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Via Apsyrtides
ĆUNSKI - MALI LOŠINJ
Going south from Ćunski, up until reaching the town of Mali Lošinj, the island of Lošinj narrows until all that is left is a chain of hills which, although not very tall, do a good job at protecting the wide port of Mali Lošinj from the wind. The hills closer to Ćunski are covered with olive groves and maquis shrubland, and those closer to Mali Lošinj are blanketed in tall pine forests, a "trademark" of Lošinj's over 130-year-old tourist tradition. Despite its name, Mali Lošinj ("Little Lošinj") is the largest town on the Croatian islands. It was built by the famed Lošinj seafarers, shipbuilders and shipowners. When "the golden age of sailing ships" ended in the late 19th century, their spacious houses were converted into hotels and bed and breakfasts for the Viennese aristocracy wishing to tend to their health in Lošinj's healing (micro)climate.
ĆUNSKI
OSIR BAY
MALI LOŠINJ
HIGHEST POINT: 66 m
LOWEST POINT : 0 m
DIFFICULTY: 9/10
DURATION: 4 h
 9/10
 10/10
POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE TRAIL
TORAĆ IN ĆUNSKI
The olive is one of the few agricultural crops capable of surviving without human intervention. As the local population was leaving, the old vineyards around Ćunski were abandoned for several decades before they were recently restored and replanted. The local olive varieties, "Lošinjska Oblica" and "Starovijerka", were preserved, as well as "Torać", the old olive mill in Ćunski, the last of its kind on the islands. Every autumn, the mill is brought back to life to cheerfully mill olives in the traditional way, operated by hands.
TOVAR (Monte Asino)
Tovar is a hill you won't be climbing as it has been fenced off as a military "restricted area" for the past 160 years, ever since the Austro-Hungarian authorities built a large, and for the most part, buried fort at its top. The fort was built using rock brought up from the foot of the hill, as well as using the remains of the ancient hillfort which must have been constructed at such a strategically important location. For thousands of years Tovar has overlooked the south entrance to the town of Osor, as well as the only (natural) entrance to the wide port of Mali Lošinj, acting as a safe anchorage since ancient times.
The people of Lošinj get frustrated to hear someone say "on Mali Lošinj", instead of "in Mali Lošinj", as if it were an island, instead of a town. This confusion is caused by the narrow (8 m) channel at the northern entrance to the town, which was dug in 1936 at this narrowest, just 80m wide, part of the island to allow smaller boats, especially fishing boats, access to the waters of Kvarnerić. The channel is linked by a small movable bridge used by both pedestrians and vehicles, and is moved every day at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to allow passage for boats, which is best to always keep in mind so as to avoid the inevitable waiting.
Ivan@ivan
Great walk. Beautiful island and well marked trails. Highly recommended.
Anna@anna
Me and my family walked the whole route twice on our vacation. That says a lot!
John @johnny
Lovely scenery. Cave Čampari was the highlight of the walk. Headlamps are a must!
SHARE THIS TRAIL
• Via Apsyrtides trail system is intended for experienced mountain climbers and recreationists. The trails provide a basic level of walkability, without additional measures of safety and protection. Use these trails at your own risk!
• Rugged landscape and climatic conditions of the island can be challenging. Assess your fitness level well and wear appropriate footwear and clothing!
• Water availability in some villages is limited. Carry enough water with you!
• Your responsibility is to follow the laws and regulations of the Republic of Croatia related to nature protection, accommodation and respect for other people's property.
• Leave only footprints, take only memories! Dispose of garbage in the villages, in designated areas. Do not collect wild plants and do not disturb animals you come across! Keep the gates closed behind you!
• You are in an area of high wildfire risk. Lighting open fires is strictly forbidden!
• Convenience store: Jadranka convenience stores, Lidl (Omladinska Street 1/A), Konzum (Dražica 18B)
• Café: in Ćunski and Mali Lošinj
• Restaurant: in Ćunski and Mali Lošinj
• Pharmacy: in Nerezine (Smeraldo) and Mali Lošinj (Muškardin and Kaštel Fram)
• Physician: in Mali Lošinj
• ATM: in Mali Lošinj (in the centre, next to the Zagazine convenience store, Maxi convenience store, Cappelli Tourist Agency...)
Mind the strong Bura wind, especially in winter and pay attention to:
wild animals (wild boar)
waterfilter
The section starts in Ćunski, complete with markings. After passing the post office, the path turns towards Zaosiri beach and leads to rocks that you will have to cross – this is the most demanding section so please be careful and walk slowly. You can use the public parking lot next to the St Nicholas parish church.
Sufinancirano sredstvima Europske unije iz Europskog fonda za regionalni razvoj
Cres & Lošinj
Kvarner | Croatia
GRAD CRES
Creskog statuta 15
51557 Cres, Croatia
IBAN:HR5924020061805200006
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PREDOŠĆICA - CRES
CRES - VALUN
VALUN - MARTINŠĆICA
MARTINŠĆICA - USTRINE
USTRINE - OSOR
OSOR - ĆUNSKI
ĆUNSKI - M. LOŠINJ
M. LOŠINJ - V. LOŠINJ
V. LOŠINJ - RADOVAN
CAPE JABLANAC - BELI


This is a permanent role. Hours will be 3pm -11pm (to be confirmed, this may be adjusted) 5 working days covering Monday to Sunday.
Solstice is a fruit and vegetable distributor based in South Wimbledon who prides itself on high quality Produce and Attentive Customer Service.
An exciting job opportunity has arisen to work within the company. They are looking for someone to assist the Office team and help Solstice to maintain its high reputation, which it has been renowned for over the years. The successful Applicant will show initiative and drive. It is important that the applicant is confident with the ambition to succeed. They must be able to understand the importance of Customer Service and must have the ability to pleasantly deal with a wide range of clients and efficiently find solutions to any queries or deal with problems immediately.
All applicants must have Proficient PC skills (Word, Excel & Outlook) The Candidate will be required to undertake general duties including dealing with clients by telephone, answering and transferring calls, typing/formatting documents, taking orders and organising their work. This role will appeal to candidates with fruit and vegetable experience; this would be an advantage although not essential. Candidates will have initiative and the ambition to achieve all and above expected.


