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Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Covering a wide range of subjects, Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years. Here is a rich buffet of his deep but lucid writings on real history, political life, empire, wealth, class power, technology, culture, ideology, media, environment, gender, and ethnicity---along with a few choice selections drawn from his own life experiences and political awakening.
Parenti goes where few political observers dare to tread. Time and again he takes the extra step beyond the parameters of safe permissible opinion, and time and again he succeeds in carrying the reader with him. Writing with cool passion and pleasing style, he is always accessible even when dealing with complex themes. The struggle against plutocracy and for peace and democracy is forever reborn thanks to scholar-activists like Michael Parenti.
Table of Contents
I. Through the Looking Glass
12. Racist Rule, Then and NowIV. Roots
16. La Famiglia: An Ethno-Class ExperienceV. A Guide to Concepts and Isms
19. Technology and Money: The Myth of NeutralityVI. About Money, Class, and Culture
26. Capital and Labor, an Old StoryVII. Doing the World
30. Imperialism for BeginnersVIII. The Rest Is History
36. Dominant History
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WAUKESHA, WIS.— Carroll University will host a forum March 20, 2013, for all candidates running in contested races for Waukesha alderman.
The forum, sponsored by Patch.com, will be 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, 2013, in the Dorothy Goff Frisch Recital Hall of the Shattuck Music Center, 218 N. East Ave., Waukesha. It is free and open to the public.
These candidates have been invited to participate in the forum:
• District 1: Terry Thieme (inc) and Mark Myers.
• District 6: Adam Jankowski (inc) and Marga Krumins.
• District 8: Vance Skinner (inc) and Emanuele Vitale.
• District 11: Roger Patton (inc) and Lenny Miller.
• District 12: Aaron Perry and Gary Krivos.
• District 15: Russel Stewart and Cory Payne .
Audience members will have the opportunity to submit written questions to a moderator. Questions should be on citywide vs. district-specific issues. All candidates will be asked to respond to the same questions.
The general election is April 2. Aldermen serve three-year terms.


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VC firm Qualgro announces first close of US$100mil second fund
By Digital News Asia August 20, 2018
- Follows its US$50 million first fund, which made 19 investments over the last three years
- Second fund has a multi-stage investment approach, and a stronger emphasis on Series B
SINGAPORE-based Venture Capital (VC) firm Qualgro, investing across Southeast Asia and Australia, has completed the first close of its US$100 million (RM410.33 million) second fund, with 60% of the fund already committed.
This follows its US$50 million first fund, which has made 19 investments over the last three years, mainly in B2B companies, in Data (for example, AI, Security, Analytics) and SaaS, at Series A and B.
Qualgro’s second fund will adopt the same strategy, with a multi-stage investment approach, and a stronger emphasis on Series B. Its investors include large listed corporates, financial institutions and institutional investors.
Heang Chhor, managing partner of Qualgro commented, “We are a talent hunter of globally-minded entrepreneurs, who are able to build regional and global businesses, based on true tech advantages. We believe that Southeast Asia, with its more than 600 million people, and extensive research labs and universities, has enough entrepreneurial and engineering talent to build tech companies with comparable quality to the best of other regions in the world.
“In our current portfolio, we have companies from Southeast Asia that are already successful in China, Europe and the US.
“Southeast Asia’s pace of technology-adoption has been one of the fastest in the world. Consumers and businesses have leap-frogged with more sophisticated uses of tech-based products and services.
“For example, the region has grown quickly into a mobile-first digital economy. Southeast Asia’s internet economy has been growing by an average annual rate of 27% and is on track to exceed US$200 billion by 2025, according to a report by Temasek and Google.”
Qualgro aims to help build regional market leaders or significant global players. Qualgro’s portfolio includes companies such as PatSnap and Eyeota, which were both founded in Singapore and expanding globally.
PatSnap, a market leading intellectual property search and analytics platform, has clients in more than 40 countries and offices in London, Beijing, Singapore and more recently the United States. Since the time of Qualgro’s initial investment in 2016, PatSnap has expanded by more than 500 employees.
Eyeota, one of the leading suppliers of global audience data, has offices across Asia, Europe and the United States.
Both PatSnap and Eyeota are examples of global category leaders emerging from Southeast Asia.
“Qualgro has been a committed partner, in supporting our global expansion with business connections and advice” said Jeffrey Tiong, CEO and co-founder, PatSnap.
Qualgro has also invested in regional players in Southeast Asia, such as Appier, Funding Societies, ShopBack and Wavecell, amongst many others.
Shopback is the only business in its category which is present in seven countries across the Asia Pacific region. Since Qualgro’s initial investment in 2015, ShopBack expanded into Thailand, Taiwan and recently into Australia – in addition to its presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia.
"Qualgro has supported us with their business insights and network, to strengthen our regional leadership, helping us expand into new countries such as Thailand and Australia," said Henry Chan, CEO and co-founder, ShopBack.
Qualgro has also made investments into Australian startups, Data Republic, Nura, OpenAgent and Fluent Commerce – and is the most active Singaporean-based VC fund investing in Australia.
"Qualgro are hands-on strategic partners as much as they’re our investors. They’ve provided continued support to our team and offer meaningful perspectives on the Asian market,” said Paul McCarney, CEO and co-founder, Data Republic.
“A lot of VCs talk about how they support entrepreneurs beyond capital post-investment, Qualgro actually does it. No more than a few weeks go by without me reaching out for support or them offering it,” said Marta Higuera, co-CEO and co-founder, OpenAgent.
Qualgro takes an active role in assisting portfolio companies with international expansion, for example helping Sydney-headquartered Data Republic, to expand into Singapore. Conversely, it has also helped its companies from Asia, such as Shopback and Appier, expand into the Australian market.
Founded by Heang Chhor in 2015, the team at Qualgro comes with experience across Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe, Japan – with venture capital, private equity, startup, corporate and management consulting experience.
Heang spent 26 years previously as a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, a member of the McKinsey Global Board, and has worked many years in Europe and the last decade in Asia, especially in Japan and in Asean.
Heang has advised multinationals and Asian conglomerates on topics spanning growth, operations, M&A and organisation, in banking and fintech, consumer and ecommerce, and technology areas. He was an entrepreneur with his own company, prior to joining McKinsey & Company.
The two other partners are Jason Edwards, previously at private equity firm Clearwater Capital in Southeast Asia, and Peter Huynh, who was at Singtel Innov8, Singtel Group’s corporate venture capital unit, and who established Optus Innov8 in Australia.
“Our differentiated strength is our ability to provide top-level connection with corporates globally to help our portfolio companies grow their business and network. In addition, we bring unique skills for helping them build their organisations and talent pools to accelerate their international expansion,” Heang further added.
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Turkish prosecutors launched 32 investigations into allegations of irregularities in Istanbul’s local elections and summoned more than 100 polling station officials for questioning as suspects, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Thursday.
The main opposition secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), in alliance with smaller parties, won the mayoralty in Istanbul and Ankara, ending a quarter century of control by President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party and its Islamist predecessors.
Erdogan has called for the annulment and re-run of the Istanbul vote, a prospect that has kept Turkish financial markets on edge since the March 31 elections.
The High Election Board (YSK) is yet to rule on the AKP challenge to the Istanbul election result, but it has ordered district electoral officials in Istanbul to carry out inspections into their respective ballot box officials in its interim rulings.
Anadolu said the investigations focused on Istanbul’s Maltepe, Kadikoy and Atasehir districts, all three of which were won by the CHP.
The suspects are being questioned over allegations of violations of election law and abuse of position in counting votes and entering dates, it said.
Part of the criminal complaints were filed by the AKP and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), while others were filed by district election boards, it said.
The Istanbul prosecutor’s office declined to comment.
AKP deputy chairman Ali Ihsan Yavuz said biased individuals were selected as ballot box officials ahead of the election as part of an orchestrated effort.
“We very clearly see that there have been some fully organised work and operations to cheat at the ballot boxes, starting from two years ago,” he said, adding that criminal complaints would be filed against others as well.
The CHP said the probes did not indicate any irregularities or unlawful acts had taken place and added that the inspections provided no reason for annulment.
“As a result of the inspections completed by the District Election Boards after the YSK’s interim rulings, there are no findings that require an annulment of the elections,” the CHP’s legal commission said.
“Prosecutors seeking testimonies as part of the appeals is routine and does not mean there were irregularities in the elections,” it said on Twitter.
A potential re-run of the elections in Istanbul was initially scheduled for June 2, but the YSK may choose a later date if it rules that way.
Separately, Erdogan ordered for a monthly cut to some funds transferred from the Treasury to municipality budgets in a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette.
According to the ruling, the Treasury will deliver a monthly cut of 5 percent to transferring the revenues obtained from the metro systems built by the Transport Ministry and operated by the municipality.


