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MFA LRVS Lecture: Wendy Given
Jul 22, 2015 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
The Low-Residency MFA in Visual Studies welcomes Wendy Given for a discussion of her work as part of the 2015 Summer Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Wendy Given was born in 1971 and is an American artist living and working in Portland, Oregon. Given studied fine art and was trained in painting, printmaking, photography and sculpture during her BFA undergraduate work at Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. Given has exhibited both nationally and internationally at venues including the Vincent Price Art Museum in Monterey Park, California; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York; Fototropía in Guatemala City, Guatemala; Fifth Floor, Los Angeles, California; The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon; Indiana University IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana; Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York; Kasher | Potamkin, New York, New York; Hap Gallery, Portland, Oregon; University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee; whitespace, Atlanta, Georgia and Wieden+Kennedy Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Given has also been awarded residencies with Signal Fire, Portland, Oregon; Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, California; and at Caldera Arts, Sisters, Oregon. She is represented by whitespace in Atlanta, Georgia and Kasher | Potamkin in NYC. www.wendygiven.com
Photos by Matthew Gaston
Bangor bounce back against Ballymoney
by Roger Corbett
Putting the disappointment of last week’s defeat at Instonians behind them, Bangor produced a solid performance at home to beat Ballymoney by 20-13.
This was going to be an interesting and important fixture given the nature of Bangor’s defeat against Instonians and Ballymoney’s win at Portadown last weekend. Although at different ends of the league, the earlier meeting at Kilraughts Road was a dogged affair, with Bangor only managing to get on top within the closing stages of the game. Starting as favourites for this fixture, Bangor started brightly, but after 23 minutes of missed opportunities by Bangor, it was Ballymoney who started the scoring with a penalty. This was the spur the home side needed, and just 5 minutes later Mike Aspley, making a welcome return from injury, made a great run through the centre before passing to Mark Widdowson on the left wing. Mark’s clever chip over the advancing defence was caught cleanly and then carried over for an unconverted try, and putting Bangor ahead by 5-3.
Ballymoney returned to the attack and pushed Bangor back into their own twenty two. Although on the back foot, Bangor secured their scrum and quickly broke out of defence. It was Aspley again who made the decisive break before passing to Davy Charles on the right wing. Although chased down by the Ballymoney winger, Charles shrugged off the tackle to score under the posts, which Widdowson subsequently converted, for a half time lead of 12-3.
Bangor looked good for their two tries so far, but if their off-loads when tackled and handling in general had been more controlled, there is every chance they could have secured a 4-try bonus point by half this stage. Hopes were therefore high that they would settle quickly in the second half and steadily work towards this.
Unfortunately, from the opening kick-off by Ballymoney, Bangor knocked the ball on, giving the visitors an attacking scrum inside Bangor’s twenty two. However, the forwards had proved strong so far, and were causing problems for their opponents. On this occasion, a concerted push overpowered the Ballymoney pack, and Bangor were able to turn the ball over, winning a penalty in the process. With this initial panic over, Bangor built good attacking platforms but, just like in the first half, their passing and handling fell short at crucial moments and more scoring chances went begging. Bangor’s frustration was compounded after just 8 minutes when a Ballymoney penalty was kicked to touch, deep inside their opponent’s twenty two. From the resulting line-out, the Ballymoney forwards produced a driving maul that Bangor were unable to stop, resulting in a try, which was also converted, narrowing the score to 12-10.
Once again, it looked like Ballymoney weren’t going to lie down. The touchline spectators may have been getting a little nervous, but the Bangor men stuck to the task and after a further 13 minutes were rewarded with another good score. From another secure Bangor scrum in their own half, Curtis Stewart picked up at number eight and barged his way through the immediate Ballymoney defence. Having broken through the line, he passed to Charles on his right. Once again Charles sprinted off down the touchline, and again was pursued by his opposite number. This time the tackle was more effective, but Charles’ pace was enough to see him squeeze over in the corner for his second try. Widdowson’s conversion wide, but the lead was now a little more comfortable at 17-10.
