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Glass Garden (Originaltitel: Yuri-jeongwon ()) ist ein Film der südkoreanischen Regisseurin Shin Su-won aus dem Jahr 2017. Die Hauptrollen spielten Moon Geun-young und Kim Tae-hoon. Der Film feierte seine Premiere am 12. Oktober 2017 als Eröffnungsfilm der 22. Internationalen Filmfestspiele von Busan.

Handlung
Jae-yeon ist eine Wissenschaftlerin mit einem kranken Bein, weshalb sie stets humpelt. Ihr Vater war damals der Überzeugung, ein Baum im Wald hätte sie verwunschen, so dass ihr Bein aufhörte zu wachsen. Dennoch geht sie ihrem Leben als Wissenschaftlerin nach und verliebt sich in ihren Vorgesetzten, Professor Jeong. Auf der anderen Seite ist der erfolglose Autor Ji-hoon, dem originelle Ideen fehlen und nach einem Streit mit einem erfolgreichen Autor die Unterstützung seines Verlegers verliert.

Jaeyeon arbeitet an grünen Blutzellen, die den Menschen die Photosynthese ermöglichen sollen, wodurch die Menschheit nicht mehr auf externen Sauerstoff angewiesen wäre. Jaeyeon ist der Auffassung, die Forschung daran könne bis zu 100 Jahre dauern, sei es aber Wert. Das Labor steht jedoch unter finanziellen Druck. Ihre Kollegin, Soo-hee, greift auf Jae-yeons Forschung zurück und entwickelt dabei Kosmetik, um die Haut jung zu halten. Diese Idee erhält die Unterstützung des Labors und des Vorgesetzten. Schließlich bemerkt Jae-yeon, dass ihr Vorgesetzter sie mit So-hee betrogen hat und zieht sich in ein Glashaus in dem Wald ihrer Jugend zurück.

Ji-hun, der in Jae-yeons Nachbarschaft lebt und nach ihrem Auszug in ihre Wohnung zieht, entdeckt an der Wand eine interessante Geschichte. Er versucht Jae-yeon zu finden, als Inspiration für ein neues Buch. Derweil versuchte auch Jae-yeons Vorgesetzter sie davon zu überzeugen, zurückzukehren. Dies gelingt ihm nicht. Außerdem fällt er aufgrund des Windes auf seinem Rückweg in einen kleinen Fluss und ertrinkt.

Jae-yeon glaubt, sie könne ihn retten mit ihren grünen Blutzellen und kümmert sich um ihn. Ji-hun findet Jae-yeon und schreibt ihre Geschichte in seinem Blog nieder, der zu einem großen Erfolg wird. Doch eines Tages stellt er fest, dass die Person im Rollstuhl, die Jae-yeon herumfährt, tot ist. Jae-yeon meinte, er würde sich verwandeln, doch Ji-hun hält sie für verrückt und für eine Mörderin. Nachdem er das Ereignis in sein neues Buch schreibt, dass der Verleger mit den Worten "basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte" veröffentlicht, wird die Polizei aufmerksam.

Jae-yeon kann flüchten, stellt jedoch fest, dass sie wirklich nicht erfolgreich war. Ji-hun tut all dies sehr leid, er bereut es, die Geschichte auf diese Weise veröffentlicht zu haben. Jae-yeon akzeptiert es jedoch, gibt ihre Forschung nicht auf und hat fortan an das Ziel, zu einem Baum zu werden, was ihr zuletzt auch gelingt.

Rezeption
Elizabeth Kerr vom Hollywood Reporter bezeichnete Glass Garden als Shin Su-wons empathischstes Werk. Weiterhin lobte sie Moons Leistung, die Jae-yeon auf richtige Weise verwundbar, passiv und verletzt spielt. Zudem sei die transparente Kameraführung von Yun Ji-woon ein Highlight. Nach Guy Lodge von der Variety bekommen die Bäume im Film die besten Einstellungen. Der Film sei eine schwer nachzuvollziehende Umweltfabel.

Weblinks

 Glass Garden auf HanCinema

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Filmtitel 2017
Südkoreanischer Film
Filmdrama
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THE ICE AGE ADVENTURES OF BUCK WILD (2022) Reviews and overview
13 November, 2021 13 March, 2022
'Disney+ gets wild'
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild is a 2022 animated comedy film in which the fearless one-eyed weasel teams up with Crash and Eddie. Together they all head off on a new adventure into Buck's home: The Dinosaur World.
Directed by John C. Donkin – making his feature directorial debut – (producer of Ice Age: Continental Drift; Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs; Rio and sequel; Robots) and Marshall Fels Elliott (After Hours short). The screenplay was co-written by Ray DeLaurentis and William Schifrin. Produced by Denise L. Rottina.
The 20th Century Studios' production features the voice talents of Simon Pegg (Slaughterhouse Rulez; The World's End; Burke and Hare; Shaun of the Dead) and Vincent Tong (Marrying the Family; Sausage Party; They Wait), plus others to be announced.
"Running a scant 76 minutes minus end credits, the movie takes no time to explain Orson's motivation in any kind of significant detail. Instead, we're treated to a series of dull chase scenes and dumb, obvious jokes […]The script is so lazy that it almost feels like it was written by a computer that had analyzed the worst animated features of the past twenty years." The Aisle Seat
"There are lessons for the kids about how the strong mustn't dominate the weak, about independence and change, and new families that can be born of love not blood. But visually and storytelling-wise it's not a cut above much of what kids can watch on TV these days. This is a franchise that looks like it's slowly going the way of the dinos, while we drool." Associated Press
" …it's hard to imagine anyone outside of the single-digit age range having much fun with such an aimless adventure. Readers might reasonably ask whether it's really such a big deal that Disney made a kid-friendly, streaming-only follow-up to a bunch of other kid movies. But it's the extreme age-specificity and seeming low effort of Buck Wild that makes it more content than feature film." AV Club
"While I can't recommend The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, I also can't ignore the kernels of promise that it holds. (One such joy is the absolutely lush score from Batu Sener's debut as a solo feature film composer.) There's still some warmth in reuniting with old friends and meeting new characters of mysterious origins." Cinema Blend
"The film makes a larger point about the nature of authoritarianism and how devastating the fall can be. Unfortunately, like everything else in the movie, the message too is not explored in detail or with nuance. Power, in the end, is just transferred from one to another, and Crash and Eddie, who are otherwise so devoted to the cause of freedom, don't seem to mind when others don't have the same privilege." 2/5, First Post
" …the script and storyline needed quite a bit of "tweaking" that it, sadly didn't get. Halfway through the movie, one could practically recite the lines since you pretty much know what is coming next. Most of the jokes fall flat and become cringe-worthy after a while. If there is any saving grace, it is the new character, Zee (Justina Machado; The Purge: Anarchy), a sassy, female adventurer who goes toe to toe with Buck." Flick Direct
"The story itself is juvenile and slapshot. The characters are flat and boring, the plot is predictable, and the messages are shallow and preachy. Overall, this film just feels like an excessively long episode of a cheap kid's television show. Content-wise, it's pretty harmless, but that doesn't make it worth a watch, at least for anyone old enough to remember the previous installments in the franchise." Parent Previews
"Despite a predictable narrative arc, the plot tries appealing ways to get through them. The late introduction of a new character Zee (voiced by Justina Machado), the zorilla, holds promise, especially with her wit but doesn't get much room for development. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild sadly doesn't match up to the heart, depth, and finesse of the previous instalments but could be engaging enough for kids to sit through." The Times of India
" …Donkin's feature skews a lot younger, with kiddie-capturing pratfalls and the inclusion of dinosaurs. And, while there are sweet, heartening sentiments for adults watching, with underlying commentary centered on bigotry, co-existence and conflict compromise, it's difficult to overcome its poor quality aesthetics and ill-conceived notions. This one should've remained on ice." Variety
Disney will release The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild on Disney+ on January 28th 2022.
Voice cast and characters:
Utkarsh Ambudkar … Orson (voice)
Sean Kenin … Manny (voice) (as Sean Kenin Elias-Reyes)
Jake Green … Sid (voice)
Aaron Harris … Eddie (voice)
Dominique Jennings … Ellie (voice)
Justina Machado … Zee (or whatever her name is) (voice)
Simon Pegg … Buck (voice)
Skyler Stone … Diego (voice)
Vincent Tong … Crash (voice)
Audio: Dolby Atmos | Dolby Digital
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Too little too late on mental health for May
Last week Theresa May announced that she would be making mental health a priority. This is of course a welcome announcement but a crisis in mental health support is not a recent revelation; this issue has plagued society for years now and it speaks volumes that she is only now recognising the severity of the issue.
Since austerity was introduced by the Tories, my office has helped hundreds of constituents with mental health issues struggling to make ends meet due to having their benefits reduced or stripped completely. Since the Tories were elected in 2010, mental health budgets have been cut in real terms by over £600 million.
Despite this, Theresa May somehow claimed improved mental health services as an achievement during her resignation speech. In reality, support services are being stretched to breaking point with the growing number of referrals.
It is all well and good now recognising that mental health should be a priority, but to do this the Tories need to abandon policies that discriminate against people with mental health issues. In particular, ploughing ahead with the rollout of Universal Credit despite it being described by healthcare professionals as the single biggest driver of demand for mental health services.
Theresa May announced that she wants to ensure teachers can identify children who might have mental health problems; at university level, there will be £1m for a competition to come up with innovative ideas to tackle mental health problems among students; NHS staff will be encouraged to take suicide prevention training; and she also promised the publication of a White Paper.
These are all welcome commitments and I hope whoever is our next Prime Minster upholds these promises and ensures a parity between mental and physical health. I hope we do actually see an end to austerity as a direct effect of this policy has been the cutting of vital services in place to support those with mental health issues.
Suicide is the leading cause of death to young people. We need a Prime Minister who recognises that this cannot carry on.


