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The IBM X-Force Research and Development team analyzes trends in attack behaviors across platforms and industries. The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly highlights their findings and provides insights into the most significant threats and challenges that security professionals face today in a compact, quarterly format.
The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly – 2Q 2014
This report provides insights about:
- Hosted Application Security Management: Research by the IBM Hosted Application Security Management team shows that half of the organizations studied underestimate the number of web applications they have deployed, and could be exposing vulnerable assets. Broken authentication and cross-site request forgery occurred in nearly a quarter of scanned applications in 2013. The popular and widely used OpenSSL library put a huge percentage of websites at risk for data leakage of private and critical information.
- Spam: Attackers who want to access sensitive data will look for any open doors or revitalize old techniques if they bring success. The IBM X-Force content security team provides a current view into how attackers are attempting to exploit the email inbox and evade detection.
- Remote Incident Response: As businesses continue to expand operations outside of traditional markets, incidents in remote countries or infrastructure-deficient areas require a unique game plan. When a breach does occur, incident response teams should be prepared to expect the unexpected and we discuss some critical areas to consider.
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The IBM X-Force Research and Development team continually analyzes trends in attack behaviors across a range of industries. In addition to the current report, you can download previous reports for more information.
About IBM X-Force
IBM X-Force Research and Development is one of the most renowned commercial security research and development teams in the world. These security professionals monitor and analyze security issues from a variety of sources, including its database of more than 76,000 computer security vulnerabilities, its global web crawler and its international spam collectors.
The X-Force team produces the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly report to help customers, fellow researchers and the public at large better understand the latest security risks, and stay ahead of emerging threats. The reports dive deeply into some of the most significant challenges facing security professionals today, including software vulnerabilities and public exploitation, malware, spam, phishing, web-based threats and general attack activity.
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Two weeks after announcing a business version of its Google App Engine application building and hosting service, Google is acknowledging that the performance of the product's datastore has been chronically deficient for weeks.
To make up for the recent string of outages, slowdowns, and errors, Google is waiving datastore CPU costs retroactively effective to the May 31 bill and until further notice.
[ Also on InfoWorld: "Google App Engine gains developer interest in battle with EC2, Azure." | Get the no-nonsense explanations and advice you need to take real advantage of cloud computing in InfoWorld editors' 21-page Cloud Computing Deep Dive PDF special report. | Stay up on the cloud with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing Report newsletter. ]
The datastore problems, which have rippled out to other App Engine components, have been caused by the platform's growth, which has outpaced server capacity, Google said in a blog post on Wednesday.
"There are a lot of different reasons for the problems over the last few weeks, but at the root of all of them is ultimately growing pains. Our service has grown 25 percent every two months for the past six months," the blog post reads.
Jason Spitkoski, co-founder and director of Schedule Bin, a Web application that lets employers create and manage employee work schedules, has been using App Engine for two years, and started seeing performance issues in the past couple of months, with a marked deterioration in the past two weeks.
Because Schedule Bin is still in beta, customers have been understanding about the performance problems, but Spitkoski has been left red-faced in front of prospective customers.
"It is more of an issue when we approach new customers, explain the benefits of using a cloud and then show them the product, only to find slow performance and having to improvise our pitch to avoid the awkward silence that looms as the app slowly interacts with the cloud," he said.
Google is scrambling to build up the service's infrastructure to stamp out the issue, but performance is expected to remain rocky for the next two weeks, Google said.
"I was a bit surprised with how long it took them to address the current performance issues," Spitkoski said. "For a company with so much data and information, I would have expected them to be more proactive."
The situation is ironic because Google App Engine is a cloud-based application development and hosting platform created so that developers could focus on building applications without having to worry about garden-variety computing issues, such as server problems.
As with other cloud services, App Engine's selling point is that the vendor, in this case Google, is better equipped to handle IT infrastructure tasks than most, if not all, potential clients, and thus should be entrusted with handling tasks like hardware provisioning and software maintenance.

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The University of Michigan provides Lifetime Email Forwarding to all alumni. This means that you can sign up for a "@umich.edu" email address, redirect it to your current email address, and enjoy Lifetime Email Forwarding at no cost to you!
Email forwarding is a wonderful communication tool that will enable you to stay in touch with Ford School classmates, even during career changes and changes in Internet providers. This service also offers a clear association with the University of Michigan.
To set up a Lifetime Email account, please click one of the links below:
+ I have a uniqname.
(If you have a uniqname, but can't remember the password associated with it, call the ITCS Accounts Office at (734) 764-8000.)
If you already have a uniqname you can sign up for Lifetime Email Forwarding service at http://directory.umich.edu. You will be able to maintain the service by responding in the affirmative to an e-mail you will receive each year. It is your responsibility to keep your e-mail forwarding address current in the online directory.
Instructions for Setting Up Your "@umich.edu" Email Address
1. Connect to the U-M Online Directory (http://directory.umich.edu).
2. Click the Bind button (Before you can make changes to your entry you must "bind" to the directory as yourself).
3. At the login screen, enter your uniqname and U-M (Kerberos) password, then click Log in.
4. Your uniqname will now be displayed in the upper right corner of the window under the Help button. Click your uniqname to display your directory entry.
5. Click the Modify button in the upper right corner of the screen.
6. Enter/Change the address in the E-Mail Forwarding Address field to the address where you want your e-mail forwarded (i.e. a "yahoo.com" or "hotmail.com" address). Please specify only 1 forwarding email address.
7. Click the Save Changes button. NOTE: After saving changes, you will be returned to your personal profile and you should see the message "Your changes have been saved" at the top of your screen. If you do not see this message, repeat steps 5-7.
8. Click the Unbind button.
9. Click the logout link (in the lower right corner of the window).
10. Close your web browser. If you do not close your browser, you will be redirected back to the Online Directory. NOTE - Changes to Lifetime Email Forwarding in the U-M Online Directory are typically taking at least 2 hours to complete, but may take up to 24 hours.
