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United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke Briefs the Press
June 24, 2012
Special Briefing
Gary Locke
Ambassador to China
Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Beijing, China
May 3, 2012
MS. NULAND: All right, everybody. We are sorry to keep you waiting this morning. I am delighted to have with us Ambassador Locke. He is going to speak to you on the record briefly about his experiences with Chen Guangcheng leading – while he was in the Embassy and leading up to his decision to depart. He'll have time to take a couple of questions about all of that, and then he's got to go back and rejoin the S&ED, so that'll be on the record and the audio is available for our review.
So with that, thank you for joining us today. Thank you, Ambassador Locke, for joining us. Over to you.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Thank you very much, Victoria. Let me just say that I and the Embassy have long had interest in Mr. Chen Guangcheng, and of course, the U.S. Government has long had an interest, and we've mentioned him in so many of our human rights statements, and have advocated for his humane treatment ever since for many, many years.
Last week, under most unusual extraordinary circumstances, he contacted us, we went out and met with him, and given the fact that he has a – he's blind, he was injured, we took the extraordinary step in a very unusual situation, exceptional situation, to bring him into the Embassy. I have spent sometimes five hours during the day with him almost every day, two to three, three-plus hours talking with him – so have other Embassy people – trying to determine what it is that he want.
He made it very, very clear from the very, very beginning that he wanted to stay in China, that he wanted to be part of the struggle to improve the human rights within China, and to gain greater liberty and democracy for the people of China. We asked him, did you want to go to the United States, and he said no; maybe someday to study, but his immediate goal was to stay in China and to help with the cause.
We spent a lot of time determining what it is that he want. First and foremost, he did not want to go back to the village and be in Shangdong Province, and he outlined all the mistreatment that he and his family had received there. And he talked about his dreams of wanting to study law and to pursue his studies. He wanted a safe future for his family. And he also was, of course, concerned about those who had helped him during his escape and his travel to Beijing. So we had numerous meetings with the Chinese Government, and I was involved in every single one of those meetings. Sometimes those were – some of those meetings were three times a day trying to present proposals that – to the Chinese Government that met his objectives, and we were constantly trying to determine what those objectives might be and how we could accomplish those objectives.
We consulted with him regularly, and one thing that he really expressed an interest in was wanting to study, pursue the study of law. So we came up with a proposal. Some of it was then – we negotiated with the Chinese on it and it was changed. And we finally had a proposal that met with his agreement. I can tell you that he knew the stark choices in front of him. He knew that – and was very aware that he might have to spend many, many years in the Embassy, and that – but he was prepared to do that unless the terms of an agreement with the Chinese Government was not acceptable to him. He also was fully aware of the plight of his family if he stayed in the Embassy.
At one point on Tuesday, we presented a proposal to him, and he said it was unacceptable – unacceptable – and that he would stay in the Embassy. From then on, we started focusing on what that would mean in terms of procedures with the Embassy, and we left him alone. Later that night, a person went back in to deliver food and asked him if he was still comfortable with that decision, and he said he was, and we respected that. That night, however, we were able to meet with the Chinese Government, because he constantly said he needed some first steps by the Chinese Government as a demonstration of good faith, that they were always asking him to leave the Embassy before they would implement new procedures or part of the agreement, and he wanted a first step by the Chinese Government. And he said why can't they bring his family up to Beijing. And so we approached the Chinese Government on that, and they said yes.
And the agreement was that if you brought – if the family were brought to the hospital, that he would then be able to talk with his wife, and that would enable him to make the very final decision on whether or not he would leave the Embassy. So while the Chinese Government had agreed to his request to have the family come to Beijing, it was not necessarily in his mind, and we stated it – did not mean that he would definitely leave the Embassy until he had a chance to talk with his wife over the phone, and then he would make his final decision.
He spoke with his wife over the phone, two conversations with his wife over the phone.
QUESTION: What day?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Yesterday. And then we asked him what did he want to do, did he want to leave, was he ready to leave. And we waited several minutes and then suddenly he jumped up, very excited, very eager, and said, "Let's go," in front of many, many witnesses. We then proceeded to take him down to the van with the doctors, translators, and many other personnel. Before he went into the van, I asked him again, "Is this what you want to do? Are you ready to leave the Embassy?" And he said yes. We then gave him a phone and he talked with Secretary Clinton. He called his lawyer. He wanted to reach out to a member of the press. And we made that – and facilitated, made all those connections for him.
We stayed with him in the hospital. Of many, many people, I was there for probably an hour and a half after he entered the hospital, met with the family, met with the children. The doctors were there for many, many hours. And so at all points, we were intent on carrying out his wishes and ensuring that we could put together something that met his needs.
Number one, relocation to another part of China, and the Chinese Government gave him seven different universities and places that he could choose from. Number two, that he would receive a college education paid for by the Chinese Government with living expenses and housing for him and his entire family at one of seven institutions of his choosing. Number three, that while he was in the hospital for medical treatment, that the Chinese Government would listen to his complaints of abuse and conduct a full investigation, and three, that he would be given all the rights and privileges of any student at any university, which included the opportunity to apply for a different university down the road.
And so I can tell you unequivocally that he was never pressured to leave, he was excited and eager about leaving when he made his decision, announced it. He simply – while he was sitting there, we waited for him to make his decision. He also fully knew of what would be – of what staying in the Embassy would entail if he decided not to leave. And he was fully aware of and talked about what might happen to his family if he stayed in the Embassy and they stayed in the village in Shangdong Province.
QUESTION: Toria, he said he made an offer on Tuesday night? I just wanted to clarify. You said you made an offer on Tuesday night and he said it was not acceptable. Was that an offer for asylum?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: No. He never asked for asylum.
QUESTION: Okay.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: He never asked for asylum. He always said he wanted to stay and live in China, and wanted to go back into China and continue his work on civil rights and to pursue an education.
