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For the first time, all available tracts in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve are up for lease
Lakes dominate the landscape in a northern part of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (Anne Raup / Alaska Dispatch News)
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it is offering a record 900 tracts for an upcoming lease sale within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a region that has attracted renewed interest from the oil industry and geologists.
At 10.3 million acres, the tracts being offered for the lease sale in December represent about half of the 22.8-million-acre reserve.
The Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday the number of tracts to be auctioned for lease is the largest ever.
"(The) unprecedented sale in Alaska will help achieve our goal of American energy dominance," said U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, adding that he had pledged to help fill the trans-Alaska pipeline during a visit to see the line and Alaska fields in May.
The 800-mile pipeline connecting North Slope fields with a southern Alaska port moves more than 500,000 barrels daily, about one-fourth of the peak shipped in the late 1980s because of reduced oil production from aging giants such as Prudhoe Bay.
[ConocoPhillips cracks open giant petroleum reserve, with good results]
The Wilderness Society, a land conservation nonprofit, said this is the first time all unleased, available tracts in the reserve have been offered at once. The BLM announcement came one day after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced a lease sale for all available offshore tracts in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Americans should not stand by and allow our public lands to be plundered without restraint," said Nicole Whittington-Evans, the group's Alaska director. "We need a thoughtful, careful approach that emphasizes responsible development and recognizes that some places are simply too special to drill."
[Conservation groups prepare for battle over drilling in NPR-A]
The reserve has been the subject of heightened interest in recent years following announcements of large discoveries within the reserve and nearby, including the large Willow prospect in NPR-A. ConocoPhillips has said the field could produce 100,000 barrels of oil daily and plans to drill three exploration wells there this winter.
The reserve is west of the Prudhoe Bay fields, on the edge of existing oil and gas development and infrastructure. With the recent discoveries, the U.S. Geological Survey is updating a 7-year-old analysis of the reserve's oil and gas potential.
Currently, 189 leases totaling 1.4 million acres have been authorized in the reserve.
Since 1999, 12 lease sales in the reserve have generated more than $280 million, with half the money going to Alaska, the agency said.
[ConocoPhillips plans largest exploration season in 15 years.]
In the previous largest NPR-A lease sale, the agency in 2004 offered 508 tracts totaling 5.8 million acres, according to data provided by BLM.
A secretarial order from Zinke in May called for all available tracts to be maximized for leasing, said Lesli Ellis-Wouters, a BLM spokeswoman, on Wednesday.
[After a decade, oil begins flowing from National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska]
Key areas remain off the table in the lease sale, including the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area that protects habitat for birds and other animals, said Ellis-Wouters.
Additional details about the sale can be found online at on.doi.gov/2fgHGRq.
The agency said sealed bids for tracts must be received by 4 p.m. Dec. 4, at the BLM Alaska headquarters in Anchorage. The opening will be held at 1 p.m. Dec. 6. A livestream of the event will be available at blm.gov/live.


As a financial practitioner it is easy to only talk to your clients about products, investments and financial matters.
Because it is comfortable for you. It's where you feel safe. It is what you know about. But this isn't where the real juice in the relationship is – not for you or your client.
There are many highly qualified financial professionals who do a technically great job for their clients, but who never make the kind of impact that is genuinely transformational for their clients.
If you want to be even more highly valued by your clients, do high-impact work and earn high fees that people willingly pay, then you have to get off the safe ground.
Most of us don't reflect often enough, if ever at all, upon what we really want from life.
Can you truly say you know what really matters to each of your clients? What compels them? What are their priorities in life? What their fears and concerns are? Where do they want to be at the end of this year, in five years' time and beyond?
An adviser client of mine recounted a situation where a couple wanted to invest a significant sum of money. Instead of just effecting the transaction he got really curious. He asked questions. He listened. He explored what was really important to them.
The clients shared that what mattered most of all was to slow down the pace of their working lives and spend more time with each other and with family. They have young grandchildren and want to be involved and enjoy seeing them grow up.
The adviser, through really getting to understand his client and the situation, was able to clearly demonstrate how this important goal was something that was possible right now and not out in the future sometime, as the clients thought it was. He helped them gain real clarity and the work they did together was genuinely life-changing because it was more than just about investing some money.
When you're able to connect what matters most to your clients together with your planning, advice and recommendations it changes everything. It takes the relationship from a transactional one, which they could have with any practitioner, to one where you are serving the client in a much more meaningful way. The result will be more engaged clients, more business and more referrals.
So, how do you get off the safe ground?
Having deeper and richer conversations with your clients is not about trying to change your behaviour. It is not about tactics, strategies or employing a step-by-step process.
It does require your willingness to be present, curious and to really listen with no agenda. Your purpose, before offering any advice, is to connect, listen and understand. Such a conversation can be as much as a journey of discovery for your clients as it is for you.
As a coach, I focus upon helping my clients understand the principles behind state of mind. This understanding, requiring no techniques of any kind, is the fastest and most precise way to helping people experience ever increasing levels of mental clarity.
When we have a quiet mind and feel secure within ourselves this, in turn, has a remarkable effect upon who we are with because of the quality of our presence. When clients feel safe in the feeling that they won't be judged and that there is no hidden agenda, they become far more willing to really open up. It is an environment like this that facilitates a client doing their very best thinking. The product of this is that their trust in you, their perception of value in you and your work and the amount of business you do together are likely to rise – often significantly.
John will be presenting at this May's illuminate live events - book your free place here.


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30-й Кинотавр проходил с 9 по 16 июня 2019 года.

Жюри
 Константин Хабенский, актёр — председатель
 Алексей Айги, композитор
 Анжелика Артюх, киновед
 Резо Гигинеишвили, режиссёр
 Наталия Мещанинова, режиссёр
 Алишер Хамидходжаев, оператор
 Анна Чиповская, актриса

Официальная программа

Основной конкурс
 Sheena667, реж. Григорий Добрыгин
 Большая поэзия, реж. Александр Лунгин
 Бык, реж. Борис Акопов
 Верность, реж. Нигина Сайфуллаева
 Выше неба, реж. Оксана Карас
 Гроза, реж. Григорий Константинопольский
 Давай разведёмся, реж. Анна Пармас
 Керосин, реж. Юсуп Разыков
 Куратор, реж. Петр Левченко
 Люби их всех, реж. Мария Агранович
 Мысленный волк, реж. Валерия Гай Германика
 Мальчик русский, реж. Александр Золотухин
 Однажды в Трубчевске, реж. Лариса Садилова
 Сторож, реж. Юрий Быков
 Троица, реж. Ян Гэ

Фильм открытия
 Одесса, реж. Валерий Тодоровский

Фильм закрытия
 Француз, реж. Андрей Смирнов

Призёры
 Главный приз: «Бык», реж. Борис Акопов
 Приз за лучшую режиссуру: Большая поэзия, реж. Александр Лунгин
 Приз за лучшую женскую роль: Виктория Толстоганова — Выше неба
 Приз за лучшую мужскую роль: Александр Кузнецов — Большая поэзия
 Приз за лучшую операторскую работу: Глеб Филатов — Бык
 Приз им. Г. Горина «За лучший сценарий»: Анна Пармас, Мария Шульгина, Елизавета Тихонова — Давай разведемся
 Приз им. М. Таривердиева «За лучшую музыку к фильму»: Игорь Вдовин — Мысленный волк
 Приз конкурса «Кинотавр. Дебют»: Давай разведемся, реж. Анна Пармас

Примечания

Кинотавр
2019 год в России
Кинофестивали 2019 года
Июнь 2019 года

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Porsche fanatics take notice: the date has been changed for the fifth Porsche Rennsports Reunion.
Porsche fanatics take notice: the date has been changed for the fifth Porsche Rennsports Reunion. The monumental gathering of Porsche racing enthusiasts will take place September 25-27 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, two weeks earlier than originally planned.
The date change was necessitated by an unexpected scheduling conflict with the World Endurance Championship racing series, according to Porsche Cars North America, which hosts the reunion.
This will be the second time in a row that the Rennsport Reunion will take place at the famous Laguna Seca track, with the previous three events held on the East Coast. The motorsports gatherings happen every three years, with the first one held in 2001 at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut.
The Rennsport Reunion features Porsche racers on the track as well as a concours d'elegance and other activities celebrating the six decades of Porsche racing. An expected 1,300 Porsche Club of America members and their cars are anticipated to attend and fill out the various show fields and parking lots at the track.
Future details will be published on Porsche's website, www.porsche.com, and Laguna Seca's website, www.mazdaraceway.com, as they become available. For ticket information, see the Laguna Seca website or call 831 242-8200.


It was a gorgeous weekend here in Montreal and my accomplice and i took to the streets for a little sunday afternoon shopping and walking around. Despite the chilly wind and the slight hangover, it was quite the pleasant sun-kissed day. And here's a little snap on the corner for your viewing pleasure.
Love your outfit, especially the poncho and the boots!
too lovely! i adore your style!
You look so fantastic. I love how you teamed the cropped jeans with ankle boots, so chic!
Hi Helene, how are you?
hope the weather is getting better there, everyone (everywhere) is looking forward to the good weather.


