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Morrow Shines in extra inning win for StormStorm complete the sweep in a 10-inning shootoutFriday, May 16th, 2014 Issue 20, Volume 18.
Inland Empire got to starter Matt Shepherd early, plating a pair in the bottom of the first. Down 2-0, Lake Elsinore answered with a run in the top of the second. Gabriel Quintana struck a two out double to left, and Duanel Jones followed with an RBI single to cut the 66er's lead in half. More trouble in the third. IE went single/double/triple to extend their advantage to a game-high three, but the Storm would respond with two of their own in the top of the fourth. Renfroe doubled and Diego Goris went yard in the next at-bat to bring the Storm within one. Morrow's best performance of the season started in the fifth. Shepherd retired the first two batters but proceeded to load the bases, bringing the hard-throwing righty in from the bullpen. The Caledonia, MI product pitched out of the jam and went on to retire the next nine batters he faced over three perfect innings. Goris came up big again in the eighth with a two out double. An IE error allowed him to advance to third on the same play, and Quintana brought him home with his second hit of the game. Trevor Gott (W, 2-2) was called upon in the ninth to close the game, but the Lexington, KY native was tagged with the tying run and his second blown save after retiring the first two batters of the inning. Despite the score, Gott escaped the inning unscathed, leaving two IE runners on base. For the second time in the series, the game went to extra innings. Tuesday's meeting went twelve, but tonight's match-up didn't go beyond the tenth. Renfroe crushed the go-ahead homer in the top half of the inning, and Ben Paullus struck out the final two batters of the game to secure the win and a sweep of the 66ers. The victory puts Lake Elsinore (24-17) back into a share of first place, sitting atop the South Division standings alongside the Lancaster JetHawks. It's the first sweep of a California League foe since the end of April, when the Storm won four straight against the Visalia Rawhide. Renfroe, Goris and Quintana were a combined 6 for 14 with three doubles, two home runs, four RBIs and five runs scored. Morrow struck out five and hung zeroes through 3.1 innings of work. The Storm will look to keep their momentum rolling into tomorrow night's game, as the Modesto Nuts visit The Diamond for the second time this season. Bryan Rodriguez (0-3, 3.00 ERA) will oppose Devin Burke (1-1, 5.09 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05pm on Superhero Night, day one of this weekend's GEEKend. 0 comments Be the first to share your opinion on this article!
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One benefit of renovating an old house is the choice of clinging to its stylistic roots or stirring it up with modern gestures. In updating the kitchen in this 1917 California-style bungalow in Easton, Pennsylvania, homeowner Andrew Fiscus's choice was clear: Go modern. "Our whole house is a blend of old and new," he says. "We really like to mix it up." His former job as national retail manager for Poggenpohl—the German company known for sleek, concise cabinets—also influenced the kitchen's direction. Working with all those contemporary cabinets gave Andrew an appreciation of minimalism, and he decided that, in terms of detailing and adornment, less would be more in this space-challenged kitchen.

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En Español (Spanish Version)Xanthoma is a condition in which fatty deposits form beneath the skin. They range from very small to up to 3 inches in size. Xanthomas are not painful or dangerous, but can be cosmetically disfiguring. Xanthomas may appear anywhere on the body, but are most frequently found on the elbows, joints, tendons, knees, hands, feet, and buttocks.
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The last days of Prince Fielder and Corey Hart?
June 16th, 2010I can't seem to turn on the internet machine without seeing pictures of cute kittens something about Corey Hart and Prince Fielder being traded from the Milwaukee Brewers. Every baseball writer, analyst, talking head and fan thinks that it's important for the Brewers to trade Prince Fielder and Corey Hart. Right now. Corey, because he's hot and will never be hotter (which apparently people who are paid to evaluate talent won't realize, haha suckers!), and Prince because he's good and he's probably not going to re-sign with the team when he becomes a free agent in 2012. This has a certain amount of logic to it and if the Brewers get the right deal then they should probably do it, but I would be really surprised if one or both was traded during the season.
The reason I believe this lies in the fangraphs post from today by Jack Moore titled "What the Milwaukee Brewers Should Do" (which is weird because it never actually says what they should do), in the post Jack writes:
the contracts of Jeff Suppan, Trevor Hoffman, Bill Hall, David Weathers, Jody Gerut, Craig Counsell, Claudio Vargas, Jim Edmonds, Dave Bush, David Riske, and Gregg Zaun coming off the books, the Brewers will clear around $45 million in salary for next season. If Fielder and Hart are traded, that would be another $15 million cleared. The Brewers will see some raises for arbitration eligible players, but they should have a lot of money to play with in 2011.
Jesus, the Brewers are paying more people not to be with them than Larry King.
With all that money coming off the books as is, there is no need to get Prince and Corey off the books. If the goal is to build this team for a run in 2011, a run that they are totally capable of making, then there is no rush to trade two of the team's best three hitters unless they bring back someone who can significantly help them now. I'm talking a top of the line starter with arbitration years left. I'm talking Yovani Gallardo: the squeakquel.
Trading away Prince and Corey because of the team's poor play this season in return for prospects that won't help this team win next year is a stupid, stupid decision and guess what? Doug Melvin knows that. He'll listen, but he needs to be blown away and I'm not sure there's anyone out there willing to blow him away. At least not during the season. It's why he's a good GM.
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Your view on Hart is flawed IMO. Corey is hot this year… there are some teams that will have only this year to be in a playoff race…. They could use a hot player or injury and be willing to part with something for this year. Hart also does not have a monster contract that has to paid, so his future cost is low. A hart trade could be a win /win… as long as fans don't expect to get a top line starting pitcher in return.
I think the Brewers would be just as well off in the long run to play Gerut in left than to keep Hart…. if you get to the wrong spot in the outfield or make a base running blunder quicker than other players, so what, speed is not everything.
