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Heilig uses a free WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) signal to improve the accuracy so he can reduce skips and overlaps between passes. WAAS is an ubiquitous signal developed by the Federal Aviation Association for the airline industry that provides differential correction typically within 6 to 8 inches of pass-to-pass accuracy.
"We purchased the least-expensive system and put it on our tillage tractor, and it works more than adequately for what we wanted in terms of field work, chemical application, those kinds of things," Heilig says.
On the intermediate-sized tractor that he uses for cultivation and planting, Heilig installed another EZ-Guide 500 with an upgraded OmniSTAR XP guidance signal that provides the operator with 3-inch accuracy. The OmniSTAR system costs about $3,000 more, plus an additional $800 annual subscription to get access to the international OmniSTAR satellite network.
Heilig used that system this year to plant beans and also says he will use it to shape beds and plant and cultivate potatoes next spring.
"That unit worked remarkably well," he says. "I was extremely pleased with it. I've got one circle that has a corner on a hillside and it literally laid those rows in there perfectly.
"Before we had to do it by hand, which—depending on the capability of your applicator or tractor operator—would determine how accurate your planting would be. The GPS system certainly exceeded what we could do, and our guess row accuracy before was actually very, very good."
The system Heilig purchased is about $10,000 to $15,000 less than the most expensive one.
High-end versus low-end systems
The difference between the more expensive GPS systems and the entry-level ones is the accuracy of the type of signal they receive, says Steve Gilbert, manager of GPS dealer Ag Tech Services in Moses Lake.
Satellite signals used in GPS must be corrected as they come through the atmosphere. Ubiquitous signals, such as WAAS, are free but only provide accuracy within 6 to 12 inches.
The most expensive RTK (real-time kinematic) signal can let a grower turn on a dime but requires a significant investment. Growers must install a $13,000 base station near their fields or subscribe for $1,000 annually to a signal triangulation service provider.


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Maksi has been so interested in learning to identify colours lately. He will pick up random objects run over and ask "wat colour dis"?
He loves his Pantone Colours book, he will often look for toys that match the colours in the book. This book is amazing for teaching colours as it shows several shades of the same colour.
We used these printables over a few days.
Day one: we look at the pantone book and found the colours on the placemat.
Day two: coloured in colour words
Day three: looked for the colours in magazines
Day four: we pasted the magazine clipping on the corresponding colours
Then onto the fridge it went.
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"Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated." – Adi Shamir
When I tell a developer that I broke their cryptosystem, there's usually a pregnant pause in the conversation where they take it in, like a young child being shown a magic trick. As the initial wonder passes, though, they are not usually elated.
"I thought AES was safe. What should I use instead?"
Sorry, but AES isn't the issue. AES, despite its very minor known flaws, isn't considered unsafe as of this writing. 6-inch thick steel walls are difficult to break through, but that's not generally how you get past steel walls. One goes around, under, above them, not through.
Our analysis begins by identifying that the target is using cryptography and not just obfuscated or random values. In our example, various URLs contain Base64 encoded data.
Since data encrypted with a strong cipher appears random, it frequently contains characters that will be interpreted as having special meaning by various systems. As such, encrypted data is usually encoded. Our first step is to decode the data. I will use Burp Suite's Decoder tool for this task.
The first thing to notice after decoding is that the output is 32 bytes in length. As this is a multiple of 8, 16, and 32, this indicates that a block cipher is likely in use as those are common block sizes. An additional few bytes might be present, which could indicate a checksum of some sort. It's possible to have ciphertext that isn't a multiple of eight bytes, since there are ciphers that operate on data a byte at a time (stream ciphers). Our biggest clue is randomness. The output from decoding appears random, but humans are bad at "seeing" randomness. To get more objective feedback, we will use a tool called "ent".
Ent tells us that our decoded data recorded in "/tmp/random", after a number of statistical tests, is apparently random. The items that tip us off are the chi square test and the test involving the application of the data as input to a Monte Carlo function. The chi square test is very sensitive to errors in randomness and is commonly used in testing the randomness of data. If data is on the far upper end or far lower end (90%+ or 10%-) then it is showing signs of non-randomness. In the Monte Carlo test, the closer the Monte Carlo value is to Pi, the more randomness is shown in the data.
To contrast, let's analyze a sample that appears random to humans, but is actually non-random:
This decodes to:
On visual inspection, you or I might say that this is very random. Let's ask ent!
We can see that the chi square test identifies this data as decidedly non-random. The Monte Carlo test tells us the same. The other results are misleading, as tests for randomness are more accurate with large volumes of data. For those curious, this sample was generated by Base64 encoding plain text and using ROT13 to scramble the Base64 string.
Our next step will be to tamper with the data to determine how the data is handled by the server and whether or not it is tamper-proofed. A useful tool for this is Burp Suite's Intruder. The "Bit Flipper" mode will take input that we give it and modify the input by changing the data one bit at a time. For Base64 encoded data, we will need to do a little bit of work to get Burp to work with it properly.
Here we see the initial request loaded into Intruder:
We first decode it from Base64 and encode it in ASCII hex, as Burp works well with this.
Next, we tell Burp Intruder to use the Bit Flipper mode:
This setting will cause Burp to properly flip the bits of the ciphertext, but, without payload processing, it will not be re-encoded as Base64. We should set the payload processing options to decode as ASCII hex and re-encode as Base64 before submitting the payload:
We set throttling options so as not to overwhelm the web server, and then fire away.
The original response looks like the following:
Upon bit flipping the first 16 bytes of the ciphertext, we get responses with blank Location headers. When we flip the second 16 bytes, we get server errors:
These responses tell us a lot about what's happening server-side.
- There is likely no tamper-proofing built into
this mechanism, as:
- We tampered with the ciphertext and got "normal" responses from the server.
- The block size of the message is 16 bytes, or
128 bits, as:
- Responses were unique to modifications on each 16-byte half of the message. This indicates that a block cipher with a block size of 128 bits is in use.