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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892
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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, May 21, 1892, by Various, Edited by F. C. Burnand This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 102, May 21, 1892 Author: Various Release Date: January 14, 2005 [eBook #14695] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 102, MAY 21, 1892***
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. Vol. 102.
May 21, 1892. MORE THAN SATISFIED! ( With Mr. Punch's apologies to the Daily Telegraph's "Academic Enthusiast .") "She-Pantaloons? seedy? Now, do we look like it?" The speaker was a tall, robust maiden with fair hair; on her knee was an edition (without notes) of the Anabasis of Xenophon , and by her side was Liddell and Scott's Lexicon , in which she had just been tracking an exceptionally difficult—but, let me hasten to add, a perfectly regular—Greek verb to its lair. There were a considerable number of roseate specimens of English womanhood in the library of Girnham College, where, with some natural diffidence, I had ventured to put the rather delicate question to which I received the above reply. For I had been much troubled in my soul about Sir JAMES CRICHTON BROWNE's recent deliverances with regard to the injurious physical effect of the Higher Education upon women, and, as a devoted—if hitherto unappreciated—admirer of the Fair Sex, I felt I had a theoretical interest in the question, and was bound to verify Dr. BROWNE's views. The most obvious way of satisfying my anxiety was to go to Girnham myself and ask the lady students what they thought about it, and so I did. "I quite agree," I said, mildly, as I unwound my comforter, "that your course of studies seems to suit you remarkably well. Quite a bevy of female admirable CRICHT—!" The effect was immediate; an unmistakable rush of lexicons
—or were they Todhunters?—hurtled around my devoted head from the fair hands of disturbed and ruffled girlhood. "Pray don't mention that person again!" said my fair-haired interlocutor, and I thought I wouldn't. "Well, but," I began, with heroic daring, as I laid aside my respirator, "as to weak chests now?" I was interrupted by a paroxysm of coughing, which I tried to explain, as my young friends thumped my back with unnecessary zeal, was, owing to my having imprudently ventured out without my chest-protector. As soon as I was able, I feebly hazarded the suggestion that, for growing girls, the habit of stooping over their books seemed calculated to induce weakness in the lungs—but their roars of merriment at an n this tshceo ried ewaa is nestnatinrtellyy csounpveirnflcueodu s.me that yuneasiness o "I received the football in the pit of my stomach." "You certainly all look remarkably well," I observed, genially, "particularly sunburnt and brow—" Here there was a roar of quite another kind. I endeavoured to protest, as I got behind an arm-chair and dodged a Differential Calculus and a large glass inkstand, that I hadn't meant to allude to the obnoxious Physician at all, but had merely intended to convey my hearty admir— "I know what you're going to say!" interrupted the fair-haired girl, vivaciously. "And you had better not." As she spoke, she raised me from my seat by the coat-collar with no apparent effort, and deposited me on the top of a tall bookcase, from which I found myself compelled to prosecute my inquiries. "Nature has been very bountiful to you—very much so, I am sure," I murmured, blinking amiably down upon them through the spectacles I wear to correct a slight tendency to strabismus. "Still, don't you—er—find that your eyes—" I got no further; I thought some of them would have died! "How about the effect of learning on your looks , now?" I next inquired. "Is it true that classical and mathematical pursuits are apt to exercise a disfiguring effect? Not that, with such blooming faces as I see around me—er—if you will allow me to say so—" But they wouldn't; on the contrary, I was given to understand, somewhat plainly, that compliments were perhaps ill-advised in that gathering. "Are you—hem—fond of athletics?" was the question I put next from my lofty perch. "Do you go in for games at all, now?" "Of course we do!" said the fair-haired girl, affording a practical demonstration of the fact by taking me down and proceeding with her lively companions to engage in the old classical game of pila or σφαιριστικη, the recreation in which Ulysses long ago found Nausicaa engaged with her maidens. On this occasion, however, I represented the pila , or ball, and although, in justice to their accuracy of eye and hand, I am bound to admit that I was seldom allowed to touch the ground as I sped swiftly from one to the other, still I felt considerable relief when, on my urgent protestations that I was fully convinced of their proficiency in this amusement, they were prevailed upon to bring this pastime to a close. "We are breaking the rule of silence in this room," said the fair-haired one. "And you do ask such a lot of questions! But, as you seem curious about our athletic pursuits, come and I will try to show you." I crawled after my guide without a word, inwardly reflecting that I was sorry I had spoken, and heartily cursing (though without pronouncing it aloud) the very name of that eminent Physician, Dr. CRICHTON BROWNE. She took me first of all to a field where a bevy of maidens were engaged in a game of hockey. "We are keen on hockey," said my guide, and, as she spoke, a girl, flushed and radiant, caught me across the most sensitive part of the shin with a hockey-stick. No need to ask her if she felt well. I limped away, and, in another part of the field, saw a comely and robust maiden practising drop-kicks, utterly regardless of the fact that I was looking on. I received the football in the pit of my stomach, and the name of CRICHTON BROWNE died on my lips. My guide smiled as she saw that I had taken in the scene that was being enacted under my very nose. "Do you play cricket?" she asked, with something like pity in her eyes. I did not —but I was by this time in such condign fear of this young Amazon that I was really afraid to admit my total ignorance of the sport. She made me wicket-keep for her, without pads, for an entire hour, at the end of which I readily assented to an invitation for further exploration.
We went through endless passages to an endless gymnasium, and every now and then I came across an Indian club or a dumb-bell, wielded by energetic female athletes. I should have liked to ask them whether they felt well, but I realised—only just in time—that the question would have been an impertinence. "Are you getting satisfied?" said my unwearied guide, with another of her smiles, "or, do you still think we are a puny misshapen race?" "Quite satisfied!" I replied, faintly, as I endeavoured to unclose a rapidly discolouring eye, "in fact, I begin to discredit that alarmist cry—" Before I could complete the sentence, I found myself executing an involuntary parabola over some adjacent parallel bars. My young friend's brows had contracted into a frown, although she waited politely for me to pick myself up. "I thought we agreed not to mention that name!" she said, coldly. I felt that any attempt to explain my innocence would be received with quiet scorn. "I—I should like to ask you just one thing more," I said, desperately, as I lay on my back, "I am really entirely converted—quite ashamed. I do hope you won't think me—er—inquisitive—but I have been so often told—it has been so constantly asserted—" I found myself bungling horribly in my desire not to offend. "Pray go on," she said, "we try to be simple and sincere, and we are always ready to satisfy an intelligent inquirer." "Well," I said, desperately, "people do say that you all wear—er—blue stockings. But I am sure," I added quickly, "that it is not true" ... It was too late. When the friend who had smuggled me into the building came to my rescue, he asked me, rather noisily, "if I was feeling well?" I replied that I was not, and that I did not think I ever should again. And I never have.
TRUE MODESTY. [A West-end hosier advertises suits of Pyjamas in his window as "the latest styles in slumber-wear."] All hail, O hosier; deem me not absurd That I should thank thee for so apt a word. 'Tis thus that Modesty our language trims: Where men say "legs" she softly whispers "limbs." And, while they fume and rage in angry pother, Stills the big D—— and substitutes a "bother." Speaks not of "trousers"—that were sin and shame; "Continuations" is the gentler name. Turns "shirts" to "shifts," and, blushing like the rose, Converts the lowly stocking into "hose." Thus thou, my hosier, profferest me a pair Of these, the latest style of slumber-wear.
"AWEARY! AWEARY!" Miss Certainage ( who has been studying Schopenhauer, and has come to the conclusion that there is nothing but sorrow in life, sadly ). "AH, MAJOR, I'M SURE I SHALL DIE YOUNG!" Ethel. "OH NO, AUNT DEAR, I'M CERTAIN YOU WON'T!"
THE GENERAL'S LITTLE FUND. ( See "Times," May 11. ) Oh where, oh where is my little wee fund? Oh where, oh where can it be? With the pence cut short and the pounds cut long; Oh where, oh where can it be? I've travelled about with my little wee fund— It used to pay for me; But now it's gone I'm lorn and lone; Oh where, oh where can it be? I want to stump through Switzerland; On the 24th proximo. To Germany, Sweden, Norway, and To Denmark I want to go; I've held out my hat to every flat, And begged over land and sea, Humanity dunned, but I have no fund— Oh where, oh where can it be? If ever you see a stray bawbee Whenever, wherever you roam, Oh, tell him the woe that troubles me so, And say that it keeps me at home. I may mention that what you do, like a shot Must be done to be useful to me; At once send a cheque to save us from wreck, Or the Army will go to the D!
MR. PUNCH TO THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS.
On the happy occasion of the Jubilee of that excellent Journal, May 14, 1892. From Forty-Two to Ninety-Two! A full half-century of story! And now, our Century's end in view. May's back once more in vernal glory, And with it brings your Jubilee, ( Punch came to his one year before you!) "Many Returns," Ma'am, may you see, And honoured be the hour that bore you! Good faith! it scarcely seems so long To us old boys, who can remember The tale, the picture, and the song We pored o'er by the wintry ember; And how our young and eager eyes Were kept from childhood's easy slumbers By the awakening ecstasies Of cheery coloured Christmas Numbers. We loved great GILBERT, Glorious JOHN!— Sir JOHN to-day, good knight, fine painter! Our eyes dwelt lingeringly upon His work, by which all else showed fainter. His dashing pencil "go" could give To simplest scene; a wondrous gift 'tis! How his bold line could make things live In those far Forties and old Fifties! And humorous "PHIZ" and spectral READ, Made us alternate smile and shiver. Ah! ghosts, Ma'am, then were ghosts indeed, Born of the brain and not the liver. You shared our LEMON and our LEECH; Our BROOKS for you ran bright and sunny. May you live long, to limn and teach. Be graphic, genial, sage, and funny! We like you well, we owe you much, True record, blent with critic strictures, And culture of the artist touch Through half a century of pictures. We wish you many gay returns Of this May day! You're brighter, plumper Than then; and Punch , who envy spurns, Drinks your Good Health, Ma'am, in a bumper! "ORME! SWEET ORME!"— Orme is still off solid food, and is kept alive entirely by Porter. It is the opinion of the best informed that "Porter with a head on" will pull him through. Smoking is not permitted in the stable, but there is evidence of there being several "strong backers" about.
MR. PUNCH CONGRATULATES MADAME ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ON ATTAINING HER JUBILEE, AND BEING YOUNGER THAN EVER.
MEMS. OF THEATRES, &C., COMMISSION. Mr. John Hare, Lessee of the Garrick Theatre, in his evidence before the Theatres and Music Halls Committee, described himself, according to the Times Report, as having "been for about thirty years an actor, and for fifteen years a manager." This gives him forty-five years of professional life, and saying, for example, that he commenced his career as an actor at twenty, then his own computation brings him up to sixty-five If this be so, then Mr. JOHN HARE, with his elastic step, his twinkling eye, his clear enunciation, and his energetic style, is the youngest sexagenarian to be met with on or off the stage; and it is probable that when he reaches the Gladstonian age he will be more sprightly than even the Grand One himself. In answer to a question put by Viscount EBRINGTON, Mr. EDWARD TERRY gave it as his opinion that "if officers"—he was speaking of the army not the police—"were prouder of their uniforms, and did not take the earliest opportunity of divesting themselves of them, the uniform would be more respected." He ought to have put it, "would be uniformly more respected." But how about the man inside the uniform? But why should a soldier wear his uniform when off duty any more than a policeman when off duty, or any more than a barrister should wear his wig, bands, and gown, when not practising in the Courts? There is one person who should always wear a distinctive uniform, and that is a Clergyman, who is never off duty. Perhaps this is already provided for by the Act of Uniformity. Mr. JOHN HOLLINGSHEAD, after expressing his opinion that Mr. IRVING had been "seeing visions,"—which of course is quite an Irvingite characteristic,—proposed to put everything right everywhere, and be the Universal Legislator and Official Representative of Everybody. Salary not so much an object as a comfortable home, a recognised official position, and "No Fees." (The Commission still sitting may perhaps dissolve itself, and appoint the last witness as Sole Theatrical and Music Hall Commissioner, with no power to add to his number.)
ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT. EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF TOBY, M.P. House of Commons, Monday, May 9 .—House dealt with just now after manner of Horticultural Exhibition at
Earl's Court. Laid out as three acres, through which JESSE COLLINGS might be expected to lead the cow. But, as SQUIRE OF MALWOOD (a great authority on stock matters) says, the esteemed quadruped is dead, abandoned by its protector at time of disruption of Liberal Party. Exists now only in the form of carcass, to be found rather in butchers' shops than on quiet pastures. Pity, this. Difficult to imagine any better arrangement for what theatrical people call "properties" than the cow—probably with a blue ribbon round its neck—led through three acres of green meadow by JESSE COLLINGS, in clean smock-frock, with a crook in his hand. Dr. CLARK says they don't drive cattle with crooks. But that's a detail. CLARK sure to contradict in any case. Things very quiet to-night; quite pastoral. Only one outburst; that arose when FOSTER accused CHAMBERLAIN of saying the thing that is not. CHAMBERLAIN hotly rose, and appealed to Chairman to say whether the Doctor-Baronet was in order. COURTNEY said, since he was asked, he must say he thought not. So FOSTER changed the prescription. CHAPLIN much gratified at this speedy close of rupture that threatened progress with Bill. Presided over discussion with urbanity that was irresistible. "Reminds me," said WILFRID LAWSON, looking across at Right Hon. Gentleman seated on Treasury Bench, with deeply-bayed shirt-front, and head closely bent over copy of Bill, "of a motherly hen gathering its brood under its wings, and trying to make things comfortable all round. Sometimes, when one of the brood grows a trifle importunate, the motherly expression on the expansive face sharpens, and the chicken The Doctor-Baronet. is pecked at. But, on the whole, little to disturb the serenity of the coop." Never before thought of CHAPLIN as an old hen. But, really, with the place permeated with agricultural and farm-yard associations, LAWSON's idea not so far out of it as it might appear to the domestic circle at Blankney Hall. At half-past eleven those Scotchmen came up again. Upset the henroost, devoured what was left of the cow, dug up the verdurous three acres, and till two o'clock in the morning harried the Commissioners under the Scotch University Act. Business done .—In Committee on the Small Holdings Bill. Tuesday .—Don't know what we shall do when WIGGIN leaves us, as he threatens to do after Dissolution. Not much here just now, but sometimes his face seen in House or Lobbies, piercing surrounding gloom like what SWIFT MACNEILL distantly alludes to as "the orb of day." Only WIGGIN could have thought of the little divertissement that for a few moments raised depressed spirits of House this afternoon. Resumed at morning Sitting (so called because it takes place in the afternoon) discussion of Small Holdings Bill. SEALE-HAYNE,—whose reputation as a humorist still lingers a tradition in the playing fields at Eton, but whose subsequent political career has subdued his vivacity,—moved Amendment. Something about compensation for cow-sheds. COBB airily addressed the Committee; and CHAPLIN whispered a few confidential remarks across Table. Curious how this "eminent authority," as the MARKISS calls quite another personage, has lost his voice since Bill got into Committee. Seems so awestruck by enormity of his responsibility, not inclined to raise his voice "Order! Order!" above whisper. Effort to catch purport of his remarks completed depression under which Committee sinking. Went out to vote as if they were conducting CHAPLIN to a too early funeral. Then it was that an idea dawned on the mind of the wanton WIGGIN. " I 'll show 'em sport, TOBY, dear boy," he said to me in passing. " I 'll give their spirits a leg up!" Forgotten about this in passing through Division Lobby; coming back startled by angry roar. COURTNEY on his feet solemnly shouting "Order, Order!" like minute-gun at sea. Nothing came of this; excitement increased; COURTNEY crying "Order, Order!" in sterner voice. Looked about for explanation, and lo! there was the waggish WIGGIN with his hat cocked well on one side of his head, waddling down the floor of the House past the Chair. You may do almost anything in the House of Commons but walk about with your hat on, and here was WIGGIN, not only doing it, but persisting in the offence, smiling back innocently on the increasing circle of Members roaring at him, and COURTNEY, with increasing stridency, shouting "Order!" behind his back. Having got nearly to the Bar, the wily WIGGIN, affecting to wonder what all the row was about, turned round and found himself pierced through and through with the flaming eye of outraged Chairman. Pretty to see how, all of a sudden, it seemed to flash upon him that he was the culprit, and that it was his hat at which Members, like so many WILLIAM TELLS, were persistently tiring. The sunset face flushed deeper still; with quick movement the wayward WIGGIN removed his offending hat, and, bowing apologetically to the Chair, went forth with quickened pace. '
, . benevolent intention secured, and, if only temporarily, spirits of House jubilantly rose. Business done .—In Committee on Small Holdings. Wednesday .—Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (Amendment) Bill first Order of Day. Doesn't seem to promise anything exciting; Debate, however, not gone far before discovery made that it hides a deep design. Wouldn't think, looking at FORWOOD as he sits at remote end of Treasury Bench, that he had anything to do with Hecuba, or Hecuba with him. Only suspicious thing about him is, his extreme desire to keep out of sight. When SPEAKER took Chair he was standing at Bar surveying House, and wondering when it would be made. As soon as MATTINSON rose to move Second Heading of Bill, FORWOOD. so to speak, went backward, and planted himself well in shadow of SPEAKER's Chair. Turns out in course of interesting Debate that, though the speech on moving Second Reading is the voice of MATTINSON, the Bill is the Bill of FORWOOD, whose interest in the political affairs of Liverpool is said to be extensive and peculiar. NEVILLE puts it in another way. "Whenever," he said, "any political manipulation is afoot in Liverpool, be sure the Secretary to the Admiralty will not be far away." "No Forwooder!" At first, FORWOOD affected indifference to proceedings. "His Bill! s'elp him, never seen it before. 'L'pool.' What's that?" But as Debate went forward, and gentlemen opposite insisted on dragging him in, he finally yielded, and taking off coat, "went for" other side. Rev. SAM SMITH interposed with charming story about a gentleman whom Liverpool Tories had appointed Chairman of Watch Committee, "he being solicitor to the two largest publicans in Liverpool." That didn't at first sight seem much to point, supposing even the united cubit measurement of the worthy tradesmen exceeded twelve feet. But Reverend SAM went on to explain what he meant was that, "between them, they owned about 120 public-houses." Curious movement in Strangers' Gallery as of involuntary smacking of many lips, FORWOOD said this (which he daintily alluded to as "an allegation") had been denied. SAM, couching the retort in clerical language, said in effect, "You're another!" whereupon Ministerialists roared, "Oh! oh!" and FORWOOD, now thoroughly roused, proceeded to show that SAMUEL and his Liberal allies were the real Gerrymanders, and that he, FORWOOD, was the spotless advocate of the true interests of the Working-Man. House began to look askance on S.S. Never suspected him of being a man of that kind. Glad when painful discussion came to end. Bill read Second Time; but jubilation "This Way to London!" omf opmreonmt, ostteersp psiundg dien nalyn dc haildlreodi tlby yp uTtItiMn gH sEpAoLkYe, ion f wwhheoelm o f nBoi llo, nbey wmaosv itnhgi ntkoi rnegf ear ti tt hteo Select Committee; which, being translated, means it will get no Forwooder this Session. Business done. —TIM HEALY puts FORWOOD's clock back. Friday. —EDWARD WATKIN home from honeymooning trip. Pleased to find his Bill giving the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway direct access to London passed all its stages in the Commons. "It's a new way to London, good TOBY," he said, when I congratulated him on the double event. "Some gentlemen who faint in St. John's Wood objected on what I believe are called æsthetical grounds. But there are several big towns between here and Sheffield wanted the short cut, and I determined they should have it. Things looked bad last Session, and perhaps some fellows would have given up. I have a little way of never giving up, and it's astonishing how far it'll carry you. We're not through the Lords yet,—though, as you say, we are through their cricket-ground. But you'll see, before twelve months are over, I'll bring a train straight from Sheffield into our own station in London, and if you only live a little longer, you shall come with me on the first trip from Charing Cross to Paris under the Channel Tunnel. Everything, TOBY, cher ami , comes to the man who won't wait." Business done. —Small Holdings Bill practically through Committee.
TRAMWAYS. ( From the Newspapers of the Future. ) April 2, 1894.—The County Council at yesterday's meeting discussed the proposed new Tramway from Westminster Bridge to the Round Pond, through the Abbey, St. James's Park and Rotten Row. Deputations from all the artistic and archæological Societies presented petitions against it, but the Council refused to read them. Deputations from the Institute of Architects and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings also attended to give their views on the partial demolition of the Abbey, but they quarrelled so much amongst
themselves that it was necessary to eject them, in order to prevent a free fight in the Council Chamber. Three Labour Candidates were then received, the Council standing respectfully, and stated that at least twenty-seven persons residing in Southwark would benefit by the direct route to Kensington Gardens. It was at once resolved that the Tramway should be made. May 2, 1901.—Yesterday an immense Demonstration of Working-Men was held in Hyde Park to protest against the extension of the Tramways. Mr. JOHN SCALDS presided, and observed in his speech, "What is the good of taking the Working-Man from his own door to a park, if there is no park at the other end, only asphalte and tramlines and some stumps of trees cut down? What is the good of taking him to Westminster Abbey, if Poets' Corner has been made into a tramcar-shed? Besides, now the Working-Man is so much richer, and pays no rates or taxes, he does not want trams. They are only fit for the miserable Middle Class, and who cares about them?" This was greeted with loud shouts of, "Down with the Council!" and the vast assemblage marched with threatening cries and gestures towards the recently completed County Council Offices. Our readers are aware that this sumptuous building, which cost over two millions, occupies the site where St. Paul's Cathedral formerly stood. It was found, however, that the Council had suddenly adjourned, and that all the officials had fled. The workmen accordingly entered, and, having voted Mr. SCALDS to the chair, unanimously resolved that all the Tramways should be removed and the Parks replanted and returfed. It was decided that nothing could be done to replace the Cathedral or the Abbey, but it was resolved that the following inscription should be placed on the ruins at Westminster:—"To the lasting disgrace of the English Nation, this Building, together with the other beautiful and interesting parts of London, was ruined, for the sake of some impossible and imbecile schemes, by an assemblage of the most Despicable Dolts that ever lived."
"WHEN PAIN AND ANGUISH WRING THE BROW." The Minister. "WELL, JANET, HOW DID YOU LIKE YOUR NEW DOCTOR, DR. ELIZABETH SQUILLS?" Janet. "WEEL, SIR, ONLY PRETTY WELL. YE SEE, SIR, DR. ELIZABETH ISN'T SO LEDDYLIKE AS SOME OF OUR AIN MEN DOCTORS!"
MIXED.—Under the heading "A Tragic Affair," it was recently stated in a paragraph, how "a Lady had been shot by a discharged Servant." It would have been better if the Servant, on being discharged, had gone off and injured nobody.
IN DIFFICULTIES. Effie ( who can't make her sum come right ). "OH, I DO WISH I WAS A RABBIT SO!" Maud. "WHAT FOR, DARLING?" Effie. "PAPA SAYS THEY MULTIPLY SO QUICKLY!"
THE OTHER "WESTMINSTER STABLE." Noble Owner ( watching the Favourite out for exercise ). Ah! don't look so bad, ARTHUR, after his spin! They are asking all round if he'll run, if he'll win. They would like much to know, I've no manner of doubt. Why, there isn't a Bookie, a Tipster, or Tout, Not to mention an Owner, or Trainer, or Vet, But desires the straight tip—which I wish they may get! If they knew he'd been "nobbled," they'd greatly rejoice; Then they'd back other cracks— Dissolution for choice— With a confident mind. "Nobbled!" Ah! were they able To get at his groom, or sneak into his stable, How gladly some of them would give him a dose! That's right, ARTHUR; watch him, my lad, and—keep close! Trainer. Ay, ay, Sir! They will not get much out of me , Sir! A still tongue to Tipsters and Touts is a teaser. They're awfully curious about t'other horse; Dissolution , you know. Try to pump me. Noble Owner. Of course! Very natural, you know, I should be, in their case. If they knew that this nag couldn't win the big race, Or was not meant to run, then their course would be clear. [ Espies Stranger approaching. Hillo! Not too near, ARTHUR! ( Aside. ) Whom have we here ? Polite Stranger ( insinuatingly ). Beg pardon, my Lord! A bit out of my track.
Missed my way. But—ahem!—is that really the "crack"? Why, he looks cherry ripe—at a distance. I've heard All sorts of reports—gossips are so absurd! But— would you mind telling me— has the Great Horse Been really—got at? Entre nous , mind!— Noble Owner ( drily ). Of course! Dissolution's shy backers would much like to know. But— tell them who sent you to ask—it's no go! [ Exit, leaving Polite Stranger planté là. A LAY SERMON. ( Suggested by certain recent manifestations of the Nonconformist conscience. ) Thou shalt not steal! That's a command Which grips us with an iron hand; And "he who prigs what isn't his'n, When he is cotched shall go to prison!" So runs the Cockney doggerel, clear If ungrammatical, austere, With not a saving clause to qualify Its rigid Spartan rule, or mollify Theft's Nemesis. Thou shalt not steal! At least,—ahem!—well, all must feel That property in thoughts and phrases, The verbal filagree that raises Flat fustian into "oratory," And makes the pulpit place of glory, Such property is not so easy To settle, and a conscience queasy O'er picking pockets, oft remains Quite unperturbed while— picking brains! A Sermon is not minted coin; It you may borrow, buy, purloin, In part or wholly, and yet preach it As your own work. Who'll dare impeach it, This innocent transaction? Not Your "brethren," save, perchance, some hot And ultra-honest (which means "rancorous") Parsonic rival. "How cantankerous!" The reverend Assembly shouts. It mocks at scruples, flames at doubts, Hints at the stern objector's animus, In the prig's praises is unanimous. Oh, Happy Cleric Land, where unity Breeds such unquestioning community Of property—in Sermons! True it Strikes some as queer; but they all do it , If one may trust advertisement, And an Assembly's calm content At what to the Lay mind seems robbery. Steal? Nay! But do not raise a bobbery, If hard-up preachers glean their shelves And take the credit to themselves. How wise, how good, how kind, how just! And how the poor Lay mind must trust Those who so skilfully reveal The meaning of "Thou shalt not Steal!" "REGRETS AND GREAVES."—But for a recent trial, who of the outside public would even have guessed that the unromantic and quite Bozzian name of "Mr. and Mrs. TILKINS" meant the clever musician, Mr. IVAN CARTEL and the charming and accomplished actress and soprano, Miss GERALDINE ULMAR? The TILKINSES are to be congratulated on their winning the recent action of Tilkins v. Greaves with the award of one thousand pounds damage, which is the price the transmitter of scandal to the New York World has had to pay for his industry.
John Forster
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Volume 2
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 - Volume 1, Number 1
The Indian On The Trail - From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899