By now, Bangor’s forwards were dominating the scrums and, having won a penalty inside Ballymoney’s twenty two, and in front of the posts, it may have crossed captain Jamie Clegg’s mind to go for another scrum which would hopefully build a good platform to go for their bonus point try. However at this stage in the game, and with only a converted try between the two sides, Clegg wisely opted for the kick at goal, which Widdowson successfully converted, stretching the lead to 20-10 and denying the visitors a losing bonus point.
From the restart, Bangor repeated their earlier mistake by knocking the ball on again. Further mistakes shortly afterwards gave Ballymoney a penalty which they successfully kicked, bring the score back to 20-13, and restoring their losing bonus point.
As the game entered its final minutes, Bangor looked strong and were pressing forward again. However, more knock-ons saw another opportunity go begging and, before they could apply more pressure to the now-tiring Ballymoney scrum, the referee blew for full time. Bangor will be thankful to have returned to winning ways, and without any serious injury concerns. However, the poor display in basic ball-handling skills was costly as it undoubtedly denied them a valuable bonus point.
Next week sees Bangor travel to Armagh to play their 2nds in the Towns Cup. This will certainly be a stern test but will also help to prepare for Bangor’s biggest game in recent years – the final of the All Ireland Junior Cup against Dundalk the following week. With Bangor’s 2nds and 3rds performing well and sitting at or near the top of their respective leagues, and also still in cup competitions, these are exciting times at Upritchard Park.
Bangor side: P Whyte, A Jackson, J Leary, F Black, G Irvine, R Latimer, J Clegg (c), C Stewart, R Armstrong, K Rosson, D Charles, M Aspley, M Weir, M Widdowson, C Morgan
Subs: O McIlmurray, M Rodgers
Bangor scores: M Widdowson (1T, 1P, 1C), D Charles (2T)
19-20 September 2022 – Representatives from Universities, research centers and space agencies gathered in a consultation organized by FAO to improve the future remote sensing work under the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA).
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Given the UK Government has invested a £1.3 Trillion pounds in bailing out banks the BBC were concerned that we do not understand the term trillion. So a famous BBC Children's presenter of yesteryear was summoned to the News studio to explain this complicated terminology.
Johnny Ball also explained that some universes have over a billion planets - not many people know that. He even said in a billion planets that there would be an earth clone. He's clearly very knowledgeable!
However here is how he explained a trillion
10 = 10 to power 1
100 = 10 to power 2
1000 = 10 to power 3
10000 = 10 to power 4
100000 = 10 to power 5
1000000 = 10 to power 6 - million
10000000 = 10 to power 7 10 million
100000000 = 10 to power 8 100 million
1000000000 = 10 to power 9 a 1000 million - 1 billion
10000000000 = 10 to power 10 - 10 billion
100000000000 = 10 to power 11 - 100 billion
1000000000000 = 10 to power 12 - 1 TRILLION
Taxpayers' money will be used for a £500 billion bail-out to insure banks - RBS, HBOS - against toxic assets as part of the Government's latest banking rescue package.
Details here
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/...
It's amusing that the backdrop is the numbers 1 to 9 - an indication of the basic counting ability of the British Public!
Ok folks due to the spinning and firstly moving towards me some shots are a out of focus and given most would love to see if not have them here they are..
June 28th 2022
"Glen Coats Pals of the Privies Start of Summer Funfair 2022"
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Yet again I find myself staying up too late, playing on Picnik, making silly girly things like this.
This is Jumeriah Beach. Who would have thought that Dubai would have beautiful beaches? I must say I was quite surprised when I arrived, given the fact that I'm living in the desert.
Let the (Dubai) weekend begin!
Fig. 159 (p. 212) - The Temple in Jerusalem, as given by Hartmann Schedel in his ‘Weltchronik’ in 1493, has a reduced number of gates (six) and favoures an axial (two-fold) symmetry.