+ I do not have a uniqname.
If you are an alum who left the University prior to receiving a uniqname, or you forget your uniqname, you will need to create one before you can begin using the Lifetime Email Forwarding service:
If you have never been issued a U-M uniqname and Kerberos password, follow the instructions below:
1. Go to https://weblogin.umich.edu
2. Under the heading, "Need a login name?" (bottom of page) click "Alumni."
3. You will be taken to a "Conditions of Use" page. Choose "Accept & Continue."
4. You will then be taken to an eligibility screen. Fill out the required data, including either your UMID, your Alumni ID (begins with three 0s), or the last four digits of your social security number.
NOTE : When asked for your name, please use the name shown on all official University of Michigan correspondence.
5. Click "Check Eligibility."
6. If you had previously created a uniqname, your uniqname will appear on the next screen. a. If you remember the password associated with your uniqname, you can return to https://weblogin.umich.edu external link and sign in. b. If you can't remember the password associated with your uniqname, you will need to contact the ITCS Accounts Office at (734) 764-8000 or email@example.com NOTE: At this point, for your security, you may be asked to fax proof of identification to the ITCS Accounts Office (e.g. driver's license).
7. If you are eligible for a uniqname and did not previously create one, you will be provided with several uniqnames to choose from (based on the email address you submitted on the eligibility screen).
8. Select a uniqname from the list.
NOTE: You also have the option to create a uniqname. If you choose this option, you will be asked to create a uniqname from 6 to 8 characters. Be aware that many uniqnames have already been taken, so uniqnames such as "email@example.com" or "firstname.lastname@example.com" are probably not available.
9. You will then be directed to a page with two options below, check your preferences:
a. Sign Up for Lifetime Email Forwarding
b. Receive University of Michigan Email Messages
NOTE: If you chose to sign up for Lifetime Email Forwarding, you will then be asked to enter the email address to which you would like your "@umich.edu" email address forwarded. You can choose a different email address than that which you originally indicated on the eligibility screen.
10. After checking your preferences, you will be prompted to select a password to accompany your new uniqname. This will be known as your Kerberos password.
11. After selecting a password, you have the option to store a hint in the Online Directory in case you forget your password. The hint should be something that will help you remember your password. You will then have the option to select a challenge and response, which will prompt your hint if you forget your password.
EXAMPLE: Challenge - "Where do I live?" Response - "Ann Arbor " prompts Password Hint - "My dog's name." From this you can remember that your password is "Sparky." Response & password are case-sensitive.
12. After completing these steps, you will have created your new U-M uniqname and Kerberos password and will be directed to a University of Michigan Services page. 13. If you have any questions about uniqnames and passwords, or are having trouble getting a uniqname and password, contact ITCS at (734) 764-8000 or email@example.com.


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Twins - One Good, One Bad
Yes, another troubled twin, Ryan Chamberlain. And a bold one, well played by Jon Lindstrom, who also doubled as the kind and professional twin of Ryan, Dr. Kevin Collins.
In Texas, under the name of Todd Wilson, Ryan fell for Felicia Jones. Felicia witnessed him killing a woman and was shocked into amnesia. When Felicia returned to Port Charles, Todd Wilson moved there using the name of Ryan Chamberlain, a pediatrician, and, figuring her amnesia kept him safe, dated her. Evidently, he changed his mind about that and became panicked that her memory would return. So Ryan did the Heather Webber drink-spiking thing, this time with a memory loss concoction. The drink didn't take, alas.
Felicia Regains Her Memory Before Her Wedding
On a weekend trip to the mountains, just as Ryan pulled out the wedding dress and ring and declared himself to Felicia, her memory returned. When she tried to leave the cabin, Ryan lunged toward her. Mac Scorpio rrived just in time to see Felicia, knife in hand, standing over Ryan's body. Later Ryan claimed Felicia was insane and had attacked him unprovoked.
Charged with attempted murder, it's Ryan's loving and forgiving testimony that puts Felicia into a state institution for 5-15 years. Fortunately for everyone, Ryan was about as psychotic as they come. One night, he believed that he saw Felicia's ghost (though why I don't know, since she wasn't dead) and he confessed to several murders, including that of his mother. Then he figured out that Felicia was no ghost. Mac saved her.
Ryan Mistakes Audrey Hardy for the Mother He killed - Uh-Oh
Ryan took off for Audrey Hardy's (Elizabeth Spencer's grandmother), believing her to be his mother. He wound up beating her. Kidnapping Maxie Jones, he escaped to Texas where, again, Mac stepped in. Now it's Ryan's turn for the mental hospital. He swears revenge on everyone.
Kevin, the Good Twin, Arrives in Port Charles; Ryan Escapes
Then poor Dr. Kevin Collins, Ryan's identical twin and a psychiatrist, arrived in Port Charles and can't figure out why everyone is throwing rocks at him.
Meanwhile, in the asylum, Ryan seduced his occupational therapist in prison and convinced her to help him fake his death, which she does. Except it turns out to be her death - with the scarf she helped him make! Ryan assumed Kevin's identity and stole Felicia's newborn daughter, Georgie. After saving the baby, Lucy Coe, Kevin, Mac, and Felicia cornered him in an amusement park where a gas pipe broke. Ryan fell into the flames.
Bye-bye, Ryan. We won't miss you.
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An ultraviolet view of Saturn's A ring, colored by NASA. The red Cassini Division (left) is about the width of the United States.
The Cassini spacecraft is off to a blazing start. During its first day in orbit around Saturn, the probe's ultraviolet camera beamed back colorful images that are already expanding our understanding of the planet's majestic rings. UV snapshots highlight fine variations in the rings, explains Jeff Cuzzi, a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center and a member of the Cassini science team. Because humans cannot perceive ultraviolet radiation, NASA researchers use artificial colors to illustrate what Cassini's cameras saw. "The subtle shades of blue and green will tell us about a combination of grain size and particle composition," Cuzzi says. Red indicates areas where the rings are nearly empty or where ring particles are particularly small—places where ultraviolet radiation from interstellar hydrogen shines through. Turquoise denotes the presence of water ice, confirming that the outer rings have significant ice reserves.