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Liquid enters bid for Scour's assets
Digital rights firm sez amount will exceed current offers
By Marc Graser
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HOLLYWOOD — As Tuesday's deadline for Scour's assets approaches, Liquid Audio has thrown its hat into the ring of bidders to take over the online file-sharing venture backed by Michael Ovitz.
Liquid Audio's decision now pits it against CenterSpan Communications and Listen.com for Scour's popular but controversial technology, which enables Netizens to swap digital music and video files over the Web, similar to Napster. Seven million people downloaded the Scour Exchange software by the time it was removed from the site in November.
Like Scour's other bidders, digital rights management firm Liquid Audio would rather buy a music file swapping technology that is already a hit on the Web, rather than start from scratch. Listen.com was the first to emerge as a genuine bidder for the assets, offering $5 million and additional stock for the rights to Scour's technology and engineering team.
Liquid's bid
Liquid did not say how much it intends to bid, but says it exceeds Listen and CenterSpan's offer. Should it win Scour's assets, Liquid Audio would also assume Scour's $4 million in outstanding debt, not including any possible judgment resulting from a copyright lawsuit.
But Liquid's attempt may come too late. The court deadline for entering the auction closed last Tuesday. A judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, where Scour filed for bankruptcy protection, must now approve Liquid's bid. The court's auction of the assets concludes Dec. 12.
Trying to bolster its bid, CenterSpan last week announced that it has secured an additional $10 million round of financing from an undisclosed investor, who acquired nearly 1.5 million shares of the Oregon-based company.
"The additional capital will assist us in funding our intended acquisition of Scour, as well as further enabling our growth strategy for our new digital distribution channel," said CenterSpan's chairman and CEO Frank Hausmann.