- The cipher is operating in ECB mode, as:
- Modifying the first block did not result in a server error.
- Modifying the last block, which contains padding, would corrupt the block (and thus the padding) resulting in a message which was rejected as corrupted and resulted in an error.
- None of our modifications of block 1 seemed to result in corruption of the message. If the cipher were operating in CBC mode, flipping bits in block 1 would have resulted in flipped bits in block 2.
Next, we'll try an attack specific to ECB: Block shuffling.
Since ECB mode means that the blocks have no relation to one another within an encrypted message, duplicating; deleting; or moving blocks has no effect on the validity of the message decryption except when it interferes with the message being properly padded. Block shuffling is the process of scrambling the blocks of a message around to see what kind of effect it has on the application.
Frequently, application developers assume that encryption is impenetrable and that input validation does not need to be performed on freshly decrypted data. This is a bad assumption.
Burp Suite has an ECB block shuffling mode for Intruder which we'll use to launch the attack:
After configuring Intruder, we fire away and look at the responses. The responses are particularly interesting. One ciphertext generated by duplicating the first block generated the following response:
Note the highlighted portion in the Location header. This is the content of the first block, disclosed to us in plain text. This is a cryptographic variant of the confused deputy problem called a "decryption oracle" that allows us to decrypt data by providing it to a system that will do it for us.
We can now insert blocks from other messages that use the same key and cipher and have them decrypted, possibly resulting in dangerous information disclosure.
It's important to note that this is not a weakness in AES; this attack is made possible by:
- Key reuse
- Use of the ECB cipher mode
- Lack of tamper proofing on the encrypted data
- Leakage of decrypted data
- Lack of sanity checks on decrypted data
It seems like there are many stars that needed to align for this attack to be possible, but in reality these conditions are very common because all of these conditions (save for the leakage of decrypted data) have one thing in common: They are the default. In order to prevent these conditions, developers have to be aware of the risks and take steps to mitigate them.
Points to take home:
- Use randomized initialization vectors (IVs) to prevent attacks which rely on the reuse of cryptovariables (key and IV).
- Do not use ECB mode. CBC is a good alternative which helps prevent leaking data.
- Apply an HMAC after encrypting data and check it when decrypting to prevent tampering.
- Avoid disclosing data from cryptographic operations.
- Apply sanity checks to decrypted data, too.
Remember to check the use of crypto in your applications to ensure that you're doing more than just using a solid algorithm, since there are other ways to create problems.


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How come we can never find Tattoo and Ricardo Monteblan in Fantasy World? They were everywhere on Fantasy Island. (please do not forget to answer the question and post another question, to keep tje game going)
How come we can never find Tattoo and Ricardo Monteblan in Fantasy World? They were everywhere on Fantasy Island. (please do not forget to answer the question and post another question, to keep tje game going)
Fantasy Island suceded from the Fantasy World Union and thus Tatto and Ricardo Monteban have been asked to never return.
Where can I get a beer in the Magic Kingdom?
Well, you know, many of the dwarves have nice ones. Maybe you could get one of them to donate their beard to you. Or if they won't, they don't look all that big and tough, maybe you could just take it. But then again, getting them to donate it to you would be a much nicer thing to do. You could tell them about the whole locks of love kind of thing and tell them you need a beard to..... what?.... oh... Nevermind!
With the incredible success of Soarin' I hear Disney's working on an attraction called Cruisin' and it's supposed to open in 2011 and 2012. Any idea how this is going to work?
Sure, there will be a screen and we will all sit in cars and the audio/visual/smellivision will make us think we are on a car trip through WDW Resort.
Back to BamaJenn's question about where to get a beer in the Magic Kingdom?
It's a little known fact. But on the S.S. Torture, there's a secret door inside the ride that leads to the back of Pinocchio's Village Haus. Inside there is a secret brewery to aid in your recovery after experiencing that attraction.
I've been looking all over, but I cannot seem to find Shamu...where is he?
Try The Seven Seas Lagoon.
How do all the animatronics of Spaceship Earth fit into the ''dome?''
The Epcot sphere is actually similar to the shrinking machine that existed at Disneyland. Internally it's actually a black hole with an exit like a worm hole and functions much in the same way in that it contains multiple worlds and multiple time planes. And here you thought you were just getting on a ride. Hah!
I want to get a picture of the park from the air but I've been told it's restricted air space so I can't fly over it. Why does Google Earth get to do it but not me?
sorry...double post.
They have cool badges.
Where is DreamFinder hiding?
In a dream of course.
Where do you go to learn Stitch's native language?
TimeShare. If that doesn't work, try one of those fruit stands you see on I-95.
What is inside the Sorcerer's Hat at the Studios?
I get lost on some of these answers.... the ones that don't seem to match the question... anyway...
Answer: A giant Mickey Mouse head of course!
What time is the 3:00 parade?
Why 5:00PM of course, make sure to get a great seat in the grandstand by making advance reservations.
I thought there would be more "magic" but I have yet to see a magician, where are they and why are they so hard to find?
They're invisible. Ever since the terrible incident of 1987, magicians in WDW hide from tourists.
How many ''Triangles'' are on the surface of the Spaceship Earth Pavilion?
The surface of SSE is actually an illusion made to look like many triangles. In reality it's thousands of circles meshed together just perfectly to look like they have straight lines.
How can I get my picture taken with the IASW Hippo?


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Examples of grammar fails in the real world.
A little chuckle to kick off a Friday… That's a big truck–must carry a lot of AAA batteries *wink wink*!
It's been a while since I've seen misspelled signs, but here are two I found at the NJ State Fair last Saturday. I'm such a grammar/spelling nerd.
There is no excuse for this misspelling. I mean, come on, the correct way to spell "street" is right above it!
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The 2014 "A Vintage Evening" Gala Dinner and Auction Raised Nearly $200,000 Thank You Everyone!