That question is one of the biggest obstacles we face in our lives. That fear of not being good enough or smart enough or strong enough suffocates us and stomps out our ability to achieve our dreams. As children, we had high hopes and extreme visions for what we would do with our lives. Some of us wanted to be astronauts. Others wanted to be chefs, or doctors, or dog trainers. But at some point, out of fear of the unknown, many of us abandon our dreams and opt for something more "secure". Instead of shooting for the stars, we decide to take the safer path in order to avoid the risk of falling up short.
On a recent Lovesac business trip to Salt Lake City I sat down with Brent Andersen, the founder of the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium. After talking with Brent for a few minutes, I quickly realized he was not one of those people who took the safe road in life. Brent spent his childhood couch life being deeply inspired by Jacques Cousteau and his underwater adventures. He created a strategy to build a chain of aquariums and a research vessel. His purpose: to help educate the world on our fragile ecosystem, with the notion that: "We are all connected," and that we need to understand that.
Brent Andersen and myself at the Living Planet Aquarium in Utah.
Brent is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. Even in the face of every possible adversity, he pushed forward to achieve his ultimate vision. As an entrepreneur Brent shared four things that were key to his ultimate success. 1. Think big 2. Persevere, no matter the cost. 3. Surround yourself with smart people, and other entrepreneurs. 4. Once you arrive, keep going.
His next step? Hopefully to take his dream to the next level, building more aquariums, and linking them with a network of exploratory ocean vessels roaming the world making new discoveries. Sound too ambitious? Too fantastic? It is. And that's why I love this guy. The next Jacques Cousteau, and an inspiration to us all.
This entry was posted in How's Your Couch Life Interviews, Interviews, Travel log and tagged aquarium, beanbag, Billionaire, blog, celebrities, celebrity, Couch, couch life, Design, designer, entrepreneur, Family, fish, founder, Furniture, home, homes, interior design, interview, inventor, life on a couch, love, Lovesac, Rebel, Sac, Sactionals, Sectionals, shark, sharks, Shawn D Nelson, Shawn David Nelson, shawn nelson, shawny nelson, sofa, television, travel, underwater, water on September 5, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.
Like everyone else in the world, the people you see on TV have a life on a couch too. Liz and Marie Canavan, the infamous twins from the Amazing Race Season 19, invited me to their place on Manhattan's Upper East Side to chat about their couch life. We quickly found that when the girls aren't on television entertaining millions of viewers, they spend time on the couch just like the rest of us. I never grow tired of seeing how reflecting on our couch life brings back some of our fondest and even most touching memories.
The Canavan twins could probably complete every sentence for the other. I think that in the 15 minutes that we hung out on their couch, they actually spoke in unison for some portion of it (something twins are known for). This interview spanned the entire emotional spectrum- carrying the girls from the happiness of sisterly memories on their childhood couch, through the heartbreaking moments they shared upon losing their father, and up to the current uncertainty they're feeling as they pack up their apartment to live apart from each other for the first time in their lives.
Do you have a family couch in your life? One you inherited, got stuck with, or possibly stole from your family like the one that Liz and Marie are about to leave behind in their New York walk-up?
This entry was posted in How's Your Couch Life Interviews, Interviews, Your Life on a Couch and tagged beanbag, Billionaire, blog, celebrities, celebrity, Couch, couch life, Design, designer, entrepreneur, Family, founder, Furniture, home, homes, interior design, interview, inventor, life on a couch, love, Lovesac, Rebel, Sac, Sactionals, Sectionals, Shawn D Nelson, Shawn David Nelson, shawn nelson, shawny nelson, sofa, television, travel on August 28, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.
With the 4th of July upon us, we pause to recognize the extreme bravery of men and women who stand ready to defend this great nation of ours, and our privilege to feel safe–on our couch at home. We think of the soldiers that have given their lives to protect our freedoms and the troops still fighting on foreign soil today, as well as those ready to ship out when called upon. This year I found myself pondering what exactly it is that drives someone to devote their life to something so dangerous as going to battle. What makes a man or woman, a son or daughter, a father or mother give up the safety of civilian life and place themselves in harm's way?
To understand this I sat down with Lance Corporal Michael Lucas, an Aviation Support Operator for the Marine Corps Reserves. In his early 20's, Michael took a temporary leave from a fantastic job at Sikorsky Aircraft in Bridgeport, Connecticut and started training to serve our country. Although he is in the Reserves, Michael still devotes his time to training and preparing in the case that he is called upon to fight. During our conversation, I asked Michael what a soldier's couch life consists of. I also asked him what drove him to join the Corps, and his answer echoed the response that has been given by so many before him- "I love this country". That patriotism of our troops, that belief that this country is worth giving a life for, is what has allowed us to remain the "home of the free" for as long as we have.
Lance Corporal Lucas and fellow Marine near 29 Palms base in California.
It's sometimes easy to get into the swing of a holiday, grill up some tasty food, and fall into a comfy couch. But it's so important to remember the true spirit of the 4th of July, a victory of independence from Great Britain, and the lives that were given to gain that freedom as well as the all those devoted to protecting it. Thanks to Lance Corporal Lucas for sitting down with me and telling your story- God Bless you and every other soldier that makes our comfortable lives on a couch possible.
Lance Corporal Lucas with his nephew after graduating boot camp at Parris Island.
I am patriotic–and I am grateful.
This entry was posted in How's Your Couch Life Interviews, Your Life on a Couch and tagged 4th of july, america, couch life, independence day, life on a couch, marines, soldiers, troops, us military, war on July 4, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.
During a recent Lovesac business trip to Las Vegas, I happened upon a new friend by the name of Cathy Bunney. Cathy was kind enough to invite me into her home and tell me a little bit about her life on a couch. Surprisingly she also let me in on some stories from her past as a race car driver- and a little bit about an accident that changed the course of her life forever.
In the time I spent with Cathy on her couch in her modest Nevada home, I was once again reminded of the unifying lifestyle we all share on a couch. She told me about how her couch acted as a place of healing after her surgeries and how her family congregated there to watch television together. We sat around on that same couch as she showed me pictures of the cars that she raced to victory- and the trophies she now holds as a result.
Cathy Bunney and I on her couch in Las Vegas.
Cathy's story, like the other episodes in this series, is uniquely different and strikingly similar at the same time. Although everyone's life on a couch is unique when looked at on its own, all of the stories share a common theme of love and togetherness, solace and relaxation. As Cathy says at the end of the interview "There's nothing like a comfortable couch to come home to." I couldn't agree more.
This entry was posted in Design, How's Your Couch Life Interviews, Interviews, Travel log and tagged Couch, couch life, couch life interview, Family, las vegas, life, Lovesac, race car, Sactionals manufacturing, sofa, television on June 23, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.
Couch Life in the Gobi, How Different Can it Get?
As the dramatic photos from my previous post (part 1 of this series) revealed, I took some time on my most recent business trip in China to get as far away from "factory" China and "tourist" China as possible. In my wanderings I was invited onto the living room couch of a complete stranger—a mechanic named Mao, whom I met by happenstance in a back lot, off of a side street, in a town that is off limits to foreigners and not even accessible by normal means.
Mao was kind enough to show me his home, and even let me film part of our conversation. I asked him some of the same questions I like to ask everybody about their couch life. Sure enough, Mao had a life on a couch too. Watch the clip! You tell me how different it is from yours….
The first time I visited China I was five years old. This was in 1982, just four years after Nixon made his historic visit opening up China again to the west. I was part of a children's choir called The Small World Entertainers….And my parents, for various reasons, couldn't even make the trip with me!
I have watched China grow up. I have observed its relentless modernization. I travelled there again at ages 10, and 15 and lived there for years between the ages of 19 and 23. I've been blessed with this opportunity to become fluent in Mandarin Chinese and that's allowed me to really come to know the people. China is not just a place where we make some of our Lovesac products—it is a place that we know and love.
That said, nearly all of our new product growth at Lovesac, is made in the U.S.A. This includes Made-in-America Sactionals. MIA Sactionals, by Lovesac are now made in California and Lovesac Sacs have always been Made in America. The pieces that we still make in China are not produced by some faceless "factory" with smoke-stacks. Surprising to many, nearly all Lovesac furniture is hand-made and sewn-by-hand, by very talented people who we know and love. These are real people too and Lovesac is proud to provide jobs for many people in a good environment over there and in the US alike. These are people who, believe it or not, have a life on a couch too. As you can see from my video interview above even in the farthest reaches of the most forgotten places on earth—our life on a couch is not so different. We are not so different.
Shawny: What is your earliest memory on a couch?
Mao: It was especially old and pretty beat up. Back then life was pretty tough.
Shawny: What color was it?
Mao: That sofa was made of all wood—you know the kind. That old Chinese style. Nowadays, we'll often have friends over to eat here—parties.
Shawny: How many people can you have on this couch, at this table?
Mao: At least seven or eight people right here…This is our kitchen table. The Chinese love to eat.
Mao: My wife is in the hospital…She'll be alright. Its really not a big deal.
Shawny: Your son is seven years old? What is his name?
Mao: His name is Jiang Tao. We watch TV here…he does his homework here. We eat dinner here and then usually go on a walk. We're really close. Not just like a father and son only, but like friends. He's my best friend. Even though I'm the dad and he's not just my son. He's my friend.
This is life on a couch—and it is interesting, because you are.
This entry was posted in How's Your Couch Life Interviews, Travel log and tagged China, couch life, couch life interview, Lovesac, made in USA, Sactionals manufacturing, sofa, USA on April 30, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.
Take a peek into the couch life Keith Rinzler of Atlanta, Georgia, including all of the stress that comes along with being a serial entrepreneur and single dad. I was recently travelling through Atlanta and I had the chance to sit down with my good friend Keith in his own home. Keith knows all about all of the stress and pressures of an entrepreneur growing a business, and a single father raising three teenage kids. I love hearing from successful and totally unique people like Keith because it just reaffirms my belief that we all have a life on a couch—and we are all more alike than we are different. Some of our best memories in life happen on or around our silent sofas. See how Keith relies on his couch life to de-stress and bring his family together.
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"My Couch Life" Interview with Keith Rinzler, of Atlanta Georgia. Read the full transcript.
I didn't mention that Keith also has this crazy Moroccan themed hookah lounge, complete with an audio-sensitive LED light show embedded in the walls behind the draped fabric panel tent that envelopes the entire room. Talk about a stress relieving environment! The seating for this hookah room is, of course, all Sactionals by Lovesac and a Pillowsac too. When asked, "What is the craziest thing that's ever happened in this hookah room?" Let's just say, Keith declined to comment.
Shawny: What was your early memory of your life on a couch?
Keith: It was itchy—it was kind of a wool, itchy material I remember, it was kind of a white-beige color. You know, its in the living room, and every once in a while we would just get in a mood and start building. And I've carried that forward to my kids, and we've built couch castles in the basement. And my kids have slept in them—they've taken it to the next level, they've built couch castles and then they cover them with blankets so its totally dark on the inside.
Shawny: What about your everyday couch life, today?
Shawny: What is your craziest memory involving a couch?
Keith: As my kids get older and they want to spend a little less time with their parents and they want to go do other things—those times when we sit together and all watch something together and kind of comment on it and just have that time—that's what I think of.
This is life on a couch – and it is interesting, because you are.
This entry was posted in How's Your Couch Life Interviews and tagged 1Q, burning man, couch life, couch life interview, Entrepreneurs, father, hookah lounge, keith rinzler, shawny nelson, stress, teenage kids on March 26, 2014 by Shawn Nelson.


