Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Tropical Storm Katia forms in the Atlantic

(AP) ? Tropical Storm Katia has formed and is moving quickly across the Atlantic.

Katia has maximum sustained winds early Tuesday near 40 mph (65 kph). The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says strengthening is forecast and Katia is expected to be near hurricane strength by late Wednesday or early Thursday.

The storm's forecast track shows it could become a major hurricane over the weekend.

Katia is centered about 535 miles (855 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands and is moving west-northwest near 17 mph (28 kph). Hurricane specialist Michael Brennan says Katia could affect the Caribbean, but it's too early to tell if it will hit the U.S.

The storm's name replaces Katrina in the rotating storm roster because of the catastrophic damage from the 2005 storm.

Associated Press

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CD row upsets civil society activists | Hamara News covers Politics ...

As the controversy over an alleged CD recording surfacing social activist Swami Agnivesh gains momentum, Supreme Court lawyer and civil society representative Prashant Bhushan on Tuesday termed it to be the tactics of the government to create a rift between veteran social activist Anna Hazare and his team.

"We are unfortunately seeing repeated campaigns to try and discredit the members of civil society by various smear campaigns, to try and show division within members of Annaji?s team, to try and show division between Annaji and members of the team etc. All these tactics appear to have been adopted by sectors of the ruling establishment and the government," said Bhushan.

In a video that was leaked in a popular website Youtube, Agnivesh was heard talking to a person named ?Kapil?, that many presume is the Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal.

Sibal was the government representative to broker talks with Ombudsman Bill activists during the earlier parleys with civil society members in April.

The controversial video has raised doubts over Swami Agnivesh?s claims of supporting Hazare?s cause.

Many have doubted Agnivesh?s role in the movement, as there were rumours of him attempting to mediate deals between the government and Hazare?s team.

When asked whether the civil society activists are satisfied with the time frame given for the passing of an effective Lokpal Bill, Bhushan said: "We would have liked ideally that?s what he had been saying that this is such an urgent matter for which the report should come within a week. And thereafter a special session of Parliament should be held to consider and vote up on this Bill."

"But it appears that the report (Standing Committee report) is unlikely to take until the end of October. And therefore it is likely to be considered in the Winter Session, which will start in November," he added.

Prashant Bhushan was addressing the mediapersons after his meeting with Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who is also the chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee, which is examining the government?s version of the Lokpal Bill.

He met Singhvi at the Parliament Annexe here along with RTI crusader Arvind Kejriwal.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi had on Monday said Congress is anticipating strongest possible Lokpal Bill in interest of the nation.

Singhvi said the stakeholders and political parties would sustain momentum and directions towards an effective Lokpal bill. He further said that the Standing Committee would consider all the vital inputs and introduce a strong and effective Lokpal Bill. (ANI)

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"I'm With You" leaves new Chili Peppers guitarist stewing (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? The big worry for Red Hot Chili Peppers fans leading into "I'm With You," their 10th album, was whether new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer could possibly measure up to the legacy of departed axeman John Frusciante, who'd been with the Chili Peppers for most of their career and all their most popular recordings.

Actually, Klinghoffer has no problem fitting in, despite, at 31, being about 17 or 18 years the junior of the other three members. If anything, the problem is that the young addition isn't featured nearly enough, since his all-too-infrequent, all-too-fleeting solos are the reddest and hottest thing about the under-baked "I'm With You."

Other members have described the newcomer's guitar work as "subtler" than that of predecessors Frusciante and Dave Navarro, and maybe the fresh recruit needed to be encouraged to come out of his shell more. Or maybe the subtle tag was a self-fulfilling prophecy meant to keep Klinghoffer in his place while they doled him out slowly to suspicious fans.

Whoever's responsible for the reining-in, Klinghoffer is used more for accents than prominent riffs, let alone soloing, and as much as modesty can be a virtue, reticence isn't, at least for this band. You want to nudge Anthony Kiedis out of the way and beg for an instrumental freakout in lieu of that superfluous third or fourth chorus.

If there's a glass-half-full take on "I'm With You," it involves wonderment that the album works as well as it does, given the high mortality rate for bands that have been around since the 1980s.

A couple of the best numbers prove the Chili Peppers can straighten out their herky-jerky rhythms enough to produce a nearly straightforward dance track, starting with the terrific opener, "Monarchy of Roses," which transforms itself from near-psychedelia into sheer, shimmering disco every time the chorus comes around. The equally charming "Look Around" ups the dance ante with actual, bona fide handclaps while making greater use of the crew's trademark funk.

"Did I Let You Know" offers Klinghoffer's best solo -- think George Harrison on steroids, and possibly other stimulants -- while adding an unexpected trumpet to the tropically flavored mix. The fun renders lyrical groaners like "I want to get lean on you/Get Jan and Dean on you" and "I like you cheeky/So Mozambique-y" nearly forgivable.

"Happiness Loves Company" is pure, piano-fueled power pop, and has Kiedis inexplicably name-checking the Mothers of Invention, even though it's the Monkees or Turtles that come to mind. In contrast, "Goodbye Hooray," the punkiest number, is the one rocker to make effective use of the new guitarist throughout -- not just for textures and interjections, but as part of the central riff, a prominent duty more often left solely to bassist Flea.

Other tracks get more frustrating, like "Etheopia," where a potentially great Klinghoffer jam is cut short so we can hear Kiedis sing yet another chorus of "E-I-O-I-E-I-A," in apparent homage to the farmer in the dell.

Next album, when it comes time to determine how stingy to be with the new guitarist's talent: give it away, give it away, boys.