The evening featured an enticing menu designed by Josh Henderson of Huxley Wallace and Autumn Martin of Hot Cakes. Guests raised their paddles with direction from auctioneer Brad Goode of KOMO4 and emcees Maria Montalvo and Ruth Arista to bid on spectacular items to benefit the Foundation and support of Edmonds Community College.
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Termite-Inspired Robots Don't Need Blueprints to Build a Castle
When African termites build a ruddy mound that protrudes eight feet out of the ground, they aren't following a set of blueprints or architectural diagrams. There's no termite foreman ordering the workers to complete this or that task by lunch break. Yet even with no top-down authority telling termites what to do, they complete mega-engineering projects hundreds of times their size.
Termite construction is yet another way that insect societies are greater than the sum of their parts. And their building talent caught the attention of builders of tiny robots, who see industrious termites as an example of how many teensy workers, whether organic or robotic, could build an object or building on request even without a centralized plan.
This week in Science, Harvard engineers reveal their creation: TERMES, a batch of tiny bots that can build pyramids, castles, towers, or other three-dimensional structures from small foam bricks, but without a centralized plan from their creators. Provided with algorithms designed to allow the mini-machines to organize themselves like an insect colony would, they receive an instruction to build a particular kind of building and then figure out amongst themselves how to do it. The bots even know to use their foam construction material to build staircases and other tools to help them assemble the desired project.
Robotics researchers who try to copy termite techniques refer to the insects' approach as stigmergy. Put simply, termites build with a mix of intuition and collaboration: They know how a structure goes together and can adapt their roles on the fly based on what they see other termites doing. That makes a termite construction crew scalable and adaptable: the bugs will adjust their work strategy based on how many workers are working. And there's no leader, which means there's also no single point of failure.
This kind of utterly decentralized system that still allows for amazing teamwork to emerge is what these engineers are trying to duplicate with their algorithms. And they could have a huge influence in the future of robotic collaboration. Over the past few years, we've seen plenty of research into fleets of flying or driving drones that would be able to go where humans cannot or should not, such as the deadliest parts of a battlefield or a building engulfed in flames. The ideas is that teams of small machines, communicating with one another, could move through these areas to scout them out or find people in danger. Armed with a decentralized intelligence, these bot fleets could proceed even if they lost a few members and figure out on their own how to achieve their mission.


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Dec 29, 2011 11:15 AM by Caroline Lowe
A female Arroyo Grande police officer has filed a lawsuit against the city police department and the police chief, claiming she was a victim of discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation.
Officer Michelle Cota filed the suit on December 22nd.
The city is already in the middle of another lawsuit involving a second female officer, Kimberly Martin.
In Cota's lawsuit, she claims male officers were given opportunities denied women on the Arroyo Grande police force.
Christine Adams is the attorney for Cota. Adams released a statement that said, "Chief Annibali's statements make clear that he is not at all happy women stand shoulder to shoulder with men on the police force, He and other high ranking law enforcement personnel have withheld mentoring, training. and promotional opportunities to female police officers who have dedicated their careers and lives to protecting Arroyo Grande and its citizens."
In response to the Cota lawsuit, Arroyo Grande City Manager Steven Adams released this statement on Wednesday. "We believe there is no merit to these allegations and the City will aggressively defend this lawsuit. The employee involved is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into violations of City personnel regulations and policies. Because of privacy issues, we cannot disclose any factual information or any of the specifics. Since Chief Annibali was hired in 2007, he has worked hard to increase accountability in order to provide the most efficient and effective public safety services possible. Unfortunately, in the public personnel system under which we operate, litigation is all too often a strategic repercussion of such efforts. Most of the City's officers have responded to these efforts in a positive manner. As a result, the City has an excellent police department that is dedicated to providing a high level of service to the community."
An attorney who is representing the police department and police chief in the Martin lawsuit said he does not want to try the case in th news media. But attorney Jay Hieatt said, " I have utmost confidence in Chief Annibali and in his integrity and approach to his job."
The Martin suit was filed in 2010.
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Mopsy is a 10 week old female Pomerian/Chihuahua mix puppy. His mom (Pom) and dad (Chi) were abandoned with their 4 puppies. We are taking applications at this time. These puppies WILL NOT be at the Adoption Stand. The Adoption Fee will be $250. Complete an application at www.henricohumane.org to get started. Please be sure to fill out the application completely. Applications that are not complete will not be considered.
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The Tiki Tiki Media Kit: The Outtakes
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But, Marta and I decided that paper and words are not enough to describe what the heck the Tiki Tiki is all about, so in May when we both were in Miami, we stayed up way too late and created a video for our Media Kit. That video currently lives on our advertising page. (Hat's off to Marta's cool cousin Yllien for being our director.)
Marta and I agree the Outtakes video, shown here, is much more fun, and it definitely shows us, the humor we share, and mutual-love-of-each-other-we've-got-going-on. We were sober when we shot all this and we both wore orange by coincidence, by the way.
