Development in the Nervous System (British Society for Developmental Biology Symposia)

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The structure, function and development of brain systems utilising a major class of neurotransmitters (namely the catecholamines) are comprehensively described for members of all living vertebrate classes. Much of the information presented is new. The editors and high quality contributors provide an excellent overview of the current knowledge on organisation and evolution of the catecholaminergic systems of the brain. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, comparative overview for any single class of neurotransmitter. The final chapter synthesises and integrates foregoing chapters emphasising that brain catecholamine systems are very ancient and appear to be one of the backbones of the brain. The book will be of interest to researchers and postgraduates of neuroscience, neurobiology, zoology, medicine and physiology.

Development of the Central Nervous System in Vertebrates (Nato Science Series: A:)

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Development of the Central Nervous System in Vertebrates (Nato Science Series: A:)

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Calibre spectra of some fibre tracts in the feline central nervous system during postnatal development (Acta physiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum)

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Calibre spectra of some fibre tracts in the feline central nervous system during postnatal development (Acta physiologica Scandinavica. Supplementum)
Claes Hildebrand
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ASIN: B0007AEELE

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The science of physical hydrology centers on the physical principles involved in the study of the occurrence and movement of water on and beneath the earth's surface. Because of its far-reaching implications for other disciplines, physical hydrology is of interest to students in fields ranging from the environmental sciences to engineering, policy studies, and even law.

In this introductory-level text the authors begin from the premise that the complexities of modern hydrology can be mastered by understanding basic physical principles of fluid movement. Focusing first on analysis at the scale of a single watershed, they then introduce the mechanics of fluids in closed conduits and open channels. They reevaluate catchment processes in light of fluid mechanics, open channel hydraulics, and groundwater flow. In a concluding chapter, they stress the importance of understanding water movement in the environment by exploring the relationship of hydrology to such disciplines as atmospheric science, ecology, and geology.

Accompanying the book is a CD-ROM, which provides a Web version of the text (Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later required). Included are video demonstrations, additional content and interactive review questions, and extensive links to facilitate study and review. Instructions for using the Web version are included. Also on the CD-ROM are simulation tools to study hydrological processes (MATLAB student version 5.0 required).

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Excellent book by any standard.......2004-09-09

This is a sort of elementary textbook, and should help biologists, chemists, environmentalists, and geologists to obtain fundamentals of hydraulics and hydrology. I am a professional hydrologist, but still enjoyed reading that book. The main value is in proper selection of the subjects, and exceptionally clear explanation. Reading other books, many a times I had a feeling that the author had not fully understood the subject. The authors of Elements of Physical Hydrology have a great talent to make any subject simple, and they know what they are talking about. Excellent book!

Cutting-edge technology textbook will set the trend for 2000.......1998-05-04

This book comes with an accompanying CD-ROM that contains the entire book, as well as powerful features that cannot be used within the constaints of paper and ink. Movies, appendices, internet links, and real-time mathematical models can be run in the context of a well-written text. Helpful interactive end-of-chapter Q/A sections and the ability to search though the text or automatically click linked words to see their definition in the gloassary is yet unparalelled in today's classrooms. A must have just for the approach to teaching!

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ELEMENTS OF PHYSICAL HYDROLOGY

Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I9TTI2

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Misleading Claims and a Defensive Tone Undermine Book.......2004-08-14

Dr. Stenger can be informative and even witty but ultimately I'd have to say this book is more than a little misleading. Other reviewers have walked away with the notion that quantum mechanics "makes perfect sense", something few thoughtful physicists would be comfortable saying. I'm an atheist who has no patience with New Age writers but Stenger seems to be almost obssessively on guard against any hint of mysticism, weirdness or even ambiguity. The book is published by an off-shoot of the magazine SKEPTICAL INQUIRER, and it shares that publication's tendency to strike an almost holier-than-thou tone -- or I should say a "rationaler-than-thou" tone. Stenger does too much sneering and dismissing. He tries to buffalo his readers by assuring them that the mathematics of quantum mechanics isn't weird -- just the WORDS are. That's a weak argument at best. Applied mathematics doesn't usually lead to paradoxical physical concepts. Stenger's own preferred interpretation of QM involves recognizing that the relativistic version of the Schrodinger equation has solutions that imply backward travel in time. In other words, he capitalizes on the weirdness implicit in the purportedly unweird mathematics (Traditionally the "reverse" solutions are ignored.) Incidentally, Stenger argues that time-travel on a sub-atomic scale somehow doesn't even qualify as weird -- just counter-intuitive. That, apparently, is a more rational word than "weird".