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This organ was built in the Evansville shop of German-born organbuilder Edmund Giesecke (1845-1928), and installed in St. John Lutheran Church in Maribel, Wisconsin in 1889. In 1962 it was donated to St. Timothy Lutheran, a "mission church" in Maumee, Ohio. After St. Timothy merged with another church (becoming Hosanna Lutheran Church in 2011 and eventually moving to a new location in Monclova, Ohio) the Evansville chapter purchased the organ in 2016.
Helen Skuggedal Reed played a crucial role in making contacts, gathering information and encouraging the chapter and community to embrace this project. Restoration was completed by Taylor and Boody Organbuilders in 2018.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered every single Australian adult male to marry in mass wedding ceremonies in order to improve attitudes towards women in Australia.
The shock decision follows Morrison’s confession that he gained greater empathy for an alleged rape victim within his own party after speaking with his wife Jenny.
“Only a man with a wife can understand women,” the Prime Minister stated.
“Only a man with daughters can understand women. For that reason, every single Australian man aged 18 and over will be forced to marry a woman and produce at least one daughter.”
The mass weddings will take place at Hillsong mega churches throughout the country and will resemble the famous Holy Marriage Blessing Ceremonies of the Unification Church in South Korea, in which hundreds of couples marry under the direction of the Reverend Moon and his wife.
“Mass weddings will remove Australian men from the lineage of misogynistic patriarchy and into empathetic and open-minded lineage. As a result, the husband, and even any sons produced by that marriage, will exist free from the consequences of misogyny,” Morrison explained.
“This is what happened to me. I had no idea how to react to news that a young female staff member within my party had allegedly been raped, which is why I did nothing about it for such a long time. Then I spoke to Jenny and she reminded me that I had daughters, and that I should think about them when I discussed the incident with my staff.”
“Before Jenny spoke to me, I thought daughters were just for photo opportunities.”
The first mass ceremony will be held at Morrison’s own church, Horizon Church in the Sutherland Shire of Sydney, and will involve straight men, gay men and trans men. The Christian ceremony will also be compulsory for men of other faiths and those who identify as atheist or agnostic. Only men serving prison sentences will be exempt from the mass weddings. Like Reverend Moon, Morrison will personally match all of the couples.
Morrison was asked if single women have a choice in whether to marry.
After the mass weddings, couples will be forced to try for children, and to use any conceivable method to produce daughters. Staff from the Prime Minster’s Office will conduct random and regular checks on all couples.
“The second son of any family which does not have daughters will be forced to undergo gender conversion therapy,” stated Morrison.
Morrison was optimistic that the program would create a nation of men with more empathy for women.
“It’s funny you know, I paid an empathy coach $190,000 but I still didn’t develop any empathy for women in this country.”
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(Debuted December 10, 1988, Peaked #4, 24 Weeks on the Chart)
During his career, Rod Stewart has been regarded as one of those artists who've shown a great deal of talent, and then proceeded to blow that potential away with songs that are really below their level. Critics point to the raw talent he showed on his first four albums, then toss out the comparative "disappointments" (like the boastful "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" or the theme from Legal Eagles, "Love Touch") as examples of where he went astray. However, from time to time he comes up with material that shows why he's as great as people say he is. "My Heart Can't Tell Tell You No" is one of those times.
Written by Simon Climie (of Climie Fisher) and Dennis Morgan, "My Heart Can't Tell You No" might be infused with prototypical 1980s hooks and production tricks, but it also showcases Stewart's voice as an instrument. While the lyrics express the regret after a breakup but a longing to keep things going, the voice makes you feel he believes it with all of his heart. As a singer, Stewart brings an emotion to words written by another person, and that's exactly what he's supposed to do.
At the time this song came out, I was a lovestruck 16 year-old and was convinced it was a decent song. I'm older now, and have gone through a lot more in my own life. And Stewart's performance has only strengthened in my mind. Even when I heard Sara Evans' remake of the song on my radio recently, her version -- while good -- still doesn't make me forget that Stewart did it better.


