dictionaries are one of the most flexible built-in data types in Python.You can think of dictionaries as unordered collections; the chief distinction is that in dictionaries, items are stored and fetched by key, instead of by positional offset.

Dictionaries can replace many of the searching algorithms and data structures you might have to implement manually in lower-level languages—as a highly optimized built-in type, indexing a dictionary is a very fast search operation. There are some features of dictionaries:

- Accessed by key, not offset position(index):
	-  They are sometimes called associative arrays or hashes. They associate a set of values with keys, so you can fetch an item out of a dictionary using the key under which you originally stored it.
- Unordered collections of arbitrary objects
	- Unlike in a list, items stored in a dictionary aren't kept in any particular order; in fact, Python pseudo-randomizes their left-to-right order to provide quick lookup.
- Variable-length, heterogeneous, and arbitrarily nestable
	- Like lists, dictionaries can grow and shrink in place (without new copies being made), they can contain objects of any type, and they support nesting to any depth (they can contain lists, other dictionaries, and so on). Each key can have just one associated value, but that value can be a collection of multiple objects if needed, and a given value can be stored under any number of keys.
- Mutable mapping
	- You can change dictionaries in place by assigning to indexes (they are mutable), but they don't support the sequence operations that work on strings and lists.
- Hash Tables
	- If lists are arrays of object references that support access by position, dictionaries are unordered tables of object references that support access by key. Internally, dictionaries are implemented as hash tables

### Basic Dictionary Operations

```Python
D = {'spam': 2, 'ham': 1, 'eggs': 3} # Makes a dictionary
D['spam']
# 2
D  # Showing order is not important
# {'eggs': 3, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}

# Number of entries
len(D)
# 3

# testing by key
'ham' in D
# True

# Creates a new list of D's keys
list(D.keys())
# ['eggs', 'spam', 'ham']

```

### Changing Dictionaries in Place
```Python
D
# {'eggs': 3, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}

# Changing entry (value = list)
D['ham'] = ['grill', 'bake', 'fry']
D
# {'eggs': 3, 'spam': 2, 'ham': ['grill', 'bake', 'fry']}

# Delete entry
del D['eggs']
D
# {'spam': 2, 'ham': ['grill', 'bake', 'fry']}

# Adds new entry
D['brunch'] = 'Bacon'
D
# {'brunch': 'Bacon', 'spam': 2, 'ham': ['grill', 'bake', 'fry']}
```

### More Dictionary Methods

```Python
D = {'spam': 2, 'ham': 1, 'eggs': 3}
list(D.values())
# [3, 2, 1]
list(D.items())
# [('eggs', 3), ('spam', 2), ('ham', 1)]

# A key that is there
D.get('spam')
# 2

# A key that is missing
print(D.get('toast'))
# None

# Assings 'toast' to 88 get the result
D.get('toast', 88)
# 88

D
# {'eggs': 3, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}
D2 = {'toast':4, 'muffin':5} # Lots of delicious scrambled order here

# Updates D with items in D2
D.update(D2)
D
# {'eggs': 3, 'muffin': 5, 'toast': 4, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}

# pop a dictionary by key
D
# {'eggs': 3, 'muffin': 5, 'toast': 4, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}
D.pop('muffin')
# 5
D.pop('toast') # Delete and return from a key
# 4
D
# {'eggs': 3, 'spam': 2, 'ham': 1}

# pop a list by position
L = ['aa', 'bb', 'cc', 'dd']
L.pop() # Delete and return from the end
# 'dd'

L
# ['aa', 'bb', 'cc']
L.pop(1) # Delete from a specific position
# 'bb'
L
# ['aa', 'cc']
```

## Tuples

Tuples construct simple groups of objects. They work exactly like lists, except that tuples can't be changed in place (they're immutable) and are usually written as a series of items in parentheses, not square brackets. Although they don't support as many methods, tuples share most of their properties with lists. Here are the features of tuples:

- Ordered collections of arbitrary objects
	- Like strings and lists, tuples are positionally ordered collections of objects (i.e., they maintain a left-to-right order among their contents); like lists, they can embed any kind of object.
- Accessed by offset
	- Like strings and lists, items in a tuple are accessed by offset (not by key); they support all the offset-based access operations, such as indexing and slicing.
- Of the category "immutable sequence"
	- Like strings and lists, tuples are sequences; they support many of the same operations. However, like strings, tuples are immutable; they don't support any of the in-place change operations applied to lists.
- Fixed-length, heterogeneous, and arbitrarily nestable
	- Because tuples are immutable, you cannot change the size of a tuple without making a copy. On the other hand, tuples can hold any type of object, including other compound objects (e.g., lists, dictionaries, other tuples), and so support arbitrary nesting.
- Arrays of object references
	- Like lists, tuples are best thought of as object reference arrays; tuples store access points to other objects (references), and indexing a tuple is relatively quick.