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I purchased my home in 10-08. Last year was my first year at gardening. My home already contained somewhat raised flower/garden beds along the entire perimeter of the back yard. The last individuals to own the home basically let whatever overgrow the beds. I cleard out the beds and planted more daylilies, several rose bushes and hosta's. I left one area somewhat wild because my next door neighbor stated that that area got nice flower bushes. This area got something (some plants from her yard that smells like mint) but not nice flower bushes so in September I killed the whatever with roundup and dug everything up. This should have been my cue but the newbie in my never wondered why this small particular area was the only area with no border- everywhere else has a defining border. Well I went and made a border from decorative rock and planted some hostas and coralbells in this area. Well now I no why there was no border- this area is where all the water runs down to when it rains. Now that I have a border the water puddles right along the border. Is there anything I could put in this area to absorb the water. My husband suggested making a small entry in my flower bed filled with rocks so that the water can run though. The only problem is that I live in one of those sloping areas where everyones water runs the the next person's yard. If I make this small opening the water will run into my neighbors yard. My husband states it had to be doing this anyway because she is at the bottom of the slope. Any suggestions on what I can do? PS- this area is underneath/next to a tree and gets very muddy now that I have a border. |
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I have (1) OUR FERNS AND THEIR HAUNTS (c) 1901 by Willard Clute. (2) GRAY'S FIELD, FOREST AND GARDEN BOTANY (c) 1901 and (3) GRAY'S LESSONS IN BOTANY (c) 1887 by Asa Gray. Please check my trade list for my wants or make an offer. My tastes are very eclectic. |
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Biographical and Playing Info
Given Name: Wells
Born: Shreveport, LA, USA, in 1978
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Center Field
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Major League Games: 1731
Primary Team: Toronto Blue Jays
Played For
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Going to break up floor, install Sump Pump basin. Run Toliet drain straight into Pit underground. Plumbing from a sink at bar (not in picture) and Sink drain will drain into top of Basin lid. My question is, Can i run a 2 in pipe from pit pump to the 2 in existing drain in ceiling? DO i have to have pump pit into the 4in? we have existing pit on the opposite side of house where basement remodel is not taking place. If Anyone can help with info on what i Need to do, and maybe with dimensions for stubs on the plumbing rough in. The water lines will also tap into 1/2 lines in ceiling just above. Vent will go straight outside. OR DO I EXTEND THE 4in AND ELBOW A 2in OUT OF THE NEW 4in, BRING THAT ELBOW THEN OVER AND DOWN TO THE PIT? |
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Standard & Poor's Lowers City's Outlook To 'Negative'
Standard & Poor's cited Chicago's $19.4 billion pension crisis, the city's mountain of debt, and its historic "reluctance to adjust taxes" despite its sweeping home-rule powers and diverse economy.
Madigan Joins Suit Over S&P Mortgage Bond Ratings
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined the federal government and 13 other attorneys general in suing for changes in the way Standard & Poor's rates mortgage bonds.
In Video, Kirk Urges Action On Illinois Credit Rating
Sen. Mark Kirk, still recovering from a major stroke, released a video Tuesday that calls for "decisive bipartisan action" to prevent further reductions in Illinois' credit ratings.
Illinois' Poor Credit Rating Lowered Again
Illinois, which already has one of the worst-in-the-nation credit ratings, was lowered even further on Wednesday by the Standard & Poor's rating agency, citing the state's failure to address its massive pension problems.
Pension Chaos A 'Negative' For Illinois Credit Rating
Illinois edged closer to having its worst-in-the-nation credit rating lowered even further as a rating agency declared Thursday that failure to address massive pension problems is a "credit negative" for the state.
Madigan Sues S&P For Role In Housing Market Meltdown
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor's claiming the credit ratings agency fraudulently gave high ratings to risky mortgage-backed investments in the years prior to the 2008 housing market crash.


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September 30, 2013
Barry senior keeper Johnny Rodrigues recorded a total of 13 saves last week, including a career-high 10 saves in a 1-0 shutout over defending national champion Lynn University. He made eight of his 10 saves in the second half to preserve a 1-0 victory, while facing 26 total shots. Rodrigues began the week making three saves on 12 shots in a 1-1 draw with Eckerd.
Becca Rogers led the Bucs to a split in a pair of Sunshine State Conference +4 games last week. She had four saves in a 1-0 loss at Eckerd on Tuesday and eight saves on 12 shots in a 1-0 win over arch-rival Lynn on Saturday.


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On the Move: US Biological to Relocate & Expand
Because of Massachusetts' identity as the unsurpassed leader in the global biotechnology industry, many of its cities and towns have been adopting local policies that greatly ease the pathway for renovation or new construction of biotech laboratory and manufacturing facilities.
United States Biological Corporation (USBio) can attest to the appeal of such increasingly supportive public policies.
The Marblehead-based life sciences company, which had outgrown its current 15,000-square-foot facility, broke ground in January on its new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing and office headquarters on Technology Way in Salem. The move, spurred by the city's tax increment financing (TIF) approval and a $2.33 million bond issued by the state's finance and development agency MassDevelopment, will allow USBio to expand its operations and workforce.
"We're quadrupling our lab space, doubling our manufacturing space and adding extra meeting rooms, lobby space and larger conference rooms with integrated dining facilities in order to accommodate lectures, tutorials and distributor workshops," said USBio President Warren Shore. "We have over 30 distributors worldwide and need to develop stronger relationships with them. Maybe sales meetings during Halloween in Salem would be a treat for our overseas colleagues."
"And we'll hopefully be fulfilling our promise to add more jobs on the North Shore," he continued.
The company, which has modestly grown from one employee to 30 in the past 15 years, has been based in Marblehead for 12 years. When Shore, a Massachusetts native, originally founded USBio, he subcontracted the manufacturing and shipping operations to a company in Texas.
"We quickly outgrew that and moved the manufacturing up here," said Shore. "It became too cumbersome to do it remotely."
Today, USBio produces and distributes biochemicals, antibodies, recombinant proteins, cell culture media and molecular biology kits that are used in virtually all scientific applications and settings, including genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development and the diagnosis of disease.
The increased space of the new Salem facility will allow the company to delve deeper into the biodiagnostics field. Shore also hopes to create a minimum of five new jobs, as well as a co-op program with Salem State University.
When Shore began thinking about expanding, he knew he wanted to stay local, since a majority of his employees live on the North Shore. He met with Peter Abair, MassBio director of economic development, for assistance and to learn more about the business incentives available in Massachusetts.
"We went to MassBio for direction, discussing our options for building or relocating," said Shore. "They had a very strong team who helped us get our TIF, brokered the meetings in Salem, and laid the blueprint for us to make this move."
USBio worked with MassBio member New Landmark Group to maximize available incentives.