Stenger repeatedly belittles alternate interpretations of QM and points out that functionally all serious interpretations are the same. This means that the interpretations he favors have no more going for them technically than the ones he derides. His objections are as much philosophical as they are scientific -- and yet thoughout the book he is contemptuous of philosophical considerations. He finds holistic hidden variables implausible but then acknowleges (very much in passing) that his time-travel variation of QM is also not accepted by most physicists. Apparently one's philosophical perspective is more important than Stenger wants to admit. He even goes so far as to say that most practicing physicists don't think at all about philosophic stuff -- so it can't be very important. That's another misrepresentation. Many, maybe most, physicists simply memorize the formalisms of their profession and contribute little to its development. The giants of QM, on the other hand, were frequently aware of and intrigued by the implications of their formalisms. John Bell, a man Stenger admires, spent his career encouraging scientists to more closely examine the assumptions of the Copenhagen interpretation -- and he made a hallmark contribution to QM because of his philosophical curiosity.

Stenger seems always on edge at the thought of holism and this leads to another of the book's repeated contradictions. His suggestion that particles from the future travel back to the past and influence the present seems pretty darned "holistic" to me. (That's not to say it couldn't be true.) Why is spatial holism metaphysical while temporal holism merely counter-intuitive? Both ideas have theoretical justifications and neither has significant empirical support. Why should only one of these theories be considered respectable? Why shouldn't both be further developed?

Decoherence is an intriguing idea but also seems to have more than a tinge of holism about it. (Sub-atomic particles, the theory says, have an existence because of each other. What collapses all those mysterious wave functions [or rather, what renders collapse unneccessary] is the interactive nature of reality itself. The theory still seems to suggest -- like its precusor interpretation, Copenhagen -- that if taken individually particles don't always precisely exist.)

Contrast Brian Greene's new book with this one. Green has a deep appreciation for De Broglie-Bohm hidden variables, while by no means accepting that the theory is on the right track. He admires decoherence but recognizes that to date it's still begging a few questions. Also consider John Gribbin's Q IS FOR QUANTUM. It's a basic, excellent and nuanced overview of the field in the form of an encyclopedia. Gribbin is fair to all serious interpretations of QM, while making his own preferences clear. He doesn't slight the partly-philosophical motivation for those preferences.

Lastly, let me again stress that the weirdness of QM is not purely, or even largely, a useless metaphysical misconception. Technicians have forced a single atom to occupy two separate places at the same moment. As Stan Lee would put it, "Nuff said."

Does quantum theory imply mysticism?.......2003-05-14

Contrary to some of the other reviews, I think this is a pretty good book. Let me point out that my own background is astrophysics (undergrad) and mathematics (grad). Stenger does a creditable job of laying out the major philosophical issues of quantum theory. He has included some sidebars for the more mathematically sophisticated. My own reading left me feeling that Stenger's aim is primarily to urge readers to approach any extrapolation from quantum facts to quantum ontologies with a great deal of skepticism. Many people have construed issues of measurement to mean that 'mind' collapses wave functions. Stenger points out that 'mind' is not easily defined, is likely an emergent property of base matter, and suggests we stop reverting to Cartesian dualism every time things get confused. He discusses De Broglie and Bohm's guiding field, and points out that regardless of its correctness, it provides a viable alternative ontology, so clearly the mystical approach is not a foregone conclusion.
The book could be better. It would be nice if he spent a bit more time discussing some of the confusion regarding 'mind', but I think he has done a good job of laying out the basic issues for the well-educated lay person, and of urging skepticism before seizing upon strange phenomena as a justification for one's metaphysics.

