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To: python-list
Subject: comp.lang.python RFD again
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
I've followed the recent discussion and trimmed the blurb RFD down a bit
(and added the word "object-oriented" to the blurb).
I don't think it's too early to *try* to create the newsgroup --
whether we will succeed may depend on how many Python supporters there
are outside the mailing list.
I'm personally not worried about moderation, and anyway I haven't
heard from any volunteers for moderation (and I won't volunteer
myself) so I suggest that we'll continue to ask for one unmoderated
My next action will be to post an updated FAQ (which will hint at the
upcoming RFD) to comp.lang.misc; then finalize the 1.0.0 release and
put it on the ftp site. I'll also try to get it into
comp.sources.unix or .misc. And all this before the end of January!
--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <firstname.lastname@example.com>
URL: <http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/people/Guido.van.Rossum.html>
These are the steps required (in case you don't know about the
newsgroup creation process):
First, we need to draw up an RFD (Request For Discussion). This is a
document that tells what the purpose of the group is, and gives a case
for its creation. We post this to relevant groups (comp.lang.misc,
the mailing list, news.groups, etc.) Discussion is held on
Then, after a few weeks, we run the official CFV (Call For Votes).
The votes are then collected over a period of weeks. We need 100 more
yes votes than no votes, and a 2/3 majority, to get the group.
There are some restrictions on the vote taker: [s]he cannot actively
campaign for/against the group during the vote process. So the main
benefit to Steve instead of me running the vote is that I will be free
to campaign for its creation!
The following is our current draft for the RFD.
Request For Discussion: comp.lang.python
The newsgroup will be for discussion on the Python computer language.
Possible topics include requests for information, general programming,
development, and bug reports. The group will be unmoderated.
What is Python?
Python is a relatively new very-high-level language developed in
Amsterdam. Python is a simple, object-oriented procedural language,
with features taken from ABC, Icon, Modula-3, and C/C++.
Its central goal is to provide the best of both worlds: the dynamic
nature of scripting languages like Perl/TCL/REXX, but also support for
general programming found in the more traditional languages like Icon,
C, Modula,...
Python may be FTP'd from the following sites:
ftp.cwi.nl in directory /pub/python (its "home site", also has a FAQ)
ftp.uu.net in directory /languages/python
gatekeeper.dec.com in directory /pub/plan/python/cwi
Currently there is a mailing list with over 130 subscribers.
The activity of this list is high, and to make handling the
traffic more reasonable, a newsgroup is being proposed. We
also feel that comp.lang.misc would not be a suitable forum
for this volume of discussion on a particular language.
Comp.lang.python is an unmoderated newsgroup which will serve
as a forum for discussing the Python computer language. The
group will serve both those who just program in Python and
those who work on developing the language. Topics that
may be discussed include:
- announcements of new versions of the language and
applications written in Python.
- discussion on the internals of the Python language.
- general information about the language.
- discussion on programming in Python.
Any objections to this RFD will be considered and, if determined
to be appropriate, will be incorporated. The discussion period
will be for a period of 21 days after which the first CFV will be


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May 6, 2016
North Carolina's ferry service will be a little less frequent around Christmas time in a move officials hope will save nearly $50,000.
The state Department of Transportation says all ferries except one will run abbreviated schedules from Christmas Eve through Dec. 27.
The only route that will be unchanged is the Bayview-Aurora run, which will keep its regular schedule to accommodate workers at a nearby phosphate plant.
Officials say the decision to cut back on schedules was based on traffic data from previous years.
The department expects the reduced runs will save nearly $19,000 in fuel costs and over $31,000 in labor.
The exact schedules for the holiday period can be found online at www.ncdot.org .
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text: Controversy deepens over pesticides and bee collapse Science 10 April 12 by Brandon Keim Shutterstock.com A controversial new study of honeybee deaths has deepened a bitter dispute over whether the developed world's most popular pesticides are causing an ecological catastrophe.Researchers led by biologist Chensheng Lu of Harvard University report a direct link between hive health and dietary exposure to imidacloprid, a so-called neonicotinoid pesticide linked to colony collapse disorder, the mysterious and massive die-off of bees across North America and Europe.The study isn't without critics, who say doses used in the study may be unrealistically high. But the level of a realistic dose is also a matter of controversy, and even critics say the findings are troubling."Our result replicates colony collapse disorder as a result of pesticide exposures," said Lu, who specialises in environmental exposures to pesticides. "We need to look at our agriculture policy and see if what we're doing now is sustainable." Developed in the 1990s as a relatively less-toxic alternative to pesticides that seriously harmed human health, neonicotinoids soon became the world's fastest-growing pesticide class and an integral part of industrial agricultural strategy. In the United States alone, neonicotinoid-treated corn now covers a total area slightly smaller than the state of Montana.Like earlier pesticides, neonicotinoids disrupt insects' central nervous systems. But unlike earlier pesticides, which affected insects during and immediately after spraying, neonicotinoids spread through the vascular tissues of plants. They're toxic through entire growing seasons, including flowering times when bees consume their pollen.The first reports of colony collapse disorder came in the mid-2000s from commercial beekeepers, who depending on region have experienced colony losses ranging from 30 to 90 percent. Commercial pollination costs have since skyrocketed, and as wild bees are also afflicted, even naturally occurring pollination is threatened.Measuring bee declines, however, proved much easier than explaining them. Among a lineup of potential culprits including fungus, mites, viruses, bacteria and pesticides, studies failed to find an obvious, smoking-gun cause -- but, piece by piece, evidence against neonicotinoids has steadily accumulated.Honeybees are clearly exposed to them throughout the year and through multiple environmental routes. At certain times, especially in spring, death often follows exposure, and even non-lethal exposures may disrupt bee learning and navigation. Neonicotinoids also appear to make bees especially vulnerable to certain parasites and may interact similarly with other stressors.Some European countries, including France, Germany and Italy, have even banned neonicotinoids, though pesticide companies vehemently defend their ecological safety and say concerns are based on inconclusive and premature science.Lu's study, released 5 April and scheduled for publication in the June Bulletin of Insectology, attempts to replicate the life history of commercial bees, which are often fed dietary supplements of high-fructose corn syrup that may contain neonicotinoid residues that survive processing."We tried to mimic commercial beekeepers' practices. I believe one reason that commercial beekeepers are experiencing the most severe colony collapse disorder is because of the link between high-fructose corn syrup and neonicotinoids," Lu said.In the spring of 2010, the researchers set up four groups of commercially purchased colonies. Each contained five hives, and during the summer months were fed a diet containing either no imidacloprid, what Lu considered a small dose of 20 parts per billion, or a much higher dose of 400 parts per billion.Colony collapse disorder is characterised in part by bees abandoning their hives during winter, and that's precisely what Lu's team reported in 15 of 16 imidacloprid-receiving hives. While other colony collapse disorder symptoms, such as queens that stay in the hive while workers flee, were not reported, Lu considers the experimentally induced collapse to be realistic.Reaction to the study was swift and varied.Bayer, the chemical and pharmaceutical giant that manufactures imidacloprid, issued a formal statement denouncing the findings as "spectacularly incorrect" and "based on artificial and unrealistic study parameters that are wildly inconsistent with actual field conditions insecticide use."But Jeffery Pettis, a bee biologist at the United States Department of Agriculture, called the results "tantalising but not conclusive." With only four colonies used per dose level, the study's statistical significance is limited, "but I would love to see this study replicated such that the trends … they observed could be actually validated," wrote Pettis in an email.Among Bayer's criticisms is that imidacloprid, a first-generation neonicotinoid, is little-used in the United States. It's largely been replaced by newer formulations -- but these, said pesticide expert Charles Benbrook of The Organic Center, an organic food research consultancy, are chemically similar to imidacloprid."Virtually all our corn seed has been treated with a very similar neonicotinoid," said Benbrook. If the study had been conducted with clothianidin, another controversial neonicotinoid, "they'd almost certainly have found the same thing."According to Bayer, "analysis from actual field grown corn samples have shown no detectable imidacloprid residues" in high-fructose corn syrup. But Benbrook said that extensive testing by the Organic Center found traces of imidacloprid, but they were impossible to quantify. "It's very difficult to test for this particular chemical in high-fructose corn syrup. A lot of labs have spent lots of time trying to do it, but high-fructose corn syrup is a very sticky, dense matrix that basically gums up the testing machines," said Benbrook. "That's why relatively little is known about imidacloprid in high-fructose corn syrup." Read page 2 12 Read on one page Latest on wired.co.uk


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The AK-47 is an Assault Rifle that appeared in in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories Grand Theft Auto IV, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Grand Theft Auto V.
The AK-47 fires powerful rounds and is the most powerful assault rifle available in the GTA III Era games. A headshot will blow the target's head off. It does, however, have a low rate of fire, and suffers from tremendous recoil and accuracy problems with long range. It is a common sight in the hands of many gangs on the later missions throughout the games. The AK-47 does not appear in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, being replaced by the Ruger.