The MIAD Café is open Monday through Friday for Breakfast and Lunch and into the evening Monday through Thursday for snacks. You can join us for breakfast, a sandwich, salad and a daily special of a hot meal. The newly designed Café is your place to hang out, do homework and grab a bite to eat. Meals are on average $5 – $6.
Students may purchase a meal card in advance for the MIAD Café. This eliminates the need to worry about bringing a lunch or carrying cash everyday. The MIAD Café Card can be used for purchases in the Café only.
A continuing balance is maintained in the food service database, and students can find out from the cashier at any time how much is remaining on the card.
Students living at MIAD's Residence Hall, TWO50TWO, have been enrolled in a MIAD Café Meal plan at the rate of $250 per semester but can increase their meal plan also by filling out the form below.
They will receive an e-mail receipt that they should print and keep until their Café Card is activated. Funds remaining on the meal card at the end of the fall semester can be carried over to the spring semester. However, funds remaining at the end of the spring semester are forfeited.
Cash, debit and credit cards are also accepted.
To order or increase a meal plan, click here.


I was very impressed to read that Vector has signed a partnership with TESLA and are bringing the recent battery technology to the land of the Long White Cloud. - That's great news, and hope to see a flourishing market on Electric Vehicles spring up soon.
"New Zealand electricity network operator Vector has signed a partnership to bring the Tesla battery storage devices to its home market in Auckland,"


The three WODs for the Tri County Shakedown Team Invitational have been announced!
Accumulate a team total 1 rep max Deadlift.
Our team rosters are as follows.
If you have neither competed in nor spectated a CrossFit event, they are truly a thing to behold. I've gone so far as to say that destinies will be skewed at such events. Post thoughts to comments.