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3 Countries With Positive COVID-19 Stories
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly changed the world. While many countries have been devastated, three countries have positive COVID-19 stories: New Zealand, Thailand and Vietnam. Here are their positive COVID-19 stories and the lessons they learned from their experiences.
The pacific island nation of around 5 million people had a couple of different strategies in its response to COVID-19. In particular, unity within New Zealand and the nation's neighboring countries played a big role in the country's success against the virus. New Zealand offered to help its neighboring countries to prepare for the pandemic. To do so, the country offered health training and made sure that its island neighbors had supplies to fight the virus. Importantly, this unity in New Zealand bridged across political party lines when needed. This resulted in a massive stimulus package passed just weeks after the country's first case. The stimulus totaled NZ$12.1 billion, around 4% of the country's GDP. Included in the stimulus package is support for businesses, support for testing and health services and payments to those who couldn't work because of the virus.
Caution also plays a big part in New Zealand's success against the virus. The first case of the virus was detected on 28 Feb. 2020. Even before that, however, the government took measures to limit the possible damage of COVID-19. When New Zealand only had 283 cases, the government ordered all non-essential workers to work from home to limit the virus's spread.
Moreover, the government came up with a four-level alert system to help people know how the virus is spreading. Level one means the disease is contained in New Zealand and level four means community transmission is happening and the disease is not contained. Given how much time the country has spent in the lower levels, its represents one of many positive COVID-19 stories that the whole world can learn from.
Thailand is one of the countries that have positive COVID-19 stories. The Asian country of almost 70 million people was designated a success by the WHO. The economy of Thailand is one that is heavily built on tourism, with one-fifth of GDP coming from the tourist sector. However, since the virus has spread, the government of Thailand has had to make economic sacrifices to protect public health. The country had to close its borders to certain travelers, including many Chinese provinces. In addition, Thailand postponed many sporting events and held them without fans to slow the spread of the virus. In particular, Bangkok was in a partial lockdown with only essential services remaining open. Slowing down activity does hurt the economy, but it eases the blow of the virus.
Thailand has also mobilized more than 1 million health volunteers to help respond to the virus. In addition, the government's health officials have taken the side of precaution throughout the pandemic. This includes rigorous hygiene and wearing face masks at all times. Moreover, Thai people have generally followed the advice of medical professionals, which has contributed to the Thailand's COVID-19 success story. The Thai government also has one centralized administration, which helped with communication and organization throughout the pandemic.
Vietnam is also among countries with positive COVID-19 stories. Vietnam's actions to deal with the virus came early and were aggressive, taking place before the virus even entered the country. This early and decisive action is one of the measures that helped Vietnam early on and controlled the virus's spread. In early January 2020, Vietnam was already preparing for drastic action before there was a recorded case in the country.
Vietnam enacted travel restrictions, closed schools and enacted a rigorous contact and tracing system, while also canceling public events. Governmental communication was upfront and transparent. Consequently, this helped with public compliance to slow the virus outbreak. Vietnam has been one of the best countries in regard to wearing a face mask, which helps slow the spread of the virus. A coordinated media effort throughout Vietnam has also helped the public and government be on the same page in response to the virus.
Another reason Vietnam has been successful in limiting the spread of COVID-19 is its testing. The country tests everyone in quarantine whether they have symptoms or not. This helps slow the spread of the virus, because not everyone who is infected shows symptoms. As a result, younger people who may be infected but don't have symptoms don't infect those who may be at higher risk of death to COVID-19. While there was no nationwide lockdown, Vietnam did impose containment on certain areas to reduce the spread of the virus. In February 2020, when a small handful of cases were in the area of Son Loi, the government sealed off the area to prevent the spread of the virus.
What We Can Learn from These Countries
These three countries show positive COVID-19 stories despite a situation that has turned negative in so many countries. A few similarities have emerged between the countries and their success. One is the unity between government and people, which is important to building communication and trust. When citizens trust their government and can easily access clear guidelines, they are more likely to comply with health measures to reduce the spread of the virus. Another similarity between these countries is that it's better to be cautious rather than reckless. This helps to slow the spread of the virus and make it easier to track. With all the hardship and destruction brought on by COVID-19, these countries with positive COVID-19 stories show how to keep as many people as safe as possible.
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Great White Shark Spotted By Whale Watching Boat Off Dana Point
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DANA POINT (CBSLA.com) — With temperatures forecast to be in the high 90s and beyond this weekend, beachgoers hoping to beat the heat should beware of the dangers that lurk beneath the waters.
Not only are forecasters predicting strengthening waves and vicious rip currents, Orange County waters have seen rash of shark sightings, the latest of which was on Saturday, when a whale watching excursion off the coast of Dana Point spotted a great white shark.
"It was just this big fin," said Capt. Tom White. "I just stopped the boat and we sat and watched the shark for 10 minutes." said Capt. Tom White.
The shark spotted by the group on a Dana Wharf Whale Watch excursion was believed to be about 10 to 12 feet long.
Sharks have been spotted intermittently up and down the Orange County coast over the past several weeks, with one attack on Memorial Day weekend and forcing several beach closures.
Scientists believe the uptick in sightings could be due to unseasonably warm ocean waters.
Maria Korcsmaros, a mother and triathlete, was swimming in the waters off Corona del Mar State Beach on May 29 when she was attacked by a great white shark, possibly 10 feet long. The shark's bite tore through her right arm, broke two ribs, damaged her lung and her liver and fractured her pelvis, but Korcsmaros recovered from her injuries.