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Need A Good Deal? Buy Things Off Season To Save Money!
If you're like me, you are always looking for a good deal. It's always a good feeling when you end up paying for something less than the listed price. It is especially rewarding when you save money on the best prices you've seen elsewhere.
Whether or not you know it, there are several times of the year where you can be frugal and save easy money on things you use. Granted, the purchases may be few and far between, but saving money is saving money.
So just as the seasons change, so do the deals. Let's take a look at some of the best times to get those deals and save that money.
You'll find plenty of after Christmas deals including various gifts, Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and other various Christmas delights. This last Christmas season, we picked a few extra rolls of wrapping paper, greeting cards and ornaments for next year. Most of the items were discounted around 70%. Sweet.
Love is in the February Air!
This is about the time when retailers start to roll out the swimsuits and spring collections. Move to the back racks of the store to score some great deals on winter wear like long sleeve shirts, sweatshirts and pants. Act fast though, otherwise XS and XXL seem to be the only sizes left.
The snowy season is coming to close and stores are trying to purge their winter inventories such as salt, snow-blowers and shovels. If you're in the market, why not get a good deal now for next season. Sometimes even winter activity equipments like skis and snowboards also get deep discounts.
Think pastel colors. Yes, Easter yields multiple deals, especially decorations and fun things for kids. You can even treat yourself with some candy, but don't save it for a year! I suppose you can have only so many baskets too. That is not an April Fool's joke.
It's been said that it is the best time to score a trip to Hawaii or a trip in general. Check out travel sites for discounted deals on vacations. There are even several online hotel deals that include additional nights for free or complimentary dinner arrangements. May falls right between the Spring Break crowd and the summer rush when the weather is nice and school is out.
I have to say, nothing really jumped out at me for the month of June. I know I'm excited for June, so maybe it's time to take a break from deals? Now that I think of it, I bet there are great deals on grocery store items like hot dogs, soda and other picnic items. Time to tailgate and enjoy the great outdoors!
Happy Birthday, America! Many places used Independence Day as a time to offer great deals. Spend wisely and be sure to do your research on these deals. Also, fireworks prices are often slashed and you can stock up for next years festivities. Now is a good time to be patriotic and pick up an American flag, or what have you.
Summer vacation is over (sorry boys and girls) and it's back to school time. Now is the best time for deals on summer clothes as the back to school fashions hit the racks. My wife loves swimsuits, right dear? So the best time to buy swimwear is now!
Back to School in September!
Summer is coming to a close and the temperatures are starting to dip. Getting outdoor gear like bikes, tents, sports equipment could lead to some good deals for next year. I'm an avid golfer, so green fees are usually also lower after Labor Day. Yay for golf specials! Fore!
School has been in session for a few weeks, now is the time to stock up on school consumables such as glue, notebooks and paper. Even dorm accessories have hit the clearance aisles in full force. Outdoor furniture tends to replaced by hay bales and witches, so now is a good time to get outdoor chairs or other patio furniture.
Another holiday roundup. I never really can stomach paying full price for any type of seasonal items, especially Halloween. So, if you need some orange and black decorations or a goblin mask, time to stock up! OK, have some candy too if you must. How can we forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals?
Oh December, It's Cold Again!
There is no secret to December's best deals. If you can stomach the long lines and pushy crowds, pre-Christmas sales can be quite enticing. Couple deals with the coupons you've been saving all year and you can have yourselves a frugal Christmas!
Of course with any spending excursions, never buy anything you would never use. If you are like us, space is at a premium, so be with conscience of all your discount purchases. We are all guilty of buying things we don't need.
It's great to save money, but it's more important to stick to your budget. So plan ahead! Obviously this list is not a comprehensive, catch all list, and maybe a bit regional. I'd love to hear from the readers on other deals throughout the year! So speak up!
Just a couple weeks ago, I still saw Christmas decorations for sale. My wife and I have had our fill though. Being newlyweds, we didn't have any Christmas decorations to speak of. So it was good to take advantage of the late season deals.
MY wife always spends 50-75 dollars at after Christmas sales. They are 60% off. Can't argue with that discount.