MS. NULAND: I think --
QUESTION: So --
MS. NULAND: Guys, I think what Ambassador Locke was saying was that the first proposal that was negotiated with the Chinese side was unacceptable to him, and on that basis, he was prepared to stay as long as he was going to have to, and the Embassy understanding that it could be years.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: And we were – we respected that and started making preparations and thinking about what his living arrangements would be on a daily basis in the Embassy based on that decision. So we respected his decision.
QUESTION: You seem to suggest that this is not – that him going to the hospital is not the end, but I just want to make sure, you said he called his wife twice from the Embassy while she was in the hospital?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Yes.
QUESTION: Is that correct? Okay. So at that point, what – that was enough to convince you that he had consulted with his wife and that he was going to – and that – what I'm trying to get at is that now that he is at the hospital and has changed his mind, was it your understanding of the situation that he would be – should be allowed to go back to the Embassy if he wants to?
MS. NULAND: Guys, we're going to talk about the state of --
QUESTION: Well, this goes directly to what he said. He said the agreement was that if they brought the family to the hospital, he would be allowed to talk with his wife and that would allow him to make a final decision on whether to leave the Embassy.
MS. NULAND: And --
QUESTION: The phone calls did that, so in other words, he's made his bed and he's going to lie in it now? He's left the Embassy and you're not going to take him back?
MS. NULAND: Ambassador Locke is here to talk about the state of play up to and including our assisting him in getting to the hospital and the support we gave him last night.
QUESTION: Can you describe the context today with him?
MS. NULAND: I will be --
QUESTION: No, but I mean, I think somebody went over to him lately. I think – I know he's told us in the media what he wants. Has he told you guys what --
MS. NULAND: Again --
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: I've not been part of that, and I've been here all morning, and so Toria probably has more information as to who all has been over at the hospital.
QUESTION: I want to just quickly ask, though, just understanding you're giving us your account of what has already transpired, as the Ambassador, he has publicly asked the United States to help him now and said that he's not comfortable and he wants to leave the country. Are you going to help support his bid to leave the country now that he's publicly calling on you and Secretary Clinton?
MS. NULAND: Again, I think the Ambassador has been here all day. If anybody has any questions about what went down until we got him to the hospital and yesterday, Ambassador Locke can take one or two of those, and then we'll move on.
QUESTION: Yeah, I've just got one question in terms of – it seems like the change of heart came after he got to the hospital. Now whether that was speaking with his wife – there's other reports from activists that he may have actually seen some of his home province sort of – enemies or thugs or whatever at the hospital, that he may have been actually intimidated there. Do you have any indication of what may have transpired while he was at the hospital that could have forced that change of heart?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: No. I can only just say that I was there for probably about an hour, hour and a half at the hospital after I arrived – after we all arrived there. I know that the deputy chief of mission was there until the evening, and medical personnel were there until the evening. I saw him being interviewed by medical personnel with his wife, assess – or compiling a medical history and what his issues were. I saw the doctors with him and the American doctors with him going over his medical history and any particular issues, so --
QUESTION: But no one overnight, no?
MS. NULAND: Say again?
QUESTION: No one from the Embassy was there after the medical personnel left?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: I'm not aware.
QUESTION: Was that an understanding that somebody was supposed to stay there with him? He was – he's been saying – overnight – that he had thought that somebody from the Embassy was going to stay overnight.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Our medical personnel had reached their protocol with their medical team on the visits, the access, the consultations, and I wasn't privy to all of those details so we'll have to get back to you on exactly what the agreements were.
MS. NULAND: Let's take one more, then we have to let Ambassador Locke get back.
QUESTION: I just want to clarify, what was wrong with the initial deal that he was given on Tuesday? And given that you had trust in this deal, what is your understanding of why he changed his mind? I mean, is it – if the central authorities were giving their word that they were going to do this for him, why should he have freaked out and changed his mind?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: On Tuesday when we presented the latest offer and response by the Chinese Government to all of our proposals, we were constantly giving – presenting proposals that talked especially about education – which institutions, where, and the like. On Tuesday afternoon, we presented the latest proposal or response by the Chinese Government. He said that that was unacceptable, and he said he, in fact, needed to speak to Premier Wen Jiabao. He was now demanding a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao.
And later on that evening, after we checked on him again and he said he was still comfortable with his decision to stay at the Embassy, he indicated that why can't the Chinese Government take a first step as a sign of good faith; they're asking me to leave the – or proposing that I leave the Embassy and all these other benefits would follow; why can't they do something first like bring my family here.
So we went back to the Chinese Government and said he needs some assurance; you're asking him to take a leap of faith and he wants the Chinese Government to take a first step. And so it was agreed by the Chinese Government that they would put the family on the fast train, the high-speed train, bring them up to the hospital. And that night, Tuesday night, after we informed him that the Chinese Government was willing to do that, but before they did that, we needed to find out that if they – in fact, they did that, and if in fact he was able to talk to his wife, would in – was he inclined to leave the Embassy.
The Chinese Government did not want to go to the effort of bringing the family up if it was still not acceptable. And he said it was, provided he still had the opportunity to talk to his wife at the – when she was at the hospital before he made his final, final decision.
MS. NULAND: Okay. Thank you. I think --
QUESTION: Can I just ask one question? I just want to clarify whether you or anyone else from the U.S. Government spoke with the wife. You said that he spoke with his wife twice yesterday. Did you ever – she's now accounting – saying that she was beaten after he escaped, that terrible mistreatment was meted out over the last few days. Did you or any U.S. official hear this from his wife, or was it just her conversations with him?
