If you saw Reggie Watts’ musical set at Engadget Expand (don’t worry, there’s video after the break), then you probably noticed the table full of gear he needs to construct his loops. Propellerhead — the Swedish software company behind Reason, not…
Sure, our homes are getting smarter and allowing us to be greener than before, but the cost of energy has continued to climb. Energy companies have encouraged us keep tabs on our consumption, but it’s hard to identify which appliances are responsible…
This is a great energy saving tool to have if you have a plug-in air conditioner. The ThinkEco smartAC Kit will help you conserve energy all the while helping you keep cool on these hot Summer days.
The kit comes with a modlet and a remote control/thermostat. You can take the remote control with you to any room of the house, which is a convenient way to keep your location cool. If the AC reaches the room temp that you want the modlet will turn the AC off. If it gets 2 degrees above the set thermostat temperature, the AC will turn on.
Another great feature about this device is the ThinkEco software and smartphone app that are a part of the package. You can adjust the thermostat from anywhere. You can turn it on an hour before you leave work or if you are on vacation it is a great way to monitor the temp at home.
Just days before the Tizen-powered Samsung Z was supposed to launch in Russia, Samsung apparently got cold feet and cancelled. With nary an explanation nor a new target date for the launch of what would be the only commercial Tizen smartphone so far, former backers of the nascent mobile platform are starting to dwindle as their patience and tolerance start … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, we shared with you the 30 top-rated restaurants in the biggest metropolitan areas of the state, and you said you wanted to hear about some restaurants in downstate Illinois. Here are 30 more of the top-rated restaurants within the moderate price range ($$) in six of the biggest communities in southern Illinois, based on Yelp reviews.
Type: American
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: ” I started with their Deviled Eggs app, seasoned with just the right amount of hot sauce, parmesan, and paprika. Next I chose their Beet Salad. Mixed beautifully with baby beets, grilled scallions, sesame yogurt, pistachio, and candied lemon. (Yes, pistachio!) It all worked to create great flavors.”
Type: Pizza
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “We went twice. Ordered maple bourbon wings, Caribbean wings and the brie pizza. The second time we got Alfredo wings, Thai wings and a BBQ pineapple pizza. Both times everything was great. The pizza is a little limp in the middle but otherwise good. The brie pizza was clearly the stand out.”
Type: Sushi
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “Don’t be turned off by the exterior. The sushi there is great and the quantity and quality is top notch. This will be our go to sushi spot from now on.”
Type: Breakfast & Brunch
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Had the corn beef hash. Awesome! Served very hot. Take your time eating this. Had my eggs basted & they were perfect. They have Apple Butter for my English Muffin…wow. The Jalapeño sauce is great alternative to Tabasco.”
Type: Sushi, Japanese
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The rolls are well prepared, you can tell the chef/owner has been making sushi for a very long time. The place is small and cozy, the service isn’t very fast, but the wait in 100% worth it. Fresh fish, good Miso soup, great ginger dressing on the salad.”
Type: Asian fusion
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: ” I always get the tom yum with shrimps, and the gra pow which is a minced chicken stir fried with basil and veggies, then topped with this super crispy fried egg. The cool part is, the yolk still runs though the edges are so crispy. The gra pow is really hot!! My mouth will burn and stomach will be on fire each time! So good!!”
Type: Pub
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The food here is really great. The cheese dip in particular is delicious and very unique. The menu is big and has a lot of creative offerings. So I definitely recommend coming here for dinner. However, their beer is just awful. We’ve tried almost every kind, on several different visits, and without fail they have all been flat, warm, and completely unlike whatever style they claim to be.”
Type: Japanese
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Osaka Buffet has so many choices for sushi, it is phenomenal for the price you pay to eat here. They even have sashimi! The fish is really fresh and delicious, unlike other buffets that have poor, sketchy sushi.”
Type: Mexican
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The service staff is quick, the food is good and the prices are reasonable. This isn’t Americanized Mexican food, rather this is more authentic.”