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Firefox: Greens want it, 3.5rc2 not up to par
By Builder Staff in Enterprise Software on June 26, 2009, 5:35 AM PST
This week's roundup looks at the situation surrounding a campaign to change Outlook HTML renderer, a Greens MP wants to install Firefox but is restricted and all the photos from the iPhone 3GS launch.
I have to admit that I still do not understand the motivation to line up in the middle of a winter's night for an updated iPhone. Nevertheless the iPhone faithful turned out last night to get their hands on the device.
During the week Victorian Premier John Brumby announced that the state will hire 200 computer technicians for its schools as computers for the Federal government's Digital Education Revolution make their way to students.
In the ACT, Greens MP Caroline Le Couteur made a complaint about not being able to install Firefox. On the Firefox flip side, Jack Wallen wrote about why he is not so impressed with Firefox 3.5 release candidate 2.
Meanwhile in the world of Microsoft, a campaign to ask the Redmond giant to replace the Word rendering of HTML emails with a proper renderer (i.e. a browser, say IE8) was responded to and largely ignored.
We also looked at the roots of agile project management and 10 reasons why open source makes sense on smartphones.
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The Charity is led by Chief Executive, Gail Scott-Spicer. Gail is supported by three directors; Claire Newton, Director of Resources, Claire Wood Hill, Director of Fundraising and Communications, and Iona Joy, Director of Grants and Insight. A Board of Trustees governs the Charity, led by Chair, Hilary Sears.
Hilary Sears
Chair of Trustees
Hilary is an experienced Chair and Trustee, having chaired the MS Society, and before that, KIDS. Both are committed to delivering and campaigning for better healthcare and support in the community. In her professional life, she was a Vice-President in global executive search firms Korn Ferry and AT Kearney, who seconded her to the Cabinet Office. She started her career in marketing and also brings experience of fundraising. Hilary is a Trustee of Leonard Cheshire, and on the Advisory Board of Cranfield School of Management.
Dr Elizabeth Robertson
Elizabeth is Director of Research and joined Diabetes UK in April 2016. Elizabeth is responsible for ensuring Diabetes UK is driving forward understanding, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, through investing in the best research minds and projects. Before joining Diabetes UK, Elizabeth was the first Director of Research for Breast Cancer Now, formed from the merger of Breakthrough Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Campaign in April 2015. Prior to the merger, she was the Director of Research, Policy and Information at Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Prof Julia Wendon
Julia is an Intensive Care Consultant and Executive Medical Director of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She is one of two board members nominated by the Foundation Trust and appointed as a Charity Trustee from April 1st 2016. She has earned a worldwide reputation for the care of critically ill patients, particularly those with liver disease. Julia joined King's in 1989, became a Consultant in 1992, and more recently served as Clinical Director for Critical Care. She has played a key role in developing King's liver service, including the expansion of the liver intensive care unit from eight to its current 19 beds. She has published over 150 papers on acute liver failure, and between 2008 and 2013 was the Foundation Trust's research and development lead.
Christopher Stooke
Christopher is the Honorary Treasurer and was originally appointed as a Charity Trustee on 1st April 2016 when he was one of two directors nominated by the Foundation Trust, due to being a non-executive member of the Trust Board. He has remained a Charity Trustee since ceasing to be a non-executive director of the Foundation Trust in June 2020. He is currently a non-executive director at two companies and a trustee of two other charities, in addition to King's College Hospital Charity. He has lived in South East London almost all his life, and currently lives in Peckham.
George King
George is a partner at specialist investment advisory firm MASECO Private Wealth, having spent over two decades in finance and investment working with institutions and wealthy individuals globally. He has previously worked at a number of firms including the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Barclays Wealth, AllianceBernstein, and Credit Suisse. He has had extensive board-level experience with charitable organisations.
George is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a member of the Society for Trust and Estate Professionals (STEP), and a graduate of Brown University.
Timothy Hornsby CBE
Timothy is Chair of the Harkness Fellows Association and of the International Tree Foundation. He is a Commissioner of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, a Trustee of Field Lane Charity, a Board member of the Audience Agency and a Trustee of the British Architectural Trust Board. In his previous career he was Chair of the National Lottery Commission, Chair of the Horniman Museum, a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, a Board member of the Water Council, and of the International Institute for Environment and Development.
Heather Heathfield
Heather has more than 30 years experience working in the health and social care sector. Until recently Heather was the UK Director of Innovation and Insight at the British Red Cross. Prior to this she was a management consultant working on a variety of projects for the NHS, local government and third sector, and an academic leading a number of high profile informatics projects for the NHS. She is also a Trustee of the Mary Ward and Blackfriars Settlement.
Philip Kolvin QC
Philip Kolvin QC is the Head of the public law chambers Cornerstone Barristers and also sits as a Recorder of the Crown Court. He is a Patron and former Chair of the Institute of Licensing and a Board Member of the Sports Grounds Safety Authority and Crystal Palace Park Trust. He is widely published in the field of licensing and regulation.
Rachel Barton
Rachel is a Managing Director at Accenture, leading the Customer and Digital Strategy business for Europe and Latin America. Working with the world's biggest brands, she has deep experience supporting clients through the complexity of today's disruptive landscape to enable re-invention and transformation. She is a specialist in innovation and a recognised thought leader, who is regularly featured in the media. Having studied physiology, pharmacology and neuroscience, Rachel is passionate about science and innovation and the role it can play to make society better.
Alison Lewzey
Alison is a Solicitor and was an Employment Judge from 1996 until she retired in August 2017. She has extensive experience of all aspects of employment and discrimination law. Prior to her appointment as a judge, she was a partner in a firm of solicitors in Central London for many years, specialising in international maritime and commercial law. She is also an accredited mediator (CEDR) with experience of workplace mediation. Alison sits on the Governance Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Alan Bolchover