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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

"Rizzoli & Isles" racks up more than 9 million viewers (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? It's no mystery as to why TNT renewed "Rizzoli & Isles" for a third season earlier this month.

The detective drama hit a season high on August 8, racking up an impressive 9.1 million total viewers, based on Live + 7 data the channel released Monday. Those numbers represent a 6 percent jump from the show's July 11 season premiere.

Of those 9.1 million total viewers, 2.6 million of them fell into the much sought-after 18-49 demographic, an 11 percent increase over the season 2 premiere.

As reported earlier, the series -- which stars "Law & Order" alum Angie Harmon as detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Maura Isles -- will resume its second season on November 28 with five winter episodes.

TNT also announced that its drama "The Closer" grabbed a solid 8.7 million total viewers for its August 8 episode according to Live + 7 data, with 2.5 million of them falling into the adults 18-49 demographic.

Like "Rizzoli & Isles," "The Closer" will resume its seventh and final season on November 28, airing five winter episodes before wrapping things up with six episodes next summer.

Together, the two series sit as basic cable's top two dramas for the year to date, TNT said.

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Leaked Sony E-Reader Sports Touchscreen, Stylus

In the market for a ?165 ($240) e-reader that isn’t a Kindle? Of course not. But if you were, you would soon be able to spend that money on the just-leaked Sony PRS-T1.
Gone is the sleek aluminum body of its predecessor, replaced by black, white or burgundy-red plastic. New is multitouch, with the Kobo-like touchscreen [...]

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See all the luxury estates, homes, condominiums, townhouses or ...

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Showing properties 1 - 50 of 193. See more Culver City community real estate.
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  1. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 8,948 sq ft

    Lot size: 8,494 sq ft

    Year built: 1989

    Parking spots: 20

    Days on market: 279

    Walk Score?: 62

  2. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 6,900 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,377 sq ft

    Year built: 1924

    Parking spots: 8

    Days on market: 21

    Walk Score?: 86

  3. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 5,984 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,900 sq ft

    Year built: 1953

    Parking spots: 10

    Days on market: 165

    Walk Score?: 86

  4. 4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 3,448 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,000 sq ft

    Year built: 1941

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 22

    Walk Score?: 80

  5. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 3,400 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,750 sq ft

    Year built: 1940

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 120

    Walk Score?: 80

  6. 4 beds, 3 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 2,780 sq ft

    Lot size: 11,647 sq ft

    Year built: 1953

    Parking spots: 9

    Days on market: 83

    Walk Score?: 62

  7. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,788 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,596 sq ft

    Year built: 2011

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 15

    Walk Score?: 83

  8. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 614 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,747 sq ft

    Year built: 1930

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 2,225

    Walk Score?: 74

  9. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 5,118 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,247 sq ft

    Year built: 1967

    Parking spots: 6

    Days on market: 12

    Walk Score?: 80

  10. 4 beds, 3.0 baths

    Home size: 3,587 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,265 sq ft

    Year built: 1954

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 6

    Walk Score?: 62

  11. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 3,391 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,022 sq ft

    Year built: 1951

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 234

    Walk Score?: 88

  12. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,041 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,858 sq ft

    Year built: 1924

    Parking spots: 1

    Days on market: 98

    Walk Score?: 86

  13. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Lot size: 6,850 sq ft

    Year built: 1939

    Days on market: 180

    Walk Score?: 91

  14. 2 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,758 sq ft

    Lot size: 26,136 sq ft

    Year built: 1959

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 14

    Walk Score?: 62

  15. 3 beds, 2.5 baths

    Home size: 2,084 sq ft

    Lot size: 9,295 sq ft

    Year built: 1959

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 125

    Walk Score?: 45

  16. 5 beds, 5.0 baths

    Home size: 2,441 sq ft

    Lot size: 4,735 sq ft

    Year built: 1922

    Parking spots: 7

    Days on market: 78

    Walk Score?: 91

  17. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 3,100 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,724 sq ft

    Year built: 1951

    Parking spots: 8

    Days on market: 91

    Walk Score?: 86

  18. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 3,100 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,724 sq ft

    Year built: 1951

    Parking spots: 8

    Days on market: 91

    Walk Score?: 86

  19. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,168 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,497 sq ft

    Year built: 1952

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 153

    Walk Score?: 92

  20. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 5,492 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,404 sq ft

    Year built: 1959

    Parking spots: 1

    Days on market: 4

    Walk Score?: 71

  21. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,740 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,750 sq ft

    Year built: 1968

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 60

    Walk Score?: 78

  22. 3 beds, 2 full baths

    Home size: 1,986 sq ft

    Lot size: 10,097 sq ft

    Year built: 1955

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 137

    Walk Score?: 68

  23. 4 beds, 3.0 baths

    Home size: 2,488 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,869 sq ft

    Year built: 1952

    Days on market: 117

    Walk Score?: 72

  24. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,600 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,747 sq ft

    Year built: 1946

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 117

    Walk Score?: 78

  25. 4 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,794 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,286 sq ft

    Year built: 1950

    Days on market: 21

    Walk Score?: 85

  26. 3 beds, 2.5 baths

    Home size: 2,180 sq ft

    Lot size: 3,987 sq ft

    Year built: 1999

    Days on market: 27

    Walk Score?: 77

  27. 4 beds, 4.0 baths

    Home size: 2,950 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,750 sq ft

    Year built: 1956

    Days on market: 54

    Walk Score?: 78

  28. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,244 sq ft

    Lot size: 6,747 sq ft

    Year built: 1958

    Parking spots: 5

    Days on market: 47

    Walk Score?: 72

  29. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,665 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,800 sq ft