Prince is not worth 25 mil, or whatever he is asking, so a lot of fans want him gone… I do too… but I think it would be best to see in the offseason what is available and how the roster is shaking out. They still need a draw but I don't know that this team should have too many expectations next year unless they make a major move. Just my opinion tho… I don't even have a blog, so what do I know.
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How I love cinnamon. Cinnamon rolls, cinnamon swirl loaves, cinnamon-spiced cakes, even ice cream. I can always count on cinnamon to bring me to a happy place. When I need a quick cinnamon fix I turn to snickerdoodles- the classic cinnamon 'n sugar dusted cookies. You'll be able to taste these cookies long before you bite into them. The smells of butter and sugar and cinnamon permeating every part of your kitchen (or entire house if its small like ours). If the aroma is too much to resist you can always freeze the remainder of the batch. That way they might last a little bit longer.
7/28/09: When I started typing out this recipe one ingredient in particular caught my eye. Baking soda? I don't remember using any baking soda. In fact, I remember reaching for my trusty tin of baking powder, and dumping in two whole teaspoonfuls. So I double checked the recipe. Yep, baking soda. Every single snickerdoodle recipe in the world calls for baking soda, NOT baking powder (I checked most of them).
So I was a little scatterbrained that night. I must have been on painkillers- or something. There has to be an excuse. But now I recall that on Sunday when I was making Blueberry Crumb bars (coming soon) I used the wrong measuring cup, dumping in 1/3 cup sugar instead of 1/4. Well nobody is going to complain about that. Those turned out delish.
Luckily, neither mistake was fatal. These snickerdoodles were a tad bit on the airy side. Soft, like biting into a cinnamon-sugar dusted pillow. I'm almost embarrassed to admit, this was only my second experience with snickerdoodles. I was introduced to them last week, and have ever since been lamenting the fact that my childhood was devoid of their presence. It should be a crime.
So this is the way they should be made. With baking soda. Next time I'll get it right.
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 cup white sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and cream until light and fluffy.
3.. In a separate bowl combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Blend the dry ingredients into the wet, mixing by hand.
4. In a small bowl, mix together the 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. Shape the dough into small balls and roll them in the cinnamon-sugar to coat. Place 2 inches apart on an UNgreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 6-10 minutes (depending on size) until the tops are set and the bottoms are beginning to brown. Remove from the cookie sheet and cool on a wire rack.
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They r a complete native arid lanscape with Orchids too rescued from the new Highway. The Ocotillo tree Forquieria popusii popusii is my favorite. Native Dahlia is too. there's a guide 3 X day. Hope they sell seeds now. Take a Eco-friendly hiking guide with foreign peeps to Las Cumbres. Eve from Switzerland knew evrything The German guy was pleasant. The e-mail is romero.albert1atgmaildotcom
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Who is smiling on the newest roundhouse in Wales, today? Dafydd and his construction team step back after months of work to celebrate at our mini and informal opening of the latest Moel y Gaer roundhouse. They are congratulated. I've formulated a ritual for the opening. Thanks for joining us at our special event, we all hope you enjoyed following the history of the roundhouse.
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We've almost finished the roundhouse. Dafydd and the team have thatched the roof and as you can see we've experimented with the design by creating a small vent for the smoke. I hope this will work but time will tell when we light our first fire! I need to limewash the interiors and then we're all done. We will be celebrating all the hard work this Saturday. If you are around join us at 3pm for the official opening in the 'Celtic Village'. Thanks to everyone for their support and interest in this project over the last four months and to the volunteers, Dylan Hammond and Lauren Parfitt, who have helped us.
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They're here--and lots of them! I was wondering about that, too, since there's not much blooming. Yesterday I had my camera with me when I saw a bunch of them "puddling" by the side of the road. I'm not going to post a picture here (stories of i-Village "owning" everything....grrr...) but you can see them on a page I made last night on my website: |
Lovely photos! More swallowtails came by this weekend, heading straight for the buddleias, which at presently are nothing but sprouting leaves and wishful thinking. They circled the yard several times, flitting from one buddleia to the next and then checking out the front flower beds for the phlox (also not yet in bud, much less in bloom) and then flying off to the south. I've read that, although the scientists still don't know how they do it, swallowtails [genetically?] pass down memories of roosting places to their offspring. I wonder if some of last year's visitors had early broods. Now that I consider it, I wonder how the scientists knew which butterfly passed which memory?! |
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I just started raising butterflies last year and I use my screened porch as a huge butterfly enclosure for them. Unlike the Monarch, which migrates, Eastern Black Swallowtails will overwinter in their chrysalis form. I had a couple dozen of them do this on my porch and they started emerging on April 1st! I've also just started planting for my b'flies, and added a Verbena 'Homestead Purple' last summer (I've seen this for sale at the Home Depot and KMart). It was already in bloom early this spring when the EBSTs started emerging! The rest of the yard was still looking like winter was here and there was this big splash of purple in a barren landscape!My single plant is now covering a 3 square foot area. I've heard the best Verbena for them is the V. bonariensis, which is tall, but I don't know how early that blooms. The folks on the Butterfly Forum are "talking encyclopedias" and I've never had a question they didn't have an answer or a solution for, in case you haven't checked out that forum:> Sharon |
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Hi there, I wanted to start a new thread for gardeners from the Pocatello and Idaho Falls area to be able to post to. Idaho is such a large spread out state and so diverse in its zones and soils that I thought it might be easier to find more local help if there was a more localized thread to find info.
