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Post-9/11, NYPD Rethinks Its Dispatch System
Sept. 11, 2001, was the moment of truth for Charles Dowd's crew.
That morning, he says, a 911 operator, sitting in a Brooklyn facility just across the river from lower Manhattan, took a call from a woman who was trapped in one of the blazing World Trade Center towers. She asked the operator what she should do.
The operator, Dowd says, calling on his training and experience dealing with fire emergencies, told the woman to make sure the doors were closed and to get as close to the ground as possible. But, as the woman went on to described the horror unfolding before her eyes—a jet-fuel-powered inferno racing through her ravaged office and colleagues on window ledges jumping out or preparing to jump—it hit the operator that the woman wasn't thinking about survival. She wanted to know what she should do—let the flames consume her or jump from one of the tallest buildings in the world?
"How do you answer something like that?" Dowd, the commanding officer of the New York Police Department's communications division, asks.
Dowd says the operator calmly told the woman that only she could make the decisions she was going to be forced to make in the next few minutes. Dowd says it was the only advice the operator could have given.
The Brooklyn facility that Tuesday was being flooded with hundreds of other cries for help that were just as desperate. In the first 12 minutes of the attack, Dowd says, the 911 call center received 3,000 phone calls—many from victims in the towers who were begging for help. The 911 operators needed to move through the calls—to collect vital information such as the victims' whereabouts—and to get to the next caller as quickly as possible. However, many people on the other end of the line did not want to get off the phone. The operators, Dowd says, showed great discretion as to which calls needed extra attention and which could be terminated quickly.
"Even in a police department like ours, where we get 32,000 calls a day, we don't usually deal with life and death on the telephone," he says. "But that day we were getting dozens of those calls."
Dowd says his people didn't falter. Some operators, in tears, needed to walk away from their stations for a few minutes to compose themselves, but all stayed at their posts through their tours dealing with one of the most difficult days in the unit's history.
The department's communications equipment on Sept. 11 was just as solid. There were no disruptions in 911 service or in the department's police radio dispatch system, which was built in 1968. Police headquarters in lower Manhattan did lose phone service when a Verizon telephone station next to the Trade Center was damaged. But that had no effect on the department's ability to take emergency calls and dispatch units.
New York City hired a consultant, McKinsey & Co., to study the operations of the city's police and fire department on Sept. 11. Some of their findings have been published. The report takes the police department to task for a lack of proper planning and training and lapses that day in leadership and coordination. But it said the department's communications system performed well.
But Dowd and others in the department know the system could be—and should be—better.
In a move that has yet to be publicly announced, the department has signed a $34 million contract with Hewlett-Packard to build a new computer-aided dispatch system.
Today, the New York Police department relies on its proprietary 34-year-old Sprint radio dispatch system to communicate with patrol cars. No one, including Dowd, who says he was in grammar school when the system was developed, seems to remember what Sprint stands for, although a best guess says it's an acronym for Special Police Radio Intelligence Network.
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Calls come into the city's Brooklyn communications center, where 911 operators take the information and feed it into terminals that are hooked up to a mainframe in police headquarters in downtown Manhattan. The mainframe takes the address information, corresponds the address to one of the department's 76 precincts, and then sends the information to the terminal of the precinct's police dispatcher. All the dispatchers are housed in the Brooklyn center, which each dispatcher handling, on average, two precincts. The dispatcher sits in front of a split screen, with one side showing jobs needing to be assigned and the other showing jobs that are being handled and the unit handling each assignment. Calls go out over precinct-specific frequencies.
The radio system, however, is congested. And patrol officers say that on some—albeit rare—occasions, they wait up to five minutes to break in with a request for information, such as a plate check, or to notify a dispatcher that they've finished one job and are ready for another assignment.
"Five minutes doesn't sound like a lot," Dowd says, "but if it's happening with increased frequency, obviously you're not getting as much out of your resources as you could." Cops are delayed in returning to patrols or responding to other calls.
Dowd, however, says that over the past few years, the problem has been alleviated as the department reduced the number of precincts handled by individual dispatchers—some had been responsible for three or even four precincts—and installed, in the 1990s, mobile data terminals (MDT) in some patrol cars that enable officers to query the department's want-and-warrant system and New York's State's motor vehicle database. However, only about half of the departments 4,300 patrol vehicles have MDTs.
The goals of the new computer-aided dispatch system, according to Dowd, are to not only free up the airwaves but to better communicate information with officers on the street.
Future Enhancements
Dowd says the department and HP have just started planning the new dispatch system, so it's too early to say what the capabilities of the new system will be or what features it will offer.
But computer-aided dispatching systems already deployed in many big-city police departments, such as Baltimore and Philadelphia, often allow officers to quickly and easily access state and federal vehicle and want-and-warrant databases. And most systems provide officers responding to an address with a list of known hazards and prior incidents.
Not only does this increase officer safety—since they know what they're getting into before they arrive on the scene—but also alerts cops to keep an eye out for things. For example, if the address had previous firearm complaints, the cops could be on the lookout for illegal pistols or rifles, which might get a few more guns off the street.
In a move related to the computer-aided dispatch system, the NYPD is planning to equip cars with Panasonic Toughbook laptops. One thing Dowd would like to see is a feature in the new dispatch system that would allow officers to make reports on in-car computers and, as soon as the reports are complete, to transmit them electronically to precinct commanders and detective bureaus. In the case of a burglary, for instance, cops with laptops could file a report to a detective who could immediately begin an investigation. Burglary reports are now filled out on paper and sometimes not entered into a record system for a day and a half.
Dowd, who was a lieutenant in a detective unit, knows the importance of speed. One of the things a detective squad command learns, he says, "is that accurate information, gotten to you as quickly as possible, in the early stages of an investigation, is always critical. You can't underestimate the value of that."
As time passes, for instance, witnesses don't remember things as clearly, or, worse, can't be located again.