    Year built: 1941

    Days on market: 61

    Walk Score?: 89

  30. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,476 sq ft

    Lot size: 16,579 sq ft

    Year built: 1924

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 28

    Walk Score?: 85

  31. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 1,624 sq ft

    Lot size: 4,796 sq ft

    Year built: 1947

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 2

    Walk Score?: 92

  32. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,505 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,750 sq ft

    Year built: 1928

    Days on market: 5

    Walk Score?: 91

  33. 2 beds, 1 full bath

    Home size: 1,564 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,800 sq ft

    Year built: 1938

    Days on market: 27

    Walk Score?: 85

  34. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,308 sq ft

    Lot size: 11,064 sq ft

    Year built: 1949

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 7

    Walk Score?: 80

  35. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 2,101 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,000 sq ft

    Year built: 1950

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 61

    Walk Score?: 85

  36. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,595 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,800 sq ft

    Year built: 1941

    Days on market: 40

    Walk Score?: 92

  37. 2 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,504 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,000 sq ft

    Year built: 1939

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 131

    Walk Score?: 92

  38. 3 beds, 3 full baths

    Home size: 2,242 sq ft

    Lot size: 8,500 sq ft

    Year built: 1948

    Days on market: 132

    Walk Score?: 68

  39. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 2,871 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,018 sq ft

    Year built: 1954

    Parking spots: 3

    Days on market: 55

    Walk Score?: 88

  40. 2 beds, 1.0 baths

    Home size: 995 sq ft

    Lot size: 7,143 sq ft

    Year built: 1937

    Days on market: 7

    Walk Score?: 75

  41. 4 beds, 4.5 baths

    Year built: 1938

    Parking spots: 6

    Days on market: 47

    Walk Score?: 88

  42. 4 beds, 3.0 baths

    Home size: 2,294 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,000 sq ft

    Year built: 1950

    Days on market: 387

    Walk Score?: 83

  43. 3 beds, 2.5 baths

    Home size: 1,821 sq ft

    Year built: 1991

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 40

    Walk Score?: 80

  44. 3 beds, 2.5 baths

    Home size: 1,821 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,266 sq ft

    Year built: 1991

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 77

    Walk Score?: 80

  45. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,600 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,710 sq ft

    Year built: 1947

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 4

    Walk Score?: 65

  46. 0 beds, 0 baths

    Home size: 1,490 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,397 sq ft

    Year built: 1951

    Parking spots: 4

    Days on market: 112

    Walk Score?: 83

  47. 3 beds, 2.5 baths

    Home size: 1,854 sq ft

    Lot size: 4,928 sq ft

    Year built: 1996

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 25

    Walk Score?: 89

  48. 2 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths

    Home size: 1,848 sq ft

    Year built: 2008

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 55

    Walk Score?: 80

  49. 3 beds, 1.75 baths

    Home size: 1,272 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,300 sq ft

    Year built: 1939

    Parking spots: 2

    Days on market: 56

    Walk Score?: 72

  50. 3 beds, 2.0 baths

    Home size: 1,662 sq ft

    Lot size: 5,000 sq ft

    Year built: 1937

    Days on market: 60

    Walk Score?: 82

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Mena Travel International Partners with JetUs to Supply Private Jet ...

Mena Travel International, a Miami-based affiliate of American Express Travel, which specializes in leisure, corporate, cruise and wholesale travel since1943 has partnered with JetUs to provide its extensive list of clients with an option for private charter. JetUs technology is a direct correlation and joint venture between JetUs, LLC and Sabre Travel Network, the world?s leading travel and collaboration management solution. Mena Travel is recognized for its leading industry experience, rates and superior service to destinations worldwide.

JetUs is a web-based reservation tool that provides a fully integrated system, and works with only the highest safety rated operators that have been vetted by independent 3rd party safety auditors. This system allows booking a charter to be a much more efficient and less time consuming process. With so many commercial airline routes being cut, an option that once seemed so expensive will actually save executive?s time and money and allow them to fly in and out of their destinations with ease.

Mena Travel customers will now be able to shop the charter market and instantly find, book, and manage private charter services through the use of this secure web-based tool. This partnership is a very exciting new venture for both companies to open their doors to the Hispanic community to introduce the luxury of chartering a private jet. This relationship will introduce charter as a viable option to an untapped customer base and change the way people view and purchase charter services.

About Mena Travel International

A family-owned and operated business now in its fourth generation, Mena Travel International has played an integral part in the Hispanic travel industry for over 65 years. Mena Travel started off as a small retail operation and has since evolved into a major tour operator well known throughout the community. Since 2009, Mena Travel has been an American Express Travel Representative accepting membership rewards points for card holders and the offering the full-range of American Express travel services. Mena Travel International originated in Havana, Cuba in 1943 and in 1962 moved its offices to Miami, Florida. Most recently they relocated to 3907 SW 67 Avenue in Miami, FL 33155.

About JetUs, LLC.

JetUs LLC, headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida, is a full-service online marketplace where best-in-class, safety-rated operators are matched with qualified private aviation customers. Launched in 2010, JetUs provides passengers with a dynamic reservation search engine tool for global private air travel, allowing users to instantly receive multiple price quotes from multiple private jet operators for any type of trip around the world.

Designed specifically with corporate travel in mind, JetUs uses the most sophisticated search and booking technology, providing travel managers with the ability to review aircraft photos, access safety/quality ratings, purchase and manage every detail of the trip ? all in one place. The JetUs solution only delivers quality private aircraft that have been audited by third-party expert safety organizations such as ARGUS and Wyvern. Supporting the organization are experienced JetUs travel advisors and customer advocates that are available to assist 24/7/365.

