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To the editor:
It is the Town Council's job to pass a balanced budget that prioritizes education and public safety, as well as supports our seniors, parks, and town-wide services — all while keeping an eye toward the financial impact on taxpayers.
The budget process begins with the school building administrators and staff, who meet with the superintendent to discuss anticipated needs. The budget is presented to the Board of Education who reviews, edits, and votes on a final Board of Education budget (BoE Budget). Once finalized, only the Board of Education has the authority to change individual line items to the BoE Budget, including the funding of teaching positions and programs.
The BoE Budget becomes a part of the entire First Selectman's proposed town budget (the Town Budget) and is represented as a single line item. The first selectman may change the total allocation, but only the Board of Education may change how its funds are distributed.
This year, the state has proposed reducing Educational Cost Sharing (ECS) funding to Trumbull and requiring that the town contribute a portion of the cost of teacher pensions, resulting in a $1.2 million funding gap. Those changes will have a significant impact on the town's funding this year and in years to come. The Board of Education asked for an increase of 4.3 percent or $4.4m over this year. In light of all the threats to funding from the state, the First Selectman approved a total increase of 2 percent or $2 million, and in doing so, ensured a continued investment in our students and top-rated schools.
The First Selectman presented her recommended Town Budget to the Board of Finance in March, after which, it has the power to: 1. Recommend the Town Budget as proposed by the First Selectman; 2. Increase or decrease line items; or 3. Add items not in the Town Budget. The Board of Finance accepted the First Selectman's proposed 2 percent increase to the Board of Education.
On April 15, the Town Council received the revised Town Budget from the Board of Finance. The Town Council has the power to change the recommended budget in two ways: (1) by reducing any line item with a simple majority vote or (2) adding funding with a 2/3 majority vote – but it can only add funding to the amount set by the First Selectman. Only the Board of Education has the authority to change individual line items in the proposed BoE Budget, including teaching positions and programs.
The Finance Committee of the Town Council held a public hearing on April 27, which was attended by residents and teachers, who spoke in support of our education system and funding for teaching positions that directly impact our children. We are grateful to each of them for taking time on a Saturday morning to engage in the budget process, and as always, for their dedication to Trumbull's students. The Town Council will vote on the budget on Thursday, May 9.
Editor's Note — This letter was received from Ashley Gaudiano (D-4th District) and co-signed by the entire Democratic Town Council caucus.
Dawn Cantafio, 1st District
Bill Mecca, 1st
Mary Beth Thornton, 2nd
Keith Klain, 2nd
Kevin Shively, 2nd
Thomas Whitmoyer, 2nd
Jason Marsh, 3rd
Eric Paulson, 3rd
Bruce Elstein, 4th
Ashley Gaudiano, 4th
Lisa Valenti, 4th
Letter — Council Democrats explain budget role
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The figures are in.
38 climate denying senators have received three quarters of a million dollars each from fossil fuel interests with the price of a member of Congress denying the science being about one third that.
In total fossil, fuel interests have directly spent over 97 million dollars paying the currently sitting US Senators and Representatives to represent their interests. deny the climate science and question the role of fossil fuels in generating climate chaos. Fossil fuel companies also donate to senators and representatives promoting evidence based policies at one quarter the rate. On average a senator who supports science has received $180,000 dollars in donations from fossil fuel companies compared to the $732,000 received, on average, by the 38 deniers.
Like Australia, the US stands in stark contrast to European nations where climate chaos is an accepted fact and industry and government are working together to redue emissions and amerloriate the inevitable affects of the future chaos and underlying warming already built into the system.

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Judging by the feature nominees for the ASC Awards, the film-vs.-digital debate that has roiled the cinematography world in recent years has been fought to a draw, at least for now. Digital capture has thoroughly penetrated the market, and standards in format and workflow have emerged. Still, at the highest levels, moviemaking is often still done on film and a surprisingly number of projects use both, depending on the shot and the subject matter.
As with "Avatar" in 2009, the line between visual effects and cinematography was further blurred on "Gravity," the groundbreaking technology for which required the filmmakers to transform their usual roles.
Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki was involved in every stage of the image-making from previsualization through post-production, calling visual effects supervisor Tim Webber "co-cinematographer." For much of the movie, actors performed inside a box, dubbed "the cage," that was lined with LED panels. Images projected on these panels depicted interactive light from stars and the sun. The cameras were digital — Arri Alexas.
Regarding "virtual cinematography," Lubezki points out that marrying actors with backgrounds has been a challenge throughout cinema history. "If a movie has a strong CG element, that doesn't mean the cinematographer didn't light it or frame it," he says. "You can call it 'algorithmography' or whatever you want, but I think cinematographers are going to be doing more and more virtual lighting."
"Prisoners" d.p. Roger Deakins, a 12-time nominee and three-time winner, is known for his unfussy approach to the craft. "It ain't rocket science," he has said. A couple years back, Deakins' defection from film to the Arri Alexa was big news in the cinematography world, but eyebrows have since lowered.
Barry Ackroyd's extensive documentary background made him a natural for Paul Greengrass' "Captain Phillips," shot under difficult conditions and with many non-actors in the cast. Ackroyd freely blended Super 16 film, 3-perf Super 35 film and Arri Alexa, exemplifying a trend toward using the right tool for the shot.
Philippe Le Sourd devoted almost three years to Wong Kar Wai's "The Grandmaster," delivering meticulously stylized imagery that stretches time, compresses depth of field and defies gravity. Le Sourd also mixed film and digital, shooting the majority on 35mm film, and capturing crisp high-speed, slow-motion scenes with the Vision Research Phantom Flex Digital Camera at frames rates as high as 1,000 per second.
In Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave," Sean Bobbitt's unflinching camera was loaded with 35 mm film. McQueen brings the instincts of a visual artist to the cinema, and Bobbitt sees himself as a "wind-up paintbrush" for the director.
"Louisiana in the time of Solomon Northup is a beautiful place," says Bobbitt. "Steve's instinct was to embrace that beauty. It is a truth. And it also works as an important counterpoint to the horror and inhumanity of what is happening. Steve also quickly recognized that if you didn't give the audience a little bit of breath and a little bit of beauty in all that horror, they would probably just get up and walk out of the cinema."
On "Inside Llewyn Davis," the Coen brothers' tale of an irascible, unlucky troubadour in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s reportedly made for a relatively modest $11 million, Bruno Delbonnel's instinctual, comparatively low-tech approach earned him the Bronze Frog at the Camerimage Intl. Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography in Poland. Delbonnel, who shot on 35mm film, says one key image for him during the shoot was photographer Don Hunstein's album cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan."
"I thought of the script as a folk song, basically, and a sad one," Delbonnel says. "The main idea for me was no sunlight and low contrast. It was all ambient light and fill light, basically — very, very soft light. The goal was to evoke the sadness in the story, and to maintain continuity throughout."
For "Nebraska," director Alexander Payne always envisioned black and white. For a classic, iconic feel, d.p. Phedon Papamichael combined the latest Arri Alexa digital cameras with refurbished 1960s-era Panavision lenses, and imbued the widescreen anamorphic images with a filmic texture by adding grain in post.
"With that big, open landscape, with the roads and cornfields and skies, everything fell into place," Papamichael says. "Bruce Dern's face is quite fascinating with the texture, and his hair and his eyes. It was nice framing close-ups of him with a widescreen frame in the middle of nowhere. And you're not struggling with a cacophony of colors and skin tones. It was just a lot of fun."