Another advantage: If the officer enters a complaint or incident report there's less of a chance that information will be incorrectly typed in to a system by a data entry staffer working off an officer's typed written reports.
"In the normal course of any business, a certain amount of information is accurate or inaccurate. You just deal with that. Clearly, the quicker you get the information the easier it is to make determinations as to what's accurate or inaccurate. So, it's the speed that is the ultimate goal," he says.
The new system also would help 911 operators do their job better. In computer-aided dispatch systems, emergency call-takers sit at screens that prompt the operator to ask a series of questions as information is input into the system. With a burglary in progress, for instance, Dowd says a system will pop up lists of questions to be asked—such as whether a weapon is involved.
Still, as Sept. 11 proved, no system and no training will prepare 911 operators for every emergency. But Dowd is confident his people are up to any challenge and will rise to any occasion, as they did that Tuesday morning. "They job they did was just incredible," he says. "They handled some tremendously difficult calls."


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Apple Roundup: iPad Settlement, New MacBook?
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Following the new iPad announcement and record earnings, the news flow from Apple (AAPL) has been light. A litigation settlement and rumors of a lower-priced MacBook could change that.
Proview, a Chinese electronics company, has been in litigation with Apple over the "iPad" moniker in China, and reports are that the two companies are now talking about a settlement, although the two sides remain far apart on what Apple is willing to offer. Proview first made the accusations in February.
Apple has not brought the iPad to China, although sales of its iPhone in China are performing exceedingly well, the company said in its second-quarter earnings release.
While the rumor mill focuses on the iPhone heading into an October launch, there is talk of a price cut for Apple's MacBook Air, which is expected to be refreshed sometime this summer.Tech blog Digitimes noted Apple will cut the price of its MacBook Air to $799 from $999, citing "sources from the upstream supply chain." Shares of Apple were lower in Monday trading, off 0.23% to $563.96. Interested in more on Apple? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. Check out our new tech blog, Tech Trends. Follow TheStreet Tech on your wireless devices. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull
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Thailand has an estimated 580,000 adults and children infected with HIV. Although Thailand prevention efforts have reduced the overall number of new annual HIV infections, the infection rate among people previously considered to be at low risk has increased. In 2005, married women, who were likely infected by their spouses, accounted for an estimated one third of new infections.
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Ten Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopters which had been held up by the Obama Administration in the wake of the Egyptian military's removal of Mohammed Morsi from power last summer are now on their way. The reversal comes a month after an urgent request from the country's interim government.
According to a report by the Washington Free Beacon, the decision comes after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged further attacks on Egyptian security forces in a 19 April audio message. The Egyptian government has been fighting a terrorist group associated with al-Qaeda, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, most notably in the Sinai Peninsula.
During testimony in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, General Llyod Austin, commander of United States Central Command, stated that Apaches were "very instrumental" in Egyptian efforts to fight terrorism in the Sinai. Apache helicopters can fire AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, which have also been used on Predator and Reaper UAVs in the Global War on Terror.
The Obama Administration imposed an arms embargo on Egypt in the wake of Morsi's removal. Other items of the $1.6 billion aid package being held up include F-16 Fighting Falcons, parts for the M1A1 Abrams tank (used by the Egyptian military), and Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel noted that while the Apaches would be delivered, other items would still be held up.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stephen Colbert's super PAC is working with some serious cash.
Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow reported Tuesday that it has raised $1,023,121, according to a document filed with the Federal Election Commission.
An addendum to the disclosure contained language from Colbert that is not usually included in FEC reports.
"Yeah! How you like me now, F.E.C? I'm rolling seven digits deep! I got 99 problems but a non-connected independent-expenditure only committee ain't one!" Colbert said.
The primary disclosure form, which runs through Dec. 31, lists donations of $825,475, which means Colbert raised almost $200,000 in the month of January alone.
In a statement posted to the super PAC's website, Colbert said the money had been raised "in full accordance with the law."
"It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country," Colbert said.
Most donations to the super PAC were under $250, but disclosure forms list some interesting donors who chose to give more. (Campaign finance the Stephen Colbert way.)
A $500 donation from Gavin Newsom, the Lieutenant Governor of California, is listed. His office confirmed the donation to CNNMoney.
And an actor named Bradley Whitford gave $250. It could not be immediately confirmed that the West Wing star did in fact donate.
A Rolling Stones tribute band called the Sticky Fingers Band gave $400. The band bills itself as "the greatest rock and roll tribute band in the world" on its website.
Colbert has spent the better part of a year using his show on Comedy Central to take viewers on a tour of the opaque world of campaign finance law. (Where the money is: A campaign spending primer.)
Armed with the ability to accept unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals, Colbert's super PAC has set about doing what other super PACs do: spending unlimited sums to overtly advocate for or against political candidates.
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow ran ads in advance of the Iowa straw poll touting the candidacy of "Rick Parry."
And while Colbert hit the campaign trail in South Carolina, the super PAC ran ads that referred to Mitt Romney as "Mitt the ripper."
"If Mitt Romney really believes corporations are people," the ad said, "then Mitt Romney is a serial killer."
In one episode, Colbert enlists his lawyer, Trevor Potter, to create a tax-exempt 501(c)(4) so that he can obtain secret donations in a "completely transparent" way.
"Can I take this (c)(4) money and donate it to my super PAC?" Colbert asked after signing paperwork that registered the shell corporation in Delaware. "You can," Potter said.
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The latest update from our assessment team bound for Libya confirms that they've crossed safely through the Libyan border. The humanitarian picture is still uncertain, and they're working to ascertain needs on the ground. It's been suggested that food shortages may soon be a problem in Eastern Libya.
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Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and M.S. Technologies LLC have unveiled Enlist E3™ soybeans as the brand name for the industry's first-ever, three-gene herbicide tolerant soybean. This advanced technology was submitted for U.S. regulatory approval in August 2011 and is anticipated to be launched in 2015 pending U.S. and import country approvals. Enlist E3 soybeans will be brought to market in high-yielding varieties, widely available in multiple brands for farmers who want improved weed control and high yields.