Couldn't figure out a title for this one so I figured I'd post the lyrics to the song I'm listening to. Tynisha Keli's "Conversation with God" is such an inspirational song. I swear listening to music is pretty calming. What's been going on with me lately? Well I'm moving back in with my dad. Apparently him and my mom want to make things work again after divorcing each other last year. They are very much so confusing.
Me and my ex are cordial now. I guess a Merry Christmas went a long way. We went back and forth discussing who was to blame for our terrible ending and as much as we talk I don't think I could ever get back into a relationship with him. He's a great friend but I've learned from my past. Making the same mistakes over and over would be just foolish.
I've also been job hunting. I'm being considered for a job with an airline as a flight attendant and I'm praying I'll get an interview. They told me they were considering me for the position but they haven't contacted me since. It would be awesome to just get away for a while and get paid to do it. I love my family but most of them are very much so insane.
My car got fixed recently. The mechanic said there was nothing wrong with the starter. Can you believe it's been sitting for two months because another mechanic told me it was broken and it turns out there's nothing wrong with it.-_- That's all the way ridiculous. I've been working on my writing a lot lately. Hopefully by the end of March I'll have my next project completed and ready to send off to a publisher. 2013 I most definitely want to get something out there. I love writing fiction and people love reading my fiction. I would be more than happy to share it with the world. Anywho, how's 2013 treating you so far?
I made my first design of the year. I couldn't help it after watching this movie for the first time.
Next Post & I'm an optimistic because I know great things are going to happen for me.


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var { lexer, rule } = require('.');

let test = "[1[2[3[4[5[6[7[8[9[abc]]]]]]]]]]";

let rules = {
	default: [
		rule("OPENGROUP", /\[/),
		rule("CLOSEGROUP", /\]/),
		rule("DIGIT", /\d/),
		rule("CHAR", /./),
	]
}

let test_token = function(actual, expected, testname="") {
	if (actual instanceof Object) {
		for (let key of Object.keys(expected)) {
			// console.log(`Expected: "${expected[key].toString()}", Actual: "${actual.value[key].toString()}"`);
			if (expected[key].toString() != actual.value[key].toString()) {
				return [false, `FAILED! Expected: "${expected[key].toString()}", Actual: "${actual.value[key].toString()}"`];
			}
		}
	} else {
			if (!(actual == expected)) return [(actual == expected), `FAILED! Expected: "${expected.toString()}", Actual: "${actual.toString()}"`];
	}
	return [true, `PASS${testname ? " - " + testname : testname }`];
}

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	while(!token.done) {
		switch (token.value.type) {
			case "OPENGROUP":
				out.push(process_tokens(lex));
				break;
			case "CLOSEGROUP":
				return out;
				break;
			case "DIGIT":
				out.push(parseInt(token.value.data));
				break;
			case "CHAR":
				out.push(token.value.data);
				break;
			}
		token = lex.next();
		}
		return out;
	}

let l = lexer(test, "test", rules)
actual = JSON.stringify(process_tokens(l));
expected = '[[1,[2,[3,[4,[5,[6,[7,[8,[9,["a","b","c"]]]]]]]]]]]';

module.exports = test_token(actual, expected, "Array style parsing of nested tokens");

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Whether you're playing games, watching your favorite shows or streaming gameplay, Xbox One S delivers brilliant graphics with HDR technology, premium audio, and fast, reliable online gaming with friends.
This console runs everything a little better. My old games look sharper on my 4K HDR set.
Well worth upgrading from Xbox 360, this thing does absolutely everything and the picture and sound is flawless. It's a totally different gaming experience than with the 360.
The graphics and visuals are noticeably better, the colors are sharper and everything is way more clear. Watching Game of Thrones via this bad boy was spectacular.
Works well, runs cool, love the internal power supply, is a small console, plays DVD/Blu-Ray/UHD discs to my 4k, plays my games, what's not to love.
The only frustrating things was the included game in that it is only valid on the Xbox One and I do not get it on the Windows 10 PC store.
What customers say about "Storage"
The memory of the console is plenty for me but I can see how it will fill up fast as you download digital copies.
One of my worries was that the hard drive is only 500GB, but buying and using an external hard drive will not only be cheaper than buying the 1 TB console, but playing games that are downloaded onto the external hard drive actually makes them load FASTER!
With hdmi you can connect it to any lcd tv.
It only comes with a 500gb HDD (of which only about 375gb is allowed for personal use).
The 360 died so I made the Jump to the "ONE". First let me say I wish this was a 2 tera instead of 500 gigs I only could get 5 "1" games and 6 "360" games on it Second definetly better graphics and the way everything's approached.
I Noticed decreased load times and it looks quite a bit better through the included cable plugged into the 60 Hz port in comparison to the Xbone with either its HDMI cable, or the One S cable in the same port!
Connections are quite easy, even comes with a HDMI cable I believe.
Great console, great game. Just wish it had a port for the Kinect sensor. You'll need an adapter otherwise.
The only thing I was disappointed in was it does not have the ability to connect Kinetic. We don't play Kinetic games very often but it would have been great to still be able to plug my old kinetic from my Xbox One DAY ONE machine.
Menus, etc, run a tad smoother. A little faster. Games seem to download faster. The controller feels a bit better, and it was already great.
The controller is great and reacts well and feels great in the hands.
There was a download code for Battlefield 1 which, if that's your cup of tea, a phenomenal game. Also, there is a free month of EA Access so you can download maybe 30 or so games and play until your heart is content.
Fluidity and contrast ratio with Ultra HD TVS including the UDH feature are brilliant! The Battlefield One game code works great, and it is an amazing visually interactive experience if you're into gaming. I'm using it more as a media center for my high resolution movies.
The only problem I have with the package is the battery consumption of the controller. I highly recommend you purchase the rechargeable battery pack with this bundle to save the trips to the store for AA batteries.


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ZTE PF200 announced ahead of MWC 2012 debut
By Kate Solomon 2012-02-20T10:21:00.5Z Mobile phones
LTE, qHD, ICS other abbreviations are available
ZTE PF200 - Pffftwohundred, more like
ZTE has decided to beat the MWC 2012 bound hordes by announcing its two major new Ice Cream Sandwich handsets a little early, in the shape of the ZTE PF200 and ZTE N910.
Looking set to be the company's new flagship handset, the disappointingly-named PF200 is rocking LTE connectivity, a 1.5GHz processor and a tasty-sounding 4.3-inch qHD touchscreen.
The company's first Android 4.0 phone, the PF200 will also offer an 8MP camera, with a 1080p-friendly front-facing camera to boot. There's also NFC, Bluetooth 2.1, DLNA and MHL to write home about.
Using our eyes, we can see that it still looks decidedly ZTE – a little chunky, a tiny bit dowdy – but what it lacks in aesthetics, it's likely to make up for in pricing, which we'd expect to be lower than its specificationally-similar competitors.
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But that's not all! ZTE has also unveiled another Android 4.0 LTE handset, equally lacklustre in the naming department: the ZTE N910 (pictured below).
It's lower-spec than its twin: WVGA screen, 5MP camera and a 1.2GHz processor. But you do still get the LTE compatibility and the full-HD front-facing camera so it's not all bad.
The downside is that it's set to work across the LTE FDD, CDMA and EVDO spectrums so we're unlikely to get our mitts on it in the UK.
Clearly ZTE is looking to LTE as the headliner for its 2012 line up, as He Shiyou, executive VP and head of the terminal division of ZTE says, "These LTE devices are the fore-runners of a wide range of LTE devices ZTE will bring to the market in the coming months, and as more and more LTE networks come on stream.
"They will be feature products – among a very wide range of devices on display at the ZTE stand at Mobile World Congress 2012."
TechRadar will be out in Barcelona in force, so stay tuned for our hands on ZTE PF200 review next week.


I'm thrilled to announce the Ultimate Mixing Palette, a collaboration with Jane Blundell, an Australian artist, instructor, and color expert. Jane designed and selected this set of 15 Daniel Smith watercolor paints as a versatile palette for mixing vibrant colors, as well as showcasing a variety of watercolor properties, from transparent to opaque pigments, to staining and granulating ones.
The fifteen pigments include a range of primary colors and rich earth tones, as well as Jane's favorite neutral mix that was recently released by Daniel Smith as Jane's Grey. Each color fills one standard pan except for Phthalo Blue (GS) and Phthalo Green (BS). These intense pigments are in mini pans and a little dab of their color goes a long way!
The palette is accompanied by a bi-fold guide to the colors, and can be complemented by Jane's book, The Ultimate Mixing Palette: A World of Colors, first published in 2015. This book is a comprehensive and inspiring reference guide with charts for two and three color combinations you can create with the fifteen colors. You can purchase it either as a soft or hard cover book, or as an ebook download through Blurb, and for the month of April only, Jane is offering a special 15% discount on all paper copies (the discount is included in the pricing).
Jane and I first became acquainted online years ago through our mutual love for sketching and watercolor. I look to her as a color mentor and am always inspired after conversations, whether to experiment with new tools or try a new pigment.
We finally met in person while Jane was visiting Seattle to teach workshops in 2015, first to chat and share supplies, and later for a sketch date. Jane stands out among artists with her dedication and passion for watercolor color properties, as well as her generosity in sharing her expertise through her extensive website. The Ultimate Mixing Palette is limited in quantity so get yours while supplies last!
You say 15 colors but I count 14.
Hi Jeanne, the palette includes two mini pans, one each for the Phthalo Blue (gs) and Phthalo Green (bs). Both are very intense pigments, so this allowed us to include the useful Jane's Grey as well.
I got my Pocket Palette some time ago; it is wonderfully small and light!
I'm so glad you are enjoying your palette, thank you for your note!
Hi there! I know you said they are water color but are they gouache or regular water colors? I love the colors included in the palette and would love a set like this in gouache. Thanks!
Hi Jade, thank you for your note! The paints included in this palette are all Daniel Smith watercolors. I'm not personally as familiar with gouache, although I do like to use white gouache and sometimes add it to my colors to increase their opacity. My palettes are also available empty if you'd like to create your own gouache version!