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Aransas Pass water boil lifted after leak plugged
A weeklong water boil advisory in Aransas Pass was lifted.
After nearly eight days, the city of Aransas Pass announced on its Facebook page residents were no longer required to boil water before consuming it.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality required the city to issue an advisory on Feb. 27 after water pressure fluctuations, the city said.
Officials later said the pressure fluctuations were caused by a leak. Public Works Department personnel spent six days looking for the leak.
The leak was found along Business Highway 35, north of Aransas Pass city limits. Corpus Christi Fire Department crews helped Aransas Pass city and county officials attempt to find the leak with the use of a drone, the city said.
Officials found the leak Wednesday morning, and a pipe was installed by noon.
"One of the reasons the leak was so hard to find is that the water was shooting downward into an already high water table," City Manager Gary Edwards said in a Facebook post. "That made it difficult to detect from the surface."
After testing by TCEQ, the boil was lifted at 2:03 p.m. Thursday.
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The proliferation of the no-thought required approach to investing (index investment) along with other quantitative and algorithmic based strategies has created some disturbing cross-currents for the dwindling group of fundamental investors.
Here J.P. Morgan (via Zerohedge) estimates that only 10% of trading volume originates from fundamental discretionary investors.
That is a truly stunning statistic
If 90% of the volume in stocks is driven by value-agnostic investors, the obvious implication that we see is bigger booms and much bigger busts that are far removed from underlying fundamentals.
To avoid the emotionally draining roller coaster of a bigger boom and bust cycle, we would counsel a goals-based approach to investment, where future liabilities (retirement income, kids' college, charitable goals) are the priority. Those who instead choose to chase an arbitrary benchmark with a handful of the market's most expensive stocks in the driver's seat better mentally prepare themselves now for the intense pain that a high-speed crash can bring.
First, some striking facts: to understand this market transformation, note that Passive and Quantitative investors now account for ~60% of equity assets (vs. less than 30% a decade ago). We estimate that only ~10% of trading volumes originates from fundamental discretionary traders. This means that while fundamental narratives explaining the price action abound, the majority of equity investors today don't buy or sell stocks based on stock-specific fundamentals.
The next, and perhaps just as important driver is, of course, central banks: "With ~$2T asset inflows per year central bank liquidity creates strong interest rate and policy sensitivity for sectors and styles. Low rates also invite investors to sell volatility."
Discussing the recent shift in market correlations, which have become increasingly volatile, Kolanovic notes that their "interpretation has changed." According to the JPM quant, historically, low correlation meant that stocks were driven by company-specific fundamentals – an environment in which fundamental investors thrive. Now, however, while correlations are low, it is for different reasons – large sector and style rotation driven by quant flows, monetary policy and political developments (e.g. growth-value, low volatility-high volatility, 'Trump trade' and its unwind), something we have repeatedly demonstrated over the past month courtesy of the work of RBC's Charlie McElligott.


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Journalist Michael Hastings was investigating CIA Director John Brennan for an upcoming expose project prior to his tragic death in a car accident, the reporter's wife, Elise Jordan, confirmed. XETV-TV reporter Kimberly Dvorak claims sources had told her the exact same thing.
Additionally, an anonymous source recently provided the news station with "an alarming email" hacked from CIA contractor Strafor's President Fred Burton. The email, which was posted on WikiLeaks, claimed that Brennan previously headed up the government's effort to crackdown on investigative journalists.
"Brennan is behind the witch hunts of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources," the alleged email reads. "Note -- There is specific tasker from the WH to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode..."
The email's authenticity has not been confirmed.
After providing the Stratfor email to the CIA for comment, the spymaster's spokesperson responded in lightning speed. Two emails were received; one acknowledging Hastings was working on a CIA story and the other said, "Without commenting on information disseminated by WikiLeaks, any suggestion that Director Brennan has ever attempted to infringe on constitutionally-protected press freedoms is offensive and baseless."
The emails also prompted a phone from CIA media spokesman Todd Ebitz. He said they were saddened by Michael's death and reiterated their position that they had a cordial working relationship with the investigative reporter.
On the other hand, Stratfor, specifically Fred Burton, remains nonresponsive.
Rolling Stone plans to run Hastings's final story on Brennan in its upcoming edition, the late journalist's wife said.


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Why Microfinance Matters
This is the second post of our series about the amazing things the Spartan Global Development Fund is doing around the world. To check out what they said on the last post, click here.
By Joan Campau, Guest Blogger
As Americans, we don't often consider our own ability to access credit: with the exception of business owners and financiers, many of us think about getting a loan only when we are making a large personal investment, such as a house or a college education. Thus, it is relatively easy to take for granted the ability to borrow money.
In the developing world, however, the transition from a subsistence (and highly impoverished) lifestyle to lucrative employment is often severely limited by unequal or nonexistent access to credit. In such cases, traditional lending institutions, like banks, are unlikely to loan money to individuals with few valuables to use as collateral. Private companies often charge exorbitant interest rates, and friends and family of the would-be borrower often have very little money to loan.
In situations like these, microfinance can be a powerful tool for social and economic transformation, as it provides fair, transparent, and low- or no-interest loans to entrepreneurs. A case study from Nicaragua demonstrates the need for intelligent, proactive microfinance and helps to shed light on some of the difficulties faced by individuals without access to this kind of credit.
The Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua is divided into two autonomous regions, the Región Autónoma Atlántica del Sur (RAAS) and the Región Autónoma Atlántica del Norte (RAAN), which are geographically, politically and ethnically distanced from the Pacific side of the country. Similar to the tumultuous national legacy of contested political power, legal jurisdiction over the Coast has only recently reached a relatively stable situation. Significant conflict between Atlantic and Pacific leadership, as well as feelings of disempowerment and mistrust among the Costeños (RAAS and RAAN residents), led to the adoption of the Autonomy Statute in 1987, which recognizes and clarifies the rights of the coastal people to communal land, local governance and educational opportunities in their own languages.
There is not, however, a single culture or language that is representative of the Coast; just as Costeños differentiate themselves from their Pacific countrymen, so too do people differentiate between various ethnic groups and geographic regions within the Coast. In addition to white and mestizo citizens, the Coast is also comprised of five main ethnic groups: the Miskito, Sumu, Rama, Creole and Garifuna. The Spanish, English, Creole, Miskito and Sumu languages are all spoken to varying degrees, and each ethnic group celebrates a unique cultural history. Though they account for nearly 50 percent of the landmass of the country and much of the natural resource base, the RAAS and the RAAN only hold about 10 percent of the total population. Many of these people feel exploited by both foreign interests and historical national policies, and have successfully lobbied for an official demarcation process that will clarify their rights to land and resources.
These past and present tensions significantly inform the manner in which Costeños conduct their business. In the 1970s, Bernard Nietschmann documented the beginnings of a shift from a reciprocal exchange system to a money-based economy among the Miskito peoples of the Coast. In the 40 years following his research, this trend has continued and many, if not most, of the exchanges among all of the peoples of the Coast involve some sort of monetary transaction. This is especially true of goods that have been imported: shop owners must pay their Pacific suppliers in currency, and are thus obligated to charge their customers money, rather than the ability to return a favor.
During the summer of 2011, I conducted research on the use of inter-firm credit among small shop owners in communities around the coast. Interviewing about 50 shopkeepers from seven communities, I asked questions about the transition from subsistence farming and fishing to this new occupation as small business owners. From behind the counters of their one-room variety stores, they would tell me about their difficulties getting started. In general, their narratives went like this:
Joe farms a plot of communally owned land and fishes in the Pearl Lagoon during the rainy season to provide food for his family. He notices that with a new road from his small community to Managua, Pacific vendors have increased access to the fish, sugar cane and vegetables of the Atlantic Coast. With increased frequency (but still sporadically), Spanish-speaking men drive trucks filled with new clothes, ropes, buckets, tools, small candies and soda from Managua down the road into his village, where they sell these items to Joe's neighbors. In return, the truck drivers purchase and transport the Costeños' surplus fish and agricultural products for sale in the big city.
Joe sees a business opportunity here: his neighbors have expressed the desire to purchase the processed foods and imported housewares more regularly, but they aren't able to because the trucks only come once a week. So Joe decides that he will fill this niche: he will set up a small shop where his neighbors can purchase the things that they want any day of the week. Joe is realistic. He knows that he will still have to farm and fish to fully support his family, so the store will have to be small—just one room—and probably adjoining the house so that his wife and children can tend it while he is planting the cassava and hauling in the nets.
And here's where Joe's problem begins. While the wood and other natural resources necessary to actually build the shop are readily available on the communal land, he doesn't have the money to stock the store. So Joe travels for many days to arrive at the regional capital in search of a bank. When he gets there, however, his loan application is denied because the rights to the land that he farms and the Lagoon where he fishes are communally owned, meaning that Joe doesn't have any collateral to stake.
Undaunted, Joe instead goes to Gallo, an appliance store where he hopes to purchase a refrigerator for his sodas. He asks if he can purchase the small fridge on credit, and is promptly shown into the manager's office. The manager brings out a multi-page document written in a language foreign to Joe, and tells him to print his name on the line so he will be able to take the appliance home with him that day. Intending to pay back the loan as soon as he can, Joe signs his name, and soon after installs the first piece of equipment in his new store. Still in need of items to stock the shelves and new fridge, he goes to a wholesaler and asks the man there to advance him some of the products he thinks will be most likely to sell in his community. Again a bargain is struck, and within a week Joe has officially opened his shop.
Within two weeks, however, a stranger has come into the village and is asking around for Joe. His neighbors give directions to Joe's house, and the stranger knocks on the door. Following the traditional coastal greetings, the stranger informs Joe that he's there to collect the first payment on the refrigerator. Joe is confused because this isn't the man he had spoken with at the appliance store, and he's sure that there must be some misunderstanding. Joe informs the stranger that the store just opened two weeks ago and has been doing only small but steady business: he doesn't yet have the 500 córdoba (about $25) the man seems to expect. The man makes a mark in his book and leaves, promising to be back in two weeks.
Over the next few days, business picks up and Joe sells out of his inventory. Excited because he's almost collected the 500 córdoba for his first refrigerator payment, he returns to the wholesaler for more supplies. The wholesaler tells Joe that he will only be allowed one more round of goods on credit, and then he will have to pay up front. Sure that he can make enough profit with this inventory to pay for both the first installment on the refrigerator and the next set of items, Joe gratefully agrees to these terms and returns home with the supplies.
Over the next week business continues to grow, and by the time the stranger has returned for the refrigerator payment, Joe has scraped together 750 córdoba: enough to pay the first installment on the refrigerator and to repay the wholesaler. When the stranger comes to the door this time, though, he informs Joe that he now owes 1000 córdoba. Protesting that the second installment isn't due until next month, Joe asks the refrigerator company representative why the amount has doubled. "Interest" is the man's one word reply as he makes another mark in his book, takes the 500 córdoba Joe is able to give him, and leaves. Over the next couple of months, this pattern continues, and finally the wholesaler refuses to give Joe any more supplies on credit, and the refrigerator company comes to reclaim their appliance. Although he borrows small amounts of money from his extended family members and even asks his neighbors for help on the payments, Joe can't keep up with the huge interest rates and ultimately has to close the store.
Of the fifty people I interviewed that summer, not a single one had obtained credit from a banking institution. As a Garifuna and of Afro-Caribbean descent, (or a Miskito, Sumu, or Rama and of indigenous descent), the shop owners are considered minorities in this predominantly mestizo Spanish-speaking country, and many reported significant racial and ethnic discrimination. Moreover, the communal ownership of the land they farmed (as decreed by the Autonomy Statute of 1987) gave them very little personal collateral to stake.
Instead, they often relied on loans from private companies—like the appliance store that sold Joe his refrigerator. Without fail, the small shop owners reported that the interest rates charged on these purchases made it impossible to keep up with the payments. The contracts they had signed in the managers' offices were often in a language unfamiliar to the Costeños, who had difficulty reading even in their native languages.
Several business owners suggested that instead of these traditional lending institutions, they instead relied on financial assistance from their friends and family to get the shops started; however, it was still difficult to pull funds together from people who still generally participated in a reciprocal exchange system rather than a market with currency. Some people who had children or cousins working on American cruise ships saved up the remittances sent home to them, but the seasonal and uncertain nature of that work again made it difficult to collect enough money to get started.
Microfinance matters because people in the developing world often don't have any other access to fair and reliable credit. When entrepreneurs are unable to use traditional lending institutions, microfinance loans provide a critical leg up to get them started in fledgling economies. Sometimes racial and ethnic discrimination makes a bank loan impossible, while other times legal structures or poverty mean that borrowers don't have collateral to stake. In other instances, credit is offered by their suppliers or other vendors, but at exorbitant interest rates (made legal by contracts that are difficult to understand). Microfinance offers low or no-interest loans that often require only the promise of repayment.
And this faith in people is well rewarded: with extraordinarily low default rates and huge multiplier effects, microfinance has the potential to transform entire communities. In the United States, we don't often think about the need for access to capital: it is easier to comprehend an immediate need for food and clean water rather than the underlying issue of self-reliance and economically viable communities. But in the developing world, the true transition out of poverty requires the establishment of local enterprises which are self-sustaining, rather than a continued dependence on charity. It is here that microfinance has an important role to play: instead of a hand-out, it offers a hand-up to entrepreneurs around the world. When those of us in the developed world participate in these loans, we offer our fellow human beings the chance to determine their own futures with dignity—and in doing so, we are advancing humanity by funding opportunity.
Joan Campau is an alumnus of Michigan State University. While earning a degree in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy with various additional studies in Environmental Economics, she also studied and researched abroad in Switzerland and Nicaragua, respectively, and held internships with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Office of the Governor of Michigan. Following graduation in May 2012, she worked with the Land Trust Alliance and The Nature Conservancy in Washington, D.C. and is now serving as a Community Environmental Conservation Volunteer in Peace Corps, Panama.