In GTA IV, the AK-47 is referenced in-game as the Assault Rifle. It can be purchased from the back-alley gun shops for $3,500 and each additional magazine costs $80. It can also be purchased from Little Jacob for $2,450 with each additional magazine costing $55. Like almost all other guns, this a 1 headshot kill in single player and in multiplayer, a 2 headshot kill. It is the starting weapon when the weapons are set to assault rifles. This CANNOT be fired from a car, however it can be fired by a passenger in either a helicopter or boat. While the AK-47 is good, the M4 is probably better - the AK-47 has greater power but the M4 has greater accuracy and a slightly better rate of fire. The AK-47 is in 'poor weapons' range while the M4 is in the 'advanced' range. The extra firepower is not much in comparison to the M4 and is not required much since a single headshot from any weapon will kill any enemy in GTA IV (they are easy to pull off) and since the M4 has greater accuracy it is better if the player aims for the head.
- GTA III (2001): The GTA III version of the weapon is the Romanian WASR-2 (note the magazine) and is mostly accurate, but appears smaller than it should be.
- GTA San Andreas (1992): The GTA San Andreas version of the weapon is a Norinco Type 56. It is often used in Gang Warfare. The model strangely enough, is significantly larger than it should be, being two-thirds as long as Carl Johnson is tall (also the HUD in San Andreas shows a AKS-74 rather than a regular AK-47).
- GTA Liberty City Stories (1998): The Liberty City Stories rendition is accurate, both by size and look.
- GTA Vice City Stories (1984): This rendition is exactly the same as the Liberty City Stories rendition.
- GTA IV (2008): The version in-game is the AK-47. Its is accurate is size, look, magazine size and overall performance. The AK-47 is more powerful, but not as accurate as the M4. One should note, however. As with the Carbine Rifle, the rifle has two different reload animations, where Niko will simply pull the charging handle while standing. However, when he crouches, he'll do a longer animation in which he pulls out the magazine, inserts the new one, and then racks the charging handle, chambering a round. It could be an error in Rockstar Games
- A screenshot from The Lost and Damned shows Johnny Klebitz holding an AKS-74 instead of the AK-47.
- GTA Chinatown Wars (2009): The Chinatown Wars variant appears to be another Romanian AK-47 WASR, having the plastic pistol grip. The upper handguard of the weapon has been removed, revealing the gas tube. These details are shown when it is found in a Dustbin. The HUD Icon shows a normal AK-47.
- GTA V (2012-2013): The AK-47 is replaced in Grand Theft Auto V by a Norinco Type 56-2, (a Chinese counterpart of the AK-47), evident by the folding stock and front-sights. It can be seen in the trailer with green synthetic furniture. There are various attachments on the weapon, which may indicate some sort of weapons customization.
In-Game Model
HUD Icons
- Saint Mark's, Portland Island - In a secluded area behind Cipriani's Ristorante. From Cipriani's Ristorante, use the sidewalk on the south side of the block and head east. Proceed up the hill until you reach a driveway that cuts across the block. Go onto the driveway then turn west. Go to either the north or south of this building and continue west along the ledge. Go around the corner and proceed to the middle of the block. You should see a ramp leading down into the secluded area. The weapon icon is in the corner near the ramp and next to a body armor icon.
- Trenton, Portland Island - On top of Liberty Pharmaceuticals (behind the large sign) near an adrenaline icon, a health icon, and a body armor icon. Jump from the elevated tracks near the northeast side of the large complex to access.
- Fort Staunton, Staunton Island - Tucked beside a construction trailer underneath some ruins north of the sharp angled turn in the northeast part of the construction zone.
- Newport, Staunton Island - Available to buy from Ammu-Nation after completion of Last Requests ($3,000).
- Bedford Point, Staunton Island - At the southeast side of the building southeast of Liberty Cathedral (and next to a body armor icon).
- Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale - In the parking area on the west side of Punk Noodles.
- Safehouses - Spawn at each safehouse after collecting 70 Hidden Packages.
GTA San Andreas
- Ganton, Los Santos - At the Johnson House after spraying over all 100 Gang Tags
- Mulholland, Los Santos - Behind Roboi's Food Mart.
- Vinewood, Los Santos - At the movie studios, behind the westernmost studio
- Ocean Docks, Los Santos - In the warehouse which you have to enter in the mission Gray Imports for C.R.A.S.H.
- Blueberry, Red County - Around the premises of the FleischBerg factory
- Foster Valley, San Fierro - Behind a big rock at the large atrium
- Downtown, San Fierro - On the helipad of the SFPD headquarters (only if not picked up during Toreno's Last Flight).
- Bone County - Behind a trailer park near Valle Ocultado and Las Payasadas
- The Four Dragons Casino, Las Venturas - At the roof of a Casino enclosed by two walls. (Requires Jetpack or Helicopter)
- Redsands West, Las Venturas - In an apartment complex east of the Redsands West Safehouse, surrounded by bushes
- Available to buy from Ammu-Nation after completion of Pier 69
GTA Liberty City Stories
- Red Light District, Portland Island - On a roof to the left of Paulie's Revue Bar. Run to the back of the club, go up the stairs and start walking towards the water tower and jump on that roof when you're close enough.
- Newport, Staunton Island - Available to buy from Ammu-Nation after completing the mission Driving Mr. Leone. ($4,200)
GTA Vice City Stories
- Downtown - On the roof of the VCPD police station. The roof is accessible by using a helicopter or using the set of stairs on the alleyway where an Enforcer and PCJ-600 are parked.
- Ocean Beach - On the roof accessible by a set of stairs at the long alleyway going behind Ocean Drive. The roof is north of the Patrol Invest Group's headquarter and a rampage is also available on that very roof.
- East Island City - Can be found on the roof of Silverback Studios. The player can reach the roof by jumping to it from the East Borough Bridge.
- Bohan Industrial - Can be found on a catwalk of a defunct manufacturing structure behind the abandoned warehouse the player rescues Roman during the mission Hostile Negotiation.
- Castle Gardens - Can be found on the roof of the large brick structure near the fountain, where you meet Francis McReary for the mission Lure.
- Colony Island - Can be found within one of the far rooms of the old hospital on the south side of the island. The hospital is the same from the mission The Snow Storm.
Alderney City, State of Alderney
- Acter - Can be found in the large courtyard off Farnsworth Rd where you execute the mission Liquidize the Assets.
- The AK-47 was cut from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The weapons model and textures still remains in the game files (ak47.dff and ak47.txd).
- The AK-47 in GTA IV strangely has two reload animations. When Niko is standing while reloading, he will cock the gun with his left hand, but when he is crouching while reloading, he will take "out" the magazine, puts "another" one in and cocks the gun. It is unknown why two reloading animations are present. These two reloading animations are also present with the M4.


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Building Namesakes
Building and rooms at John Tyler Community College have been named in honor of several influential individuals in the life of the College.
Bird Hall
Bird Hall at the Chester Campus was named in honor of state Sen. Lloyd C. Bird, who represented Chesterfield County. Sen. Bird was instrumental in securing funding from the Virginia General Assembly for the construction of John Tyler.
Eliades Hall
Eliades Hall, formerly known as the Academic Building at the Midlothian Campus, was named in honor of Mr. Homer Eliades. Mr. Eliades, an attorney in Hopewell, was appointed to the John Tyler Community College Board in 1966. At that time, he and a group of peers in Hopewell, recognizing the need for workforce development in that region, already had formed Hopewell College. After being appointed to the John Tyler Board, Mr. Eliades turned his attention to the formation of the new community college system and John Tyler Community College in particular. Mr. Eliades served on the John Tyler Community College Board for 14 years, and when the JTCC Foundation was formed, he became a founding Foundation Board member. Over the years, he helped the Foundation expand and provided it countless hours of pro bono legal services. Today, Mr. Eliades is a Member Emeritus of the Foundation Board. In 2012, the time the new building name was announced, Mr. Eliades had given more than 45 years of uninterrupted service to the College.
Godwin Hall
Godwin Hall at the Chester Campus was named in honor of Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr., who was governor of Virginia from 1966-1970. Gov. Godwin was the initiator of legislation purposing the development of a system of community colleges across the state. He was also acquainted with a number of the members on the initial College Board, and his influence and interest in John Tyler allowed the College to begin operation sooner than expected.
Goyne Hall
Goyne Hall on the Chester Campus was named in honor of Harold T. Goyne, who was chairman of the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors at the time of the founding of the College. He was extremely supportive of John Tyler and generously donated the land for the current location of the Chester Campus.
