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Description: Prior to the construction of Tower Bridge, as we know it today, a number of designs were invited for consideration. A special committee examined at least ten alternative schemes in addition to the widening of London Bridge. These included two low-level bridges with different forms of swing opening for the passage of ships into the Upper Pool; a moveable or rolling bridge shuttling constantly across the river, leaving part free for navigation at all times; a further bridge near the east side of London Bridge and connected to it at both ends and at intervals throughout its length; a high level bridge with hydraulic hoists at each end, eliminating the need for expensive compensation for property on long approaches; a high level bridge with a spiral ascent on the south side; submerged railway lines with a "deck" above high water level moving on them; a submerged cast-iron archway cum tunnel on the river bed; a further high level bridge; and paddle-wheel ferry boats.
Here we see one of these designs, by Frederic Barnett, for a 'duplex' low-level Tower Bridge, allowing 'uninterrupted continuity of vehicular and general traffic.'
Date of Execution: 1876
Engraver: Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor
Medium: lithograph
Collection: Main Print
Reference No: SC/PR/La/Pr/S3/TOW/bri/p5410547
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In the courtyard
Hemis Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis, Ladakh, India. It is believed that the monastery existed before the 11th century. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honouring Padmasambhava is held in early June.
In 1894 Russian journalist Nicolas Notovitch claimed Hemis as the origin of an otherwise unknown gospel in which Jesus is said to have travelled to India during his "lost years." According to Notovitch, the work had been preserved in the Hemis library, and was shown to him by the monks. But once his story had been re-examined by historians, it is claimed that Notovitch confessed to having fabricated the evidence.
Swami Abhedananda (1866 –1939), a direct disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, crossed the Himalayas on foot and reached Tibet in 1921, where he studied Buddhistic philosophy and Lamaism. In Hemis Monastery, he also claimed to have discovered a manuscript on the lost years of Jesus, which has been incorporated in the book Swami Abhedananda's Journey into Kashmir & Tibet published by the Ramakrishna Vedanta Math.
There was a short scavenger hunt for the little ones to do while at the festival. those who finished and returned with the complete list were able to pick a prize
- WWII - Censor label / EXAMINED BY / CENSOR / C. 144 - censored cover (the C. 144 label was mostly likely applied in Sydney, N.S.) - Postal censorship came into effect on 5 September 1939. The military mail censors were responsible for opening correspondence, studying its contents and deleting any passage that might pose a risk to troop security.
Big Pond (Cape Breton County), Nova Scotia - The three communities that share this place name are - Rear Big Pond - located on Breac Brook / Big Pond - at the mouth of the brook / Big Pond Centre - located about two miles south-west of Big Pond, near St. Andrew's Channel, on the south shore of East Bay. The name was prompted by a large pond at at the shoreline cut off from the bay by a sand bar, and was used as early as 1857. The population in 1956 at Big Pond was 122 and Big Pond Centre was 90.
- from "Lovell's Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada (1908)" - BIG POND, a post village in Cape Breton County, N.S., on East Bay, 25 miles from Sydney, on the I.C.R. It contains 1 church, 1 telegraph office, 2 hotels and 2 stores, and 1 mill and telegraph and express offices. The population in 1908 was 400.
The Postal Way Office at Big Pond was established in 1855 - it became a Post Office - 1 July 1875 and closed - 9 March 1953.
Distributing point - Sydney
Mail route - Irish Cove and Sydney
/ BIG • POND / JY 31 / 41 / N.S. / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer was proofed - 6 April 1894 - (#348). There was another split ring hammer proofed - 13 October 1913 but I do not know if this hammer was ever put in use. There had to be an earlier hammer as this Post Office opened in 1875.
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This censored covered was sent to: Miss Sue Hannacle / Tripp Lake Camp / Poland / Maine / U.S.A.
Since 1911, Tripp Lake Camp has provided girls ages 7-16 a traditional and well-rounded overnight summer camp experience they take with them throughout their lives. Tripp Lake Camp is situated on a sparkling lake, with a mile-long waterfront, surrounded by majestic evergreens. Tripp Lake fosters friendships and fun, the old-fashioned way, in a close-knit atmosphere that truly creates a safe, nurturing haven for our campers.