Hartmann Schedel (1440 – 1514) provided an important visualisation of the Temple in Jerusalem in his ‘Liber chronicarum’ (also known as the ‘Schedelsche Welt Chronik’) (fig. 159). He issued the book in July 1493 on the printing press of Johann Gutenberg in Nuremberg. Some eight hundred copies of the Latin edition and four hundred of the German editions have been traced, making the ‘Nuremberg Chronicle’ one of the most popular incunables. The mixture of sacred and profane history and a large number of woodcut illustrations must have contributed to this success. Masters like Michael Wolgemut and Hans Pleydenwurff produced most of the maps and double-page city views to enhance the history of the world.
Docill 79; 9562 Docill 73; 8784
Fig. 159 (p. 212) - The Temple in Jerusalem by Hartmann Schedel, 1493. Weltchronik, Blatt 67a, 1493. Abb. 84 in:
JETTER, Dieter (1987). Santiago, Toledo, Granada. Drei Spanische Kreuz-hallenspitäler und ihr Nachhall in aller Welt. Geschichte des Hospitals. Band 6. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden GmbH, Stuttgart. ISBN 3-515-04323
In Schedel’s book is also a view of Jerusalem (fol. XVII). Fig. 40 in:
KRUFT, Hanno-Walter (1989). Städte in Utopia - Die Idealstadt vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert zwischen Staatsutopie und Wirklichkeit. Verlag C.H. Beck, München. ISBN 3 406 33909 3
quadralectics.wordpress.com/3-contemplation/3-2-temples/3...
23/07/2023. Ladies European Tour 2023. La Sella Open . La Sella Golf, Denia. Spain, 20 -23 July Ellie Givens of England during the final round. Credit: Tristan Jones / LET
Given the superb weather, i was surprised how few people were walking along the Sea wall. More waves crash in as 166201 approaches with the 2T12 09.24 Exmouth to Paignton. Langstone Rock dominates the background
Given to me by my neighbor Tina Pultrone. It's her, her sister, Patricia, her brother, Mark, and her mother, Roswitha.
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Given myself an alphabet soup game. Two new photos and another two from my photostream or archives, when possible.
Not very exciting for J but not many things in the flat or garden for something more entertaining!!
You can see the whole set/album here in alphabetic order.
www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/sets/72157650127170829
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16 “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
Click to read the rest of Today's Thru the Bible Reading:
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Diane was given the assignment to cover The Kings & Queens Tour with NonPoint & Butcher Babies co-headlining. Opening the show was Sumo Cyco and it all went down at The Space in Westbury, NY. Click these links to see the full gallery of her photographs and read her review
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The Shepherds' Field Chapel is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic church that is in the area of Beit Sahur southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank in Palestine. The chapel marks the place where, according to Catholic tradition, the angels first announced the birth of Christ.
It is a chapel built by the Franciscans and that is very close but separated from other structure belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church. Its history dates back to the fifth century when the first sanctuary was built. The present chapel was built near the ruins of an ancient monastery in 1953 self-published source] with the design of architect A. Barluzzi and decorated with images of the annunciation to the shepherds and childhood of Jesus.
It has five apses that mimic the structure of a nomadic tent in gray. The words of the angel to the shepherds incristas gold. Under the church is a large cave. An image depicting the birth of Jesus can be seen in the place. The Status Quo, a 250-year old understanding between religious communities, applies to the site.
Source [wikipedia]
Given the stressful commute home, seeing this sign did help by making me laugh.
Was the train on time despite their best efforts? Other trains "business as usual" for the UK's worst line.
Happy to be given the opportunity to carry the Queen's Baton during the day's relay in Nuku’alofa, Tonga on Tuesday 10 December 2013. Tonga is nation 18 of 70 Commonwealth nations and territories to be visited by the Queen’s Baton.