While scientists await more compositional information, Cassini's observations are also yielding fresh insight into the rings' fantastically complex construction. Fine-scale structures, roughly 650 feet wide, appear in certain places but not in others, for mysterious reasons. "Another surprise is that the moon Prometheus seems to be disturbing the F ring more than we had suspected," says Cuzzi. The gravity of Prometheus and of other small satellites was once presumed to help hold Saturn's rings together, not disrupt them. Researchers now suspect the orbit of this moon may be more chaotic than they previously thought.
Cuzzi stresses that the real work of Cassini's four-year mission hasn't even begun: "We will search for small moons in empty gaps, attempt to detect tiny meteoroids crashing into the rings, conduct dozens of stellar and radio occultations, and perform more sensitive compositional studies." There will also be true-color close-ups of the rings for those who want to see what the planet would look like to a visitor with a set of human eyes. The first of these provided a revelation of another kind: a vista of muted yellows, grays, and mauves that is unique in the solar system.
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Men's Basketball Knocks Off Stetson For First Time
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Reed Baker's 23 points led the Eagles to their first win ever against Stetson University. The Eagles had lost each of the first three games played between the two schools, including a heartbreaking loss earlier this season that saw the Hatters score the game's final 18 points. With Baker's 23 points, Reed has now eclipsed the 20-point mark in four straight games.
The Hatters jumped out to an early 8-0 lead after back-to-back three's from Garfield Blair and A.J. Smith. The Eagles would slowly chip away at the lead, eventually taking their first lead of the game after a 3-pointer from Reggie Chambers made it 13-12 with 9:09 to play in the first half. After a Sheldon Oliver lay-up momentarily gave the lead back to Stetson, a 3-pointer from Delvin Franklin quickly gave the Eagles back the lead, which they would not relinquish for the remainder of the first half. FGCU ended the half on a little 4-0 run, with Reed Baker accounting for all four points, to take a 29-23 lead into the locker room.
In the second half, FGCU got started early building on their 6-point halftime lead. After a Kyle Marks jumper with 17:29 remaining, the Eagles held a 39-25 advantage. FGCU continued to add on to the lead, extending it to as much as 22 points, holding a 54-32 lead with 12:44 to play. The Hatters would mount a bit of a comeback, pulling to within 10 points with 1:40 to play, and even getting as close as 8 points with 1:19 to play. But, unlike their previous meeting in DeLand earlier this season, the Eagles were able to handle the Stetson press as well as hit clutch free throws down the stretch, as they were able to hang on for an 85-76 victory.
For the Hatters (6-7, 3-2), Garfield Blair led all scorers with 26 points, as well as pulling down a team-high 8 rebounds. A.J. Smith added 17 points and 6 rebounds, and Sheldon Oliver tallied 10 points and 5 rebounds.
For the Eagles (6-10, 2-3), Reed Baker scored a team-high 23 points, shooting 6-12 from the field and 9-12 from the free throw line. Delvin Franklin added 19 points, and Kyle Marks scored 17 points and registered a game-high 3 blocked shots. Addison Smith recorded a game-high 10 rebounds as well as a game-high 6 assists.
The Eagles will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as part of another A-Sun basketball doubleheader at Alico Arena. The men will take the floor first at 2:00 PM against USC Upstate, and that game will be immediately followed by the FGCU women against USC Upstate at approximately 4:15 PM.
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Route 73 passes quite a few places of interest and one of which is the surreal karst landscape of Castle Hill - limestone boulders of various sizes and shapes strewn the landscape here and there and is a perfect place to play seek-and-hide.
Castle Hill is a location and a high country station in New Zealand's South Island. It is located at ...
During a trip to Arthur's Pass we came across these amazing boulders sitting on the hills on the side...
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Castle Hill New Zealand taken from my DJI Phantom 2 Vision +
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Rekiaia Gorge near Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand. Good for jet boats.
Forever has always existed.
In the mythology of Oceanic peoples, it's been there along with Darkness and the Sea.
The Earth came from the efforts of Old Spider, who soared over the endless sea and found a giant clam. She opened it and crawled inside, finding a snail there to share the space with her. She set the snail in the west and made it into the Moon to shed some light into the darkness. Together they raised up the top of the clam shell to make the sky, pushing it until it was wide open.
Then they pushed the bottom half of the clam shell in the other direction to make the ground. The earth was called Papa and the sky Ranga. These are the two first beings who created all the flowers, plants, trees and animals on the islands, and fish in the sea.
They celebrated all their open space by making as many beautiful creatures as they could imagine, but they still remained separated by the work of the original Old Spider. Each night, Ranga weeps for his beloved Papa earth, and this is where the morning dew comes from.
Polynesia means "many islands" and when you see these pictures, you will want to visit all of them. To make it simple, the islands sit in a triangle described by connecting Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island.
There are over a thousand of these islands of surfer's paradise in the central and south Pacific Ocean. It's stunning. Look at the color of the water here! And the sunset... these speak for themselves. Could you be happy in this little house? How about some reef diving inside a lagoon?
Put this one in full screen and don't come back. Love, 360.
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That's a good save from Thomas Sorensen, who had to fling himself to his left to deny Carlos Tevez after the Argentinian forward cut in from the Manchester City left and launched a thunderous right-footed shot towards the far corner. A fine shot, and a fine save, and Yaya Toure wasn't quite able to find the inevitable rebound. That's the find major chance of the day, but City look in the mood to create more, especially down the left where Mario Balotelli is causing problems.
City win another corner after Yaya Toure and Balotelli link up, and although the initial delivery is dire from Aleksandar Kolarov the ball eventually pings out to Nigel de Jong, who attempts a speculative shot which is about as accurate as one might expect if you picture de Jong shooting under pressure from 25 yards. Seconds later, Ryan Shawcross comes within a yard of scoring an own goal after deflecting a Kolarov cross just about to the safe side of the post - and now Toure has just creamed one past Sorensen's post with the goalkeeper well beaten. All City right now.