Type: Sandwiches
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The food was very good. We ordered the strawberries berry salad. It came with grilled chicken, cranberries, cashews, but I didn’t find one strawberries in the salad. Also asked for tomatoes on just one and neither of them had tomatoes on them. Over all it was a good salad though.”
Type: Turkish
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: ” I tried their Soslu Patlican, a cold appetizer made out of eggplants and the Lahana Dolmasi for dinner (cabbage stuffed with lamb, beef, and rice). The appetizer was delicious with their pita bread. Their Turkish tea is also great. It’s served hot, unsweetened and has a wonderful spiced aroma/taste.”
Type: Thai
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The Thai red curry chicken that comes with noodle was really awesome! Fried wonton was not so great so would not order that again. No biggie. Gyoza was very good!!!! Definitely will go back.”
Type: American, Brewery
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “My fiance and I ordered the pretzels to start off, and man oh man were they good pretzels. I know, pretzels sound like a weird thing to get at a restaurant but I was really satisfied with them. I ordered the jumbalaya for my entree and it was good, too. Not my favorite dish ever but definitely well done in my opinion. She got the steak salad and really loved it.”
Type: Italian
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The food is great, but the soup spoons are to die for. So many reviewers focus on the food. That’s too bad because Biaggi’s has the best soup spoons around. Their spoons just don’t get the attention that they deserve.”
Type: Pizza
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Classic Bloomington Normal restaurant and bar. Seating downstairs or up and lots of nostalgia on the walls to look at. Italian theme and great appetizers, stuffed ravioli, antipasto plate. Thin crust pizza is the best you will find anywhere.”
Type: Italian
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “Best pizza in Decatur, by FAR. Everything is fresh, authentic Italian toppings, and can’t beat a pizza crust from a wood oven. Forget other midwest “pizza” joints in town and go straight to Il Forno.”
Type: Sushi bar
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “The ONLY place you should be eating Sushi at in Decatur, IL. Service is a bit slow but overall the staff is very nice. The sushi is fresh and portions are great! The lunch specials are really good and definitely try the Ramen noodle soups, those are excellent and very filling!”
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Most of the dishes are dressed up versions of American classics, but are much improved by the use of fresh, highest quality ingredients. The seafood menu is extensive and delicious. Truly gourmet seafood options are available (in addition to the standard options, such as tilapia, salmon, and crab cakes).”
Type: Sushi bar
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Peaceful dining environment with a lovely water feature. Fresh rolls were crisp cool and tasty. Both dishes were cooked to order and served piping hot. Ingredients were fresh and colorful.”
Type: American
Rating: three-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “My “go to” meal is the shrimp tortilla (chipotle-glazed shrimp, avocado spread, jack cheese, corn salsa) which is wonderful. The chicken wrap is good, but it has gotten a little heavy on spice the past few times I have tried it so I have shied away from it as of late. I absolutely LOVE the chipotle glaze they put on their burgers. Also, their chips, salsa, and guac are awesome!”
Type: Wine bar
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “I think you’ve got to get the baked brie if you find yourself there. Good pastry/bread crust with a small wheel of brie inside. Add honey, nuts and dried fruit and it becomes amazing.”
Type: American
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Though it’s an overused term, there really is something for everyone. Pumpkin patches, apple orchards, berry fields… and a tractor trailer to pull you around the sprawling property in charming fashion. And just when you think you’ve experienced it all, the smells of home-cooked comfort food beckon you to one of the two restaurants on the property. The best part of our meal? The housemade biscuits with Eckert’s own apple butter! Seriously – I couldn’t put them down.”
Type: Bar
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Lunch buffet is $9 and consists of soups, salads, pastas, pizza, and desserts. The soups were okay (I tried the corn chowder and the tomato bisque)…they were nothing to write home about, but the pizza really hit the spot. They are thin crust, and they put out a medley of offerings from veggie to sausage to cheese to pepperoni.”
Type: Korean
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “We had Yaki Mandu, Fried Korean Dumplings for an appetizer. They were served with two slices of cooked, seasoned tofu, seasoned zucchini, and kimchi on the side. Entrees were bulgogi (beef) and dak bulgogi (chicken). Everything was served fresh and hot and very prompt. The owner also served us a kimchi pancake since it was our first visit. Everyone working there seemed interested in making sure we enjoyed ourselves.”