The Enlist E3 soybean event developed by the companies includes, for the first time, three herbicide tolerance genes stacked together as part of a single genetic event in the soybean genome. These genes provide tolerance to Dow AgroSciences' new 2,4-D product, glyphosate, and glufosinate. Enlist E3 soybeans will be another product offering in the Enlist™ Weed Control System.
"Enlist E3 soybeans will set the new standard for weed control and yield performance in soybeans," said Lauren August, M.S. Technologies. "This first-ever three-gene stack event has been packaged in high-yielding elite germplasm from M.S. Technologies which, when combined, will allow growers to maximize per acre profits."
"Farmers need solutions for ever-increasing weed challenges, and Enlist E3 soybeans will enable exceptional weed control delivered from the Enlist system, combined with the latest advancement in soybean technology," said Tom Wiltrout, Seeds and Traits Strategy Leader, Dow AgroSciences. "Enlist E3 soybeans will be offered throughout the industry, providing seed companies and soybean growers another choice to advance their weed control and deliver improved yields."About Dow AgroSciences Dow AgroSciences, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, develops leading-edge crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions to meet the challenges of the growing world. Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $5.7 billion in 2011. Learn more at www.dowagro.com. Follow Dow AgroSciences on Facebook and YouTube or subscribe to our News Release RSS Feed. About M.S. Technologies M.S. Technologies LLC is a leading trait, technology and soybean genetics provider. M.S. Technologies LLC features a portfolio of in-house traits, including a variety of herbicide- tolerant and insect -resistant traits, as well as wide access to other traits and technologies through collaborative agreements with other parties. Learn more at www.mstechseed.com. ®™Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") or an affiliated company of Dow. Components of the Enlist Weed Control System have been submitted for review and registration and have not yet received regulatory approvals in all countries. The information presented is not an offer for sale. ©2012 Dow AgroSciences LLC
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Today Club Penguin has officially launched the Puffle Party. In this new and improved party you can buy, collect, and do many things. You can transform yourself into a Puffle, get items, and have fun. There is also a Puffle Play Zone which can turn your penguin into a Puffle! So lets get started with the cheats!
To get to the main room of the Party you can click the sign that is located at the Town and Plaza or you can open up your map and click the "Go There" button at the top right of the map. Below I will show you how the sign looks.
There are also items that you can buy and receive free at the new party. You can but Puffle costumes and a brand new Puffle hat for the party, in The Puffle Play Zone you can also get a free hat for your Puffle. The Puffle hat for your penguin is located in the Town, the Plaza, The Puffle Show and the hat for the Puffle is at The Puffle Play Zone. You can purchase the Puffle costumes at The Puffle Play Zone, you have to click the book at the bottom right corner. One more item that you could get is a new background. Stand in front of the camera in the Puffle Show, click the button and you will get an award background. Below you will see pictures of the items.
This is the Puffle hat that is for the penguin. It can be found in the Plaza, Town, or Puffle Show. The hat is free and doesn't require membership so non-members could get it too.
The Puffle Hat for the Puffle is at the Puffle Play Zone. You could access it with the sign (above) or with the map. The Puffle hat looks just like the one the penguin has with polka dots.
This is the background for the Puffle Show. It is an award background for winning at the Puffle Show with your fuzzy little pet. There is a trophy and ribbons in the back of the background. The picture is below.
You can also get 10 Puffle costumes at the Puffle Play Zone. Click the book at the bottom – right corner to open up the book. There is a red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, brown, and black costume.
One of the main cheats of this party is how to turn into a Puffle. To turn into a Puffle enter the Puffle Play Zone and take the elevator up. You will be transformed into a Puffle and could still talk! You could choose what color Puffle you want according to how many different color Puffles you have. You could also go into the Relax-Tron, a machine designed for Puffles relaxation. The picture below shows Puffles at the Puffle Play Zone.
Once you turn yourself into a Puffle you can explore the island and play games and still be able to keep your Puffle form. If you grow tired of it you can click your playercard and transform yourself back into a penguin using the button at the bottom of your playercard.
That sums up the Puffle Party 2012. There is also a small Saint Patrick's day party taking place at the Mine, but you will see that in the other posts. I sure like turning into by brown Puffle though, I hope Club Penguin will keep the privilege of letting us turn into Puffles so we can transform into them anytime we want. What do you think of this year's Puffle Party? Tell us your opinions in the comment section below!
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This spring Justin Timberlake will launch home décor website HomeMint with his long time friend and interior designer, Estee Stanley.
Non-shockingly, HomeMint's M.O. is pretty similar to Rachel Bilson's ShoeMint and Kate Bosworth's JewelMint. By giving customers who pay a monthly membership fee early access to products as well as special prices, HomeMint rewards loyal shoppers. It's a win-win.
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In order to provide a large-scale measure of conditions in the sinking region, the regression coefficients between density (ρ') and the thermohaline circulation were averaged vertically and horizontally over the sinking region. As can be seen in Figure 6, the density time series leads the thermohaline circulation time series by a few years, suggesting that fluctuations in density in the sinking region induce the fluctuations in the THC. In addition, the density term is
decomposed into individual contributions from temperature and salinity anomalies, and the regression coefficients between these two terms and the THC are also plotted. This figure indicates that density fluctuations attributable to salinity anomalies (ρ'S) are almost in phase with, but slightly behind, the thermohaline circulation, whereas density fluctuations attributable to temperature anomalies (ρ'T) lead the thermohaline circulation by approximately 90° in phase. The sum of the effects of temperature and salinity anomalies results in a density time series that leads the thermohaline circulation by several years, as indicated in this figure. The phase differences between ρ'S and ρ'T shown in Figure 6 are important to the quasi-oscillatory nature of the fluctuations.