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: We – there was a U.S. Government or Embassy official with her during her – their conversations at the hospital, outside the presence of the Chinese Government. I could hear part of the conversation at the Embassy in which Mr. Chen repeatedly asked are you alone; are there any Chinese Government there; have they mistreated you; are you okay; are you safe. And she was imploring him to come to the hospital, to be reunited with the family, and saying that there will always be uncertainties and we need to take first steps, we don't want – we need to keep the struggle going, and we have to take it a step at a time. And it may not be everything that they would like or want, but this was a good proposal, and they need to take a step at a time.
MS. NULAND: I need to get Ambassador Locke back.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Thank you. Thank you.
MS. NULAND: I'm going to walk him out.
AMBASSADOR LOCKE: Thank you.
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They look done. Almost all the New York Rangers do.
They are trying to be positive, trying to be optimistic, but down three games in the Stanley Cup final to the Los Angeles Kings is well, rather unnerving, surprisingly unexpected and it's come at them without time for reflection.
"We're down 3-0," said coach Alain Vigneault, trying to bring some perspective to the day between Cup games. "We're all lacking sleep. This is tough.
"I didn't expect my players today to be cheery and upbeat. We're in the Stanley Cup final and were down 3-0. You don't get a lot of these opportunities. Excuse me if today we're not cheery. But tomorrow I can tell you we're going to show up."
Show up is fine. Win is another matter entirely. The Rangers had every opportunity to win Games 1 and 2, both games in which they led, both games losing in overtime. In Game 3, the first Cup game in New York in 20 years, every bounce that could have gone against them, went against them. But still, they didn't score on Jonathan Quick.
When Vigneault was asked what he could change or differently in Game 4, he deadpanned: "Score."
He was kidding. Or he wasn't. It was hard to tell which.
But if reading the expressions of the Rangers players' faces is in any way relevant, their faces said what some of the players said. They were out of answers.
"We're facing the same situation that we were against Pittsburgh," the coach said. "We lose and we're done. If we don't want to be done, we've got to win."
Martin St. Louis made the mountain-climbing analogy. The task for the Rangers is akin to climbing a giant mountain.
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St. Louis, for one, was not buying the Henrik Lundqvist theory that everything is going against the Rangers, every call, every bounce. "If we wait for a bounce," St. Louis said, "we could be waiting a long time."
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"I'm not going to lie to you," said Brad Richards, the stand-by captain of the Rangers and soon to be ex-Ranger. "It's pretty much impossible to be upbeat today. But you have to be professional and the series is not over.
"You get through today, get a good meal, get a good night sleep and put all this behind you."
Lundqvist, meanwhile, is taking defeat personally. This is his first Stanley Cup Final. It might be his last. He went home and watched tapes of Game 3, in particular the three goals scored on him. He wanted to see what happened, so the goals went in.
"I'm tracking the puck," he said, self-assured. By his own admission, he wouldn't have played any of the goals differently upon reflection. He did what he could. The bounces and the deflections were his enemy.
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Lundqvist understands that much: Four times he has faced elimination in the playoffs and four times he has won.
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BERDYANSK, Ukraine — A celebrated Ukrainian bomber pilot who faces murder charges in Moscow has become a new, high-profile flash point between Ukraine and Russia as they clash over deadly fighting along their border.
First Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, 33, Ukraine's first female military pilot, is accused of complicity in the June 17 killing of two Russian journalists during a mortar attack on a checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists outside Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. She was captured the next day by the separatists and surfaced this month in Voronezh, southwestern Russia, where she is to go on trial.
The case is stoking new tension between Ukraine and Russia because Ukraine contends Savchenko was taken to Russia against her will.
Adding to the drama is her recent choice of a defense counsel: a flamboyant attorney who was part of a legal team that enlisted Madonna, Sting and other celebrities to support the Russian punk-rock protest band Pussy Riot against charges of hooliganism.
Russian lawyer Mark Feigin withdrew from the Pussy Riot case before its conclusion amid accusations that he was using it for publicity. Ultimately three members of the group were given prison sentences, but the sentence of one was suspended and the others received two-year terms, short of the seven-years maximum they faced.
Even before the Savchenko case, relations between the two nations have been worsening, as Ukraine accuses Moscow of supporting the rebellion by separatists in the east, and Russia accuses Kiev's military forces of targeting innocent ethnic Russian civilians in the region.
Both Russian and Ukrainian leaders have become personally involved in Savchenko's trial. Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed anger about the Russian journalists' deaths, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has taken charge of efforts to free Savchenko.
The Russian Investigative Committee, Russia's equivalent of the FBI, contends Savchenko deliberately helped a Ukrainian mortar crew target the television journalists during a battle. Two of the three members of the state-owned Rossiya TV crew, Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Volshin, died in the shelling.
"Having gained the coordinates of a group of Russian journalists and other civilians near Luhansk, Savchenko passed them on to the combatants," the Investigative Committee said in a statement. "We have said many times that all those who commit war crimes on the territory of Ukraine will be called to account," committee spokesman Vladimir Markin added.
Savchenko says she was fighting with a ground unit when the journalists were killed and denied targeting them.
Ukraine's consul was given permission to visit Savchenko in the detention center, the Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported Wednesday, citing the Federal Prison Service. The consul had previously been denied access to her.
Savchenko's family hired Feigin in hopes he will turn her prosecution into a show trial that generates international headlines, as he did in the Pussy Riot case.
The family turned to Feigin after the court in Voronez refused to let a Ukrainian attorney defend her, according to her sister, Vera. "The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has started an Open Dialogue Fund that will pay Feigin's fees," she said.
Savchenko is a national hero at home, where she is referred to as Ukraine's "G.I. Jane." In addition to being the country's first female military pilot, she was also the only woman to serve with Ukrainian peacekeepers in Iraq and was a high-profile participant in the Kiev protests that led to the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich in February.
Savchenko endeared herself to the Ukrainian public with her cool but defiant demeanor during an interrogation by separatists, who posted a video of it on YouTube. Asked how many forces are fighting the insurgents, she replies: "Do you think I know this? I think the whole of Ukraine (is fighting against you)."