It’s hard to believe that exactly 80 years ago — nearly a century — our country was in the depths of the Great Depression. Although our world today is completely different in countless aspects, you can still get a lot of insight from finance and economics writings from that era. This is especially true for the years 1932 to 1934.
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit by Frank H. Knight was first published in 1921 and reprinted several times; each reprinting included a new preface. I think the prefaces contain more information than the actual book. In them you can see the author trying to make sense of the current world.
A “sort of medievalism” for Western civilization
The prefaces were written in 1921, 1933, 1948 and 1956. Most of them address the use of economics to improve society, the limitations of economics as a science, etc. But the preface written in 1933 was markedly different from the others.
In August, 1933, Knight wrote, “It seems to me probable that the first historical age of humanitarian liberalism is passing, that Western civilization will in the near future largely go over a sort of medievalism, but with a political orthodoxy and priesthood in place of the religious in setting the criteria of thought and action.”
From an investment perspective, what is important to note is that this was the prevailing attitude at what ended up being the absolute best time during the entire century to invest in the stock market.
Fast-forward to the Great Recession
Wow. This premise is not too dissimilar from a lot of the economic opinion that was coming out in late 2008-early 2009. I distinctly remember Nicholas Nassim Taleb (author of “The Black Swan”) saying in 2008 that the economic situation could be the toughest challenge facing the country since the Revolutionary War.
It is true that an investor is usually his own worst enemy. This doesn’t just apply to the uninformed, whimsical, emotional investor. It also applies to thoughtful, informed, logical investors. Thoughtful, rational analysis can easily lead an investor to an incorrect forecast. Investors are most successful when they stay in for the long term and specifically avoid the temptation to forecast at all.


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According to Apple the new iPod touch is the funniest iPod ever. Oh no, hang on, at second glance it actually says "funnest" iPod ever. Whatever next? The mind boggles.
Despite the liberties Apple is taking with the English language, we're forced to concede almost against our will, that it has a point: This is definitely the 'funnest' iPod ever.
With the introduction of hundreds of 3rd party apps the iPod touch isn't just a music and video player; it's a fully-fledged PDA/web browser/games console with an amazingly good screen, a revolutionary multi-touch control method and Wi-Fi internet access built-in.
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Six developers shortlisted for 700 new homes scheme on Leybourne Grange hospital site
English Partnerships has announced the companies that will compete to build 700 new homes on the Leybourne Grange hospital site.
Detailed proposals will be submitted in October, and EP will announce the preferred developer the following month. Work starts on site in autumn 2007.
The site forms part of the agency’s Hospital Sites Programme, which aims to bring 96 redundant hospital sites back into use. One hundred of the homes will be allocated to first-time buyers.
EP is also looking for a development partner to undertake the conversion of listed buildings, including the Grade II listed Manor House.


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He had to make a pun about his newest prize.
"That sounds great ... Roger's Cup," said the world's No. 1 tennis player. "And I'm not joking, either. I like it."
For the record, the official name is the Rogers Cup.
But who was going to argue with the Swiss phenom?
At the rate he is going, Federer will scoop up almost every piece of hardware the sport has to offer by the time he has completed his career.
At the tender age of 25, Federer's assault on the tennis record book reached a new plateau yesterday when he won the Rogers Cup tournament by ousting valiant Frenchman Richard Gasquet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in front of a sun-drenched capacity throng at the Rexall Centre.
The victory gave Federer a perfect record of 62-0 against opponents not named Rafael Nadal this year. Nadal, the world's second-ranked player behind Federer, has handed the Swiss superstar his only four defeats of the season.
What truly makes Federer one of the all-time greats is his ability to triumph when not at his best, as was the case this week.
It reminds you of the way Tiger Woods often toys with other players down the stretch of a PGA tournament. Just when the field thinks it has a shot, Tiger will reel off consecutive birdies, squashing the hopes of his competitors in the process.
In that same manner, a struggling Federer managed to siphon the swagger out of Gasquet at a time when the young Frenchman appeared to be authoring an upset.
Gasquet, who entered the tournament as the world's 51st-ranked player, dominated the first set and jumped out to a 40-0 lead in the opening game of the second with Federer serving.
Facing triple-break point, Federer somehow came back to win the game in what both players considered to be the point in the match when the momentum changed.
"I couldn't believe I started the second so bad," Federer said. "At the same time, by being down 0-40, you can also take away his confidence by coming back and winning that game. Make him doubt himself, like that was maybe his big opportunity.
"That's exactly what happened. I mean he obviously had to pay a very hard price for that by not, in the end, winning the tournament. For me, that was the turning point."
Said Gasquet, 25: "He played wonderful on those break points. After that, it was difficult for me."
Throughout the week, it seemed as if Federer -- obviously lacking his 'A' game, managed to crank himself into high gear whenever things appeared bleak.
His final four matches in the tournament each went three sets. Every time it appeared the guy on the other side of the net had a shot to win, Federer found the will to prevail.
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"I just have a very strong belief in my capabilities," said Federer, who pocketed $400,000 US for the victory. "You know, not showing my opponent how I feel while I'm fighting like crazy, even though it doesn't look that way.
"Maybe it's because I have such a relaxed style."
Given the fact he has won this event the past two times it has been held here, including 2004, relaxing in Toronto is something Federer might do more of in the future.
"I like it here. Maybe I'll vacation here one day," he said.
If he does, maybe he'll bring Roger's Cup with him.