Type: Pizza
Rating: four stars
Sample review: “Such a good place to get an excellent pizza. The service is the only thing that keeps this place from getting a full five stars from me. And I don’t think that’s a reflection on the wait staff, rather they always seem to be incredibly busy. We always tend to have to wait for drinks. But, the pizza always comes to our table piping hot, and good, hot pizza is why we’re there.”
Type: Pizza
Rating: three-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “Unique thin crust pizza is what Monicals is all about. Get a salad with their French dressing or their light French dressing. But watch our— it’s and Unbelievably addictive flavor.”
Type: Sports bar
Rating: three stars
Sample review: “Buffalo Wild Wings is THE PLACE to eat in Danville. I love going here with my friends to enjoy great tasting wings and beer. “
Type: Seafood
Rating: four-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “We eat here a few times a year and almost never disappointed. I ordered the tilapia and my wife got 3 types of shrimp. our food was cooked to order with fast and courteous service. My wife didnt care for her coconut shrimp but i loved it (and ate it all off of her plate to prove the point).”
Type: American
Rating: two-and-a-half stars
Sample review: “The food was passable. I have chili and a philly steak sandwich, both were average. Good portion sizes and reasonable prices.”
Type: Salad
Rating: two stars
Sample review: “Typical chain restaurant. Food is good, nothing spectacular. Restaurant is clean and management interacts with the guests.”
Jimmy Fallon is known for his awesome celebrity lip synching battles, so “The Tonight Show” decided to hit up VidCon 2014 to see who else had “Fancy” skills.
Hundreds of people, including YouTube stars like Tobuscus, Lucas Cruikshank (aka Fred) and Annoying Orange, stepped up and attempted Fallon’s “Random Lip Sync Challenge,” and first things first, the results were the realest.
“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.
Simply put, a manifesto is a statement of ideals and intentions. One of the most famous examples is The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (the word is right there in the name!), but there are many others. The Declaration of Independence is a manifesto. So is Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”
According to The Art of Manliness (a site that we promise can be enjoyed by ladies, too), “A manifesto functions as both a statement of principles and a bold, sometimes rebellious, call to action. By causing people to evaluate the gap between those principles and their current reality, the manifesto challenges assumptions, fosters commitment, and provokes change.”
Because of their power to provoke change, manifestos are often embraced by creative and political types, but you don’t have to be a writer, artist, or revolutionary to draw up your own personal manifesto. Here’s how to write your own in five steps:
1. Get Inspired.
Read what others have written. Check out this list of ten great modern manifestos to get you started, but don’t feel that you have to conform to any of these examples. This is your personal manifesto, so copying someone else kind of defeats the purpose.
2. Make Notes.
Your manifesto has three basic components: beliefs, goals, and wisdom. Grab a notebook and write “I believe…” at the top of a blank page, then think of five or ten ways to complete the statement. On the next page, write “I want to…” and fill in the blanks with ways that you’d change the world. Finally, write “I know this to be true…” and record words of wisdom. These can be things you’ve learned from your own experience, wisdom passed down from your family, or even inspirational quotes.
3. Write a Rough Draft.
Using the notes you made, create a rough draft of your manifesto. It can be as long or as short as it needs to be. You can write in long, flowing paragraphs, or you can make a bulleted list like architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s manifesto for his apprentices. You could even create an infographic-style manifesto if you’re a visually inclined person. Don’t worry about impressing your significant other, your parents, your best friend, or the fourth grade teacher who criticized your penmanship.
4. Put It Away, Then Proofread.
Once you’ve written the draft version, set it aside for a day or two. Resist the urge to tinker with it! When you come back to it with fresh eyes, you may find that some of the statements don’t ring quite true. Cut out any instances of the word “try”: As Yoda told Luke in The Empire Strikes Back, “Do or do not. There is no try.” While you’re rereading, you’ll probably also find some typos. If proofreading isn’t your forte, try using an automated proofreader.