### Tuples usage
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What makes this game worth $13/£10 per month?
By Netherspark, September 8, 2016 in General Discussions
Blakjac 9
Location: Probably some transplanar waypoint, like a grocery store or some such nonsense...
I would be okay with a system of payment that isn't so constricted by time. I would never be willing to pay on a monthly basis. The constraint of only being able to get online for a month is suffocating. So why not replace that model with a similar one that is essentially buying hours to play the game, so that it is still a subscription, but instead of being pressured to play the game as much as possible, one could decide that the game in it's current state just doesn't suit them and would rather wait a while and save the hours they bought until a later time when the person actually wants to play.
I personally find this beneficial in that it gives the player freedom to play when they want to play and not be "forced" into playing the game. This was something I absolutely hated about the free trial for EVE Online. It was timed. The game still gets a constant stream of income, since the player will eventually run out of hours and have to pay for more.
Just like in EVE Online your character(s) will gain skill while you are offline... your character will require 24/7 support for this to work. I realize there aren't actual changes being made to your character while you are offline and rather changes are applied when the character logs on...
However, time is time... whether I watch the clock all day long or simply glance at it after sundown. Nothing in this world is free... the servers run 24/7 so you can log on whenever you feel like it. Something has to keep them alive during the interim.
Hisshadow 10
Alpha: No
If you don't have a job to pay a sub fee, you should be looking for one and not playing games to start with. Lol. Minimum wage in some states is $15 an hour, so go out and get a job!!
Try pay rent on only the hours you are at home, see why it can't happen. Cause the costs on storing you information and shipping them around the world won't stop when you are offline you egotistic freeloader.
Kurosawa 47
Cloud Servers = Not your average free-2-play toaster of a server tech.
Average toaster server = used by Korean F2P trash because it's cheap and has no real upkeep costs.
Clou Servers (revolutionary idea for MMOs) = They cost.
So much wrong in these assumptions.
DevisDevine 115
Great point I hadnt thought of. Imagine having to be on to level. Makes a time based system impractical.
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bl4ckhunter 0
EVE is proof that, provided people enjoy it, the subscription model works.
Eve online is going f2p in november..... (http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/31/eve-online-going-free-to-play-after-13-years)
How low have the mighty fallen, stripped of their weapons, they lie dead.
The_War_Doctor 187
Location: The Tardis
way to twist it. lol EVE isnt going full f2p. i you actually read up on it they are going to a similar model that Runescape has used for 15 years. which is give you limtied access to everything for free but have to pay if you want full access to the game. It really isnt F2P so much as it is a unlimited trial.
Lethys 2902
Love it how people just throw around with arguments that they obviously didn't understood. Or compare a shed with a castle
THEY called it f2p and not extended trial, which is what it actually is as you are correctly pointing out, and that's what matters, it means that they wanted to cather to a different marketing sector other than "sub lovers" and felt the need to inflate their playerbase, you don't do that unless you think that your playerbase is seriously decreasing.
Now eve online is a venerably old game and sub or not, it's in the end phase of it's life cycle, nothing lasts forever afterall, especially games, but the fact that it changed marketing itself drastically after fourteen years of success shows that the scenery is changed and that advertising as a subscription game is no longer percieved as viable.
Subscription is a relic, that much is fact and it doesn't change just becouse subscription is the best model to date (which is arguable in itself but beside the point), even blizzard, one of the last three great holdouts doesn't use it for any new games. Now subscription, at its peak of glory at least, is the model that racks up most money for the devenlopers and publishers with the least amount of work, we can all agree on that much i think, and we all know how greedy big publishers are, so why are subscription games something that you look on as more of a reference than an actual game?
On a side point i find it very fun that you all bash (correctly) f2p and b2p models for having microtransactions and providing advantage for money but when it comes to plex systems and selling max levels charachters which are clearly microtransactions everyone turns a blind eye, it's very hypocritical of you all.
Kongou 167
Selling characters is not acceptable, plex is a financial system to allow f2p people a path.
Novaquark does not have a big greedy publisher pushing their game. Its directly from the Developer to us consumers.
Free to play is great for boosting numbers if thats what your game needs, but do you really want to turn the game into something thats all about hooking you in, sucking your wallet, and then hoping you get bored and stop consuming server space? F2P is all about pressuring you into purchases.