Hamel Hall
Hamel Hall, formerly known as the Science Building on the Midlothian Campus, was named in honor of Dr. Dana Hamel, the first chancellor of the Virginia Community College System. Dr. Hamel, who was chancellor until 1979, was appointed by Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr. in 1966 to develop a network of two-year institutions that would provide educational opportunities to a variety of students by being conveniently located, affordable, and focused on technical training. That system evolved into the Commonwealth's 23 community colleges, which now serve students through a variety of programs ranging from transfer degrees that allow students to seamlessly continue their college educations at four-year institutions to degrees and certificates that prepare students for immediate employment. Dr. Hamel also was instrumental in securing the land where John Tyler Community College's original campus, the Chester Campus, now resides, giving the College the ability to open its doors in 1967.
Nicholas Student Center
The Chester Campus' Nicholas Student Center was named in honor of Dr. Freddie Warren Nicholas, Sr., who was president of John Tyler from 1979-1990. During his tenure, he was responsible for the expansion of the College due to his leadership, dedication and vision for the institution. Dr. Nicholas was also instrumental in revitalizing the John Tyler Community College Foundation.
Moyar Hall
Moyar Hall at Chester was named in honor of George Moyar, a member of the original College Board who passed away while serving on the Board. Because of Moyar's dedication and contributions to the initial growth of the institution, his fellow College Board members decided to acknowledge his impact on John Tyler by naming a building in his honor.
Windham Auditorium
Windham Auditorium in Bird Hall on the Chester Campus is named in memoriam to Theresa Hands Windham, the College's second Foundation Executive Director and the individual responsible for the Foundation as it exists today. Ms. Windham came to John Tyler in 1987 and immediately provided the catalyst for a rejuvenated Board of Directors. She worked tirelessly to expand the horizons of the Foundation Board and was instrumental in the institution obtaining two federal endowment challenge grants. Her leadership skills helped the Board begin to emphasize the importance of the endowment and her fundraising skills allowed the Foundation to substantially increase the corpus of its existing endowment. The Board doubled in size during her tenure by adding senior executives from prestigious Richmond-based corporations and interested private citizens with the affluence to assist the College. Ms. Windham passed away in 1993 following a brief illness. The auditorium was named in her honor later that same year.
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On the 3rd I said I was going to try to eliminate some things from my diet.
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On October 8, 2013 the City Council authorized the City Manager to sign a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Kensington Investment Group LLC for the sale of the West End Building (WEB) for $16.5 million. The final agreement can be found below under Supporting Documents titled West End Building Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Rezoning Process
The sale of the property is contingent upon the City rezoning the property to General Commercial by April, 2014. That process is currently underway. The General Commercial (GC) zone provides a broader range of uses when compared to the existing OC/R-3 zone or alternatives such as Campus Research and Development (CR&D). A FAQ about the zone change can be found here.
Update (3/20/14):
Kensington Pulls Out of West End Building Sale
The prospective buyer of the City's West End Building, the Kensington Investment Group, has decided to terminate its purchase and sale agreement with the City. In November, Kensington and the City had agreed to a sale price of $16.5 million for the property - contingent on Kensington being satisfied with its inspection of the property. On March 6, Kensington notified the City that it was unable to come up with a development plan that would financially work, and thus, the company would need to cancel the agreement.
At its March 18 meeting, City Council reaffirmed its intention of selling the West End property. Mr. Nick Bunick, a Lake Oswego developer, has previously proposed to purchase the site, along with an adjacent City parcel immediately to the west, for $20 million. City officials will be considering this proposal in the coming weeks as well as hiring a commercial realtor to assist with the sale of the property.
The City's proposed zone change of the West End property from Office Campus to General Commercial is on hold until the commercial realtor can advise the City.
For additional information, please contact Brant Williams, Redevelopment Director, at 503-635-6138.
For further updates, see the Land Use project page for LU-13-0053:
Use and Potential Development of Property
At this time, Kensington Investment Group has not indicated any specific plans for the use of the property. Any use or potential redevelopment of the property would be subject to the city's development review process, with opportunity for public involvement. The development review process would begin once Kensington submits their development application.
Once a development review application is submitted by Kensington, and once the application is determined to be complete, a Development Review Commission meeting and public hearing will be scheduled.
West End Building Chronology
The WEB property, formerly owned by Safeco Insurance, was acquired by the City in 2006 for $20 million for the purchase of a community center. A conceptual plan for a community center was developed over the following two years; however, the plan did not receive broad public support. Since that time, the City Council also considered a new City Hall, Police/911 facility, and a new main or branch Public Library as permanent public uses for the property.
The City originally financed the purchase of the property with a short term line of credit. In 2008, voters turned down a bond measure that would have provided permanent financing for the purchase.
Over the last several years, the City completed extensive studies on a variety of options for meeting its facility needs, including possible uses for the West End property. Several of these reports can be found in the attachments section below.
The following is a chronology of studies, votes, and opinion research on the West End Building and City Facility needs:
|July 2007
|Community Center Steering Committee Report
|November 2007
|Advisory vote to retain ownership of the WEB passed 7,870 to 6,648
|May 2008
|Bond issue to refinance the WEB failed 6,059 to 8,070
|October 2008
|Municipal Facilities and Space Planning Analysis Report by SERA Architects
|October 2008
|Summary Property Appraisal Report by Mueller and Company, Inc.
|November 2008
|Lake Oswego West End Building Strategic Look by the Urban Land Institute
|December 2008
|Community Conversation Report by Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc.
|January 2009
|Real Estate Analysis - City of Lake Oswego by CB Richard Ellis.
|February 2009
|West End Building Decision Process Report and Scenarios Cost Analysis
|June 2009
|Initial Strategy for the WEB and Other City Facilities adopted by Council
|April 2010
|WEB Space and Facility Analysis for Potential Staff Relocation from City Hall
|June 2010
|WEB Debt Refinancing Options Memorandum
|July 2010
|2010 Community Attitudes Survey
|September 2010
|City Facilities Focus Group Report by Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc.
|September 2010
|WEB Site Study Work Group Report
|February 2011
|City Facilities Survey by Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc.
|March 2011
|Revised Strategy for the WEB and Other City Facilities adopted by Council
|September 2011
|Police/LOCOM/Courts Site Selection Study by Brian Jackson
|February 2012
|Public Safety Facility Site Selection Refinement Study by Group Mackenzie
|March 2012
|Major Capital Facility Financing Analysis Report
|February 2013
|City Council adopts 2013 Action Plan with a goal of making a decision on the West End property.
|October 2013
|City Council approves the Sale and Purchase Agreement with Kensington Investment Group LLC for the sale of the West End property for $16.5 million.
|November 2013
|Planning Commission Public Hearing – Zone Change from EC/RO to GC
|December 2013
|Planning Commission recommendation to the City to deny the zone change


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Holy Motors
|Release Date: October 17, 2012
|Running Time: 116 mins.
|MPAA Rating: None
|Box Office: $641,054.00
|Genre: Drama, Foreign
Denis Lavant
Kylie Minogue
Eva Mendes
Michel Piccoli
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Summary:Over the course of a single day, Monsieur Oscar travels by limousine around Paris to a series of nine "appointments," transforming into new characters or incarnations at each stop. Fetched in the morning by Céline, his trusty chauffeur on this surreal journey, Oscar begins the day as a captain of industry. Then he becomes a gypsy crone, begging for spare change on a bridge over the Seine. Inside a digital production facility, he's a ninja warrior transformed by cutting- edge technology into a reptilian sex god. Next he's a gibberish-spewing troglodyte who kidnaps a fashion model from a photo shoot in Père-Lachaise cemetery, ferrying her to his underground lair in the sewers. Then he's t... Full Summary >>


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The United States of America (more commonly known as United States, or simply U.S. or U.S.A.) is a country located on the North American continent in Earth's Western hemisphere. Its capital is Washington, D.C.
Magical education
- The Salem Witches Institute is in Salem, Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials were also held here during the 17th century.
Magical games and sports
- Quidditch is played, but the similar sport of Quodpot is more popular.
- The U.S. has its own Quidditch League: the United States League
- The Sweetwater All-Stars is a Quidditch team based in Sweetwater, Texas.
- Another team is the Fitchburg Finches, a team in Massachusetts.
- The U.S.A. has its own National Quidditch Team: the American National Quidditch team
Magical history
- Kendra Dumbledore was possibly born in the United States or Canada, as she was thought to have been of Native American descent, so her sons Albus and Aberforth and her daughter Ariana may have had Native American blood in them even though the Dumbledore family lived mainly in Britain. This suggests that Kendra's husband, Percival, may have visited the U.S/Canada. or that Kendra visited Britain, either being curious about the other's home country.
Behind the scenes
- J.K. Rowling said in an interview that Voldemort affected American wizards as well, possibly hinting at his eventual plan to take over there as well.[1]
- If the United States in the Harry Potter continuity reflects that of the real universe, then the Muggle government is headed by a President rather than a Prime Minister. While it is officially unclear whether or not the Wizarding United States government is headed by a President, Prime Minister, or even some other type of leader, it can be assumed that it follows the U.S government model of Departments (rather than Ministries) and there is a "Department of Magic" (like the Department of Homeland Security, or Department of Education) and its head is the Secretary of Magic (like the Secretary of State).