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Monday, 29 August 2011

How to choose a Beneficial Motivational Speaker and this is article ...

By Jeremiah Jacobs

Being a business man, I've certainly had my great number of experience with professional motivational speakers. Regardless if you are just following a motivational business speaker or hiring a keynote motivational speaker, you're likely to pick up on a few characteristics which makes a speaker a skilled motivational speaker. I have certainly learned a lot as to what to find when looking for a motivational business speaker as I have been on each side in the past.

Whether your event is a seminar or simply a meeting, the ideal keynote motivational speaker will energize your whole audience and bring positive energy. Also, the viewers will surely stay engaged. She or he will also be entertaining, interesting, and relatable, perhaps discussing stories of her or his related experience, obtaining the audience involved, or running a presentation in a unique and creative way. He or she will deliver the content in a obvious and easy-to-understand way. When it is over, the crowd will feel urged and enthusiastic about the business.

A good way by which motivational business speakers can really be helpful is by offering great speeches about how precisely to develop your leadership skills. For all those inside your business that have to lead other employees, this is very beneficial. Sometimes being a leader can be demanding . People who are in leadership roles may also feel unappreciated. Sometimes shyness or a deficiency of assertiveness could be detrimental to the people who need to be performing a authority role. A superb motivational leadership speaker should be able to address all of these issues that leaders inside your company may face, and he or she is going to supply some solutions and helpful tips on how to strengthen leadership skills. Your whole company can occasionally run smoother when you purchase a good motivational leadership speaker to present guidelines.

An example of a extremely effective motivational speaker I have come across in the past is John Di Frances. He was certainly an engaging and fascinating speaker. He did a great job relating with the audience on a personal level, and he provided his message in an entertaining and fascinating way. He also introduced some good methods for complex problem solving and mentioned some professional and unique points that I had not considered before, that I still apply to my daily life-not just running a business, but additionally in the day-to-day routine.

John Di Frances, motivational speaker, really inspired the crowd as well. His keynote speech was particularly good and stimulating. The whole speech was specifically made for our particular company and our event, and he spoke about a lot of beneficial methods to enhance performance within the place of work. You may tell that he was very enthusiastic about his profession and that he put a lot into the speech. For your next business event, John Di Frances would definitely be a great option for a motivational speaker.



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Going to the Dentist Is Important to Your Overall ... - Health & Fitness

Going to the dentist is a very important part to your overall health. Not only does it affect your oral health but it also affects how your feel everyday. Picking a dentist for you and your family is crucial. A lot of people think that they take really good of their teeth so they do not need to go to the dentist, well they are wrong! If if you have excellent oral health hygiene, you should be going to the dentist at least every six months. There are a lot of different types of dentistry and a lot of different benefits to going to the dentist.

Lets review some of the different types of dentists that there are, general dentistry, pediatric dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, endodontics, prosthodontic, are just to name a few. The most common types of dentists would have to be general dentistry and pediatric dentistry. General dentistry is suitable for the whole family, but if you have little children, you might want to consider pediatric dentistry. Pediatric dentistry can be a good choice, because they know how to work with little children and make them feel comfortable since going to the dentist can be scary for young children.

When choosing a dentist, there are many things you should consider. First you should make sure that your dental insurance is covered by the dental office that you choose to go to, for example if you have Delta Dental, then you should make sure the office accepts Delta Dental. Get familiar with the dentist office. Before you commit to a dentist office, you should take a tour of their office to make sure it is clean and comfortable. When choosing a dentist, make sure that the dentist has the right qualifications and went to an excellent dental school. Most importantly, make sure your family feels comfortable around your dentist and that they treat you well.

There are a lot of great dentists in the Salt Lake City area. If you are looking for a dentist in Sandy, you should try doing some research and searching for ?Sandy Dentist? online. In your results you will find other patients that have sought oral care from certain dentist in Sandy. You can read reviews of the dental office and dentist. A great way to find a good dentist in Sandy, is to ask your friends.

Going to the dentist on a regular basis is crucial for you and your families oral care and health. Encourage your family to seek support in dentistry and to seek proper care and dental services. You should encourage your family to take care of their oral health by brushing twice a day, flossing, and using mouthwash. When you visit the dentist every six months, they will clean your teeth, take x-rays, and check your mouth for any cavities or problems that may arise. Your dentist should provide the best dental services and should care for your health and oral care. Your general dentistry can also refer you to another other dentistry needs you need such as, pediatric dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, cancer services, health services, medicine services, periodontics, endodontics, and prosthodontic. Your dentist should be able to refer you to the best care services in the area. Do not delay in choosing your Sandy Dentist today!

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SNL's Will Forte to Guest-Star on Up All Night (omg!)

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Saturday Night Live's Will Forte will guest-star on NBC's new comedy Up All Night, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Forte, fondly known for his MacGruber sketches and his role as a cross-dressing Jenna impersonator on 30 Rock, will play a surfer dude-dad who befriends Will Arnett's Chris, a new dad himself stressing over the foibles of fatherhood.

Up All Night's Maya Rudolph on playing an Oprah wannabe

Up All Night, from SNL's Lorne Michaels and Emily Spivey, also stars Christina Applegate and SNL alum Maya Rudolph. Vulture first reported the news.

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Sunday, 28 August 2011

Doctors misuse scans in prostate cancer: study ? 4-Liability

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Too many organisation with low- or medium-risk prostate cancer get CTs and bone scans that aren?t endorsed for them, suggests a new study.