Temperature-induced density anomalies (ρ'T) serve as a negative feedback on the fluctuations of the THC. The largest negative ρ'T values (corresponding to the warmest vertically averaged temperatures) occur after the maximum in the THC, thereby reducing the mean density in the sinking region, and thus weakening the intensity of the THC. In contrast, the largest positive values of ρ'T occur before the maximum in the THC, thereby increasing the mean density in the sinking region and enhancing the intensity of the THC. Thus, temperature-induced density anomalies play and important role in these fluctuations.
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abstrait is a chill-out project created in 1996 by raphaël marionneau with the first chill-out event "le café abstrait" at mojo club in hamburg. the monthly even became fastly from an insider hit to one of the well-known chillout club in germany. with this success and great public and press feedback, raphaël developped over the years different event series and formats with classical music called "le classique abstrait", summer events "l'été abstrait", chillout concert "le concert abstrait" or the multimedia dj-show at planetarium hamburg: "le voyage abstrait" and many other events concept like "phil & chill", "le rythme abstrait", etc...
since 2000, abstrait release regularly chillout compilations and the label created in 2003 already released more than 25 albums like "le café abstrait 1 to 6", "le classique abstrait 1 to 3", "l'été abstrait 1 to 3", "les ambassadeurs 1 to 3" and many more. from 2001 to 2003, raphaël marionneau presented "le classique abstrait" on the Klassikradio in germany and was the first classical dj who played on a classical radio.
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The outrageous 23-year-old U.K. pop superstar will release her second album, ''It's Not Me, It's You,'' on Feb. 10. We checked in for a typically sassy chat.
One of your new songs, ''Not Fair,'' is about a boyfriend who isn't very
good in bed. Are you saying some men are not just naturally great at sex?
That's what I'm saying. I've witnessed it.
Have you played the song to the gentleman who inspired it?
Yes, but he's far too arrogant to have thought it was about him. He didn't even ask.
Some people will be offended by ''Him,'' in which you ponder whether God
has ever ''taken smack or cocaine.''
[Laughs] I really don't care. Until everyone starts being horrible to me then I'll care. But at the moment, I don't. And if I do eventually regret writing something, that usually means it's good.
There was recently a brouhaha in the U.K. over ''Everyone's at It,'' where
you sing that everyone is on drugs of some sort. You can't have been
surprised by the ruckus...
It was quite interesting, because the whole song is about that kind of hysteria. I don't advocate the use of drugs at all. But that's what they were insinuating. ''Slow news day, what shall we do? Let's not write about that war in Gaza. No, no, no. Let's f--- up Lily Allen!'' [Laughs] ''Again!''
The British tabloid press do seem obsessed with you. How much of a pain
is that on a day-to-day basis?
It's beyond irritating, I can't even tell you. It's got to the point now where I feel like something has to change. I mean, I can see why people like Britney and Amy [Winehouse] go nutty. It's so surreal and invasive and intrusive and weird. If I open the door right now, there's 10 guys with cameras. I'm trapped in my own home!
There have been moments when you did seem troubled, like in May 2007,
when you wrote on your blog about feeling fat, ugly, and ''s---ter than
I've had some pretty tough times, but everyone has. It's just that most people don't have it all over the newspapers. None of my family has ever been worried about me and substances or alcohol. Ever. But then, when you read all that stuff, you think, well, maybe I have got a problem. You start to believe some of it.
Are you ever tempted to give it all up and try another career?
I just bought three books on law from Amazon. I'd quite like to be a probation officer, I think.
Are you on the wagon at the moment?
I'm not drinking now.
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Animalogy: Animal Analogies - Children's Book Review
Compare and contrast different animals through predictable, rhyming analogies. Find the similarities between even the most incompatible animals . . . bat is to flit as eagle is to soar; dog is to bark as lion is to roar. Comparisons include sounds, physical adaptations, behaviors, and animals classes and are so fun, readers learn without even realizing it! Animals are to nature, as Animalogy is to fun!
There are animals and species of all kinds represented in Animalogy: Animal Analogies. The book is a very quick read with analogies on diverse groups of animals. The illustrations are gorgeous and the last page in the book is a sweet surprise. In the "For Creative Minds" section of the book explains and has questions about analogies and there's a learning section on animal classification.
Animalogy: Animal Analogies is a Fall 2011 release from Sylvan Dell Publishing.
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Does the Bible say anything about birth control?
The Bible does not address the issue of birth control, so it is difficult to say whether or not it is right or wrong in an absolute sense. But since it doesn't condemn it outright, we do not either.
Biblically, having children is a blessing from God and a fulfillment of the command of God to multiply and fill the earth (Gen. 1:28). If anything, we are told to have children and never told to avoid having them. But that alone isn't enough to settle the issue. A generic principle of having children is for humanity and not always for individuals. Take Jesus, for example. He did not marry and have children. He did not fulfill the command to do so. Therefore, since Jesus never sinned, we can conclude that the command to have children is a generic one for mankind and not necessarily intended to be applied to each and every individual. Therefore, it would seem logical that birth control would be permissible to some degree.
If a couple decides to practice birth control, they must take special care that the method used is not abortive. That means that birth control is not acceptable if it causes a fertilized egg, fetus, or baby to be aborted. This is simply not right since we are told not to murder (Exodus 20:13). Remember, the life in the womb is human by nature, and we do not have the right to arbitrarily destroy it as a means of birth control. Nevertheless, we see birth control as biblically permissible and sometimes even wise--given certain circumstances. Let's look at some examples.
Let's say that there is a woman with a congenital illness that can adversely manifest during pregnancy and potentially or probably kill her. Should she risk having children knowing that a pregnancy might take her life? The choice would be hers, and I would not condemn her for abstaining from getting pregnant. But, what if she already had children and due to her age, the next pregnancy carries a heightened risk of killing her and the baby. What then? Is birth control appropriate? I would think so since it potentially preserves the life of the mother and ensures that her children will have her around to care for them. In this case it would be wise to exercise birth control.