One order of quantum physics; hold the mysticism, please........2002-03-25

This book is a great companion to Dancing Wu Li Masters. Where Dancing Wu Li Masters gives a good, somewhat mystical overview of quantum physics and the history of its development, The Unconscious Quantum shows that people who want to understand quantum physics need not resort to mysticism or Eastern philosophy. While Stenger does address mystical interpretations when summarizing the history of quantum physics, he concludes by offering a logical, consistent, non-mystical paradigm.

Stenger acknowledges that the microworld of quanta cannot be viewed in the same way as the macroworld of concrete objects that make up our everyday experience. However, if people are willing to suspend their everyday intuition and accept some very logical but unintuitive concepts, like time symmetry and decoherence, then the quantum world makes perfect sense without mastering Zen or contemplating your navel.

Stenger also shoots down the ideas of consciousness directly affecting the physical world, and faster-than-light communication between quantum particles. He explains the EPR "paradox" and other experiments which spawned these interpretations, and how they can easily be resolved using the simple but unintuitive concepts already mentioned.

The text is written for the science amateur, and requires little background knowledge, but some persistence with technical concepts (you may have to read a few parts twice to get the idea). Supporting equations are included in boxes, separate from the text. The text stands alone, but mathaholics are welcome to indulge themselves in the formulae. The first six chapters are the most technical, but it gets much easier after that, and it's definitely worth it for anbody who wants a genuine understanding of quantum physics, sans the mystical rhetoric that pervades most pop literature on the subject.

an unsophisticated diatribe.......2001-10-03

Stenger sets himself up against almost all of the major figures of 20th century quantum mechanics in denying the existence of nonlocality (action at a distance). Many experiments have demonstrated nonlocality, with one of the best performed by a French team headed by Alain Aspect of the Institut d' Optique Theorique et Appliquee. Stenger admits that the team "is probably right" and then goes on to present his own dubious theory that tries to salvage every assumption of classical physics except determinisim. Stenger holds the opinion that leading theorists such as Bohm, Schrodinger, Stapp, Josephson, De Beauregard and many others are all wrong. Why doesn't he include in his book comments on his views from some of these theorists who disagree with him?

His motivation for attempting to remove nonlocality from QM is clear: "At least this would put an end to mystical speculations about quantum mechanics demanding a holistic universe" (page 197).

When he writes on subjects other than physics, his arguments are crude, unsophisticated, and display his ignorance. For instance, "psychic phenomena have failed to be verified after 150 years of attempts involving thousands of independent experiments." (page 289). In the first place , the first sophisticated and systematic research only goes back to 1882 with the founding of the Society for Psychical Research, not 1845 (his book was written in 1995). Postive results have been consistently obtained, but they have always been discounted by critics if the protocol was not 100% perfect, thereby allowing the possibility of a 'normal' explanation - such as fraud. However, modern methods have become virtually foolproof, and combined with modern statistical techniques such as meta-analysis, they have obtained independently-replicated results with odds against chance of over ten thousand to one (see chapters 3-5 in The Conscious Universe by Dean Radin, additional sources listed there).

The only evidence Stenger offers for his narrow opinion is one-sentence reference to a highly-controversial 1987 report written by two arch-skeptics, psychologists Ray Hyman and James Alcock. For a balanced discussion of the Hyman-Alcock report, see Radin's book, pages 215-218. If the new age goop in the bookstores needs to be balanced by Stenger's book, then Stenger's book needs to be balanced with far more sophisticated works like Radin's. For more balanced discussions of QM, see The Mystery of the Quantum World by Euan Squires, and The Quantum World by JC Polkinghorne.