Poroshenko contends she was "kidnapped" by the separatists and that Moscow ordered them to hand her over — acts that violate "all rules of international law."
The Ukraine government dismisses Russia's claim that she was arrested after slipping across the border disguised as a refugee.
Putin has been vocal about what he contends is Ukraine's mistreatment of Russian journalists covering the Ukraine conflict. He expressed anger about an earlier death of a Russian journalist and Ukraine's temporary detention of some journalists.
Journalism groups say Putin's comments are ironic since Russia is hostile to reporters. Fifty-six Russian journalists have been killed in the country since 1992, shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, according to the Washington-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Ukraine had been one of the Soviet republics.
Vera Savchenko, who spent three weeks in the war zone trying to locate her captured sister, said it wasn't until July 7 that the family learned Nadiya was in Russia. That was when a court-appointed defense attorney called the pilot's mother Mariya in Kiev. He said Nadiya had been in Russia since June 23, six days after her capture.
In addition to hiring Feigin, the family is taking Nadiya's case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, which has a history of siding against Russia in human-rights cases.
The family also plans an international "Free Nadiya" campaign to press Russia to drop the prosecution, Vera Savchenko said. Ukrainians have already started a "Free Our Girl" social-media campaign, mimicking one created to free schoolgirls abducted by terrorists in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Poroshenko and other Ukrainian officials are working the diplomatic front. The president has spoken to leaders of the United States, Germany, France and other countries about Savchenko.
The United States has condemned the charges against Savchenko and her being taken to Russia in the first place.
In Moscow, some analysts see a downside in choosing Feigin as a defense attorney because he is more interested in politics. "Such a lawyer is bad news for Savchenko, because his aim is to bury the accused for the sake of political effect damaging to the Russian government," said Sergei Markov, a political analyst and Kremlin adviser.
Foster reported from Portland, Ore.
Contributing: Anna Arutunyan in Scalea, Italy


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The fact that the increasingly social Internet allows "the conversation" to spread across comments, Twitter posts, and news aggregators is both a blessing and a curse. On one hand, it is a wonderful thing to be able to enjoy and discuss content with a community in just about any way you can imagine. Publishers and enthusiasts, however, are still scrambling to keep up with and follow what others are saying about their content across all these services. uberVU, a new service in private beta, may finally be what we have all been looking for, so Ars sat down to track some conversations and have one of our own with cofounder Vladimir OANE.
UberVU's concept is simple: give it a URL for a story you like (or one you have published), and it will chomp through a broad selection of services like Twitter, Digg, Flickr, FriendFeed, and WordPress to find what people are saying about the story. UberVU follows through most URL-shortening services to make sure it is tracking the right comments, and you can label and sort the stories that you follow. In short, UberVU is a bit like an RSS reader, except in the inverse: instead of tracking multiple news stories from a single source (or searching them), it tracks what the rest of the world is saying about a particular story.
As uberVU finds new comments, they are marked separately from the total number of comments beside each story's headline. Clicking the new comment badge displays just those comments, and all comments are listed in chronological order, along with the user's avatar and the service's badge to help identify which service the comment was left on. You can even reply to comments on a handful of services right from uberVU, including Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, blogger, and Picasa, though this requires handing over relevant credentials for some services (Twitter can get around to implementing OAuth any day now). This turns uberVU into not just a window into the conversation, but a tool for participating it.
UberVU is a Romanian company with three founders who, after winning a Seedcamp startup event and some venture funding, moved operations to London. OANE's team is using Amazon's storage services to help scale, building in Python and Django. While the company just launched and is not yet bringing in revenue, it is exploring a number of plans to do so, including tiered accounts for power users and journalists, as well as charging publishers and businesses for API access. That's right, there is an API for for harnessing uberVU's stream of comments or embedding them in your site or blog.
Despite uberVU's impressive approach to rounding up all these fragmented conversations, it is still an early beta. OANE says that, while his company can track obfuscated URLs from most of the URL-shortening services, some use "strange formulas" that allow for things like multiple hashes for a single URL. The site also features some impressive UI tools and even a bookmarklet for easily adding stories to track, but there are still plenty of conversations that uberVU cannot track due to its dependency on specific platform support. For example, uberVU can show us comments that users post to Digg about our stories, but it cannot show us comments from our own forums because we use Groupee, a less popular platform. Platform APIs create a conundrum for OANE's company—while they provide rich access for collecting comments that probably cannot be done (at least easily) any other way, they also create blind spots for uberVU's eyes.
It is also sometimes difficult to get back to the source of a comment, though this will undoubtedly improve with time. Some posts, such as those from Twitter and the Disqus hosted comment system, offer links to view the original, but comments on Digg and FriendFeed do not.
Perhaps a more significant drawback to uberVU is the inability to filter comments and services, or sort by relevance or clout. There is no way to turn off Digg comments or Twitter posts; you simply enter your URL and uberVU returns everything it finds. You also cannot sort Twitter posts to see what the most popular (or, perhaps more accurately, "most followed") users are saying about your stories. Viewing the entire conversation around your stuff is useful, but filtering to see what influencers are saying would be killer.
Beta gripes aside, uberVU is still an ambitious service that launched with a solid set of very unique conversation tracking features. Even in this early (private beta) stage, uberVU lends itself to everything from customer service to interactive journalism. As the company grows, look for more service compatibility and filtering options for making more use out of all these conversations.


