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Note: Game Fusion appreciates your interest in the Commander project. We try to make the project as welcoming as we can and it means a lot that you are considering helping us out. It's interested people like you that are the reason for Commander's existence. Without you, this project wouldn't exist. Thank you.

Commander 64 is a project that thrives on community feedback and consults the audience to deliver the best possible workstation experience. Anyone and everyone who has input and suggestions on how to make C64 the best it can be is entitled to help out if they want to.

## How you can help:

- If you find a bug, submit an issue in the "Issues" tab at the top of the page describing this and we'll do our best to fix it

- Testing (see below)

- ADDING CODE - Yes, we encourage you to Fork this project, improve the code and submit it to us. We appreciate your efforts and we'd love to see what we could do.

### Testing

Testing is a very important part of the Commander project. We like to test our software vigorously to ensure tight and high quality standards and that our products are the best they can be. If you want to test Commander 64 yourself, here's how;

- Open up ComputerCraft

- Use HTTP to download Commander 64 (Or, on CubeSpace, the `wget` command) files (eg. `wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Game-Fusion/Commander-64/master/files/startup startup`)

- Test!

* Ensure you have all the APIs downloaded otherwise it may not work as intended

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My vision for the project is to create the most minimalist workstation experience ever to ensure it's just you and the computer - no layers of unnecessary graphics or animations in the way of it, this is your code and you're writing code for the computer. Minimal graphics also ensures maximum performance and minimum amount of calls so Commander 64 will perform to the highest standard.

If you would like to contact me for further info, you can message me on CubeSpace or on Discord (TheMrIron2#9747).


Sometimes you just want to hold a single frag to the glass. This is an official Ron frag plug, glued in to a socket on a super-strong rare-earth magnet .
Sold in pairs, each is 1.5" x .43" (38mm x 11mm).
Small: 1/8" (very strong) to 3/8" tank thickness.
Large: Up to 1" thick or larger, please inquire (Made to order).
Note- At some point as the frag grows it will will either bond to the glass itself (encompass the entire magnet), or even grow big enough to exceed the capacity of the magnet's holding power. If it's become a "colony", its time to re-frag it and start over on the plug.


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NOWCAST KOCO 6pm-6:30pm Weekday Evening
Oklahoma City Public Schools propose plan to ease overcrowding
Plan is called a 'temporary solution'
Updated: 7:52 AM CDT Mar 24, 2014
Rob Hughes
KMBC 9 News Anchor
Oklahoma City Public Schools officials say they have a plan to temporarily fix overcrowding.
Overcrowding in Oklahoma City Public Schools is becoming a big problem, but now officials have a plan to temporarily fix it.The plan would send students to other schools. The district even has nearly 30 traveling teachers who will bounce around from classroom to classroom throughout the school day because they don't have a permanent classroom.The district plans to redraw boundary lines to send students to other schools with more space.Officials say this is a temporary solution until the district can build more classrooms or build a new school on the south side. The proposal focuses on four schools, and wouldn't apply to seniors.Some students from U.S. Grant would go to Northwest Classen High School and students from Capitol Hill would go to Douglas Mid-High."Our maps for kids construction isn't keeping up with the population increase. The population is outpacing what we planned for. Our goal is to balance the enrollment across the district and use this as a temporary solution until we can construct additional classrooms or build a new school in South OKC. You look at like Capitol Hill, it's not too far from the highway of I-35 and Douglass, isn't too far off the highway either, so it's really just jumping on the highway and going a little bit further," said Tierney Tinnin with OKCPS.Parents are invited to a town hall meeting to hear more about the proposed changes to attendance boundaries and feeder patterns that will balance student enrollment across the district. That's happening Tuesday at 6 p.m., at U.S. Grant High School.Crime footer
Overcrowding in Oklahoma City Public Schools is becoming a big problem, but now officials have a plan to temporarily fix it.
The plan would send students to other schools. The district even has nearly 30 traveling teachers who will bounce around from classroom to classroom throughout the school day because they don't have a permanent classroom.
The district plans to redraw boundary lines to send students to other schools with more space.
Officials say this is a temporary solution until the district can build more classrooms or build a new school on the south side. The proposal focuses on four schools, and wouldn't apply to seniors.
Some students from U.S. Grant would go to Northwest Classen High School and students from Capitol Hill would go to Douglas Mid-High.
"Our maps for kids construction isn't keeping up with the population increase. The population is outpacing what we planned for. Our goal is to balance the enrollment across the district and use this as a temporary solution until we can construct additional classrooms or build a new school in South OKC. You look at like Capitol Hill, it's not too far from the highway of I-35 and Douglass, isn't too far off the highway either, so it's really just jumping on the highway and going a little bit further," said Tierney Tinnin with OKCPS.
Parents are invited to a town hall meeting to hear more about the proposed changes to attendance boundaries and feeder patterns that will balance student enrollment across the district. That's happening Tuesday at 6 p.m., at U.S. Grant High School.

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Q: How do I post insecurely, using basic auth, to a RESTful server? How do I do the equivalent of this:
curl \
  --insecure \
  --request POST \
  --header "<header>" \
  --data "<Complex JSON Object>" \
  "https://<username>:<password>@<URL>?<params>"

in Java?
The authentication is weird and only works if I use the --insecure flag and the basic authentication.
I've tried all sorts of libraries, but I can't get it to work.

A: There are a ton http client libraries. One of the most popular is Apache Commons HTTP Client. You can use it to post JSON like this:
CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://www.example.com");

String json = "{"id":1,"name":"John"}";
StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(json);
httpPost.setEntity(entity);
httpPost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
httpPost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");

CloseableHttpResponse response = client.execute(httpPost);
assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), equalTo(200));
client.close();

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What Did Kanye Say About Jewish People? Ye Antisemitic Tweet
by Sunny 16/10/2022 16/10/2022
Curious about what did Kanye say about Jewish people? Below is the comprehensive information! Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has recently utilized his platform to promote antisemitic stereotypes about Jews exercising undue influence and authority. After he decided to wear a "White Lives Matter" shirt at Paris Fashion Week gained widespread attention, on October 6, Ye joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News.
Ye made several unpleasant and conspiratorial comments throughout the interview, many of which did not air on Fox that evening. If you want to catch up with more entertainment news, access these best websites.
#1. What Did Kanye Say About Jewish People?
Ye said that by "Jews," he means "the 12 lost tribes of Judah, the blood of Christ, who the people knew as the race Black is [sic]," and that the KKK and Margaret Sanger created Planned Parenthood "to control the Jew [i.e., Black] population." He argued that, as a Black man, he is essentially Jewish. Hence it is absurd to label him as antisemitic. He also was banned from Instagram for the same mistake.
Ye also shared with Carlson his suspicion that Jared Kushner was solely motivated by financial gain when he mediated peace deals between Israel and Arab states. Ye also said he regretted not teaching his kids about Hannukah rather than "a convoluted Kwanzaa" because the former would at least "come with some financial engineering." The next day, Ye confidently declared, "no one can threaten or influence me," and posted images of text messages on Instagram implying that Jews were using their supposed dominance over his peers in the music industry to scare him. The comment was taken down shortly after being made.
Additionally, Ye said that Jews "toyed with" him and "tried to blackball everyone who opposes their plan." Ye's tweet, which threatened violence by alluding to going "death con three on JEWISH PEOPLE," was deleted. While Ye's recent history of controversy and antisemitism is hardly surprising, his deadly rhetoric may aid in propagating already prevalent erroneous and antisemitic narratives shared by extreme groups.
Hypocrisy and Jewish Money: That What Ye Mentioned
Antisemitic stereotypes about Jews controlling the money and the banks are reinforced by Ye's assertion that Jared Kushner's efforts between Israel and Arab nations were motivated by his desire for financial gain. He furthers this misconception with his nebulous notion that a significant Jewish festival is linked to "financial engineering." In sum, Ye's remarks concerning Jews, holidays, and the economic consequences lend validity to the false notion that Jews can use their clout in financial institutions for nefarious means. Not only about the things on social media, Ye are going crazy and messing up with people.
#2. Previous Statements & Ties to Known Antisemites – Ye Antisemitic Tweet
Previous claims by Ye about Jewish power include an accusation from 2013 that Jews have more political connections than Blacks and hence enjoy an unfair edge. The ADL condemned these, but Farrakhan supported them, saying that Ye "told the truth" and "spoke nothing improper." Ye reportedly made the following statement about Farrakhan telling him not to apologize during a concert shortly after the 2013 scandal. I'm not going to say sorry.
Ye and Farrakhan have previously stated their admiration and backing for one another. Kayne went to Mosque Maryam, the NOI's headquarters in Chicago, in 2005 to show his support for the Millions More Movement. Ye calls Farrakhan "sensei" in the song "All Day," released in 2015. Ye also showed up to a Los Angeles event hosted by Farrakhan that same year. After Ye's political views were criticized in 2018, Farrakhan came to his defense again.
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To reach out and enhance the lives of all young people, with the goal of reaching 1 million young people by 2017.
To inspire all, especially young people, to broaden their horizons, gaining knowledge and independence, through new experiences of adventure and discovery.