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Shane Taylor Reflects On ROH TV Title Win, Talks About Having A Chip On His Shoulder
Shane Taylor walked into ROH's War of the Worlds as a contender for the TV Title and walked out with the strap around his waist. He won a Four Corner Survival Match and took the belt from Jeff Cobb to win his first ROH Championship.
Many were surprised with Taylor's victory, but not Taylor himself. He talked about his feeling after the win when he spoke to Wrestling Inc. on our WINCLY podcast.
"Me describing it to you wouldn't do it justice, but to see all of the shocked faces…it was incredible. I live for those moments – the moments that make people look stupid, the moments that shock the world and shake up landscapes. That's what I live for and that's what I was able to do in Toronto," said Taylor before adding why he calls himself ROH's worst nightmare.
"Because I'm not a guy that ROH wants to be champion. I'm not a guy that can be puppeted or walk that company line of saying and doing the right things. I say what I wanna say and do what I wanna do. In today's society, that's a very dangerous thing.
"ROH has a mold of what they want out of a champion such as walking around in a suit and going to board meetings. I'm not that guy. You've got a guy who's been held back for so long that's now at the forefront of the company and it's gonna be a problem to deal with for sure."
In the match Taylor pinned Brody King for the win which means Cobb wasn't pinned and didn't tap out. Even without that, Taylor made sure to point out that he still beat Cobb when questioned about not actually pinning Cobb.
"Woah! Woah! Woah! I didn't beat him," Taylor asked about Cobb. "…If two teams are playing in the Super Bowl but one team is missing a player due to injury, does that Super Bowl not count? It's no different here. I talked ROH into making that match a World TV Championship match. I had a game plan and executed that game plan to walk out as champion. Now, they've asked Jeff Cobb if he wanted a rematch and he said no. What does that tell you?"
Instead of that rematch, Cobb is moving onto a ROH World Title opportunity against Matt Taven at Best In The World and Taylor described his feelings on that.
"That's all well and good, but he knows what the first two matches that we had were like. Even though he came out on top, and I've always lived by the philosophy that my dad taught me, even if you fight someone and you win or lose, you make sure they never wanna fight you again," stated Taylor.
"I do believe at some point we're gonna have to have that Ali-Frazier settle up of things because I don't like having losses on my record without the ability to avenge them. At some point down the line, I'm sure there will be a Taylor-Cobb III."
When asked if it mattered to him who won the match between Cobb and Taven for the ROH World Title, Taylor quickly shifted the focus back onto him.
"To me it doesn't matter; I have no preference. …My concern right now is being the most dominant ROH World TV Champion there's ever been. My goals are to shatter both of Jay Lethal's TV Champion record which are 567 days as champion and 35 championship defenses in a single run," said Taylor.
People really started noticing Taylor after his narrow defeat to Cobb at ROH's 17th Anniversary Show and he responded to people changing their minds about him after that loss.
"If that's the moment that people decided to open their eyes, then they've been missing everything that I've been doing before that," Taylor said before listing the other great matches he had. "Going into that I definitely had a point to prove as I've been with ROH for about three years and that was my first singles PPV match. That was my first singles championship match. I definitely have and continue to have a chip on my shoulder and have a point to prove every time I go out there. Now that their eyes are open, they're getting ready to see just exactly who I am."
Taylor will defend his title against Bandido on Friday June 28th as part of ROH's Best In The World PPV. His full interview with Wrestling Inc was included on a recent episode of our WINCLY podcast. It can be heard via the embedded audio player at the bottom of this post.
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Watch Jennifer Lopez's First-Ever Golden Globes Interview With E!
by Elyse Dupre | Tue., Dec. 31, 2019 3:00 AM
Jennifer Lopez Talks Breaking Financial Barriers at 1998 Globes
It had been more than two decades since Jennifer Lopez received a Golden Globe nomination.
Her first nod came in 1998. Lopez was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) category for her role in Selena. She made history with the performance, too. According to Variety, Lopez became the first Latina actress to earn $1 million for a movie role.
"For me, even though that's great, it's never about that for me," she said when asked about her salary at the 55th annual award show. "For me, it's more about doing great work and being able to work with the best people...I feel like I struck oil this year."
Still, she acknowledged breaking this barrier was a "huge deal."
"I'm very proud to even be here representing Latinos in that way," Lopez, who wore a green and purple Valentino gown that year, added. "It's a great thing."
Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan: E! News Rewind
Now, Lopez is nominated for her second Golden Globe Award. She's up in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture category for her role in Hustlers. Of course, fans will have to watch the 2020 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 to see if she takes home the trophy.
Until then, enjoy a trip down memory lane and watch her first-ever Golden Globes interview with E!.
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@property(retain, readonly) NSString *modelName;
@property(readonly, getter=isConnected) BOOL connected;