The scans are dictated to tell doctors if cancer has widespread over a prostate in organisation with high-risk cancer.

Doing them in other cases is a regard since CTs display patients to tiny amounts of deviation ? that itself is related to destiny cancer risks ? and a scans cost a medical complement additional money, though have tiny intensity benefit.

The investigate also suggests that not adequate organisation with high-risk cancer get a scans, that means some of them might get diagnosis for internal (confined to a prostate) cancer that?s doubtful to assistance if a cancer has spread.

?In high-risk patients, those are a ones that have a high risk of certain lymph nodes or (cancer that has) widespread to a bone,? pronounced Dr. David Samadi, a prostate cancer surgeon during a Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York who was not concerned in a new study.

?Otherwise for low-risk disease, a odds of anticipating a certain bone indicate or CT indicate is low,? he told Reuters Health.

Guidelines from a American Urological Association contend that doctors should use other measures such as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) contrast to establish a man?s risk of modernized cancer and afterwards usually indicate those with high-risk illness to establish a best treatment.

Researchers led by Dr. Jim Hu of Brigham and Women?s Hospital in Boston wanted to see how frequently those recommendations were being followed.

They consulted a database of U.S. organisation lonesome by Medicare who were diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004 and 2005 ? a sum of 30,000 cases.

Both bone scans and CTs were some-more common in organisation who were diagnosed with high-risk cancer.

Sixty percent of those organisation had one of a scans. Still, one-third of organisation with low-risk cancer and roughly half of those with medium-risk cancer had a indicate in between diagnosis and treatment.

Hu and colleagues distributed that a cost of nonessential scans in organisation with low- and medium-risk cancer billed to Medicare during those dual years was about $3.6 million for their investigate group. (The government-run word module paid an normal of $226 for any bone indicate and $407 for a CT).

Extra scanning not endorsed by discipline ?significantly increases Medicare output though improving peculiarity of caring rendered for organisation with newly diagnosed prostate cancer,? a authors wrote in a biography Cancer.

And any additional CT indicate exposes organisation to a tiny volume of radiation, while also providing an event for doctors to locate something ?incidental? that might not poise a hazard though still leads to some-more contrast or procedures, Samadi said.

Another new investigate found that coaching and feedback from peers about a correct use of a tests helped prostate surgeons revoke a series of nonessential scans they ordered. Samadi thinks many doctors are only perplexing to be on a protected side by grouping some-more tests.

?A lot of it has to do with a fact that many urologists when they consider of prostate cancer it?s roughly like a knee-jerk greeting ? automatically they consider bone indicate and CT scan,? Samadi said.

The researchers remarkable that anticipating 4 in 10 organisation with high-risk cancer aren?t removing a indicate is also ?worrisome.?

If doctors don?t commend that cancer has widespread in some of those men, they said, they won?t advantage from diagnosis destined only during a prostate.

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Saturday, 27 August 2011

Kim Jong Il Goes to Siberia: And He Likes It! (Time.com)

Kim Jong Il, the dictator of North Korea, seemed so happy this week to be out and about. He doesn't travel much. Due to his fear of flying (and of invisible assassins) he only goes as far as his armored train can carry him, which is usually no farther than China. The other problem is that he doesn't get a lot of invitations. Since President George W. Bush branded him a member of the "axis of evil," and even before, Kim's diplomatic life has been a pretty lonely one. Which may help explain how smiley the morose old despot was when Russia had him over for his first visit since 2002. Thanks to the hospitality, he may even have let down his guard.

On Wednesday morning, before his meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in the city of Ulan-Ude, Kim went to take in the sights. There isn't a whole lot to see in that part of Siberia, so his first stop was the city's central square, which is home to the largest Lenin head in the world, a seven-meter-tall bronze cranium of the Communist revolutionary set atop a giant block of stone. Kim seemed impressed. He craned his neck to ponder it for a moment, and then got back into his armored Mercedes to go take a tour of the local mall. "I didn't see a lot of security guards around, or even a big entourage," says Alexander Nemchinov, a salesman at the mall's bait and tackle shop, who went to have a look at Kim. "He seemed like a jolly old guy, dressed kind of funny, but he looked impressed with everything."

In most of the photographs taken of him during the trip, Kim's default expression was still a poker face. But he did seem jollier than usual, and was clearly in a good mood when he met with Medvedev that afternoon. "We're having a fun trip," he told the Russian president. Their talks were also unusually productive, or as the official Korean news agency put, "overflowing with friendship." (See photos of the busy life of Kim Jong Il.)

According to the Kremlin spokeswoman Natalia Timakova, who spoke to reporters afterward, Kim said he was keen to resume the so-called six-party talks (with the U.S., Russia, China, Japan and South Korea) on North Korea's nuclear disarmament, and he wanted to do so without any preconditions. Those talks have been stalled in part because of preconditions set by the U.S. and Japan, who want North Korea to freeze its nuclear program before sitting down at the negotiating table. On this point, Kim may have begun to budge on Wednesday. As soon as the six-party talks begin, "they will be ready to impose a moratorium on the production and testing of nuclear material," Timakova said in summarizing Kim's position.

But the real breakthrough came later, when the two leaders agreed to build a natural gas pipeline through the Korean peninsula. This project, which Russia and South Korea have been considering since 2008, would be a huge vote of confidence in North Korea. The pipeline would cost billions of dollars to build, and once completed, it could earn Kim's government up to $100 million per year in transit fees as well as major discounts on its natural gas. More importantly, it would interlink North and South Korea's energy security, making the two rivals more interdependent - and thus less likely to go to war.