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A plumber is the best person to call for home plumbing needs, like pipe assembling, pipe fittings, and tubing. If you need to fill pipes or plumbing fixtures, you will also find the plumber a lot helpful. The plumber can help to review building codes and blueprint, as well as specifications towards determining the procedures and work details of the home. Do you reside in Bishops Stortford and need the service of a plumber? The points mentioned below will guide you on how to make the right choice when employing a plumber.
Go local
A local plumber is always the better choice. So, you may want to go for local plumbers Bishop's Stortford so that you can easily investigate the quality of their services. A local service provider can get down to your home or anywhere you need his services within Bishops Stortford very fast. A local service provider can be trusted to get the job done according to your specifications. Employing a local service provider also gives assurance of a more affordable service, unlike when you engage someone that does not operate in the Bishops Stortford locality. It is easier to get reviews about a local plumber, unlike others. There is a greater chance that the local service provider will have some knowledge about the pipe fittings and tubing in your home. If it is a rental home or you bought the home from someone else, one of the local plumbers might have worked on the home's plumbing before, and this can quicken the plumbing works or repairs this time around. Staying local is always to your benefit
Go for experience
Experience always counts when looking for plumbers. It is better to employ those local plumbers that have been in the profession for several years. These long-standing plumbers can be trusted to get the job done as desired. Some experts are of the opinion that service providers who had been in the profession for ten years or more are the best to employ for your home plumbing work at Bishops Stortford.
Check for certification
A certified service provider will always do a great job since he would have been duly trained to deliver top quality. Always check for certification when looking for plumbers for your plumbing needs at home. Find out if the service provider has completed plumbing courses and gotten certified. A professional plumber such as Five Oax Plumbing & Heating will be certified by regulatory bodies, like The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering, Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors, FairTrades Plumber's Association, Council of Registered Gas Installers, The Gas Safe Register, and so on.
Read up reviews
Before you employ any of the plumbers in your locality, read up reviews about them. The reviews will give you an idea of what to expect from them regarding quality and intimate you about what their past clients think about them. You can use the details of the reviews to decide on the right plumber to employ
The points above are compiled to guide you on how to make the right choice when looking for plumbers Bishop's Stortford. You will never get it wrong if you follow the points above to the letter.


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HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania law that took effect Tuesday targets poachers by imposing much stricter penalties, including felony status, jail time and larger fines.
Supporters said they expected the changes to the Pennsylvania Game Code to serve as a deterrent and to reverse the state's reputation as a place where illegal hunting is treated with lenience.
The bill that passed the Legislature and was signed by the governor in July was the first comprehensive change of game and wildlife penalties since 1987.
"It's going to keep all the bad guys, hopefully, that have been committing crimes against wildlife, out of the woods, once they get caught," said House Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Edward Staback, D-Lackawanna, prime sponsor of the bill. "I think the people that have been involved with this stuff before are going to think twice."
The new law provides potential penalties for poaching a single deer of three months in jail, a $1,000 fine — up from what had often been about $250 — and a five-year ban on hunting. The most serious poaching violations, such as killing five or more big-game animals, could result in a felony conviction, three years in prison, a $15,000 fine and a 15-year hunting license revocation.
The state's big-game animals are deer, elk, bear and turkey.
While the law creates a felony-level offense, it exempts those convictions from applying to the state Crimes Code's ban on felons holding certain jobs or running for public office, Staback said. Federal law would prohibit anyone with a felony poaching conviction from possessing firearms, he said.
Some of the changes are aimed at repeat offenders in a state that has about 1,000 poaching-related cases annually, said Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser.
"We have guys who are on revocation for 150 years, and it hasn't stopped them or curtailed their efforts," Feaser said.
The law also stiffens penalties for assault on a wildlife conservation officer. Feaser said a handful of assault cases occurs every year. It also punishes more severely illegal sales of game, the use of unlawful methods or devices, killing threatened or endangered species and nonpayment of fines.
In at least one instance, however, the law eases the penalty. The punishment for accidental kills of whitetail deer during hunting season, which had been a fine of up to $500, was lowered to a $25 fee.
A bill to add Pennsylvania to the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact, in which at least 35 states recognize one another's suspensions of hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses, passed the state Senate in March and is pending in the House.
Online: Pa. Game Commission: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pgc/9106