heres something to consider: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-04-09-only-2-2-percent-of-free-to-play-users-ever-pay-report
2.2% of the playerbase keeps a free to play game alive the rest are a number.
Personally I like to know everyone im playing with is on an equal playing field. and not behind any form of paywalls.
All Eve is doing is giving new players more time to get sucked into a game. One that is notorious for its rediculous learning curve. Any that stay long eneough to get hooked will have to switch to P2P, in turn increasing eves numbers. Eve is old, true, but not dead yet. It is regurally updated and still has a strong core of players. Their problem is, the older the game gets, the further behind new players are (something DU will evemtually have to face). They even considered a second shard so new players could start fresh without being 10 years behind in training. This wasnt favored so they went to skill injectors, which has a lot of controversy as well.
Please enlighten me to which MMO like WOW or Eve blizzard has put out and has been successful as either. Seriously, because I havent heard of any. Sure there are countless MMO gakes that pop up F2P, but none are as successful or last as long as their P2P counterparts.
I dont see how P2P makes a publisher greedy, when it cost to run servers and maintain the games. How is pushing out free expansions like Eve does greedy. If you ask me its the F2P (and even B2P) games that charge ypu for dlc, that in reality is just the other half the game. All while ignoring fixing glaring issues with the game or even adding any new real content.
If you dont like it, dont play. Afterall it is NQs choice. Personally, being as vested as I am in it now I would try it regardless. But if they fell away from a P2P model I would begin loosing interest because I understand how it would affect them as a company. Afterall they are a company, I think its fair for them to charge you the cost of a movie each month for up to 720 hours of play a month.
1) All Eve is doing is giving new players more time to get sucked into a game. One that is notorious for its rediculous learning curve. Any that stay long eneough to get hooked will have to switch to P2P, in turn increasing eves numbers. Eve is old, true, but not dead yet. It is regurally updated and still has a strong core of players. Their problem is, the older the game gets, the further behind new players are (something DU will evemtually have to face). They even considered a second shard so new players could start fresh without being 10 years behind in training. This wasnt favored so they went to skill injectors, which has a lot of controversy as well.
2) Please enlighten me to which MMO like WOW or Eve blizzard has put out and has been successful as either. Seriously, because I havent heard of any. Sure there are countless MMO gakes that pop up F2P, but none are as successful or last as long as their P2P counterparts.
3) I dont see how P2P makes a publisher greedy, when it cost to run servers and maintain the games. How is pushing out free expansions like Eve does greedy. If you ask me its the F2P (and even B2P) games that charge ypu for dlc, that in reality is just the other half the game. All while ignoring fixing glaring issues with the game or even adding any new real content.
4) If you dont like it, dont play. Afterall it is NQs choice. Personally, being as vested as I am in it now I would try it regardless. But if they fell away from a P2P model I would begin loosing interest because I understand how it would affect them as a company. Afterall they are a company, I think its fair for them to charge you the cost of a movie each month for up to 720 hours of play a month.
1) that's obiviously true, i was just pointing out that you usually don't do a 360 in marketing unless you feel you're losing grip, anyway it's completely unrelated but perhaps adding shards for newer players is an horrible solution, you end up with universes cycling like they do in ogame which is simply horrible as you end up with a ton of super powerful players holing up in their secluded universe while everyone who got completely stomped on moves on another server and tries to win the race, if anything would've killed eve that would have.
2) blizzard released overwatch and hots wich while not mmo are still online games with expasive servers, besides you need to stop bringing f2p into everything, beside the fact there are f2p games that work fine and that you're lumping everything under the korean mmorpg model i never called for the game to be f2p, b2p is a common and very viable alternative that works very well for a ton of games.
3) You're misreading me completely there and i apologize if i failed to specify what i meant, i did not say that p2p publishers are greedy nor i meant to, i said, or at least meant to, that the fact that publishers, as in "major publishers" like activision, ubisoft, ea, who are notriously greedy, are not milking the hell out of subscription based market even if technically the subscription model is the one that brings the highest revenue per player to the publishers means that they think that such a market is neither competitive nor profitable, it was an argumentation to reinforce the point that there's no market for new P2P games, i wasn't accusing p2p publishers in any way.
4)"If you don't like it don't play it." is a point that while true, has absolutely no place in a forum of all things, a public forum is a place for discussion, if you just shut up people there's no point to having anything more than a main site with a news feed, it is NQ choice and theirs alone (unless they decide to involve external investors) but everyone has the right to state their opinions about it.