Alan has spent 18 years in Senior Management, specialising in income stream and brand development for social enterprise. Appointed Director of Fundraising of the Outward Bound Trust (OBT) in July 2010, he has overseen an increase in income from £1.7m in 2010 to £8.68m per annum by 2018 to help provide activities for 25,000 young people a year. OBT employ 300 staff at six residential centres in the Lakes and Mountains of the UK's most dramatic terrain.
Jon Cohen
Professor Cohen completed his medical degree at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1975 and has worked in the NHS in the field of infectious diseases for over 30 years, becoming Chair and Head of Department at Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College School of Medicine. His research interest is severe bacterial infections and he has an international reputation for his work in helping to develop new forms of treatment for sepsis and septic shock. He was the founding Dean of Brighton and Sussex Medical School, which has already provided over 700 new doctors to the NHS.
Gail Scott-Spicer
Gail Scott-Spicer joined as Chief Executive in July 2018. Gail was previously Chief Executive of the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and Carers Trust following 25 years of working in the charity and not-for-profit sectors and has been an advisor to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Claire Newton
Director of Resources
Claire is a chartered accountant and an experienced Finance Director having worked in both the NHS and the charitable sector.
Claire Wood Hill
Director of Fundraising & Communications
Claire has been an income and marketing professional within the voluntary sector for over 25 years, working for both large and small charities across a range of issues, with a specific focus on the areas of health and disability.
Iona Joy
Director of Grants and Insight
Iona joined the Charity as Director of Grants and Insight in late 2019 after running the Charity Unit at NPC. There Iona developed special expertise in health while working with clients such as MS Society. An earlier career in finance and development included a stint in Uganda.
King's College Hospital Charity is an independent charity dedicated to supporting life-changing care for patients at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
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Big tech shows contempt for new EU data privacy rules
(Bloomberg) -- The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation has been in effect for less than a week. It was always clear that a vast number of companies would comply in only the most perfunctory way, at least while the law was being tested. But the big tech companies, sure to face scrutiny, were expected to show a little more rigor. Instead, they appear to be hoping that they won't get caught or that their lawyers will take care of any complaints.
Most consumers don't have the time or expertise to complain about shoddy GDPR compliance. Max Schrems, the Austrian lawyer who has waged a privacy crusade against Facebook since 2011, does. His nonprofit group NOYB (None of Your Business), has filed complaints with privacy regulators against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Schrems has a pretty good idea of the corners these services are trying to cut when it comes to GDPR compliance.
A Facebook user represented by NOYB claims in the complaint to the Austrian authorities that the social network demands consent to its entire privacy policy, listing only account deletion as an alternative. The policy, meanwhile, empowers the company to collect every possible kind of data, including information about political and religious views. It requires the user to accept data collection for advertising purposes as if it were essential to the use of Facebook, part of the contract offered by the service — though most users, especially long-standing ones who joined before Facebook's monetization, would be surprised if told directly that personalized ads were an inalienable part of the deal.
"Consent can only be a lawful ground for processing if data subjects are offered a genuine and realistic choice to accept or decline the terms of a service or to decline these terms without detriment," the complaint says. That neatly sums up the most basic GDPR requirement. As someone who has searched in vain for ways to reject some of Facebook's new rules, I must agree with Schrems that the company fails to fulfill it. My consent to the terms of service was not freely given: I was told I'd have to delete my account if I disagreed with anything in the document.
The Google complaint was filed in France on behalf of a user who couldn't activate a new Android phone without the wholesale acceptance of Google's new terms of service — which say various kinds of data will be collected whatever happens. Google, the complaint says, "relies on an overall bundled consent to anything contained in the privacy policy for Android phones, which includes several other products. This would also render consent invalid, as such consent would not be in any way 'specific,' but rather based on an 'all or nothing' approach."
The Instagram and WhatsApp complaints, submitted in Belgium and Germany, are similar to the Facebook one: The social network's general approach to complying with the GDPR is no different for Facebook-owned companies.
On NOYB's web page, Schrems has listed the maximum penalties for violating the privacy regulation; they run in the billions of euros, and they looked nice in news headlines. But there will be protracted legal arguments before Facebook and Google are fined anything. The cases will move from privacy watchdogs to courts. Schrems will crowdsource his expenses, a few euros at a time, as he's done before. The U.S. internet giants will splash millions on defenses meant to wear him out. It may take years.
Perhaps someday a court will decide that our consent to their terms of service wasn't given freely. Fines will be paid, and new consent forms will be pushed to us.
It's not beyond the engineering powers of both Facebook and Google to provide users with a simple checklist so they could pick what they're willing or not willing to allow. They decided instead to take their chances with the legal process.
That's not a trust-inducing policy. It's also shortsighted. Papua New Guinea, a nation of 8 million next to Australia, has just moved to shut down Facebook for a month, ostensibly to give it time to get rid of fake accounts and illegal content. Such drastic measures haven't been aired in Europe yet, but open contempt for the rules could easily lead to regulatory escalation.
Uber found that out the hard way in Europe; as a result it will probably never be able to build the kind of presence here that it did in the U.S. It could be even worse for Facebook and Google, which have built up near-monopoly power in Europe: Losing revenue because of adverse regulation is more painful than not being able to increase it.
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Bursting with pride is how I felt after seeing all of the hard work that went into making bunting for the 20th Year Anniversary Celebration of the Bellarine Campus. The Middle School students have been requested to create a bunting that reflects what Christian College Bellarine means to them. It was quite exciting to see how each student created their bunting. There was a lot of mention of friendship, music, sport, and academics.
I hope you can join us on Sunday, 11th September, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm for the 20th Year Anniversary Celebration. While you are here, please make sure you take a school tour so you can see all of the marvellous bunting the students have produced.