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Imagine finding out you lost your job via the Internet. Classy, right? Well that's just what happened to Arianne Fielder. Our favorite Pretty Southern bartender got online last night to learn from Eater Atlanta that she was out of a job at Parish. She was contracted to help the Inman Park restaurant revamp its cocktail… Read more »
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As a native Southerner, I had high hopes for SNL's response to the Atlanta Snow Jam. The writing has been exceptionally funny this season, so perhaps Kenan Preston would play Kasim Reed and just yell at Seth Myers and Cecily Strong on Weekend Update, or maybe Melissa McCarthy would play a stranded motorist who was… Read more »
We announced earlier this summer that the toll on 400 is finally coming down and guess what? It looks like the Georgia government is actually on schedule. This toll has caused heartburn for millions of Atlantans over the years, and it is finally coming down. Here's the announcement we received on Sunday evening. "Beginning on… Read more »
Virginia Tech's motto is "Ut Prosim," which is Latin for "that I may serve." Hokie Nation lives up to this every day of every year. My favorite examples of Ut Prosim in action are our annual day of service, The Big Event, and Relay for Life.
Thank the Lord! We Georgians are finally able to buy beer on Sunday! After years of politicking and deliberation, the State recently approved Sunday alcohol sales thanks to special votes in all the precincts. Some places have not started selling on Sunday just yet; however, we at Pretty Southern know where to send you to… Read more »
Zoo Atlanta welcomed a new addition on July 21: a 6-foot-tall baby giraffe! She's about the cutest thing to grace the South this summer! When she was born, this baby girl was already between 100 to 150 pounds and will grow to be about 600 pounds like her mama! Born to proud parents Mona and… Read more »


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Always Working: Woman dies in her cubicle but no one notices until the next day. It's true, really.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: A list of the Silicon Valley execs that get to dine with President Obama tonight. And what should Obama discuss with Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, et al.
Y Combinator Founder: There is no tech bubble (because its a pyramid scheme).
The Puny Human Brain: Ken Jennings talks about playing Jeopardy against Watson, the supercomputer.
Flash Deal: Nordstrom buys flash sales site HauteLook for $180 million.
Squeezing Credit: Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit says that new U.S. banking rules may mean tighter credit and less access for borrowers.
Exchange Talks: Nasdaq has hired Bank of America to search out deals.
On the Court: A play about the relationship between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird is being made for Broadway.


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I had some cake pieces, frosting and fondant leftover after the T-Rex cake last week. We ate some of them just on their own, but the rest I decided to make into little treats to celebrate a couple birthdays in the daycare.
I crumbled what cake was left, mixed it with what frosting was left, and shaped them into bite sized cubes – about the size of a two-bite brownie. Then I rolled out some fondant and wrapped each one, hoping to make them look like little presents. The fondant was a bit bulky on the side folds, but I wasn't going for perfection here, I mostly just wanted to use everything up.
I cut out some flower shapes for a decorative topper and stuck them on with some 'meringue powder glue.' They remind me of a less refined petit four – a cute little bite of dense cake with a yummy, decorative coating. A new variation of the popular cake-pop, perhaps?


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It's hard to imagine it by looking at the ruins, but Nissa was the capital of the Parthians in the 3rd century BC and was an active city until the 13th century when the Mongols arrived and razed it in only 15 days...Rumors are that it's currently a candidate for UNESCO.
Ashgabat harbors one of the few statues of Lenin that remain from the Soviet era. We were told that the structure was too beautiful to tear down, so officials let Lenin live on behind the National Theatre.


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Jamshedpur, April 20: Xavier School of Management ( XLRI) has successfully placed its outgoing batch of 2015-17 of its flagship programme Two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Management � HRM and BM comprising 359 students.
The final recruitment process saw participation from 139 recruiters with 386 offers, inclusive of 42 first time recruiters/roles. The median salary offered to the batch is INR 19.00 lakhs per annum while the while the average is INR 19.21 lakhs. Average CTC in the marketing space is 21.8 lpa, average ctc in the operations space: 26.5 lpa, number of offers with a CTC greater than 25 lpa, up by 18%.
Fr. E Abraham, Director, XLRI – Xavier School of Management commented, We are happy to announce that this years placement season has witnessed a remarkable increase in both the number of offers and recruiters. Number of new roles opened up on campus has also seen a rise over last year.
There has also been a significant increase in PPOs over last year and an across the board increase in the salary package as well. We attribute the excellent placements this year as an affirmation by the industry of the high-standard of management-centric education that we strive to deliver to our students.
Human Resources and Industrial Relations has for the longest time now been an immensely renowned degree offered by XLRI with most number of CHROs in the corporate space being its alumni. XLRI prides itself in the breadth of HR roles it brings on campus, spanning the FMCG, BFSI, Technology, Consulting sectors.
Reputed Management Consulting firms such as The Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey & Co., Accenture Strategy have continued to recruit students from XLRI. This year, XLRI has also seen an increased participation from industry majors such as Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Everest Group, Gallup, KPMG, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Infosys Global Consulting, Capgemini Consulting, Cognizant Business Consulting, Positive Moves and Zensar.
Sales and Marketing opportunities offered by the FMCG sector have contributed to establishing XLRI as one of the most preferred recruitment destinations over the years.
This year, was no different with industry majors like HUL, P&G, ITC, Mondelez, Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Asian Paints, Colgate Palmolive, AB InBev, Heinz, GSK CH, HCCB among others opening up roles in the Sales and Marketing space. The media sector too made its presence felt this Placement season, with Star TV and Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd opening up multiple roles on campus.
XLRI, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of technology management roles being offered on campus. Few of the firms that have recruited in this space include Uber, Directi, HCL, Capgemini, Infosys, Accenture, Tech Mahindra, Tata Sky and IBM among others.