"Designing Products Scaling Human Experiences": Samihah Azim with Lyft (Video + Transcript) – Girl Geek X – Connecting Forward-Looking Women in Tech For Over A Decade!
At Girl Geek X "Elevate 2018" conference, Samihah Azim (Product Designer, Lyft) discusses designing products at One Medical and Lyft by considering all sides of the user journey, and balancing their needs with business/product metrics. Startups aim to transform the world, and designers create artifacts visualizing that North Star vision with the users at top of mind. Monitoring the health of the business with the user in mind helps achieve successful, human-centered products along the journey to the North Star.
Sukrutha Bhadouria: [No audio 0:00-0:16] Hi, welcome everyone. I hope you're having a good time with our conference so far. Welcome to Samihah, who is going to be our next speaker. She's a Product Designer at Lyft, where she's also the intersection of business calls and designing experiences impacting local communities. Prior to Lyft, she actually designed for a local commerce at Postmates and crafting high quality patient healthcare experiences at One Medical. Outside of design, she does a lot of cool things. She mentors for the State Department TechWomen program, enjoys power lifting, and also loves to cook. So, without further ado, I do want to say that these talks are going to be recorded and you will have access to the videos later after the conference, so go ahead, Samihah, thank you.
Samihah Azim: Thank you. Hello everyone, my name is Samihah as Sukrutha has said and I'm a product designer at Lyft. Thank you all for being here and Girl Geek X for having me and also, speaking of Lyft, shameless plug, we are hiring across the board. It is my favorite job. Prior to Lyft I was designing at Postmates, prior to that One Medical and today I'm going to talk about design as a powerful tool to scale products that have a core human to human experience. And, it can often be slower to scale these experiences and to get to that North Star vision for the products, but technology can be used to scale strategically and augment the human to human experience that's happening outside of the software.
Samihah Azim: So, how does design add value when a product is scaling? Well, most products have a longer term North Star vision and if not the product, then certainly nearly every organization has a long-term North Star vision of what they imagine the future to be. But, it's nearly impossible to get to that future today. You can't go from zero to 100 unless you're Drake and you're on the catch up, but most of us are not Drake.
Samihah Azim: Designers, we're very good at creating artifacts of what we imagine the future could look like. Where we can add value here is to really bridge that gap between today's world here and our ideal world tomorrow. We can phase out what we have and what we need today, where we also add a tremendous amount of value is in using qualitative research that helps inform what our users need in each phase in order to come along the journey to our North Star vision. If you imagine that this the world here today and the North Star is up here. What is it that our users need in order to come up to this journey with us?
Samihah Azim: With design thinking, we're really distilling a problem to understand how to solve it. Data helps to tell us and inform us in a lot of our decision making by telling us what's happening. It doesn't necessarily tell us why something is happening and that's really where design adds a tremendous amount of value. We can help guide what we should test, if what we're testing is the right thing to test and highlight if there are confounding factors that are potentially affecting the results.
Samihah Azim: When I worked at One Medical, we knew that a longer term goal was to make high quality affordable healthcare accessible to more people, but healthcare is a business, where that human to human or that human interaction component is still very important and technology isn't something that will likely replace it but rather it would augment the experience. Brick and mortar is core to One Medical and technology augments the healthcare experience, so how do you scale a business where that human to human interaction is so core to everything but it also requires more operational resources that are often harder to scale. In short, it's not easy.
Samihah Azim: When your product has a service that's core, where humans are interacting with other humans, these are experiences that are happening outside of software but that will be associated with the product experience. This is where designers, we need to look at everything on a systems level and when I say systems level, I mean on the entire ecosystem and especially the business model and revenue streams. How does a company make money to further scale? I'm going to tell you a story from when I was working at One Medical and how I used design to learn how to scale human experiences.
Samihah Azim: In healthcare, medical practices make money through insurance billing codes and appointments are seen as inventories. Inventory is limited because doctors are limited, so how do you scale? Well, this is also where it's important to look at what users need. Users that need to see a medical provider are booking appointments but not everyone that's booking an appointment needs to be seen in person. There are acute issues. Issues such as flu or yeast infection, cough, nausea even getting an STD panel ordered that don't require a physical visit to the doctor.
Samihah Azim: At One Medical, we knew that we wanted more patients to get the help that they needed by using virtual care products that we had built. I ran a design sprint with cross functional colleagues to understand the problem of why more people weren't using care channels outside of the office visit. What we found is that people's mental models today is that virtual care is something that, and specifically video visits, is something that is associated with travel or 2:00 a.m. emergencies. If it's a 2:00 a.m. emergency, you should probably call 911.
Samihah Azim: One of the three projects that came out of the sprint that I had facilitated is a project that we called Integrated Booking Flow. Essentially, we wanted to test if educating users on virtual care and giving them what they needed today would get healthier patients to use virtual care in order for that to free up inventory for more sick patients that actually need it, and would that be something that the business could then scale and make high quality affordable healthcare accessible tomorrow.
Samihah Azim: The product manager on this project and I, we had really tight feedback loops, where we would meet regularly, multiple times a day and frequently we would also pair on both product management, as well as design. There's a clinic next to the headquarters, so what we did is we would hop in there multiple times a day over a two-day period and test a bunch of paper prototypes as well as InVision prototypes. And, you can see on my screen, on the slides at the top, are the many prototypes … a sampling of the many sampling of the many prototypes that we had tested, the Guerrilla Usability Testing and what this helped us learn was what would work and what wouldn't.
Samihah Azim: It was invaluable in not only helping us to learn that but also managing the many opinions of stakeholders and people who weren't necessarily stakeholders but were involved in the projects. Essentially, this project was a test to see if integrating traditional equipment booking with video visits was further investing in and then, you can see on the screen on the bottom. That's a sample of all of the feedback that we managed to capture and the action or inaction that we may or may not have taken, and the reasoning to that based on the usability testing that we had done.
Samihah Azim: When we rolled out the test, what ended up happening was that … Well, it was too successful. How often can you say that, right? We ended up having to turn it off because the virtual care providers were getting far too many requests and the SLA that we were communicating ended up being incorrect. We did validate that when mental models were gently guided towards this new shift in thinking, when users learned that video visits were for more than just travel and more than just emergencies, they adopted it for minor issues.
Samihah Azim: We didn't spend weeks trying to perfect that most perfect V1, we shipped something that was good enough in order to learn and, in fact ,the screen on the slides, you'll see the flow of integrated booking. Where a user goes to book an appointment and that middle screen was actually something that I had come up with by pairing with the data team to understand. We knew that a lot of the data was unstructured and so with their help, we were able to pull the top seven reasons why users are coming in for an appointment visit, which actually don't require a physical visit but can be treated virtually.
Samihah Azim: Then, in that second to last screen is the alternate booking screen that users would see, patients would see if they chose one of those reasons, and we were gently guiding them towards and educating them that they could get care virtually for those issues and it would be much faster. If there's one takeaway from this learning, it's that it's okay to move fast and ship an imperfect V1 in order to test and learn, so that you can iterate and ship that perfect V2.
Samihah Azim: This doesn't mean shipping shoddy visual design. You can absolutely have pixel perfection without the V1 being in that ideal state. On the note of imperfect V1: sometimes when a product is scaling and especially with products that require that human to interact with another human, some team members might get a little too scope happy, scope cutting happy. I am that designer that cares a lot about things like client side load time and I'm also cutting scope or finding another way to solve a problem but there are times where you do have to introduce scope in order to have a viable product to test.
Samihah Azim: There was one company that I worked at, where we were working on an experiment and if successful, we would have further developed it, turned it into a core part of the feature in our products. But the product manager on the project was on this huge scope cutting spree. That by the end of it, it was barely a functioning test that made many of us question why anyone would use our product when competitors had far more basic functionality? And, we likely would have gotten a bad signal had we built it and tested it, where the … It came to a point where the term minimal viable product no longer applied. It was, the viable part got lost.
Samihah Azim: It's important to ask questions because running experiments requires time and resources depending on your user set or what you're testing, you have to wait until you get statistical significance, which can take a couple of weeks to a couple of months. You want to make sure you're testing the right thing because you're also using up engineering time, as well as design time and often times marketing time as well and you want to get a good signal.
Samihah Azim: That doesn't necessarily mean it has to be a positive signal or a positive performance rather since you can learn a lot from negative performance but rather, what you want to learn are what is the metrics, what are they telling you? Is it something that you can learn from and does it fit into the overall product on a systems level?
Samihah Azim: If someone wants to test a popup flow at the point of user conversion, maybe there's a good reason, ask why? But, it could also be that users are tapping on it because it's a popup and it's there and not necessarily because they find any value from it, so some questions … On that note, ask some questions. Some questions that I like to keep in my back pocket and ask are, "Why are we testing this, after this experiment what's next, how do we know that the metric move this way because of this variant or XYZ confounding factor, did we even reach stat-sig, bro?" Well, maybe ask it a little less broy than that.
Samihah Azim: Why, and this is my favorite, why does it look like we're p-hacking the data? Luckily at Lyft there is no p-hacking of any data. In a lot of organizations moving fast, growing, and scaling has the perception of being incompatible with staying true to your values. Designers, we want to feel like our work has a positive impact on the world. Sometimes when we're so close to the data, it's hard to have that perspective that work that grows an organization or a company that aims to do good with good intentions, is having an impact on the world.
Samihah Azim: Two of my favorite Lyft core values are uplift others and make it happen. At Lyft there's actually an entire team that's dedicated to growing the business, I am on that team. It is called the Growth Team, some creative naming there, but when we think about growth, we're really looking to grow with intentionality so that we can continue to make a positive impact on the world. In fact, at the core of Lyft is tipping. It's been a core part of the business and part of growing the business means initiatives that uplift our drivers.
Samihah Azim: Actually, recently this week, we actually got half a billion dollars in tips. Oops my apologies, I have the wrong data on there, it should be 2018. We actually raised … So, there were 250 million in tips in 2017 and just this week we hit half a billion. It took five years to get to quarter of a billion and then a matter of months to half a billion, and that really goes to show how growing a business can also help do good in the world as well. So, drivers are an important part of Lyft, so designing experiences that make a Lyft driver's life easier, helps them earn more and that's a design challenge where we're doing good by one set of users and by doing good we can further scale, which helps us do even more good.
Samihah Azim: We also think about important causes and when we think about growing the business, it is also in the context of, how can we better benefit the society and without scaling, it's hard to grow social giving. Last year in 2017, the team introduced a feature called Round Up & Donate, where Lyft passengers could round up their ride to the nearest whole dollar and that change would then go to a cause of their choosing, so 3.7 million dollars were donated to 14 causes. A lot of these causes were standing up for civil liberties, supporting service members, and investing in teaching members from underprivileged communities to code.
Samihah Azim: Now, I want to end on a couple of key points on what can designers do to be the most valuable team member possible? Well one, we can show value. The best way for design to show our value is to really to start caring about business goals and team metrics and then, being comfortable with an imperfect V1, so that we can test and learn to build that perfect V2 and move faster to that ideal North Star. Then also being really cognizant of what's being tested when designing and what effect it has of other metrics, as well as what effect it has on other users or on users. I am not sure if we have time for Q&A but if you have any question, feel free to reach out to me on Twitter.
Samihah Azim: Unfortunately, I can't talk about any products that have not been released yet, but I guess I could talk about it on a very high level, so there's a project that I'm on, where I designed this, what we would consider the ideal V1 and there are some technical limitations on the engineering side, where we could get to that point but it would take about six weeks.
Samihah Azim: When I heard that I was like, "That is a really long time, how do we get there faster?" Because I think it's also important to learn as quickly as you can. If we spend six weeks building that ideal V1 maybe it doesn't perform that well, maybe there's a lot of assumptions that we've made. What I then did is paired really closely with engineering, as well as the product manager on the project and we broke the different pieces down, and really understood what the scope of each part would be and how we can get to shipping the test faster.
Samihah Azim: We went from six weeks to three weeks, which is great because that means we can then … Once we ship that we can … once we hit statistical significance, we now have enough data to learn from that to then make adjustments to the idealized version. The benefit of that, the current, what we're calling V1 now, which would take three weeks as well as having that idealized V1, which would now be V2, is that the backend engineers now understand what direction we want to go in, so that way they're able to build in a way that's scalable to the future where the client side engineers they … to them what's more relevant is the immediate V1 that would take three weeks to build.
Sukrutha Bhadouria: Thank you so much, Samihah, we're actually out of time. Thank you everyone.
Samihah Azim: Thank you and thank you for having me.