We moved here to the Pocatello area a year ago from western Wyoming. I am now in zone 5 from zone 4 so I am excited to be able to plant a lot more plants than I have been able to in the past. I have started digging beds in three phases beginning with phase one which is a small bed adjacent to my deck. Each bed will get larger and larger as I am able to get to them with the last bed about 4 ft. by 73 ft. I am going to need lots of good soil and probably somewhere to put my sod so if anyone has any good ideas please let me know. I hope to meet lots of you soon and hopefully this thread will be a great way to meet people in our area and a great way to be a help to others. Bye for now,
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Linda, Welcome to Southeast Idaho! I'm just north of you in Idaho Falls. Our climate is a bit more harsh. Usually we are about 2 weeks behind you. Today, I got the last of my warm weather vegetables in . . squash, cucumbers and I'm trying a melon, Minnesota Midget (small cantaloupes -- very early). I'm harvest lettuce & greens I planted from transplants. The first radishes are close. Everything is up except the green beans I put in a week ago. I'm kind of exited about my tomatoes this year. Usually I just grow Celebrity and Early Girl. This year I'm being a bit more adventurous --- added Black Krim (love the flavor) and Ida Gold (an early tomato from the University of Idaho). My garden is a bit interesting. My home faces north. My backyard is pretty shady. I have a garden on the West side that does pretty well but it is limited in size (about 15 ft by 25 ft.). I also have a raised planter behind my garage (that where the tomatoes, cucumbers and melons are). And, I use pots on my covered patio (early greens, peppers, a few flowers, etc.). Most of my sun is in the front. I mostly do flowers there. There year it is kind a cottage garden theme: butterfly flowers, snapdragons, zinnias, marygolds, lupins, lilies, etc. I also do a shade bed under one of my big blue spruces -- usually begonias, impatiens, hostas, etc. Not in yet. Hopefully this week. Steve |
- Posted by glen_or_linda 5 SE Idaho (My Page) on Mon, Jun 2, 08 at 11:05
Hey Steve, It was so wonderful to read about your gardens. They sound amazing! Hasn't this weather been interesting? I am glad to finally be in the 70's for a few days but it appears we are about to be back in the 60's again. Oh well... in a few weeks we will all be complaining how hot it is. :-) I completely changed up my gardening plans. LOL A young man was supposed to come help us dig out our beds but he never showed up so after two weeks I just started digging them out myself. Boy oh boy!! My poor aching muscles. LOL I dug out the smallest and it looks really pretty. I put my perennials in it that I brought with me from my home in Wyoming. I am going to take my time deciding how to fill up the rest but for now I put all my baby petunia seedlings in that I grew from seed. (Petunias really germinate well!!! LOL) I want to someday have a small vegetable garden plot in my back yard. I have probably an 8x8 area that gets full sun so I will put it there but for now I am going to work on my flower beds but oh boy from reading your thread my mouth is sure watering! I did put in two tomato plants in large 19 gallon buckets. I bought two plants from a fellow at the farmer's market here in Pocatello. The names are Mortgage Lifter (neat story about how this was named on the internet) and Pineapple. They are heirloom tomatoes so we will see how they do. I sure wish I had known about the Ida Gold. I will definitely have to try that one next year. I have one more bucket for a small cherry type tomato. I am going to go to a nursery near here today and see what they recommend. Well, I don't want to write a book right off the bat. It was nice talking to you. Linda |
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Windows 7 is the most popular and widely used operating systems. Year by year Windows is emerging with new ideas and new versions of OS to facilitate easy and comfortable usage to its customers. Windows 7 has many user friendly features and is also a safe and secure OS compared to others. Nonetheless, Windows 7 is also susceptible to data loss situations. There are chances of losing your vital data from stored on your Windows 7 systems. It can be a result of your mistake or might be due to some other faulty software operations or anything. If in case you lose your data from Windows 7 systems what will you do? Will you be able to handle the situation? No right? I believe no one would ever thought of it and will be prepared also. To know all these, read this article more…
Data loss has become a common incident while working with the data. There are many situations in which you lose your data from Windows 7 OS. it may be even due to urgency also. Consider a situation where you are working with your Windows 7 based laptop. You had created many files which contained your project details which was very urgent. While working with these documents, suddenly your laptop froze without any warning. Even after waiting for a long time your system could not return to the normal state. You lost your patience, and just restored the system and restarted your laptop. Then you will try to find your new files i.e. project files, but you will fail to do so. But you could view the other files. Then you realize that the files created before the restore point was present but not those created after the restore point. Unfortunately, your files were not created at the time you created or set the restore point. Those files were very useful to you and needed very urgently. Now, you don't even have the time for recreating these files. After losing your priceless files you might be shocked and might have become restless. In such cases, you will be blank and do not know what to do. So, instead of wasting time thinking over it again and again, you can use a good data recovery tool for Windows 7 get your entire data back. The tool is Windows Recovery Software, using which you can effortlessly regain your lost or deleted data from your Windows 7 OS.
This is just a one illustration of how you lose your data on Windows 7. However, there are many such situations in which you lose your files easily. Among them some of these are:
- Deleting the files accidentally or intentionally instead of deleting some other files
- Formatting the drive using some unreliable third-party tool which leads to loss of some data
- File system corruption due to some unknown errors or virus or malware attack
- Frequent power fluctuations, improper shut down of the system while transferring the contents or while working with some app or files
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Your official transcript will be produced by the Study Abroad Office at the end of July. This is done automatically for all students, and you do not have to request your transcript. Erasmus students should note that we will not be able to complete the 'ECTS Transcripts Form' by hand for you, and your home university will instead accept our official transcript.
Your official transcript will be sent to the following destinations:
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Your transcript will be posted to your permanent home address, as it is listed in the University's computer system. Please update your permanent home address on the Portal if necessary before leaving Leeds. It is your responsibility to pass on your transcript to your home university so that they can assess your year/semester abroad and transfer credit if necessary.
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Your transcript will be posted to the Study Abroad Office (or equivalent) at your home institution. If you would like one of these copies you should contact your home study abroad adviser to ask if they can make one of them available to you.