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Where will that money go?: The Zuckerberg Family Donation and a Legacy of Control
By Alfredo Lopez
When I was very young, my parents used to tell me why having "lots of toys" wasn't a good idea. "The more you have, the more you want," they would say. I didn't have many toys -- we were poor -- so the idea of possessions feeding greed didn't make much sense to me then.
But I've learned the truth of that statement from observation over the years and lately I've been observing Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg is a 31-year-old computer programmer who did two things that made him famous: he founded Facebook, the social networking super service, and, as a result, he amassed a fortune worth about $46 billion. His bank account is as large as the capitalization of many countries.
How he got to these lofty heights of wealth and cultural impact is a matter of often fierce debate -- he's been sued by former "partners" several times. But what's more important than how he got control of Facebook is what he's constructed with it: a ubiquitous presence in the lives of a billion people with the potential to frame and manipulate their communications, their relationships and, to a frighteningly large extent, their lives.
So last month, when Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced in a letter to their new baby -- a rather novel way to package a press release -- that, over the course of their lives, they will give almost all their Facebook shares to a project called the Chan Zuckerberg Iniative, the world took note.
The Initiative, they explained, would "advance human potential and promote equality" in health, education, scientific research, and energy. In short, change the world: on its face, a worthy cause. But, like many of Zuckerberg's plans and projects, this one has another side that is darker, more cynical and, even if only partially successful, a potential nightmare for the human race.
How many zeroes are there in $46 billion? More than most of us will ever see. So it's tough for us "average people" to fathom what a billionaire does with his or her money. Even living the most opulent life-style imaginable wouldn't start to dent those savings in a bank -- the interest alone would pay for everything you could imagine owning. That, in a sense, is Mark Zuckerberg's dilemna. At 31, he has so much money he doesn't know what to do with it.
So he follows a long capitalist tradition called philanthropy. In projects that range from supporting education to enhancing Internet access world-wide to tackling specific social problems, Zuckerberg has thrown money at social inequality like a park visitor throws bread-crumbs to pigeons...except the pigeons actually benefit...
For the rest of this article by ALFREDO LOPEZ in ThisCantBeHappening!, the new independent, uncompromised, five-time Project Censored Award-winning online alternative news site, please go to: www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/2959
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The following items from the Danne Dzenawagis Collection are looking for a new home, any takers?
I have a big box of vintage black and white darkroom supplies that I'm looking to give away (I actually got these from my childhood doctor when I went in to see her about a rash that I was getting from darkroom chemicals haha). I also have an enlarger and am looking to hand that off to someone who will make use of it as well. Let me know! Not only can you have these items for free, but you'll also win bonus points with my mom for getting them out of the basement.
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STSM application procedure
Last updated: 08/12/2020
Current exception: Apply for STSMs at any time!
Given the special situation with the pandemic that makes any planning difficult, we currently do not limit applications to the official collection dates, but allow them at any time. If your application will require a decision before the next collection date, we will get in touch with you and accommodate for an anticipated approval of your application, otherwise it will be voted as usual at the next upcoming collection date.
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This document details relevant conditions and steps to apply for an STSM and receive financial support.
The herewith provided guidelines highlight important details of the procedure. They do not overrule the COST Vademecum [1] and COST STSM userguide [2] as official references. Applications have to conform with all rules stated in the COST Vademecum, which should carefully be read by the applicant before filing a STSM application on e-COST. References in this document refer to version 6 of the Vademecum [1] as of May 2019.
What is the purpose of an STSM?
"Short Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) are exchange visits aimed at supporting individual mobility, strengthening existing networks, fostering collaboration between COST Action Participants. A STSM should specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of the COST Action, whilst at the same time allowing those partaking in the missions to learn new techniques, gain access to specific data, instruments and/ or methods not available in their own institutions/ organisations." (COST Guidelines Action management monitoring assessment [3], page 26, Section 6.5).
Who can apply for an STSM?
"STSM applicants must be engaged in an official research programme as a PhD Student or postdoctoral fellow or can be employed by, or affiliated to, an institution, organisation or legal entity which has within its remit a clear association with performing research." (COST Vademecum [1], page 34, Section 8.1). An STSM applicant must specifically contribute to the research coordination and capacity building objectives of the COST Action for which he/she is submitting an STSM application.
Applications for STSMs are submitted via the e-COST application form [4], therefore any applicant must have registered an e-COST profile [5]. In addition, beforehand, the applicant should have signed up to the enetCollect Action following the formal procedure as detailed here [6].
When to apply for an STSM?
STSM applications can be filed via e-COST at any time. They will be evaluated in batches with closing dates at the 1st of the months of May, July, September, November, January, and March, and will be approved/rejected by Core Group vote in batches within the 15th of the same month.
Current exception:
Given the special situation with the pandemic that makes any planning difficult, we currently do not limit applications to the official collection dates, but allow them at any time. If your application will require a decision before the next collection date, we will get in touch with you and accommodate for an anticipated approval of your application, otherwise it will be voted as usual at the next upcoming collection date.
Please, be aware that the voting of your application will take 7 days, so even if we will try our best to accommodate any last minute applications, a minimum margin for processing your application will still be required.
An STSM call will be sent one month prior to each collection date to invite and encourage STSM applications. The STSM call may contain "Targeted STSM proposals", which are defined by an STSM host, who is looking for an STSM applicant to collaborate on a specific subject. Any Action member is entitled to prepare a "Targeted STSM proposal" [7]. It is important to note that STSM applications for a given collection date are not limited to the subjects outlined in the "Targeted STSM proposals" but can target any subject relevant to enetCollect that a STSM applicant and a host wish to collaborate on.
An STSM can be carried out any time of the year, but cannot cross borders of Grant Periods (i.e. cannot start in April and end in May).
An STSM must have a minimum duration of 5 calendar days, travel days included.
It is advised to plan STSMs well ahead such that the starting date of the STSM is at least four weeks after its approval. Applications for future STSMs are accepted, as long as the start date is maximum within 4 months after the collection date of the application submission. The following table gives an overview of the advised timing.
STSM call
Collection date¹
STSM approval date
Recommended start date of STSM
Latest start date of STSM
1st April
1st May
15th May
15th June or later
1st Sept. or earlier
1st June
1st July
15th July
15th August or later
1st Nov. or earlier
1st August
1st September
15th Sept.
15th October or later
1st January or earlier
1st October
1st November
15th November
15th December or later
1st March or earlier
1st December
1st January
15th January
15th February or later
1st May or earlier
1st February
1st March
15th March
15th April or later*
1st July or earlier²
¹ An extension of up to 7 days can be granted on exceptional cases if properly justified and requested ahead of the collection date. Any extension request not meeting these two conditions will be rejected.
² In case the STSM is started in April it has to be concluded by 30th April the latest, as STSM stays cannot cross the boundaries of Grant Periods. However, it is possible to apply for STSMs of the following GP, starting with 1st of May.
How to apply for an STSM and receive financial support?
The overall procedure of applying for an STSM, being approved, carrying out the STSM, and receiving the financial support includes the following steps .
- The STSM applicant reads the section 8 of the Vademecum and double-checks that the STSM application respects the COST rules (e.g. minimum duration limit) in addition to the rules listed in this procedure (see after).
- The STSM applicant files an STSM application on e-COST via the dedicated form on the e-COST system [9]. For the application deadline 1st of May, applications need to be submitted via email, see [10] for details.
- The STSM coordinator checks the applications for formal validity and forwards them to the relevant WG leaders and vice-leaders for their attention.
- The STSM coordinator sends the formally valid applications for approval/rejection by Core Group vote (for details on the voting procedure see the STSM approval procedure for Action management [11]).
- The STSM coordinator communicates the outcome of the vote to the Core Group and the GH.
- The GH checks available funds and informs the STSM coordinator about the STSM applicants who can be funded.
- The STSM coordinator informs these applicants about the outcome of the vote, and includes the following information:
- Any feedback included in the votes of the CG members.
- A request for material (photo and short text) for the initial post on Social Media, which needs to be submitted through an online form.
- After receiving the material for the Social Media post, the STSM coordinator approves the accepted STSMs on e-COST, and forwards the Social Media material to the Dissemination Coordination.
- At the same time, the GH requests STSM applicants:
- to book travel and accommodation in accordance with COST rules (see COST Vademecum [1], Section 8.4., p. 35) and send receipts of travel and accommodation to the GH,
- to indicate their year of PhD (ECI status [8]),
- to indicate if a pre-financing is requested (only applicable for applicants from ITC countries) [12].
- The STSM grantee books the transport tickets and accommodation by considering enetCollect's financial recommendations and guide value of 1500€ [13], and in accordance with COST rules (see COST Vademecum [1], Section 8.4., p. 35), and sends the receipts to the GH (email) [14].
- The applicant has to send all the information requested under 9. to the GH within the indicated deadline and 10 days before the start date of the STSM at the very latest. If this information has not been provided 10 days before the STSM start date, the STSM might be cancelled by the GH, which means the applicant will receive no funding.
- If an STSM needs to be postponed, the new dates have to be defined within the deadline indicated by the GH for booking tickets. For postponing STSMs, the general rules for 'applying ahead of time' (see 'latest start dates' in the table above) have to be respected.
- Having checked all booking reservations, the GH will:
- calculate the adjusted grant amounts according to the provided receipts to "price of transport tickets + price of accommodation + 20 euros * number of meals + 50 euros margin for unexpected expenses" and revise the STSM grant in response,
- will inform the STSM grantee about the revised grant amount and will ask the grantee to formally accept the revised grant,
- send the Grant Letter via ecost to the STSM applicant.
- The STSM starts.
- In case the STSM applicant applied for a pre-payment [12] the STSM host sends confirmation to the GH that the STSM was started as scheduled and the GH makes the payment of the 1st installment, after receiving the host's confirmation.
- The STSM ends.
- The STSM grantee submits the following mandatory documentation of the STSM within 30 days after the end of the STSM stay, otherwise the grant can be canceled:
- The STSM grantee uploads the scientific report [15] and host approval of the report on e-COST, using the templates provided by COST [16].
- Optionally, the STSM grantee submits some material (catchy summary of the stay and photo) for the final Social Media post to the STSM Coordinator through an online form.
- The STSM coordinator approves the scientific report. If the scientific report is considered as insufficiently detailed [17], the STSM coordinator can ask the STSM applicant to amend it and resubmit it before approving it.
- If applicable, the STSM coordinator forwards the Social Media material to the Dissemination Coordination.
- The GH makes the payment of the grant after approval of the scientific report and within 45 days after the end of the STSM stay.
- The details of the STSM and the scientific report are published on the dedicated section of the enetCollect Website [18].
For more details on the STSM application workflow, see also the COST guidelines 'STSM Userguide' [2].
What information needs to be included within the STSM application on e-COST?
- Applicant details.
- STSM details and cost breakdown of the requested maximum grant (more information on this section are given below).
- Bank details.
- Host details.
- Financial support by carefully considering enetCollect's financial recommendations and guide value of 1500€ [13], and in accordance with COST rules (COST Vademecum [1], Section 8.4, p. 35).
- Letters of support from home and host institutions.
- CV of the applicant.
- Social media profiles (Twitter and Facebook) if available and if the applicant is fine with enetCollect pointing to them (OPTIONAL).
Additional information on the section 'STSM details and cost breakdown':
- Start and end dates have to correspond to the dates of arrival and departure at the host institution (any STSM related preparatory or follow-up work that is not carried out at the host institution is not considered part of the STSM period).
- The motivation and workplan summary should include the meaningful information (minimum 400 and maximum 4000 characters for each of the four points below) regarding:
- Relation to WGs or OED coordinations.
- Aim & motivation of the STSM as well as scientific and other outcomes that you aim to accomplish with the STSM.
- Proposed contribution to the scientific objectives of the Action (and of the particular WGs or OED coordinations).
- Techniques that will be applied/learned during the STSM.
- Planning of the steps carried out during the STSM to achieve the declared aim.
- A cost breakdown of the maximum grant amount you are requesting so as to demonstrate the adequacy of the amount requested, including a separate listing of: (1) estimated travel cost (long distance travel and local transport), and (2) estimated subsistence cost (hotel/housing) with a maximum of 160€ per day. If a total amount of more than 1500€ is requested a detailed motivation for the costs need to be given (see [13] below). In order to take into account the fluctuation of prices between the time of filing the STSM proposal and, if the STSM is accepted, the actual moment of the booking of the tickets and accommodation, it is the responsibility of the STSM applicant to request an amount larger than the one computed at the time of the proposal. If possible to book/reserve tickets and/or accommodation with the option of full refund, it is encouraged to do so at the moment of filing the application. The final grant amount will then be determined and fixed according to the actual booking, as explained in the step 7 and 8 above.
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[1] COST Vademecum.
[2] COST STSM userguide,
[3] COST Guidelines Action management, monitoring and assessment.
[4] e-COST.
[5] e-COST profile.
[6] Joining enetCollect.
[7] For details on "Targeted STSM Proposals", see the STSM approval procedure for Action management and the infos for STSM hosting.
[8] The ECI Status means "Early Career Investigator" and corresponds to an individual who is within a time span of up to 8 years from the date they obtained their PhD/doctorate (full-time equivalent), see Vademecum, p. 7.
[9] Dedicated form for STSM applications on the e-COST system.
[10] As for the collection date 1st of May, when the new Grant Period is not yet activated, STSM applications need to be submitted via email to the STSM coordinator (email), with GH (email) and Chairs (email) in CC. Included with the email the applicant needs to send (1) An application document, which is following the structure of the e-cost online form. (2) A letter of support from the home institution. (3) A letter of support from the host institution. (4) Applicant's CV.
[11] STSM approval procedure for Action management.
[12] STSM applicants with an affiliation in an institution in an ITC country can request a pre-payment of 50% of grant. This is payable under two conditions: that the GH has sufficient funds to cover 50% of the grant in advance and that the host confirms to the GH that the mission has started (for more information, see the "STSM Userguide" [2], p. 4)
[13] In order to maximise the number of STSM stays that can be funded within one Grant Period, enetCollect advises that the financial support for each STSM should not exceed 1500€, unless particular conditions strongly require this (a detailed motivation needs to be given in the application). In particular, enetCollect is providing the following recommendations for STSM applications: (1) STSM stays should be planned well ahead to allow for early and economic bookings, (2) Accomodation in holiday flats or co-working locations is preferred over hotels to save costs (especially for stays exceeding 5 working days), (3) Shorter durations should be considered for STSMs which are follow-ups to previous STSMs to continue collaboration, (4) in case of similar scientific opportunities, STSMs in economic locations should be preferred over more expensive locations, and (5) for cost-intensive STSMs, applicants should be prepared to cover part of the expenses by other sources (private/institutional).
[14] For transport within a city (e.g. from airport to city center), an estimate with link to online price listing is accepted instead of receipts. For car travel, the number of km performed (maximum 2000 km) should be multiplied by 0,20 euros and a distance evaluation via a well-known platform (e.g. google-maps) should be provided. In case the grantee is not able to present receipts for accommodation, a flat rate of 50€ per night is applied.
[15] The scientific report has to give a substantial account of the work carried out during the STSM stay and should document in relevant detail the resulting outputs.
[16] COST template for scientific reports.
[17] Each STSM report will be sent to the relevant WG leader and vice-leader for review.