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Conserving wildlife habitat, agricultural and forest lands, scenic open space, wetlands, and shorelines for the benefit of our community and as a legacy for future generations.
Lands We Protect
Big Lake Wetlands Property
Above: Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area is easily accessed by boat. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area was purchased by Skagit Land Trust from two separate land owners in 2016 and preserves 67 acres of critical wetland habitat at the south end of Big Lake. This area comprises the only non-developed shoreline remaining on Big Lake.
Funds to purchase and restore this land were provided by several sources, including a Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant, a North Americans Wetlands Conservation Act grant (appropriated through the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife), and an Environmental Protection Agency grant (through the WA Department of Ecology). Donations from members of the Big Lake community contributed over $45,000 for the project.
Above: Waterlillies bloom in the spring at Big Lake Conservation Area. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
The Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area preserves some of the largest remaining intact wetlands in the Nookachamps watershed. The wetlands are formed where Lake Creek (flowing from Lake McMurray) enters Big Lake. The property plays an important role in the local hydrology by providing area for standing surface water, water filtration and habitat, as well as serving as a critical recharge zone for groundwater. The water levels of Big Lake fluctuate seasonally.
Above: Aerial photograph of Big Lake and Big Lake Conservation Area by local photographer Christine Farrow.
The combination of extensive wetlands with abundant native vegetation, as well as the numerous braided creeks running through the property, provide breeding and feeding areas for numerous migratory and resident birds and waterfowl species.
Primary conservation features of this property include steelhead and salmon habitat. The Skagit Watershed Council identified priority Steelhead habitat at Big Lake and a portion of the funding for this property was provided through the WA Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
The creeks themselves hold high quality steelhead and Coho habitat with 90% of the Big Lake Wetlands Conservation considered Washington State Priority Aquatic Freshwater Wetlands Habitat. The wetlands area provides habitat for several species listed under the Endangered Species Act in Washington State including Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Coho Salmon, Rainbow Trout and Steelhead.
Above: A volunteer measures water quality during amphibian monitoring project at Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area, March 2018. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
A large portion of the on-site wetland is classified as an at risk ecosystem in Washington State. In 2014, Skagit Land Trust began a citizens science program monitoring amphibian concentration and diversity at several properties with suitable wetland habitat. Amphibian monitoring in Big Lake Wetlands began in 2017. Photographs below document amphibian monitoring efforts in Big Lake Wetlands in March of 2018.
Above: Volunteers measure water quality and biological diversity during an amphibian monitoring citizen science project at Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area, March 2018. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
A primary goal of amphibian surveys is to search for evidence of the Oregon Spotted Frog, listed on the Endangered Species List by Washington State in 1997. (It is a candidate species for federal listing.) Historically, Oregon spotted frogs were found within Washington from the Canadian border south to the Columbia River near Vancouver, and in a few marshes east of the Cascade Mountains. This distribution has been dramatically reduced and Oregon spotted frogs are now only known to reproduce in about 12 locations in three counties: Whatcom, Thurston, and Klickitat. There is no definitive evidence of Oregon Spotted Frogs in Skagit County.
Above: Amphibian eggs found at Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area during an Amphibian Monitoring project, March 2018. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
Click here for a link to information about our land stewards for this site.
Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area is located south of the community of Big Lake in the Nookachamps watershed. The property is immediately surrounded by agricultural and rural residential lands, with forest lands to the east and west. Access via land is very challenging. Access by boat is possible. The community of Big Lake lies to the north, and development surrounds the majority of Big Lake. Historical aerial photography suggests the property that comprises the Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area has never been developed, beyond a small boardwalk that has since been removed.
Click here for a Google map of Big Lake.
Skagit Land Trust allows only limited low-impact public access. Currently there are no developed access points; accessing the property by foot is challenging due to thick vegetation and deep channels and pools. It is possible to visit the shoreline along Big Lake via boat.
Please contact Skagit Land Trust at (360) 428-7878 for more information.
Above: Early morning fog covers meadows in the Big Lake Wetlands Conservation Area in December. Photograph credit: Skagit Land Trust staff.
Click on the map above for an enlarged image. Map created using 2017 NAIP aerial imagery.
The nearest boat launch is the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife boat launch at the midpoint of Big Lake, along Big Lake Road. Access by road is not available.
Type: Trust-Owned
Location: Big Lake
Acreage: 67 acres
Date Added: April 2016
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Communailles-en-Montagne is een plaats en voormalige gemeente in het Franse departement Jura (regio Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) en telt 45 inwoners (2009). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Lons-le-Saunier. Op 1 januari 2016 fuseerde Communailles-en-Montagne met de gemeente Mignovillard tot een nieuwe gemeente, eveneens geheten Mignovillard.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Communailles-en-Montagne bedraagt 4,2 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is dus 10,7 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