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The Ultimate Adventure F-150
2011 Ford F-150 Ecoboost
Driver: Rick Péwé
Co-Driver: Fred Williams
Stomping Grounds: Wherever Ultimate Adventure 2011 takes it
Each year we build an official vehicle to lead the Ultimate Adventure, and this year it happened to be a cutting-edge '11 Ford F-150 EcoBoost. Piloting the UA F-150 is Editor-in-Chief Rick Péwé along with the man who oversaw the entire UA project build, Technical Editor Fred Williams. Built in just three months with the help of this year's official UA fabricator, Randy Ellis Design, the UAF-150 is a one-of-a kind pickup built to handle every terrain imaginable. Fitted with a custom independent front suspension, 40-inch Nitto Mud Grapplers, and a powerful yet eco-friendly twin-turbo V-6, the F-150 was one of our most forward-thinking projects to date. The UA F-150 is the subject of an ongoing buildup series. Part 5 is in this issue, and past ones are online at 4wheeloffroad.com.
- Engine: 3.5L twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6
- Transmission: Stock FoMoCo 6R80 6-speed automatic
- Transfer Case: Stock Borg Warner 44-19
- Front Axle: Dynatrac ProRock 60 with ARB Air Locker, Dana Spicer 5.38 Gears, RCV 300M inner and outer axleshafts, Dynatrac Free-Spin Kit, Dyna-Lock Hubs
- Rear Axle: Dynatrac Pro 80 with ARB Air Locker, Dana Spicer 5.38 Gears, RCV 300M axleshafts
- Springs & Such: (front) Custom Randy Ellis Design–built IFS with chromoly upper and lower A-arms and knuckles, Fox 21/2-inch coilover shocks and Fox 2-inch air bumpstops, Icon Vehicle Dynamics coil springs, Poly Performance Rod ends, Synergy suspension limiting straps; (rear) Deaver Raptor 1-inch lift springs, Fox 21/2-inch 3-tube bypass shocks, Fox 4-inch air bumpstops, Randy Ellis Design custom shackles.
- Tires & Wheels: 40x13.35R17 Nitto Mud Grapplers on Trail Ready 17-inch HD beadlocks Steering: Off Road Connection 36-inch custom steering ram, PSC full hydraulic steering pump, valve, cooler, reservoir, and plumbing kit
- Custom paint by Auto Body and More; Warn winch, recovery kit, and air compressor; KC and TJM off-road lights; Tuffy security toolbox; gas and water cans from Off Road Trail Tools; Summit Racing/Craftsman trail/track tool kit; Copper State Bolt trail hardware kit; ARB Fridge Freezer; JE Reel custom driveshafts; MasterCraft racing seat belts and tool bags; Poison Spyder Custom spare tire ratchet strap; Sun Devil fire extinguisher


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Environmental management
The growing international attention to sustainability and the environment gives companies engaged in environmental issues a competitive advantage in the markets.
An environmental management system certificate shows that the company is aware of and prepared to deal with this kind of responsibility.
The main environmental certification schemes are:
Environmental management - ISO 14001
Summary: ISO 14001 is the standard for environmental management and it is the basis for establishing, introducing, monitoring and improving environmental management systems. It implements the protection of the environment systematically in the management, thus environmental management as supplement and development of a codified environmental protection. The benefit of an environmental management system is not only idealistic (e.g higher motivation of employees, better image) but also clearly material due to cost reduction because of reduced consumption of raw materials. The standards demands the compliance of the obligations a company established within its own environmental policy, which must include the compliance with the applicable legal and other requirements.
Target of the standard: Continual improvement. ISO 14001 is an effective instrument for a company to systematically monitor environmental impacts and to continuously improve the environmental situation. The number of incidents will be reduced by evaluating environmental risks and by establishing emergency plans.
For whom? For every company no regardless of size or industry-sector
- A certification according to ISO 14001 helps a company to demonstrate its environmental friendly behavior
- A certified environmental management system according to ISO 14001 is internationally recognized
- The environmental management system allows the identification and elimination of error sources
- Revelation of rationalization potential
- Improvement of legal certainty and
- Calculability of liability risks
- The standard requires a continual improvement of the environmental management system.
Council Regulation (EU) No. 333/2011
Summary: Council Regulation No. 333/2011 establishes criteria determining when certain types of scrap metal cease to be waste.
This is the case when a producer meets the criteria set out in Article 3 of the Regulation, i.e. the holder who transfers scrap metal to another holder for the first time as scrap metal which has ceased to be waste:
- Having a Quality Management System with specific characteristics as provided for in Article 6 and Annexes I and II.
- System has to be certified by a external and independent certification body that can verify the conformity1
As these requirements are defined in the given EU Regulation, they are directly applicable in each Member State.
- The audit allows the producer to demonstrate to the importer to fulfill the regulation.
- The audit makes the management system much simpler and allows cost reduction linked to handling of material excluded by waste management law.
- TÜV InterCert has got the accreditation for auditing Quality Management Systems according to Standard ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and therefore is able, to perform - as required by Regulation No. 333/2011 - :
- acceptance control of waste used as input for the recovery operation as set out in Section 2 of Annexes I and II;
- monitoring of the treatment processes and techniques described in Section 3.3 of Annexes I and II;
- monitoring of the quality of scrap metal resulting from the recovery operation as set out in Section 1 of Annexes I and II (including sampling and analysis);
- effectiveness of the radiation monitoring as set out in Section 1.5 of Annexes I and II, respectively;
- feedback from customers concerning compliance with scrap metal quality; EN 8.4.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 94/3
- record keeping of the results of monitoring conducted under points 1. to 4.;
- review and improvement of the quality management system;
- training of staff.
1 […] as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products ( 1 ), which has obtained accreditation in accordance with that Regulation, or any other environmental verifier as defined in Article 2(20)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) ( 2 ) shall verify that the quality management system complies with the requirements of this Article. The verification should be carried out every 3 years.
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 715/2013
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 715 issued on July 25, 2013 – applicable from January 1, 2014 – establishes criteria determining when copper scrap ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
This happens when the producer (or whoever performs the transformation or the holder who transfers scrap metal which has ceased to be waste) meets the specific criteria in accordance with certain conditions.