- The city of Boston, Massachusetts may contain a wizarding society of note, as the Daily Prophet considered its weather of note for reporting in its international weather section.
References in other works
- Felicity Stockwell and the Widow's Son and the other books in the series by G. M. Kearney uses the magical world of J. K. Rowling as it might exist in America. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/134869


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Hate Among the Uchihas: The Last of the Clan!
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|"Hate Among the Uchihas: The Last of the Clan!"
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|(愚かなる弟よ 恨め、憎め!, Orokanaru Otōto yo Urame, Nikume!)
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|"Roar, Chidori! Brother vs. Brother!"
|Naruto #85
|"A New Training Begins: I Will Be Strong!"
|Search for Tsunade Arc
|Chapter #147, Chapter #148
|May 26, 2004
|April 28, 2007
Hate Among the Uchihas: The Last of the Clan! (愚かなる弟よ 恨め、憎め!, Orokanaru Otōto yo Urame, Nikume!) is episode 85 of the original Naruto anime.
Jiraiya rants about his greatness whilst standing in a spotlight with Emi thrown over his shoulder. The scene returned to normal, with Sasuke having been knocked to the ground and a panicking Naruto being narrowly saved from Kisame's Samehada by one of Jiraiya's toad summons. It was revealed that the woman had a genjutsu cast on her to keep Jiraiya occupied and to separate him from Naruto, Itachi and Kisame's target.
The beaten down Sasuke got back to his feet and told Jiraiya (who was already talking about getting rid of both the Akatsuki members) to stay out of the fight, declaring that he had lived his entire life for this moment, and that this was his battle. Itachi tried to refuse the challenge by expressing his lack of interest. Sasuke's response was to charge towards his brother, preparing a punch, but was kicked in the stomach, the force of which threw him to the wall on the other side of the hallway before he could even touch the elder Uchiha. Naruto attempted to intervene, refusing to stand there and watch his friend getting hurt, but was stopped in his tracks when the stubborn Sasuke yelled once again to stay out of it. Sasuke activated his Sharingan after dragging himself up from the floor, the images of Itachi standing over his parents' corpses flashing through his mind.
Once again, Sasuke used a direct approach and ran towards his brother with a fist ready. Itachi blocked the attack easily, with a single hand pushing Sasuke's aside. At this point, as a result of Sasuke's running stance and the height difference, Sasuke's head was fairly low. Itachi took this opportunity to knee the younger Uchiha hard in the face. Itachi then shoved Sasuke away with a single fluid motion of the same arm that had stopped Sasuke in the first place, throwing Sasuke in a spiral back into the wall.
Jiraiya made an attempt to come to Sasuke's aid after seeing the boy's poor physical state and Itachi advancing towards him, but Kisame stopped him, saying that the fight was none of their business. After Itachi had reached him, Sasuke attempted to attack his older brother again, and threw himself up towards him. Itachi caught Sasuke with a knee once again. As Sasuke doubled over in pain, Itachi elbowed him in the back of the neck to push him towards his knee, after which he then knees Sasuke again. Naruto was forced to watch in horror as his friend was beaten to a pulp by his brother. Sasuke finally collapsed to the ground after Itachi stopped keeping him upright with his beating, with Sasuke thinking to himself about how he was still weaker than his brother, and wondering what he had been doing all this time if he still wasn't strong enough.
Itachi lifted Sasuke up by his collar and slammed him against the wall. He then commented that Sasuke was too weak, and lacked the hatred he would need to defeat him. He leaned forward to whisper in his brother's ear that Sasuke would never have enough hate.
Itachi then activated his Tsukuyomi genjutsu, and mentally tortured his younger brother. Sasuke was an eight-year-old again, and cried out when he recognised the place he had been transported to as his childhood home. Itachi tormented Sasuke by forcing him to watch Itachi murder their parents. Afterwards, he made Sasuke watch him kill the rest of the clan through Sasuke's eight-year-old body. The illusion ended as Sasuke screamed.
Naruto, having had enough of watching his team-mate being tortured, tried to run to the rescue, with Kisame right behind him, who must have been caught off guard. During this, Jiraiya formed hand signs for a jutsu. Everyone instantly froze as his Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind came into effect. The entire area became the oesophagus of the Mountain Toad, with Kisame's foot and sword already starting to be absorbed as Jiraiya began explaining his technique. Sasuke was absorbed into the wall, thus being saved from Itachi. Itachi instructed Kisame to come with him, knowing that the only way they could survive this technique was to escape.
The toad's digestive flesh pursued the Akatsuki members, and, just as the two were about to be engulfed, Itachi used Amaterasu to burn a hole in the toad's oesophagus, allowing them to escape. Naruto and Jiraiya rushed to the scene to see the hole created by Amaterasu, which was still faintly burning. Itachi and Kisame fled, Itachi saying that they would capture Naruto and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox when the time was right. He also needed to rest after using both Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu. The flames of Amaterasu were so powerful that Jiraiya had to seal them before they could spread any further. Jiraiya ended his jutsu, and Naruto rushed to Sasuke's side.
As Jiraira and Naruto were checking on Sasuke, Guy suddenly appeared out of nowhere and kicked Jiraiya in the face with his Dynamic Entry. He had thought that Naruto and Jiraiya were Itachi and Kisame after using the reflection from his headband to check what was ahead. He had seen two figures in the dull reflection, so he had automatically assumed that Itachi and Kisame were still there. Naruto thought back on Sasuke's defeat at Itachi's hands. He resolved to go after Itachi and Kisame for doing that to Sasuke, but was quickly shot down by a more realistic Jiraiya, who knew that Naruto was nowhere near Itachi and Kisame's league. Naruto learned about Kakashi having been injured, and Guy talked about needing a medical specialist to help, not only with Kakashi and Sasuke, but with Lee as well. There was a short glance at Tsunade at the end of the episode, as Jiraiya told Guy the person he needed was who they were searching for: the healing specialist, queen of slugs and elixirs, legendary Sannin, and failed gambler, Tsunade.


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4.5" high Kiddush cup. Holds 6 ounces. Anodized aluminum.
This kiddush cup is made with professionally anodized aluminum, a process that gives aluminum a modern, burnished granular look. Anodizing also allows for very bright, electric colors and prevents corrosion. The colored rings at the bottom can be interchanged for a variety of other colors. One can also purchase additional rings.
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22 U.S. Code § 2756 - Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States
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No letters of offer may be issued, no credits or guarantees may be extended, and no export licenses may be issued under this chapter with respect to any country determined by the President to be engaged in a consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment directed against individuals in the United States. The President shall report any such determination promptly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
Source(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 1, § 6, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 115,Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1528.)
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Television in GTA IV
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Grand Theft Auto IV introduced the ability to watch television shows in most safehouses, although this feature is largely useless in actual gameplay and, like radio stations, is more of a minor feature used to pass time and to round out the fictional world of GTA.
Each television allows the player to watch up to 2 television networks (Weazel & CNT); however, the channels are not numbered, so finding a show is more or less coincidental. Most of the shows are running time-shifted, so while "I'm Rich" may be almost over on one channel, for example, it may just start on another.
The feature is carried over to its episodic titles, including The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, with new shows and advertising added in. However, depending on whether the player opted for downloading episodic DLC or obtaining Episodes from Liberty City, the availability of shows and ads from GTA IV in both episodic titles, like radio stations, varies between DLCs and Episodes from Liberty City:
- In DLCs, existing programming and advertising from GTA IV and a DLC purchased earlier will be present in the new episodic title, and vice versa.
- In EFLC, only programming and advertising from TLAD and TBOGT will be available in both episodic titles, as much of GTA IV's content is not included in the stand-alone compilation.
While there is one television for each safehouse in GTA IV, the player can only watch TV at the Lost MC Clubhouse in The Lost and Damned until "Get Lost", to which point the player has no legal means of watching television; in The Ballad of Gay Tony, one TV is available in Luis' safehouse.
GTA IV alludes that two other television networks, CCC and X, exist in the in-game universe, but are unviewable.
Viewable programs
Weazel is a parody of Fox Broadcasting Company and features the following programing.
- The Men's Room (With Bas Rutten and Jeremy St. Ives)
- Split Sides (both Ricky Gervais and Katt Williams).
- Republican Space Rangers (Episode 6 is added in TLAD).
- Venturas Poker Challenge.
- Weazel News Parody of fox news (Special report on the Motorcycle Menace) (TLAD).
CNT is a parody of CNN or TNT and features the following programing.
- I'm Rich.
- The Serrated Edge.
- Princess Robot Bubblegum (TBOGT).
- A History of Liberty City. The program comes in two parts: Part I in GTA IV, and Part II in TLAD and TBOGT.
- Most of the TV shows appear to be made when the game was in it's beta stages.