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I can't really comment on the battery life as I seldom use it on battery alone - basically its been a space-saver for me given that I'd prefer a full size desktop monitor for gaming. But I've become accustomed to this screen area which is a vast improvement on my previous 15.6" units.
The so-called noisy drive/s are hardly a bother. The sounds from the speakers are just fine if I watch and listen to a YouTube vid. But on the few occasions I watch and listen to something more important, only earphones will do the trick.
Overall, I reckon its a 9/10 compared to my previous two Asus units, which I would've graded an 8/10 and a 7/10.
I recommend it.


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label head amelie lens herself creates a banging techno record. three tracks full of energy acid techno. holding steady after a much busy 2017 season that saw her multiply releases on the likes of pan-pot imprint, second state or arts, belgian techno architect amelie lens is now set to release her debut solo outing on her own label lenske, following an ep from the newcomer milo spykers and a fine collaborative effort with fellow antwerp-based producer farrago, featuring a remix from ostgut ton protégé kobosil.
after breaking into technos big league in 2017, belgiums amelie lens career has been maintaining the same impelling tempo as her music releases - this time with the launch of her own label: lenske. lenskes first release by farrago, risin, comes packing high velocity punches, including a collaboration with amelie lens and a remix from kobosil.
es war nur eine frage der zeit, bis sie inmitten ihres schwindelerregenden aufstiegs für second state den nächsten sturm entfesselt! amelie lens ist zurück und liefert mit “stay with me” den gnadenlos pulsierenden techno, den sie so vollkommen in ihren produktionen und ihren unnachgiebigen dj-sets mit unermüdlicher leidenschaft lebt. vollendet wird diese platte mit einem absoluten killer-remix von keinem geringeren als perc. schnallt euch an!
amelie lens join the label with the forces of another fresh face on the label, farrago. this record is the modern method for representing simplicity and elegance. concrete connaisseur françois x finalize all with his brilliant remix.
after some releases on several interesting label in the techno scene, reform make return to etruria with their strong new ep called “checkmate-, which includes two remixes from the soma talent charles fenckler and the belgian amelie lens . first original is a melodic track characterized by hypnotic synths which interchange everytime in the arrangement and also dirty and powered drums. amelie version’s express exactly her style, giving to the tracks something magic with the vocals added, making a very true and enigmatic game of chess. second original instead is dominated by a strong pad, which fill up the mix, blowing up in the break and giving an epic feeling to the ensemble. charles’s remix is techno with no excuses: raw powerful and groovy, is the perfect end for this pack, giving a much more underground touch to the release.
drumcode returns with its 6th installment of the internationally celebrated a-sides series. renowned for fostering a shared space between industry tastemakers and rising talent alike, the careful curation that goes into each volume is a fine example of why beyer s brand continues to go from strength to strength. techno titan adam beyer has grown drumcode into a force to be reckoned with, the label has become synonymous with forward-thinking, functional techno and even after 20 years, drumcode continues to find new boundaries to push, and ways to solidify its legacy as the world s number one techno label.
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by Eden Wolfer
Eden Wolfer is a rising junior from Wilmington, Delaware. She is majoring in sociology and minoring in education. This is her first summer working for the Race & Racism Project and she is excited to learn from this experience.
Researching a person is harder than I thought it would be. Having grown up in an era where a quick search of my name pulls up things from my social media to presentations I did in high school, it is disconcerting to me that the same is not true for older generations. The sheer amount of raw data that the social media generation produces makes us easier to find–leaving us more vulnerable.
This week I started my research knowing that as much as I could wish that Google would have all my answers, the best place for me to start was looking through old yearbooks, if only to put a face to a name. I found Gregory Carter among the seniors in the class of 1978 fairly quickly, he was one of a handful of black men in the senior class after all, but this year’s yearbook did not have a senior directory and scouring the activities pages turned nothing up. Disappointed, I left the library feeling as if I would never find anything of value if I couldn’t even use a yearbook correctly. As a last ditch effort, I went back to my original instinct and just Googled him.
After scrolling past LinkedIn pages I found a New York Times article from 1998 about a school shooting where basketball coach Greg Carter was injured. Despite the tragedy that led to the article, it was the first hint as to Greg Carter’s extracurricular activities in college. However, for some reason in 1978 the yearbook did not include a basketball team photo or a team roster despite the full two page spread dedicated to the team in action. So began the hunt.
I went to the Richmond College Dean’s Office and asked if they would have access to those records–they led me to the yearbooks and I knew it was not going to help so I thanked them and left. Next, I went to the athletic office where no one was around because it was lunch. I found one person in the back of an office that knew who might know where the old rosters would be kept. Turns out, they were kept in the back of a storage closet, one with holes in the floor and pipes running along the walls. In old file file storage boxes, hundreds of old basketball press guides were stacked together and left to be forgotten. As I dug through the boxes I asked if these had been digitized at any point. I was assured that someone would make it a project one day, things are pretty slow during the summer.
As it turned out, Greg Carter was not on the basketball team. He was the team manager from his sophomore year on though. In the back of this storage closet I was sure finding this one fact about Greg Carter was the best thing that had happened all summer.
My bubble was popped almost two hours later when I sat down to compile all of the information I had collected from the yearbooks, and the New York Times article, and my hunt through Robins Stadium. The harsh reality was I knew next to nothing new; Gregory Carter, Richmond Class of 1978, Education and Political Science major, basketball team manager, this is not enough for me to form interview questions on. I was going to have to go back to work.