5. Live It.
A personal manifesto is a declaration of your core values. It’s like a mission statement and owner’s manual for your life, so don’t let it sit in a drawer or a file you never open on your computer. Hang it over your workspace, put it on the fridge, make it your desktop background, or print it on a laminated card you keep in your wallet: the idea is to read your manifesto regularly to reaffirm those values and remind you of your goals.
Keep in mind that your priorities and goals will change over time. Like the U.S. Constitution, your manifesto is a living document. Let it grow along with you as you go forth to follow your dreams!
Land Ho!, a road trip comedy co-written/directed by filmmakers Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz, follows two retirees through the nightclubs and other dangers of Iceland. The well-received independent film premiered and was picked up for distribution at Sundance this past year.
Here, in an interview conducted at Sundance, Land Ho!‘s filmmakers and charming stars (Earl Lynn Nelson and Paul Eenhoorn) relate the Icelandic odyssey it took to make the indie film, which included a requisite Bjork sighting. Hey, it’s a small country.
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I killed a man,* and I liked it. I needed to do it, and I’m quite happy with the results.
Some people, however, are not. One woman in particular seemed very upset, enough to send me an angry email. She was so mad that she didn’t even respond when I wrote to her and explained why I killed him.
Look, bad guys die all the time in books and movies. No one sheds a tear for them, but they’re just as alive and human as the fictional good guys, aren’t they? But put a bullet in their brain, throw them from a bridge, and what you get from a reader is a nod, a smile, or, if you’ve done it especially artfully, an outright chuckle.
But just occasionally good guys need to die too, and here’s why.
In fiction, be it on the screen or the page, good guys and bad guys alike take risks. Almost all crime fiction requires that someone (or several someones) get waxed. Of course, it’s usually the angry-looking dude twirling his mustache of evil, or the chubby bald guy stroking his cat while planning world domination. But not always. Sometimes a major character that we actually like has to die to make the plot work.
In Gone with the Wind, Scarlett and Rhett have a daughter named Bonnie, a young girl who wanted to show off to her parents, who took her pony over a fence that was too high and broke her neck. Tough stuff, killing the cute daughter of the main characters. But her death drove Rhett to drink, and led to him leaving Scarlett. Kind of an important plot point, that.
A more modern example (and if you’re planning to watch Game of Thrones, skip this paragraph), is the death of (OK, here’s a little more time to skip to my next point… ready?) the warlord Khal Drogo. Shocking in its manner, of course, (the warrior doesn’t die in battle but instead the poor laddie gets an infected booboo) but his death was integral to the plot — his doting wife Daenerys Targaryen comes out from his shadow and becomes a strong, powerful, and far richer character in her own right.
Just look at the good people who died in the Harry Potter books. More minor characters and mostly towards the end of the series, yes, but each untimely expiration gives Harry added courage and determination to complete his wizardly missions.
Which leads me to my second point. The death of one character can not only drive the plot, but show us a little something about the other main characters. In the show Dexter, our main character is a serial killer who gets married and has a son. In the finale of season four, (spoiler alert here if you’re planning to see the series… although seriously, if you’ve not watched it by now, you’re probably not planning to) his beloved wife is murdered by another serial killer, someone Dexter is hunting. For a man who doesn’t have many emotions (being a psychopath will do that to you) Rita’s death was traumatic enough to make a long-lasting impact on a man who can cut bodies into pieces while eating a sandwich. I would suggest that the more emotionally detached your main character, the more you need an impact-death to get him to open up.
In any kind of series, book or TV, this kind of character development is essential, and I used it in my third novel, The Blood Promise [Seventh Street Books, $15.95]. As I explained to my upset emailer, my main character is Hugo Marston, a man very much in control of his emotions. He’s friendly and kind but he’s a former FBI agent who’s seen a lot of bad things, so he’s learned to compartmentalize. I wanted to get through to him, to let the reader see a little more of him, see him as a man with emotions he can’t control. I wanted to make Hugo sad, and have the reader see him mourn. When his friend died, Hugo wept. This was a new side to him for the reader (and me, actually) but it’s not an original idea to suggest that for any series you have to occasionally show a new side to your main characters. The ones you don’t kill, that is.