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There are some pretty big things happening at Mercedes when it comes to Alabama's economy.
On Wednesday morning, Governor Robert Bentley and others will be at the plant in Vance for the groundbreaking of a new $70-million expansion. It is the new Mercedes Benz U.S. International Logistics Hub. The hub is set to be ready later this year and it will help support receiving, handling and sequencing for the plant's current and future products. About 600 people will work out of the building.
Mercedes is looking for a thousand new employees to help launch new products at the plant that will be rolling out in the next two years. May 10 is the deadline to apply. If you are interested, officials with Mercedes say do not wait. The hiring process is beginning before the deadline runs up.
To apply, visit www.aidt.edu/jobs.
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IBI is the leading research organization in health and productivity including workers' compensation, medical treatment patterns, medical utilization, vocational rehabilitation costs and effectiveness, legal costs and trends, mental stress claims, and physical therapy patterns of care.
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Lindsay Lohan reportedly stole a $2,500 necklace from a Venice jewelry store. We'd say we're shocked, but, umm, Lindsay Lohan does this stuff all the time. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but in the past five or six years, Lindsay Lohan has morphed from an actress into a professional jewel thief.
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Baby-blue skies, pleasantly warm temperatures, a nice breeze.
It was perfect weather for a ride on the Nickel Plate Trail, and that's what photographer Kelly Lafferty spent a day doing, capturing the shaded woods, swamplands and fields that line the path.
The recent string of beautiful summer days has lured locals and people from all over the state to the trail, which runs 34 miles from Cassville in Howard County through the entire length of Miami County up to Rochester in Fulton County.
Parents and their children cruised along the well-paved trail near Denver, nurses took an afternoon stroll near Peru during their lunch break, and dozens of bikers zipped along the second longest rail trail in the state.
Volunteers spend hundreds of hours a year maintaining the path, making it one of the nicest trails in the Midwest.
Here's a firsthand look at some of the natural beauty and wildlife users find when they hit the Nickel Plate Trail.


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The top three seeds in Group A of the Olympic men's basketball tournament remain in the air. Team USA is in the pole position for the No. 1 spot and a quarterfinal match against Australia on Wednesday. But to guarantee that seed, the United States needs to beat Argentina in the final game of group play on Monday.
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By Jamie Jorczak/Times Sentinel columnist
— Watching TV and movies as a kid, it seemed to me that every town in America held an elaborate go-kart race, complete with punk kid who tries to cheat, dramatic triumphant conclusions and giant gold trophies.
In real life, I had never seen one.
But my own children are lucky — an elaborate go-kart race (possibly with dramatic conclusion, punk kid optional) will be within walking distance of our front door this weekend.
Nearly a year ago, Whitestown residents Denny Marsh and Mike Prescott, as well as Mike Hornyak of Columbus — all drivers for the Southern Indiana Racing Association — proposed plans for the Whitestown Grand Prix to the town council.
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The apparent simplicity of sightglasses has lured many process operators into costly, sometimes dangerous equipment failures. The potential hazards of a sightglass failure in a high-pressure or high temperature system is obvious but even in more moderate conditions the loss or contamination of process fluids and the cost of unscheduled downtime can be a major problem.
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The 54-year-old with Stage 4 breast cancer, just got results of a PET scan that show her disease has spread. Adding to those huge concerns, she received notice that her insurance policy is being cancelled.
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As anyone can see while watching her on The View and other various media, Lori Benson is a fighter. Diagnosed at the age of 38 with breast cancer, she decided to document her ensuing battle for the benefit of her then 14-month-old daughter, Talula.
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The Bering Sea. The very name conjures visions of towering, storm-swept seas, white spray separating monstrous green swells from the cold, gray mist.
Fact is, much of the year that's just the way it is - a living hell for anyone caught out on a small boat.
But now and then the weather turns civilized - frequently in the summer, but only rarely (and for short periods) otherwise. Then hell becomes a heaven of fish-rich grounds in the midst of barren peaks covered in soft, green tundra, a seascape and landscape that resemble nowhere else on earth.
During such times, anglers who brave the Bering in small boats have found the rewards rich indeed. And no reward is bigger, in all respects, than the giant halibut that thrive in the deep, cold waters along Alaska's Aleutian Island chain. Sport fishermen have just begun to tap the promise of 200-, 300- and even 400-pound halibut here, drawing increasing numbers of anglers to these awesome and austere volcanic islands that stretch south and west away from the Alaska mainland toward Russia.
Quarter-Ton Flounder
I'd heard that even 200-pound halibut aren't large enough to generate much excitement at Dutch Harbor's small-boat docks. Of course, seeing is believing. And on the first full day of fishing during an early September visit, I saw.
"How are you making out over there, Darryl?" Our skipper, "Kiwi" Thompson, called the only other Dutch Harbor charter boat on the water that day, the Grand Aleutian. The response: "We just had five on at once. One more and we're through - and we just hooked up!" And how: That last fish of the day turned out to be the best, a 292-pounder that looked big enough to swallow a Volkswagen for lunch.
We caught our limits of these monstrous flounder too, aboard the charter boat Shuregood, though we couldn't top 292 pounds.
There's little doubt that Dutch Harbor can truly lay claim to the greatest halibut sport fishing in the world, both in terms of numbers and size of the prized flatfish. Recreational fishermen here catch many between 250 and 350 pounds each season.
In fact, these waters give cause for thinking the previously unthinkable: a halibut over 500 pounds on rod and reel. After all, two years ago a new IGFA all-tackle world record - a 395-pounder caught by James Golat from an 18-foot skiff - came from an area in the bay just a stone's throw from town.