Whether you are manifesting hope to bolt through the track on a casual Sunday morning or wanting to pucker your body up for your locality's charity marathon, you need to better your endurance and speed. And, to do that you will need to refine your running mechanics and train exclusively for speed. Below are some basic things you can do to increase speed and endurance.
You must call it a gradual adaptation to faster running. If you challenge yourself to a 5 km run when all these years you had been running 1.5 km, your legs will be in quicksand. So, get to the goal gradually and consistently. Even if you are a beginner, you must move gradually.
The more muscle you work, the more it will challenge your heart and cardiovascular health. Apart from dedicating certain days of your gym to just cardio, you should try to wave strength training into cardio-only days as well. For example, you can jump rope for a minute, follow it up with squats, then take up an overhead press and finally do sit-ups.
If your goal is to have greater endurance, you should be prepared to give up your recovery time of 30 to 90 seconds between sets. By the end of the sets, you must be sweating and breathing heavily and nothing lesser. But, this does not mean you should struggle when you physically cannot go beyond a point; doing so is unhealthy and will be counter-productive. Take a break when you cannot do anymore.
Compound moves need you to use more than one joint. Some of these include squats, push-ups, step-ups and pull-ups. These will improve your endurance more than isolated exercises. Isolated exercises such as bicep curls as well as leg lifts are not going to stimulate the body enough to increase your stamina.
Switching the workout is very important for building one's stamina and endurance. The human body tends to get used to a workout after two weeks. So if you have been running for two weeks, do something else next week. You will need to move your muscles in a different way every two weeks to increase your strength.


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Fetal Immune System Operational by Second Trimester
Research shows that human immunity develops much earlier than previously thought, but functions differently in adults.
Abby Olena
Artistic rendering of the surface of a human dendritic cell WIKIMEDIA, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHUntil now, much of human fetal immune development has been a black box. But a new study, published today (June 14) in Nature, reveals that dendritic cells appear in human fetuses early in the second trimester of pregnancy. These cells likely function to suppress an immune reaction to cells from the mother, the researchers found.
This study "extends our understanding of the ways in which the human immune system develops in utero," says Mike McCune, an HIV researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who did not participate in the work.
For the study, immunology researcher Florent Ginhoux of A*STAR in Singapore teamed up with Jerry Chan, a clinician at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore who uses experimental gene and cell therapies to treat disease in the womb. "One of the main hurdles and obstacles for in utero therapies is that there is a chance of rejection by the fetus," says Ginhoux. We needed to "find a window of opportunity [by asking], when does the fetal system mature?"
Ginhoux, Chan, and colleagues collected fetal tissue from clinically indicated terminations between 12 and 22 weeks gestation (from the mother's last menstrual period) and sorted and characterized fetal immune cells. The team expected immune system maturation to occur late, which would allow Chan to intervene early and avoid rejection. But to their surprise, "the system was starting to be established very, very early," says Ginhoux.
The researchers found antigen-presenting cells, called dendritic cells, by 13 weeks of gestational age in fetal skin, spleen, thymus, and lungs. They showed in vitro that fetal dendritic cells were capable of responding to antigens from bacteria or viruses by activating T cells, just as adult dendritic cells did.
When the research team cultured the fetal dendritic cells with adult cells of a different genome, though, they induced the differentiation of regulatory T cells, which are involved in immune tolerance. This result indicated that the dendritic cells might be tamping down the fetus's reactions to exposure to its mother's cells.
Adult dendritic cells in similar culture conditions induced the differentiation of fewer regulatory T cells and more killer T cells. When the researchers co-cultured the fetal and adult dendritic cells, the fetal dendritic cells suppressed the ability of the adult dendritic cells to induce killer T cells.
"There has been a growing appreciation that the fetal immune system is not—as was previously thought—immature or non-functional," says McCune. "Instead, it's actually something that's very functional, but quite different from that found in the adult."
While the authors found globally similar gene expression profiles in fetal and adult dendritic cells, they also identified differentially expressed genes in pathways related to T cell education, immune suppression, and more. The researchers attributed the immune-dampening capabilities to arginase-2, which was highly abundant in fetal dendritic cells, but not in adult dendritic cells. They showed that arginase-2 interfered with the ability of both adult and fetal T cells to produce the proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α, which plays a role in T cell activation.
Ginhoux and colleagues want to further explore those functional differences. He hypothesizes that all immune cell types contribute to immune suppression and homeostasis in the developing fetus.
"Our aim is to develop a single-cell atlas of the fetal immune system," Ginhoux says. "We want to map the whole system at different stages of development to provide a complete snapshot to the community of what the early, mid, and late fetal immune systems" look like.
John Tregoning, a vaccine developer at Imperial College London in the U.K. who did not participate in the work, agrees that what happens in the immune system during the late second and third trimesters is an open question.
"What they've done is difficult," Tregoning tells The Scientist. But "there's quite a gap between [the oldest fetal tissue examined in this study] and birth." He adds that examining immune development in older fetuses will be challenging, if not impossible, given the difficulty of obtaining tissue samples from later in human development.
Despite the difficulties, the potential applications are promising. "Now that we understand how tolerance works in the fetus, can we apply that to situations in the adult where tolerance might be important?" says McCune. He explains that better knowledge of fetal immune tolerance could help avoid pregnancy complications such as miscarriage and gestational diabetes, as well as give insight into treating autoimmune diseases and avoiding immune rejection of organ transplants and cell-based therapies.
"Some of the events that occur during development might be important" in adult disease, says Ginhoux, "and now the fetal immune system is part of this equation."
N. McGovern et al., "Human fetal dendritic cells promote prenatal T-cell immune suppression through arginase-2," Nature, doi:10.1038/nature22795, 2017.
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CHARLES IVAN MEDDINGS, 84, of Ashland, Ky., widower of Goldie Meddings, died March 31 at Hospice Care Center. He was retired from Armco Steel. Graveside service will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Spring Hill Cemetery. www.steenfuneralhome.com.


Downloaded the update and nothing is different. No message popped up either. What's the deal???
The game is really fun, but unfortunately very addicting.
I love this game. I am 20 years old and am totally hooked with it, I even told my boyfriend and best friend to download it and they both love it. Everything is fun and appropriate about it.


Project: 56 started out quite simply: one day my boyfriend decided to count how many dots I had put around my eyes that day (he has a bit of an OCD like that) - I had 56. Eyeliner is the only makeup I wear (no foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, lip gloss, etc - nada) so I get quite elaborate and inventive with it at times. Next day he once again counted how many dots I had, and again it was 56. From there I decided to see if I could produce 56 interesting variations of 56 dots on 56 different days. And yes, once the makeup is done, I wear it like that for the rest of the day.
Teh thumbnailz. You can clickz tham.
2009-07-19 [Triola]: Me too >.< My experiences with liquid eyeliner so far have been... traumatic.
2009-07-20 [hanhepi]: i just use warm tap water on my eyeshadow to make it a paste. it stays on your eyes longer that applying the shadow dry, and you don't get the eyeshadow powder all over your cheeks either.
2009-07-20 [SilverFire]: To make powder-shadow stick better you can also use eye-primers. The cheapest option is petroleum jelly/vaseline, but again, the big makeup companies sell bottles of eye-primer for about £10 a pop. In the past I've just used vaseline, but for a while when I was getting slightly more into using eyeshadow (I got out of it again because I couldn't really afford it :P) I did think it might be worth getting one of their eye primers. But I never got around to actually testing it.
2010-02-26 [SilverFire]: Iris Removal in Photoshop.
2013-04-25 [nehirwen]: Do you still make dots lately?
2013-04-26 [SilverFire]: Not at the moment, I've only been able to find my black eyeliner since I moved house. :/ But I keep meaning to get back to this.
2014-08-25 [Mortified Penguin]: I'll try.


This World Health Day promise yourself to follow these healthy practices to lead a healthy life.
March 24 is observed as World TB day to create awareness about the disease as it is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. But do you know TB can affect organs beyond lungs?