Sent by: C. Lazarou / c/o A.D. Morrison / Big Pond / Cape Breton / N.S. / Canada (A.D. Morrison / Angus Daniel Morrison was the Postmaster at Big Pond from 5 February 1929 to 9 March 1953)
Star Trek- The Menagerie , “Return to Talos IV”
youtu.be/v5XBfgPy43A?t=2s The full feature.
The Menagerie Review: February 8, 2014 by neoethereal
As the only two-part episode in The Original Series, “The Menagerie” also cleverly serves as a re-telling of the very first Star Trek story ever filmed, “The Cage.” This week on The Uncommon Geek, I examine all of these episodes in full detail, highlighting their connections to other aspects of the Trek mythos. As well, I take a look at the ground broken by Gene Roddenberry concerning the nature of reality, decades before movies like “The Matrix” challenged the perception of our everyday world.
Equipped with little more than a shoestring budget and massive constraints on time with which to work, Gene Roddenberry and his Star Trek production team had to get extremely creative in order to make the show work. Nowhere, in my opinion, is that more evident than here in “The Menagerie,” an entry that served the purpose of buying the production team time to properly finish subsequent episodes, and as well, afforded Gene Roddenberry a unique opportunity to re-tell the story he had wanted to get on the air all along, “The Cage.”
This episode begins with the Enterprise having been called out of its way, to Starbase 11. Confusion arises when the starbase’s commanding officer, Commodore Mendez, reveals to Captain Kirk that the base never sent any message to the Enterprise. Spock claims to have received that message, which puts Kirk into the difficult position of whether to trust the starbase computers, or the word of his first officer and friend.
It turns out that Captain Christopher Pike, the former commander of the Enterprise, who was recently crippled and disfigured in a terrible accident, is on Starbase 11, and suspicion arises that perhaps he relayed a message to Spock. When Kirk finally gets to see Pike, however, he realizes that it would have been impossible for Spock’s former commanding officer to have done this, for Pike is now wheelchair bound, and his communication with others is limited to electronic beeps that fill in for “yes” and “no.
While Kirk and Mendez wrestle over the truth, Spock executes a daring and clever plan to hijack the Enterprise, taking Captain Pike with him. It goes to show just how dangerous an opponent someone as smart and calculating as Spock can be when he puts his mind to it. Spock sets the Enterprise on a locked course for Talos IV, a planet which the ship visited on a past mission under Christopher Pike, and a planet that invites the death penalty upon any Starfleet officer who goes there
The secret file on Talos IV, and the article of General Order 7
I personally find the idea of a death penalty being associated with Talos IV to be somewhat dubious; although there is a very good reason why Starfleet wants the existence of the Talosians kept secret, I find it hard to believe that if the Federation is capable of having a death penalty, that it only applies to one law. It may just be a grand bluff, and indeed, there is some evidence to that effect later in the episode. Regardless, breaking General Order 7 is a serious offense, and Spock is if nothing else, putting his career and livelihood on the line.
Kirk, of course, isn’t going to sit by while his ship is abducted. He and Mendez make a daring attempt to chase the Enterprise in the Shuttlecraft Picasso, knowing full well that while they would never catch up, they would appear on the Enterprise sensors. Kirk gambles his life on the fact that his friend Spock would not leave him to die in the void of space, as the shuttle runs out of fuel. Kirk’s illogical gambit causes Spock’s plan to unravel, and he surrenders himself to custody, pleading guilty to every charge leveled against him. However, Spock has locked the Enterprise into a course for Talos IV that cannot be broken, which will potentially extend the death sentence that is on himself, to Kirk as well.
The court martial that proceeds against Spock is highly unusual; as mentioned, Spock pleads guilty without defense, but through some legal technicality, manages to arrange for the court to hear out his evidence as to why he went through with his illegal actions. Given that Kirk is presiding over the hearing, and that the crew has little else to do but wait until they reach Talos IV, I get the lenience, but I am not sure what real court would remain in session to examine evidence for someone who just admitted their guilt. Or admittedly, maybe I just don’t know enough about legal proceedings.