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Q: Using a 6 amp connector instead of the 16 amps provided in Power Supply box ( Corsair RM850) I purchased a corsair RM850 which comes in the box with a 16 amp power cable to plug into the home socket.
Problem is that I do not have a 16Amp socket in any of my walls.
There are 2 questions which I have,
My system power requirement in PCpartPicker.com shows around 500 Watts since I am for the time being using a lower end GPU due to shortage in supply for a high end GPU.

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*Is it ok to use a cheap 15 to 6 amp socket and connect to my 6 amp home socket?
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*Is it ok to swap the provided 16 amp connector with a generic 6 amp wire to connect to my home wall ( since I wont be needing all of the 850 watts right now)?

Below the left one is 6 amp which i got it from a shop , the right one is 16 amp which shipped with the PSU.
EDIT : Voltage in my country is 220v

A: 500W at 220v is about 2.3A. If you do manage to get up to 850W, you're still at ~4A at 220v which is within your range. You would need to consider what else is on the same circuit though, as if it's a 6A breaker, you would not be able to put a great deal else on the same circuit.

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Walt Disney Family Museum assembles Advisory Committee
The Walt Disney Family Museum just announced a new advisory committee to complement its Board of Directors. The committee is made up of eleven extraordinary individuals, some with connections to the Disney legacy, some independent, whose personal and professional achievements and experience will provide important strategic guidance for the museum. Among the new members are animator Andreas Deja, producers Don Hahn, and Pixar Animation Studios creative genius John Lasseter.
The museum's Advisory Committee is made up of the following distinguished members:
Andreas Deja first applied for a job as a Disney animator at the age of 10. Born in Poland and raised in Germany, he recalls writing the Studios immediately after seeing The Jungle Book. The Studios wrote back to Andreas explaining that there were no openings, but they were always on the lookout for new talent. At the age of 20, Andreas applied again and was accepted. Andreas began his Disney career working with Eric Larson, one of the legendary "Nine Old Men," and went on to work on animated films such as The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Andreas oversaw the animation of Triton in The Little Mermaid, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Jafar in Aladdin, Scar in The Lion King, Mickey Mouse in Runaway Brain, the title character in Hercules, and Lilo in Lilo & Stitch. In 2007, Andreas was honored with the Winsor McKay Award from the International Animated Film Association.
Don Hahn is producer of the worldwide phenomenon The Lion King and the classic Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Don is Executive Producer of the acclaimed Disneynature Films Earth, Oceans, African Cats,and Chimpanzee, and Disney's Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie. Don's other credits include Hunchback of Notre Dame, Atlantis, Fantasia 2000, and The Emperor's New Groove. Don's books on animation, art, and creativity include the best seller Brain Storm, the acclaimed educational series Drawn To Life: The Complete Works of Walt Stanchfield, and the much anticipated Before Ever After: The Lost Lectures of Disney's Animation Studio due out in the fall of 2015. Don also serves on the Board of Directors of PBS SoCal.
John Lasseter maintains creative oversight of all films and associated projects from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, and is involved in a wide range of activities at Walt Disney Imagineering. John made his directorial debut in 1995 with Toy Story, the world's first feature-length computer-animated film. John also directed A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006) and Cars 2 (2011). John has executive produced all Pixar features since Monsters, Inc. (2001). To date, Pixar's films have earned more than $8.5 billion in gross box-office receipts. Since assuming creative oversight of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006, John has served as executive producer on all of its feature films and serves as executive producer for Disneytoon Studios' films. In John's role as Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, John was instrumental in bringing Radiator Springs to life with the successful 2012 launch of Cars Land, a massive 12-acre expansion of Disney California Adventure Park. Prior to the formation of Pixar in 1986, John was a member of the computer division of Lucasfilm Ltd. John was part of the inaugural class of the character animation program at California Institute of the Arts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in film in 1979.
Michelle Lund is president of the Sharon D. Lund Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 1973 by her mother (and Walt Disney's youngest daughter), Sharon Disney Lund, to support initiatives in the arts, health and wellness, human services, and higher education for the future of children and the youth of today. In 2013, the Foundation provided grants totaling more than $5 million to organizations and projects working in its focus areas. Michelle also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and Earthfire Institute Wildlife Sanctuary & Retreat Center.
Nancy Hellman Bechtle, Chair of the Presidio Trust Board, serves on the Board of Directors for the Charles Schwab Corporation and is the Chairman of the Board for the Sugar Bowl Corporation. Previously, Nancy was Chief Financial Officer and Director for J.R. Bechtle & Company from 1979 to 1998. From 1987 to 2001, Nancy was President and Chief Executive Officer of the San Francisco Symphony and has served as a member of its Board of Governors since 1984. Nancy served on the board of the National Park Foundation from 2001 to 2007 and held the board's Citizen Chair from 2005 to 2007. Nancy has received several honors, including the Lifetime Achievement in the Arts from the California Arts Council and the Coro Foundation's Investment in Leadership award. Nancy holds a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University. Nancy was appointed to the Presidio Trust board of directors by President George W. Bush in 2008 and reappointed by President Barack Obama in 2012.
Alice Carter is an illustrator, writer, and a professor at San Jose State University. Alice's illustration clients include Lucasfilm Ltd., Rolling Stone magazine, The New York Times, and ABC Television. Alice's work has been exhibited at the New York Society of Illustrators' Museum of American Illustration, The Norman Rockwell Museum, the Art Institute of Houston, the New Britain Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, and the Erie Art Museum. Alice's teaching awards include the Outstanding Professor Award from San Jose State University, the New York Society of Illustrators Distinguished Educator in the Arts award, and a Fulbright Fellowship at Helwan University, Cairo. An in-demand lecturer, Alice has also curated exhibitions at the Woodmere Art Museum, The Norman Rockwell Museum, and The Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration.
Elaine Chao—the 24th U. S. Secretary of Labor from 2001 to 2009—is the first American woman of Asian descent in our nation's history to be appointed to a Presidential Cabinet. Elaine is the longest tenured Secretary of Labor since World War II. Under Elaine's leadership, the U.S. Department of Labor achieved record results in protecting the health, safety, wages, and retirement security of the nation's workforce. Elaine has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of America and as Director of the Peace Corps. Elaine's government service also includes serving as Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, Deputy Maritime Administrator, and White House Fellow. Recognized with many awards for her public and community service, Elaine is the recipient of 34 honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities across the globe.
Chris Kelly is a Silicon Valley attorney who represents innovative companies on privacy, security, safety and regulatory affairs. As the first Chief Privacy Officer, General Counsel, and Head of Global Public Policy for Facebook, Chris helped the company grow from its college roots to the ubiquitous communications medium that it is today. Chris left Facebook in 2009 to seek the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of California, garnering 16 percent of the vote in a seven-way race, his first run for statewide office. Since the June 2010 primary, Chris has become an active angel investor in companies seeking transformational improvements in technology, media, and finance.
Leonard Maltin is one of the world's most respected film critics and historians. Leonard is best known for his widely-used reference works, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide and Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide, as well as his 30-year run on Entertainment Tonight. Leonard teaches at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, appears regularly on Reelz Channel, and hosts the weekly podcast Maltin on Movies with Baron Vaughn for the Wolfpop network. Leonard served two terms as President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, is a voting member of the National Film Registry, and was appointed by the Librarian of Congress to the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. Leonard hosted and co-produced the popular Walt Disney Treasures DVD series and has appeared on numerous television programs and documentaries. Leonard has been the recipient of awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, American Society of Cinematographers, the Telluride Film Festival, George Eastman House, Anthology Film Archives, and San Diego's Comic-Con International.
Cynthia Rowland, a partner in the Farella Braun + Martel LLC San Francisco office, focuses on charitable giving arrangements and complex structures, as well as a wide variety of business transactions for nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors for Tax-Aid, which assists low-income taxpayers with free tax preparation services. Cynthia served as Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Committee for the American Bar Association's Business Law Section and was named its 2011 Outstanding Attorney of the Year. Cynthia is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Nonprofit/Charities Law and Tax Law practice areas and has been honored as the 2015 San Francisco "Lawyer of the Year" for Nonprofit/Charities Law.
Tom Sebastian is co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer of Swirl, where he leads the agency's creativity, growth, and development with co-Chief Executive Officer, John Berg. Tom came to Swirl from the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles, where he led creative development for the firm's corporate consulting division, eventually co-leading the entertainment marketing division of William Morris Endeavor, including accounts for Coke Zero and 20th Century Fox's Avatar, Nestle/Purina and Marley and Me, Lady Gaga, and Polaroid. Prior to WME, Tom was the Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of PRN, a San Francisco–based advertising and media firm that pioneered the creation of digital advertising systems. Tom has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of thinkLA and was recently appointed to the board of the San Francisco YMCA.
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Q: Java Dynamic Names I know, that Java doesn't have a pre-processor, so some stuff is more or less impossible in java.
Is there really NO way to fill those arrays with dynamic names in a loop?
I'd like to have something like:
for(int i=0;i<5;i++){
earnTvs[i]=(TextView) findViewById(R.id.INSERT_GREAT_TRICK_HERE("earn"+i+"Tv"));
}

instead of
    earnTvs[0] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.earn1Tv);
    earnTvs[1] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.earn2Tv);
    earnTvs[2] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.earn3Tv);
    earnTvs[3] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.earn4Tv);
    earnTvs[4] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.earn5Tv);
    timeTvs[0] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.time1Tv);
    ...
    ownTvs[0] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.own1Tv);
    ...
    costTvs[0] = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.build1Tv);
    ...
    buyBtns[0] = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.buy1Bt);
    ...
    progressBars[0] = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.prog1pB);
    ...
    buildBtns[0] = (Button) findViewById(R.id.build1Bt);
    ...