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You will be able to view your January exam results on the student portal: all schools and departments are obliged to make provisional Semester 1 marks available to students by the end of week four of teaching in Semester 2. If your home institution wishes to see your exam results at the end of Semester 1, you should send them a print out of the information on the student portal.
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Even if you leave Leeds in January, we cannot produce your official transcript until the following July. The January exam results remain provisional until external exam board meetings in June/July. Exceptions cannot be made to this rule, so please consider coming to Leeds carefully if you will need your transcript earlier than July.
The Study Abroad Office will produce a provisional transcript for all students who are studying at Leeds for Semester 1 only. This will be sent via email in late February, to the destination mentioned above (depending on your situation).
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If you have taken a mixture of undergraduate and postgraduate modules, you will receive a transcript in July, but the postgraduate results will not be official yet. You will then receive another transcript in November, which will show all your official results. This will be sent automatically by the Study Abroad Office, and you will not have to request it.
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CMS Furnishes List of Off-the-Shelf Orthotic Healthcare Common Procedures Coding System Codes
On Thu Feb 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance that initially identifies specific Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes that are considered Off-The-Shelf (OTS) orthotics.
Section 1847(a)(2) of the Social Security Act defines OTS orthotics as those orthotics described in section 1861(s)(9) of the Act for which payment would otherwise be made under section 1834(h) of the Act, which require minimal self-adjustment for appropriate use and do not require expertise in trimming, bending, molding, assembling, or customizing to fit to the individual. Orthotics that are currently paid under section 1834(h) of the Act and described in section 1861(s)(9) of the Act are leg, arm, back, and neck braces.
The Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Publication 100-02), Chapter 15, Section 130 provides the longstanding Medicare definition of "braces" as "rigid or semi-rigid devices which are used for the purpose of supporting a weak or deformed body member or restricting or eliminating motion in a diseased or injured part of the body." CMS regulations at 42 CFR 414.402 also define the term "minimal self-adjustment" to mean an adjustment that the beneficiary, caretaker for the beneficiary, or supplier of the device can perform and that does not require the services of a certified orthotist (that is, an individual who is certified by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc, or by the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification) or an individual who has specialized training.
To view the list of OTS orthotic HCPCS codes, please visithttp://www.cms.gov/DMEPOSFeeSched/04_OTS_Orthotics.asp. Comments on the OTS list of codes may be submitted to CMS through Thu Mar 8.
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Help! I know the imngredients, but I can't remember the proportions/ amounts I can't remember. I do remember the ingredients are frozen lemonade mix, beer, and whiskey. Can anyone fill in the amounts? I think it was one can lemonade (for sour taste), one can beer (for foam) and one can whiskey (for itself. |
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I don't know if this will help, but I drink Whiskey Sours everyday....I put 7 ice cubes in a shaker cup, 1 packet Bartender's Whiskey Sour mix (not the bottle mix), 2 squirts of Frothee (Creamy Head For Cocktails) and a dab of Sugar, 2 shots of Philadelphia Whiskey...Shake and pour ice and all into a glass...Many people prefer another Whiskey such as Seagrams, etc., but I have become accustomed to the Philadelphia and believe it or not, I don't like a strong taste of whiskey in my drink. |
my parents always did: 1 can of frozen lemonade concentrate (still frozen) whiz it all in the blender.( but the ice should be like crushed ice not a smoothie) and serve it. diggerb |
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Hi - I was in a wooded area with acres of ferns where I encountered a small ground plant I can't identify altho I think it occurs commonly. It looks like a fluffy evergreen wreath 2-4" in diameter. Soft to the touch.
I decided to take a few for re-planting at home and then discovered that they are connected underground by a runner, vine, root? I hestitated, worrying about something that might take over my yard. I had gathered some ferns for my pond area, and when I sorted them out there were a few of these plants (pretty, my wife says) and so they are planted. Can anyone tell me what I have and if they are a potential nuisance? I'd like more as they are a nice groundcover. Thanks much - Mike |
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I think you are right, even with my sketchy description. I have seen this over the years and "club moss" was on the tip of my tongue but that was it. What we planted is thriving and growing quite a bit. How invasive is it? If I plant a few areas will I have a problem with it taking over? Many thanks - Mike |
For me it is not invasive at all. Some people even have trouble transplanting it as they mistakenly dig up runners instead of rooted sections. I think it will be easy to control if it starts to exceed the area you want to give it. Just snip it, I have not found it to be that tightly rooted where the runners are. I think you'll like it. I enjoy the fact that it is evergreen around here and it makes a pleasant sight in the winter. |
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Holy Spirit High School in Absecon boys crew will hold a beef and beer 3-6 p.m. Saturday, March 2 at McGettigan's 19th Hole on Route 9 in Galloway to raise money to replace equipment damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
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Another long weekend is approaching, which entails a lot of weekend beer drinking. It only takes one extra day off work for people to go crazy and celebrate a night filled with debauchery and intoxication.
Birthdays and weekend parties are always accompanied by some form of alcohol consumption. The practice of alcohol binging is adamant in most households in North America and is widely celebrated in some European countries. If you plan on hosting a Project X-themed party, then a lot of beer guzzling paraphernalia is required. From multi-tubbed beer funnels to backpack beer dispensers, you must have the right equipment if you want to throw a party that people will remember for a long time.


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Incoming Socialist president François Hollande demanded and received the dismissal of the editor of Le Figaro, the country's top conservative newspaper, whose owners have military-contracting interests and must cultivate the goodwill of the state. [Scott Sayare, New York Times]
Do French administrations even pretend to observe the niceties?
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The US has elevated the "Freedom of speech" to a central plank of its constitution and ethos.