Given that this bus is 3 years old, it is one of the worst Enviro's for rattling interior that I have ever been on.
Given our costumes, it was a natural for us to go to the Dragon Con night at the Georgia Aquarium. The dolphins there can now dream of joining Starfleet!
Councillor Shaz Saleem, cabinet member for highways and public realm, stands in front of Sedgley Bull Ring’s new-look roundabout after bright red, pink and white flowers were planted ahead of the Commonwealth Games cycling time trials in August.
More on this story - www.dudley.gov.uk/news/roundabout-given-colourful-revamp-...
given how many wheelbarrows I saw in use, I wonder whether there wasn't an organisation behind the vendors.
Stacey is the farmer/chef/owner of The Side Yard Farm & Kitchen. Based in Northeast Portland’s Cully Neighborhood, she grows creative organic produce on several urban lots. She sells her harvests to nearby restaurants, including Grand Central Bakery, Grain & Gristle, Renata, and more in what she calls an invaluable “chef-to-chef” produce service. Over the last 10 years she has cooked her way through various Portland kitchens including Lincoln, Southpark, Rocket and Noble Rot. Since then, Stacey has established the first 'urban' seed to plate catering company and supper club in the Portland area where she uses Side Yard grown goods and sources from other urban farms in neighborhood for goat milk, eggs, honey and fruit. “It’s urban craft all the way, from the seed to the plate”, she says. Making her own cheese, charcuterie, vinegars, pollen, spices and pickles. Her inspiration to get her hands in the dirt sprouted when she was cooking at Rocket (now Noble Rot), which had the first rooftop garden of its kind in Portland.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, SWEETHEART.... 45 Years of precious love and devotion!!!
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" is a 1794 song in Scots by Robert Burns based
on traditional sources. The song is also referred to by the title My Love is Like A Red,
Red Rose or Red, Red Rose and is often published as a poem. The lyrics of the
song are simple but effective. "My luve's like a red, red rose/That's newly sprung in
June" describe a love that is both fresh and long lasting.
Take time to listen to this beautiful song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXX2AJkKJNI .
45 years ago on our wedding night my beloved promised to give me a rose each
year for the number of years that we were married...so now after 45 years of roses,
every year without fail.... the number of roses he has given me through the years
on our anniversary totals 1015. Wow... thank you, for all the years and the promise
you have never broken and the vows we made that have not been broken either!!!
For this I give thanks to God for blessing us together all these years!!!
30/05/2021. Ladies European Tour 2021. Ladies Italian Open, Golf Club Margara, Piemont. Italy. May 28 - 30 2021. Eleanor Givens of England during the final round. Credit: Tristan Jones.
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I'm in love with the colors in this shot. So gorgeous...
I think and the gritty, high-ISO look works really well here. (Not that I had much choice given the lighting conditions.)
I'm glad the lasers didn't mess up my camera sensor. :-)
Given the weather, I wasn't planning to hang around after 60019, but no sooner had the Fiskerton crossing keeper opened his gates than he was closing them again, for the passage of 156415 on the 16:34 Lincoln to Leicester service. It is seen here speeding past Fiskerton's home signal (combined with Fiskerton Junction's distant) on the 12th June 2013. I'm trying to get photos of all the signals on this line, which are due to be removed by Network Rail in the next couple of years.
Cadets were given the task to find various points in the woods as part of their Land Navigation training on Oct. 5 at Penn State.
Taken from Luna Park, North Sydney - which given it is always overlooked can have a special mention:
Luna Park Sydney (originally Luna Park Milsons Point, also known as Sydney's Luna Park) is an amusement park, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Luna Park is located at Milsons Point, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour.