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In this yard, daily and public life of the tenement unfolds. His first appearance was in " Life on the Fast Lane ". Mais and Caribbean drama[ edit ] During the s, the first endeavours were made to write and introduce plays related to Caribbean life. His artwork also appeared on the covers of his novels.
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Landing a Magento e-commerce website is a good thing because it will earn you some money. However, before you expect to make money with it, is it fully optimized? Do search engines know about it? Can people find it? If you’ll say yes with a doubt at the back of your mind, then you need to read this article because you’ll learn 5 essential steps to optimize your Magento e-commerce website.
Here we go:
1. Write good description for your pages
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The URL rewrite management is a tool that you can apply directly to your URL category, product or CMS pages. Instead of having all your URLs in a default format, which uses product identification and category, you can use this feature because it allows you to create a more descriptive URL. This will make it easier for search engines to locate your pages. Every time your create a new product or category, a new entry is added to the list. URL rewrite management will help you avoid editing your .htaccess directly.
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This feature allows you to manually create new URL rewrites. When you create product or category pages, they automatically generate a rewrite. You can use that for creating multiple request paths that targets the same destination. Furthermore, you can create rewrites that target CMS landing pages, e.g the FAQ page.
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These tools allow you to monitor your Magento e-commerce site in the most effective way. Google analytics can help you generate a comprehensive report that highlight how your site is performing in terms of the traffic it receives, links and many more.
To do this, you must create a Google account first, which is easy and takes minutes. Then you’ll need to insert your UA code into Google analytics tool this way:
Go to system, then configuration, Google API, and then Google analytics. Your Magento software lets you add a verification tag in the head feature too. Go to system, configuration, design and then HTML head. Then you have the option of inserting your WMT verification code.
Generally, it might appear confusing when handling Google webmaster. So if you are not sure, you can find more information on Google webmaster blog.
Magento e-commerce application is popular with e-commerce sites today. It’s one of the best platforms you can use for your e-commerce site. However, you must only learn how to optimize it for the search engines and potential customers. It might appear difficult to learn how to optimize such a website, but you can do it successful with great tips like the ones above. If your Magento e-commerce site has not been functioning optimally, then it is quite possible that you’ve been missing out on any one of the above points.
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What Do Those Terms Mean?
As with any industry there are a number of terms connected to web design that can often just pass people by. Of course designers themselves are aware of what they mean and how important they are, but it can often be the case that the individual that is having the website built is left in the dark.
However, as you are paying money to have the website built it makes sense to have a basic understanding of some of the key phrases that may crop up during your discussions with your web designer. By doing so, you will have a better idea of how your website is going to operate and perhaps even what it will look like and surely that is something that everybody should want?
The truth of the matter is this. The terms may sound complex, but they are a lot easier to understand than you think.
This certainly became a buzz word in the last few years as responsive design is now something that is not just a flight of fancy, but is an actual necessity. What it means is that your website is able to respond to whichever device has been used to access it. In other words, your website works, and is user-friendly, no matter if you use a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone.
It used to be the case that websites were only built to be viewed from a desktop or laptop, but of course the number of people using portable devices to access the Internet has been on the increase. At first the websites would be disjointed and pretty much unusable and this would then reflect badly on the website owner. However, with a responsive design that is no longer the case, so this is certainly something that should apply to your website.
Infinite scrolling is a relatively new term and it refers to a website that is basically one long page rather than having a number of shorter pages as seen in a more traditional design. This design is often seen as being better for tablet and smartphone users as they tend to use touchscreens so it allows them to move through your content without having to find tabs for individual pages. It is certainly something that you may wish to discuss with your designer depending on how many pages or how much content you plan on having.
The entire idea of a website is for you to be able to get a user to stay on there long enough for them to get whatever it is they need to get from your website. In other words, your website has to be attractive enough, easy to use, and able to provide that key information without them working too hard to find it. This is what usability means as it is the ease with which a visitor can use your website which, in turn, encourages them to spend more time on there and perhaps keep coming back for more.
CSS refers to a specific type of coding that forms the basis of how your website looks and feels. It does not deal with the content that appears on your website, but it does really form the backbone of the layout including colors, framework, and also even the font that is used on certain aspects of your website.
Bounce rate is a term that a designer may use when talking about the usability of your website. It refers to the number of people that simply visit your website, view one single page in a short period of time, and then leave again. Ideally you want them to stay as long as possible and explore a lot of your website, so reducing the bounce rate is directly related to the design of your site and how easy it is to move around.
HTML stands for Hyper-Text MarkUp Language and it is a type of coding that has formed the backbone for millions of websites over the years. However, it is important to point out that this is not the only type of language that is used to create websites so you should perhaps ask your designer how they plan on building it.
Keywords refer to the phrases that you expect people to type into a search engine in order to find your website. They should refer to things you sell, services you offer, or what your website focuses on. These keywords then need to be included in various aspects of the design including image tags to help make you more visible to the search engines as this forms the basis of search engine optimization, which every website needs.
There are of course a number of other terms and phrases related to web design, but what we have tried to do here is to pick those that are perhaps going to be most relevant to you. Obviously any designer should be willing to explain anything that you are unsure of because, after all, you are the one spending the money and you need to know what you are buying. Understanding web design is a lot easier than you think, but if you are still confused, then you can always contact us and we will be happy to explain.