"So what Russia is proposing is a new paradigm for resolving this conflict," says Fyodor Lukyanov, a foreign policy expert and editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs. The western approach to the problem - intermittently trying to bait Pyongyang with economic goodies and punishing it with sanctions - has only isolated the regime over the past decade and a half. Kim has become more paranoid about foreign intrusion and more prone to belligerence, such as the shelling of the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong last November. What's worse, since the West began the carrot-and-stick approach to disarming Kim in the 1990s, his regime has gone from having nuclear ambitions to building warheads and testing missiles. "If I was in the West's shoes, I would start to ask myself by now, 'Maybe this isn't working?'" Lukyanov says. (See photos of the iconography of Kim Jong Il.)

The idea of trying out pipeline diplomacy, however, carries serious risks for Russia. Clashes are still common between North and South Korea, who have technically been at war since the 1950s, and energy experts have dismissed the pipeline idea as way too dangerous. But Medvedev hinted on Wednesday that it was as much about diplomacy for Russia as it was about money. "We went through all the questions, and of course, this [pipeline] has major significance considering the tensions that remain on the Korean Peninsula," Medvedev said. "Let's hope the project works out well."

But whether or not it does, Russia's contribution suggests a turn away from the stalled efforts of China, which has acted like a controlling older brother, and the U.S., which has tried to coerce Kim into submission. "This is Russia seeking leadership in a multi-polar world," says Matthew Rojansky, deputy head of the Russia program at the Carnegie Endowment in Washington. "They are saying, 'Look, we are a leader on this thing, and we are going to handle this diplomatically.'"

Considering Kim's growing isolation over the years, some old-fashioned diplomacy - and hospitality - may be enough to soften him up.

See photos of the rise of North Korea's "Dear Leader."

See rare pictures from inside North Korea.

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Friday, 26 August 2011

Many People Want To Learn About Luxury Cruises

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Learning more about luxury cruises are what many readers are looking to do, and this article is going to try and help out. This article is going to look at the many nice things offered on such a luxurious ship as well as the situations in which a cruise ticket might be a clever idea.

It is not uncommon at all for the nicest cruise ships to have a kitchen staff that consists of many high quality cooks and also renowned chefs. Many people are surprised to learn that each of their major meals will be gourmet offerings and the snacks offered to passengers usually are not shabby as well.

The most important thing that the reader needs to consider about these ships is that they are suppose to be providing the service of entertaining travelers as they travel to and then from their destinations, and many ships offer really great shows for passengers to take in because of this. There are even many ships that have miniature casinos built right into their design for people that enjoy gaming.

Adults are not the only passengers that the crew is working hard to keep entertained as there are typically entire attractions dedicated to entertaining the younger passengers on board. A lot of parents have no choice but to travel with their younger ones and are typically going to appreciate this feature in particular. It is also not uncommon to see children enjoy ship attractions in much the same way that they would any amusement park.

There are a couple of situations in which a trip on such a liner might really make the perfect gift for somebody special. These tickets always make really great romantic gifts when considering that most ships have plenty of couples activities to offer. Some people want to give this type of gift to somebody that they are not romantically involved with as either a holiday or birthday gift.

Some people do not receive these tickets as gifts these people instead purchase them because they were taking a vacation and already headed to the destination in question. It never hurts for the vacation to begin as soon as the process of traveling starts.

People that are new to the subject are always going to want to learn more about luxury cruises simply because they are a really great way to travel. It is not uncommon for a traveler to favor their boat ride over the exotic location that they might be visiting.

Adam Jackson is passionate about travel and has recently become a travel writer in order to share his experiences with the public. If you want further information about types of luxury cruises please visit Azamara Club Cruises.

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SEC Jumps Into Fight Over Fracking

The Securities and Exchange Commission is jumping into the fight over hydraulic fracturing. Drillers could be required to tell investors more about the risks associated with the controversial practice. This, as federal geologists estimate the Northeast's Marcellus Shale could contain even more gas than first thought.

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MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

ROBERT SIEGEL, host: And I'm Robert Siegel. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is jumping into the fight over hydraulic fracturing or fracking. Officials in the natural gas business say the SEC is asking drillers for specific information, including what chemicals are used in the controversial process. As NPR's Jeff Brady reports, this has some in the industry worried that yet another government agency may be looking over their shoulder in the near future.

JEFF BRADY: Fracking is facing more scrutiny because some worry it may be polluting drinking water. Much of the natural gas left in the U.S. is deep underground. Drillers use water laced with sand and sometimes harmful chemicals under high pressure to break up shale and release the gas. If in that process a drilling company pollutes someone's water, cleaning up the mess could cost a lot of money. If the company is publicly traded, you could argue it should warn investors of that financial risk ahead of time.

While the SEC won't confirm specifically - that's why it's asking drillers for information now - the agency does tell NPR that it regularly asks questions about companies' SEC filings. That's fine, says Steve Forde, with the industry group Marcellus Shale Coalition.

STEVE FORDE: But it appears, at least some of the initial requests and news that have been coming out of the SEC, that it may be a bit more of an overreach than that.

BRADY: The SEC joins a growing list of state and federal agencies taking more interest in hydraulic fracturing. While the practice has been around for decades, the number of wells fracked is increasing. A report released earlier this week says there's much more gas contained in the northeast Marcellus Shale than first thought. Brenda Pierce with the U.S. Geological Survey says there's about 84 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Marcellus.

BRENDA PIERCE: This is about four times what the United States uses in a year, so it's a significant resource.