The park was constructed at the foot of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during 1935, and ran for nine-month seasons until 1972, when it was opened year-round. Luna Park was closed in mid-1979, immediately following the Ghost Train fire, which killed six children and one adult. Most of the park was demolished, and a new amusement park was constructed; this originally operated under the name of Harbourside Amusement Park before resuming the Luna Park name. The park was closed again in 1988 as an independent engineering inspection determined that several rides needed urgent repair. The owners failed to repair and reopen the park before a New South Wales government deadline, and ownership was passed to a new body. Reopening in 1995, Luna Park closed again after thirteen months because of the Big Dipper rollercoaster: noise pollution complaints from residents on the clifftop above the park caused the ride's operating hours to be heavily restricted, and the resultant drop in attendance made the park unprofitable. After another redevelopment, Luna Park reopened in 2004, and as of 2010 is still operating.
Given to me by a good friend. Its in good shape and came with a Takumar 55mmf/2 lens. I gotta put a roll through it yet. My first Penatx camera, yay!
A different view of a currach. Given the location, this is probably a currach of the "naomhog" type - according to one source the "possibly the most beautiful, and certainly the most sophisticated of all curachs". Would we expect anything less from The Kingdom??
www.loughneaghboats.org/naomhog.html
Brandon Creek is the reputed point of departure in the early sixth century of Brendan the Navigator on his North Atlantic voyage on which he may have reached North America. This voyage was recreated in the 1970's by the legendary voyage specialist, Tim Severin. Most likely neither had concrete blocks or polymer ropes in their kit, however!
After the two first rolls of black-an-white films with my Zeiss Ikon Contax iIIa (see the details given below), I was tempted to try the camera and its lens on a color film. The reversal color films are known to be significantly less tolerant than the negative color film, but I was confident enough to try a Kodak Ektachrome 100.
The Zeiss-Opton Sonnar lens 2/50mm was equipped with a 40.5mm Hoya UV protective filter and a generic Genaco shade hood. The light was metered for 100 ISO using a Minolta Autometer III fitted with a 10° viewfinder for selective metering or the integrative hemispheric opale dome for incident metering.
View Nr. 16: 1/100s f/9 focusing at 10m (hyperfocale distance 4m-infinite)
Serre Victoria, October 6, 2026
Jardin Botanique de Lyon
Parc de la Tête d'Or
69001 Lyon
France
After the last view (38 frames) exposed, the film was rewound to the taking cartridge and given to a local lab service for E6 processing (no slide mounts).
The frames were then digitized using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) adapted to a macro Minolta Auto Bellow III with Minolta Bellow MD Macro lens 1:3.5 f=50mm and the dedicated slide duplicator Minolta. The light source was a LED panel (approx. 4x5') CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 15.6 of Sept. 2026) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as print files with frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About my Contax IIa (model 563/24):
I acquired this specimen at the annual photo fair of Saint-Bonnet -de-Mure, near Lyon, France on September 12, 2026, from a French specialist of vintage and collectible camera’s. Introduced in 1950 (Photokina) and produced in Stuttgart until about 1961 (approximately 66,000 units according to some sources), the Contax IIa is a thorough redesign of the Contax II while retaining the Contax mount (compatibility with most pre- and post-war lenses, except the pre-war Biogon 35 mm f/2.8 because of a narrower lens throat).
The main improvements and features are as follows:
- Smaller and lighter body (about 520 g versus ~610 g for the II).
- Vertically travelling metal shutter blades made of aluminium (lighter than the pre-war brass); the problematic silk ribbons were replaced by more reliable nylon cords/straps.
- Simplified and more reliable mechanism (smoother film advance and shutter cocking).
- Flash synchronisation added (initially via an intermediate cable on the back, later a standard PC socket from 1954).
- Slightly shorter but still wide-base rangefinder; combined viewfinder/rangefinder with a single eyepiece.
- Frame counter integrated into the advance lever; more convenient rewind knob.
- Two main versions: “Black Dial” (all shutter speeds marked in black, special sync cable) and “Color Dial” (from ~1954: 1/50 in yellow, higher speeds in red, standard PC socket).