Or is there any kinky trick, that can be used?

A: I would do it like that:
final int[] earnTvsId = new int[] {R.id.earn1Tv, R.id.earn2Tv, R.id.earn3Tv, R.id.earn4Tv ...};
for(int i = 0; i < earnTvsId.length; ++i){
    earnTvs[i] = (TextView) findViewById(earnTvsId[i]);
}

If you want to use the getIdentifier() method:
for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_TEXTVIEWS; ++i) {
    final int resId = getResources().getIdentifier("earn" + i + "Tv", "id", getPackageName());
    earnTvs[i] = (TextView) findViewById(resId);
}

A: With reflection. But I'm not sure if reflections are good here...
Class<?> idClass = R.id.getClass();
Field field = idClass.getField("earn" + i + "Tv");
TextView textView = (TextView) field.get(R.id);

A: You could use reflection for this purpose, but that's known to be slow on Android (especially older versions) and for the specified use case pretty unmaintainable; what if the ID's change? You'd have to make your changes in 2 places (XML & code) rather than let your IDE handle propagating the change.
If it's boilerplate you're annoyed with, perhaps you should take a look at Android Annotations. It uses compile-time annotations & an annotation processor to help you reduce boilerplate code.


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Introduction of Mass spectrometry and identification of microorganism
Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that determines molecule masses extremely accurately. Nowadays many different mass spectrometer implementations are used. All of them contain three components:
Ion source: converts a portion of the sample into ions and gives them a mass-to-charge dependent trajectory.
Mass analyzer: sorts the ions by their trajectory.
Detector: measures an indicator quantity for the presence of the ions, thus enabling the determination of the abundance of each ion present.
Depending on the phase of the sample (gas, fluid, solid) different methods are used to ionize the material, ranging from electron ionization for gases and vapors to electrospray and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) for fluids and solids.
While the different implementations of mass spectrometry have proved extremely useful in analytic chemistry, analysis of organic samples has appeared troublesome. Large molecules such as proteins and peptides tend to disintegrate during the process, hence losing their m/z information.
To prevent disintegration of the sample molecules, in the 1980's Karas & Hillenkamp and Tanaka et al. developed a 'soft' ionization technique, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI). Key element in this technique is that the sample material is covered by an easily ionizable 'matrix material'.
By combining the MALDI technique with a Time-of-Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer and applying it to (microbial) cells, part of the peptides, proteins and other elements contained in the cell become visible as peaks in the mass spectrum.
Today MALDI-TOF is widely used for species determination of bacteria and fungi in routine microbiological laboratories.
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Home Match Previews Estonia vs Finland Predictions and Match Preview
Estonia vs Finland Predictions and Match Preview
Estonia vs Finland
Date: Friday, 12th October 2018
Kick-off at 19:45 UK/ 20:45 CET
Venue: A. Le Coq Arena (Tallinn).
Estonia hosts Finland in this League C fixture in the UEFA Nations League. The home team is desperate for a change in their fortunes after a run of four consecutive losses.
But from the look of things, it might not be time yet for the Estonians to have a sigh of relief. The return fixture in Finland ended in a victory for the home team then.
Goals are usually scarce when these two teams face each other. This time either the story will not be different. The last match between these teams ended in a 1-0 score line.
Finland tops the Group 2 in League C, while Estonia stays at the bottom. With a win in this match, the Finns can almost ensure their progression to League B.
Estonia has not yet secured a single point in the tournament while their Friday's visitors had bagged all the available six points so far.
Estonia vs Finland Head-to-head
The reverse of the corresponding fixture resulted in a 1-0 win for Finland in front of their home crowd.
Finland won their last 2 h2h matches against Estonia without conceding a goal.
Also, the Finns have won 4 of the last 5 h2h games against their Friday hosts, losing in 1.
Both teams scored in just 1 of their last 6 h2h meetings in all competitions.
Yet, Estonia won 2-0 the last time these two met in Estonian soil, which dates back to May 2010.
Estonia vs Finland Prediction
Finland is a much stronger team when compared to Estonia, on the basis of line-ups on paper as well as recent performances. Securing six out of available six points, they are on the verge of promotion to League C.
With a win against Estonia, they will have an almost unassailable lead in the group. As things stand Finland should go in for the kill against the home side.
With four consecutive losses in all tournaments, and not even securing a single point in the Nations League so far, Estonia harbors not much hope in this tournament.
Both teams are not famous for scoring a lot of goals. Be it Finland, the stronger team in the mix, who secure wins following the model of Simeone's Atleti, or be it Estonia. The recent match of 1-0 between the sides is a testimonial for the fact.
Estonia vs Finland Betting Tips
Under 2.5 goals @ 1.44 (4/9)
BTTS – No @ 1.62 (5/8)
Finland to win @ 2.15 (8/7).