The companies involved in the handling of scrap copper must satisfy two conditions to be in compliance with the requirements of Regulation:
- Adoption of a Management System (only for the producer) able to demonstrate compliance with the criteria laid down in EU Regulation to be checked every 3 years by an Independent Third party Body;
- Drafting of a Declaration of Conformity (producer or importer to be delivered to the next holder) stating that the wreckage for the first time, cease to be waste.
TÜV INTERCERT is accredited for verifying certification of Quality Management System according to ISO 9001 and Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001 and therefore qualified as required by the Regulations, to ensure:
- Acceptance control of waste used as input for the recovery operation as referred to in point 2 of Annex I and Annex II of the Regulation;
- Monitoring of the processes and techniques of treatment referred to in point 3.3 of Annex I and Annex II of the Regulation;
- Monitoring the quality of scrap metal resulting from the recovery operation as referred to in point 1 of Annex I and Annex II to Regulation ( including sampling and analysis);
- Effectiveness of the radiation monitoring referred to in point 1.5 of Annexes I and II respectively of the Regulation;
- Comments from customers on the quality of scrap metal
- Recording the results of monitoring conducted under points 1. to 4. the Regulations;
- Revision and improvement of the Quality Management System;
- Training of qualified personnel.
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Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings.—Bible
When I was asked to suggest something about the gifts I want to receive in Valentine's Day, these words came to my head without notice. When mention about showing love or romantic, candies, flowers and some heart shape gadgets are surely on the show list. And we get used to it.
Have you use apple to show your love? Or have you see someone use apple to express love?Apple is regarded as the most precious thing in Bible. Keep me as the apple of the eye means that you are the only one I care in my heart. Be the one he or she see and all that he or she hopes to see. No one can replace your statue, because you are the apple of his eyes.
If you are still in trouble of how to express your love, why not try a apple and tell your lover that you are the apple of my eye.
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Medical Director
VCA Animal Hospitals
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VCA Bond Animal Hospital, located in White Plains, New York is looking for a dynamic and experienced Medical Director to help lead our amazing team!!!
The Medical Director (MD) under direction of the field management team, is responsible for establishing the medical quality and patient care practiced by all doctors in a given hospital. The MD achieves this through strong leadership and serving as a mentor and role model for the associate veterinarians and staff. A MD should demonstrate a strong work ethic, integrity, and a consistent positive attitude. The MD is also an integral part of the hospital management team responsible for the overall financial performance of the hospital, and helps create and drive the overall direction for the hospital that will achieve positive results. The MD also fulfills all of the duties of a staff veterinarian in addition to the specific responsibilities of Medical Director.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education and Experience:
Standards of Care:
'¢ Strives to meet or exceed the VCA and AAHA standards of care.
'¢ Medical records are complete, detailed, and signed per VCA guidelines.
'¢ Demonstrates commitment to professional integrity and pursuit of excellence.
'¢ Practices ethical medicine at all times, and ensures the same from associate doctors.
'¢ Ensures positive communication with clients and between doctors. This includes the
proper transfer of patient care responsibility between doctors.
'¢ Implements information from CMO, RMD, ROD or their representatives.
'¢ Is the primary liaison with Antech Diagnostics and maintains an appropriate level of in-house
vs. outside lab sample submission.
Patient/Client Management:
'¢ Treats all patients & clients with care and compassion, remembering that the patient'™s wellbeing is
the top priority.
'¢ Oversees administration and case review of client medical complaints and resolves the
problems when possible, while keeping the RMD and ROD informed of progress.
Staff Management: Professional Staff:
ensure that charges are captured and properly assigned.
weeks prior to beginning of month.
Staff Management: Technicians/Assistants and Receptionists:
medical topic if needed, and participate proactively in the meetings.
Responsibilities as part of the hospital leadership team:
prepare and submit new equipment proformas to the ROD or their representatives.
or repairs.
employee rules and policies.
Financial Responsibilities:
increasing revenue and limiting expenses.
cap-ex expenditures) and participate in the evaluation process with field management.
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Book Beat is hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and media personality Charlie LeDuff at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Baldwin Public Library, 300 W Merrill St., Birmingham, to speak and sign copies of his latest book, "Detroit: An American Autopsy."
This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available to purchase at the event. For information or to reserve copies of the book, call Book Beat at 248-968-1190.


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S&P 500 index closes at a five-year high
The Standard & Poor's 500 index is closing at its highest level in five years as the stock market extends a New Year's rally.
The S&P 500 closed at 1,466 Friday, the highest since Dec. 31, 2007, before the financial crisis.
That's a gain of seven points on the day. The index is up 4.6 percent over the past week after lawmakers passed a last-minute budget agreement that avoided a set of drastic tax increases and government spending cuts.
The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 43 points at 13,435. The Nasdaq rose just one point to end at 3,101, held back by a decline in Apple.
Three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was higher than average at 3.4 billion shares.


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HEINOLA, Finland - Canada is golden once again at the world under-18 women's hockey championship.
Karly Heffernan of St. Albert, Alta., scored 58 seconds into overtime Saturday to lift the Canadians to a thrilling 2-1 victory over arch-rival United States.
The victory came after some nailbiting moments in the Canadian dressing room before the overtime period.
Catherine Dubois of Quebec City gave Canada a chance at victory when she scored with just 13 seconds left in regulation to send the game into an extra period.
"We were pretty shaken, we were really happy, and we needed to calm down for the overtime," Heffernan said.
The Canadians cemented the victory when Hanna Bunton of Belleville, Ont., fired a pass from behind the net that Heffernan one-timed.
"It was definitely the biggest goal (of my career). I can't even remember half of it, it's crazy," Heffernan said laughing.
Canadian coach Jim Fetter said he spent the break before overtime reassuring his team.
"We just talked about the process and what our goal was here, and a couple of other words in there," Fetter said. "Just that they were good and for them to believe, that we were in great shape ... just kind of built them up and let them know that as a staff we were calm as well and we believed in them and that it only took one shot.