@end

@interface SMPort : NSObject {
    void * m_port;
    WBluetoothPort* wBluetoothPort;
    BluetoothPort* bluetoothPort;
    NSString * m_portName;
    NSString * m_portSettings;
    int m_ioTimeoutMillis;

    BOOL checkedBlockSupport;
}

@property(assign, readwrite, nonatomic) u_int32_t endCheckedBlockTimeoutMillis;

+ (NSString *)StarIOVersion;

- (id)init:(NSString *)portName :(NSString *)portSettings :(u_int32_t)ioTimeoutMillis;

/*!
 *  Search printer on LAN or paired bluetooth device.
 *
 *  @return List of printers that were found.
 */
+ (NSArray *)searchPrinter;

/*!
 *  Search printer on LAN or paired bluetooth device.
 *
 *  @param Identifies the interface type to search (ex. "TCP:", "BT:", "BT:xxx").
 *
 *  @return List of printers that were found.
 */
+ (NSArray *)searchPrinter:(NSString *)target;

/*!
 *  This function opens a connection to the port specified.
 *
 *  @param portName        String taking the following form
 *                           "tcp:nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn" which opens the network printer at the specified IP address (i.e. '192.168.11.3')
 *                           "bt:<iOS port name>"  which opens the bluetooth printer at the specified port name. (i.e. 'StarMicronics')
 *  @param portSettings    Star Line Mode: Empty string ("")
 *                           ESC/POS Mode: "E" or "e"
 *                           Portable Printer: "Mini"
 *  @param ioTimeoutMillis This is the time out for trying to get the port in milliseconds.
 *
 *  @return SMPort class for StarIO port.
 */
+ (SMPort *)getPort:(NSString *)portName :(NSString *)portSettings :(u_int32_t)ioTimeoutMillis;

/*!
 *  This function closes a connection to the port specified.
 *
 *  @param port Pointer to a previously created port.
 */
+ (void)releasePort: (SMPort *) port;

/*!
 *  This function writes data to the device.
 *
 *  @param writeBuffer Pointer to a byte buffer containing the write data.
 *  @param offset      Amount of data that was already written.
 *  @param size        Amount of data left to write.
 *
 *  @return Amount of data written.
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure.
 */
- (u_int32_t)writePort:(u_int8_t const *)writeBuffer :(u_int32_t)offSet :(u_int32_t)size;

/*!
 *  This function reads data from the device.
 *
 *  @param readBuffer       Pointer to a byte buffer into which data is read.
 *  @param offSet           Size in bytes to read.
 *  @param sizeCommunicated Amount of data to be write to the buffer.
 *
 *  @return Aount of data written to the buffer.
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure.
 */
- (u_int32_t)readPort:(u_int8_t *)readBuffer :(u_int32_t)offSet :(u_int32_t)size;

/*!
 *  This function retreives the device's detailed status.
 *
 *  @param starPrinterStatus Pointer to a StarPrinterStatus_n structure where the devices detailed status is written
 *                           (either StarPrinterStatus_0, StarPrinterStatus_1, or StarPrinterStatus_2).
 *  @param level             Integer designating the level of status structure (either 0, 1, or 2).
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure.
 */
- (void)getParsedStatus:(void *)starPrinterStatus :(u_int32_t)level;

/*!
 *  This function retrieves the device's firmware information.
 *
 *  @return NSDictionary class that contains firmware information.
 */
- (NSDictionary *)getFirmwareInformation;

/*!
 *  This function retrieves the device's Dip Switch information.
 *
 *  @return NSDictionary class that contains Dip Switch information.
 */
- (NSDictionary *)getDipSwitchInformation;

/*!
 *  This function retreives the device's online status.
 *
 *  @return SM_TRUE: printer is online.
 *          SM_FALSE: printer is offline.
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure.
 */
- (bool)getOnlineStatus;

/*!
 *  This function initiates a checked block printing operation and returns the devices detailed status.
 *
 *  @param starPrinterStatus Pointer to a StarPrinterStatus_n structure where the devices detailed status is written
 *                           (either StarPrinterStatus_0, StarPrinterStatus_1, or StarPrinterStatus_2).
 *  @param level             Integer designating the level of status structure (either 0, 1, or 2).
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure.
 */
- (void)beginCheckedBlock:(void *)starPrinterStatus :(u_int32_t)level;

/*!
 *  This function ends a checked block printing operation and returns the devices detailed status.
 *  This function does not return until either the printer has successfully printed all data or has gone offline in error.
 *  If the starPrinterStatus_2 structure indicates that the printer is online upon return than all data was successfully printed.
 *
 *  @param starPrinterStatus Pointer to a StarPrinterStatus_n structure where the devices detailed status is written
 *                           (either StarPrinterStatus_0, StarPrinterStatus_1, or StarPrinterStatus_2).
 *  @param level             Integer designating the level of status structure (either 0, 1, or 2)
 *
 *  @note Throws PortException on failure
 */
- (void)endCheckedBlock:(void *)starPrinterStatus :(u_int32_t)level;

/*!
 *  Disconnect Bluetooth port for POS Printer and DK Aircash.
 *
 *  @return YES if succeed to disconnect Bluetooth or I/F is Ethernet, otherwise NO.
 */
- (BOOL)disconnect;

+ (NSMutableData *)compressRasterData:(int32_t)width :(int32_t)height :(u_int8_t *)imageData :(NSString *)portSettings;
+ (NSMutableData *)generateBitImageCommand:(int32_t)width :(int32_t)height :(u_int8_t *)imageData :(NSString *)portSettings __attribute__((deprecated));

- (NSString *)portName;
- (NSString *)portSettings;
- (u_int32_t)timeoutMillis;
- (BOOL)connected;

+ (void)setMACAddressSourceBlock:(NSString *(^)(EAAccessory *accessory))macAddressSourceBlock;
@end