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Mignovillard
Plaats in Jura (departement)
Voormalige gemeente in Jura (departement)


While our top priority on AR Week on Pocket-lint was to speak to our five leading experts in the field of augment reality to find out what's going on at the cutting edge, we couldn't but help ask them to become part soothsayer as well.
At the end of the sessions we asked each of them what their vision for AR was when it finally does make it - its limitations and successes. So, here is the future of augmented reality according to those that know. Follow the links to read more of their thoughts.
"Not a lot is going to happen until we have head worn displays. It'll be more compelling when it's there. The day I have a pair of funky sunglasses and walk around with non-obnoxious advertising, news, social networking, totally immersed in the world, then AR will really have arrived.
"But before that, there are so many huge questions to answer: can we get all of the technology we need onto a mobile device; can we make it usable and not invasive, not a dystopian existence; and can we use it to build a positive future?
"We've all been waiting for something to happen for quite some time. Apple and Google have been quiet on AR for a long time. It feels like they're holding something back but no doubt we'll soon see some really good AR applications from them embedded into their mobile platforms. The wait is most likely so that these releases can be absolutely bulletproof and really nice when they arrive to wow us all.


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There are six ducks out here, and they all want Sun Chips!
My roommate says, I'm going to take a shower and shave, does anyone need to use the bathroom? It's like some weird quiz where he reveals the answer first.
Mr. Pibb is a poor imitation of Dr. Pepper. Dude didn't even get his degree.
I tried walking into a Target , but I missed.
I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. There's a large out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside.
I had an apartment and I had a neighbor, and whenever he would knock on my wall I knew he wanted me to turn my music down and that made me angry 'cause I like loud music... so when he knocked on the wall, I'd mess with his head. I'd say Go around! I cannot open the wall! I dunno if you have a door on your side but over here there's nothin'. It's just flat.
I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi,.Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself.
I drank some boiling water... because I wanted to whistle.
I get the Reese's candy bar, If you read it, there's an apostrophe. The candy bar is his. I didn't know that. Next time your eating a Reese's and some guy named Reese comes up to you and says let me have that. You better give it to him. I'm sorry Reece, I didn't think I would ever run into you.
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127 Hours (2010)
Smith's Verdict: ****
OK, so acclaimed Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has a film that has only a limited theatrical release. At the time, I thought it was quite odd for a movie made by the director of the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" to not get a wide release. But then, I realized that this movie—entitled "127 Hours"—is based on the true story of Aron Ralston's…incident. In 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old hiker, hiked along Blue John Canyon in Utah without telling anybody where he was going. Something went wrong and he fell into a narrow canyon—his right forearm was crushed by a boulder against the rock wall, keeping him trapped in there for nearly five days until he finally did what he had to do in order to escape and live. What he had to do is shown in great detail for a three-minute gruesome scene in "127 Hours"—it's a scene so gruesome that many test audiences for the movie either walked out, fainted, or closed their eyes. This is why the movie is only in limited release.
Now, it's not that I blame Fox Searchlight Pictures for a long trip to see this movie (I had to go all the way from Manila, Arkansas, to Little Rock to see it at Rave Motion Pictures—I usually see my movies in Jonesboro). It is a gruesome scene and I must admit that I did close my eyes at a couple points. But here's my statement: You shouldn't let three minutes of realistic gruesomeness in a 92-minute movie ruin a great experience. "127 Hours" is a haunting, effective, gripping, and unforgettable film that accurately tells the amazing story of how Aron Ralston came to terms with his own life while trapped "between a rock and a hard place" (that being the name of the book written by Ralston himself).
The movie stars James Franco in an excellent performance as Aron, a cocky, adventurous hiker who lives for adventure. By bicycle and foot, he treks along the Blue John Canyon in Utah just for the fun of it. We have a nice prologue in which we get great shots of the canyon—very lovely cinematography here—and we get to know Aron a little before the big incident. Aron starts his hike and then he meets up with two female hikers (Kate Mara and Amber Tamblyn). He shows them the way they want to go, but after they take a swim in an underwater cavern. Then, he waves goodbye to the women and goes off alone again…and then the unthinkable happens.
So he's trapped inside the canyon and the thought of anybody looking for him (or even passing by) is unthinkable itself. People rarely hike down here and Aron isn't close with anybody, so he didn't tell anyone where he was going. He sums it all up in one word: "Oops." No kidding—this is a pretty big "oops" moment. He's very low on supplies, food, and water. He has a watch, a video camera, and a cheap multipurpose tool he tries to use to chip the rock a little so he can free his hand and get out of the canyon. But this shows no luck, since his hand seems to be supporting the rock, rather than the opposite.
I imagine it'd be very hard to make a movie like this. To make it right is a greater obstacle. How do you make a movie where a character remains immobile for more than an hour in the film? How do you make a startling story like this into a dramatically satisfying piece of work?
Well, I have the answer—the casting of James Franco. He makes for good company, his acting is natural, and he apparently knows Aron Ralston enough to make him seem like…Aron Ralston. He's a wild adventurer who is also smart and quick-thinking. There is room for cockiness and humor (such as when he documents himself on his video camera and imagines himself on a talk show) while there is also a great deal of dramatic range. He realizes that he hasn't appreciated his family and friends as much as he used to and since he is probably going to die here, he feels so sad about it. After a couple days in the canyon, he starts to experience hallucinations in which they all visit him. The drama in "127 Hours" really works, especially considering that we know that Aron will have his second chance after being trapped for five days in the canyon. He had to do what he had to do in order to live and that was…to use his cheap tool to self-amputate his arm. Would anybody have done it? I don't know. I'm not even sure I would've done it, though it seems very logical. One thing is for sure—it is not easy to watch. This is a very unpleasant scene and I don't blame anybody who had eyes closed. But it takes almost an hour and a half leading up to it, letting us understand who Aron is and why he's doing this.
"127 Hours" is not a film I will soon forget. It's an effective film set in some of the most beautiful places on Earth, it tells an accurate retelling of an amazing and haunting true story, the drama works wonderfully, the movie is splendidly well-made, and then there's the most important ingredient—James Franco's flawless portrayal of Aron Ralston. It also makes you think—this is a movie about a guy who never embraced life until he almost dies. He realizes that everyone he knew, he never appreciated until this moment. This goes to show that every second in life counts. It's a terrific film.
Categories 2010, Four Stars ****
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A few blogs have posted this amusing information and if it turns out to be true what new gameplay additions and changes do you want to see in part 3?
Will you buy Chrono 3 if the rumour is true?
This would be awesome if it's true, but only small lesser known blogs have posted this so it might be fake.
If this turns out to be true there will be many happy Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross fans.
Square Enix didn't announce this game at E3 during their event sadly.
Honestly I loved Chrono Trigger and it is easily in my top five favorite RPGS of all time but I was so disappointed with Chrono Cross. Due to that I could either take or leave a third one although I know alot of people would love a third game.
Crono Cross was too different from Chrono Trigger to be a success.
@ShanaNoShakugan wrote: Crono Cross was too different from Chrono Trigger to be a success.
I think that was my problem with it. It seemed that that slapped some things in from Chrono Trigger and mainly tried to capitalize on the success of Trigger. To me if felt as more of a spinoff rather than a sequel.