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How long has Hyperion been trading?
Hyperion has been trading for 20 months (2 years) now. According to our records, it started trading on Monday, January 14th 2019, for a first price of $0.0321.
How volatile has Hyperion been over the last 30 days?
Hyperion's 30 day volatility has been 142.41%.
The higher the volatility, the higher the risk and/or potential gains can be for a certain coin, since the movement is stronger for the time period in question.
How volatile has Hyperion been over the past week?
Hyperion's 7 day volatility has been 68.79%.
What was the highest Hyperion price in USD?
Hyperion's all time high was $1.08. Right now, Hyperion is priced at $0.7619, 29.14% lower than its all time high.
What was Hyperion's highest price in BTC?
Hyperion's all time high in BTC was 0.00009246. Right now, Hyperion is priced at 0.00007236, 21.74% lower than its all time high.
What was Hyperion's growth rate over the last 3, 6 and 12 months?
Hyperion's price ranged between $0.4995 and $0.7703 over the past 3 months, which means it had a compound monthly growth rate of 15.54%, and an extrapolated compound annual growth rate of 4.66%.
Over the last 6 months, the price of Hyperion ranged between $0.0672 and $0.7703, rendering a compound monthly growth rate of 50.14% and an extrapolated compound annual growth rate of 130.24%.
Going back further, Hyperion was priced at $0.0665 a year ago, rendering a compound monthly growth rate of 22.65% and a compound annual growth rate of 10.59% since then.
CMGR describes Hyperion's growth rate over a given time period assuming the growth happens at a constant rate every month during that time period.
The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is a figure of how much an investment would have grown yearly had it grown at a steady rate. You can see the CAGR rate as a way to analyse investment returns without the fluctuations that regularly occur in cryptocurrency investments. You can use the CAGR rate to compare Hyperion to other cryptocurrency investments.
|Hyperion's growth over time
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|Price at the beginning of the time range
What is Hyperion’s cumulative return since the day it first started trading?
Hyperion has dropped
100.00% since it first started trading.
Cumulative return represents your percentage return if you bought a cryptocurrency or token on its first trading day compared to the current price.
How many winning months has Hyperion had since its first trading day?
Hyperion had about 58.00% winning months of its total trading age of 20 months.
Winning months are an indication of how many months Hyperion had a positive trading result.
What was the max drawdown for Hyperion in 1 day?
The price of Hyperion dropped as much as 25.61% in a single day on Wednesday, May 6th 2020.
The max drawdown represents the historical maximum amount of loss Hyperion made in 1 day.
What was the max drawdown for Hyperion in 1 month?
The price of Hyperion dropped as much as 23.59% in a single month, in February 2020.
What was the max growth for Hyperion in 1 day?
Hyperion grew as much as 131.91% in a single day on Tuesday, September 15th 2020.
The max growth represents the historical maximum amount of growth Hyperion made in 1 day.
What was the max growth for Hyperion in 1 month?
Hyperion increased as much as 345.06% in a single month, in April 2020.


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Practice Noticing Happy Faces Lowers Aggression in TeensDownload as PDF
Fights among young men and women often start with a comment or a look. Looks in particular are frequently interpreted as hostile by some youth – “He’s just looking for a fight.” In fact research has demonstrated that violent young men are more likely than other people to read hostility in the faces of their peers. Recently a group of researchers in Great Britain decided to see if they could train aggressive adolescents to recognize positive facial expressions and then see what effect such training might have on their behavior around their peers.
In their first experiment the researchers generated a series of young adult male faces on a computer so that the same face slowly morphed left to right from a happy expression to an angry expression. Then they paid volunteers ages 18 to 30 at the University of Bristol in England to look at each set of faces and judge each one as either happy or angry along the continuum. For each participant they designated a “balancing point” where a happy face switched to angry. They then presented the same set of faces to each participant again, but some of the participants received verbal feedback, (e.g. “That’s a happy face”) which moved the happy designation one face farther along the continuum so that a face the participant thought was angry before was now called happy by the researcher. After several presentations of faces, both groups of participants were again asked to rate the faces along the continuum. Results. Those who had received feedback saw more happy faces than those who hadn’t, and they also scored lower on an anger scale than the other group.
In the next experiment 46 juvenile delinquents (including 13 girls) ages 11 to 16 underwent the same training with the same sets of faces. After obtaining the balancing points for happy/angry faces from each participant, they were divided into two groups. One group received feedback that shifted the happy label one face toward angry, and the other group received feedback shifting one angry face toward happy. The teens also kept diaries over several days of training, and staff rated their aggressiveness during the study and for another two weeks afterward. Results. Not only did the teens in the “pro happy” condition shift their ratings toward happy faces, their behavior over the next two weeks was less aggressive than that of the other group, as rated by themselves and the staff!
In their last experiment, these clever researchers once again solicited volunteers from a college campus and ran some of them through the same training, but this time without verbal feedback. Instead they assigned one group to a working memory task where each participant was presented with a face that had been designated angry and asked whether the face (always an angry face) was the same as that presented two faces earlier (always a happy face). This procedure required paying more attention to the happy faces. Then they were shown the entire set of faces again and the happy/angry balance point was recalculated. Results. Just paying attention to the previous happy face shifted the balance point toward happy, and the participants rated themselves lower on an anger scale than the other group.
Together these results support the notion that hostile reactions to other people begin with how we interpret cues from those people, in this case facial expressions. If you are primed to see anger, you are more likely to see it, even if it’s not there. The good news is that such priming effects can be modified, either by getting feedback from others about ambiguous facial expressions, or by simply paying closer attention to the other person’s face. Maybe such training should be added to the treatment programs for juvenile delinquents.
Penton-Voak, I.S.; Thomas, J.; Gage, S. H.; McMurran, M.; McDonald, S.; Munafo, M.R. 2013. Increasing recognition of happiness in ambiguous facial expressions reduces anger and aggressive behavior. Psychological Science, Vol. 24, Pages 688-697.