To keep us in check..........2001-08-29

I enjoyed this book immensely. If you read The Dancing Wu Li Masters, then you must read this book as well. It will bring you back down (this is a good thing).
Mr. Stenger writes very clearly and puts forth a good dialogue about what is and is not quantum physics. Before jumping on the New Age quantum, "science and Eatern mysticism are the same" bandwagon, be certain you are educated on the story from someone who lives it. Mr. Stenger lives quantum physics.
While the language is different, the goal is the same -- Mr. Stenger is merely seeking truth. Truth does not conform to the way we wish, no matter how hard we try. This book is one way to make certain that we keep the truth we think we have in check. P.S. Leon Lederman's book The God Particle is worth checking out as well.
(FYI: This is an old review from an old email address)

The Unconscious Quantum. Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology

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The Unconscious Quantum. Metaphysics in Modern Physics and Cosmology
Victor J Stenger
Manufacturer: Prometheus
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ASIN: B000KHAMEW

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This book is about doing discourse analysis. Its focus is on method, but the method is embedded in a wider theoretical perspective on social life, in the view of language as action, in the recognition that the social world revolves around talk (and writing). What is it that we accomplish by talking? Can we reconceptualize such traditional concepts as attribution and personality in discursive terms or shed light on applied topics, such as sexual abuse and legal adjudication?

Doing Discourse Analysis: Methods for Studying Action in Talk and Text draws on conversation analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, and particularly, the discursive approach developed in social psychology. The book presents examples of actual discourse analyses, covers procedures of data collection and strategies for data analysis, and addresses issues of reliability and validity or the scientific warrants for discourse-analytic work.

This book provides both the practical steps for doing discourse analysis and the theoretical justifications for these steps. It is an essential book for students and researchers undertaking discourse analysis.

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Rolf Of The Woods
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: Echo Library
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Binding: Paperback

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Rolf in the woods;: The adventure of a boy scout with Indian Quonab and little dog Skookum. Over two hundred drawings

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Rolf in the woods;: The adventure of a boy scout with Indian Quonab and little dog Skookum. Over two hundred drawings
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: Doubleday, Page & company
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Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout With Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum

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Rolf in the Woods
An American Gem
An American Gem
Great book for any nature lover

Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout With Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: Stevens Publishing
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ASIN: 1885529090

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Over Two Hundred Drawings. Partial Contents: The Wigwam Under the Rock; Rolf Kittering and the Solder Uncle; Rolf Catches a Coon and Finds a Friend; Skookum Accepts Rolf at Last; Memory's Harp and the Indian Drum; The Law of Property Among our Four-footed Kin; Where the Bow is Better Than the Gun; The Thunder Storm and The Fire Sticks; Hunting the Woodchucks; The Fight With the Demon of the Deep; Bound for the North Woods; Life With the Dutch Settler; Canoeing on the Upper Hudson; Animal Life Along the River; The Trapper's Cabin; Rolf's First Deer; The Line of Traps; The Beaver Pond; The Porcupine; The Otter Slide; Back to the Cabin; Sick Dog Skookum; Alone in the Wilderness; Snowshoes; Catching a Fox; The Antler-bound Bucks; A Song of Praise The Birch-bark Vessels; Snaring Rabbits; The Pekan or Fisher; The Silver Fox; The Rarest of Pets; The Enemy's Fort; Skookum's Panther; Sunday in the Woods; The Lost Bundle of Furs; Nursing Hoag; Hoag's Home-coming; Rolf's Lesson in Trailing; Rolf Gets Lost; Marketing the Fur; Traveling to the Great City; Albany; The Rescue of Bill; The Sick Ox; Rolf and Skookum at Albany; Back to Indian Lake; Van Cortlandt's Drugs; Van Courtland's Adventure; The Charm Song; Dinner at the Governor's; The Grebes and the Singing Mouse; A Lesson in Stalking; Rolf Meets a Canuck; War; Ogensburg; Saving the Dispatches Sackett's Harbour; Scouting Across Country; Van Trumper's Again; Scouting in Canada The Duel; Rumors and Papers; McGlassins Exploit; The Bloody Sarnac; The Battle of Plattsburg; Scouting for Macomb; Rolf Unmasks the Ambush; The Hospital, the Prisoners, and Home; The New Era of Prosperity; Quonab Goes Home.

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horrible edition.......2007-07-02

I know the book, and i love the story, BUT the big problem is this edition of the book. It looks like being a 5th photocopy, picture quality is terrible, binding is cheap, some words are almost unreadable. For a price of $32 I'm very disappointed with this book, stay away from this edition!