In July of last year, at Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll's urging, the City Council approved USBio's TIF
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A Friend of mine contacted me because he knew I love Globemaster Alliums. He also knows the reason I dont have a large quantity of them is because they are Ridiculously over priced everywhere (about $10 a bulb). He apparently has found a way to get them for cheaper, but I would need to buy a significantly larger amount than I would be interested in buying.
My question to you all is would any of you be interested in buying some of these for around $7 a bulb if I decide to make the investment. Depending on how many I buy, I may be able to give them away for $6 a bulb. Dont know how much I can spend up front just yet, and havent even begun to think about shipping yet. I just know that due to the LARGE size of the flowers on these Globemaster Allium's they are always priced at $10. Its kind of hard to pass this opportunity up. If I dont do it this fall I will do it for sure next fall. Any one interested? |
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BVC Boys Baskeball: Arlington slips past McComb
By TED RADICK
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MCCOMB — Blaiz McBride didn't expect to shoot.
The senior guard took the ball up top on an inbounds play Friday night at McComb and made his way toward the basket.
McBride, who got the ball with 10 seconds left in a game tied at 46-46, figured he'd kick the ball off to one of his Arlington teammates.
McComb had them smothered, however, and McBride drove to the basket, pulled up and hit a short jumper in traffic with 4 seconds remaining for the winning basket as Arlington defeated McComb 48-46 in a Blanchard Valley Conference boys basketball game.
McBride finished with a game-high 18 points. The play, though, was supposed to free up either 3-point specialist Andrew Hunter or post Michael Blunk.
"We were trying to get the ball to Andrew Hunter, and they did a good job covering him," McBride said. "The idea then was to do a drop pass to Mike, but his guy didn't slide over and free him up.
"I just had to be a senior and take it in. I just went up and over."
Arlington improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league play. McComb fell to 1-2, 0-1.
Arlington coach Jason Vermillion said he was comfortable with the ball in McBride's hands late in a back-and-forth game. McBride is one of a handful of returning Red Devils who got significant playing time on last year's final four team.
"We wanted it in one of our playmakers' hands to let it go," Vermillion said. "They had a pretty good defense against it, and Blaiz hit a tough shot in some traffic.
"There was concern still, with four seconds to go, that they could get a good shot off. And Jerry did, he had a good look."
McComb's Jerry Brown, after a Panthers' timeout to set up a last-second play, freed himself and took a running 14-footer that skimmed off the rim at the buzzer.
"The last possession, we wanted to deny Hunter the ball. And we did," McComb coach Aaron Roth said. "That was a big shot by McBride. He made a play. It wasn't an easy shot. We did what I asked our guys to do, it just didn't work out."
Roth said his team succeeded in the big picture against Arlington despite playing without senior point guard Dalton Buck, who is out until next month with an ankle injury. Some of the smaller things, Roth said, came back to bite the Panthers.
"Going 5 for 12 from the free-throw line in a two-point game is going to hurt, and we missed a couple of layups," Roth said. "Look, nobody feels sorry for us that Buck's not playing. Their job is to beat us, so we're not using it as an excuse. We're just trying to be better, and maybe at the end of the year it will pay off.
"It's early in the year and we'll learn from this, but it would have made it easier to learn if we'd have won."
McComb came out sharp in the early going, hitting nine of its first 10 field-goal attempts in building a 19-15 lead after one quarter. They expanded that to 23-15 early in the second. Brown, Clay Dysert and Clay Grubb were each 3 of 4 from the field as the Panthers hit 11 of 17 shots from the floor in the first half.
"We were reeling, defensively, in the first quarter," Vermilion said. "They were hitting some tough shots, and knocking down their open looks. We felt fortunate to have our 15 to their 19, but 19 is way too much against a good team like that.
"Michael got in foul trouble, and we had to make some adjustments against (Brown). We went small against him with Blaiz, and Blaiz did a pretty good job on him even though Jerry still continued to do stuff."
Arlington worked its way back with some hot shooting. The Red Devils hit 7 of 8 from the field in the third quarter as Blunk had eight of his 10 points to help Arlington build as much as a 40-34 lead.
McComb regained the margin at 43-32 on a Cody Wilson layup early in the fourth, and the game remained tight to the finish. A layup by Hunter put Arlington up 46-43 with 1:34 left, but Brown answered with a 3-pointer on the next possession to tie it and eventually set up McBride's key shot.
"We're happy to walk out of here with a win," Vermillion said. "McComb did a lot of things right tonight. When you consider they played without Buck and that they're not even in basketball shape just yet, that will be a good team sooner rather than later."
Arlington (4-0, 2-0)
Hunter 4-0—10, Freed 2-1–6, McBride 7-3—18, Glick 2-0—4, Blunk 5-0—10, Frysinger 0-0—0, Metzger 0-0—0, Courtney 0-0—0. TOTALS: 20-41 4-5—48.
McComb (1-2, 0-1)
Reardon 1-0—3, Wilson 3-3—9, Dysert 4-1—11, Brown 4-1—10, Grubb 6-0—13, Shoop 0-0—0, Schroeder 0-0—0, Hanes 0-0—0. TOTALS: 18-30 5-12—46.
Arlington 15 8 17 8 — 48
McComb 19 9 8 10 — 46
3-Point GOALS: Arlington 4-13 (Hunter 2, Freed, McBride); McComb 5-7 (Dysert 2, Reardon, Brown, Grubb).
rebounds: Arlington 23 (Freed 8); McComb 17 (Grubb 4).
turnovers: Arlington 12, McComb 13.
junior varsity: Arlington, 42-23.
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Below, find two examples -- the first starring Sandy Travis, sacked last month as co-host of the high-profile morning show on country station KYGO-FM, the other headlined by KOA yakker Russ Johnson, whose recent two-week suspension marks the second time he's gotten bruised after making an impolitic remark about students and violence.