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c = nose.config.Config()
c.plugins=DefaultPluginManager()
c.srcDirs = ['package']

c.ignoreFiles.append(re.compile(r'^vm_autoload_driver\.py$'))
c.ignoreFiles.append(re.compile(r'^test_get_inventory\.py$'))

if not nose.run(config=c):
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The Secret to Building Omnichannel Communications
Lucy Campbell-Woodward
As a COVID-19 lockdown hit many countries around the world, businesses both large and small had to up their digital game to service an entirely online customer base. But noticeably, many businesses also chose to turn to print and other tangible media as a physical touchpoint in connecting with socially distanced customers. The value of this medium has been felt on both sides of the exchange, and in particular where a business or branch has succeeded in integrating this "new" offline aspect of the brand experience into their existing and hopefully adapted online user environment.
The new realities of our daily lives, even now as individual countries decide on how best to loosen their previously strict lockdown measures, has spurred some marketers on to better evaluate and recognizing the relative strengths of the different platforms and media available to them, and understand how they might better work together, as part of an omnichannel whole for the benefit of the customer.
This backs up the trend of the last few years which had seen large brands pick print back up as a major player in their marketing and communications strategies, with a particular focus on the collaboration between the off and online mediums, rather than the championing of one over the other. When successful, brands can boast of having implemented an omnichannel approach or to be offering an omnichannel customer experience.
The Power Combo - Print & Digital
An extensive study by the US Postal Service, entitled Enhancing the Value of mail: The Human Response , was actually produced in 2015, but it continues to be cited as one of the most in depth investigations into how digital and print elicit contrasting responses from consumers. Within these insights are clues as to how marketers can best combine the two channels for the best outcome.
For example, this research into neuromarketing used a combination of tracking, biometrics, brain scans and questionnaires to establish how and why consumers interacted with various physical and digital media. The research established the following revealing insights:
Digital media was preferable for:
Gaining focused attention through advertising
Physical media was preferable for:
Gaining lengthier focus on an ad
Provoking an emotional reaction
Improving recall
Building subconscious desire
Giving the user a sense of the product's value
A combination of digital and physical media was preferable for:
High engagement and the processing of as much information as possible
Accurately remembering the source and content of an ad
Generating propensity to buy
The paper also noted that there should be further research done into which order physical and digital communications should be used to achieve the company's goal. This is exactly what the US Postal Service's UK counterpart, Royal Mail Marketreach did in 2018, with its own Neuro-Insight study, Why Mail Cuts Through . This found that the recall of social media ads was 44% higher when people had seen physical mail first, and that they spent 30% longer looking at those social ads. Of course, figures would vary depending on industry and target audience, but they are particularly relevant in the retail industry. Here we have a stronger argument than most for the effective integration of print media into an omnichannel marketing campaign – and I know that censhare has an insightful whitepaper on this which also discusses how to overcome some of print's inherent challenges, available for download .
Of course, for omnichannel messaging to be effective, it doesn't just need to have communications deployed in the right format, at the right time. It also has to present a coherent, unified messaging using assets that make sense in each context and work together to build strong brand salience.
This can be hard to achieve. With so many factors impacting each channel, each execution, it can be difficult to coordinate marketing plans. Each piece of copy needs to echo that which has gone before it while images need to reflect a consistent brand identity and tone of voice.
There may be creative inspiration halfway through a campaign which some elements within the organization may want to act on, but which may impact other departments and so communication and agile decision making is key. Additionally, organizations rely more and more on third party agencies and experts for project planning and execution. Keeping them on brand is another challenge to add to the mix.
Technology for Omnichannel Success
The solution? Many brands are using centralized and integrated content management as the cornerstone to their marketing strategies. A central source for marketing assets, but also a hub where people can interact and work with these assets within set parameters, enabling seamless handovers where each stakeholder has clear visibility on what has so far been done and by whom on what collateral and why, and what the next step is under whose remit. This is the fundamental idea behind the processes integral to a Digital Asset Management system (DAM) , but the concept also feeds into other marketing asset management solutions like Product Information Management (PIM) . When these capabilities are also then integrated with a Content Management System (CMS) , it ultimately forms a broader Universal Content Management platform – of which censhare is a leading, if not the only provider.
Universal Content Management is essentially an integrated approach to content and digital asset management, no matter the medium of those assets or data. It is often highly customizable and has many applications, but in the case of managing a truly omnichannel campaign, there are a number of core functions that truly come into their own, including:
The ability to create content, digital assets, and product data just once, and automatically transform it for the required output channels
The adaption of this content for different markets easily and quickly, such as language, price, and product specifications
Process automation for reduced admin, allowing time to be better spent other areas such as optimizing the customer experience
Workflow management for easier collaboration and transparency across teams, regions, and campaigns
This might all sound too theoretical for you, but when the right solution is implemented and used by a team excited to take their omnichannel communications to the next level, the results can be impressive.
For an example of this put into practice by a national retailer, take a look at this success story from MIGROS , which uses censhare Universal Content Management to manage its six million assets, one million pdfs and 14 weekly variants of its magazine across 10 regions, and to align these initiatives with its digital presence and campaigns, steering coherent messaging online, in print, and instore. Happily, the adoption of censhare reduced its agency costs by 15% and its hosting costs by a massive 70% - not bad!
State of the Art Communication Management
A censhare customer success story – discover how Migros, Switzerland's no.1 retailer, opted for censhare and in doing so, increased efficiency and reduced costs in the production of advertising and marketing materials.
Lucy is the Digital Marketing Manager and a blog contributor at censhare. Based in Munich, Germany, Lucy forms a pivotal cog in the Corporate Marketing team, always with an eye on keeping the content machines churning. What her resume doesn't state, however, is an impressive knowledge of Bavarian beer. Prost!
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Police identify suspect in early morning beating
A Henderson man has been arrested in connection with a near fatal beating of another local man.
Police identify suspect in early morning beating A Henderson man has been arrested in connection with a near fatal beating of another local man. Check out this story on thegleaner.com: http://www.thegleaner.com/story/news/2016/04/08/police-identify-suspect-in-early-morning-beating/87210032/
The Gleaner Published 6:49 a.m. CT April 8, 2016
Eddie Carbon
A Henderson man — who spent six months in jail on a 10-year sentence for second-degree robbery — has been arrested in connection with a near fatal beating early Friday morning.
Eddie Carbon, 24, 1800 block of Kresge Drive, was arrested Friday afternoon on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, second-degree burglary and giving police a false name.
The victim, Luis Sedillo, 33, who lives at Chapelwood Apartments, 1629 S. Main St., was found with what police described as 'life-threatening injuries' behind a building at the north end of the apartment complex around 5:30 a.m.
According to Officer Jennifer Richmond, HPD's public information officer, a resident heard moaning coming from behind one of the apartment buildings. When he investigated, he found Sedillo, severely beaten and bleeding profusely, lying in an area between the apartment building and the homes on Fairview Drive.
Sedillo could not talk or provide police with any information about what happened, Richmond said, but it appears he had been struck in the head multiple times with a blunt object. He was transported to Methodist Hospital.
As of Friday afternoon, Sedillo was in 'stable but critical condition,' Richmond said.
Police are still investigating what may have led to the incident.
However, what detectives have learned is that Sedillo and Carbon were drinking together in an apartment at Chapelwood, according to HPD Detective Shannon Troutman.
'We don't know what, but something happened between 4:30 and 5 a.m.,' Troutman said. 'Because (Sedillo) was found behind a building, in which he didn't live at 5:30.'
After the assault, Carbon allegedly went into the victim's apartment and took $3,000 to $4,000 in electronics and other items, Richmond said.
Carbon is being held without bond at the Henderson County Detention Center.
This isn't Carbon's first time to be accused of robbery.
According to information located at the Henderson Judicial Center, Carbon pleaded guilty in Henderson Circuit Court on Jan. 27, 2014, to second-degree robbery, amended from first-degree robbery and/or complicity. He was sentenced to 10 years.
He was released from prison through shock probation on July 17, 2014, court records said.
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Mr. Babulal Mehta has been the Chairman of the Group and has been the co-founder along with Mr. Girdharilal Mehta. He along with Mr. Girdharilal Mehta started the Real Estate Business in the year 1985.He along with his brothers has brought the Real Estate trend in the late eighties into Solapur City. Over the years Svamitva Group has been administered under his guidance. A unique and a well known project was built and delivered under his Guidance. He is a active socialist and a co-founder of a co-operative Bank called Nilkanth Bank. He has also served as Founder, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Bank from 2010-2011. He has a strong belief in Social responsibility and always tries to give back to the society.
Mr. Girdharilal Mehta is the Exe. Vice Chairman of the Group. He laid the foundation of the Svamitva group with its first vertical of Trading in Food Grain. He has also been a advisor to his young brothers in starting of new business verticals like Real Estate , Construction, Architecture, Warehousing, Solar power, IT, Sports and Steel Manufacturing. He has also been a Lions Club of Solapur President in the year 1999-2000.
Mr.Ashok Mehta is the Vice Chairman of the group and joined the group in 1986. His Knowledge and expertise in the field is manifested by many landmark projects he has undertaken and executed in the field of Real Estate. Apart from being head of finance he is also the overall incharge of Projects. With strong acumen in Finance, he founded Shri Mahavir Urban Co-op Bank and also served as Founder Chairman of the Bank.
Since 1989, Mr. Mahaveer Mehta has been a part of the group's Real Estate and construction business and has since been the driving force towards expanding the reach and activities of Svamitva at large. Having studied mechanical engineering from Karnataka University in Dharwad, he brought the expertise and the approach to the company. An abundance of positive energy, a clear vision, an unwavering leadership, and a holistically constructive approach have propelled Svamitva Group to a pedestal at where it stands today. Working diligently in Bangalore, Bijapur and Solapur Mr. Mahaveer Mehta established a strong brand identity of the group as real estate developers in the region. He has also been instrumental in manifesting relationships with professionals that has resulted in the provision of various investors and partners to join the Svamitva Group.
Our Managing Director, Mr. Mahaveer S. Mehta, is supported by other chair members of the Svamitva Group. The Svamitva Group constitutes of a Board of Directors who work together with our Managing Director and the Chairman towards taking the group ahead and paving its future.
Mr. Kushal Gulecha started his career with his first venture into Women fashion known as Pooja Silks. He then began to diversify into Real Estate with a stake holding in the prestigious 300 Acre Project of Manyata Tech Park. He is also s stakeholder of various real estate companies like Valmark, Reddy Structures Pvt Ltd, Mahaveer Construction Company and now is a Joint Managing Director of Svamitva Group. He has overseen more than 200 real estate projects in India for various Real Estate companies where he is a part of.
His highest aspiration is to work for the betterment of the society. He has made numerous commitment and contributions in this regard in various organisations like JITO, Girls Hostel and All India Khatargach Yuva Parishad. He is also a trustee at the Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital.