"And obviously that's what happened."
Jennifer Ryan scored for the U.S. less than two minutes into the game, and the Americans continued their assault on Canada's net through a shaky first period that saw them outshoot the defending champions 20-1.
"We didn't get a very good start, they kind of took it to us in the first period and we had great goaltending by Kimberly Newell," Fetter said. "We just talked to the girls about sticking to the plan and use our conditioning and I think that's the one thing is we were in pretty good shape and we were able to keep rolling lines and putting all kinds of pressure on them."
Newell, a native of Burnaby, B.C., stopped 39 shots while American goalie Sidney Peters made 23 saves.
Canada defeated the U.S. 3-0 in last year's final.
The two teams have dominated the event, meeting in the final at all five previous world championships. The Americans won gold on three occasions, while Canada's third title came in 2010.
"We knew this was going to be a big rivalry going into it, we knew both teams were very strong, but as a team I think we stuck together," said Canadian captain Kristyn Capizzano. "We knew what we were capable of doing and I think that's what made us reach our goal here."
Canada had beaten the U.S. in a three-game series this past summer, splitting the first two games before clinching the third game in a shootout.
"I wasn't expecting anything different here," said Fetter, who was an assistant with the team that won gold last year. "I think the girls believed in that as well and just kept working hard and obviously came out on the right end of the stick here."
Canada finished atop Group A of the preliminary round with a 3-0 record, outscoring its opponents by a 15-1 margin.
The Americans won Group B with an identical record but scored 25 goals while allowing none during the preliminary round.
The U.S. was the first team in tournament history not to allow a goal during the preliminary round.


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Hemodynamic Optimization using FloTrac Pulse Contour Analysis in TAVI patients: Early results of al valuable tool in postoperative fluid management
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Introduction: Fluid challenge and fluid response are markable points in hemodynamic optimization on the ICU. Pulse contour analysis is known as a important tool in extended hemodynamic monitoring. Measurement of continuous cardiac output and stroke volume variation as dynamic hemodynamic parameters may be helpful in perioperative management in a high risk group of TAVI patients. Aim of the study was to analyze if extended hemodynamic measurement using the Edwards FloTrac® Sensor with pulse contour analysis improves postoperative outcome in these group of high risk surgical patients
Materials and methods: TAVI procedure was performed in 50 patients. 25 patients received baseline monitoring as recommended in the S3 treatment guideline for patients after cardiac surgery (Group 1) whereas 25 patients additionally received extended hemodynamic measurement using the Edwards FloTrac® Sensor for pulse contour analysis (Group 2). Measurement of cardiac index (CI), stroke volume variation (SVV) and systemic vascular resistance (SVR) were sampled and implicated in the ICU-treatment-strategy for postoperative fluid management and inotropic support. The groups were analyzed for length of stay on ICU and hospital (LOS-ICU, LOS-HOSP), time of ventilation (TOV), acute renal failure (ARF) and Mortality.
Results: The demographic data were similar in both groups concerning risk factors and age (81.5; 66% female). No significant differences were found concerning LOS-ICU, LOS-HOSP, Mortality and TOV but with a remarkable trend favouring Group 2 to shorter LOS-ICU (5.6 ± 4 vs. 4.5 ± 4), LOS-HOSP (13.2 ± 9 vs. 11.6 ± 3). Group 2 showed significant lower postoperative levels of serum creatinine (Group 1: 2.4mg/dl vs. Group 2: 1.5mg/dl) and lower postoperative increase in serum creatinine (Group 1 Δ C: 1.1mg/dl; Group Δ C: 0.37mg/dl).
Conclusion: Hemodynamic optimization guided by pulse contour analysis improves the postoperative management on the ICU. We showed reduced LOS in hospital and ICU. Optimization of fluid management showed a protective effect on kidney function and might improve outcome in high risk TAVI patients


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BALTIMORE, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Obese women who have elective breast surgery are at substantially higher risk than others of complications after the procedure, U.S. plastic surgeons say.
Dr. Catherine Lee Chen and colleagues of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore analyzed insurance claim data on approximately 8,000 women undergoing elective breast surgery from 2002 to 2006.
Of these women, 2,400 -- about 30 percent -- were obese. For each type of procedure, rates and types of complications were compared for obese vs. non-obese women, Chen said.
"Obesity is associated with a nearly twelve-fold increased odds of a post-operative complication after elective breast procedures," Chen said in a statement.
The study, scheduled to be published in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, found about 18 percent of obese women filed an insurance claim covering a complication after breast surgery -- breast reduction surgery or breast reconstruction -- compared to 2 percent of non-obese women.
After adjustment for other factors, the risk of complications was 11.8 times higher for obese patients, the study said.


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Indian movements have called popular movements and organizations from BRICS countries as well as some other guests to Goa in the days ahead of the official summit of the leaders of the BRICS, the alliance between Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Palestine was among the people and struggle to be represented and delegates discussed possible ways forward for more powerful solidarity efforts and reaffirmed their commitment to support of the struggle and the Palestinian call for boycotts, divestment and sanctions.
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Name: Hannah Smith
What do you do?
Currently I'm working on the Historic Land-use Assessment project. HLA is a joint project between RCAHMS and Historic Scotland. It is an analysis of the present landscape, recording the visible traces of past land-use across Scotland, and presenting it as a digital map. My day is spent in front of a computer, working with digital sources in a GIS. This suits me well, I was always a bit of a fair weather archaeologist!
How did you get here?
I studied Archaeology at Glasgow University, and then went on to complete a Masters in Professional Archaeology there as well. As a student, I volunteered as a placement supervisor on the Hungate site in York with York Archaeological Trust. Working with YAT gave me the best crash course in field archaeology I could have asked for. Although I think the biggest thing I took away was that I preferred to work indoors!!