Even a bad day can be good here, as it was one afternoon the very next year (last June), a blustery day that limited the charter boat Suzanne Marie to the bay. Late in the afternoon and without full limits yet, skipper Henry Olson decided to make one quick drop on the way in at Devilfish Point - not even a mile west of the boat harbor. More than two hours later, he put the gaff to a halibut of 459 pounds - another new world record.
Hotel Brings Anglers to Commercial Fishing Mega-Center
The opening of a large, well-appointed hotel late in 1993 also meant the opening up of rich halibut grounds to rod and reel. The Grand Aleutian offers anglers 112 first-rate rooms and welcome comfort after a hard day on "the grounds."
Commercial fishing interests, the area's main raison d'jtre, dwarf the four or five charter boats that offer anglers (as well as whale watchers/sightseers) their services. As any visitor quickly sees, the modern communities of Dutch Harbor and adjacent Unalaska owe their existence to commercial fishing. This center for the Bering Sea's mega-fisheries for millions of tons of pollock, crab and halibut has, for the last couple years, easily led the nation in total landings of seafood. For example, in 1995, a mind-boggling total of 685 million pounds of seafood were brought in here.
Despite such productivity, sport fishermen will find surprisingly little diversity in the waters around the central area of the long spit called the Aleutians. Even though Dutch Harbor is nearly as far south as northern British Columbia, it lacks major local salmon fisheries; while some area streams offer fast fishing for silvers each summer, few silvers are caught in the ocean and virtually none of the other salmon species show up in catches. Bottom-fish enthusiasts expecting to see the monstrous lingcod and yelloweye rockfish for which Alaska also enjoys fame won't find many here, at least not shallow enough to target.
That leaves halibut. Alaska fishing writer and expert Chris Batin has pointed out that the 50- to 80-pounders that tend to be the minimum that Dutch Harbor anglers like to keep do not represent the Alaska average. In fact, he has noted that the average sport-caught Alaska halibut weighs about 30 pounds.
Jigs and Tails Do It
Bringing light tackle to fish Dutch Harbor halibut would make about as much sense as packing a pellet gun to hunt water buffalo. Most skippers here equip passengers with what they need: 4/0 or comparably sized reels (some two-speeds) filled with 80- or 100-pound superbraided (gel-spun polyethylene) line. The narrow diameter, high abrasion resistance and minimal stretch of superbraid make it unbeatable for dropping deep in currents.
Terminal gear couldn't be much simpler: a 1-pound lead-head jig (occasionally 1 1/2 pounds) with a fat, tough plastic curlicue or twin tail of 6 to 10 inches on a heavy mono leader. Technique is about as straightforward as the tackle: Drop the jig to bottom and begin bouncing it, lifting it up and letting it settle. When you feel weight, set and crank.
Sure, anglers present other offerings to halibut such as large herring, salmon heads or whole cod or pollock (alive or not) and octopus. Thompson, for one, swears by octopus when available: "I find huge octopuses' beaks 2 inches across in halibuts' stomachs. That means 50-pound octopus. That shows you how voracious these fish are!"
Charters here generally offer fighting belts and harnesses, though anglers who have such gear they are used to should bring it. With heavy gear, heavy fish and long tough battles, belts and harnesses prove a welcome accessory.
Surface Cruisers in "Waterfalls"
There are times when a lot of weight isn't necessary because these insatiable bottom fish may be feeding near the surface. "Sometimes, we'll actually see halibut cruising right along the surface when it's calm. That's where you could set some fly-rod records!" says John Lucking, longtime local angler and charter skipper with a track record for taking some huge fish.
Northwest fishermen don't generally expect such behavior from halibut, but again, the Aleutians are unique. What brings halibut up from the depths? The answer offers still more evidence of the phenomenal productivity of these islands: herring - schools of huge 12- to 13-inchers ("horse herring") that stretch for miles and miles. So many bio-tons that "if we stop dead in the water, with the engines off, it actually sounds like a waterfall!" Lucking says. (In fact, Thompson points out that recent commercial herring seasons here have been open not for weeks or even days but just 20 minutes. In that time last year, the fleet netted some 3,200 metric tons.)
Still, most of the action happens on bottom and Thompson takes most fish between 30 and 40 fathoms. Later in the summer, during the height of salmon runs, the action may be somewhat shallower as the big flatfish look for dying, spent salmon drifting out from creek mouths.
Tag and Release
Anglers planning a fishing trip to Dutch Harbor should set their goals in advance. Many just want to catch some halibut and bring home meat for the freezer. Neither poses much of a problem.
"Lots of days when we've been able to head out west [when southeasterlies prevail as they often do in summer], we could have kept full limits with not a fish less than 100 pounds," Lucking says. That's exactly the sort of fishing that challenges halibut enthusiasts, many of whom go up - as we did - hoping to test their skills against fish that seriously outweigh themselves, catching and releasing trophy-size halibut.
Both Lucking and Thompson encourage releasing big fish. Fact is, even a couple of "little" 70- or 80-pound halibut (which, unlike many bottom fish, are mostly meat rather than bone) will monopolize the space in most home freezers. Most folks won't know what to do with more than 200 pounds of meat from a couple of really big halibut. But fish this size are strictly females, and the eggs they'll continue to produce each year number in the millions. Fortunately, for durability, halibut may be the Freddy Kruegers of the fish world; even after a long fight, they swim strongly for bottom when released, ready to pounce again.
Lucking's boat tagged over 100 halibut last year, as part of a program sponsored by the International Pacific Halibut Commission, which sends anglers a written certificate of release. "More and more clients are getting excited about [this program]," he adds.
Tricks and Treats in the Passes
Despite both the current and pending world-record halibut taken in Unalaska Bay, most skippers like to head farther afield. When conditions permit, they'll head north then west into the Bering Sea or southeast around Fox Island to fish Unalga Pass between Fox and smaller Unalga islands.
Anglers have plenty of places to catch halibut in either direction over the shelf that surrounds the island. The edges of this shelf plummet to vast depths. Where to fish often comes down to weather, but the passes, particularly Unalga Pass, certainly qualify as favorite areas.