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JKU/Institute for Communications Engineering and RF-Systems/News & Events/Medina Hamidovic receives the JKU Early Research Achievement Award
Medina Hamidovic receives the JKU Early Research Achievement Award
Medina Hamidovic was awarded the Early Research Achivement Award of the JKU
The institute member Medina Hamidovic is a winner of a "JKU Early Research Achievement Award" for 2019 from the Johannes Kepler University. These awards were issued for the first time this year. In total there were 36 awardees from the JKU of which 23 were from the faculty of engineering an natural sciences.
The award is given to young researchers currently pursuing their PhD, or already finished with the PhD, for the excellence in their young research career.
The Institute for Communication Engineering and RF-Systems congratulates!
Article on the main page of the JKU


When teeth are too damaged to be restored with fillings or crowns, tooth extraction may be the only remaining option.
At Bloom Dental Group in San Mateo, California, your comfort is the top priority when undergoing a tooth extraction procedure.
Teeth need to be extracted, or removed, when they are too badly damaged to be repaired effectively. Major tooth damage occurs following an injury or due to decay. Even though adult teeth should last a lifetime, in these cases tooth extraction may be the only option to keep the mouth healthy over time.
If you have an impacted tooth, the dentist may remove bone or soft tissue around the tooth to loosen and then remove it.
Your team at Bloom Dental Group will help you determine if a tooth extraction is the right solution for your needs. Once your tooth is removed, you may choose to receive a crown, bridge, or dental implant to restore the look and feel of the extracted tooth.
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Get caught up after the Holiday weekend on all things Crypto! In today's Crypto Minute: 3 ICOs based in Alabama are under pressure; Another $20 million stolen, this time its Bitcoin Gold; and Maersk makes a splash with a new Blockchain partnership.
An unkown hacker stole $20 million worth of Bitcoin Gold, Verge and Monero through elaborate 51 percent attacks. Image downloaded from Shutterstock.
According to ICOExaminer, the ICO projects LEV, Platinum and Extrabit have all received Cease-and-desists from the Alabama Securities Commission (ASC). Extrabit went so far as to claim a "185% return on investment (ROI) quarterly, to every investor that keeps a constant positive balance in their EXB Wallet." This comes shortly after the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced 35 pending or completed enforcement actions since the beginning of May.
As seen on Silicon Republic, a hacker used a "51 percent attack" to steal $20 million worth of Bitcoin Gold, Verge and Monacoin. $17.5 million was made up of Bitcoin Gold after the hacker gained control of the network's hash rate, reversed transactions and ran off with 388,000 tokens. A 51 percent attack is when someone controls enough computing power to make majority decisions on a blockchain network. When covering their tracks, the hacker used an overwhelming amount of computing power to force others to accept the falsified transactions. More info on the rise of stolen processing power can be found in the original article.
According to ccn.com, the shipping behemoth Maersk has introduced a new insurance platform called Insurwave, which is a joint venture between Guardtime, a software security provider, and Ernst & Young, an accounting firm. These three companies will help manage risk for 1000 vessels and support more than 500,000 transactions in their first year together. Microsoft Azure is providing the Blockchain technology for the partnership.
Data pulled from CoinMarketCap.com at 7:32AM EST.


Iraq hosts some of the most globally significant cultural heritage anywhere in the world. At the same time, the heritage of Iraq is currently under threat at a level not experienced for centuries. Often called ancient Mesopotamia, or the Land between the Rivers, the land of Iraq is shaped by the two great rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, that flow from northwest to southeast across the land, joining in the south to form the Shatt al-'Arab before reaching the head of the Persian Gulf. If Egypt is the gift of the Nile, then Mesopotamia is the gift of the Euphrates and Tigris, because human occupation of most of Iraq, from Baghdad south, is dependent on agriculture irrigated by the waters of these rivers.
Samarra, a huge Islamic city north of Baghdad, which stretches for kilometres along the Tigris.
Despite its wealth of archaeological sites, Iraq has only five cultural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Ashur, Hatra, Samarra, Erbil Citadel and the Ahwar of Iraq. Of these sites, the first three are currently rated by UNESCO as World Heritage in Danger, meaning that there is a substantial and imminent threat to their integrity as sites of major cultural heritage significance. Of the 11 Iraqi sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, at least two globally significant sites (the Assyrian capital cities of Nimrud and Nineveh) have been subjected to serious episodes of destruction by Daesh during their occupation of the Mosul region. The internationally important Mosul Museum has suffered severe depredations of its exhibitions and collections. Additionally, multiple cultural sites of importance to ethnic and religious groups of northern and western Iraq, including churches, shrines, mosques, minarets and tombs have been obliterated or severely damaged by Daesh in their attempt to eradicate the rich cultural and religious diversity that has always characterized this region of the Middle East.
To assist in tracing and preventing trafficking in illicitly excavated and traded artifacts of cultural heritage, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) maintains an Emergency Red List of Iraqi Cultural Objects at Risk, with illustrated exemplars of the types of portable heritage likely to be illegally traded from Iraq.


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Fans who are already feeling emotionally unstable over the upcoming finale of The Vampire Diaries, you might want to stop reading now.
It pains us to even type these words but Paul Wesley and Phoebe Tonkin have reportedly broken up after four blissful years of dating!!!
A source speaking to E! News confirmed the soul-destroying news, saying: "They are still good friends. The relationship just ran its course."
The gorg couple first met on the Vampire Diaries set back in 2012 and they started dating the following summer.
They spent Christmas together right here in Sydney with Phoebe's family this year, but they haven't been spotted together publicly since.
Phoebe has been pretty quiet on Insta recently, with no new photos of Paul in 2017, a sad clue that things were not good between them.


Families need joined up and integrated breastfeeding support services throughout their whole feeding journey, according to experts speaking at a conference hosted by the Institute of Health Visiting, Royal Society for Public Health and the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK (WBTi) at the Royal Society for Public Health on 19thApril.
Dr Cheryll Adams CBE, Executive Director of the Institute of Health Visiting, said:"Once again we quantify the devastating effects of the cuts to public health budgets which started in 2015. We know that this situation will worsen up until 2020. Such cuts are so counterproductive to the public's health.
Shirley Cramer CBE, Chief Executive, RSPH, said: "Making sure all families have access to the support they need during the critical early stages of a child's life is an urgent health inequalities issue, yet ongoing cuts to public health budgets are hampering the capacity of health visitors to deliver that support and undermining the public's health.
Clare Meynell, WBTi Joint Coordinator, said:"We see health visitors as being the lynchpin of such community support. However, many mothers need more time and practical "one to one guidance" to get breastfeeding off to a good start. Every health visiting area should also have an associated trained peer support system to support new mothers through the common ups and downs of life with a new baby.