The next reason for axing a likeable and major character relates to the credibility of the author or, looking at it from the other direction, the suspension of disbelief that we ask of our readers. You know why the first Die Hard movie is a classic and the last one a joke? Because you can’t generate excitement by merely ramping up the action. Action (and I’m talking about gun fights, explosions, and car chase-type action) is rendered meaningless when it has no consequences.
Imagine a series of novels, a mystery series. Now imagine that in the first five books a different major character is shot/stabbed/blown up and whisked to hospital where he/she fights for his/her life. What happens, do you think, in the sixth book when Major Character gets run over by a train? Is there any tension, any worry about whether he’ll survive? No, we know he’ll be fine. We’re not worried about it because this author doesn’t kill off major characters, he’s set the pattern. And that means the scene where the character is run over by a train loses any real impact — without any chance of a consequence, a potentially exciting moment of action becomes predictable, and the story is weaker.
On the flip side, in the TV series The Walking Dead, one-by-one most of the major characters are killed and you, the viewer, quickly come to understand that no one, with the possible exception of the Main Character himself, is safe. That makes for some exciting viewing. And when people read my series, sure, they know my MC Hugo Marston won’t get killed, but because I killed off a close friend, and significant character, in one book, every other character is at risk. I hope that risk, that chance of a consequence, means that every time those characters get involved in a car chase or shoot out, there is tension. I like that, I don’t want my readers too comfortable. I want them to start a book not knowing what might happen, but knowing that anything could.
One other reason to kill off a major character is so that the author can bring in a new face. In Skyfall, the most recent (and one of the best) Bond movies (right, final spoiler alert but come on, is there someone who’s not seen this movie yet?), Judi Dench’s M character is killed. Apart from Bond himself, there’s no character more important, familiar, or respected than M. Her death, however, paves the way for a new face, Gareth Mallory. Will he be a straight replacement for the old M? We’ll have to wait and see, and that’s a point of interest for the viewer. When I filled my dead character’s shoes, I made a point of bringing in someone very different, a transgender police officer, as it happens. OK, so maybe she’ll wear different shoes, but you get my point.
Now, of course there’s a risk in killing off a popular and important figure. She didn’t say so, but I suspect my email-buddy won’t be returning to my Hugo Marston series. Maybe that reader and I weren’t meant to be, maybe the kinds of books she reads and that I write aren’t the same, as we first thought. We’re just not compatible that way.
We’ll both move on, of course, and I’ll continue to create risks for the characters I create. I love them, too, make no mistake, but they need to know who’s in charge, and as each one steps onto a page of my book he or she will do so with the understanding that anyone can have, as Agatha Christie put it, “an appointment with death.”
*For the sake of avoiding spoilers, when I refer in this article to a “man,” or “he,” or “him” I might actually mean a “woman,” “she,” or “her.” I chose to kill a man for this article just because I’m too gentlemanly to so glibly kill a woman. I’ll do it if I have to, though.
Most Americans probably think a major goal of philanthropy is to fight poverty. But a closer look reveals that giving by foundations and philanthropists exacerbates wealth inequality in the United States.
Look at some of the trends:
Philanthropy has always benefited such elite institutions, but as the richest Americans have gotten richer, they are creating an even greater gulf between rich and poor.
Just look at the giving patterns of most of the people who have signed the Giving Pledge, the effort by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage their fellow billionaires to give at least half their fortunes away. It’s the same causes–colleges, hospitals, and other elite institutions–that keep getting money from the richest Americans.
It’s not only the Giving Pledge billionaires who are causing problems. The great transfer of wealth scholars have forecast for coming decades means that the nation will soon have more foundations that have tens of billions of dollars in assets. Gates and other wealthy foundations run by families like the Waltons, Buffets, and Bloombergs make giving decisions with limited input from anybody but a few friends and relatives of the foundation founders. We can soon expect a wave of philanthropic colossi that will allot billions of tax-subsidized dollars each year without the benefit of public discussion, citizen input, or the political process.