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I, Plastic Dino, Do Solemnly Swear…
Posted on April 19, 2018	by nathanalbright
[Note: Image, originally from Facebook, courtesy of Military.com.]
"I, Plastic Dino,
do solemnly swear
that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States
and the orders of the officers appointed over me,
according to regulations
and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
So help me God [1]."
"If it is right and proper
that someone gains their citizenship
through service to this great nation
of ours, how can it be wrong for
a plastic T-Rex of a maligned race,
whose relatives are hunted on
jungle islands and bombed to
destruction in movies to join
in a willingness to adhere to this nation
and to obey the orders of our President
and to follow regulations as well
so that you may know that plastic dinosaurs
are as willing to endure hardship to
serve our nation as anyone else here,
even if my arms are short and my teeth sharp?"
It appears that there has been a bit of a brouhaha concerning a somewhat silly re-enlistment video out of Tennessee where a re-enlistment, to the extent that the person who made the oath in the above photo was fired and there are other repercussions that are possible. There are at least a few replies that are possible to this. One response, and I think this will be the most common one from civilians as a whole, is to wonder why the military doesn't have much of a sense of humor. Most civilians, after all, do not solemnly swear to anything, and probably do not have the sort of seriousness about military matters that one would assume would be the case among those who are paid and honor bound to defend our country from enemies, foreign and domestic. One would expect that those who are or have been in the military would view this sort of thing as a profanation of a very serious oath.
In light of that, I thought it would be worthwhile to picture the military oath from the point of view of the poor and lamented plastic dino whose presence in a solemn ceremony has caused such trouble. For one, I thought it worthwhile to quote the oath that the person bringing the dinosaur likely said, and put it from the point of view of the plastic dino itself. Let us note that this is an immensely serious oath. It is an oath of commitment taken before God, something I take seriously at any rate when it is done at baptism and marriage, and that someone should take seriously given the life and death importance of obedience and acting in defense of a country. Given that the oath is a commitment to follow the orders of superiors and at least implicitly to act in ways that do not bring dishonor upon the institution as a whole, it would appear that a plastic dino would not be fitting for such a serious time, and suggest that the people who approved of such a video do not take their service particularly seriously.
As someone who likes to imagine myself in somewhat maligned or unusual perspectives [2], I thought it would be worthwhile to think of what the plastic t-rex on the hand of the former air force public relations sergeant would speak in its defense if it could speak. Plastic dinos are creatures of fiction and imagination, and one could easily see such a being lamenting the negative portrayal of the T-Rex in the Jurassic Part series, for example, and confusing such fictional treatment with the real life seriousness of making an oath to defend one's country. It is somewhat striking, moreover, that the former airman at the base of this worked in public relations. Perhaps all that time spent trying to think of ways to make the Air Force look cool to those outside of the air force led her to fail at thinking of what was necessary for her as someone inside the Air Force to uphold the honor and reputation of the institution she served. Sometimes when we look outside to what might go viral and appear funny or cute, we fail to realize the seriousness of what we are about.
There is certainly a time and place for a plastic dino in the Air Force. One can amuse oneself with imaginary dialogues between oneself and said dino in the hours of boredom that exist when one does not want to read or watch television or anything else. One could, for example, at a post-enrollment party held at the local Px Exchange have a fun time with a plastic dino on one's hand. However, the solemnity of the oath and the sensitivity of institutions to looking silly or ridiculous, especially when they deal in life and death matters of the utmost seriousness, are not appropriate places for plastic dinos to be. Would such a dino be out of place or inappropriate if one were going under oath in a courtroom, giving the oath of office if being elected to political office, or making a commitment before God and others at a baptism or wedding or ordination? I would think so, and in that light, the dino was definitely a bad idea. Too bad the dinosaur is the only one involved who is unable to give a perspective of what it is like to be at the center of such storm and trouble.
[1] Enlistment oath quoted above cited from:
http://www.airman.af.mil/Portals/17/002%20All%20Products/006%20Trifolds/Oath_Script.pdf?ver=2015-07-20-142333-377
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018/04/06/from-a-pennsylvania-cow-pond-a-mighty-river-flows/
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2018/04/04/reflections-on-a-conversation-overheard-in-the-bathroom/
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2014/06/27/while-the-world-sleeps-under-lead-gray-skies/
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Catharine Martin says:
I can usually see the humor in nearly everything, but this is nothing to poke fun at. An inanimate object does not have the capacity to think, reason or form opinions–much less decide to make a vow before God or man. Even though her knowing that is the but of the joke, it crosses the line.
nathanalbright says:
She had to have known the solemnity of making such a vow, right? There are so many better ways that one could have tried to make the military appealing to the outside world than to try to make light of her oath. And the fact that her commanding officer was okay with this only adds to the tone-deafness.
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The EA is set to lose 1,700 (15%) of its staff by October, and is instigating a 'change programme'.
But the plan has been put on hold following the recent widespread flooding in England.
The GMB claims that during the meeting EA managers told the union that the agency was assessing the implication of the new government funding, £130m for repair and maintenance that was announced in early February.
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Q: TCP connection not established: Can't Connect to MySQL Server on Remote Connection (10060) I'm running MySQL 5.6 on a WinServer 2012 system. It works great. The server is on our office intranet, not accessible to the outside world. I normally administer MySQL remotely from my office on my laptop, so I've got my user privileges set to accept my login from all hosts ("%").
This morning I came in and could not get a response remotely from MySQL. If I go to the server, the server manager shows MySQL is running (I've stopped and restarted the MySQL service to no avail). I can log in to MySQL locally from the server. Netstat shows:
TCP    0.0.0.0:3306     0.0.0.0:0       LISTENING

Going to my laptop, I try to telnet to the ip address of the server and port 3306 and get:
Could not open connection to the host, on port 3306: Connection failed

This happened one time about six months ago and I ended up having to just shut down the whole Windows Server machine (cycle power). When it came back up, everything was great. This time, I don't want to have to shut down the machine (it really disrupts users of other services on the machine).
I suspect the port is just bound for some reason and needs to be released and reset.
Any suggestions on how I can make the server accept remote connections again without cycling power?
Thanks.
EDIT 1:
Based on @GioMac's suggestion, I did a wireshark on both client and server. Both showed the same thing. Here is the server's wireshark capture.
The IP address ending in .20 is the server and the one ending in .30 is the client:
NO. Time        Source          Destination     Pro Len Info
89  4.141088    192.168.1.30    192.168.1.20    TCP 66  61697 → 3306 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=256 SACK_PERM=1
143 7.137597    192.168.1.30    192.168.1.20    TCP 66  [TCP Retransmission] 61697 → 3306 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=256 SACK_PERM=1
259 13.137832   192.168.1.30    192.168.1.20    TCP 62  [TCP Retransmission] 61697 → 3306 [SYN] Seq=0 Win=8192 Len=0 MSS=1460 SACK_PERM=1

So, the packets are being received by the server TCP stack.
One other big piece of info: I've cycled power on the server hardware twice now. Still have the same problem. Please help. Thanks.

A: I can only speculate at this point, but the firewall would be a good place to start. Have a look the config to see if the port is closed.

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Q: Importing data from Smartsheet into Power BI using web and not connector The PowerBI connector doesn't work, since it defaults to the IE browser, and our IE browser is locked down by our IT department (can't connect to smartsheet site). So, I need to use the "web" API option to get my smartsheet data. I have the data coming in, but I'm brand new at this and I'm having trouble organizing it. I have 8 columns that are repeating as rows, and the cell data contains a bunch of metadata values that I don't want. How do I get this so the columns become columns again, with the cell data as rows (with just the face values) and not repeating?
screenshot of data in PowerBI

A: I think you need to read a good part of the documentation in order to get used to the responses you get from Smarsheet, in brief you get a Json data structure.
First read, https://smartsheet-platform.github.io/api-docs/#how-to-read-a-sheet-response
Then you need to make the json connection to PowerBI like this example, https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4621/using-power-bi-with-json-data-sources-and-files/


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Zilla Rocca & andrew - Don't Wait for Me to Leave
Written by Chi Chi Thalken on September 21, 2022
andrew is an artist from Philadelphia who started releasing music in 2019. In 2020, he made his debut on Cold Rhymes with his Necessary People-produced album, WOTW. His most recent release came just this past February, when he released his self-produced album, The Rain Knows What It's Doing, on Three Dollar Pistol Music. Now he's back with a new collaborative album with Zilla Rocca, Don't Wait For Me To Leave.
While both artists have worked as emcees and producers, for this particular project, andrew is handling production duties while both take turns on the mic. In general terms, andrew's production style is working within the tradition of East Coast soul-sampling boom bap, but his particular approach is very melodic and subtle, with a little room for experimentation. He gives you a good variety of beats, and he always finds unique approaches to hooks for his songs. It's all very accessible and approachable, but there is a lot happening just under the surface when you start to listen closer. On the mic, both Zilla Rocca and andrew seem to be pushing each other in all the best ways. This album could have just been a quick jaunt through some boom bap beats with some shit talking and some party rocking, and that would have been just fine. However, these two are running the gamut over the course of eleven tracks. We're getting some fun, nostalgic rhymes, such as on "Karate Culture," featuring Wally Clark, and we get the playful posse cuts of "No One Cooks on Friday," featuring PremRock and ALASKA and "Rain Delays" with Curly Castro and Rich Jones. We also get the introspective longform narrative of "New Love," and the subtle social and political observations about changing neighborhoods on "Dom Irrera." It's a really well-rounded album that brings out the best in both artists.
Don't Wait For Me To Leave is an album that immediately feels familiar. You'll certainly rock with the soulful beats and the charisma and chemistry that Zilla Rocca and andrew have on the mic. What makes the album really great, though, is how much you'll discover with each repeat listen, because these two have packed so much into this project.
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Q: Why every time is LENGTHOF set equal 1? Why every time is LENGTHOF set equal 1?
When if I did it separately for every set, it wouldn't be equally only just by 1.
I tried debugging it so many times, and I can't figure it out where I did a mistake.
TITLE MASM Template                     (main.asm)
INCLUDE Irvine32.inc
.data
bodovanie DD 0, 100, 80, 60, 50, 45, 40, 36, 32, 29, 26, 24
Anna DD 2, 0, 1, 6, 6
Lena DD 4, 4, 7, 8, 3
Mikaela DD 1, 1, 5, 2, 1

nameA DB "Anna:",0
nameL DB "Lena:",0
nameM DB "Mikaela:",0
newline DB 0DH,0AH,0
.code
PriradenieBodov PROC mnozina:DWORD
    mov edx, mnozina
    mov eax, 0
    mov ebx, 0
    mov esi, 0
    mov ecx, LENGTHOF mnozina
    scitajBody:
        mov eax, mnozina[esi * 4]
        add ebx, bodovanie[eax * 4]
        inc esi
        cmp esi, ecx
            je vypis
            jmp scitajBody
    vypis:
        ret