- There is a glitch in The Lost and Damned that allows you to watch the TV even after the end of the game. Take a helicopter and land on the roof of Lost MC Clubhouse. Walk around to where the TV would be inside just under the roof, and you will be prompted to watch the TV. If you do this there is only 2 ways to get outside of the clubhouse: kill yourself, or reload an old save file. This glitch is fixed on Episodes from Liberty City.
- Another way to watch TV in both the episodes and the main game if you haven't unlocked the Bohan safehouse. First you must travel over to Niko's Bohan safehouse. The front door will be locked and can't be opened but you can walk to the back entrance to enter the building into the safehouse and watch TV at any time.


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- "Fred gave me one when I was seven, it burnt a hole right through my tongue. I can remember Mum walloping him with her broomstick."
- —Ron Weasley[src]
Acid Pops are one of the sweets sold by Honeydukes Sweetshop in Hogsmeade.[1] They may be similar to the Muggle lollipops, but like most Honeydukes' fare, they have an unconventional, practical joke-like twist with wizarding magic wherein they are able to burn your tongue, and taste sweet and sour. They are therefore extremely dangerous and extremely painful to eat - why it is sold despite such a high risk of injury remains a mystery.
"Acid Pops" was also a password used to gain entrance to Albus Dumbledore's office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry while Harry was at school. Dumbledore informed Harry of this via a note which included "P.S.: I enjoy Acid Pops." Whether or not the actual statement was factual is unknown. It seems unlikely, though Dumbledore was known to enjoy unusual sweets.
Ron once mentioned that when he was seven, his brother Fred gave him one and it burned a hole straight through his tongue. His mother then hit Fred with her broom.
Behind the scenes
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
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The 'one story' of European colonialism informs his work
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Minneapolis-native Gary Cunningham's career has been long and varied, and his résumé reads like a "Who's Who" of local government agencies and organizations. He has been involved with, at various times:
• NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center in North Minneapolis, where he was CEO and director of primary care;
• Hennepin County as director of planning and development;
• Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, as associate collegiate program leader and research fellow;
• Minneapolis Public Schools as executive director of human resource services/acting operations administrator;
• Scott County as administrator and chief executive officer; and
• The African American Men Project as its director. Before all of that, Cunningham was raised by his uncle Moe, a community activist who Cunningham credits with giving him the guidance that blossomed into a career of service. "There was an expectation that you would use
your skills, talents and abilities to give back and contribute to the well-being of the community, particularly African Americans and other people of color," Cunningham explained about his uncle. After graduating from Minneapolis' Central High School, Cunningham became involved with the Community Gardens in South Minneapolis and then went on to run the Grand-Central Co-Op, a grocery store across the street from his old high school. Continue Reading →


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Willem Frey is an unseen character mentioned in second and third season. He is a member of House Frey whose wedding was celebrated with a tournament some time before the series began.
Season 2
Ser Alton Lannister recalls squiring for his distant cousin Ser Jaime Lannister at the tournament. Jaime defeated Ser Balon Swann. The day was one of Alton's proudest achievements and he was disappointed when he had to leave the field to eat at the periphery of the wedding feast.[1]
Season 3
A Riverrun traveller told Lord Bolton's men that he has seen Jaime Lannister fight in a tournament at Willem Frey's wedding.[2]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, there is a character named Willem Frey but he is a young grandson of Lord Walder Frey and the second son of Ser Cleos Frey (the analogous character of Ser Alton Lannister) and Jeyne Darry. He serves as a page at Ashemark. He does not make an appearance in the books so far, and is only mentioned in the appendix.
See also
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Source: NASA
Subduction is a term used in earth science to describe the process where of the oceanic lithosphere (the outer solid part of the Earth, including the crust and uppermost mantle, about 100 km thick) collides with and descends beneath the part of the lithosphere. In terms of tectonics, subduction is the result of two tectonic plates converging, and one plate sliding (subducting) under another plate. The term "subduction zone" is used to describe the region where subduction occurs and the characteristics associated with subduction are observed.
The gliding of one plate under the other is not smooth but jerky producing seismic waves. Thus, subduction is associated with earthquakes. Subduction results in the creation of molten magma that gives rises to volcanism, particularly a line of volcanoes known as "arc volcanoes" or a series of volcanic islands. Most volcanoes on land occur parallel to and inland from the boundary between the two plates.
Structure of the Earth
The Earth is composed of a number of different layers as determined by deep drilling and seismic evidence (Figure 1). These layers are:
- The core which is approximately 7000 kilometers in diameter (3500 kilometers in radius) and is located at the Earth's center.
- The mantle which surrounds the core and has a thickness of 2900 kilometers.
- The crust floats on top of the mantle and is composed of basalt rich oceanic crust and granitic rich continental crust.
Figure 1: Layers beneath the Earth's surface. (Image Copyright: Michael Pidwirny.)
The core is a layer rich in iron and nickel that is composed of two layers: the inner and outer cores. The inner core is theorized to be solid with a density of about 13 grams per cubic centimeter and a radius of about 1220 kilometers. The outer core is liquid and has a density of about 11 grams per cubic centimeter. It surrounds the inner core and has an average thickness of about 2250 kilometers.
The mantle is almost 2900 kilometers thick and comprises about 83% of the Earth's volume. It is composed of several different layers. The upper mantle exists from the base of the crust downward to a depth of about 670 kilometers. This region of the Earth's interior is thought to be composed of peridotite, an ultramafic rock made up of the minerals olivine and pyroxene. The top layer of the upper mantle, 100 to 200 kilometers below surface, is called the asthenosphere. Scientific studies suggest that this layer has physical properties that are different from the rest of the upper mantle. The rocks in this upper portion of the mantle are more rigid and brittle because of cooler temperatures and lower pressures. Below the upper mantle is the lower mantle that extends from 670 to 2900 kilometers below the Earth's surface. This layer is hot and plastic. The higher pressure in this layer causes the formation of minerals that are different from those of the upper mantle.
The lithosphere is a layer that includes the crust and the upper most portion of the asthenosphere (Figure 2). This layer is about 100 kilometers thick and has the ability to glide over the rest of the upper mantle. Because of increasing temperature and pressure, deeper portions of the lithosphere are capable of plastic flow over geologic time. The lithosphere is also the zone of earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes, and continental drift.
Figure 2: Structure of the Earth's crust and top most layer of the upper mantle. The lithosphere consists of the oceanic crust, continental crust, and uppermost mantle. Beneath the lithosphere is the asthenosphere. This layer, which is also part of the upper mantle, extends to a depth of about 200 kilometers. Sedimentary deposits are commonly found at the boundaries between the continental and oceanic crust. (Image Copyright: Michael Pidwirny.)
The topmost part of the lithosphere consists of crust. This material is cool, rigid, and brittle. Two types of crust can be identified: oceanic crust and continental crust (Figure 2). Both of these types of crust are less dense than the rock found in the underlying upper mantle layer. Ocean crust is thin and measures between 5 to 10 kilometers thick. It is also composed of basalt and has a density of about 3.0 grams per cubic centimeter.
The continental crust is 20 to 70 kilometers thick and composed mainly of lighter granite (Figure 2). The density of continental crust is about 2.7 grams per cubic centimeter. It is thinnest in areas like the Rift Valleys of East Africa and in an area known as the Basin and Range Province in the western United States (centered in Nevada this area is about 1500 kilometers wide and runs about 4000 kilometers North/South). Continental crust is thickest beneath mountain ranges and extends into the mantle. Both of these crust types are composed of numerous tectonic plates that float on top of the mantle. Convection currents within the mantle cause these plates to move slowly across the asthenosphere
Subduction Process
Subduction occurs because of differences in density of continental and ocean plates. Density differences occur because the lithosphere becomes thicker and denser as it ages. As a result, the lighter crustal plates subduct into the asthenosphere and, when plates converge, the plate with the older lithosphere subducts under the plate with the denser lithosphere. Because oceanic lithosphre is lighter than continental lithosphere, oceanic plates subduct under continental plates when they converge (middle diagram to the right).
Figure 3: Three types of plate convergance resulting in subduction. (Image Source. US Gelogical Survey.)
A typical speed for a subducted plate is about 7 cm/year.
As the subducted plate moves deeper, it releases water which rises up and moves into the overlying plate where magma (more specifically, peridotite) begins to melt ("wet" peridotite melts as a temperatures up to 400°C lower that "dry" peridotite.) This molten magma drives the arc volcanoes characteristic of subduction zones.
Geologic Features Associated With Subduction
Some characteristics of subduction and subduction zones are:
- A zone of earthquakes (Wadati-Benioff Zones) where the depth of the earthquake hypocenters vary in accordance to the geometry of a subducted plate;
- Deep sea trenches like the the Marianas trench in the Pacific Ocean which is created by the collision of the fast-moving Pacific Plate against the slower moving Philippine Plate;
- Chains of volcanoes called "arc volcanoes" which can be islands or near the coast.