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Newborn ear screening will curb hearing loss burden, says medic
Doctor says chronic ear infections can lead to deafness
• Hearing loss may then lead to other difficulties, including delayed learning and behavioural problems.
• More than 600,000 Kenyans cannot hear properly and many more might lose their sense of hearing due to extremely noise-polluted environments.
by MAGDALINE SAYA REPORTER
RISING CASES: Doctor Richard Mwangi performs an ear check-up on on patient at his IncusEar Hearing and ENT Centre located along Ngong Road.
Image: MAGDALINE SAYA
More than half of all hearing loss cases can be prevented with early intervention.
Doctor Richard Mwangi says that unlike other disabilities, you cannot point out an individual among the crowd and say they have a hearing impairment as it is not visible.
Chronic ear infections are a common cause of deafness in children, especially in developing countries. Hearing loss may lead to other difficulties, including delayed learning and behavioural problems.
"When a child has congenital issues like congenital hearing impairment, there is no way we could avoid that, but it could have been rehabilitated," the medic told the Star in his office on Monday.
He said Kenyan parents look for help when a child is about four years old.
"When a child is born, they have to be assessed. If the child fails the newborn hearing screening, it is repeated after three months and if the child fails again, it is repeated at six months. Should the child fail at six months, the diagnostic test is done and the process of rehab starts."
Infection may also spread with further complications. One per cent of children in Kenya may suffer from these ear infections.
More than 600,000 Kenyans cannot hear properly and many more might lose their sense of hearing due to extremely noise-polluted environments in their workplace and in public transport vehicles that play loud music in spite of prohibitive laws. Hence, the People with Disability Act, 2003, requires all public broadcasting stations to incorporate sign language in their television programmes, including news, talk shows, documentaries and educational programmes.
"When a parent is told that their child has a problem, the denial phase starts. Some opt for herbal medicine and by then the child continues to grow. By the time you are thinking of help it is too late," Mwangi noted.
"Seek help first. We should encourage newborn screening so that by the time the child is turning one year, we are able to tell whether the child can hear or not."
Impairment in hearing has risen in the past two decades, with data showing that one out of every 10 people suffers from the problem. Twenty years ago, hearing problems were estimated to affect between five and eight people out of every 100 Kenyans, or less than one in every 10.
The World Health Organization estimates that unaddressed hearing loss poses an annual global cost of $750 billion (Sh75 trillion). This includes health sector costs (excluding the cost of hearing devices), costs of educational support, loss of productivity and societal costs.
The medic, however, notes that some causes such as old age and traumatic experiences are unfortunate causes that can't be prevented.
To ensure hearing loss is noticed as early as possible, all people should check their hearing from time to time, especially those who are at a higher risk. They include people who often listen to loud music, work in noisy places and use medicines that are harmful to hearing, or who are above 60 years old.
And to facilitate hearing checks, the WHO last year developed a mobile and web-based software application for screening.
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Finca La Providencia's location and elevation gives it an advantage in producing a very high quality coffee. The farm's water resources are abundant, with several springs across the area, and the region has distinct wet and dry seasons, which are beneficial for flowering and processing.
Guatemala Finca la Providencia is a delicious speciality coffee from Central America. It is deliciously sweet and chocolaty.
Finca La Providencia's location and elevation gives it an advantage in producing a very high quality coffee. The farm's water resources are abundant, with several springs across the area, and the region has distinct wet and dry seasons, which are beneficial for flowering and processing. Farming in Huehuetenango, however, is not without its challenges. The topography of the farm is broken and very irregular, which makes harvesting and cultivation activities more laborious. Fertilisation of the clay loam soil must be done with stringent attention to detail in order to avoid 'washing' and erosion. For this reason, nearly 30% of the farm is kept under native forest, which helps prevent soil washing down the steep inclines and preserves the local ecology.
Finca La Providencia is situated in the high mountains surrounding the town of San Pedro Necta in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. The farm has been in the Palacios family since 1954, and since that time it has been passed down through three generations, starting with Maximiliano Palacios through to his son Javier Palacios Funes (who passed away in 2006 at the age of 91) on to the current owner, Max Ariel Palacios Villatoro.
Max will almost certainly pass on the farm to his own children, who will be the fourth generation to farm in this beautiful land. For now, however, Max holds down the fort, overseeing all aspects of farm management, both administrative and agricultural. He is a highly experienced and dedicated coffee producer with over 40 years of experience, a deep love of the land and a comprehensive knowledge of the region.
The harvest begins in late December and ends in early April. Coffee is selectively hand harvested, with pickers choosing only the ripest cherries, and is then eco-pulped using the farm's multiple Penagos pulpers. The pulpers reduce the environmental impact of wet processing by reducing water usage and waste. After pulping, the mucilage is removed and then the coffee is delivered to dry on the farm's extensive patios or (if the weather is wet) in the guardiolas, where it dries at a slow and even temperature.
For each of these stages, qualified staff oversee activities to avoid any risk of contamination or deterioration of quality.


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Mr. Jordan return highlights Sunshine Millions Preview at Gulfstream West
By Tim Dwyer
The most lucrative day of purses offered during the Gulfstream Park West boutique meet happens Saturday with Sunshine Millions Preview day.
The card features seven stakes restricted to Florida-breds, each with a purse of $100,000. The feature race is the Millions Classic Preview at 1 1/16-miles and will mark the return of Mr. Jordan to South Florida.
The Eddie Plesa Jr.-trained gray gelding was last seen here in January finishing second in the Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park, the race the Millions Classic Preview points towards. The 4-year-old then finished in the money in each of his six starts this summer, half coming at Monmouth Park as he shipped there with most of Plesa's horses.
Saturday marks Mr. Jordan's return to a track where he is 2-for-2 with both wins coming in stakes company in November 2014. However, he suffered an injury a month later that required surgery, knocking him off of the Triple Crown trail.
The son of Kantharos recovered nicely to hand in a respectable sophomore campaign, hitting the board in four of his five starts. His worst finish was a seventh-place showing in the prestigious Haskell, a race won by American Pharoah.
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Mr. Jordan, the early 7-5 favorite, headlines a field of eight in the Classic Preview that includes Saraguaro, who is seeking his first win since winning this race last year. Hy Riverside, who has finished first or second in each of his last five starts, is the second choice at 7-2 as he stretches out around two turns for the first time.
Fillies and mares will vie at seven furlongs in the Millions Distaff Preview. Like the Classic Preview, the Distaff Preview drew a field of eight that includes R Kinsley Doll, who took first place money in two of the three Florida Sire Stakes races for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream this fall.
R Kinsley Doll's top competition will come from You Bought Her, the 2-1 morning line favorite who is coming off of a 5 ½-length win in an allowance race at Keeneland on Oct. 7. You Bought Her lost by a head in the 2015 Sunshine Millions Distaff.
Another horse who made a name for himself during this summer's Sire Stakes is Front Loaded. Also sired by Kantharos, Front Loaded chased his stablemate Three Rules through the three-race series and his 5 ½-length second place finish in the Affirmed was the closest any horse got to the series sweeper.
Front Loaded makes his first start on grass Saturday in the mile Juvenile Turf Stakes and has been made the slight 3-1 early favorite in the eight horse field.
Four other stakes round out the Sunshine Millions Preview card. Compelled has also been assigned early favoritism at 3-1 in the Juvenile Filly Turf, also at a mile. The daughter of War Front is coming off of a maiden win over the Laurel Park turf on Oct. 14. She will face eight rivals in the race.
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With two wins in three starts, Sweetontheladies is a slight 3-1 favorite in the 6 1/2 furlong Juvenile Sprint, which has attracted a field of eight.
On the strength of a 15 3/4-length win in her maiden outing three weeks ago, another Kantharos progeny in Wildcat Kate has been installed as the early 3-1 favorite in the Juvenile Filly Sprint. Also contested at 6 ½ furlongs, the race has drawn in a field of 11.
Finally, the Millions Turf Preview will feature an eight-horse field contending at 1 1/16 miles. Enterprising, a 5-year-old gelding, opens as the 2-1 favorite, having hit the board in all three of his starts since relocating to Gulfstream this fall.
Saturday's card boasts 12 total races and a special first post of noon. As has been the case the entire meet, track officials are encouraging patrons to watch and wager at Gulfstream as there are limited fan amenities available at Gulfstream Park West.
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A Retrospective Review Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of 120 Versus 160 Applications of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty
Wong, Cliff, MD*,†; Tao, Lingwei, W., MBBS‡; Skalicky, Simon, E., FRANZCO, PhD*,†,‡,§
Journal of Glaucoma: January 2018 - Volume 27 - Issue 1 - p 94–99
doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000828
Original Studies
Purpose: To compare the effectiveness and safety of 120 applications versus 160 applications of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) at reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) from baseline in glaucoma patients over a 1-year period.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted, comprising 376 eyes from 199 patients who underwent SLT treatment performed by the same glaucoma subspecialist from 2014 to 2015. Data were obtained on patients' clinical features, management, and outcomes. Patients were treated with either 120 applications or 160 applications of SLT per 360 degrees of trabecular meshwork over 2 sessions. Statistical analyses were performed comparing baseline IOP with IOP at 6 weeks and 1-year follow-up after completion of treatment. The incidence and severity of transient IOP rises immediately post-SLT was also recorded.
Results: Both SLT regimes were effective at reducing IOP. Univariate t tests showed that the 160 applications group had significantly greater mean reduction of IOP from baseline at both 6 weeks (4.6 vs. 3.6 mm Hg, P=0.015) and 1-year time points (4.1 vs. 2.8 mm Hg, P=0.019). However, when multivariate analyses were used to account for the effects of clustering and include other covariates such as age, baseline IOP, history of previous SLT there was no significant difference between success rates of the 2 treatment groups at either time points. Higher baseline IOP was associated with greater IOP reduction at 6 weeks (P<0.001) and 1 year (P<0.001) for both treatment groups. There was no statistical difference in incidence and severity of IOP spikes at 1-hour post-SLT between the 2 treatment groups.
Conclusions: SLT produces a significant IOP-lowering effect and treatment with 160 applications per 360 degrees may be more effective than 120 applications per 360 degrees. Furthermore, 160 applications of SLT does not increase the risk of transient IOP spikes.
*Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Royal Melbourne Hospital
†University of Melbourne, Melbourne
‡Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Vic.
§Discipline of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Disclosure: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Reprints: Cliff Wong, MD, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Vic., Australia.
Received May 17, 2017
Accepted November 1, 2017
Journal of Glaucoma27(1):94-99, January 2018.
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Articles in PubMed by Cliff Wong, MD
Articles in Google Scholar by Cliff Wong, MD
Other articles in this journal by Cliff Wong, MD
Latanoprostene Bunod 0.024% in Subjects With Open-angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: Pooled Phase 3 Study Findings
Outcomes of Bleb Repair for Delayed Bleb Leaks and Sweating Blebs
Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Progressive Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy?
A Comparison of Retrobulbar Versus Topical Anesthesia in Trabeculectomy and Aqueous Shunt Surgery
Evaluation of a Trabecular Microbypass Stent With Cataract Extraction in Severe Primary Open-angle Glaucoma