The Contax IIIa (1951/1952) is the version with an uncoupled selenium light meter. Production ended around 1960–1961 in the face of the rise of SLRs (Contarex, Contaflex, etc.) and competition (notably the Leica M3 of 1954). Zeiss Ikon ceased all camera production in 1972.
The Contax IIa remained renowned for its build quality, reliability (when properly serviced), and optical performance, even though the shutter is still complex to repair.
Original selling price and its 2026 equivalent
In the USA, the Carl Zeiss Inc. (New York) price list from October 1952 lists the price of the Contax IIa with a Zeiss Sonnar f/2 lens at a total of $444 (1952 dollars).
For Leitz/Leica, advertisements in the press from that era and data from Ken Rockwell indicate a price of around $336–$380 for the Leica IIIf + 50mm f/2.
The equivalent price for this Zeiss Ikon Contax IIa + Zeiss Sonnar 2/50 outfit today (2026; inflation factor ≈ 12.6) would therefore be in the range of US$5,600.
About the lens Zeiss-Opton Sonnar 2/50 mm (standard lens):
The Sonnar 50 mm f/2 is the universal standard lens for the Contax, originally designed by Ludwig Bertele from his Ernostar. The classic formula (6 elements in 3 groups) minimises air-to-glass surfaces, a major advantage before anti-reflective coatings became widespread.
After the war, lens production split:
- In the East (Jena): Carl Zeiss Jena (often aluminium mounts, later chrome).
- In the West (Oberkochen): Opton / Zeiss-Opton was founded (1946–1947) to rebuild optical capacity. Lenses first carried the « Zeiss-Opton » name (with a red “T” indicating anti-reflective coating) until about 1953. After trademark disputes, West German Zeiss regained the right to use “Carl Zeiss”.
The Zeiss-Opton Sonnar 1:2 f=50 mm T (inner Contax mount) is the post-war version for the IIa/IIIa:
- New optical design (Bertele recalculated several Sonnar formulas between 1949 and 1951 using newer glasses).
- Anti-reflective coating (T).
- Chrome-over-brass rigid mount (non-collapsible).
- Typically 11-blade diaphragm; 40.5 mm filters.
- Production from 1950–1951; roughly 10,000 units for the early Zeiss-Opton series according to some estimates. Later variants appeared (black filter ring, diaphragm to f/22, then Carl Zeiss marking).
It offered excellent sharpness, the characteristic Sonnar bokeh, and comfortable speed for the period. It was the most common standard lens supplied with the Contax IIa (catalogue references 563/24 N or 10.1802).
Brief Contax chronology:
- 1932–1943: Contax I/II/III + Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar in Dresden/Jena.
- 1945–1948: Destruction, Soviet occupation, transfer to Kiev, reconstruction in Stuttgart and Oberkochen.
- 1950: Launch of Contax IIa + Zeiss-Opton lenses (Sonnar 50/2 and 50/1.5, Tessar, etc.).
- 1953–1954: Switch to Carl Zeiss marking; Color Dial version of the IIa.
- 1961: End of Contax IIa/IIIa production.
The Contax IIa + Sonnar 2/50 mm represents the culmination of the Zeiss Ikon rangefinder tradition in West Germany: a robust, precise, and optically excellent camera born from the ashes of the war that shone until the SLR era.
Given away free when I joined something or other, I was not interested in it at the time (having just bought my first digital camera) but now unearthed I am surprised and pleased at the pictures it produces. Sharp and clear they are not, but more or less clear in the centre and fuzzy round the edges where the vignette adds to the charm. This kind of look I like and is a complete antithesis to the clinical excellence of a digital image.
Having never used a panoramic camera before (this one simply has a mask in the film gate cropping the image to 36x13mm) I have discovered that it adds a whole new dimension to picture composition.
According to the instruction leaflet the shutter fires at 1/125th sec, the aperture is f11 and the lens has a focal length of 28mm. ISO 200 film is recommended for best results.