Trenches and arc volcanoes often occur along a parallel line, marking the location of the subduction zone.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone
The Cascadia Subduction Zone illustrated right is caused by the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath North America. It extends over a region 600 miles long that includes northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. The nature of the subduction changes markedly along the length of the subduction zone, notably in the angle of subduction, distribution of earthquakes, volcanism, geologic and seismic structure of the upper plate, and regional horizontal stress. Research by the US Geological Survey reveals that downgoing slab of the Cascadia subduction zone dips significantly steeper beneath Oregon than beneath Vancouver Island, lending support to the idea that the Juan de Fuca plate is segmented from north to south.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone was the site of the largest known earthquake to have occurred in the "lower 48" United States. The earthquake set off a tsunami that not only struck Cascadia's Pacific coast, but also crossed the Pacific Ocean to Japan, where it damaged coastal villages. Written records of the damage in Japan pinpoint the earthquake to the evening of January 26, 1700.
Natural Resources Canada reports that:
"The undersea Cascadia thrust fault ruptured along a 1000 km length, from mid Vancouver Island to northern California in a great earthquake, producing tremendous shaking and a huge tsunami that swept across the Pacific.
The earthquake shaking collapsed houses of the Cowichan people on Vancouver Island and caused numerous landslides. The shaking was so violent that people could not stand and so prolonged that it made them sick. On the west coast of Vancouver Island, the tsunami completely destroyed the winter village of the Pachena Bay people with no survivors. These events are recorded in the oral traditions of the First Nations people on Vancouver Island. The tsunami swept across the Pacific also causing destruction along the Pacific coast of Japan. It is the accurate descriptions of the tsunami and the accurate time keeping by the Japanese that allows us to confidently know the size and exact time of this great earthquake.
The earthquake also left unmistakeable signatures in the geological record as the outer coastal regions subsided and drowned coastal marshlands and forests that were subsequently covered with younger sediments. The recognition of definitive signatures in the geological record tells us the January 26, 1700 event was not a unique event, but has repeated many times at irregular intervals of hundreds of years. Geological evidence indicates that 13 great earthquakes have occurred in the last 6000 years.
We now know that a similar offshore event will happen sometime in the future and that it represents a considerable hazard to those who live in southwest British Columbia. However, because the fault is offshore, it is not the greatest earthquake hazard faced by major west coast cities. In the interval between great earthquakes, the tectonic plates become stuck together, yet continue to move towards each other. This causes tremendous strain and deformation of the Earth's crust in the coastal region and causes ongoing earthquake activity. This is the situation that we are in now. Some onshore earthquakes can be quite large (there have been four magnitude 7+ earthquakes in the past 130 years in southwest British Columbia and northern Washington State). Because these inland earthquakes can be much closer to our urban areas and occur more frequently, they represent the greatest earthquake hazard. An inland magnitude 6.9 earthquake in 1995 in a similar geological setting beneath Kobe, Japan caused in excess of $200 billion damage."
March 11, 2011 Earthquake East of Japan
A major earthquake (preliminary magnitude 8.9) near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, occurred on March 11, 2011, as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. At the latitude of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves approximately westwards with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 mm/yr. The Pacific plate thrusts underneath Japan at the Japan Trench, and dips to the west beneath Eurasia. The location, depth, and focal mechanism of the March 11 earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as thrust faulting associated with subduction along this plate boundary. Note that some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America and Eurasia plates; these include the Okhotsk and Amur microplates that are respectively part of North America and Eurasia.
The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with an Magnitude (M) 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with a further 3 earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.
The Japan Trench subduction zone has hosted 9 events of magnitude 7 or greater since 1973. The largest of these was an M 7.8 earthquake approximately 260 km to the north of the March 11 event, in December 1994, which caused 3 fatalities and almost 700 injuries. In June of 1978, an M 7.7 earthquake 35 km to the southwest caused 22 fatalities and over 400 injuries.
Further Reading
- Natural Resources Canada, The M9 Cascadia Megathrust Earthquake of January 26, 1700, .
- PhysicalGeography.net
- Stern, R. J. "A Subduction Primer for Instructors of Introductory Geology Courses and Authors of Introductory Geology Textbooks." J. Geoscience Education, 46, 221-228.
- Tatsumi, Y. (2005). "The Subduction Factory: How it operates on Earth". GSA Today 15 (7): 4–10. doi:10.1130/1052-5173(2005)015[4:TSFHIO]2.0.CO;2.
- US Geological Survey, Cascadia Subduction Zone: Two Contrasting Models of Lithospheric Structure.
- US Geological Survey, Earthquake Glossary - Subduction Zone.
- US Geological Survey, Historic Earthquakes: Cascadia Subduction Zone.
- US Geological Survey, Magnitude 8.9 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan.
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This is an outline of several files types within refess and the common cards found within it. These threads are essentially an updated version of Harvests threads. These aim to make it easier for newer players to see what works well together and hopefully allow them to make their own exciting files. I'd like to thank The Circle - Especially NitroDino and Icyman who helped make the outlines and provided some links. I'd also like to thank everyone who gave their support in doing this. Special Thanks once again to harvest4god who inspired these threads. I will try to keep these updated.
Note that I am defining 'rush' files as Lv 1-3 files, Mids as files which use at least 1 Lv 4-6 unit and Bigs as files which usually use at least 1 Lv 7-9 unit for simplicity.
The Other Threads
The Circle's List of File Types - Lawtia
The Circle's List of File Types - Gowen
The Circle's List of File Types - Falkow
The Circle's List of File Types - Multisphere
- Buncles
- Mid Solar Kingdom
- Knights
- Starmander/Big Ref
Coming Soon
Cards Useful for most refess files:
Talisman of Disruption * Kills undead and gives DEF buff.
The General's Order *** Gives attack boosts to your units, good timing can help avoid several removal soul skills.
Key to the Holy Realm *** If timed well this grimoire could save your units from an untimely death to soul skills.
Faerie Blessing Makes your units immune to engage until the end of next turn.
Fallen Moon Child / Miffyre ***** Start skill sp generation, potentially allowing for quickly rushing units.
Like the Hand of God *** Refess go-to grimoire for dealing with extremely difficult to kill/ dangerous units.
Low Level / Rush Files
HKL (Holy Knight Lapierre)
This file is essentially the definition of refess playstyle. The aim of this file is to get many level Lv 2-3, 1-2 agi refess units on the field at once and have Holy Knight Lapierre buff them. Many of the cards are fairly low rarity and key cards can be obtained easily by getting the 'Lapierre's Legion' Pre-built file in the shop.
Key Units:
Holy Knight / Lapierre EX File isn't called HKL for nothing
Boy Combat Priest * or similar SP+2 SS, nearly essential to survive against falkow.
Common Cards:
Knight of Frailty / Etoile Allows your units to gain attack faster.
Elite Folrart Acolyte * Tank unit, buffs friendlies left and right and itself, decent attack.
Folrart Charge Knight ** Decent ranged unit with a decent action skill.
Folrart Unicorn Knight Buffs Knight subtype, decent ranged unit with a trait that makes it a character slayer.
Folrart Heavy Knight ** Good tank who is immune to grimoires.
Folrart Hammer Soldier ** Very high hp and can deal lots of damage based on how much hp it has lost.
Folrart Greatsword Soldier ** Decent stats with a funny counter skill.
EX: Lycanthrope [Brahma] EX Self sustained morning which allows for healing towards end of turn.
Spined Armadillo * Counter can deal lots of damage and ignores DEF.
Priest of the Holy Weapon * Buffs attack of units and then slows itself down to agi 2 which allows him to get buffed by HKL
Instant revival ** To revive Lapierre with.
Sunbeam Cage ** Underused Grimoire that is very good against non-refess files.
The General's Order *** Helps avoid assassin soul skills, and gives up to +20 attack to friendly units.
Emerald Carbuncle ** Good open, helps activates soul skills, acts as 'filler' in between spamming Lv3s.
Folrart Archer * Powerful refess ranged unit. Who can average up to 1.5 attack/turns
EX: Talisman Mystic EX Possible addition to an Aria Variant of the file. Powerful ranged unit.
Example File:
Lapierre's Legion Prebuild
Carbuncles (Buncles)
One of the most under-rated files in the game. When played well these little guys are extremely good, and when played badly, they are horrible. These have the potential to be, in Gon's words "new meta." This file plays much like HKL except slightly more control and a lot faster. Again, many of these cards are available in the Prebuild 'Carbuncle Action'
Key Cards:
Red General / Ruby Eater EX Buffs and can do lots of damage with action skill, one of the key cards to the file.
Diamond Carbuncle ** Mass debuffer and can get very fast using it's start skill.
Emerald Carbuncle ** Excellent filler card to throw out in between lvl 3's as it dodges shade, allows SS activation and if it is alive, it buffs friendlies.