Country roads: The sixty-year-old Travis, a burly cowboy type with a folksy accent, didn't just roll off the turnip truck. He's been a radio pro since 1958 and has served as a country-music broadcaster in Denver since 1977. He signed up as a co-host of the KYGO morning team known as the Waking Crew in 1988, and since then, the program has been consistently popular. Yet in the first half of February, Travis was canned.
Why? Travis couldn't be reached for comment -- and believe me, I've been trying. But a note posted on his Web site, sandytravis.com, reads, "Dear Faithful Listeners...Just want to tell you I got my ass fired for something I said on the air." He adds that "in a couple of days, I will provide an audio file that explains what happened," and mentions plans to do a regular morning show on his site. However, the message hasn't been updated for weeks, and the site remains filled with pages devoted to Sandy and the Crew -- currently, anti-hayseed Jonathan Wylde, who referred all questions to KYGO program director Joel Burke, and non-twangy Kelly Ford, who didn't respond to an interview request.
Meanwhile, speculation continues to swirl about the precise words that led to Travis's downfall. A visitor to Denverradio.net, a site overseen by Rob Hatch that's devoted to the local radio biz, claims the offending comment was "I didn't know that black people lived in Highlands Ranch," which, if true, is a tepid attempt at humor but seems minor by today's shock-jock standards. Station reps neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of this claim, and their silence, many observers believe, suggests that the offending statement or statements were mere excuses to boot Travis out the door. The fact that Burke has been on the job for only about four months seemingly adds credence to this house-cleaning theory.
On the surface, honchos at Jefferson-Pilot, the Greensboro, North Carolina, firm that owns KYGO and four other area stations, would seem to have little reason to make such a change: In just-released winter ratings, KYGO ranked second only to KOA among listeners twelve and older. But the country format has been suffering around the nation of late, as have CD and concert sales associated with C&W artists, and Denver radio has felt the chill. During the past several years, rumormongers have hinted that countless underperforming Denver stations were about to "go country," and several might have were it not for KYGO's strength and the presence of KCKK-FM/Country 104.3, another Jefferson-Pilot property that served to protect its sister station. But when 104.3 ditched country in favor of smooth jazz last year, no competitor jumped in to fill the vacuum -- because there was no vacuum to fill. KYGO's twelve-plus ratings experienced a temporary bump last fall after the switch, but they're presently lower than they've been in any quarter but one since fall 1998.
Hence the arrival of Burke, who started out in country radio but has spent most of the 22 years since then overseeing other styles; most recently, he was the program director for an adult-contemporary station in Memphis, Tennessee. One of the first moves he's made since arriving in Denver (aside from disappearing Travis, which he won't discuss) is hiring weather guy Ed Greene, whose contract at Channel 9 lapsed a few months back. Since Travis's departure, Greene has taken on a greater role with the Waking Crew, and while that's probably just temporary (he's looking for a TV job and is apt to get one soon), it's made the morning show less overtly countrified than it once was.
Burke doesn't say that's his goal: He enjoys discussing the "heritage" of KYGO and feels "very optimistic that the cycle of things is heading back toward country music. I think the end of boy-band music is in sight, and with our strong product, I think people will come back to us." But the artists he believes are leading this charge -- the Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Shania Twain -- make music that's appropriate for play on pop stations, too. Bob Call, senior vice president and general manager for Jefferson-Pilot, acknowledges that this pre-sents a challenge for KYGO. "Whereas a few years ago people like Garth Brooks had all their popularity focused on country radio, a number of these artists have found homes on formats like adult contemporary and mainstream Top 40. That can work to our advantage, because it exposes people to artists with a foundation in country music -- and if they like it, they can experience more of it on KYGO. But there's also the danger of them looking at a Faith Hill simply as an entertainer they like, not necessarily as a country artist."


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Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News today had an interesting blog post titled "A's Andrew Bailey among Rangers potential targets". From the article he writes,
"According to two sources, the Rangers are among those teams and the A's have at least started looking more in-depth at the Rangers farm system. According to [Ken] Rosenthal [of FoxSports who previously tweeted about the A's hearing from teams about acquiring Bailey], the A's feeling is they'd have to be "overwhelmed" in order to move Bailey. In the parlance of the trade deadline market, that essentially means he's available…
…Rangers GM Jon Daniels does not comment on specific players, but he acknowledged the club has no fear of trading within its own division. The Cliff Lee deal last year, speaks for itself. The Rangers also had serious talks with the Los Angeles Angels in 2007 about Mark Teixeira, who like Bailey and [Brandon] League, would have been controllable for at least one full season after the trade.
'If a trade is in the best interests of the Rangers, we don't have a problem trading within the division,' Daniels said."
The Rangers farm system has a lot of gems, and the Rangers are a team in a position to overpay – granted one would have to assume the fact that Bailey, the 2009 American League Rookie of the Year, would be under team control well beyond just this season and also that it is within the division would prompt Billy Beane to ask for even more than he might normally ask for a closer of his caliber.
While trading within the division is full of potential pitfalls, I agree with Daniels' assessment for Billy Beane, if the trade is in the best interests of the Athletics we too shouldn't have a problem trading within the division. I love Andrew Bailey but there is no need for the A's to have a top flight closer when they aren't in contention. Furthermore with how most organizations overvalue closers he is one of Oakland's more valuable trade pieces and if a team is willing to overlook his sketchy injury history I say all the more reason to trade him.
If the A's were to trade with the Rangers, is there a way we could potentially get Chris Davis who lacks a home back? That would be a deal I'd make in a heartbeat. Bailey is a two-time All-Star, former ROY, while the 25 year old Davis who has shuttled back and forth between Texas and Oklahoma City (and now Round Rock) has the power Oakland so desperately needs and which Texas has no space for. While benefiting from an out of this world .422 BABIP in Round Rock this year, Davis is hitting .369/.413/.828 with 20 home runs in his 39 games with the Express. In his time with the Rangers in 2011, he has hit a solid (and for the A's offense an incredible) .269/.333/.481 with three home runs in 21 games. Davis who has split his time between first and third base would instantly give the A's a legitimate bat at either position, something they presently lack (though Scott Sizemore could stick at third base due to the emergence of Jemile Weeks and his thus far consistent high OBP bat at the hot corner).