Spock’s evidence, as it turns out, is a transmission from Talos IV, beamed directly to the Enterprise, which details the vessel’s first trip there under the command of Captain Pike. Of course, this transmission is the original Star Trek pilot, “The Cage,” and from this point on, “The Menagerie” consists almost entirely of footage from that episode.
Aside from some really goofy tech dialogue, and incomplete characterizations, “The Cage” holds up surprisingly well. We get to see that Jeffrey Hunter’s Captain Pike is a darker, colder man than James Kirk; he is someone whose decisions and responsibilities as a commander are weighing on him heavily, and he is nearing the point of considering resignation. Pike’s first officer is only referred to as Number One (played by Majel Barrett), who is an amazing example of a strong female role for 1960’s television, but unfortunately her character had to be discarded by Roddenberry when the studio forced him to choose between keeping his strong, logical female, or his alien Spock. Roddenberry ended up giving Spock Number One’s cold, emotionless, logical persona, and thus the Spock we know and love was born.
It really is a shame that NBC put so much pressure on Roddenberry to alter his concept of women in the 23rd Century; aside from Number One, the other female crew members of the Cage-era Enterprise also seem to be on equal footing with the men, and there isn’t a mini-skirt in sight. Of course, this reviewer by no means, from an aesthetic point view, objects to how the women of the Enterprise look in said mini-skirts, but cheekiness and my own red-blooded male impulses aside, the female officers in Starfleet should have been offered the same, more professional uniform as the males. Unfortunately we would have to wait until The Motion Picture to see more fairness in the way men and women are presented in Star Trek.
When Enterprise finds evidence of human survivors on Talos IV, from a doomed expedition many years ago, Pike, Spock, and an away team beam down to investigate. What at first seems like a wonderful discovery of lost, homesick men, turns out to be just an elaborate, life like illusion created by the Talosians. Pike is abducted when he is lured in by the only true human survivor from the crash, Vina, whom he is extremely attracted to.
Pike is subjected to a variety of illusions crafted by the Talosians, in order to foster cooperation, as well as to strengthen his attraction toward Vina. Vina is presented to Pike in a variety of forms; as a damsel in distress on Rigel VII, as a wife in the countryside on Earth, and as a primal, animalistic Orion slave woman, all in an attempt to make him submit to his situation.
However, Pike is every bit as stubborn as Captain Kirk, and certainly has a darker, more furious edge to him. When he discovers that primitive, base human emotions such as hatred, and anger, block out the Talosian’s illusions and their telepathic abilities, he mines that weakness long enough to take one of them captive. Once the illusion is broken, the Enterprise crew find out that their attempts to break Pike out from his underground cage with phaser fire were actually working, but all along they weren’t able to see it.
The Talosians had, thousands of centuries ago, devastated their planet and their civilization with war. They retreated underground, where their telepathic abilities flourished, but their physical bodies and their technology atrophied. They had apparently been testing various species for many years, looking for a suitable slave race to use for rebuilding their world, but none had shown as much promise as humanity.
However, when the away team threatens to kill themselves with an overloaded phaser, and as well when the Talosians finish screening the Enterprise‘s records, they realize that humans would rather die than be enslaved, and would be too violent to keep in captivity. With of course, the sad exception of Vina, who in reality is too badly disfigured to live a normal life outside of Talos IV.
(I once heard a suggestion that Vina could be repaired using the transporter. I don’t think 23rd century transporters were sophisticated enough for that, plus, there wouldn’t be an original, unaltered version of her pattern to reference.)
The ending of “The Cage” leads us to the final moments of “The Menagerie,” where it is revealed that not only have the Talosians been transmitting a signal to the Enterprise, but even Commodore Mendez himself has been one of their illusions all along!