That's rather different from most of European history where this freedom has been limited. Speaking freely could land you in prison (or worse – especially if you denigrated your sovereign).
These days, ther frredom of expression is part of the EU Treaties, but it's still circumscribed by restrictions.
The US decided that in breaking with European roots, it wanted a complete freedom of expression (religious and secular) witout significant restrictions.
As the expression goes "they do it differently in France". - 2 11.27.12 at 10:24 am
I recall a few years ago a French Minister of the Interior saying that Freedom of Speech is the right of every civilized person so long as no one is offended. Since I was offended I suppose that means that I am not civilized (i.e., French)
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ASAP consists of a process and geometry package as well as physical and statistical models. The main feature of ASAP is the interface model which is a complex but fully consistent connection between the physical/statistical models and the geometry and flow diagram models. Since the interface model cope with any accident scenario it follows that once the geometry and process is modeled, the simulations can start without any further adjustments or evaluations.
The most apparent benefit of the interface model is that the results will change consistently with changes made in the process diagram or in the geometry. If there is a change in the layout of the escape routes, the risk will also change without having to change anything in the program but the escape routes. This is particularly useful in the FEED phase where design developments and changes occur frequently.
Figure 1 - 3-D view of an offshore platform as modeled in ASAP
Modeling of the process
The first step of a process risk analysis is to model the process flow diagram with emergency shutdown valves and blowdown valves. In doing so, the process segments are defined with isolated volumes and blowdown capacities. In the event of a leak the leak profile is then determined. This is the starting point of the transient dispersion, detection and ignition calculations.
The user is allowed to choose whether all ESD and BD valves shall operate successfully or include the possibility of valve failures. Valve failures will normally increase the released volume and thus impact on the leak profile and in the end also the risk.
Figure 2 - PFD (Process Flow Diagram) as modeled in ASAP. The ESD and BD valves are included in the PFD.
Leak risk
The user defines a set of leak rates for the analysis. Combined with the operating conditions for each process unit within a segment (pressure, temperature, fluid composition) as well as the equipment count, the leak frequencies are determined.
Leak locations
The geometry of the installation is modeled in the 3D editor. Modules, escape ways, stairways and evacuation means, construct the platform. The modules consist of several user-defined volume elements that represent a coarse 'grid' by dividing the module into smaller areas. Process units are placed centrally in the horizontal direction in the volume elements and the user sets the height. By placing the process units the user has defined all the leakage points on the installation.
Figure 3 - Foot-print of a platform deck as seen in the editor. Equipment containing HC (hydrocarbons) are located in different volume elements. The escape routes at this level are also shown (filled with green).
Gas and liquid jet direction and dispersion
The jet from a leak could take any direction. The program allows 12 horizontal and 2 vertical (up and down) each with a probability of 1/14. The user may override the default and define number of directions and probabilities.
The gas jet is modeled as a truncated cone with an empirical entrainment parameter that determines the radial growth of the jet. The liquid jet is assumed to have a fixed diameter. Two-phase jets are modeled as gas jets. The amount of gas in the jet is then found by the gas fraction in addition to the flashed liquid.
Figure 4 - Gas jet inside a module (blue color).
Figure 5 - A liquid jet followed by a liquid pool spread on deck.
Obstruction of jets due to equipment and partitions
A gas or liquid jet will probably hit equipment, walls or floors and rarely spread unobstructed in a module. Obstruction of jets alters the dispersion, which is catered for in ASAP. Each volume element has an obstruction factor describing the density of equipment in the element. A high obstruction factor gives a greater radial dispersion of the gas jet leading to shorter gas jet lengths. If the gas jet hits a partition (walls, ceiling or floor) further dispersion is calculated as a wall jet. Liquid jets fall vertically downwards to the nearest floor from the volume element hit by the jet.
Ventilation, gas dispersion, detection and ignition inside and outside modules
The leak rate and the further dispersion, detection and ignition change significantly with time and are therefore treated by transient models. ASAP has in-built models for these calculations and apply dispersion models with analytical solutions. Consequently, the calculation speed is very fast. The models are well-proven and taken from text books. However, when CFD codes like Flacs and Fluent also are used in the QRA for dispersion and ventilation calculations, the results from these are used for tuning of the analytical models such that the benefits of both model applications are gained.
From the point where the gas jet no longer spreads as a turbulent jet, the further spread of gas is determined by the wind conditions inside the module. For a liquid release the conversion from liquid jet to gas dispersion is more comprehensive. First the liquid pool formation is determined. The drainage of the module is an important factor in this calculation. Then the evaporation from the pool is calculated followed by heavy gas dispersion.
Wind conditions in the modules are calculated by ASAP after the user has defined the wind rose (up to 12 wind directions) and mean wind velocities. It is also necessary to define the ventilation openings in each module, stationary heat sources that influence the ventilation in addition to the external pressure coefficients around a module. ASAP has a database for different platform types containing pressure coefficients determined from wind tunnel test and measurements on actual installations. Note that ventilation results from CFD simulations can be imported by ASAP.
In each volume element (grid) the user defines the number of gas detectors and ignition sources (continuous as well as discrete). Based on the gas fill fractions in the volume elements, the probability of gas detection and ignition is calculated for each second in time till the module is free of gas. ASAP makes a distinction between immediate and delayed ignition. Delayed ignition probability is influenced by the calculated gas detection probability whereas immediate ignition is not.
Jet fires and liquid pool fires
Ignition of gas and liquid leaks gives fires and/or explosions. The extension of the fire with corresponding radiation levels and smoke concentrations are calculated and checked for each module, process unit, escape way and evacuation means against threshold values for impairment and fatalities. If threshold values are exceeded, fatalities and impairment is registered.
Figure 6 - Pool fire development adjacent to a solid wall and ceiling.