Falsified by Cossacks universal of S. Báthory August 20, 1577 / B. Khmelnytsky January 15, 1655 entered into a lot of publicity in the historiography and live somewhat independently of the main array of Terekhtemyriv legends. Therefore, we must consider this lateral branch of the main Terekhtemyriv legends a little more.
In my opinion, this is all the more necessary because our historical science, after identification of document as fraud, lost interest in it. Meanwhile, it is necessary to determine – who, when and why made this falsification, what historical sources used forger, in which the community it has spread and what practical importance was given to fabrication.
Universal of Báthory – Khmelnytsky, which is the subject of this section, we will denote the reduced UBKh to distinguish it from other documents to which it will compare.


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The World Health Organisation has named nine UK towns and cities which breach their safety guidelines for air pollution, putting residents at risk of respiratory disease and other health problems. The cities extend well beyond London: Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, Stoke-on-trent, Southampton and Leeds all register as having levels of PM10 – particles small enough to penetrate the deepest part of the lungs – above the 20 micrograms per cubic metre level set by the organisation.
But a new YouGov survey finds that satisfaction with air quality is actually very high in cities outside of London; this is less true amongst people dwelling in the built up areas of the capital, but still true of a strong majority.
Of those in Greater London who identify as living in a city, i.e. barring those who live in suburban areas on the outskirts, 63% are satisfied with their air quality while 34% are dissatisfied.
The figures show that satisfaction with air quality in cities outside of London is as good as satisfaction in towns, where 83% are satisfied, 15% dissatisfied. Meanwhile, approval in villages or rural areas is almost unanimous (91% are satisfied, 7% dissatisfied), and approval among the British public as a whole is the same as in towns: 82% are satisfied, 15% dissatisfied.
Although nine British cities and towns exceed the World Health Organisation's PM10 limits, none exceed those set by the European Union (40 micrograms per cubic metre). That said, London has been ranked by other studies as one of the worst in Europe for having done so little to reduce soot pollution produced by diesel vehicles. Additionally, government figures show that in 2010 up to 8.3% of deaths in the Capital were linked to pollution.