I began volunteering as soon as I could, as I knew it would be difficult to find a job in archaeology. I volunteered with Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust after I graduated, helping their HER officer, and with various research projects. I was then really lucky to get an HLF workplace learning bursary in Information Management at RCAHMS in 2011.
What's your background?
I've worked in various posts at RCAHMS since 2011. After completing my bursary in Information Management, I began working with the HLA project, before moving on to a data management role with Project Adair, and then working as Data and Standards officer within the Data and Recording section.
Favourite part of your job?
I've enjoyed working on many different projects and in different sections at RCAHMS. It's allowed me to gain a better understanding of all of the work undertaken by staff here. Also helping to produce our Day of Archaeology posts with staff is always a highlight.
Top tips for aspiring archaeologists?
Volunteer as much as you can.
Say yes. Even when you're in a job, say yes to everything that comes your way.
Keep at it. Jobs are often few and far between, but you'll be surprised at the range of archaeology jobs out there and the ways you can enter this field as a career.


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The Hound of Wall Street
Did you hear that? No, me neither. In fact, no one heard the great vote of Wall Street on President Obama's health plan ... because there was nothing to hear. I was struck by the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal not writing what they surely wanted to write. Namely, that ObamaCare is such a bad idea that the stock market tanked. Standard operating procedure is to infer great meaning from spurious fluctuations in the market, so if Wall Street had a bad day, surely it would be because "they" were indicating displeasure with Obama and the Democrats' health care plan. But that didn't happen. Actually, the stock market went up a little. So there was no story to tell. The dog didn't bark.
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See the Warcraft Movie official trailer below. It's pretty epic. Or should I say… legendary?
Continue after the break for the trailer for the new Warcraft expansion, Legion. Which, in my opinion is even more epic than the trailer for the movie. I would be very much okay if they just made full length CGI movies. Probably easier to do a bunch of crazy magic and monsters than mixing CGI and live action.


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Your website is very good, Macahhaallah.
I would like to use it to teach children about tajweed. Actually, I would like you to help me and know how to teach it. I have been asked to teach tajweed to a group of Asian girls, and their parents. However, I feel I need to know how to go about it. Would you please help me?
Thank you!!
Assalaam alaikum.
Jazakum Allahu khairan for the nice comment.
The most important thing for anyone teaching non-Arabs is to expect them to recite exactly like the correct recitation should be. Do not accept less than that. It may take them longer to master some of the articulation points of the letters, but as long as you correct them consistently and they try hard and make dua', insha' Allah they will achieve mastery in recitation.
The most important things to correct are the letters themselves and the timing of their recitation so that they do not lengthen vowels and do not shorten medd letters. The corrections of their reading should be intense and consistent. The tajweed rules should be explained and applied in their reading at a rate that is not too slow and not too fast. Understanding the rules is important but applying them is more important and of course, the goal of teaching them.
We have seen many classes of non-Arabs excel to the level of mastered Arabs in their recitation, knowledge, and mastery of tajweed and this is due to Allah's help, then their hard work and the hard work and patience of the teacher.
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When Shrewsbury coach Terry Walles was asked how Mike Coggeshall had improved over his time as the Colonials' starting quarterback, he did not hesitate.
"Mike has become a great leader and has developed the confidence you need to be a good quarterback," Walles said. "With that has come the maturity that allows him to make excellent reads on each and every play."
Walles pointed to a specific play in Friday's win over Marlboro to prove his point. During Shrewsbury's game-changing drive at the end of the first half, Coggeshall went through a series of progressions and checked off his primary receivers before finding Garrett Pacy for a big gain and a key first down with less than 30 seconds on the clock.
Three plays later, the Colonials scored and took the lead for good.
"That's the type of play he didn't make as a sophomore and probably not last year either," Walles said. "That's a play only an experienced quarterback can make. Mike has that experience now, and we expect to see him to continue to make more strides forward as the season goes on."
It has not always been that way. Coggeshall had exactly one year's experience playing football when he took over the starting job as a sophomore. His strong play and ability to handle pressure situations quickly won over the seniors, who supported their young QB and followed his lead.
Though the Colonials finished just 4-7 that season, Coggeshall earned the respect of his teammates and coaches. He made great strides throughout the season and looked forward to more success as a junior.
"That season was a key for me because those seniors really took me under their wing and helped me," Coggeshall said. "Looking back now, I see how weird that must have been for them to have a sophomore quarterback. They were great though. They really helped me develop as a quarterback and a leader."
As a junior, Coggeshall took even bigger strides. He threw for 1,173 yards and 12 touchdowns and completed 57 percent of his passes. He led Shrewsbury to a 5-6 record and a postseason berth in a very competitive Division 1. The Colonials lost to crosstown rival St. John's, 55-30, in that playoff game.
This season has started even better. The senior completed 8 of 10 passes for 86 yards in last week's win over Marlboro, a week after completing 8 of 15 for 107 yards and a touchdown in a tough loss to perennial powerhouse Auburn.
He really showed his poise and leadership in the win over the Panthers. After the Colonials opened up a quick 12-0 lead, Marlboro scored two quick TDs late in the half to take a 14-12 lead. A week after falling apart in the second half against Auburn, the Colonials easily could have done the same. Instead, Coggeshall engineered a 69-yard drive in just over a minute to give Shrewsbury the lead and momentum.
"Losing to Auburn was tough, but I think we learned a lot in that game," Coggeshall said. "I think it helped us believe a little bit in ourselves, and we were able to use that confidence in that last drive and the second half against Marlboro."
Coggeshall is still undecided about his plans for next year. A three-sport athlete (and a football and basketball captain), Coggeshall is weighing his options and focusing on football.
"We expect to have a great season," he said. "It won't be easy because Division 1 is filled with great teams, but we are going to continue to work hard each and every week. If we do that, good things will happen."


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