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Memphis mass shooter was released after 11 months of 3-year sentence
A mass shooter in Memphis who livestreamed himself taking down victims was reportedly released from jail after just 11 months of a three-year sentence.
The young man's crimes sent the city into lockdown with more than one million people told to shelter in place.
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— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) September 8, 2022
"In February of 2020, Ezekiel Kelly, then 17, was charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, using a firearm to commit a dangerous felony and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, court records showed. Circumstances of the case were not immediately known," Todd Starnes reported.
"Records show he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced in April 2021 to three years. Kelly was released from prison in March, 11 months after he was sentenced, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said," the report added.
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"Ezekiel Kelly was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly killing four people and injuring three, while suspected to have live-streamed an attack at an AutoZone store" the Daily Caller reported.
"Kelly was charged in 2020 with attempted first-degree murder and reckless endangerment and possession of a firearm with intent to commit a felony before pleading guilty to aggravated assault and receiving a three-year incarceration sentence beginning in June 2021," it added.
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If Kelly had served his three-year term, he would still have been in prison instead of allegedly killing people.
The sickening story highlights concerns with the nation's sentencing process, likely leading to a new look at the decisions being made in such situations.
But the reviews will be too late for the victims in this case, as well as a city traumatized by the tragic crimes.
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Terror in Nigeria
It is important that commitments to fighting extremist, especially Salafist, groups in Africa bear fruit and that they are extended.
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Nigerians walk by after fire razes market 311. (photo credit: REUTERS)
On Christmas Day, several churches were bombed in three towns in central and northern Nigeria. At the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla at least 37 people were reported killed.
The upsurge in anti-Christian violence is just the latest in a string of attacks carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the past two years. It is essential to understand that the wave of attacks in Nigeria represent more than an isolated incident and is part of a larger trend towards Islamist terrorism that stretches across the Sahara, all the way to Somalia.
A unique monument pays tribute to the victims of the AMIA bombing
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The 86th victim
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Racism in Israel?
July 16, 2019: New reigning champion
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The 'Zionist sky is falling' world
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Rutgers Theater Company presents: "A Dream Play"
A goddess, the daughter of Indra, comes down to Earth in order to experience for herself the burdens and beauties of what it means to be a human being. Read more about the show.
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This event is underwritten by the Leora M. Sies Theater Fund Foundation.


If you watched EastEnders on the 25th November, not only will you see Roxy and Alfie getting married, but you may have noticed Lauren Branning's dress, as she wandered around the church avoiding Jake! Her dress is absolutely stunning however is currently sold out.
Lauren Branning's gorgeous dress. Credit to @ISOIMAGES .
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Thank you for taking the time to read my short book. When I began this assignment for class, I was kind of glad I had made a magical object that I could easily carry. I had some really insightful conversations with all of my subjects. The vape shop interviewees demonstrated how collaboration and risk-sharing are borne from even the very thought of creativity. Their team effort to come up with ideas for what makes a person creative related exactly to the themes that we've been discussing in class.
Erin and An both had insightful thoughts into the creative process. An and Erin mentioned they have creative projects that they were putting off, and time was a major factor for both of them. An suggested issues with confidence in her own ability to put forth creativity, as she compared herself to others often, rather than "finding" herself in her own artwork.
Chris is a writer and he currently manages a startup whose job, essentially, is to come up with creative, new, and exciting ideas every single day of the week. Chris also mentioned he draws from current events for his creative inspirations. He is currently working on several writing projects, one of which is set to become a multi-volume collection.
I hope to continue talking to people regarding creativity— at least to get them thinking about it— as it is an important aspect of a healthy functioning society.
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The benefits both children and adults receive with a healthy diet and regular physical activity are numerous. Making these convenient and entertaining can be challenging and is one of the fundamental reasons the owners formed Rochester Play! As their values and beliefs guide the business, their children were both the inspiration and motivation for the foundation. As their children began to grow up, they created the initial motivation where it was recognized that there needed to be a healthier, safer, cleaner and more comfortable location for children and parents to gather for play dates, with friends and family, after school, on the weekends, during the evening or for parties or club events other than the typical fast food or restaurant location.
So, staying in line with their beliefs and wanting to support and promote the surrounding communities, Rochester Play was opened in downtown Rochester and provides many unique services – a premier indoor children's play center, a distinctive party location, a health conscious and tasty café, and various family and children's programs. Parents now have a choice to take their children to a healthy, clean, safe, secure, and entertaining location to play, socialize, and gather with their family and friends.


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Korean film 'Underdog' invited to Japanese animation festival
Published : Jan 18, 2019 - 13:12
Updated : Jan 18, 2019 - 13:12
In a first for a South Korean animated film, "Underdog" has been invited to compete in the Tokyo Anime Award Festival.
"Underdog" is an animated film about homeless and abandoned dogs. In the film, a dog named Moongchi (voiced by Do Kyung-soo of the K-pop boy band EXO) is abandoned but goes on an adventure to find true freedom with other stray dogs.
(New Entertainment)
The film opened the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in July, and went on to win the best animation award at the Silk Road International Film Festival in China in October.
Directors Lee Chun-baek and Oh Sung-yoon produced an animated film titled "Leafie, a Hen into the Wild" in 2011, which sold more than 2.2 million tickets -- another record for the Korean animated film industry.
"Underdog" hit local theaters on Wednesday.
By Im Eun-byel (silverstar@heraldcorp.com)