Amethyst Carbuncle ** Fast and sets opponents DEF to 0 for the turn. Also free revive.
SP generation SS such as Boy Combat Priest *
Common Cards:
Agate Carbuncle ** Can get very high attack, is very fast and buffs friendly buncles
Jade Carbuncle ** Fast and fairly tanky with 10 DEF also lowers the attack of target enemy unit.
Sapphire Carbuncle ** Very tanky and debuffs enemy Lv2 units.
Ruby Carbuncle ** Buffs and is fairly tanky.
Opal Carbuncle ** Heals Buncles, tanky Lv2, can chance to generate SP on counter.
Obsidian Carbuncle Gives permanent attack boost and 1 turn def boost on open. Takes 30-40dmg to kill (with ruby general on the field) and can heal/revive a friendly.
Violet General / Amethyst Eater EX Open skill can allow for rushing more buncles out faster. Action can potentially be saving for when Ruby General dies.
Key to the Holy Realm *** If timed well this grimoire could save your units from an untimely death to soul skills.
Example Files:
Sunbunman's Underdog Buncles
Icy's Buncles
Eternal Morning (EM)
EM is a file that tries to keep it eternally morning (as per the name) to use it's unit's SP generation and buffing skills. This file when left alone can gain a massive SP advantage over the opponent and pretty much win through outnumbering the opponent.
Key Cards:
Solar Prince / Verlaat ***** One of the few cards that can actually keep it morning. Free revive and can heal friendly units makes this card fairly good on the field itself.
Knight of Shrine Zero ** One of the only ways to deal with units with High DEF.
Sun and Birth / Weissvogel EX Auto Skill generates SP when morning, fast unit with decent AT.
Key to the Holy Realm *** Gives DEF boost for a turn which may save your units from untimely deaths.
Common Cards:
Twin Wing Knight / Bistya *** Heals friendlies on open, can return Lv2 from cemetery on close.
Twin Wing Knight / Glosfiea *** As above.
Blessed Knight / Orfen *** Buffs friendly units during Morning.
Unknown Knight / Aano **** Good refess unit all round. Can help deal with problematic units.
Holy Knight / Lapierre EX Can deal maxHP hate.
Priests of the Royal Guard * Can buff Verlaat and then the field.
Emerald Carbuncle ** good unit to activate soul skills with or act as filler in between playing Lv3s
EX: Light Magic Archer EX Can save a unit with open skill, takes at least 2 hits to kill.
Instant Revival ** Can keep a unit alive for longer.
Meeting of Kings * Can return copies of Verlaat from the cemetery.
Sunbeam Cage ** Underrated refess grimoire which can potentially allow you to deal that extra bit of damage.
Miracle Fruit ** Can get your units above returnable levels, possibly a game changer.
Saber Saint / Lapierre *** A fast ranged unit with decent attack. Good to use as it allows more units on the field and doesn't take up a front line position.
EX: Lycanthrope [Brahma] EX Can help keep battletime morning. Also heals when it's morning.
The General's Order *** Helps avoid assassin soul skills, and gives up to +20 attack to friendly units.
Example Files:
None yet.
Shrine Knights (SK)
The idea of this file is to build up a field of Shrine Knights as fast as possible and use start skill buffs to overrun your opponents field. This file is easy to build it, just get the Shrine Knights prebuilt from the shop.
Key Cards:
Knight of Shrine Zero ** - really important for the file because she gives permanent AT boosts
Knight of the 1st Shrine ** - gives AT boosts and with 50 HP she usually can take a hit before she dies
Knight of the 2nd Shrine ** - free revive
Knight of the 3rd Shrine ** - gives AGI boosts at start phase
4th Shrine Leader / Elaice *** - raises MaxHP and revives, really useful against gowen match ups
Common Cards:
Knight of the 4th Shrine ** - RNG boost, useful in the SK return variant with the Absolute Wall + Zero combo
Knight of the 5th Shrine ** - stat increase on open, the level increase can prevent returns, has a maxhp skill
Folrart Shrine Knight ** - a mini tank with Knight of the 2nd Shrine
Unknown Knight / Aano **** - remove annoying things with her like Bringer, Dilate...
Key to the Holy Realm *** - protects your Shrine Knights from soul skills and damage, ideally you use it and iczer attack into your opponents LP
Fallen Moon Child / Miffyre ***** - for opening
3rd Shrine Leader / Ridrea *** - usually used as soul skill, revives a friendly Shrine Knight unit and gives a huge stat boost
Caith Sith ** - most players use it as 4th soul skill, it is really useful to keep your field alive
Emerald Carbuncle ** - used as open and as sacrifice unit
Will o' the Wisp * - it's open can save some of your units from open skill damage and used as sacrifice unit
Kesaran Pasaran * - for SP generating and can be used as sacrifice unit
Instant Revival ** - useful to get a 4th copy of a Shrine Knight unit.
The General's Order *** - Helps avoid assassin soul skills, and gives up to +20 attack to friendly units.
Solar Princess / Aliria ***** - Auto skill revives a friendly unit, close skill can save your forces from some things. Makes good bait for grimoires.
EX: 3rd Shrine Leader / Ridrea EX - Possible addition to some variants. Powerful cemetery retrieval with X slash.
Example Files:
Mid Files
Mid Solar Kingdom
The basic idea of this file is to get out your tanky Mid solar kingdom units such as Guardian and veteran folrart paladin, and support them with other units until you overrun the opponent.
Key Cards:
Folrart Guardian * Staple in most refess files able to use it. Tanky with a good counter skill.
Veteran Folrart Paladin ** Another excellent mid-refess tank unit. Can also deal lots of damage, sometimes wins games by itself.
Moon Child / Miffyre Fairly tanky, auto skill generates sp and action skill buffs and heals friendly units. Also has the great advantage of locking out non-refess Lv1 units (such as owl sage)
Common Cards:
Blessed Armour Knight * Decent tank unit that removes opponents cards from the cemetery when hit.
Right-Hand Shield / Garfath **** Buffs DEF on auto and heals on open.
Assault Battering Ram * Can be used in combination with Rubens for super tank front row and decent damage.
The Impregnable / Rubens ***** Can be used with assault battering ram for more tanking. Still good by himself however.
King of Mankind / Verlaat DEF boosting open skill, max hp hate, start skill that buffs friendly Solar Kingdom units. Essentially the Refess version of Bringer.
5th Shrine Leader / Judie *** Good open skill, auto skill can help give your units the extra punch they need.
Solar Princess / Aliria ***** Auto skill revives a friendly unit, close skill can save your forces from some things. Makes good bait for grimoires.
Priests of the Royal Guard * Use with King of Mankind or Aliria to give your forces a fairly large AT boost.
Pegasus Knights * Good offensive Lv5 unit with a good start skill. Requires smart placement.
Holy Light *** Potentially a game winning Grimoire.
Key to the Holy Realm *** If timed well this grimoire could save your units from an untimely death to soul skills.
Recovery Powder * Used for SP generation
The General's Order *** Gives attack boosts to your units, good timing can help avoid several removal soul skills.
Pretender to the Sun / Alphonce ***** Can pinpoint enemy units and return cards from your cemetery to card file. Also removes a closed card on the opponent side of the field when he iczer attacks.
6th Shrine Leader / Lumira *** May possibly be used as another tank. Open skill can kill certain units before they act.
Heavy Folrart Guardian ** A more aggressive version of guardian (more attack power, arguably weaker counter)
Veteran Shrine Knight ** Disengages friendly units, then engages up to two enemy units on open. Fairly high attack power and decent defense, coupled with high speed and pinpoint make this unit a fairly good add to mid-SK. Also punishes units with defense.
Solar General / Zagar **** Can get high amounts of attack if it survives with high amounts of HP.
Folrart Psycho Soldier ** Powerful refess ranged unit who heals enemy units when it does not kill them (unless you have a Duchy unit on the field)
EX: 3rd Shrine Leader / Ridrea EX Possible addition to some variants. Fairly powerful unit with X slash.
New Prophet / Raste EX Can force counter skills with small buff in attack. Powerful maxHP hate action skill.
Example Files:
Mid Solar Kingdom
Icy's Mid-Ref Video
This file concentrates mainly on guardian and aivault to deal lots of counter damage to defeat the opponent. Another typical refess style file of getting units on the field and then bulldozing over the opponent through sheer force.
Key Cards:
Right Hand Man / Aivault *** Buffs a knight and can redirect damage to knights beside him.
Folrart Guardian * Does excellent counter damage
Folrart Unicorn Knight Buffs knights and basically kills characters by itself
Common cards:
Refugee Spear Master / Aria Dualsphere with falkow that locks grimoires, potentially useful in this kind of file, also a Knight subtype.
Knight of Frailty / Etoile Buffs the slow and low attack units, also a Knight
5th Shrine Leader / Judie *** Buffs Lv4 units and good open skill.