It is also revealed that Spock’s only intention was to take Captain Pike to Talos IV, so that the crippled starship commander could live out the rest of his life as a healthy, happy man with Vina. Even Kirk seems to relent that it is better to live with an illusion of health and happiness, than a reality of living as a useless vegetable. That Commodore Mendez was an illusion, and that Starfleet sends a signal to the Enterprise, apparently excusing their violation of Talos space, seems to let Spock off the hook. Perhaps too easily in fact; despite acting out of nothing but loyalty to his former Captain, and despite that the way he enacted his plan was done in such a manner as to put the blame only on himself, Spock seems to get out of his predicament with apparently no trouble at all. We can make a guess that perhaps this incident is why he doesn’t receive a promotion or command of his own until years later, but there is nothing spoken on-screen to that effect.
We are also left to ponder about how much of the incident was real at all. Since the Talosians can apparently project their powers through subspace, one wonders just how long they conspired with Spock, and also, how much we see of Mendez was real or an illusion. My guess is that the Mendez we see at the base was real, and what goes onto the shuttle with Kirk was the illusion, but unfortunately, again, there is little to back that up. What we do know for sure is that the Talosian’s powers are not to be trifled with, and it is truly for wise for Starfleet to give them a wide berth.
Despite some problems with logic and consistency, “The Menagerie” is an entertaining, fascinating episode that shows original series Trek at some of its most interestingly cerebral. Gene Roddenberry’s first pilot examines the nature of reality decades before The Matrix did, and asks the questions: What is real? How does one define their purpose, their reality? Is our reality just relative, defined only by experience? Is there a such thing as an absolute reality, or only what our senses perceive, or for that matter what they think they perceive? This is smart, ahead of its time writing for the 1960s.
Through the tragedies that befell both Vina and Pike, we must also question the quality of human life, and the value we place on it. Is it worth staying alive if you can’t function? If your brain is sound but your body is broken, can you still truly live? Speaking for myself, I certainly would despise the existence that Captain Pike is forced to endure in his wheelchair. I’d rather be dead than live that way. I’m not sure how I would react exactly to being forced to live in an illusion, but it is certainly preferable to a reality of uselessness and immobility. Besides, is our everyday life not just an elaborate series of deceptions spun before our very eyes; maybe not as powerful as a trick of telepathy played by an alien race, but an illusion nonetheless?
For even provoking these thoughts, and much more, “The Cage,” and by extension, “The Menagerie,” are what I consider among the best of Star Trek’s purely cerebral stories about human nature. It is imaginative, thoughtful, and quite engaging.
Model: Kyla (@kylalamodelo)
Meetup organized by @mykeitphotography at the Will Rogers Gardens in OKC
Hasselblad 500c
Kodak Ektar 100
Carl Zeiss 80mm f2.8
Union Pacific's big boy. The largest operational steam locomotive in the world
August 4, 2022
Poker Flat Research Range; Chatanika, Alaska
Justin Costello from Alaska Clean Seas examines the burn residue collected after an intentional burn of Alaska North Slope crude oil. In situ-burning is one of several tactics that can be used to clean up oil spills. When conducted properly, in-situ burning can significantly reduce the amount of oil present on the water. This was one of several test burns conducted in early August 2022 to better understand the fate and transport of smoke flumes from these types of operations. The results will be used to update contingency planning models and inform policies and procedures for emergency responders. This project was superbly coordinated between a number of stakeholders including the U.S .Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, Office of Emergency Management, and Region 10; the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Uncrewed Systems Office; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Air Resources Laboratory; the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Force; the University of Alaska Fairbanks’s Poker Flat Research Range and International Arctic Research Center Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Team; and Alaska Clean Seas. BSEE’s Oil Spill Preparedness Division supports research and development projects such as this to provide offshore owners and operators and other stakeholders with new or improved technologies, tools, and tactics to effectively and safely combat oil spills.
Photo by: Karen Stone, BSEE
Be COOL! Country Of Origin Labels are a good way for an informed consumer to know where their stuff comes from and make reasonable choices about what is wholesome to eat or drink or avoid putting into their body. Knowing the origin of a product helps determine the authenticity of the product, and if you’re really on top of things, you might be aware of whether or not their growing is sustainable, their processing is healthy, and whether their regime is one you want to support or boycott.