Everyone can do with saving a little money, but it seems like things are just getting more expensive year after year. It can be hard to keep up with the rising cost of living, especially with the vast majority of Americans receiving a raise of less than 3% in 2018 [source].
The good news is that there are a lot of fun ways that you can save money without having to put in much work.
Here are some of our favorite fun and easy ways to spend less and save more money this year!
Want to save money every time you go grocery shopping? Get Ibotta—the free smartphone app that gives you a cash back at the grocery store.
Before your next shopping trip, open the Ibotta app and select the food-items you want to buy.
When you get home, take a picture of your receipt, and Ibotta will instantly (less than 5 seconds) load up your Ibotta wallet with free cash.
You will not find a faster cash-back service than Ibotta (that's why it's the leader in cash-back apps). If you want free cash every time you go grocery shopping, you need Ibotta.
What's more? Ibotta will pay you $10 to download their app when you download it here.
Want to read a more in depth review on Ibotta? Check out our full review here.
The Dosh App is the epitome of free, automatic money. Create a free dosh account, link your credit or debit card to the app, and you're done.
This app is legitimately automatic. You don't need to let it run in the background. There are no photos you have to take or offers you need to redeem. Download the app, link your card, close the app, and forget about it.
Well… don't forget about it. You'll need to open the app to transfer your free money into your bank account.
Download Dosh (they'll give you a free $5 when you link your card), and start earning the easiest cash-back of your life.
If you shop online, you need Ebates. Not because Ebates earns you cash-back automatically, not because Ebates has compiled every coupon code for nearly every online retailer. and not because Ebates sends you money—straight to your mailbox—every 3 months.
After creating your free Ebates account, download the Ebates Button browser extension. Now, when you're checking out online, the Ebates button will say, Click this button and you will save $7.32 on your order!. Click the button and you're done—you just earned free, automatic money.
Loving the sound of Ebates? Check out exactly how Ebates works in our full review!
If you buy an item and the price drops, many retailers have policies that state that you are entitiled to a refund for the difference in price. But retailers rely on you not wanting to jump through the paperwork hoops to get that $7.32 refund. Unfortunately for them, you can now collect those refunds automatically.
Paribus is your refund watchdog. If you're eligible for a refund, Paribus will find it. They will contact the correct people, fill out paperwork on your behalf, and you'll get a notification that a $13 refund has been loaded back onto your credit card for that Amazon purchase you made 3 days ago.
Download Paribus and start collecting the money that belongs to you.
The average American household spends more than $3,000 each year [source] on restaurants and other food outside the home. That is a huge amount of money to spend, but it's no surprise. It's easy to spend more than $10 for a meal at a restaurant.
The reason that you can save so much money is that $10 can get you multiple servings of a home cooked meal. Cooking for yourself just a few times a week can put hundreds of dollars back in your pocket. Cooking can be a chore, but there are a lot of ways to make it fun.
Try doing a weekly meal prep day every weekend. Commit to trying one new recipe per week. Decide on a set day for family dinners each week. However you do it, cook more often, and bring leftovers to work for lunch sometimes.
Cooking and eating together are great opportunities to save money and bond with your family, so make sure to take advantage.
Need help getting started? Try out a meal-delivery service like Home Chef (the cheapest per/serving we've found) for a few weeks to get in the routine of cooking at home! They deliver all the ingredients you need to your front door PLUS you get an awesome recipe you can recreate again and again!
Lots of people use Amazon to shop for things like electronics, books, or other irregular wants and needs, but did you know that Amazon is also a great way to buy things like dog food, soap, toothpaste, and other things that you need on a consistent basis?
Amazon offers a service, called Subscribe & Save where you can sign up for regular deliveries of these types of products. Depending on how many items you subscribe to, you can save as much as 15%, and save time on going to the store to buy them.
Lots of people like to read but buying books or ebooks can quickly get expensive.
Almost every city or town has its own library which will offer thousands of books that you can check out and read. Many also offer a way to borrow ebooks if you prefer to do your reading electronically. Plus, you don't even have to leave your house to get something new to read.
Depending on where you live, your library might offer other services, such as video or music CD rentals. Libraries are a fantastic source of free entertainment and becoming a regular at yours is a great way to meet people and join more communities.
It might sound like a strange suggestion for saving money but drinking more water can help you save cash in more way than one.
Think about it this way. If a can of soda costs $.50 and you drink one soda every day of the year, you're spending about $180 on soda each year. It's not a huge amount of money, but every bit counts. If you're drinking more expensive drinks, that just makes it more expensive. Replacing those drinks with water will save you some cash.
What's harder to quantify is the money you'll save on medical expenses. Soda and other sugary drinks are unhealthy. Water is one of, if not the single, healthiest choice of drink, meaning you'll stay healthy and probably spend less on healthcare each year.
Netflix, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Prime, Barkbox. It seems like every company offers a subscription service of some sort.
Take the time to think about the services you actually use and get value from. Unsubscribe from the ones that you don't use regularly.
Nobody likes bills, but everyone has to pay them. You can make paying them a bit less painful with some effort to reduce their costs.
Even small measures, like turning down the heat and wearing a sweater during the winter or remembering to turn off the lights can help keep your heat and electricity bills low. Don't go too crazy and make your home uninhabitable but try to think about ways that you can reduce your consumption to save on your bills.
Your credit cards can be a great way to save money, but only if you pay your bill in full every month.
Rewards credit cards give you between 1% and 5% back whenever you make a purchase. The most basic type of rewards card is a cash back card, which simply gives you cash when you shop. Using one of these cards is like getting everything you buy on sale. To accelerate your earnings, you can combine your rewards cards with programs like Ibotta, Dosh, or Ebates.
Just make sure to pay your bill in full each month. Paying interest will wipe out any benefit of earning rewards.
Alright, those are the easiest ways to spend less and save more in 2019!
TJ Porter is a Boston-based freelance writer who specializes in covering personal finances. He has contributed to publications including Credit Karma, My Bank Tracker, and CardCruncher. In his spare time, TJ enjoys cooking, reading, playing games (of the board and video variety), soccer, ultimate frisbee, and hockey.


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