Flash fires and explosions
A flash fire is modeled as a swift flame with a volume 8 times greater than the ignited gas cloud volume. Explosion pressures are not calculated in ASAP, since this is normally done in separate CFD codes like FLACS. Correlations between cloud volumes and explosion pressures are made from FLACS simulations and entered into ASAP to find the explosion risk.
Personnel distribution
All personnel onboard and their distribution on various platform areas are input required by the program. ASAP applies a binomial probability distribution of personnel in each area. The distribution is used for calculation of personnel risk, i.e. group risk, potential loss of life (PLL), fatal accidental rate (FAR) and F-N curves (Frequency vs. Number of fatalities).
Investigations of occurred releases indicate that a major fraction of leaks are caused by intervention activities, i.e. when personnel are present. It follows that personnel are more frequently exposed to leaks and fires than what the basic personnel distribution suggests, in particular when the activity level is high. Consequently, one additional personnel distribution can be assigned to the accident area. The benefit of this model is that the personnel activity level may be seen as a significant contributor to personnel risk level. Without such a model, the activity level would have no direct impact on personnel risk.
Escape and evacuation analysis
The escape and evacuation system is modeled in the 3D editor. An escape route consists of escape ways, stairs, modules, exits and evacuation means. For each of these escape segments, the walking speed is defined. After the modeling, ASAP finds the complete escape network with all escape possibilities from any module and the associated evacuation times.
3-dimensional escape routes can be viewed in the 3D viewer, see below figure.
Figure 7 - Illustration of an escape route from one module to the Living quarters and life boat. The escape route is marked with a red line.
Results presentation
In a batch run intermediate and final results are saved to a database for each single scenario. An event tree construction program is available which allows the user to build event trees for his specific purpose. By connecting to the database (Oracle) he may get results at any level of detail. Due to the features of a database, any combination of parameters can be chosen, for instance impairment of escape from a specific module for a single wind condition.
The event tree construction program is compatible with EXCEL so that all data can be exported to a format suitable for the Client's needs.
Aggregated results can also be viewed in ASAP windows any time during the batch job. Risk values can therefore be "monitored" during the analysis.
How many event trees can be run?
By combining all parameter sets, number of scenarios becomes numerous. A simple example is 12 wind directions, 4 wind speeds and 10 jet directions. This alone gives;
12∙4∙10=480 different scenarios for a leak case.
The following parameter sets determine the number of scenarios;
- Wind direction (max 12)
- Wind speed (any number)
- Jet direction (max 14)
- Leak rates (any number)
- Number of leaking units/leak points (any number)
- Shutdown and blowdown failure cases (determined by number of segment isolation and blowdown valves)
In a QRA, approximately 1000 event trees are run for a potential leak unit (e.g. a compressor). On one processor the calculation time is about ½ hour.
Analysis method
ASAP has a fixed calculation method that ensures high-speed calculation. Low execution time is a necessity because a risk analysis may consist of several million scenarios. The user has a certain degree of flexibility in the analysis by the provision of alternative models. The program is also well modularised such that new models can rather easily be implemented.
All the models may be used for stand-alone calculations or calculated in sequence to be able to evaluate the progress of specific accident scenarios step by step both graphically and numerically. The total risk analysis is executed as a single batch job.
ASAP has a default database containing failure rates, accidental rates, empirical coefficients and other information used in the analysis. The user is free to compose own default data sets representing different standards (ex. the firm standard), and can then easily perform sensitivity analysis.
Professor T.K.Fanneløp developed the fluid dynamic models for use in ASAP through a consultancy agreement with Aker Engineering in 1995-96. The models are documented in the Aker report prepared by Fanneløp in AE-ETYS-IR-96001, rev 01, November 1996: "Analytical solutions to fluid dynamic problems in risk assessment". The background for contracting this work was the need for effective use of verified models in risk analyses, especially in fast track projects. Quoting the preface of the report;
"The accidental release and spreading of hydrocarbon liquids and gases on offshore platforms are not easily modeled knowing the complex geometry and design conditions that are present. The two most frequent approaches are:
• Use of CFD codes (Computational Fluid dynamics)
• Use of single purpose built models, i.e. models that have a limited area of applicability.
Commercial CFD codes such as FLACS, Fluent and KFX have a wide range of applicability and allow flow interactions with quite complex geometries. The most apparent disadvantage is the long modeling time which is a major drawback in risk assessments where shortage of time is a frequent problem. Consequently, only a small selection of accidental scenarios can be modeled with such codes. Simple and robust models are therefore necessary tools for the risk analyst who often needs to model and compute thousands of scenarios as basis for his risk estimates.
Although handbooks and other literature offer several solutions to fluid dynamic problems, they are usually derived without taking account for flow obstructions. This aspect limits their range of applicability as well as their validity if still used for fluid flow situations in congested areas."
It should be noted also that the models developed are based on those described in "Fluid dynamics for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection" by Torstein K. Fanneløp. Industrial Safety Series Volume 3, Elsevier 1994.
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I have been reading posts on this forum for some time, and wanted to thank the contributors for sharing. For me, the genus Osmanthus has been outstanding, with good appearances and fragrant blossoms, and no requirement for irrigation in my landscape once established, even in times of drought. The deer don't touch them! I have a mature specimen Osmanthus x fortunei that will perfume the entire yard soon, a screen of Osmanthus heterophyllus purpureus and Osmanthus americanus, and a small Osmanthus heterophyllus Goshiki. Thanks to this forum, I have a newly planted and blooming Osmanthus fragrans Fudingzhu from Camellia Forest Nursery. Lucky for me they are close by, and have supplied me with many successful fragrant plants over the years (I especially like Prunus mume, and Trachelospermum and Pittosporum selections, chosen when hardiness was more of an issue in our area).