Two words sum up Unalga Pass: fishy and tricky. It's not a place to fish without the right gear and plenty of experience reading these waters. Both those prerequisites can be tied to the marine topography here: The deep waters of the Bering on one side of the pass clash ferociously with those of the Pacific on the other side, particularly during tide changes. Then, wide, relatively shallow (100 to 300 feet) passes like Unalga and adjacent sharp points of land become the currents' battleground.
The ceaseless struggles of one sea to invade the other produce turmoil: roiling, boiling currents creating massive whirlpools and eddies and huge, roaring tidal rips that run for miles. Not a place for sissies and, for anglers from the Lower 48, not a place like any you've ever fished. But it's a great place for halibut attracted to all the baitfish that get swept in and often held by the currents.
Boats don't dare fish the rips, but work the pass inside of them. The trick is timing, to get through riplines on the way into and out of the pass, when the current slackens. Even during calm periods, skippers' crossings of rip areas are timed to tidal flow.
Of course, charter skippers don't let a little chop slow them down. "We'll go out in up to 10-foot seas," says Lucking, who's chartered for years on his 32-foot, custom aluminum Suzanne Marie, noting that wind direction can be a big factor. Only once did he think perhaps the Bering might get the best of him. "I got into a set of 30-foot waves one day [in a rip] - it happened so quick that I was committed and couldn't turn around. One crashed completely over the top of us. That was the worst I've been in," Lucking says, adding, "This area's not a real good place for autopilots."
Where Arctic and Hawaiian Air Masses Mingle
Fortunately, summer offers plenty of calm weather when charter boats have no trouble accessing the grounds. June, July and August prove pretty reliable, according to Gary Hufford, regional scientist for the U.S. Weather Service, Alaska, and a hard-core fishing enthusiast. Best odds of all for good days: the second half of June, Hufford says. Then, fog becomes the major weather factor, but with radar de rigeur up here, that stops few boats.
Hufford recalls, "One day last summer at Cold Bay [near Dutch Harbor], we hit nine days in a row when the weather was warm and calm." But he also points out, "Even in August winds can exceed 80 mph. It's not that unusual." But unusual is exactly the term that fits Aleutian Islands weather.
"Cold air can come down from the Arctic through the Bering Strait and [along the Aleutians] it meets warm air - from as far as Hawaii - coming up from the south. When warm and cold air meet, you get weather! That's why this area is written up in textbooks as producing the mothers of all storms."
Fortunately, they don't linger in the summer. "Summer storms usually move through in eight to 10 hours. Then it'll be clear for at least three or four days, foggy in the morning but clearing
by afternoon," thanks to sea breezes pushing warm air over chilly water, Thompson explains. Indeed, a late August blow only 10 days before we visited in early September had winds howling at over 100 mph. More than once I heard annoyance with all the fuss made in the Lower 48 over mere hurricane-force winds of 75 mph.
Planning and Packing Right Are Critical
Several conclusions can be drawn from all this:
1. Don't visit this area to fish (or sunbathe) before June or after August (when most charters are shutting down anyway). And definitely don't come in the winter unless you want (as some folks actually do) to watch storms that can howl for days and, according to Hufford, whip up 40-foot seas.
2. Plan at least several fishing days, not just one or two, so the odds are you'll get to do what you came for.
3. Bring some good reading material for weather days.
4. Bring an appetite: You can enjoy watching the weather while eating the most incredible fresh seafood you can imagine. I'm sure I ate more fresh Alaskan king crab in several days here than I've eaten in 20 years.
5. Pack serious, industrial-strength foul-weather gear - but also lots of varied clothing for cold, cool and warm weather. Think layers. "The Aleutians are a phenomenal fishing spot," Hufford points out, "but one price to be paid is that, more than other places I've fished around the world, you have to pack so many different kinds of clothing for so many conditions." That leads to:
6. If you don't like the weather, wait a little while. That clichi for most areas could, up here, be a mantra. In an hour you can go through warm sun, haze and high clouds, then low clouds followed by mist and rain and back into sun again.
In a shrinking world, sport fishermen continue to look for genuinely unique destinations. By any measure, Dutch Harbor qualifies. Fished recreationally for years only by locals - and then mostly in the bay - interest in "Dutch" as the world's ultimate destination for enormous Pacific halibut has changed all that. Look for more evolution in and development for this remarkable fishery - and, I predict, for the first world-record halibut over 500 pounds.
To Heaven and Hell for Halibut
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It was very hard to leave the amazing city of Mazatlan. I always think of it as one of the most traditional towns in Mexico. Plus, it's on the beach – so two thumbs up for that! I just loved walking barefoot on the sand, holding hands with my girlfriend, hearing nice music as we felt the fresh water from the ocean hitting our feet.
The weather was great. Nice and warm – perfect for the refreshing trips along the Malecón (a waterfront street) aboard the unique "pulmonias". A pulmonia kind of looks like a golf cart and the driver takes you around town as if you were riding in a taxi.
When I wasn't on the beach or the Malecón, you could find me enjoying dinner, a beer, and the sunset at Puerto Viejo Restaurant. I really love Mazatlan for its food, especially its seafood. The way it's cooked is amazing! As I write this, the simple memory of shrimp (which I love) still makes my mouth water!
Mazatlan is quite an experience and it always has amazing people, food, weather, activities, and new things to explore or discover. I am already planning a trip back myself!
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Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (She JIN'-ping) is assuring American business leaders that Beijing welcomes U.S. efforts to assert influence in the Asia-Pacific region, but says Washington must also respect the interests and concerns of China in its own neighborhood.
Xi is in line to be China's next leader. He says the world's two largest economies, in his words, "should respect each other's core interests and major concerns."
He spoke to the U.S.-China Business Council Wednesday before leaving for stops in Iowa and the West Coast.
Xi also said the two sides need to increase mutual understanding and trust -- and reduce suspicions and distrust.