BRADY: Pierce warns that not all the gas is economically recoverable, and that number - 84 trillion cubic feet - is a mean for the estimate, not a hard number itself. Still Pierce says it's more than 40 times what the Geological Survey estimated back in 2002.

PIERCE: It's not that there's more gas there. It's that what is technically recoverable has changed so significantly in these last 10 years.

BRADY: And that's due almost entirely to new technologies, like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Some environmentalists want to ban fracking until more research can be done on its effects. New Jersey's Republican governor, Chris Christie, vetoed a ban in his state today, then issued a one-year moratorium on fracking. It was a symbolic move, since companies aren't clamoring to drill in the Garden State, but environmentalists say such moves indicate a change is under way. Bruce Ferguson is with Catskills Citizens for Safe Energy.

BRUCE FERGUSON: This industry is hell-bent on getting its wells in the ground and drilling, and it's almost always been able to do it without scrutiny.

BRADY: Ferguson points to Pennsylvania as an example, where a gas boom is happening now. But next door in New York state, drilling is going much slower, in part because groups like Ferguson's have raised questions.

FERGUSON: We are actually examining fracking, shale gas extraction before it gets under way.

BRADY: And in Ferguson's ideal world this go-slow approach will become the new and growing trend instead of fracking. Jeff Brady, NPR News.

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Thursday, 25 August 2011

Information on Garage Door Repairs | Home Improvement Tips & ideas

To tinker with an automatic garage door is to put yourself at peril if you don?t know what you?re doing. Homeowners are following an empowerment trend, both saving them money and enabling them to do things around the house on their own. You should remember, however, that a garage door is the largest, heaviest home appliance, and you should take caution. If you like this article on garage doors visit garage door prices for more education.

On record are injuries from mishandling springs, children with remote control devices, and old garage doors. Primarily, there are two rules to garage door maintenance. Do not modify the springs in anyway, and when repairs are needed do not shelve them.

Springs used for doors usually come in two sorts. The type of spring that expands when closing the door as a sort of bumper and reduces size to counter mass of the door when opening is called an extension spring. Torsion springs, on the other hand, carry the whole weight of the door, like the springs in window shades.

Fiddling with either type can be quite treacherous. Imminent peril awaits those homeowners who insist on setting up torsion springs by themselves, especially if they are not familiar with the special tool required for installation. Quite a dilemma is encountered upon attempting to use a proxy tool to increase tension on the springs. More information on the topic of garage doors is located at roller doors.

Fiddling with the spring bracket on the garage frame can also be dangerous, as it is also under tension. The second rule states that needed repairs should never be shelved. Successful repairs are more likely if you call in a professional, instead of attempting them yourself.

An improperly hung door can be dangerous to you, your family and your car, and can become very expensive to repair. You know the door has been properly or improperly installed by the time it takes the door to bounce back after hitting the floor. At most, it should take two seconds for the door to turn around after impact.

Prolonged reversals may be caused by worn tracks or broken springs. A curved, slack track will not do, nor will sticky wheels. If they don?t, you need to lubricate the wheel bearings.

Regular oiling is required for rollers, springs, hardware pivot points, and openers. While a regular paint job protects the door, it does nothing and may even hurt the hardware?s performance. The movement of hardware is only frustrated by a coat of paint.

Adults need to make sure that triggering devices for automatic door openers are put somewhere children cannot access them. Installation of garage buttons should follow the same precaution. An extended, more secure life awaits your door if you follow these guidelines.

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What Is The Best Video Game System? | Online gamers home