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I [heart] sweater weather!
I can't wait to start making (and eating!) pumpkin pie and pumpkin bread, to plan our Halloween costumes, and drive down streets made beautiful with gold and flaming red trees.
Here are a couple of projects to help set the mood... happy crafting!
A fun project to do with your children.
For those of you in warmer climates... yoyo flip-flops!


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Remember to care for the air conditioner and keep the filter cleaned. You will want to make sure that the system is well maintained so it works efficiently. If you are not sure how often to clean or check the filter, make sure to contact us. We can advise you on the schedule you need for your home and air conditioning system.
Keeping the Filter clean
The system will no longer have proper performance if the filter is dirty. This causes it to cool ineffectively and affect the quality of air inside the room or house. This will put people with asthma and allergies at greater risk, as well as waste energy and money. Check the filter on a regular basis. You will need to change it on a schedule as well.
Issues with dirty filters
Dirty and clogged air conditioning filters lower the energy efficiency of an air conditioner. The energy that is wasted will pollute the environment and add to the greenhouse gas emissions, further compounding the problem of global warming.If they are dirty, there can be issues with allergies and asthma for your family. The indoor air quality plays a factor for your overall health. Always make sure the filter is inspected on a regular basis, as well as the air conditioner itself.


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Post-CFRN Initiatives Workshop Report
In December 2015, the Canadian Fisheries Research Network (CFRN or "the Network") reached the end of its 5-year term funded under the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic Network Grants Program. While the CFRN is wrapping up, there is a strong interest in building on the established research collaboration and work to date. Discussions within the Network about potential future collaborative fisheries research initiatives have identified the need for strategic research to support fisheries management in responding to rapid ecological, community and institutional change. To that end, "research to support fisheries management in a context of rapid change" was proposed as the theme for a new initiative.
In June 2015, a Call for Ideas was issued to explore case studies under this theme. The response yielded a wide array of research priorities from industry, academia and DFO, and demonstrated great interest in the process and validation of the theme. Rather than debating the relative strengths of individual ideas at that stage, it was proposed that an initial workshop be held with a small, focused group to discuss an overall strategy for furthering the research collaboration through a network(s) and other means. Beyond simply stitching together diverse ideas, there is a recognized need for a collaborative initiative that is integrated in approach. The challenge ahead is to develop a compelling research strategy supported by case studies on important fisheries management issues under the theme. This will be a multi-stage process leading to a final proposal.
As part of this process, the CFRN held a preliminary workshop on October 21-22, 2015 in Cornwall, Ontario. Approximately 35 people attended the workshop, including representatives of industry, academia, government, non-governmental organizations, and other relevant strategic research networks from both within and outside the CFRN. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together a representative group of Canada's coastal fisheries (freshwater and marine), academic researchers, and government scientists and managers interested in collaborative research and motivated to discuss future fisheries research needs and initiatives.
Participants expressed enthusiasm for the theme and a desire to build on the momentum from the collaborative work of the CFRN. Key outcomes of the workshop included progress on some regional case studies, and a clear strategy that identifies next steps for moving forward towards a final proposal.
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Instructors 1. Aalaa 2. Maha 3. Lamar 4. Sahar 5. Nouf 6. Basma 7. Al-anood Total Members: 7
Students 1. Student 1 2. Student 2 3. Student 3 4. Student 4 5. Student 5 Total Members: 5 or help me on this pleas.. 7. Gross And Dozens Design and implement a class called GrossAndDozens to convert a given number of eggs into the number of gross, the number of dozens, and to the number of left over eggs. If you have N eggs, then you have N/12 dozen eggs, with N%12 eggs left. Write a program that asks the user how many eggs he has and then tells the user how many dozen eggs he has and how many extra eggs are left over. A gross of eggs is equal to 144 eggs. Extend your program so that it will tell the user how many gross, how many dozen, and how many left over eggs he has. For example, if the user says that he has 1342 eggs, then your program would respond with
Your number of eggs is 9 gross, 3 dozen, and 10
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The Mind of Mencia Tackles Illegal Immigration
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Carlos Mencia, from the "Mind of Mencia," talked about illegal immigration in his opening monologue last night. With an assist from TiVo, I was able to transcribe some of the funnier bits. Enjoy!
Cause they're out there protesting and I heard this one lady, she got all mad.
(In a whiny voice) "I don't understand how come the American people are not treating us like Americans."
Um, Maybe it's the…flag you're holding! Mexico! Why would you hold a Mexican flag when you're trying to tell America that you love this country? That's like coming to my house, taking a (crap) on my table and saying, "What are you going to cook next?" Nothing!
..My dad's from Honduras and my mom's from Mexico and all they ever said was how beautiful Mexico is. What a paradise Honduras is. You know what I mean?
"…Mexico is better (than the United States)."
And I would be like, "Then why don't you go back?"
"Well, it's a very technical situation."
It's not a very technical situation. If you go back to Mexico, it's not like there's a border patrol on that side going,
"Hey hey, where are joo going?"
…There's not even any Mexicans left over there. Have you been to Mexico lately? …Everyone is from Guatemala and El Salvador there. It's like all the Mexicans came here, then there was nothing there, and they were like, "Well, let's move up a little bit."
*** Update #1 ***: You can see the video of this segment here. Go down to season 2 and click on Immigration.
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Ahead of the iPhone 5s launch tomorrow morning in Apple Stores around the world at 8AM local time, Apple appears to be preparing for online orders with its websites for China, Hong Kong, Australia, and Singapore currently experiencing downtime. Orders from Apple's online store are about to kick off in the coming hours in Australia, while China and Hong Kong opened up reservations for the device earlier this week and also plan 8am retail launches. In the U.S. and most other countries online orders will start at 12am (PST in the US) and local time in other locations. Word has it the iPhone 5s will be in short supply at launch, but it's taken Apple's iPhone 5c over a week before experiencing any significant shipping delays.
Shipping times for certain models of the iPhone 5c began slipping over the last week, but most models in the initial launch countries remained available for delivery by the expected September 20 launch date. Today that has started to change with many more models of the iPhone 5c experiencing delays in several countries.
In the U.S. and Canada, all models of the device are currently listed as shipping in 1-3 business days, while France and Germany are now listing "5 working days" for most models and "7-10 working days" for others. Of course, shipping times could easily change again tomorrow when the iPhone 5c officially hits Apple retail stores alongside the 5s. We'll keep you updated if they do.
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Katy Perry to Debut New Single 'Roar' Live at 2013 MTV VMAs
August 12, 2013
Katy Perry is set to perform live at this year's MTV Video Music Awards in New York on August 25th. According to MTV, she will perform her just released single "Roar" for the first time live during the show.
The pop star's last Video Music Award performance was in 2009 when she sang Queen's "We Will Rock You" alongside Aerosmith's Joe Perry.
Lady Gaga and Kanye West will also perform at the event, which will air live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
"Roar" the first single from her forthcoming album "Prism," was slated to premiere on Monday, August 12. However, in the early morning of August 10, the song leaked to the Internet. The album itself will be out October 22.