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Hi Mary! Thanks for all the osmanthus info! Now I'll have to google them. :) I live in Tulsa, OK and last year I left 'Betty Marshall' (a white brug with spicy fragrant blooms) in the ground and thanks to the mild winter we had last year it survived! The only problem is it takes all summer for it to grow large enough to flower. :( -Robert |
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Mary, "I especially like Prunus mume, and Trachelospermum and Pittosporum selections, chosen when hardiness was more of an issue in our area", we certainly have something in common. I wish I could grow Prunus Ume,Trachelospermum ... in ground. |
Here in zone 7A, a Brugsmania sprouted, after a nasty Winter, but my experience, also, was that it grew so slowly that it only bloomed in very late Summer. It did not make the next Winter. If you like fragrant plants, I wonder if you are familiar with 'Wintersweet' Chimonanthus praecox, which would be hardy where you live. I have 3, growing in our poor acid sand very slowly, and none have bloomed yet, but they are supposed to be as impressive as O. fragrans. |
Thanks Bogturtle for the follow-up. So no blooms for me this year on the Brugmansia Snowbank, but maybe next year. I have one Chimonanthus praecox of good size, and it set seeds this year. Here it blooms in the depths of winter, and I can scarcely smell it outside, but I bring a branch into the house and it is quite nice. Not as good as my favorite Osmanthus though. |
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I have a new kitchen going in and need to specify the undercabinet lighting so that the electrician can wire for it.
I've been reading for a while and got a quote on Juno LED undercabinet lighting. Wow that seemed expensive to me. $2000! I'm very confused on voltage which is what my GC keeps asking me what i'm going to want for undercabinet lighting. What i wanted is undercabinet lighting - LED - that was at least switchable from a low to a high setting if not dimmable. It would be direct wired in and overall controlled by a switch. I wanted LED because it seemed nicer light than flourescent and cooler than halogen but i am open to flourescent. I have the following lengths of wall cabinets to be lighted:
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Following are the common voltage options a. line voltage - 120V (for America and a few other places on the planet) or 240 V for the rest. b. 24V DC c. 12V DC There is the LED UCL DIY thread on this forum which should be helpful. |
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I just went through this. First and foremost, the important thing to know is you CANNOT run low voltage wiring concealed in a wall like you would regular 'NM' or 'Romex' wiring for lighting. It is simply not rated for in wall use and is a violation of code, which when you have a fire, your insurance company will love to find ;) So for the electrical work, regardless of 120v line voltage, 12v or 24v low voltage, if you need to run wiring in walls, you need to use NM wire sized for the load. If you're considering LED, which you should, I think standard 14/2 wiring would carry enough 'ampacity' for a reasonable number of LED's given their very low wattage compared to xenon or halogen. This wiring becomes an issue if you need to bridge gaps in your cabinets, say over a sink or your range. Here's what I did for my setup. I'm running 2 switched sets of lights (dimmable LED's actually) of 10 fixtures each. One in the upper glass cabinets and one set of under cabinet lights. From the two dimmers, I ran 14/2 wiring through the wall to the cabinet over my range hood. Then from there, I ran 14/2 wiring in the walls to each of the sections of cabinets I needed power to for lighting. From those points, I can transition to low voltage wiring which will run under the cabinets and over the cabinets for the respective LED pucks. The transition is simply a pig-tailed wire-nut connection, accessible by pulling the LED fixture out of the hole (leave enough wire to pull the connection down through the hole). I did all this because a) I needed to run wiring in-wall to get from point-a to b and b) I wasn't sure if I was going low voltage or line voltage. Using standard 14/2 wiring meant I could do either. The LED drivers will live in the cabinet above the range, junctioned properly and accessible as all junction boxes must be in your house. BTW - best deal I found on LED lighting from a company that knows what they're doing was from LED Lights Canada (I'm in Toronto, they're in Edmonton). About $25 per fixture, which is 1/2 or less than any competitive setup and it's all cUL rated etc. etc. Once my stuff is all in I'll post up some pics - the cabinets arrived today and are in the process of being installed. Cheap American Lighting line-voltage Xenon pucks would have been the cheapest easiest option at about $15 each. Lowes has some for $10 each in Halogen I think. But, the heat off these is monstrous, the bulbs burn out etc. So my setup cost $700 vs $200 for 20 lights, but well worth the extra cost. |
Thanks so much for your post and sharing your experience. I just got a quote from Environmental lighting and it was over $1000 for about 11' of UCL. But it was line voltage 120v (pro kichler) vs low voltage. Did you consider that? It was LED and dimmable. He said it was new product. |
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Switzerland-based conceptual designer Adrian Rovero's newest project is Sedie pasta, created as a giveaway item for Espace Contemporains. The pasta feels familiar--it reminds us of alphabet soup or wagon wheels, but they're little chairs. In keeping with the notion that chairs are an industrially-made item, the pasta stays true to the manufacturing process. The structure of the chair pasta pieces is designed for extrusion, which is clearly illustrated in this video. Please do not sit.
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Thomas Friedman was delighted by the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the healthcare law. And he was positively thrilled with John Roberts. In a June 30 column for The New York Times ("Taking One for the Country"), Friedman praised the chief justice for his "legal creativity and courage." Not only liberals, he wrote, but even some conservatives were touched by seeing a national leader willing to take an action that "surprised" us.
It's the feeling that it has been so long since a national leader ripped up the polls and not only acted out of political character but did so truly for the good of the country—as Chief Justice Roberts seemingly did.
America, Friedman went on, "is still a moderate, center-left/center-right country":
All you have to do is get out of Washington to discover how many people hunger for leaders who will take a risk, put the country's interests before party and come together for rational compromises.