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Ireland's intellectual capital is rising – chief science adviser
Ireland's investment in science infrastructure and talent is paying off, with six out of every 1,000 workers in the country now equipped with a PhD qualification, the Irish Government's chief science adviser Prof Patrick Cunningham said this week.
"This investment in the intellectual capital of the country is the seedcorn of the future. It's the raw material of prosperity," Cunningham told the IRCHSS & IRCSET Postdoctoral Symposium at the Royal College of Physicians earlier this week.
Cunningham told the symposium that Ireland has also won the right to host the ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) next year, one of the world's most sought after science events.
He related how Ireland's journey into enriching its intellectual capital over the last 30 years began at the behest of groups like IDA Ireland, that saw what foreign investment could bring to not only the economy but the intellectual capital of the nation.
"This required deliberate policy changes," he said, that transcended the university system and secondary schools. The institutes of technology were established in the 1970s and an expansion of the university system began.
"Those entering the workforce with a third-level qualification has been increasing by half a percent a year. Ireland has come up at 60pc faster rate than the OECD average. This was one of the transformational pieces of policy that was vital to creating the intellectual capital of the country," he said.
Despite this progress, there was a realisation in the 1990s that this wasn't going to be enough. "The world is changing and as a country we're very exposed to what's happening in the world. In fact, after Singapore, we're the most exposed economy in the world due to a simple statistic – the sum of imports and exports as a share of your GDP.
"We can't just live on what we produce and consume here ourselves. We have to live in a very competitive world."
A policy decision was then made to create opportunities to produce 1,000 PhDs a year.
"If you look at the indicators of intellectual property in countries related to the economic welfare, one of the measures is the proportion of the workforce at various levels of competence. In the 1990s, Ireland was well below the OECD average.
"We are probably about average now – six per thousand of our workforce have qualifications at PhD level.
"But some countries have a good deal more and those we compete against are actually moving faster than we are," he warned.
He said that if Ireland was to look back over the last 10 years in terms of science endeavour and the growth in the number of PhD graduates, the country has a lot to be proud of. He said the investment by business and the public sector in R&D has been increasing at a rate of 14pc per annum.
Cunningham said Ireland's intellectual capital really has been delivered over the last 10 years but communicating the outputs of an R&D complex is not easily understood by the man on the 46A bus.
He said one of the measures is the number of referee publications, which are the raw degree of promotion in the university system worldwide. Citations have also doubled over the last five years.
"We have gone from well below OECD average to up around the OECD average and higher than the average of the US, curiously enough."
But the most significant measure of all is the industrial picture and Cunningham said that out of the 120 FDI projects the IDA harvests a year, Ireland has gone from five of those per year being an R&D-related project to 50 last year.
"This investment in the intellectual capital of the country is the seedcorn of the future – it's the raw material of prosperity; not just for those with PhDs but for society as a whole," Cunningham said.
For further coverage, visit our IRCHSS & IRCSET Postdoctoral Symposium microsite.
Watch a video of Prof Patrick Cunningham's talk here:
Prof Patrick Cunningham, chief scientific adviser to the Government
Related: R&D, FDI, PhDs, IDA Ireland
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Mainacht steht für
Mainacht im Volksbrauchtum, siehe auch: Maiennacht bzw. Maibrauchtum (Rheinland)
Mainacht oder Die Ertrunkene, Erzählung von Nikolai Gogol, (1830)
Die Mainacht (Oper), Oper von Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow (1880)
Mainacht (Film), sowjetischer Märchenfilm von Alexander Rou, (1952)


The internet is a useful tool, but it is stealing lives across developed nations. When we die at 45 from cardiac complications will we count our life achievements as stumbling the interweb, clocking Halo 3 and eating copious amounts of potato chips or will we reflect on a life wasted? Will the life that flashes before our eyes be a rush of computer pixels or will there be real people, real experiences – pain, sadness, joy, fear and bliss?
Perhaps the silliest thing about the web is how freely we are allowing the technology of the middleman to commodify our pleasure, our boredom and our communications with our friends and family. Instead of writing letters or visiting people we are slouched in our lounge paying Skype bills and buying apology gifts on Amazon. We don't talk to the pizza artisan in the village. Instead we order a pie from a faceless corporate pizza page.
A letter is exciting and includes a chat with the postman whereas an email is as bland and sterile as human interaction can get.
There is a balance to be had between benefit and forfeit. When the forfeit of real life exceeds the true benefit of our screen time we need to actively reset the balance.
Life is beautiful. Don't let your monitor block your view of it.
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Gonzaga's bid for a perfect season moves on to Final Four
INDIANAPOLIS — Gonzaga's countdown to perfection has ticked to two.
The Bulldogs are back in the Final Four, two wins from becoming the first undefeated team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers.
And, after all those upsets, the March Madness apex in the Hoosier State will be a high-seeded affair.
Gonzaga is a No. 1 seed. So is Baylor. Houston, a 2.
The final spot, to be decided late Tuesday, will go to either No. 1 Michigan or UCLA. The Bruins are an 11, but they're also the all-time leaders in national championships.
There also will be a trip down Southwest Conference memory lane.
But the Zags will be the team to beat.
Gonzaga (30-0) has been an offensive juggernaut rarely seen in college basketball. Fast moving and free flowing, the ultra-efficient Zags have steamrolled everyone in their way, winning a Division I-record 27 straight games by double digits.
An 85-56 dismantling of Southern California in the Elite Eight stretched their win streak to 34 games over two seasons and put them back in the Final Four for the second time in the past four NCAA Tournaments. Gonzaga came up short in a loss to North Carolina in the 2017 national title game, but has its sights set on finishing it off this time — and grabbing a piece of history.
The Zags will face Michigan or UCLA in Saturday's national semifinal.
"Everyone wants us to keep moving forward, but that's not how we roll," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "This is a heck of an accomplishment. We're going to take it and savor it for what it is. That doesn't lessen our desire to win this game, the next game or win two more games."
The Texas half of the draw will have a Southwest feel.
Baylor and Houston were both members of the Southwest Conference, which splintered in 1996. The Bears were there when the league started, circa 1914. The Cougars made the move from independent to SWC status in 1975.
The latest versions of the two programs are nearly identical: long, athletic, quick, breath-squeezing defense.
Baylor went on a long rebuild to finally get here.
The Bears were embroiled in one of the darkest scandals in college basketball history, when Patrick Dennehy was murdered by teammate Carlton Dotson in 2003. Coach Dave Bliss then resigned after it was revealed he encouraged players to lie about Dennehy to cover up NCAA violations.
In stepped coach Scott Drew.
Drew took the Baylor job after serving a one-year stint succeeding his father, Homer, at Valparaiso, and he went through some extra-lean years early on in Waco.
He's since molded the program into a national powerhouse.
The Bears (26-2) were unstoppable this season before a COVID-19 pause slowed their roll, but they've been back to their dominating ways in March.
After twice failing at the regional final under Drew, Baylor beat Arkansas in the Elite Eight to reach the Final Four for the first time since 1950 — when the bracket was eight teams and the City College of New York Beavers won the national championship.
"Once we got into the (first) season and you found out that most of your team were walk-ons and most of them weren't over 6-foot-2, then you realized it might be tougher than you originally thought," Drew said. "But obviously the goal was always to build a program that could consistently compete and have an opportunity to play in March."
Kelvin Sampson has made a similar imprint on Houston.
The Cougars had lost the luster from the Phi Slama Jama days, reaching the NCAA Tournament once in 22 years before Sampson was hired in 2014.
Sampson gradually built Houston back up, taking it to the NCAA Tournament's second round in 2018, the Sweet 16 the next year. The fleet-footed Cougars (28-3) were dominating this season and grinded down their first four NCAA Tournament opponents to reach their first Final Four since losing in the 1984 national championship game.
The run has intriguingly come in Indiana, home of the NCAA and where Sampson's career nearly came to an end. He was forced out at Indiana in 2008 due to NCAA sanctions and now, 13 years later, has completed to circle back to the Hoosier State to compete for a national championship.
"We've taken a group of kids to get them to believe and they've accomplished something that no matter what happens this weekend, it's something that nobody can take from them," Sampson said. "They'll always be known as a Final Four participant. They played in the Final Four."
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Sacred to the Mayas, and enjoyed at banquets by the Aztecs, the Guajolote (Melagris gallopavo) is our Thanksgiving turkey. It was domesticated in Mexico and the Américas before the arrival of the Spaniards. The name is from the nahuatl word, "huexólotl," which translates as "big monster" (hueyi = big; xólot = monster), due to its size, plumage and "snood" that hangs from its beak and that engorges with blood and extends to hang down over the beak when the male is strutting.
The Mexicas (Native, indigenous Mexicans) related the bird to the God Tezcatlipoca and to the gods of the sun and of life. The bird is really important to our history, heritage and culinary culture. Oh, right–it's delicious!
B) The bird came from Mexico and is native to this land, América.
I've placed a dot on the location of Coba, Mexico, near Cancún. This is where archeologists have found the earliest evidence of turkey remains. They are dated 100 BCE-100 CE. From there the turkey went north and populated North America, evidence of the vibrant trade and communication withiin the region pre-1400's. By the time the Spaniards arrived in Mexico, we had domesticated turkeys not just in Mexico but also in what is now the US New Mexico and Texas. Thereafter the turkey, wild and domesticated, populated the whole of the US and some of Canada.
Let me know how it turns out if you decide to smoke for Thanksgiving. ¡Feliz Día de Dar Gracias!
It will be ok to use mesquite, and oak. It will be a bit stronger but delicious. Good luck.
If you do not have pecan wood, is oak an acceptable alternative? What about Mesquite?


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Q: Invoke onExit() manually in SAPUI5 Is there is a way to invoke onExit() Life cycle hook manually?

A: If you´re talking about the onExit function of your controller you can! However, you should consider the View Lifecycle. According to this Lifecycle the framework will automatically call the onExit hook for you:

onExit(): Called when the view is destroyed; used to free resources and finalize activities

Source: SAPUI5 Documentation
Since it is a function which belongs to your controller you are able to call it manually by this.onExit() (in your controller).
However, this shouldn´t be necessary. To act according to the lifecycle you can call .destroy() of your view which destroys the view, the controller and all associated children.

destroy(): Cleans up the resources associated with this element and all its children.

Source: SAPUI5 Documentation

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