If your warp will be for a town, how developed is the skeleton of the town? Is it ready to be inhabited?: We have an centeral lodge where the warp point is located. In addition Ice has two tracks completed and breakfast is almost ready to be served all day.
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Innovation at Scale: Purposeful Change
For 25 years, Serena Sacks-Mandel served as a technology supplier, consultant, and leader for Fortune 100 companies like IBM, Disney, and others, and then pivoted to a vital role in education: CIO. "I sought a role that felt truly purposeful – something that could fundamentally improve lives," said Sacks-Mandel. "That's when I found my purpose: transforming education with technology to make it more specific to each student's needs and interests." She went on to make monumental advancements in how students learn at Florida Virtual School and Fulton County Schools for the next 10 years.
Then, when the pandemic hit, Sacks-Mandel felt the need to take her impact to the next level. Learn more about her journey that has led her to become US Education Customer Success leader at Microsoft, how the pandemic has impacted education and a new age of education is on the horizon.
CoSN: You spent more than a decade as a CIO, making a major difference in your local school districts and beyond. What prompted the switch to your current role at Microsoft?
(SSM): When the pandemic occurred, we [Fulton County Schools] were the first large district to pivot to remote – without missing a beat. When I saw other school districts and higher education institutions floundering and struggling with remote education, I knew it was time to leverage my learnings to help the industry on a larger scale.
That brought me to Microsoft – it was clear to me that they have the most comprehensive technology solutions and care the most about education. That's where I wanted to be – in the position to help K-12 and higher education institutions in the U.S. and the world.
In my role as US Education Customer Success leader, I help our customers understand and leverage deep functional benefits of products and services they own. We help them get more out of Microsoft's platforms – Azure, Teams, PowerPlatform, Dynamics, and more – and develop technical strategies and capabilities to enable their organization's strategic plans including a focus on improving student outcomes.
I'm here to help make a difference in this whole industry at a critical time when there's so much upheaval and struggle and challenge. This is the moment when we see technology as an enabler for all students to have access to quality education, to be able to realize their personal gifts and talents, and then do what they're meant to do in this world.
CoSN: What are the biggest Hurdles, Accelerators, or Tech Enablers you're seeing/experiencing for educators and technologists today? Knowing this, how is Microsoft solving challenges and improving student outcomes?
(SSM): There has been a dichotomy of Hurdles and Accelerators – the pandemic created an urgent need for student and teacher devices, collaborative digital tools, such as Teams, and highlighted the need for analytics to see how students were doing. At the same time, while instruction vacillated from in person to remote and hybrid throughout the last two years, organizations struggled to keep up with the constant change and a shortage of teachers. Just having eyeballs on students became a top priority, which dampened the appetite for innovation and enhancements that could address the challenges.
Microsoft has responded to the needs of students and educational institutions with empathy, understanding, and support. At the account level, we showed up to help, not sell. We heard from our customers that they needed to build skills, implement Teams, devices, and analytics – we delivered. On the product front, we delivered thousands of enhancements to meet the new needs, while shelving requirements that were no longer relevant.
CoSN: How has the pandemic influenced education's Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers?
(SSM): It has been said that the pandemic accelerated the pace of change across many industries – the education industry is no exception. So many leaders have had their eyes opened to the possibilities, and challenges, of technology that enables education. Learning can be greatly enhanced when hybrid technologies are used well. They provide any time, any place, any pace educational opportunities for students to have agency over their progress. Students can have meaningful dialogue with teachers about their personal challenges and commitment to growth, while freeing up teachers' time to focus on human interaction.
Also, it's clearer now that the "whole child" includes their wellbeing, not just their assessment scores. Microsoft's Reflect for students and Viva for staff are just two examples of how digital tools can be used to enhance focus, engagement, and performance.
CoSN: What is next for education?
(SSM): We need to look at the art of the possible, and what can be done with what we have learned and developed in the last two years. We are on the precipice of a new age in education. If we do not seize the opportunity, a generation of the workforce could be lost. Now that technology has been introduced to the instructional community, those who best embrace and leverage the opportunities will succeed. Those who do not will be left behind – both in public and private education.
This matters to both those in the education industry and outside of it because our workforce comes from our schools – most jobs now and even more so in the future require advanced educational experiences and competencies. In addition, the students graduating using new technologies will expect this type of learning experience throughout their career. Companies must continually skill their workforce. We are all lifelong learners – our schools, our companies, and the digital ecosystem must support the individual as they progress through various life and role stages.
Author: Stephanie King
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Have you ever been at a party where everything is going great? The music is good, the venue is fantastic and then suddenly without warning, someone who is a little too "happy" spills their drink on you? I confess not only have I been doused but I have witnessed many such events.
I recall some time ago my wife and I were on an island vacation and we were at an outdoor event with live music. Much to our chagrin, a gentleman who was well past intoxicated and carrying two drinks came and stood close by. As fate would have it, he spilled his drink on my wife's top. The bumbling spiller's wife/girlfriend was quick to apologise but ten minutes later, he did the same thing again. In retrospect, that man must have nine lives because I am not sure how my wife did not do a matrix manoeuver on him. Believe me she is not the type of woman to hold back when annoyed. The typical response when this type of spillage occurs is to tell the bumbling spiller off. It is more likely you would want to look him in his glazed eyes and say "Man, I could cuff you down right now"; or perhaps "I could ring you blasted neck right here".
However, before you vocalize, it is better to internalize and think before you speak. The reason I would admonish you to take this guarded approach is that in the heat of passion, we may often say things we would not normally say. We may allow our tempers and emotions to get the better of us and that could spell trouble.
In terms of the elements of the offence, you should know that what you say will be viewed objectively to determine whether under the circumstances your words or gestures constitute a threat. In effect, would a reasonable person under the same circumstances interpret your words or gestures as a threat?
In the scenario above, you would want to say that you were just frustrated and upset but the important aspect or question is, would a reasonable person interpret your words to be a threat to them?
The law is well established that it is irrelevant whether or not you had the means to carry out the threat. For instance, if you say to someone "I am going to shoot you", it does not matter if you did not own or possess a gun at the material time. Furthermore, it is not necessary that the threat be conveyed to the intended victim for the offence to be committed. Again, assume you call up Bob and leave him a voice message stating that you are going to break his friend John's legs. In this case a conviction can be secured if the Crown can establish that the words were meant to intimidate or be taken seriously. The fact that the threatening voice message was left for Bob and not John is irrelevant.
Note: A threat can also be non-verbal. A common example is running your finger across your throat as if cutting or slicing or holding your palm out with the finger pointing as if it were the nozzle of a gun.
So, the next time you are at a fete and someone spills an alcoholic concoction that is sure to stain your outfit, think before your speak or act. Choose your words carefully and refrain from any threatening words or gestures. Remember, it is always easier to get rid of your stained clothes than it is to get rid of a criminal conviction.
The foregoing is intended for information purposes only and you should consult a lawyer if you need legal representation or a legal opinion.
Selwyn R. Baboolal is a partner at Oumarally Baboolal practicing in the area of litigation for the past 20 years.
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You approach the market via sun-baked alleyways lined by old wooden fishermen's houses.
Soon you see the fishermen coming in from their catch . . .
securing their gear & fishing boats.
Deckhands prepare their nets for the next catch . . .
while an old, rough-faced fisherman watches.
Buyers hang out in front of their shacks as the fishermen stroll to the market.
This poker-faced agent steels himself for the upcoming bartering, his business phonebook conveniently displayed behind him.
A single customer comes in & surveys the fish offerings while preparing himself for hard negotiations.
Praying mantis shrimp fill a basket tray. To the uninitiated they're notoriously hard to peel, but they're a local favorite among the Malay.
A fisherman apprehensively sizes up his potential buyers.
A couple of old Chinese men—one mostly blind—sit nearby watching the antics.
One Malay customer brings his beautiful little daughter along . . .
perhaps correctly thinking that her presence will gain him a better price when he buys fish.
A young buff guy looks over the fish market scene, careful to guard his cool essence.
A young Malay teen laughs after finding that this ancient jukebox still works. For a couple cheap coins he will annoy the auction buyers & sellers with loud pop music.
A Malay housewife carefully considers her purchases & how she'll haggle to get a fair deal.
Another Malay mother has made her first offer. But the seller mocks her, saying he'd have to call to the boss before he could ever sell fish that cheaply!
A seasoned old Chinese buyer and a Malay fisherman size up each other as they prepare to barter.
The whispering begins, participants hovering close to make sure no one else overhears.
The Chinese gentleman has learned the importance of confidentiality, cupping his hand over the seller's ear as he whispers.
Nearby other intense negotiations quietly erupt.
One man visibly balks at the offer he's heard.
A fish buyer strains to hear a whispered counter-offer.
Then a real player steps forward. This Chinese man communicates an air of intense seriousness as he approaches the deal.
& they banter back & forth . . .
Final negotiations close in on the deal as others cut separate deals & many look on.
Finally, a catch is sold & wrapped up to be taken away.
A father departs with his son . . .
taking purchases back to be inspected by the women & children.
There's serious talk about this whispering fish market getting relocated to a new, nearby location in the near future due to flood mitigation. That makes sense. But some locals insist that they have not been consulted in the plans about the new location, & they fear that their market may just get the axe.
As a photographer, I'll mourn seeing this old, original location destroyed, though I understand that places do need to be upgraded. I just hope they don't kill this unique cultural phenomenon—Malaysia's only whispering fish market.
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The Voices Told Her So
Photo by Patrice Molinard
Ana looked at her son's white denim pants and wanted the grass and the blood to go away. No matter what the television commercials told her, no matter how many magazines advertised the wonders of laundry detergent, the grass stains created by a violent fall to the ground and the blood that came at the hands of other boys who didn't understand her son's pain made her freeze with anger.
The voices screamed in her head. They told her she couldn't erase the hatred. They told her his anger was her fault. The voices shouted that his biological father was right to leave her for another woman, that he was right to replace the clothes in her closet with the wardrobe of another woman's.
The voices told her that being a single mother with a career and fulfilling her dreams of a store filled with her own fashion was selfish.
"Look at your son!" The female voice said. "He hates you for not being there for him, back when you spent your days in a working in a store. He hates you for putting your dreams before him. He hates you for leaving Havana. He hates you for bringing him into a world where everyone hates him for his accent".
The voices crowded her head. She told them to shut up, but they wouldn't. The grass stains and the blood glared at her.
Then she heard the words, "Gasoline will take out those stains."
It was a voice with a melodious tone, as if she heard it on the radio in between songs. All the other voices stopped, letting this voice say it out loud, again and again. "Gasoline will take out those stains." It grew louder and softer, as if the voice was teasing her. Then it became a jingle, sounding like the the Texaco commercials on the radio.
The black hole. The nothingness after an explosion. The silent black screen in between commercials. The gasket was blown, the fuse destroyed. After that moment, she was unaware of what she was doing.
She threw her daughters diapers into the machine. She threw back her son's soiled wet jeans into the lid of the washing machine. The previous load filled with her husband's shirts were turning and drying in the dryer. The hissing sound of the pilot light flame beneath the machine sounded off.
She thought of the plantains she had so longed to make, but the local store did not have plantains to buy. She longed for the soft, sweet corn flavor of a tamale in a banana leaf, and Arros Con Pollo, papaya shakes and Cuban steak sandwiches, pork marinaded in vinegar and garlic. He mouth watered for the kitchen of her childhood, the cool tiles on a hot day where she's lay her head down. Her mother's kosher work space, but her mother often turned a blind eye to tradition.
But now there's Rice a Roni and Julia Child recipes. She learned how to make 'Chicken a la King' from the Ladies Home Journal. She tried her hand at Cherry Rouss and Baked Alaska. Her new husband was delighted. They were made to perfection, but they weren't as good a the caramel flan she made with dozens of eggs, condensed milk and burned sugar.
She didn't remember going to the garage. She couldn't recall the moment she saw the canister of gasoline her husband had bought earlier in the day to fuel the lawn mower for his afternoon of yard work. Her nose didn't smell the acrid, dreamy smell of Sunoco's premium regular as she poured it on the stubborn grass marks and those pesky blood stains.
Anita had things to do. She had to wax the kitchen floor. She had to feed the baby. She had to wash the dirty grimy jeans off the knees of her growing son who was getting dirtier and smellier every day as hormones created a miniature version of the man she married when she was eighteen, whose face was ripped off of every old family photo, who name was erased from records and family mementos. Anita had to erase the dirt because that's what commercials said. That's what the Readers Digest said.
She didn't remember the moment the gas touched the white jeans. The dryer flashed the pilot flame as the gas touched the fabric. There was a quick roar and everything went white.
She wondered where the baby was.
In her cradle.
She wondered where her son was.
With the neighbors.
Her brother was with her husband, in a car following the ambulance. Her sister in law took her own children and left the house, bound for Bay Ridge after the trucks left.
It ended there. The white jeans and the stains didn't matter. Hospitals and skins graphs, insurance coverage and lives blown apart and put back together again all in the name of love.
And so it began. Life within the aftermath.
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Autobiograhical, Cuba, Family History, Life's Catastrophes, Mental Illness, Non-Fiction, Stories, the sea around us, Writing | Permalink.
That Feeling of Deja Vu on a Thursday
Thursday. It's the Thursday of a slow and difficult week in terms of accomplishing my writing goals. Perhaps it's the late summer doldrums. My body is still stuck in childhood, when summers were spent watching morning television, reading books from the library, discovering music, playing with friends and going to the local public pool. As an adult, I'm stuck in a routine of office work, and trying to get a Friday or Monday off during the hot months to keep my sanity.
Sticking to my writing goals. Trying to write at least 1000 usable words for the book inspired by my mother's life in Cuba called "The Sea Around". It will be part one of a trilogy inspired by the stories of, not only my mother, but my father's life as well.
But first, Havana. My mother's voice is over my shoulder. It feels like she's saying, "You have to tell my story first! Write a book about me!" So, I spend some time each today writing about, and researching a country I've never been to.
In recent years, Cuba has slowly opened its doors to tourists from America. It's quite tempting to sign up for a tour of Havana, my mother's home city. My intent would be to absorb the culture, the heat, the energy, the despair – to follow the footsteps of my mother's life told in darkened rooms during her depressed evenings, stories that hang like myths in my imagination. Yet, the prices for tours are expensive. For a country so poor, I have to wonder where all that money is going. Ethics win out over financial draw backs for me. I decide to stay put in my current home of Los Angeles, and live vicariously and without abandon on Google Maps. Tourist shots of calles and avenidas paint a picture of my mother's neighborhood in Miramar. The map gives me a vision of her landscape.
While coming across various street shots of the shabby Victorian buildings, mixed with shattered shacks and contemporary apartments, some crumbling, others well maintained, it struck me how much Havana looks like Echo Park in Los Angeles. The blue skies and open horizons beyond the shallow rooftops. Tired palm trees line the streets. Some of them pop up in random places. Run down cars and jalopy pick up trucks so old and rusted, I can practically hear the music from 'Sanford and Son' playing as I imagine the sound of creaking shock absorbers crying for help while holding together bouncing bald tires.
It reminds me of how pockets of Los Angeles remind me of New York – my home state. Just like a residential street in Havana looks like a side street near Elysian Park, L.A., there is a corner north west of La Brea and Beverly Boulevard that makes me feel like I'm back on Central Avenue in Hartsdale, New York, near what is know as "The Four Corners". Both locations have a brick apartment building in the same spot. Both have gas stations nearby. Hartsdale's corner has a Dunkin Donuts to it's right, followed by the famous Hartsdale Pet Cemetery. The corner in Los Angeles has a strip mall with a major Kosher store that caters to the large Hasidim community that surrounds the region. Slightly altered specifics, but it still embodies the same energy – the same feeling – like I'm back home where my parents lived before they died four years ago. Back in familiar territory, where only a decade ago, my adult summers were enjoyed on weekends, away from my place in the city, back in Westchester County. That's where I hung out by my parents' condo pool, and befriended my now distant friend Marie. It's where I found out about the local condo politics and listened to family stories spoken by neighbors with open hearts. It's where I met my sweet, disturbed friend Eamonn (who inspired some of the stories in my forthcoming October book), who calls me once in a while to tell me about his progress in life.
Different places in separate states or countries – yet they conjure the same feeling. Home is everywhere.
Categories: The Sea Around Us | Tags: Cuba, Havana, the sea around us, Writing | Permalink.
Fathers And Cousins
July 1, 2014 by Debi Rotmil	Leave a comment
"I even remember the day . He made me feel so special and loved. I always knew he cared. And in a world where most of the adults were worried about their own shit, I always felt like my uncle was always there."
This is a photo of my soon-to-be-father and my cousin Michele, taken in the spring of 1961. The quote above is from her. This picture happened before he met my mother, and obviously, before I was born. The photo was shot by my uncle Charles, his brother, on an afternoon outing in area known as the Cloisters, located along the cliffs of the Hudson, north of Manhattan.
The moments in between grief are consumed with every day, ordinary matters. Thoughts fly, and responsibilities keep you grounded to the day to day. But the moment your sorrow invites itself into your room and interrupts your denial, and shakes you by the shoulders to remind you of the space in your heart, all breathing stops. The heart sinks.
I discovered this photo for the first time in my life, several months after my father died. It was an ordinary evening, during one of those moments in between grief. The TV was on, dinner was finished, thoughts and plans for tomorrow occupied my mind. My uncle, who was also handling the anguish of losing his big brother, sent me this photo of my young father holding my cousin. All at once, the waves of sadness and resignation that came and went in the recent months, culminated into a tidal wave of heartbreak. It came crashing while I wasn't looking. It slapped me down and held me there, as I gasped for breath between tears and heavy heart. It had been fine for a while after my father left this world. But each day since, the waves grew bigger and louder until the moment I saw this photo, of my young, single dad-to-be, full of love for a hurting niece, with a whole life of love, sadness, pride, happiness, anger, sadness, fury, resignation and beauty before him. The years drained away until he grew old and ill. His last days alone, likely thinking of the young man he once was, and the old man he had become.
My father was a child of the holocaust, escaping capture by the Nazis thanks to the Catholic church who took him and his brother into their orphange. They were hidden children. When he came to America, he became the all American man. He made his way through New York University by waiting tables and taking odd jobs. He served in the Army during the Korean conflict, but never saw a day of combat. He became a manager at IBM and remained there for thirty five years. He married my mother, and they had me. Only me.
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: fathers day, rotmil, the sea around us | Permalink.