Article by Kevin Scripter

Certainly the Playstation One has had a number of game hits and sold millions of units with tough competition from both Sega (Dreamcast) and Nintendo (N64), but no game system has enjoyed more exclusive game titles and more old-school gameplay than the Super Nintendo. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) did not dominate the hardware sales charts (selling over 49 million units) like Nintendo was able to accomplish with the original NES console (over 60 million units sold) due to increased competition from the Sega Genesis, but the sheer number of quality games for the SNES was outstanding for a system that contained over 700 games in its game library. Now these cool, killer games that I am talking about do not include such titles as Madden Football or Mortal Kombat games that every game system possessed. I am talking about the games that were exclusive to the SNES. While Sega was raving about ?blast processing,? the SNES introduced a new term to gamers ? Mode 7. Mode 7 are the effects used by game developers such as sprite scaling and rotating of objects never before seen on a console before its time. Game publisher Konami was big on including Mode 7 effects in many of their key titles like Super Castlevania IV, Axelay and Contra III. Mode 7 effects are common on today?s generation of game systems, but they were revolutionary on the Super Nintendo. The following is a list of those rare games that are true SNES classics today (some have even been remade for the Game Boy Advance, or in the case for the Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy games, have been re-released on the Playstation One console): Super Ghouls ?N GhostsSuper Castlevania IVF-ZeroSuper Mario KartSuper Mario WorldSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi?s IslandSuper Mario Bros. All-Stars EditionFinal Fantasy IIFinal Fantasy IIIContra III: The Alien WarsSuper MetroidStreet Fighter II Turbo: Hyper FightingThe Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The PastChrono TriggerSuper Mario RPGStar FoxSpace MegaForceActRaiserActRaiser 2AxelayDonkey Kong Country TrilogyMany key franchises for Nintendo started on the SNES like F-Zero and Mario Kart. Yet there are a few franchises such as ActRaiser, Axelay and Space MegaForce that have exclusively been released for the SNES. Sure the Sega Genesis had some versions of the aforementioned games, but they were not of the quality of the SNES games. For example, Super Ghouls ?N Ghosts featured better graphics and Mode 7 effects like scaling. In Electronic Gaming Monthly?s Top 100 Video Games Of All Time list in its January 2002 issue, there are nine Super Nintendo games in the top 25, more than any other game system (not including games available on multiple game systems like Tetris). If you ever owned a SNES back in the day, you understand how you could play for hours with quality games like Chrono Trigger, The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Super Mario World and Final Fantasy III. The SNES introduced gamers to many cool programming techniques like rotating levels and transparent, scaling bosses as seen in Super Castlevania IV and Contra III: The Alien Wars or the cartridges? ability to play orchestrated soundtracks to set the mood in games like ActRaiser (arguably the best cartridge soundtrack ever) or Super Ghouls ?N Ghosts. While ActRaiser may have had the best game soundtrack, the best graphics belonged to Donkey Kong Country. Using Advanced Computer Modeling (ACM), Rare, the game developer, was able to display graphics on a 16-bit system that looked better than most 32-bit Playstation One games. ACM allowed fully-rendered graphics allowing objects to actually look 3-dimensional. Crisp, bold graphics were accomplished with ACM and Donkey Kong Country went on to sell 8 million units. In terms of graphics and sound, the SNES had the biggest leap in quality as compared to other later Nintendo console versions. In fact, the next-generation systems set for release in 2005 and 2006 will probably differ little as far as graphics and sound capabilities are concerned. The early game machines however, saw huge leaps in processing power.Sure the SNES had one big flaw ? slowdown! While the Genesis was publicizing its faster processor speed of 7.67 MHz, which they coined ?blast processing,? Nintendo?s processor was only capable of speeds up to 3.58 MHz. When too many sprites appeared on screen at one time in games such as shooters like R-Type III, the action would slowdown (although at times this was actually a helpful feature for many shooters instead of a hindrance because these games are so frantic and intense). Now the debate is whether the Super Nintendo actually won the biggest game system war ever. Based on numbers, Nintendo sold twice as many SNES units as the Genesis and even though Sega was able to cut into Nintendo?s market share (peaking at 65%), it was Nintendo that had regained over 60% from its original 95% market share of the NES days when Sega began not supporting the Genesis in its later cycle life days with quality games like the SNES enjoyed.Ironically, Nintendo initially planned for the original NES console to be a 16-bit machine, but the price for the components were too high at the time. Think about how that could have altered the SNES/Genesis war. Would have Sega released a 32-bit Genesis instead? Would we now be playing on a 512-bit PS2 instead of a 128-bit console?The SNES had an assortment of games from every genre. Nintendo should learn from its success of the SNES. The N64 and GameCube are really lacking in RPG and shooter games, for example, that were abundant on the SNES. While the GameCube?s game selection is improving with Square Enix finally back supporting a Nintendo home console, Nintendo will need to recreate those precious days of the SNES with lots of exclusive, top quality franchises for its game machine if they want to regain their market share against Sony?s Playstation consoles.The SNES is the last Nintendo game console that gamers truly supported. N64 and GameCube sales pale in comparison to the NES and SNES days. The Super Nintendo is also the only console in history to have the biggest game franchises on one machine: Metroid, Final Fantasy, Contra, Donkey Kong, F-Zero, Super Mario Bros., The Legend Of Zelda, Star Fox and Castlevania. No other console has these games on only one game system.

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Kevin Scripter is the site owner of CheapGameDeals.com, which lists the best video game deals on one simple and clean website: http://www.cheapgamedeals.com/.

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Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Psychology Continuing Education Through Book Exams

There are so many different types of course strategies available today. Technology has brought about huge changes in the way we get our psychology continuing education credits, or any professional learning credits for that matter. We have come to equate the Internet with convenience as it applies to coursework. Exams, reading material, seminars, and even professional meetings with colleagues can happen long-distance over the web.

Now, we can use the Internet for everything from organizing our client notes to organizing our calendars. It?s never been easier to fulfill our CECs. In fact, its about as simple as shopping online for a pair of shoes. All that is required is a little research on topic and type of programming. Click purchase, download or whatever other requirements the website puts forth and we?re set.

Websites make it easy to gain psychology continuing education credits because they work around our schedule. If we are commuting by train to work, we can quickly access the material on our mobile device. If we have time between clients, just call up the material and spend a bit of time browsing for the exam. The web makes learning easier, faster and more convenient. We have access to the entire world?s library.

Yet, with everything on the Internet nowadays, occasionally it?s nice to get away. As practicing psychologists we can spend hours a day staring at our computer, smart phone and tablet devices. Occasionally, perhaps rarely, it would be nice to just sit back and read a book. There is something about reading up on a text that provides insight into a new topic or one that has recently come-up with a client can be relaxing to some people.

There is nothing to be ashamed about being a tactile learner and reader. Having the material in front of you to touch, highlight, review and reread is naturally more comfortable for some. Whereas learning through slides or web programming is good for others. The important thing to know is that you there options available for every learner. In fact, as you likely know, there are other choices available like audio, DVD, CD-ROM and through a few organizations, newsletter style exams.

Those that choose the book route for the psychology continuing education credits usually have a couple of choices when it comes to taking their exam following completion of the book. One option is to take the exam online through programming created specifically by the authors of the book in collaboration with the company or school offering the course. The other option is to go old-fashioned and have a hard copy of the exam sent to your office or home address.

Regardless of which exam style you choose, it is comforting knowing that you have options when it comes to choosing your psychology continuing education courses. You don?t have to complete a web-based course. You can do things at a slower pace by sitting back and pouring over a book.

Psychology continuing education credits can be earned by visiting http://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/.

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