Moon Child / Miffyre Heals and buffs friendly units, also can generate SP
King of Mankind / Verlaat Great unit to use in a mid file.
Thorned Battle Diva EX Fairly rare but decent knight to use.
Heavy Folrart Guardian ** A more aggressive variant of guardian (more attack power, but arguably weaker counter)
The General's Order *** Helps avoid assassin soul skills, and gives up to +20 attack to friendly units.
Key to the Holy Realm *** If timed well this grimoire could save your units from an untimely death to soul skills.
Recovery Powder * Used for SP generation
Any other Knight
Example Files:
Mid Ref Knights
True God Church (TGC)
This file is usually synonymous with priests which aim to gain large amounts of max HP and bulldoze the opponent just by being unable to be killed easily. However Since set 12, it has potential to act more aggressively.
Key Cards:
Cardinal / Messala *** Can sacrifice TGC units to gen sp. Also very tank (for a level 2) and provides lots of control.
Common Cards:
Sun Tyrant / Gilensa EX Buffs a TGC unit and can revive a TGC unit.
Wandering Priest / Raste *** Buffs priests and can set enemy units to maxhp=0
Boy Combat Priest * Buffs friendly units on start, close skill can buff a TGC unit.
Boy Inquisitor / Cudgel EX Can deal massive damage to big units/really fast units.
Inquisition Nun / Cynthia *** Free revive.
High Inquisitor / Fortune EX Can set enemy non-refess unit of Lv4 or lower to RNG=0
Demon Nun / Cosmos EX A strong unit which can get very high attack.
Church Paladin ** Can buff friendly units with open skill if their attack is low enough. Action skill can heal a friendly unit.
Inquisition Night Raider ** Good level 2 unit ranged unit for TGC.
Girl Combat Priest * Can do maxHP hate and heal for 1SP.
Inquisition Raid Leader * Has shield breaker and buffs friendly units.
Keeper of Grace / Lucia *** Can fully heal ALL units on both sides of field. Start skill can provide massive attack boost.
EX: Inquisition Nun / Cynthia EX Can do maxHP hate with counter.
Inquisitor Sergeant / Gravan *** Fairly tank with a decent counter skill.
EX: Judge of Heretics / Bardia EX Decent healing open skill and decent buffing start skill.
High Priestess * Can set refess level to = 2x number of TGC units which opens up the game for more damage based on ex: cynthia or mid-big units and grimoires.
New Prophet / Raste EX Can force counter skills with small buff in attack. Powerful maxHP hate action skill. Also gets priest buffs.
EX: Priestess of Madness EX Fairly tank and useful in a refess/lawtia variant of TGC. Has range manipulation and some maxHP hate
Example Files:
Big Files
Starmander or Big Refess
The idea behind this file is to build up SP and drop Star Dragon. Salamanders are used to trigger the counter skill of the Star Dragon. Star Dragon and Salamander are the only 2 units need for this file. The ss line up usually contains in the first 2 spots Lycanthrope [Seraph] and Caith Sith. The rest of the file contains usually grims and some mid units like Brutal Mammoth.
Key Cards:
Star Dragon **
Salamander *
Common Cards:
Recovery Powder * - for SP generating
Lycanthrope [Seraph] ** - gives you fast sphere levels
Caith Sith ** - for SP, sometimes used up to 2 copies are used in soul skill spot 2 and 3
True Holy Emperor / Retear ***** - used in meta versions of the file to keep bringing back Star Dragon
Brutal Mammoth * - used to stall
Folrart Guardian * - some variants use her early game to protect your LP until you bring out Star Dragon
Veteran Folrart Paladin ** - same as Guardian and can be used to deal some damage
The Impregnable / Rubens ***** - same as Guardian, but higher rarity
Judgement Hammer *** - damage grim
Burning Sun ** - used to field wipe with Resource/Kaldrao or make Stardragon easier to kill rush files
2nd Dragonrider / Resource ***** - for Burning Sun combo
White Sage / Kaldrao EX - same as Resource and it can trigger Star Dragons counter skill
Unwanted Charity ** - to protect your big units from Assassin Soul Skill or other return soul skills
Star Lord / Bastandorra *** - used once Star Dragon dies
Cure * - for healing
Folrart Mage * - used because of Magic Bolt
Magic Bolt * - high refess levels = high damage even more with Folrart Mage
Right-hand Shield / Garfath **** - used because of heal open
Aura of the Holy Emperor **** - for reviving your big units and maybe bringing them back
Phoenix Chick * - undying Phoenix
Example Files:
Other Useful Links:
A Breakdown of Files - A Refess Story (harvest4god)
Guides Index Thread


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Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 4 - Features Trailer (GDC 2014)
You get everything so you can build anything.
Unreal Engine 4 Tools Demonstration -- GDC 2014
Epic's Zak Parrish walks through some of Unreal Engine 4's popular features, such as the new material system, Blueprints, VFX and level building.
Unreal Engine 4 - A Message From Tim Sweeney
Epic founder Tim Sweeney explains how this can help game developers.
Inside Unreal - Visual Effects Part 3
Take a look inside Unreal.
Inside Unreal - Visual Effects Part 1
Effects include advanced GPU particle simulation and collision, materials, dynamic particle lights and other VFX.
Inside Unreal Engine 4 - Character Aesthetics
This includes a brief walk through of the UE4 art pipeline and layered materials.
Unreal Engine 4 - Elemental Demo
Artists and designers can bring their creative visions to life directly in game without programmer assistance via the new Unreal Kismet. This offers programmers the freedom to focus on core gameplay features and sophisticated systems. With significant new visual features, Unreal Engine 4 enables you to achieve high-end visuals, while remaining both scalable and accessible to make games for low-spec PCs.
Inside Unreal - Visual Effects Part 2
Epic's Tim Elek and Zak Parrish talk about implementing advanced VFX such as realistic water effects, lit translucency, GPU particle simulation and collision and more in the Unreal Engine 4 Infiltrator real-time demonstration.
Unreal Engine 4 "Elemental" Demo on PS4
Unreal Engine 4's high-end rendering capabilities are evident, as dynamic lighting and shadowing bring intensity to contrasting volcanic and snowy vistas. Real-time reflections, subsurface scattering and GPU-powered particle effects fill the screen space with visual gems as a new ice behemoth cracks free from a frozen mountain and emerges with a radiant, frosty bellow.


text: What do the cities Nazareth, Pennsylvania and Madrid, Spain have in common? They are the cities, respectively, that produced Michelle Malone's HD-28 C.F. Martin guitar and Phil Weaver's Jose Ramirez concert classical. On Friday, February 15th, 7:30pm at the Flying Monkey Theatre (2211 Seminole Dr. at Lowe Mill) you can hear both guitars in a listening room venue when these musicians perform a double-billed concert. This show has been a huge hit with audiences in the past, and this evening should prove no exception with the performers celebrating Valentines weekend, Michelle's Huntsville CD release of her latest studio album Day 2, and Phil's music video release Danza, a collaboration with filmmaker Jon Sawa. Phil will open with flamenco, tango, Latin American, and baroque guitar solos and Michelle, known for her slide guitar playing and signature soul-filled vocals will perform her solo acoustic show featuring songs from the new album. Admission the the concert is $15, a pre-show meal at Happy Tummy will be available. Further information is available at www.flyingmonkeyarts.org Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Michelle Malone has received rave reviews in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Billboard, and Guitar Player. The songs from Day 2, her 11th studio album, were written at her own green kitchen table, coffee mug in hand, every morning for nearly a year. The album was produced by Shawn Mullins and a crew of exceptional musicians. Two of Michelle's earlier CD's were on the Grammy ballot and her songs have been recorded by the Indigo Girls and Hannah Thomas. Several have appeared on motion pictures and television. Phil Weaver and Jon Sawa's music video Danza, set to be released the week of the concert, is Phil's performance of Costa Rican composer Edin Solis' guitar solo from Pasaje Abierto with footage shot in ten locations by Jon Sawa and his crew from Prototype Multimedia. This is also remarkable in that the filming was done after Phil's career threatening accident last year when he shattered his elbow and broke his wrist. At the central location, the Granary, Phil had to climb up and down to the site with a rope, with his guitar on his back.


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(a) Teleconsultation.—
(1) The Secretary shall carry out an initiative of teleconsultation for the provision of remote mental health and traumatic brain injury assessments in facilities of the Department that are not otherwise able to provide such assessments without contracting with third-party providers or reimbursing providers through a fee basis system.
(2) The Secretary shall, in consultation with appropriate professional societies, promulgate technical and clinical care standards for the use of teleconsultation services within facilities of the Department.
(3) In carrying out an initiative under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that facilities of the Department are able to provide a mental health or traumatic brain injury assessment to a veteran through contracting with a third-party provider or reimbursing a provider through a fee basis system when—
(A) such facilities are not able to provide such assessment to the veteran without—
Source(Added Pub. L. 112–154, title I, § 108(a)(1),Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1174.)
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