In this photo, I chose wine from California, olives from Spain, and beer from Germany. Most German beers like this Warsteiner are named after their town of origin. All of their brews are subject to very old and strict laws insuring that only the best, traditional ingredients go into them. My olive oil is bottled in Italy and blended from olive oil originating from Italy, Spain, and Greece. Also on the back row is a Navel Orange from California probably grown from water that started out in the Colorado Rockies.
Moving a bit forward we come to some ham from the regional chain HEB. It is Made in USA, but I’ll have to look further into where their store brand ham and turkey comes from. I avoid all pork products from the Smithfield syndicate of factory farms, and that includes a whole shitload of common pork brands they acquired. If you eat pork, look them up or just buy local from a trusted source. Likewise, I now avoid all chicken from Tyson or Pilgrim’s Pride because they along with Smithfield, conduct massive Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations that are cruel to the animals, dangerous to their low-paid workers, extremely harmful to the environment, and potentially dangerous to the consumer. My shit list continues to grow. My chicken and bison comes from regional, free-range operations that avoid GMO feed, animal growth hormones, and antibiotics given to healthy animals. I also know that HEB gets their salmon from wild fisheries or sustainable fish farms.
My fingers are touching red grapefruit from Texas which happens to be the world’s best and will remain so IF the Rio Grande keeps flowing from Colorado, through New Mexico, and between Mexico and Texas. The cherry tomatoes are from Mexico. Most of my tomatoes come from Texas or Mexico. The sardines come from Canada. In recent years many sardines and most smoked baby oysters come from China, a country with HORRIBLE food purity laws. Avoid chlorine-processed chicken from China at all cost! There are attempts within the industrial and junk food industry to abolish mandatory COOL laws, and this would open the door to Chinese chlorine chicken or dog meat entering the US. If TPP gets final approval, the privatization measures could require that US municipal animal shelters be sold to Chinese meat producers.
Sausage is a family of meat products that can be produced clean or nasty. Smithfield owns many traditional brands that have become industrial operations whose products should be avoided. The sausage shown here is from Holmes Smokehouse, a local meat producer that I am familiar with. Their catering department used to supply lunch to my National Guard tank company, a few miles away in Rosenberg. I have seen their facilities and watched their company grow and product line expand.
The Jarlsberg cheese is a Swiss Emmentaler style of cheese made in Norway and is the most popular brand of foreign cheese sold in the US. I prefer the real Emmentaler, but it sells for about 50% more per pound. Depending what is available and what the going price is, I buy cheese from the United States, Ireland, England, Wales, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Australia. Kiwifruit originated in China but gained its popularity after being grown and exported from New Zealand. Most of the time, it is too expensive for me to buy, but recently I’ve gotten some from Chile at a decent price.
Sometimes it does take a magnifying glass to read the COOL labels, but it is important to know where your food comes from. You really are what you eat. It is also important for me to know where my makeup comes from. Most of my cosmetics come from the US, but a little bit comes from France, Germany, and the UK but never China. Heavy metal contamination of pigments, dyes, and paints is their special hazard. No “bargain brand” eye shadow from China for me. That stuff showed up recently.
First look at the Dreaming Under the Sea Ariel figurine by Jim Shore, that I purchased from Amazon. It shows Ariel laying down on a rock, examining a small golden trinket that she has just found. Flounder is behind her and Sebastian is below. I think it is the best rendering of Ariel by Jim Shore that I have seen. The entire piece is beautifully done, and is now in my Ariel nook. The title on the box says ''Little Mermaid on a Rock'', while the tag says ''Dreaming Under the Sea''. Released in June 2013 for the 25th anniversary of The Little Mermaid. Product details below from Jim Shore's website.
Dreaming Under The Sea-The Little Mermaid 25th Anniversary Figurine
Item Number: 19552
$55.00
Availability: Out of Stock. Estimate next available date is 2/28/2014. Add to cart to reserve your item today and we will ship the item when it arrives. You will not be charged until the item ships.