Of course, some would say that this is not trusting God and that it is taking matters into her own hands. I think this is fallacious logic. Should we not have a surgery to fix a heart problem in a newborn baby because it means taking things into our own hands? After all, isn't this the way God made the baby? But some will say, no, God doesn't make anyone with defects. Like or not, the Bible disagrees. "And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?" (Exodus 4:11). Aside from the obvious implications of that verse, if God forms us in the womb and sometimes allows defects to occur, then should we, so to speak, go against His work? This is a tricky question, but we can safely say that God has given us wisdom to heal illnesses. Therefore, we should seek to prolong and improve life; and if this means preventing conception, then I think it is permissible.
Should couples not have children because of financial hardship? This is a difficult question to answer because we have to consider that people have different financial situations. God says He will provide for our needs, and I believe He would provide for the needs of the children should financially strapped couples decide to have them. On the other hand, if a couple is barely able to feed themselves and their economic future is bleak, they should pray and seek to exercise wisdom concerning the timing of having children. They are responsible for their children; and if they cannot care for them, then birth control might be preferable until the situation changes.
This brings up another issue. What if a Christian couple lives where there is a famine, and people are dying daily? Should they then intentionally try to have additional children or should they wait until the danger passes? I would think wisdom would compel them to wait.
Since the Bible does not address the issue of birth control and because situations for couples are different, I believe that birth control is not a sin--provided it is not abortive and provided that the motives to do so are wise and biblical.
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Bar Hayama… Lifestyles of the Hip & Stylish hits Sawtelle
I found it interesting that no one seems to have reviewed Bar Hayama yet, so I figure I'll put my two cents as to what I think of it.
So, Sugiura-san (aka Frank/"Toshi"), the owner of the Hama in Venice, has taken residence at the old building that was converted from an old Mexican restaurant in 1995 to what became known as Sushi Sasabune, on the corner of Nebraska & Sawtelle. Marked by only a neon sign that read "Sushi", Sushi Sasabune turned from hole-in-the-wall to celebrity insider with frequent visits from Aaron Spelling's family, Peter DeLouise, and the entire cast of Los Angeles' FOX 11 News. In 2006, Sushi Chef Nobi Kusuhara moved Sasabune to the location where it currently resides – the old Todai on Wilshire in West LA, which left the original location empty.
Enter "Toshi", famed owner of Hama in Venice. After 9 months of renovating, the 'old mexican restaurant' looks nothing like it's original appearance. Featuring a massive firepit in the patio, frosted glass, and a modern stylish look both indoors and outdoors, Toshi opened Bar Hayama. With a capacity of about 86, Bar Hayama has the look & feel of today's modern Los Angeles sushi restaurant – a style made famous by folks like Innovating Dining's Michael Cardenas of Katana & Sushi Roku.
It also has the personality of a Sushi Nozawa/Sasabune with Sugiura-san's bellowing and stern authoritative commands to his chefs, but the ambiance (and potential insanity) of Koi or Hama with attractive Japanese hostesses waiting to greet you at the door.
This is a serious change up from the ol' Sasabune days and it's certainly nothing like what's historically populated the Sawtelle 'Little Tokyo' corridor before which has been mostly traditional restaurants adhering to low profile, Japanese decor and a minimization of the whole "IRASSHAIMASE!" chaos that the tourists & newbies-to-traditional-sushi have come to adore so much in Los Angeles, not unlike interactive dinner theatre.
Toshi's an interesting cat. His fare was personally served to me and several of his dishes as you can see are fairly creative.
I'm starting out with this because this was both an extremely pleasant surprise as well as fantastic in it's diversity. There's no restaurant on the westside right now with the breadth & depth of sake available that Bar Hayama has. With over 60 different & genuinely QUALITY bottles available, Toshi, a Japan-accredited sake sommelier, has created a sake menu that is without a doubt the best I've seen in a long time in Los Angeles.
I asked him point blank, "As a Japanese, I visited your restaurant in Venice and the sake there was a little… ehhh…" (The Japanese for those of you who aren't familiar with the culture, describe negative responses by soft shoeing descriptions and tailing off on sentences. It's considered rude to say negative things outright) He said that while he has a great appreciation for sake, when he created Hama, there just wasn't a market for it, and it just didn't make good business.
This of course made instant sense: Sake should only be kept for one year maximum, if refrigerated… otherwise it loses its distinctiveness and its original character. A decade ago, people weren't consuming anything but low quality futsushu heated in tokkuri flasks that were hotter than the surface of the sun, and they existed only in order to get people drunk. It didn't make sense to stock high-end jizake nihonshu being that no one at Hama would buy it and it would just go bad. These days, with people recognizing and appreciating more fine sake, Toshi has come out with guns blazing with a menu bound to impress the average Los Angeles sake fan.
He seemed disappointed with my selection of Suehiro Ken, a favorite of mine. I realized that he probably considered Suehiro akin to Kubota these days and probably would have prefered my pick of something more eclectic like the Daishichi sakes on his menu as a demonstration of my appreciation for the selection however, let's be honest: There's only a few restaurants that even sell Ken itself in LA proper because of it's moderate cost and it'd been a while since I'd had a bottle. Next time, Toshi. Next time. I'll probably tap the Tsukasaboton Genshu, a stronger, more potent sake which I've never seen served in Los Angeles before.
It should be noted that the sake was EXTREMELY fresh. With a bottle date of May 2007, I was fairly surprised at first… but then again, the place has only been open for 2 weeks to the public so, what would you expect. Hopefully, Toshi will keep things fresh and turn a lot of sake out.
In fact, I mentioned that the menu was similar to what I'd seen in high end sake restaurants in places like Las Vegas' Shibuya or Okada which prompted the two gentlemen seated next to me to nod approvingly and mutter, "Hai… Shibuya". It turns out they were representatives for Japan Prestige, a sake brewery coalition that has a relatively large collection of sake for distribution.