If we could do Bailey for Davis, I'd be all ears.
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Chris Davis is a Dan Johnson / Graham Koonce type of AAAA player. No thanks. I want legit prospects for Bailey.
July 16, 2011 10:04 pm
Really, Chris Davis isn't all that different from Scott Sizemore, and all it took to get him was was a mediocre long reliever type. Bailey is an elite reliever with a great contract, and ought to be worth a great prospect or two.


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Are there any good marriages out there?
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Our marriage has been wonderful and we have experienced the same trials and triumphs of any marriage.
We are both christian now and enjoy working together in ministry as well as continuing to care for our children and grandchildren.
I would not change any part of our life together and love my wife very much as she also loves me and has proven so many times during our marriage.
We have two sons and several grandchildren with another on the way which we are looking forward to.
I couldn't imagine life without my precious Song and hope to continue together for many years to come.
The only problem we have is with the governments of the US and Thailand. The US is a hassle because we have to pay dearly to maintain her green card as she never applied for US citizenship and Thailand will not recognize our marriage legally even though she is now legally registered with my last name. It's all about paperwork issues and even the embassy people at Bangkok are sympathetic to our issue but can't do anything to help because of the immigration rules established after the 911 attack in the US.
I would advise to make sure all your Thai paperwork is in order to save the hassles of not having a properly documented marriage in Thailand. Other than that give your love and be faithful and your Thai wife will be as great as a wife can be.
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It is not the "nature" of a Thai person to lie. Over the years I've observed and Americans (most) do not understand that when you marry someone from a poor country you need to understand that we/that individual has a mind set of SURVIVING. If they have been taught to lie, cheat and steal to survive all their lives these traights are not going to go away right away or ever for that matter. Sometimes the underlying reason may be that your spouse does not trust you or has an alternate agenda than you that you may not know of. Trust me this is most common. My sister is planning everyday for her husband's death and getting full access to his funds. And being around her and SEVERAL other Thai women the consenses is the same. Then there are those, no matter your culture, are pathalogical liars. I think Potluck just needs to divorce his wife. You are doing that child more harm than good. If you were really that doped up when you first met her you could have gotten the marriage anulled. Trust me, you could have. You chose not to and want to live ur life as a victim. Since that's your choice, stop complaining.
I am open to questions and relationship advice!
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terry wrote:The reason I started this post was to hear good stories of couples getting together. All of the bad things I have heard in Thailand I have seen here in the USA. I treat my wife very well but still now and then she goes over board on spending. As a family we go to to the Wat once a week. Maybe that is the reason for a strong marriage.
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Ian Wensor wrote:I've been married (legally) to a Thai for 8 years and am reasonably happy... I've build her a house, given her a motor bike, a car, and a swag of untold extras plus money for personal use and paid off a swag of debts she'd incurred previously, however she steals loose change and money from my wallet whenever the opportunity arises and when confronted, she denies it ... I can't understand why ... Is this the nature of the Thai ying ... Could somebody please enlighten me ?
I didn't like sending mine to the bank to make a deposit,only to find she bought an insurance policy with it ,which required a monthly fee.I didn't enjoy when she took 600,000 bt around the corner,for a down payment on a neighbor's flat.Saying she her sister's bf got some financing to pay the rest off in 14 days.Next day she says she lost the money, financing fell through,and no returns.Heck it's only money,that I can look the other way.To her,she should of thought of it as her future,if she thought she wanted to be grown up.A grown up with a child,minus 600,000 bt.Anyway,I would be glad if she took from my wallet and me not aware.She has child to raise later.She's also got a lot to learn,and along time to learn it.Be it hard though it maybe.Everyone else had to learn.
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1. very unlucky to meet your materialistic wife...so my suggestion is get yourself out from this relationship
2. you might be very calculative on your wife and child. Relationship is based on give and take. It takes one party to start giving, without hoping much for others to return it.
You should sit down and understand yourself and what you want in life, before judging your partner. I believe a person is not bad by nature. It is just a surroundings and everyday's life change him/her to react in such a way.
Vianco, I like your comment. I am a foreigner woman, married to a Thai man. It takes awhile to understand why someone lies and I totally agree with your statement about "SURVIVING". If you want to write more on relationship, please send to email@example.com. I myself, I gave a lot, before my partner learns to appreciate and give things in return.
Sunny, I like your statement about Budha's teaching eventhough I am a Christian myself. By giving to others, you will receive back. It also teaches us not to look at money as the most important thing in life. It teaches us to surpress our own greediness.
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My wife and I are westerners, me 41 and European, and her, ageless and south-american, are now happily married for almost 16 years. we were quite young when we got married, which led to our advantage, as the learning process and the fact that we had to leave our youth behind, had to be accomplished by the both of us... we learnt lord buddhas teachings separately, me, when i was very young, and her well into adult years.
however, as it was put before, there are some rules to achieve the happily ever after:
1.) mutual respect
2.) talk about everything, specialy financial issues
3.) first the couple, then the rest of the family
4.) first the couple, then their children
5.) travel and learn
6.) the partners' wishes are the others' orders
7.) do not say no, unless it is absolutely necesary (the only thing I ever learnt from Puzo's book "gosfather")
8.) never discuss under influence of alcohol...
keep that in mind, and you will be as happy as I am...
good luck..
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I have been toiling over a lighting plan for my kitchen remodel over the past week or so. Truth be told this was one area I did not give much thought to during the initial planning nor did I ever expect it to turn out to be so costly! The remodel had a few primary design goals the first and foremost being getting rid of the 14" of soffit that contained the HVAC duct work throughout the kitchen and (which also feeds a couple of adjoining rooms). Given that I am 6'6" and the ceiling height with the soffit was barely 7' it is obvious why this was the number 1 goal. ;-) Since my house is a territorial style architecture with a flat roof the HVAC ducting relocation is obviously a big challenge!