At the end it'll probably take half a decade to find out if they can really make subscriptions work, fingers crossed that they make it to launch (They should, I'm not doubting them and i sincerely hope they do make it, even if just to see if it was you or me who had a point, but nothing is for granted, there are tons of things that could go wrong.), if it ends like i think it will i only hope that it'll serve of lesson to other devs, if it works i'l cheer them on from afar.
On a side note you sound like the only things you are willing to play are p2p games, if that's so you're losing out on a ton of nice things out there, like in everything there's the good and there's the bad.
croxis 28
The only hard care numbers that I know of for a f2p game finances is Robocraft - after their change to a crate base reward system the number of players who dropped money on the game doubled -- to 5% of the active player base.
1. I wouldn't call it a 360 in marketing. But all they have done is give new players more time to learn and get hooked into a game that has a notoriously difficult learning curve. Anyone who wishes to truely play the game would have to go P2P
2. I dont disagree that some F2P games work fine. But most dont involve any real game development. Overwatch is nothing like WOW or Eve, if you knew anything about how the servers run for them you would understand. My 9 year old computer could handle the instancing for a few Overwatch games at a time. Not to mention how horribly implemented Overwatch is. Not saying it isnt a good game, I play it often, but it is not on the level of what WOW or Eve is.
4. It has a point when the devs have fully explained their reasoning and at least 2 of these threads pop up a week.
Any game running a half decade is a successful game. Most games are beyond their lifecycle if they run 5 years. But Id expect for DU just to be taking off at 5 years.
I am not against B2P or F2P, both do well for certain types of games. As I said, Overwatch works well as B2P because they have very low server cost. League has been a successful F2P game, but look at how much the devs have dedicated to develop the game further. But you have to look at what the game is doing and its running cost. Anything with a high server and maintenance cost cant run for long off a B2P model.
half a decade from now, now not from launch, launch is estimated late 2018 on kickstarter which will inevitably drag into 2019 like launches always do, i was thinking about late 2020/2021, if it holds until 2024 there's obiviously no need to even check anymore.
regarding the thread spam issue honestly i do not mean to question the forum mods but by now it should be clear that it isn't going to stop at least until the game launches so they probably should make a post with the dev's responses to the critics and sticky it, leaving it as it is just clutters the forums for no good reason and maybe people after seeing their own criticism posted over and over again will just drop a like instead of making another whole thread, sad as it is most people do not use the search function in forums, they never did and they never will, so a sticky is the only way to cut down on the reposts.
gyurka66 37
Novaquark is a much smaller company than Blizzard they will have less player so they have to increase income/player.
Which is why DACS exist gyurka64.
Zantsuken 5
If you don't want to pay the monthly subscription I suggest an alternative. go to the kickstarter page, and back the ruby level.
Exactly this. They have to pay for the servers and Developers. Right now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the Kickstarter and have a lifetime sub.
I do have a reason you, me, and others should pay. The community of this game is pretty great and getting better and more interesting.
Gerald_Deemer 18
Location: eons away
Bronze Founder
But they will also need to add content over time. The universe has to grow, more materials and secrets have to be added from time to time. And don´t forget the server wide events which will grow to a whole new level with DU.
Daphne Jones 476
Star Citizen has cleared that up. People will be spending real money on newer models of ships in-game. Same deal with people who buy iPhone 6, then the next year they buy iPhone 6S, next year they buy iPhone 6XXL and so on.
Make what you wish out of it.
Sorry to keep arguing with you , but SC has been pretty clear that they will stop selling ships for money before beta ends. Expected price for the game is $60. I don't think they plan a subscription fee (but less sure of that).
Atmosph3rik 606
It's worth a sub to me because i want to play it.
You get to charge a monthly subscription when there is simply nothing else out there that compares to your game.
Vandal_Noire 3
Wrongo Bongo Banana Nose, there will be expansion costs for SQ42. The PU will continue to be free but they will have expansion campaigns to make money off of, think the expansions to ESO, Guild Wars 2 ect.
Also its good to see ya here Daph.
Hi Vandal.
Yes.. SC is an old school game company at heart and they'll keep releasing games and charging for them.
As for DU, if it's worth playing it will be worth paying a sub fee for. I pay about $18 per month for my space station in Second Life. I assume the $10 figure given for DU is low since it doesn't match the published DAC price of 18 Euros, but 20ish $... something in that range is fine.


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