- I was served something not listed on the sake menu, and it might be worth asking Toshi if he has some if you'd like to try something different. He had the Berkeley, CA brewery of Shochikubai (don't laugh – read the rest of this paragraph before you judge) send him a bottle of something they are calling "Nama Nama" – an EXTREMELY raw, green unpasteurized brew that was essentially bottled no more than 24 hours ago. That's right: 24 hours ago. They don't make much more than a few hand bottled flasks of this brew and those that receive it have to serve it within 24-48 hours of receiving it because it goes bad within 4-5 days. The taste is akin to champagne without the extreme carbonation and is very bright. I suspect while rare, it's not very expensive either being that it's locally brewed and bottled thus incurring no import tax, and its sharp taste ultimately cloaks and overwhelms the other nuances of the sake. Griff Frost of SakeOne in Forest Grove, OR has been trying to sell sake champagnes for a while, but Shochikubai might be onto something that might catch on in a certain niche market.
One of their signature dishes is a "macrobiotic salad", a three stage salad with red potato salad, shoyu-noodles, and a light fish that tasted like a flaky cod but I forgot what it was. It was good and certainly a nice appetizer. This sort of salad is common in traditional family style Japanese restaurants like Wakasan & Yabu and I could see where he wanted to serve something along those lines but yet different and acceptable to "American" tastes. He acknowledged as much after I'd asked him but not before somewhat pooh-poohing the other restaurants… as I would expect him to. <smirk>
They also served a Blue Crab cake with what tasted like a lobster sauce. This was as good a crab cake as I've tasted however the lobster sauce was a tad too salty for the dish slightly overpowering the sweetness of the meat. If anyone takes this dish, eat the cake straight up for maximum flavor. The crab is delicious.
I went ahead and ordered a few specials including the Shima Aji and the Toro, both of which were very good. Although the Toro has a little tsuji in it (fiber strands) it was still melt-in-your-mouth good and the serving was very large… surprisingly so. The shima aji was good however I'd just had better at Yabu so it might have been a slightly unfair comparison.
We were served a small sukemono & baby amaebi salad which was something I hadn't had before… and it was definitely excellent. Shrimp that are ACTUALLY sweet is an amazing sign of a high quality Japanese restaurant.
Of course the wasabi was fresh grated, and not bitter. I make mention of bitterness because I've noticed a trend of chefs serving fresh grated wasabi that just plain tastes bad… and it could easily be avoided if they simply taste a little before serving it.
They also served raw mitsutake beef – a sashimi style cut of beef heavy with fat and and absolute delight to consume. My wife ordered a salmon collar while I finished my plate and we found the salmon to be a little on the dry side but decent nonetheless. The cheek of the salmon however was fantastic and frankly, that's the best part.
Maguro Blue Cheese. That's right. Toshi served something that I found to be unique and quite good. It was a tuna with a blue cheese and shoyu sauce that was a very good match. (Toshi was very proud of this dish of his) The last time I had Japanese food that matched well with Blue Cheese was Tamanohikari's Kaori Ginjo – an American-importable sake that tastes great with Blue Cheese.
Toshi made some comment about kanpachi being the filet mignon of fish in comparison to yellowtail being the "sirloin". I cocked my head at that comparison and gave him a jaded, "Alright… whatever" look. He proceeded to then serve me the best piece of kanpachi I'd ever had. Kanpachi is generally a firmer more flavorful fish than yellowtail or other tuna, however this was unusually soft and fluffy. I don't know exactly how to describe it except to say that I had to take back my 'look' because he was right: This was the best fish I'd had during the meal.
Two other dishes were served: Miso cucumber & hamachi & a Scallop & cerviche dish. To be honest, these were okay – not the spectacular dishes that the maguro and the kanpachi were, but perhaps that's an unfair comparison.
This is going to be the dark side of this restaurant and I wonder how things go when not being served at the sushi bar: While the hostesses are friendly, attractive and do a great job of warming up guests, bringing them to their seats and hanging jackets, their waiters don't know what they're doing quite yet.
Even though the restaurant is still new, it's surprising to see that the waitstaff is still taking instruction from the chefs behind the bar half the time and while I don't expect much from them, these guys seem to have no autonomy:
- The waiter only brought one glass with a 720ml bottle of sake, even though my wife was there and only brought one glass of water (for my wife) when we both asked for it.
- They had absolutely no idea what was on the sake menu. After I pronounced the word "KEN" three times, I relied on the "point-at-the-bottle" method of showing them what to serve.
- The bus boys took forever to pick up any empty plates and the waiters didn't introduce any of the chefs at the bar, nor did they introduce themselves.
…I could go on on and on, but suffice it to say that if there's room for improvement at Bar Hayama, it's with the waitstaff. At least they were quick to turn the check.
On the positive side, the chef-patron banter is quite lively. Unless you actually know something about sake, (or are willing to suck up <grin>) don't plan on leading a discussion with Toshi – it's his bar and he'll be the one to start & end conversations. Toshi's California Sushi Academy has placed a few of the chefs at the restaurant, all of which have genuine personalities and are great guys unto themselves with skills. The former headchef & cuisine architect from Blowfish Sushi (on Sunset Blvd) is working at Toshi's side now at Bar Hayama after seemingly getting tired of the headaches from his previous employer. And Toshi himself sits center stage at the bar. Of course.
Pricewise, it's similar to most of today's high end Japanese sushi restaurants. My wife and I left with a $250 tab with a $50 tip – a 1/3rd of the bill was sake however. If you're looking for cheaper, you can certainly buy less pricey dishes with the same experience.
I suspect that this place is going to be reservation-only for a while as the culturally elite start pushing their way there. The parking is valet and for those of you that remember the parking situation when the building was Sasabune, it's only going to get worse with a capacity of 86 customers.