The other issue I was hoping to resolve with the remodel is the fact that the west end of the kitchen does not get much light during the day since the only window (although quite large) is on the east wall and it is shaded by my neighbor's huge tree by mid-day. Thus, I wanted to include skylights if feasible in the remodel which my contractor said would all depend on the joist layout and we wouldn't know what that looked like until we had the existing ceiling torn out. Of course the remainder of the remodel includes the usual suspects, i.e., new cabinets, countertops, and flooring as well. Like I mentioned lighting really wasn't budgeted for since I thought the big "buckets" would be the ceiling/HVAC work (especially since an additional HVAC unit is needed as part of the solution), the cabinets & countertops, and finally the flooring. The kitchen designer I am using put together a plan for task lighting (including under the cabinet) as well as basic path lighting. Unfortunately, due to budget constraints I can not use the cool architectural low-voltage recessed lighting he normally uses made by Sistemalux because the other priority items listed above come first. So armed with some great advice garnished from the Gardenweb forums as well as a couple of local lighting stores I have been searching for a more cost effective solution. Given the that I am going to end up with a true 8' ceiling height according to my contractor I would much rather use 4" cans vs. 5" or 6". I am already going to have to have some decent "holes" cut into the ceiling for the skylights so I would like to minimize the rest of the impact with the recessed lighting. I have been studying up on the low-voltage vs. line-voltage pros/cons for the 4" cans and did a bit of research into 5" par30 solutions as well just in case. In fact as I type this I still have the 2 Halo cans (4" IC line-voltage and a 5" IC generic) I bought at my local HomeDepot up that I used for some initial testing to compare the par20 and par30 differences, etc. In the end I decided to go with 4" low-voltage since I know I will get better performance out of it than the 4" par20 solution and something at least comparable to the par30 bulbs I was testing with in the 5" can. Which the data provided via http://www.affordablequalitylighting.com/photometrics.html seems to basically confirm. The obvious issue was cost hence the struggle to try and get the 4" par20 solution to fly. Luckily I was able to negotiate a great deal on some WAC 4" low-voltage IC cans from a local lighting supplier since they were part of a special order that did not get entirely consumed - apparently somebody just put 220 of them into their huge house somewhere here in town but they initially ordered 250 of them. ;-) So step one was to update my KD's original layout with the skylights since they are a definite go (given the 16" separation between my 2x12 joists the KD designer and I had to come up with something a little contemporary and "out of the box" to get them to work). They are indicated by the 6 squares and are basically 14x14 inch skylights. I then used a 5'6" diameter beam which is what a 12volt MR16 50w 38 degree flood is supposed to produce at an 8' distance to try and ensure that I had decent coverage of light for the various areas of the kitchen. Here's what I came up with... I added in the pathway "cans" that are indicated with a "R" and I also added in 2 pendants for the eat-in portion of the island indicated with blue "D"s. The KD has always indicated we will put 1 to 2 pendents in that area but until we pick the actual style out I am not sure of the exact number. I also have added in a questionable pathway can indicated by the red "R" because I am not sure of whether the 4 cans that will be wall washing and spotlighting artwork on the south wall will create enough ambient light for that area. The gentlemen at the lighting supplier thinks they will but I'm still not sure. I am also unsure of the doorway area on the south wall that enters into my family room. Granted it should get ambient light from the over-the-counter task light cans in that corner as well as the "art wall" cans but the question is whether it will be enough. Especially since likely the art wall will be on as well as the path lighting in most circumstances but the over-the-counter task lighting my not be (no need to use it unless absolutely necessary). Any advice? I really need to nail this down by Monday since my contractor would like to start hanging the cans, etc. So any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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Forgot to add that my main concern now with the 4" low-voltage (or any non-LED or CFL solution) is heat. However, when I was over at a friend's house checking out their low-voltage MR16 based setup they said (and demonstrated) how they only have to run their lights at about 60 to 65% under everyday circumstances. When they need more light at the primary task area (a large island) they just crank up the 4 cans covering it. Thus, I am assuming I will be able to do the same. I am also going to install the same Lutron Maestro dimmer solution they are using which "remembers" your last dim setting so just tapping it on will set it to 65% (or whatever I end up running for normal day-to-day lighting). |
It depends on the amount of light each can gives out. From the diagram, it appears that you're pretty well covered. You should be able to find LED lighting (both strip, bulb and recessed) online that is cheaper and better than what is available at Lowes/ Home Depot. In any case, the pricing of LED is poised to drop sharply soon. |
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As you can see we have a new tribe. HaV a.k.a Honor and Victory. Also EturgK merged into wisdom and from wisdom alot of people left and joined HaV which is led by slasher78, Jehosophat, Morticia Gloom. HaV formed from many conflicts within Wisdom. More than half of the tribe left Integritous a.k.a leader of wisdom and Joined HaV.
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Traffic stop leads to seizure of drugs, alleged drug money A Dover man faces drug possession charges after a traffic stop in Bear. Police say Kiree Wise of Dover was behaving suspiciously and moving around in the rear passenger seat of a car that had been pulled over for an equipment violation at the intersection of Flamingo Drive and Teal Circle around 8:00 p.m. Saturday night. Police say an officer had the driver lower the rear passenger window, revealing an odor of marijuana coming from the car. Police say Wise was removed from the vehicle and it was discovered he was carrying 12 bundles of heroin, a baggie of marijuana and more than $500 in suspected drug money. Police say A K9 unit performing a "money sniff" on the suspected drug money yielded a positive indication for the presence of a controlled dangerous substance, causing officers to seize $540 of alleged drug money. He's been committed to the Howard Young Correctional Facility after failing to post $40,100 secured bond. |
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