PriradenieBodov ENDP
main PROC
    invoke PriradenieBodov, Anna
    invoke PriradenieBodov, Lena
    invoke PriradenieBodov, Mikaela
    exit
main ENDP

END main


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Lesson 05: Mission support
Although the EU has a wide range of both short-term and long-term approaches to conflict prevention and peacebuilding, involving many different policy tools under the more general rubric of the 'Integrated Approach', it still relies fairly heavily on a mission-oriented response framework, using the CSDP in particular. As most of these missions (particularly the larger ones) are resourced on a case-by-case basis by a combination of EU institutions, EU member states, and private contractors, there is considerable room for improvement in terms of providing adequate staff and equipment, as well as ensuring that every mission is working as a coherent entity in order to carry out various conflict prevention and peacebuilding related tasks.
DL 3.2 for example found that the EU could develop further its capacities for preventive diplomacy in situations at risk of escalating into conflict. This could include for example reinforcing and tailoring the support provided to EUSRs and heads of Delegations in charge of carrying out dialogue in conflict-affected countries (e.g. mediation and analysis training, support staff) and by including conflict expertise in their job descriptions (for example, conflict analysis, preventative diplomacy, mediation and dialogue). Such measures could apply to both short-term CSDP missions and long-term dialogue/state-building efforts on the part of the EU.
Similarly, DL 4.1 found that although the EU has made major advances in terms of equipment, mission support, procurement procedures, and the establishment of the CSDP warehouse, the 'key shortfall' has been in the area of mission support. The recent agreement to establish a Mission Support Platform is helpful in this respect. Paid for by the missions collectively, this Platform will lead to the centralisation of support functions in Brussels and allow the EU to retain key expertise once a mission winds down. However, the proposed Mission Support Platform still does not live up to the EU's ambitions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding; nor do the EU's efforts as a whole bring it closer to the conflict prevention and peacebuilding practices employed by the UN and the OSCE. Ideally, according to DL 4.1, the Mission Support Platform should clear the field missions from most administrative procedures, but also provide capacity when launching new missions. This clearly requires more than, say, one logistical expert in Brussels, meaning that the Platform needs to be not just established as quickly as possible, but also strengthened.
Finally, and in addition to its more general recommendation about fully implementing Goalkeeper, DL 2.1 noted that mission resources/support could be enhanced (along with standing resources) if the EU could more effectively integrate data by ICTs within its early warning system. This would help EU staff in Brussels and in host countries gain a better understanding of conflict dynamics in general and identify countries at risk of conflict in particular, a finding echoed by DL 3.1.
Provide more conflict prevention support to EU Delegations, make better use of ICT/data, and expand the Mission Support Platform by increasing the number of personnel allocated to it.
Related Deliverables
DL 2.1: Procedures, Personnel and Technologies for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding: An Assessment of EU Member States' Capabilities
Authors: De Zan, T., P. Tessari and B. Venturi
Institution: Istituto Affari Internazionali
[PDF, ~2.1MB; click to access]
DL 2.5: Dual use technologies and civilian capabilities: Beyond pooling and sharing
Authors: Aversano Stabile, A., A. Marrone, N. Pirozzi and B. Venturi
DL 3.1: Report on Technological Shortcomings in Early Warning and Conflict Analysis
Authors: Berglund, J. and D. Bruckert
Institution: European Union Satellite Centre
DL 3.2: The EU's Capabilities for Conflict Prevention
Authors: Davis, L., N. Habbida and A. Penfrat
Institution: European Peacebuilding Liaison Office
[PDF, ~1MB; click to access]
DL 4.1: Reacting to Conflict: Civilian Capabilities in the EU, UN and OSCE
Authors: Dijkstra, H., P. Petrov and E. Mahr
Institution: Maastricht University
Lesson 02: Staff recruitment and selection
Regions/countries: N/A
Institutions: EUSR OSCE UN
Policy phases: Planning Policy-making Implementation
Conflict-cycle stages: Conflict prevention Crisis response Conflict management Conflict resolution & peacebuilding
Cross-cutting issues: Warning-response gap Short-long term approaches
Topics: Resources
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Online lessons and practices designed to help instructors teach and foster adaptive beliefs about learning.
Learning mindsets are a set of beliefs that can support increased academic performance in students. There are three main learning mindsets commonly referenced: growth mindset, belonging, and purpose & relevance. Individuals who believe intelligence is set at birth have a "fixed mindset". They tend to perform worse academically and may give up when challenged or think that having to work hard means you don't 'have what it takes'.
In contrast, students who believe their intelligence can grow with effort and practice perform better in school and in life. This belief is called a "growth mindset". Students with a growth mindset understand that they have control over their own success. They are more motivated to work hard; they put more effort into their schoolwork; they are more resilient in the face of obstacles; and they ultimately perform better in school.
The Mindset Kit is a collection of resources that help adult educators and parents learn about the most effective learning mindset materials available. All of the resources are based on research that has been carefully translated into lessons and practices intended to improve students' mindsets and make them better learners. There are several videos to help users learn more about these mindsets and example practices that can help them get started.
The Mindset Kit is organized into materials for teachers, parents, mentors, and professional development. Lessons are short and easy to understand and most include a short video. Along with the lessons on growth mindset teachers will find lesson plans to try in their classrooms to help their students develop a growth mindset. Although the lessons are developed for K-12 classrooms, they are easily used or adapted for adult education classrooms. Lessons on developing learning tasks and assessments are illustrated in a math classroom that will resonate with adult education teachers.
The research on growth mindset is presented in a way that is easy to understand. Lessons for teachers emphasize the importance of helping students understanding the research and lesson plans are provided that make the research easily accessible for students. The kit also contains a set of five one-hour professional development courses and a list of downloadable professional development activities and resources.


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Open Post: Da Brat Explains Why She Kept Her Sexual Lifestyle a Secret: 'It Wasn't Cool Back in the Day'
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Da Brat made headlines when she shared an Instagram video revealing her relationship with Instagram entrepreneur Jesseca Dupart, aka BB Judy, 38.
Da Brat explained:
"I have never experienced this feeling. It's so overwhelming that often I find myself in a daze hoping to never get pinched to see if it's real so I can live in this dream forever."
On an episode of the Rickey Smiley Morning Show last Friday, the 45-year-old semi-retired rapper said she made the decision to come out of the closet because times have changed and the industry isn't as homophobic as it was in the '80s and '90s.
"I've always been an advocate of privacy, pretty much to protect the interest of the other party involved. Because if you're not used to this life and the scrutiny that come with it, it can break you."
(Photo by Sandra Rose/Sandrarose.com)
Da Brat dumps out an ashtray while one of her ex-girlfriends looks on in a photo taken in 1994.
"I've been talked about for over 20 years or more so I'm kind of conditioned for it. My coat of armor is pretty thick so I learned what to say and what not to say and the battles that I decide to choose to fight. Most of the time I just stay silent and let people speculate."
Da Brat poses with one of her ex-girlfriends in a photo taken in 2007.
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A post shared by Jesseca Dupart????? (@darealbbjudy) on Mar 25, 2020 at 7:43pm PDT
Never have I EVER. Needless to say... I've always been a kind of private person until I met my heart's match who handles some things differently than I do. Thank you baby @darealbbjudy for far more than this incredible birthday gift. I have never experienced this feeling. It's so overwhelming that often I find myself in a daze hoping to never get pinched to see if it's real so I can live in this dream forever. SEE @darealbbjudy page for the BEST SURPRISE EVER?? #sosoblessed #twinflame #isthismylife #dontwakemeup #nothinghappensbyaccident
A post shared by ?DA BRAT (@sosobrat) on Mar 26, 2020 at 6:14am PDT
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