I saw this little video which I think is brilliant and it made me think about my facebook usage.
A friend said 'You must get the prize for the most status updates' like it was a bad thing. I've had my times where I want everyone to use fb like me and got cross when they didn't and defriended them in a fit of annoyance figuring that if they only use it once a week/month/year then they don't understand the medium and therefore wouldn't care. I forgot about the lurkers. People who are there, but afraid of posting anything about themselves in case Google runs away with it and plasters them all over the internet (why care? I'd be flattered). Pictures of their babies smiling could be vulnerable (why is this a problem unless they are starkers and shown in some icky context). In case their privacy is invaded and someone steals their identity (good luck with MY overdraft). These are people who also believe and repost all kinds of urban legends as truth. I like to check these out on www.snopes.com before I get outraged and then paranoid. It always pays to do a bit of research and then make up your own mind... or story (this is what writers do as a job).
I, on the other hand, am probably very naive and trusting. Actually I'm not at all- I know a scam when I see one and you will never find me in email conversation about money and goods with anyone from Nigeria. Oddly enough, the only time I've been scammed was recently with a mannequin supplier in Auckland. But let's not get into that- only to say, if you order online, it pays to email or call the company first to see if they actually exist.
So back to my facebooking.
I signed up only because I needed photos of a girl band to do an illustration for them and their best pics were on a private page. I was very reluctant- I had my blog, that was enough, and before that, email and before that faxes and before that, the phone and well, I have never known a life without communication. But needs must and my kids showed me how and after a week of throwing my hands in the air at all the notifications that came through my email (just turn them off Mum, that's the first thing you do!) I got jiggy with it (as Will Smith would say).
Over the past 3 years I have learned how to filter out ads, unwanted Farmville invites, moaning minnies I can't be bothered reading about and revel in the online community that makes me laugh, think and get into action. I have my privacy controls set tight. I choose who I accept as fb friends and share my world with (always people I actually have met in real life) and I direct all other parties interested in my art but not my cat, to my public page.
I absolutely know that the FBI or any govt agency who wants to, can access my profile. I think this is a good thing- it means that if I get murdered and Benedict Cumberpatch is too busy, then the appropriate authorities will be able to look for clues in my last status updates (there will be a LOT of reading, they might need a team of six on it). And it charms me to think that if my status updates suddenly stopped, people will wonder if I'm o.k- much like the little old lady who hasn't been out to her letterbox in days. And they might start asking each other if anyone has seen me- and get in touch with my family who can tell them the what's so. I grew up with them all saying 'Shut up Fi!', it became the family joke.
I guess the day Fifi is quiet, is the day you all come and weep with them at my funeral service. And I hope there will be lots of you - I want the biggest send off so I can feel the love as I soar off into another realm.
I hope they have wifi there.


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Ralph Garman (* 17. November 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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Ralph Garman spielte in Fernsehserien wie zum Beispiel Doogie Howser, M.D., Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen, New York Cops – NYPD Blue, Strong Medicine: Zwei Ärztinnen wie Feuer und Eis oder Dr. House. Im Thriller Das schnelle Geld (2005) spielte er neben Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven und Jaime King die Rolle des Reggie. Im Action-Thriller Eagle Eye – Außer Kontrolle (2008) spielte er neben Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan und Rosario Dawson die Rolle eines Nachrichtensprechers. Im Action-Horror-Thriller Red State (2011) spielte er neben Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa Leo und Kevin Pollak die Rolle des Caleb.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1988: Footballstar um jeden Preis (What Price Victory)
 1992: Doogie Howser, M.D. (Fernsehserie, Episode 4x08)
 1997: Chimp Lips Theater (Sprechrolle)
 1998: Gotcha (Sprechrolle)
 2000: Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen (Charmed, Fernsehserie, zwei Episoden)
 2000: Digimon – Der Film (Digimon: The Movie, Sprechrolle)
 2001–2005: New York Cops – NYPD Blue (NYPD Blue, Fernsehserie, neun Episoden)
 seit 2001: Family Guy (Fernsehserie, Sprechrolle)
 2002: Strong Medicine: Zwei Ärztinnen wie Feuer und Eis (Strong Medicine, Fernsehserie, Episode 2x17)
 2005: Das schnelle Geld (Two for the Money)
 2006: The Other Mall (Fernsehfilm)
 2006: Deceit (Fernsehfilm)
 2008: Eagle Eye – Außer Kontrolle (Eagle Eye)
 2009: This Monday
 2010: Sharktopus (Fernsehfilm)
 2011: Red State
 2011: Dr. House (House, Fernsehserie, Episode 8x02)
 2014: Tusk
 2015: Lavalantula – Angriff der Feuerspinnen (Lavalantula)
 2016: Yoga Hosers

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