I'll be back to at least see Suryo, one of the chefs, during the grand opening this Saturday. If you see a short Japanese guy without a Japanese accent sitting at the far end of the table, say hi. It'll probably be me.


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Michael and Katharina (Pitzen) Schaeffer
Michael M Schaeffer was born near Siebenbach, Germany. Katharina Pitzen was born in Niederbarr, Germany. Siebenbach and Niederbarr are about 5 miles apart. They were married in the parish of Wanderath, Germany. They farmed in Wanderath for 8-9 years after their marriage. But after numerous crop failures and a shortage of food, they decided to come to America as some of their family and friends had done so before them. Katharina's younger brother Johann Pitzen had come to America in 1879 and settled in Johnsburg, McHenry County, Il.
Along with their four children, in the spring of 1882, they immigrated from the Port of Bremen, Germany, 12 April 1882, aboard the ship Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm, arriving at *Castle Garden, NY on 1 May 1882. This information was located on the ships passenger list and also Michael's Declaration of Intent papers, on file at the McHenry County Courthouse. They settled in Johnsburg, Il with their children Emma, age seven, Katharina age five, Mathias age three and Johann about nine months. They had a farm of 103 acres, Sec 13 on the McHenry Tws 1892 Plat Map, a quarter mile west of the village of Johnsburg (along what today is Johnsburg Road, their farmhouse and barn is still there today and appears to be in very good condition). Three more children were born after their arrival in America, Mary, Peter and Josephine
Michael and Katharina farmed for nearly thirty years before retiring and leaving their sons to take over the farming for them. They never owned an automobile, and walked where they needed to go. Several of their children lived in Spring Grove, a distance of about five miles. They would walk to their childrens homes, and spend a few days before returning to their farm in Johnsburg. Michael and Katharina never spoke any English, they continued to speak in their native tongue, German.
Michael and Katharina celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary May 29, 1933. This memorable occasion was first celebrated with a special mass at St John The Baptist Catholic Church at 9:30 a m in Johnsburg, Il. Dinner was later served at the home of their daughter Katharina Nimsgern, in McHenry, Il. An anniversary cake was presented to them by their grandson Joseph Nimsgern, son of Katharina.
Michael and Katharina passed away shortly after celebrating their 60th Anniversary. Michael, age 87, at the home of his daughter Josephine May in Spring Grove, Il on Fri 22 Oct 1933. He was one of the oldest members of St John the Baptist Catholic Order of Foresters at this time. Katharina, at the age of 87, passed away on Sat 20 Jan 1934, just three months after Michael, at the home of her daughter Katharina Nimsgern, in McHenry, Il. Michael and Katherina had twenty two grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Both Michael and Katharina were devoted members of St John the Baptist Catholic Church for about 52 years. They are at rest at the St John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery, in Johnsburg, Il.
I would like to thank Al May, grandson of Michael and Katharina, for much of the information in this bio of Michael and Katharina. Al has the most extensive family genealogy collection on his family I have ever seen. I am fortunate to have met him and will always be grateful for the time he has spent with me this past two years sharing his family history with me. Michael and Katharina are my 2x great maternal grandparents, their daughter Katharina Nimsgern is my gr grandmother and a sister to Al's mother, Josephine May.
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Years before Ellis Island became the most important port of entry for immigrants, Castle Clinton in lower Manhattan served as the country's first processing point for millions of future Americans. The castle was built in 1807 as a fort against possible British invasion. In 1822, President J. Monroe decided it had served its purpose and the area was reborn as Castle Garden, a spot where New Yorkers were able to enjoy concerts and entertainment in a park-like setting. It's popularity declined as an entertainment park and by 1855, Castle Garden had become America's first receiving station for immigrants. Between 1855 and 1890, eight million new arrivals passed through its portals. Immigrant operations ended in 1890 and Castle Garden eventually reverted to its original name, Castle Clinton. In 1950, Castle Clinton was declared a national monument. The building now houses a museum which has fascinating exhibits of the immigrant experience in the late 18th century.
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Michael Schaeffer
Son of Johann Schaeffer and Anna Margaretha Schemisch
Born 14 Feb 1846/Siebenbach, Germany
Married Katharina Pitzen 29 May 1873/Wanderath, Germany
Died 27 Oct 1933/Spring Grove, Il.
Buried at St John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Johnsburg, Il
Katharina Pitzen
Daughter of Peter Pitzen and Maria Wagner
Born 10 Sep 1846/Niederbarr, Germany
Died 20 Jan 1934/McHenry, Il
Buried at St John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Johnsburg, Il
Children of Michael and Katharina
1.Emma (Anna Maria)
Born 8 Dec 1875/Wanderath, Germany
Married Martin Jung (Young) 11 Nov 1897
St John The Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg, Il
Died 1953/Johnsburg, Il
Buried at St John The Baptist Catholic Cemetery, Johnsburg, Il
Born 6 Jan 1877/Wanderath, Germany
Married Frank Nimsgern 28 Nov 1899
St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg, Il
Died 8 Mar 1942/McHenry, Il
Buried at St Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Grove, Il
Born 15 Aug 1879/Wanderath, Germany
Married Rose Adams
Born 12 Aug 1881/Wanderath, Germany
Never Married
Born 12 Oct 1885/Johnsburg, Il
Married Mathias J May
Died Mar 1942/Spring Grove, Il
6.Peter M
Born 29 Aug 1886/Johnsburg, Il
Married Martha Mertes 30 Nov 1911
St John The Baptist Catholic Church, Johnsburg, Il
Died 15 Mar 1977/Crystal Pines Nursing Home, Crystal Lake, Il
Buried at St Patricks Catholic Cemetery, McHenry, Il
Born 7 Aug 1889/Johnsburg, Il
Married Peter May 24 Nov 1910
St Peter's Catholic Church, Spring Grove, Il
Died 2 July 1966/Spring Grove, Il
Buried at St Peter's Catholic Cemetery, Spring Grove, Il
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There is now some month that my old ISPConfig server is not running correctly, i tried different solution on the web but didn't find something working.