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I'm not an advocator for "must-wins" but tomorrow might be different. I think we need to win 5 out of 7 this homestand. Wheeler goes tomorrow, and Niese, deGrom, Colon and Gee over the weekend. Tomorrow's game starts at noon. The Mets are 7.5 back in the East and 6.5 back in the Wild Card.
Tomorrow, the Mets NEED to win
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While checking over my email, I noticed an email about brain boosting tea and I was intrigued. More or less, because I've seen brain boosting teas more and more on Amazon and the like. One of the companies listed as having a brain boosting tea was Thesaurus Tea. Since I hadn't ever heard of this particular company before and there was a picture of T-Rex drinking tea as their logo. . . I had to learn more. So a few minutes on the site and I had already set myself up with a tea of the month club and an order.
This particular tea blend caught my eye right away. I've been finding myself diving deeper into white teas lately and with this blend pairing the white tea with green tea, jasmine petals and bamboo leave- I was super intrigued.
Using the brewing parameters on the back of the sample package- this tea hit the spot on soooo many levels. I loved how the white and green mingled so beautifully. Typically with tea blends that use a white tea and a green tea, you can easily identify each of the teas while you enjoy the tea. But not so much with this blend. All of the flavors combine to give you a buttery rich floral slightly vegetal with a hint of honey cookie. Yes. Cookie. I'm getting cookie/dessert vibes from this tea blend and I'm 100% loving it. Each steep is just as good as the last and I'm just so in love with the vibes this blend is giving me.
Sadly, I used all of the tea I had for this first brew and I'm wishing I would have had a bit more to cold brew properly. But on the other hand, I couldn't be happier with the results. I can imagine this tea would give off lovely light spring/summer notes as a cold brew. This wold be a lovely blend to share with others at a tea party.
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Leaf Type: White/Green
Where to Buy: Thesaurus Tea
White tea, green tea, jasmine petals, bamboo leaves.


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A massage is one of the easiest ways we can get to take care of our bodies. Peaceful Warriors Wellness Center is home to many therapists who specialize in improving your quality of life through relief of many illnesses and chronic pain. It's the place to go for a therapeutic massage in St. Pete.
How does massage work?
Therapeutic massage is the act of mobilizing one's muscles and deep tissues in order to restore the balance to your body's overall function. It's a service acquired to relieve the body of tension and stress. Moreover, it also improves the body's blood circulation and lymphatic drainage. All of which helps keep the body's systems functioning optimally.
Anyone of all ages will find a gentle, relaxing massage to be beneficial. The most common benefit experienced by many is stress relief. When we are stressed, it makes the muscles of our body, especially the neck and shoulder muscles, tensed and contracted. Thus, we experience chronic pain and tenderness. For this, we need the manual mobilization of the muscles to release the tension, and that's when the massage is perfect for the job. Second, a massage helps us relax. This is great for those who suffer from insomnia or any sleep difficulty. As previously mentioned, the techniques employed in massages help the flow of blood and lymph in our bodies.
The right massage type for you
To find out what type of massage you should get, you should figure out what your main problem is. This could be postural imbalances, stress-related pain, muscle strain, autoimmune disorders, or limitation of motion. At Peaceful Warriors, we offer a variety of therapeutic techniques to make sure you find the right one for you. Our therapists are well-trained in all types of massage your body requires – deep tissue, reflexology, myofascial release, hot stone massage therapy, and many more! If you're unsure which one to pick, we'll be happy to assess and give our expert advice on therapeutic massage in St. Pete.
What to expect on your first massage therapy visit?
On your first visit, your therapist will review your medical history to consider your health concerns and goals. Our therapists will only prioritize your comfort and the need for a relaxing, soothing experience. After laying down on the massage table, our therapist will cover you with a sheet.
During the massage, your therapist will either use oil or lotion. Depending on your body's needs, the focus will be on the tight and tensed muscles. The session will last for around 30-90 minutes, depending on your preference and needs.
Now you've just finished the first step of your journey towards achieving a healthy and tense-free body. Peaceful Warriors Wellness Center will cater to all of your needs, through advanced therapeutic massage in St. Pete. Our experts are highly proficient at what they do and will give you the service and treatment you deserve.
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Boy, 7, drowned in Edmonton pool after short, tragic life
Fleeting relationships, empty promises foiled boy's care plan, child advocate says
Alberta's child and youth advocate has issued a set of five recommendations in a report detailing the tragic life and death of a little boy who drowned in an Edmonton pool 1 1/2 years ago while in the province's care.
The boy was seven years old when he drowned at the pool at the O'Leary Leisure Centre while on an outing with a group home he'd been recently be placed in.
The boy was born in the Maritimes to parents, both cocaine addicts, who moved to Alberta when he was four.
Jack, described as bright, polite and articulate, was placed into foster care a year later.
The report details how the child struggled as various caregivers came and went from his life, along with the empty promises of his parents that he would be soon moving back home.
When in school the boy acted out violently, saying he was angry and sad. His aggressive behaviour became too much for the woman who was supposed to give him a permanent home.
He was placed in a group home, but died 11 days later.
In his report, child advocate Del Graff said more attention should be paid to the relationships a child forms when they are in care and that suddenly ending those relationships are harmful to the child.
The five recommendations focus on better coordination among agencies and caregivers, and dealing with court delays that leave children in care uncertain about where they will be placed.
The boy's death also led to changes in the way city pools are supervised.
In a written statement, Human Services Minister Manmeet Bhullar said that his thoughts and prayers are with the boy and his family
"I have instructed staff to set up a meeting with the Child and Youth Advocate to discuss this report further," he said.
"I want to also hear from the Quality Council and other stakeholders on these recommendations so that we can take steps to make the system better and learn from this tragedy.
"I will also be working with the Minister of Justice to see how the justice system can better support our children."


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Christine Louis-Dit-Sully: Return Politics to Principles, Not Identities
Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities | Dr Christine Louis Dit Sully
Christine Louis-Dit-Sully: Return Political Conversation to Principles, Not Identities
Focusing on identities in our political conversations is divisive and restrictive. How can we shift the conversation back to principles?
Black. Woman. Uneducated, working-class background. These are some of the identities that are supposed to define me, that are supposed to give me a particular perspective in life. These identities today are supposed to give you knowledge about my ideas, beliefs, and opinions before you ever even meet me or listen to me. These identities are supposed to tell you and me who my enemies are and who shares common interests with me.
Can these accidents of birth, however, really tell you who I am?
I don't think so. But many today firmly hold the belief that these identities reveal everything about me, and they will resort to insults and ad hominem attacks when they find out, through my own actions, that these identities do not tell you much at all about my ideas and opinions.