If the past is a barometer of the future, it’s hard to imagine the new mammoth foundations or tomorrow’s wealthiest donors will do much to fight poverty, help small nonprofits or watchdog groups, or expand efforts to encourage citizen participation in our democracy.
After all, the biggest 10 gifts made so far this year have gone mostly to colleges and hospitals. Harvard, Dartmouth, and the University of Notre Dame are among the biggest beneficiaries. Benioff Children’s Hospital in San Francisco and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center also have received gifts of more than $75-million.
America’s multimillionaires neglect the institutions that serve poor and working-class students, community colleges, public universities, and smaller non-elite institutions. They don’t seem to care that they are supporting a dysfunctional system that is devoting fewer and fewer resources to teaching, sustains a growing and bloated administrative structure, and ignores the poor and unjust conditions of adjunct faculty that now make up a substantial portion of the college teaching force.
The same is true of nonprofit hospitals, which rarely devote much of their budgets to helping the poor. Governed by powerful boards of corporate executives and wealthy donors, these tax-subsidized entities are running essentially a two-tiered system that provides excellent treatment for wealthy and well-insured patients but poor to mediocre care for low-income and uninsured patients. The quiet tolerance of donors and politicians allows hospitals to pay their CEOs exceedingly well.
Social and economic inequity is not only driven by the charitable gifts of the wealthy, it is also reflected in the causes and organizations to which they don’t give.
Among the causes that get neglected: advocacy groups that want to promote equity in the tax code or serve as watchdogs over government. Nor is the upper class providing much money to groups that seek new government regulations and enforcement of the rules that are designed to protect Americans’ health, housing, and the environment or to fend off predatory financial institutions and build movements for social change. At best, some millionaires and billionaires give money to tinker at the edges of today’s system but are unwilling to provide the dollars or advocacy voice that would lead to real change.
It’s not just the giving patterns of the people on the Forbes 400 that is the problem. The institutions created by donors over the past century are also adding to the inequities.
Many of the nation’s foundations have been quietly making access to their grant making increasingly difficult, especially for small nonprofits and grassroots organizations.
In the past 15 years, it has become more popular for foundations to handpick who gets to apply for a grant.
At least 60 percent of foundations do not accept unsolicited proposals, reports the Foundation Center, and as strategic philanthropy has become popular, many grant makers are making it clear that they want to support only organizations that are willing to carry out the foundations’ priorities, goals, and approaches.
Rarely are those priorities helping the most vulnerable people in society. Instead, philanthropy is keeping established institutions going and making it ever tougher for community groups that would push for social change to get the financing they need.
Meanwhile, big foundations like Gates, Broad, Walton, and Lumina have become energetic players in trying to shape national and regional public policies. Using the power of their money and political contacts, these institutions are increasingly diminishing the voice of poor and vulnerable constituencies and the nonprofits that represent them.
It is hard to imagine philanthropy will do much to transform the wealth gap anytime soon given the composition of foundation boards, which continue to be dominated by America’s elite and rarely include average citizens or leaders of nonprofits with expertise on the problems grant makers are trying to tackle.
They don’t represent the face of America; they can’t be expected to challenge the status quo.
While some watchdog groups and public-interest organizations have tried to rally citizens to push philanthropy to change priorities, it’s always been hard to encourage Americans to put pressure on donors to give differently.
But perhaps some of the leading people in philanthropy can start cajoling their peers to change. Michael Bloomberg’s growing commitment to pushing gun control and ending the violence that disproportionately hurts the people who live in America’s poorest regions is a positive sign. And there are indications that new leadership at the Ford Foundation will help the philanthropy return to its role as one of the driving forces in promoting equity.
Let’s hope they and others remind donors that the whole reason philanthropy is subsidized by the tax code is to serve society. And creating more inequality isn’t achieving that goal.
In the meantime, don’t hold your breath that change is coming.
Pablo Eisenberg, a regular Chronicle contributor, is a senior fellow at the Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. His email address is pseisenberg@verizon.net.
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