That is what Roberts did, Friedman wrote, comparing the chief justice to the wounded war veterans who are introduced at NBA or NFL games. Everybody jumps up and applauds them "because the U.S. military embodies everything we find missing today in our hyperpartisan public life." Like them, Friedman wrote, Roberts "took one for the country." Politicians would, he added, do the country a great service by showing similar statesmanship and deciding "the big, hard questions" for the national good. "Otherwise, we're doomed to a tug of war on the deck of the Titanic, no matter what health care plan we have."
Somehow, I have trouble picturing the passengers of the Titanic playing tug of war on its deck. And I find Friedman's comparison of Roberts to wounded veterans outlandish. Declaring a law passed by Congress to be constitutional is equivalent to soldiers taking a bullet or being hit by an IED?
By far the most objectionable aspect of Friedman's column, however, was his specious analysis of American politics. "Listen to the broad reaction to Roberts," he wrote. "Look at the powerful wave he has unleashed for big, centrist, statesmanlike leadership." (Can a wave be unleashed?) "That all tells me that people are also hungry for a big plan from the president to fix the economy," one that will fairly share the burdens "and won't just be about `balancing the budget,' but about making America great again."
Where, I'd like to know, is that powerful wave for big, centrist leadership generated by Roberts and the court's decision? Polls continue to show that Americans are sharply divided on healthcare reform. And where are all those conservatives touched by Roberts's decision? Most seem furious with him. Mitt Romney has vowed to repeal the healthcare law on his first day in office, and six Republican governors have declared they will opt out of the Medicaid expansion provided for in the Affordable Care Act.
Meanwhile liberals, while pleased by the court's decision, wonder how the case ever got that far. As Jeffrey Toobin noted in a New Yorker "Comment,"
That the constitutionality of the A.C.A. was even called into question is testimony to how far the center of gravity in the American judiciary has shifted to the right.
As Toobin also noted, the opinion by Roberts and four other justices that Congress exceeded its powers under the Commerce Clause may limit its ability in the future to expand the size of government and may even invite challenges to current government programs like federal consumer safety laws. "Stunningly retrogressive," Justice Ruth Ginsburg called Roberts's reading. More generally, the healthcare law falls far short of the type of single-payer system that many liberals in this country favor and that is commonplace in Europe. The fact that such a system could not even be considered here contradicts Friedman's halcyon image of a moderate, centrist America.
No less fanciful is Friedman's notion that both parties are equally to blame for the paralysis in Washington. The Democrats can certainly play tough in Congress, and they suffer from beholdenness to various interest groups, but they seem models of moderation when compared to the Republicans. We live in a world where Fox News regularly mocks the phenomenon of global warming, Eric Cantor rejects the very idea of compromise, and Grover Norquist can get nearly 300 members of Congress to sign a pledge not to raise taxes. Jeb Bush recently said that both his father and Ronald Reagan would have a "hard time" fitting in in the current-day Republican Party, which, he observed, has exhibited "an orthodoxy that doesn't allow for disagreement." Enforcing that orthodoxy is the Tea Party, which has pushed the party—and much of the country—in a radically anti-government, anti-tax direction.


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Yikes, I came here today for the first time in AGES and I couldn't remember my screen name! How is that for chemo brain?!
First of all, I want to whole-heartedly agree with Trish the Dish in everything she says. (And thank her too, her story has inspired me from my first visit to this board in 2002.) The fear is TREMENDOUS but take it from me, it passes and life is so normal again. Thank God for that!
My story:
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Sept 2002 surgery: 1.3cm tumor, 3 positive nodes (big ones) er/pr her2 all negative, grade 3.
Treatment: 4 rounds of AC followed by 4 rounds of Taxotere then the usual radiation treatments.
Since I consider June my "DATE" I'm calling it 6 years then! And I can't believe it. I was quite certain I would be gone by now.
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The Vulgar Tea Set by Outlandish Creations includes an ironic mix of dainty and beautiful ceramic tea cups and saucers that include the added bonus of having vulgar words imprinted on them.
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Breton Sound Marina is straight down Louisiana Highway 624, a two-lane road that stretches toward the water until the firm land ends and gives way to thousands of acres of fertile wetlands. A complex of trailers and sheet-metal buildings, rebuilt since Hurricane Katrina, the marina is the modest gateway to the fishing spots that give Louisiana its nickname — "sportsman's paradise."
And when sportsman arrive, they want only one kind of shrimp — Boogie's. No, it's not a different species of shrimp. Boogie is a different kind of fishermen.
While most commercial fishermen are catching the fish for your next meal, "Boogie" Barrios, 60, is busy catching the next meal for your fish. His harvest of live shrimp is the bait beloved by anglers venturing out from Breton Sound Marina.
Commercial fishermen like Barrios are the backbone of the recreational fishing industry, which contributes substantially to Louisiana's economy. Sport fishing generated almost $49.9 million dollars in state and local sales tax revenue in 2006. During that same year, anglers spent more than $472 million on saltwater recreational fishing in Louisiana supporting approximately 7,700 jobs.
Every day, sometimes multiple times a day, Barrios and a deckhand head out into the vast bayou in search of shrimp. For Barrios, it doesn't matter how much he catches. It matters how much he keeps alive.
Why are live shrimp better?
"You got to ask the fish that," says Barrios. "All I know is that it works."
Barrios, better known along the bayou as simply Boogie, stays busy on his boat hand-straining the shrimp for jellyfish. The almost invisible creatures can clog the pumps in his bait well, the pool-like compartment on the front of his boat that holds the live shrimp. He built the one-of-a-kind filtration system himself through trial-and-error over three decades.
"That's the one thing I hate," says Barrios, "Jellyfish!"'
Years ago, more fishermen were here fishing for bait shrimp, but Barrios fills the niche now. His only loss in market share is to the seagulls that follow his boat and are brave enough to dive down for the tiny shrimp and minnows that fall through the nets onto the boat's deck — a paltry few, thanks to Barrios' vigilance.
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