As for recent moves by the Obama administration to assert a more robust role in the Asia Pacific region, Xi said China welcomes "a positive role" by the United States. But, he added "We hope at the same time, the United States will respect the interests and the concerns of China."


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Give Paris Hilton a LONGER Jail Sentence
To: "The Honorable Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger," "Paris Whitney Hilton is an American celebrity and socialite. She is an heiress to a share of the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as to the real estate fortune of her father Richard Hilton. She provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives." This is an excerpt from a major Petition going on right now titled, "FREE PARIS HILTON" . And as of the writing of this petition, that petition has 16401 supporters. 16401+ people want a guilty whore to be able to do whatever the hell she wants just because she is famous. I need not go into the details of what a vile person Paris Hilton is. Thankfully, at least 28540 people from the "Jail Paris Hilton" petition agree. As the 28409th commenter, of the "Jail Paris Hilton" said in hopes that Paris Hilton would read what he had to say, "Have fun in prison you racist, spoiled, self-centered, cum dumpster." If ANY politician were to encourage Paris Hilton's pardon, I will personally lead the call for their impeachment. If ANY politician should waste their time on such a stupid bitch instead of taking care of issues that matter, as they were elected to do to begin with, I will personally run against them during their re-election. However, I can also promise you that if someone were to give a pardon to Paris Hilton, the majority of the state of California should be so outraged that there will be anarchy on the streets, because the politicians involved are more concerned about pardoning a rich whore instead of focusing on more important issues, such as terrorism or Iraq, unless of course the politicians involved decide to focus on such an issue as Paris Hilton in order to take away the public's attention on more important issues, such as terrorism or Iraq. This petition hereby states the following: We the signers of this petition do state that if Paris Hilton's case is to be brought before the Governor of the State of CA, let it NOT be for her pardon, but let it be for her to have an extension of her jail sentence. Therefore, by the will of the people of California and the rest of the United States, make Paris Hilton into an example and give that spoiled, shellfish bitch a LONGER jail sentence.
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Don Stuart
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My family has some strong opinions about the Super Bowl, which they're expressing loudly day after day.
No. 5 son (age 11): "The whole world will be ravin' about the Ravens!"
No. 3 son (17): "Ravens, shmavens! San Francisco will be packin' for Disney World!"
No. 4 son (15) is still making up his mind.
My wife: "Will you all puh-LEEZ stop arguing about this game over dinner every single night!"
Why these rooting preferences? Well, No. 5 likes the Ravens because ... I'm not really sure why. I believe they were one of a group of teams he decided to like when he was 5 or 6 years old because "they have cool helmets!"
No. 3 son hates the Ravens because he's a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and the Ravens are a bitter division rival of Pitt. (Incidentally, he loves the Steelers because they won a championship when he was at an impressionable age, and another one since, enabling him to live a happy, well-adjusted childhood while his extended family of Buffalo Bills fans becomes more embittered with each passing year.)
As for No. 4, after an extensive and exhaustive analysis of personnel and game plans, he's still struggling to choose a favorite, although he's admitted to me he can't really go wrong, because, no matter who wins, one of his brothers will be bummed!
Me, I'm still making up my mind: potato chips and a creamy ranch dip, or tortilla chips with a spicy salsa? As for which team to root for, consider this. I could root for the Ravens if only because the 49ers quarterback, Colin Kapernick, had enough baseball skill to be drafted by my beloved Chicago Cubs, and he rejected them!
I could root for the 49ers if only because the first documented visit to the San Francisco Bay by Europeans was a party of exploration led by a guy named "Don." Don Gaspar de Portola. My wife knows a lot of Spanish language and cultural things, and keeps trying to tell me that "Don" wasn't part of his name, but when I mentioned that he happened upon San Francisco Bay by accident, having marched past his intended objective of Monterey Bay because he failed to consult his GPS, she said, well, that does sound like a "Don" that she knows.
I could root for Baltimore because my No. 2 son's girlfriend grew up on the Maryland shore, and has many passionate Ravens fan in her family. She herself may mostly be interested in the Super Bowl for the TV commercials, but still, it's a rooting thread to hold onto, however slim.
I could root for the 49ers if only because their mascot, a sort of scruffy, gold miner-ish looking fella named Sourdough Sam, has a bio that made me chuckle: His home town is "Dem Thar Hills," and one of his hobbies is, and I quote, "cheerleaders." (The bio also lists Sourdough Sam's "favorite appearance"; the answer is "Anything with cheerleaders.")
I could root for the Ravens because many of my phenomenal victories in Fantasy Football this past season were due to the exploits of their star running back, Ray Rice, or their reliable wide receiver Anquan Boldin. On the other hand, I didn't make it to my league's championship game because I didn't start Ravens tight end Dennis Pitta. He scored 29 points while sitting on my bench, leaving me tied with my brother-in-law, who won the game on a technicality (he correctly answered a tie-breaking trivia question: "If 'Don' precedes a Spanish guy's name, is it actually part of his name?") Anyway, Pitta Spitta, I say.
I could root for the Ravens because they're the only team named for a bird to ever win a Super Bowl (they did it in Super Bowl XXXV; the Falcons, Cardinals, Eagles, and Seahawks are a combined 0-5). Then again, the 49ers are the only team named for a number to ever win a Super Bowl. Of course, they're the ONLY team in the NFL named for a number, but still.
I could root for the Ravens if only because their defensive back Bernard Pollard, the only player on either team from my beloved Purdue Boilermakers, is nicknamed "Chocolate Therapy."
Which is what I better reward my wife with after we argue about the game over dinner tonight.
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CATEGORIES MoviesIf Muhammad Ali hadn't existed, Hollywood might have tried to invent him. A handsome athlete who speaks like a poet and can back up his trash talk with his fists, a principled martyr who can take an insane amount of punishment inside and outside the ring, a hero who goes from underdog to champ and back again several times -- if a Hollywood screenwriter had invented such a character arc, who would believe it?