Details
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jim Shore creates a stunning sculpture featuring Flounder and Sabastian. How much do we love The Little Mermaid? Let us count the ways...
Unique variations should be expected; hand painted
Additional Information
Part Number: 4037501
Release Date: June 2013
Dimensions: 6.25" H x 4.25" W x 7" L
Material: Stone Resin
We softened some bean and pea seeds and then cut them open to see what they look like on the inside! We kept more seeds aside to plant in our garden!
Seen in the southwest part of Poison Spider Mesa, during my third hike on the mesa. I was on my way to examine caves I had seen from a distance on another hike. From here I think I went straight ahead into the sandstone blobs.
Another photo of Carl Eldh's sculpture Self-Criticism made in the early 1900s. Do take a look at the previous photo as well.
Huile sur toile, 65 x 81 cm, 1885 (W 1000), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Ce champ est situé à la base d'un des creux qui caractérisent les hauteurs de Giverny, depuis le village jusqu'au val de Falaise (cf. D Wildenstein).
C Monet avait la naïveté et le génie de conformer sa pensée et sa technique au monde coloré. C'est c epouvoir qui a notamment révolutionné la peinture occidentale. Il a pleinement utilisé les oppositions de couleurs spectrales qu'il trouvait dans la nature, ici le vert et le rouge (cf. W 274).
Si, dix ans auparavant, l'atmosphère du tableau d'Argenteuil est d'une bucolique insouciance, l'horizon y est assez bas pour montrer des nuages ouatés, les menus détails restent flous, la couche de peinture reste mince et les contours indécis. Semées à la volée, les fleurs y sont des taches liquides sur l'herbe verte estompée.
Il en va tout autrement ici où la perspective est centrée en un point. La surface réservée au ciel y est plus petite, l'ordonnance chromatique et la texture rythmique de chaque surface sont examinées avec un soin pénétrant. Mais si l'atmosphère et la manière sont ici plus analytiques et plus conscientes, aucun changement fondamental de principe n'est cependant intervenu. C Monet en effet y porte toujours l'accent sur les qualités déjà présentes dans le motif (cf. Nouvelles éditions françaises).
Merci Michelangelo pour la photo :
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Eight-year-old Saddam, pictured being examined by Dr Iain Lennon of the UK's Emergency Medical Team, in a clinic in the Kutupalong camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh, a day after receiving treatment for Diphtheria, a deadly infectious respiratory disease. The outbreak of Diphtheria, which began in late November 2017, is being tackled by international medical teams, including the UK's Emergency Medical Team. Saddam was given the diphtheria antitoxin (DAT) by doctors from the UK EMT on 15 January. Within 24 hours he had made a remarkable recovery and was expected to be discharged the following day. Other members of his family including his brother and father were also given antibiotics to prevent them from contracting the disease or developing the symptoms of it in case they had already been infected.
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
I illegally photographed this helicopter in 1985 at AFS Wonderboom. It was developed from an Aérospatiale Alouette III airframe, retaining that helicopter's engine and dynamic components, but replacing the original cockpit with a stepped tandem one, adding a 20 mm cannon under the chin and converting the undercarriage to tail-dragger configuration.
The XH-1 first flew on 3 February 1985 and soon embarked on a rigorous flight test program to examine the feasibility of a dedicated attack helicopter in southern African conditions. The results were ultimately good enough to convince Atlas and the South African Air Force to go ahead with the development of a dedicated attack helicopter, the Denel Rooivalk. The sole XH-1 prototype pictured here was retired sometime in the late 1980s and was handed over to the South African Air Force Museum, where it remains to this day.
Select from photos in this album to create a slide show to convince local businesses that serving people with disabilities is profitable.
For the latest research on what works in Inclusive Tourism point them to, "Best Practice in Accessible Tourism: Inclusion, Disability, Ageing Population and Tourism"
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One of the most frequent questions asked by advocates and industry alike is “what is the value of the inclusive tourism market?”. There are surprisingly few studies that have examined this question. Below is an updated extract from an article that presents a summary economic estimate studies (Darcy & Dickson, 2009).
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