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It takes more than gold
Many people are acquiring physical gold and silver to provide financial insurance against the risk of losses to paper assets such as stocks, bonds and paper currencies. However, merely owning physical precious metals for possible use in a financial crisis is not all that people need to think about having ready.
In just over the past dozen years, there have been two significant interruptions to everyday life here in Lansing, Mich., where Liberty Coin Service is located. On Aug. 14, 2003, the Great Northeast Blackout of 2003 hit just after 4 p.m. Eastern. The origin of the problem was a computer software problem in a control room of FirstEnergy Corporation in Ohio. This led to power outages reaching north to most of Ontario, east to New York and much of New England, affecting 55 million people.
In this crisis, several areas also lost water pressure when the pumps did not operate. For example, four million customers of the Detroit water system had to boil water for four days. Transportation systems were shut down, gas stations, banks and credit unions closed, cellphone service as generators ran out of fuel or batteries ran down, the Internet and cable television systems largely went down and most businesses were forced to close. Some areas were out of power for up to four days. Lansing was along the edge of the outage. The eastern part of the metro area lost power, but most of the western suburbs kept power throughout.
On the night of Dec. 21-22, 2013, a major ice storm struck the greater Lansing area. Trees were unable to withstand the weight of the ice and fell on power lines and homes across the area. About 40 percent of the customers of the municipal utility lost power for up to 10 days. Across Michigan, about 150,000 homes had no electrical service. Without power, homes could not be heated and water pipes froze. Liberty Coin Service was closed for one day.
While these were both non-financial crises, they demonstrate some of the problems that could occur in a financial crisis. A power outage is perhaps the greatest risk. With no electricity, people would not be able to access their accounts at banks and credit unions, could not use credit or debit cards and could not fill up at gas stations or go to grocery stores or pharmacies.
Owning physical gold or silver will not help manage such emergencies and crises. Therefore, it would be prudent to also acquire other assets and skills. For example, the Red Cross at a minimum recommends that household have an emergency supply of water of one gallon per day per person for a minimum of three days. Similarly, it also recommends a reserve of at least a three-day supply of non-perishable packaged or canned food per person. Beyond that, the Red Cross urges people to carry an emergency stash of cash and required medications. Further, the Red Cross urges that at least one person per household be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic first aid.
You can go to http://www.dcma.mil/Emergency_Resources/files/RedCross_Emergency_Prepardeness_Checklist.pdf for a checklist created by the Red Cross in Denver to prepare for a variety of possible disasters. Among the emergencies that could arise are tornados, flash floods, earthquakes, winter storms, hurricanes, fires and hazardous material spills. Not mentioned in this list are such risks as civil unrest and looting.
One thing not mentioned in the checklist is to get to know and become friends with your neighbors. A group of neighbors working together can accomplish tasks that a single household could not. During the Lansing ice storm in 2013, the utilities and tree service companies could not quickly clear up all of the downed trees and branches. Literally, some roads were blocked from the extensive downed limbs. Neighbors working together were able to clear some streets long before municipal help could come.
While the foregoing may seem to go a bit off on a tangent from precious metals and numismatics, I want to wake up some from the sense that merely owning physical gold and silver is sufficient preparation for a crisis. Plus, the information here is useful to just about everyone. I hope you find this helpful.
Patrick A. Heller was the American Numismatic Association 2012 Harry Forman Numismatic Dealer of the Year Award winner. He is the owner emeritus and communications officer of Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Mich., and writes "Liberty's Outlook," a monthly newsletter on rare coins and precious metals subjects. Past newsletter issues can be viewed at http://www.libertycoinservice.com. Other commentaries are available at Coin Week (http://www.coinweek.com). He also writes a bi-monthly column on collectibles for "The Greater Lansing Business Monthly" (http://www.lansingbusinessmonthly.com/articles/department-columns). His Numismatic Literary Guild award-winning radio show "Things You 'Know' That Just Aren't So, And Important News You Need To Know" can be heard at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday and Friday mornings on 1320-AM WILS in Lansing (which streams live and becomes part of the audio and text archives posted at http://www.1320wils.com).
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Calgary to Sao Paulo, Brazil - $785 roundtrip including taxes
The Star Alliance and Oneworld are currently having a bit of a fare war on flights from Calgary to Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU).
Airfares are currently down to as low as $785 CAD roundtrip including taxes. It's been many years since roundtrip flights from Western Canada to Brazil have been down into the $700s. Roundtrip flights to Brazil tend to bottom out in the $1000-$1200 range these days. In general, great deals from Calgary to South America are quite rare.
The cheaper dates look to be focused between March 2015 and the third week of June 2015.
How to find and book these flights
1. Start with a search using Google Flights Explore. Adjust the flight duration slider to 'under 17 hours' of total travel time. Here's the search link you end up with:
Note that Google Flights Explore is in $USD. The cheapest flights are currently the ones going for $606 USD roundtrip including taxes. The travel durations are about as fast as it can be done, at 15-17 hours of travel time each way, and just one stop.
2. After you have found some dates using Google Flights Explore, take those dates and enter them into Priceline.
Pricelineseems to be one of the few sites showing a wide range of these fares for booking at the moment.
Kayakis showing the Oneworld fares (American Airlines) but not the Star Alliance fares (Air Canada and United Airlines).
The prices on Priceline are in $USD. So, the $606 USD price you see on Priceline will convert to $785 Canadian when booked with a Canadian credit card.
Good time to go?
Sao Paulo has pretty decent weather all year round. Most of the time it is nice and dry, and not too hot.
March through June is their Fall. The daily high in these months is typically around 23-26C. May and June are typically the driest months of the year.
Where to stay?
As usual, AirBNB is a good place to start. Accommodations in Sao Paulo are definitely reasonable. Here's an example of the type of apartment you can get for $75 CAD/night...
AirBNB search link with 478 more examples of entire apartments you can rent for under $100/night
AirBNB search link with 478 more examples of entire apartments you can rent for under $100/night.
The Jardins district is generally considered one of the best areas in Sao Paulo to stay for tourists, with all the best restaurants and museums. If you go to this AirBNB search link the map will be centered around the Jardins district, with around 93 apartments going for under $100/night.
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^^ Yes, a very important detail. A visa is necessary for a Canadian passport and can take a couple of weeks to process, and you will have to mail your passport to the consolate in Vancouver. If you have a US passport you can travel to Brazil visa free.
do you guys think its possible to get a visa in time for a end of april flight? I heard brazil requires more paperwork
look in the brazilian consulate for the paperwork needed, if you send all they request, no longer than 2~3 weeks.
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What happens when you combine two of your favorite foods? For example curry and chocolate cake? Okay, it's not a good example … and if we combine salmon with peanut butter and jam? Okay, bad again. I admit it is not easy to find two delicious foods that combine well. Buuuut…
Donuts and carrot cake, now yes, we got it!
Because who doesn't love donuts? And carrot cake? They are definitely a favorite of everyone! Of course, if you never tried the carrot cake you will say "this is crazy" or that was what I thought the first time I heard of this cake, but I can assure you that it is one of the richest things on this planet.
The texture that gives the carrot, combined with the nuts (pecan nuts in this case, are my favorites) and sometimes raisins, is really great. And obviously you have to use a flour that goes well with this texture, the carrot cake is not fluffy and boring, it is moist, tasty, and easy to enjoy!
And if you also give it a donut shape, well, what to say, they become addictive!
The recipe for these carrot cake donuts is simple, very easy to make and you do not need strange ingredients or utensils other than a grater, a bowl and a fork or whisk (I recommend both). And to finish them you add a cream cheese frosting, the one you like the most, vegan or not, light or not haha, and a lot of cinnamon on top, because there is no carrot cake without cinnamon, right?
Do you dare to try the recipe? You will not regret! If the tests tell me, send me an email or comment in the blog post how it came out, if you liked it, or that you would change it, I would love to listen to the advice of those who try my recipes! And if you share a photo on your Instagram or stories tag me like @gaspic_healthyberry so I can see it and I'll share you in my stories!
Do not forget to share the recipe in your networks and with your loved ones, they will appreciate it as much as I do!
Carrot cake donuts
10 ingredients, a bowl, a fork and some donut molds will be enough to make this perfect recipe to share at tea time!
- 2 eggs or 3 egg replacement*
- 1 cup milk of your choice 240ml
- 1 cup coconut or muscovado sugar 200g
- 1/4 cup liquid oil (coconut or sunflower oil) 60ml
- 2 cups grated carrots 270g
- 1 cup chopped pecan nuts 150g
- 1 1/2 cups wholewheat flour 180g
- 1 cup coconut flour 100g
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 200°C
In a large bowl beat the eggs with the sugar. Add the oil and milk and beat until it is integrated. Then add the carrot and nuts and mix with a fork. Once all integrated add the dry ingredients little by little while you go mixing.
Distribute the mixture in 12-18 non-stick donut molds (varies according to the size of the mold) or in muffin molds. And bake for 10-12 minutes or until they start to brown on top.
Let cool and finish with cream cheese and a good amount of cinnamon sprinkled on top.
Recipe Notes
*You can use an Orgran type egg replacement, or prepare one with 1 teaspoon of flax flour and 3 tablespoons of water for each egg, mix and let stand 15 minutes.


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Sports, sports, sports! We're up in here sportsin' around, doin' sportsy stuff, and sportsin' better than the competitors!
You guys did a great job with another tough topic this week. Such action! Such movement! Keep it up! :D
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Week 16 Drawing Prompt: Sports
Artists sharing this week: 17
Drawings shared this week: 96
Total drawing shared: 3,493
Artists who completed challenge this week: 11
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Lakshmi Mitter!
Wonderful work, Lakshmi! You really branched out and drew a variety of different sports, poses, actions, and people! I also love your restrained, minimalist color palette, and how light your linework feels. You do a great job at keeping your artwork simple and letting it shine! And of course, fantastic work drawing all 7 days! :D
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