Ali, who turns 70 today, was bigger than the movies. Several films have tried to capture portions of his life, but the whole story is simply too big for one movie. Here are five that focus on portions of his life, either in documentary or lightly fictionalized form. None does him complete justice, but together, they'll remind you of why Ali was, and always will be, the Greatest.
1. "Ali the Fighter" (1971). Shot at the time of the first of Ali and Joe Frazier's three mythic bouts, this documentary gives a hint of the backstage tensions (Frazier had supported Ali during his protest against the Vietnam War that kept Ali out of the ring for several years, only to see Ali betray him with vicious taunts in the weeks before the fight). It also includes all 15 rounds of what many fight fans consider to be the greatest heavyweight title match of all time.
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2. "The Greatest" (1977). Ali played himself in this biopic. It's no cinematic masterpiece -- the story glosses over some of the less flattering moments of Ali's life, and the narrative is less exciting than the fight scenes -- but none of that matters much, since the star himself is so charismatic and beloved by the camera.
3. "When We Were Kings" (1996). Not just the greatest movie about Ali, but maybe the greatest movie about boxing ever made. Leon Gast's documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the Rumble in the Jungle, the legendary 1974 bout between an aging Ali (then 32) and a brutal young George Foreman (still decades away from becoming a cuddly electric-grill pitchman). The match, as recalled by such sports literati as Norman Mailer and George Plimpton, is just one part of the vast circus surrounding the event (including a music festival with James Brown and B.B. King), but it was the most exciting, featuring the most memorable of Ali's many comebacks.
4. "Ali" (2001). In Michael Mann's biopic, Will Smith is nearly as great an Ali as the Greatest himself, in a movie that covers the most pivotal decade of the fighter's life (from his defeat of Sonny Liston to his conversion to Islam to his antiwar protests to his long exile from the ring to his eventual victory over Foreman in the "Rumble"). Mann's usual moody, dreamlike approach doesn't always fit the story, but he manages to give dramatic weight, shape, social context, and even suspense to the familiar tale.
5. "Facing Ali" (2009). Ten of Ali's opponents describe what it was like to go toe-to-toe and fist-to-fist with the fearsome heavyweight at various stages of his career. Whether they beat him or were beaten by him, the likes of Frazier, Foreman, Earnie Shavers, Ken Norton, Leon Spinks, and Larry Holmes all pay Ali their respects for the outsize figure he cut both inside the ropes and in the world outside them.


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AFTER ordering these chairs, I read many customer reviews- some great, and some not so flattering. Needless to say, I was a bit nervous to see them in person. Well, I didn't have to wait long- my order was placed Saturday night, and the chairs arrived on Thursday. They were well packed, and in PERFECT condition. The finish is nicer than expected (nice warm patina on the metal, with slight variations in the finish) and they seem to be very well made. I was also concerned about the size of the seat, since some reviewers found them to be a tight fit- I am 5'9" and full in the booty :) and these are nice and comfy for me, as well as my 6'2" husband. One SMALL SAFETY CONCERN to mention if you have small children or pets in your house: there are 4 small rubbery "pegs" inserted underneath the cross-braces of each chair, below the seats. You can't see them unless you flip the chairs over, and they don't have any use I can determine. You may want to remove and discard these, as they seem to be a potential choking hazard. One of them fell out while I was unpacking the chairs, or I wouldn't have even noticed them.
I love these chairs because of the price, look, and color. They were the perfect addition to my kitchen table so it was more casual than my formal dining table which sits within view. They are definitely metal and make that metal ting sound when you move them, but that doesn't bother me. I like the small arms because it's enough to hold my 2 yr old even though I don't particularly trust him on chairs by himself quite yet. As occasional chairs they're great, but if I were planning on using them every day for all meals I may consider a cushion for bum comfort. They really do have a nice curve to them though along the back so they're surprisingly more comfortable than I expected.
I am a size 14 and I just fit in this chair. Anyone larger should not purchase this. Also, the chair is very, very INDUSTRIAL--meaning scuffed, painted sloppily, and otherwise roughly finished. The cuts on the solid portion of the chair back are still somewhat sharp (not sanded out) and I was a bit shocked by that and glad I didn't cut myself getting the first one out of the box. I am returning the whole set. I was banking on something just a little better.
Great purchase! These metal chairs don't just look good; the rounded back and arm rests make them very comfortable to sit on. The vintage finish is matte, slightly more copper-colored than appears on the picture.
I wanted some of these popular metal chairs for our new house. This was a great deal. A set of 4 for the price of one at other places. I am using them in my dining room. Make sure you check out the dimensions. I love they way they look--a very neutral gunmetal color. No assembly required and arrived within a week packaged snugly.
These chairs are very cool and were accurately represented online. I received them quickly, and they were well packed and undamaged. They're just really cool chairs, and the stackability is a nice feature. I will probably buy another set and store them stacked for when I have a full house.
So affordable, we don't have a ton of company, so we didn't want anything terribly expensive, so we paired these with 2 nice leather chairs and a custom made reclaimed bench and table for a rustic modern funky look. These truly fit the bill. They are just very interesting.
We needed to replace our kitchen chairs. The style on these are perfect and coordinate nicely with the hardware on our cabinets. They are painted so there is some variation in color but they work nicely in our space. We also got matching counter stools which complete the look.
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Offbeat Traveler: Heart-shaped islands around the world
As Valentine's Day draws near, you've probably got romantic destinations on your mind. Think beyond Paris, Rome or London and wrap your head around someplace a little more exotic. Consider these heart-shaped islands around the world, including Makepeace Island, which became available for booking last year, and Galesnjak Island, which owes its recent fame to Google Earth.
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Makepeace Island
Makepeace Island was developed in 2009 as a private getaway for owners Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, and Brett Godfrey. The island located on the Noosa River in Queensland, Australia became available for exclusive booking last July. It can accommodate up to 22 people and includes a swimming pool, spa, outdoor cinema and tennis court.
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