Rolf in the Woods.......2001-06-11

Rolf in the Woods is one of a series of six written by Earnest Thompson Seton Called the Woodcraft Series. The original were hardback with an imitation birch bark cover. Rolf in the story is NOT a boy scout as stated above but was an orphan who lived with a drunken aunt and uncle who often beat him. He made the acquaintance of an Indian Quonab who lived at a nearby pond who taught him about nature. One night he heard his aunt and uncle come home drunk and plan to beat him so he took off out the window and went to the Indian's campsite.Knowing that the aunt and uncle would eventually find him there Rolf and Quaonb took off for Canada The book is written in such a way that it teaches woodcrft while still being an interesting story in fact the book has wide margins with sketches showing how to do the things described in the story.(such as making a fire by bow and drill) I highly recomend this book for any ten year old (or adult).It is one one of the books I read at that age that was responsible for my great interest in nature study today.

An American Gem.......2000-09-20

This is the story of the last Wabanaki Indian in the forests of New England. A beautiful book as exciting as Robinson Crusoe, as epic, poignant and American as Lonesome Dove, steeped in the same tradition of authenticity, historical, anthropological, ecological. Seton wrote a century ago, but to the contemporary reader he is a sensitive writer that provides insight into the period he wrote about that shames our modern-day prejudices and simplifications about the thoughts and mores of people two centuries ago. Reading this book is edifying as it is humbling. It is a gem of American literature. The illustrations are exciting and evocative and add an important dimension to the story. You will never forget having read this book. It is a book to share. Why on earth Amazon.com rate it for reading age of 4-8 is incomprehensible.

An American Gem.......2000-09-20

Great book for any nature lover.......1999-10-26

I read this book for first time many years ago, in translation in my native Czechoslovakia.The book and author are more known in Europe then in north America.To classify book for ages 4-8 is a mistake.It's more like 8-15.Hey,I still enjoy that book and I'm 42 !!!!

Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum: The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft Volume One

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Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum: The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft Volume One
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: Doubleday, Page & Company
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ASIN: B000MPPAFS

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The Balsa Book
Piri Turcsanyi
Manufacturer: Australian Balsa Co.
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Binding: Pamphlet

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This set of ten work-sheets can be used as a blue-print for a construction program from Prep, to Year 9 and beyond. The sheets contain appropriate problems, together with teaching hints, and a succint outline for understanding space at each level. Separate sheets make it easy to use both individually by teacher and student, or for display as a motivational aid.

THE LIBRARY OF PIONEERING AND WOODCRAFT Vol. I Rolf In The Woods The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum

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THE LIBRARY OF PIONEERING AND WOODCRAFT Vol. I Rolf In The Woods The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian Quonab and Little Dog Skookum
Ernest Thompson Seton
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ASIN: B000TQEOH0

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Over 200 drawings.

The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft-Six Volume Set [Rolf in the Woods, Wild Animal Ways, Two Little Savages, The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore, Woodland Tales, Wild Animals at Home]

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The Library of Pioneering and Woodcraft-Six Volume Set [Rolf in the Woods, Wild Animal Ways, Two Little Savages, The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore, Woodland Tales, Wild Animals at Home]
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: Doubleday, Page & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KIBIZ8

Robbery under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia

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Robbery under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia
Rolf Boldrewood
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000M18UOU

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Bad re-print of a great book

Rolf in the Woods
Ernest Thompson Seton
Manufacturer: IndyPublish.com
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1404327886

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Not one hour, but nearly three, had passed before Rolf sighted the Pipestave Pond, as it was called. He had never been there before, but three short whoops, as arranged, brought answer and guidance. Quonab was standing on the high rock. When Rolf came he led down to the wigwam on its south side.

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Bad re-print of a great book.......2003-08-28

Rolf in the Woods is a fine book; especially enjoyable for those who love nature and the great outdoors. But, don't buy this Indypublish.Com edition. It is not worth the [money] I paid for it. The original edition of the book is filled with illustrations by the author, both humorous and descriptive, which are often referred to in the text. This edition contains NO illustrations. It also duplicated one chapter.
Maybe someone will print a facsimile of the original? Until that happens, I recommend that you save your money for a clean, used copy of the original.

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