The Effect of Caffeine Deprivation on Decisions about Future Events in Humans
Frankish, R. P. J. (2011). The Effect of Caffeine Deprivation on Decisions about Future Events in Humans (Thesis, Master of Applied Psychology (MAppPsy)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6019
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The current study used the stimulant model, caffeine, to assess the effects of stimulant deprivation on impulsivity in humans. Previous research has found substance abusers express greater preference for immediate outcomes and this effect is increased with deprivation from the substance. A delay discounting method was used to examine the effects of stimulant deprivation on caffeine-dependents and non-dependents. Experiment 1 looked at the effects of 12 hour's abstinence from caffeine on High and Low caffeine consumers' decision making, using a pen-and-paper delay discounting method. Experiment 1 produced area under the curve values which showed the largest effect in the Low caffeine consumers, Low caffeine consumers increased discounting when under the influence of caffeine. Experiment 2 used a well supported computer-based, hypothetical monetary, delay discounting task in hope of generating a magnitude effect. Experiment 2 was used to determine the task mode in Experiment 1 was not responsible for the unexpected pattern of results. A magnitude effect was found between the $1000 and $10,000 tasks in the delay discounting procedure. Experiment 3 used the established computer-based, hypothetical monetary amounts, delay discounting task from Experiment 2 to assess the effects of 24 hours abstinence from caffeine in High and Low caffeine consumers. The k values revealed a significant increase in discounting when participants were caffeine deprived for all groups except the High caffeine group in the $10,000 condition. These mixed results were discussed in terms of weaknesses revealed about the common mathematical measures used to analyse delay discounting data. Most importantly, the practice regularly employed by delay discounting researchers to exclude data which does not conform to discounting functions. The exponential, hyperbolic, extended hyperbolic models and the area under the curve measure were compared. The area under the curve was found to be the only measure to not exclude data, and sub-sequentially was preferred. Further research is required to establish if the area under the curve behaved in similar ways to other measures of discounting data as correlations in this study are not clear.
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The between-day repeatability of simultaneous measures of brachial artery diameter (D) (echo Doppler) and mean blood velocity (MBV) (pulsed Doppler) was tested during rest and exercise. On 3 separate days, six volunteers performed one trial of 1-min rest followed by a step increase in dynamic handgrip exercise for 4 min which required the lifting and lowering of a 4.4-kg weight(≈8-12% MVC) in a 1s/2s (work/rest) cadence. Measures for MBV and D were collected continuously on a beat-by-beat basis during the transition from rest to end exercise. The mean rest values over one min, and single data points at 30, 60, 120, and 240 s of exercise were extracted from the time series data. At all exercise time points, MBV was greater than rest (P < 0.05), but these levels were not different across test days. Arterial D at all exercise time points ranged from 3.8 ± 0.1 mm to 4.1 ± 0.1 mm(mean ± SEM) and did not differ from rest (3.9 ± 0.1 mm)(P > 0.05), nor did D differ between days. The mean between-day coefficient of variation for D was 4.08 ± 0.7% at rest and ranged from 2.90 ± 0.4% to 3.96 ± 0.5% during exercise. The coefficient of variation for MBV was 13.2 ± 2.6% at rest and reached 20.2 ± 3.1% during the final min of exercise; the exercise variability was reduced to 14.9 ± 2.4% by averaging MBV over 3 s (the duration of a contraction/relaxation duty cycle) (P < 0.05) with no further advantage of averaging over ten 60-s sample periods. The data indicate that, for the six subjects tested, Doppler ultrasound measures of arterial MBV and diameter during both rest and exercise were reproducible across different test days and can be used as a reliable, noninvasive means of testing hypotheses pertaining to blood flow control.


Out with the old – in with the new. That’s pretty much the motto of the New Year. Many cyclists, both competitive and recreational, commit to New Year cycling resolutions; but, it’s right about now, late January, when those resolutions begin to fade. Whether is is general fatigue, lack of time, seasonal illness or just plain boredom, many find the resolutions of the New Year in the rear view mirror. Is there a way to make resolution stick? At Peak Cycles Bicycle Shop, we think so! Following are the 4 components to making your resolutions stick.
#1 ENJOYABLE: Plain and simple. If you enjoy what you are doing, you’ll do more of it. So, make winter riding more fun. Get the right clothing, winterize your bike, and get going! Check out the post, 21 Ways to Have More Fun on Your Bike, for more fun ideas including singing, testing new bike parts, experimenting with new cycling apps, and opt for new cycling accessories.
#2 CONSISTENT: Consistency in training helps you physical body prepare for the physical stresses of the upcoming season. According to the post, Nine Golden Rules for Training, consistency is key. That means consistently training but also, consistently racing builds fitness too. Consistency in racing builds all kinds of fitness: mental, physical, and psychological fitness. The post, 4 Habits to Increase Your Consistency, offers more suggestions on increasing consistency, such as, being purposeful, following your plan as best as possible, and getting in shorter rides when you have less time to train.
#3 CONVENIENT: The winter months make riding outdoors less desirable. So, riding outside may not be the most convenient option. Instead, schedule your workouts inside on the trainer. Before you groan, read our posts Don’t Be a Hater! Overcoming Trainer Woes for great suggestions on making trainer workouts work for you. Additionally, shared in the post, 3 Indoor Cycling Workouts Under 1 Hour, are effective workouts to pair technology with your over/ under intervals, power intervals, and speed intervals. Without the distractions of outdoor scenery, using these tools aids in motivation by setting time goals or power goals to engage your brain. Another motivation technique includes using the technology tools as valuable feedback for precise and strategic cycling in specific zones which adds to up to greater gains later in your cycling season.
#4 REWARD: There is true satisfaction to be gained by following your fitness routine. Whether that is increased fitness, a sense of well being, or making progress towards your 2017 cycling goals. But rewarding yourself can take on other pleasures as well. Consider purchasing new bike parts or new cycling apparel as a reward for your hard efforts. Treating yourself to these pleasures invites more motivation to stick with your training plan through the cold, winter months.
It’s easy to keep your resolutions when you focus on having fun. When you love what you are doing, you’ll keep doing it. Here’s to your best year yet!


It may be hard to believe, but Google's mobile operating system, Android, turned just five years old today. It feels like it's been around forever, but it was only five years ago when the Open Handset Alliance, consisting of a handful of technology companies (including the owner of Android, Google), unveiled a beta of the Android mobile operating system with the goal to develop open standards for mobile devices.
Looking back on Android 1.0 and comparing it to today's Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is like comparing two completely different operating systems. Android has come a long way from it's first full version from just a little over four years ago, with tons of new features, and of course much faster devices to show it all off with.
In October 2008, the first Android smartphone was released to the public. The HTC Dream (known as the T-Mobile G1 in the US) had a 3.2-inch display with a 3.15 MP camera, 192MB of RAM, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and came with Android 1.0, although it was updated all the way to Android 1.6 Donut a year later.
If you compare the G1 to Google's latest Android device, the Nexus 4, you'll see how far we've come with not only Android, but the handsets as well. The Nexus 4 has a 4.7-inch HD display, a quad-core processor, an 8 MP camera, and 2GB of RAM. That's quite a huge jump in just four years, and makes you quickly think about how much we've taken technology and software for granted over the last several years. In any case, we wish Android a happy five years, and hope the next five years will be just as innovative as the last.


Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. Image by Sandro Halank
By Lukasz Grabowski
As the European Parliament election nears, continental leaders prime themselves for crucial coalition-building that will set the stage for the next five years of governance. Among them are Germany’s Angela Merkel, the veteran chancellor, and her newly minted successor as head of the Christian Democratic Union, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
The lead-up to the election has sharpened focus on Kramp-Karrenbauer, commonly known as AKK, and what her foreign policy views may mean for the future of Europe. It is no secret that Kramp-Karrenbauer, a career CDU politician, was Merkel’s preferred choice to succeed her. The smooth transition allows Merkel to finish her full term as Chancellor (which ends in 2021), and presumably push for Kramp-Karrenbauer to take over the reins.
The new CDU leader may already be making her own mark on Europe’s state of play and how Germany fits into it, however.
In recognizing her growing stock as a leader with vision and autonomy, media outlets have largely focused on her political rise and background, which stands in contrast to Merkel’s. Prior to her post as CDU’s general secretary, she served as leader of Saarland, a small German state bordering France. A devout Catholic, Kramp-Karrenbauer “is against same-sex marriage and has argued for more restrictions placed on doctors carrying out abortion.” At the same time – and to the tune of Merkel’s mixed bag of center-left positions – she supports a minimum wage and women’s quota.
The comparisons are not limited to domestic policy. Alan Posener, a German blogger writing in The Guardian, opined on what her profile might suggest for Germany’s leadership in European affairs and beyond: “As a Catholic from a small German state she understands subsidiarity and the resentments of smaller countries within the EU in a way Merkel the Prussian never could.”
Although Posener’s declaration feeds into the same populist dichotomies that Kramp-Karrenbauer does not care for, it does suggest a broader pivot in Germany’s outlook towards foreign states – allies and adversaries alike.
Despite being a CDU careerist, Kramp-Karrenbauer appears less allergic to quasi-populist rhetoric and policy than her predecessor, an outcome of both ideological differences and structural factors. Merkel, an avowed open-border advocate, carried the weight of the liberal establishment for years – and the burden of being its leader. In 2015, Merkel doubled down on her stance, which led Germany to take in 1.2 million refugees from North Africa and the Middle East over two years. Since then, she has been right-wing populists’ favorite scapegoat and political meme, even as her policies veered right to relieve both domestic and foreign pressure.
Kramp-Karrenbauer, who “supported Merkel’s open-door migration policy in 2015,” similarly cooled her stance over time, but unlike Merkel, she did not have to bear the brunt of the opposition, from the right or left. She enters national politics at a moment when pro-EU moderates have had time to adjust to the weaponized, anti-elite language of the populist parties proliferating across Europe. Indeed, climbing the ranks of the German government under the wing of Merkel assured her exposure to the liberal establishments’ successes and failures in facing a toxic swing of the electorate toward inward-looking, zero-sum game parties like the AfD.
In a recent interview for Politico, Kramp-Karrenbauer exhibits an adeptness at borrowing bits of populist-speak and policy frameworks in an effort to distinguish herself from CDU colleagues and the EU old guard. At the same time, her platform remains unambiguously in favor of a united Europe, with defined interests and stakes.
On the topic of industrial policy, Kramp-Karrenbauer said, “Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the USA. We have to be strong ourselves to shape the global rules.” She elaborated, “We accept competition. But this competition must be fair, it must respect the rules. And competition is also about size [of companies].” Her emphasis on rules and the urgency of global competitive trends is not a far cry from Donald Trump’s adversarial attitude toward China, or Bernie Sanders’s ‘rigged system’ ideology. Yet, she speaks in these terms to underline a strong Europe, a key distinction from nationalists whose harsh economic realism builds barriers around domestic markets.
The new approach absolves Kramp-Karrenbauer of being an apologist for Europe – a task that in recent years drained Merkel of political capital and public support – and adds surprising weight to pro-EU arguments that have often rested too much on neoliberal platitudes.
Although her policy positions do not deviate significantly from Merkel’s as of yet, their packaging may suggest a new sort of European leadership, better tailored to withstand populist-nationalist forces and compromise with the opposition.
It remains to be seen what kind of a leader Kramp-Karrenbauer will be for the Christian Democratic Union and, if she is elected chancellor, for Germany and Europe. So far, her marriage of pro-EU principles and populist talking points is a welcome presence in European politics, at once fresh and reasonable. It is reflective of a larger paradigm shift in Germany’s political and business circles. A report published by the Federation of German Industries (BDI), for instance, argues that “Germany and Europe must give up hoping that China will change, and instead produce policies to respond to its rise.” Kramp-Karrenbauer may be the right leader to navigate a Europe with this new competitive consciousness.
Of course, as she learns more about national and pan-national governance, Kramp-Karrenbauer might fall back to a more business-as-usual outlook. She “supports the concept of a European army but envisages it as national militaries working together rather than being replaced,” she said in Politico. This kind of inclusivity – uniting Europe, but not stepping on the toes of individual nations – will surely be tested in due time.
Nonetheless, with Brexit imminent and French leadership rocked by the violent gilets jaunes protests, Kramp-Karrenbauer is in a prime position to voice a pro-Europe vision that seeks to construct the new – not simply conserve the old. The question for her and Germany is whether such nuance can penetrate a continent of worrying extremes.
Lukasz Grabowski is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied political science, and currently resides in San Francisco. When not writing, he trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and consumes all books in his vicinity.


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