Basically, like the title said, i've installed mumble server, which installed the mumble-server-web package, everything was working, but a day i wanted to move all my clients except one from this server, so... i uninstalled all un-necessary packages i installed after ISPConfig and it crashed Apache2.
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Great site and very helpful info Alex!
I have to agree, though, that some items are ranked much lower than they deserve. Another clear example is the Darkmoon Card: Blue Dragon. It only requires level 60 to use (explaining the lower Blizz rank) but this one scales with level as it gives a percentage chance to allow full mana regen while casting:
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I know of a few healers that choose to equip this one instead of "endgame" epics for boss fights in BT and SSC. Wowhead and Thottbot posters rave about this trink on healers. I play both a resto druid and holy/disc priest. I use this card on both healing Kara and Z'A. On my druid with around 750 regen buffed, I have never run out of mana even while rolling lifeblooms as fast as I can cast them.
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A self-described nerd who, as a child, sat in the corner and drew while the other kids played dodgeball, Japanese artist Yuko Shimizu didn't always know that she wanted to be an illustrator. She spent 11 years doing public relations for a corporation in Tokyo before escaping to New York for art school. And after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2002, she gradually amassed an impressive roster of clients including The New Yorker and Playboy. Her style is surreal and sexy, combining the language of Japanese woodblock prints with the grammar of graphic novels. Here, Shimizu talks about which artists she worships, what advice she would give to young illustrators, and why she'd rather stay away from the animation world.
What do you say when people ask you, 'What do you do?'
I used to say, "I'm an illustrator" when I started out, and I realized nobody knows what illustrators do -- unless you're a children's book illustrator. So now I say I draw pictures for magazines and newspapers, which people seem to understand.
What new idea or innovation is having the most significant impact on the illustration world?
The Internet. It sounds dumb, but before the Internet, if you made art, you had to show it, otherwise people didn't see it; you had to show it physically. Now, you make art and, even if you're someone who's not a professional artist and you make great art in the middle of nowhere, you put it online and, if the work is good, people start talking about it and linking to you. It's as simple as that.
I started in 2002 when not everyone had a website and blogs; I started out in that transitional period. The Internet has helped a lot to establish me as a working illustrator, making a living from it. For people who started a little bit before me, it took five years, ten years to establish themselves because they had to physically bring their work around to show to magazines and newspapers. Now students do their work, they put it up online, and next thing you know, anyone from anywhere in the world can see it.
What's something that most people just don't understand about your field?
It is art, but it is also about running a small business. You can do amazing artwork, but if you're unreliable and irresponsible or can't keep track of your paperwork, you can't succeed as an illustrator. I'm in my studio a lot working, but actually half of the time, I'm doing my paperwork and organizing and talking to clients. Actually, it's half art and half running a small business.
What's an emerging trend that you think will shake up the art or illustration world?
People say it's animation. A lot of illustrations get animated because of the online presence -- you know, iPad and all the tablets that are new; you have a more interactive quality than before.
But trends are trends; they come and go. I try not to get too caught up in the trends. Right now, definitely, animating your drawings seems like the hot thing. But I also think that good, static drawings and paintings will probably not go away. And I do not do animation. The best animation from illustrators always comes from illustrators doing the character design and the professional animators animating them. There are artworks that are easier to translate into animation, and some that are not. And I guess my work is not that easy. It's not animation-friendly.
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While visiting a small Franciscan college last week, I toured a nearby historic chapel with the college priest, who learned that I was headed to a family funeral. While knowing I wasn't a Catholic, he offered to say a prayer for the rest of my relative's soul.
I appreciated his gesture and took comfort. I also figured, what the heck, it couldn't hurt. But not everybody feels warm and fuzzy about receiving a proffered benefit of another's religious belief, especially when you're not asked first.
Take the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints practice of posthumous baptism, where LDS believers represent deceased non-Mormons in a symbolic baptism (hence it's also called vicarious or proxy baptism).
Baptism is required to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but under LDS doctrine, the deceased have free agency, the power to accept or reject the proxy baptism. From that perspective, posthumous baptism "couldn't hurt." Current LDS Church members can grant their ancestors and relatives entrance to heaven. Yet each person, even after death, may accept or reject the proxy baptism, so the ceremony isn't binding in any way.
But not everybody feels "it couldn't hurt," and controversy erupted in the 1990s with the discovery that LDS proxy baptisms included many Jewish victims of the Holocaust, with some 380,000 Jews killed by the Nazis appearing in LDS genealogical records. In 1995, the LDS Church agreed to stop the practice for Holocaust victims where descendants did not consent.
Jewish groups strongly objected, partly from the sad Jewish historical experience with forced conversions, and partly from the special regard that Jews have for Holocaust victims and survivors. If the victims were killed solely for their religion, a posthumous conversion - even one grounded in doctrinal free agency, to be accepted or rejected voluntarily - could appear to rewrite the historical record.
Jewish groups aren't alone in qualms about posthumous baptism. Armenian Christian and Russian Orthodox leaders denounced the practice, and earlier this year, the Vatican Congregation for Clergy directed Catholic dioceses not to allow the LDS International Genealogical Index to microfilm and digitize information in parish registers. The Vatican wants to stop posthumous baptism of Catholics, which spokesmen called "detrimental" and "unacceptable."
So sometimes when you think it couldn't hurt, it actually does. I had some readers who believe differently than I do offer to pray for me because of last week's column. One guy even seemed pretty sincere. But it points out one pretty big difference between religion and politics, and a problem for those who want more religion in politics: The whole point of politics in a democracy is to argue about what's best, but with religion, you just can't do that.
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Religion is all about fundamental belief - and even bringing it up in any discussion is an invitation for everybody to take offense. One man's pithy comment another man finds politically, and religiously, incorrect. And why would we want more of that in politics?
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