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A Franklin woman closed herself in an upstairs room and called 911 after a shooter fired one last bullet that grazed her body.
Lianne Smith was upstairs, waiting for a neighbor and his two sons to help get 21-year-old Andrew Parish out of her house and away from her daughter. But as the neighbor and his sons went into the bedroom, Parish pulled a handgun and started shooting. After he shot three people in that bedroom, Parish fired one last shot down the upstairs hallway at Smith. The bullet just nicked her, and she closed herself into a room and called police.
By the time she got on the line with 911, Parish had shot a 19-year-old woman multiple times, killing her. Her neighbor also was bleeding badly from a neck wound. His two sons, one of whom had been shot in the face, escaped the house. As Smith talked to police, Parish was leaving the house. His ex-girlfriend, Smith's daughter Maria Davis, was unharmed.
Ten days after the shooting in which Parish killed two people and himself, police are nearly finished with the investigation. Officers have concluded interviews with victims, their families and neighbors and don't need to talk to anyone else now, Franklin Police Department Detective Adam Joseph said. Police are sending the firearms Parish used, a handgun and AK-47 rifle, to have the Indiana State Police and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives analyze them and try to trace their history to see how Parish got them.
Police know Parish went to the house to try to reconcile with Davis. He intended to kill himself because they found a suicide note in his bedroom. But police won't be able to definitively say why Parish chose to shoot four people in the house and why he didn't turn the gun on Davis.
"Without actually talking to the suspect, because he's deceased, we'll never exactly know why it happened. We have talked to people involved as far as witnesses and victims. We know what happened and how it happened. But the answer to why it happened may never be answered," Joseph said.
Davis' 12-year-old brother ran out of the house when the gunfire started to get a police officer who lived nearby. But Parish was able to get into his Ford Mustang and drive off before police arrived. In that car, he had an AK-47 assault rifle with six additional magazines of ammunition.
After leaving the house and driving north on Hurricane Road, Parish made several phone calls to friends and family. Police have talked to most of those people, and police say the conversations were all similar. Parish told the people he loved them, apologized and told them he was going to kill himself. He stopped at a farm about 4 miles away; and as police closed in, he used the military-grade rifle to shoot himself.
Parish shot and killed Davis' friend, 19-year-old Sara Davidson, in the bedroom where the argument had started that night. Davidson was shot multiple times including in the upper body and face and was dead by the time police arrived, Joseph said. He shot neighbor Ernie Jasper, who had come over to try to get Parish to leave, in the neck; and he died later that night at an Indianapolis hospital. Jasper's 21-year-old foster son Dustin Gray was shot in the face, but recovered and was released from a hospital two days later.
Parish had been arguing with Davis in an upstairs bedroom for about 15 minutes, when Jasper told him it was time to leave the house. If Parish didn't leave, Jasper said, he was going to escort him out of the home. When Parish didn't leave and Jasper and his two adult foster sons started the enter the bedroom, Parish started shooting.
Unless new information is brought to police about the shooting, the interviews are mostly over. Officers are waiting for state police and federal agents to help track the background of the guns he used and determine whether he bought them legally or if they had ever been used in another crime, Joseph said.
From those interviews since Feb. 3, police have been able to determine the order in which Parish shot the four people. Jasper was shot first in the face. Parish then continued firing at Gray and 18-year-old Danny Scott Jr. After Gray and Scott ran out of the bedroom, Parish shot and killed Davidson. Parish then shot down the upstairs hallway at Davis' mother, Lianne Smith.
Davis, who was only a few feet from Parish when he started shooting, was not shot. Police aren't releasing details or speculating as to why Parish didn't shoot his ex-girlfriend.
"There is some explanation as to why she is uninjured, physically uninjured, so to say. We've put some things together and are pretty confident as to how she escaped unharmed. At this point I don't know that's information we're ready to release yet," Joseph said.
Parish pulled into a farm on County Road 400N about 10:30 p.m. A neighbor called to report seeing a suspicious vehicle pulling behind large grain bins at the farm, and police arrived a short time later. As officers circled the grain bins, Parish shot himself in the head with the assault rifle.
Police determined that Parish has no relation or connection to the owner of that farm, Joseph said. Police aren't sure whether Parish had intended to try to hide behind the large grain bins or just randomly decided on the farm as the place where he would shoot himself, Joseph said.
When police found the extra ammunition in the car, they wondered whether he originally intended to shoot more people or planned to fight police. Parish's family members said he often had guns and ammunition in his car, but police can't know for sure why he had those extra magazines in his car, Joseph said.


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Fixed rate cost at 22 year low
According to figures from financial information group Moneyfacts.co.uk, the average cost of a two-year fixed rate mortgage fell by 0.08% to 4.4% in September.
Similar falls were recorded in the cost of three- and five-year fixed rate deal, which dropped to an average of 5.04% and 5.36% respectively.
The decreasing costs of fixed rate funding will come as welcome news to mortgage borrowers, although Moneyfacts warns that the current record lows are expected to be short lived, as banks are expected imminently to embark on a new round of criteria-tightening.
The price of fixed rate mortgages has fallen as the 'swap rates' which dictate the the cost of fixed funds to the banks have themselves decreased sharply.
In October 2008, the cost of two-year swap rates (which largely determines the price of two-year fixed rate mortgages) was 5.26%. Today is it just 1.29%.
The latest improvement in the cost of two-year fixed-rate deals was driven by a slight fall in the margins lenders are charging on the loans during September.
However, Moneyfacts emphasized that there is still a big difference between the interest rates charged to borrowers with big deposits compared to those with smaller amounts to out down.
It said the the best two-year fixed rate deal currently available is charged at 2.89% for people with a 40% deposit, compared to 5.19% for people needing to borrow 90% of a property's value.
However, there was some good news for these borrowers, with the number of mortgages offered to people with only a 10% deposit rising by nearly 7% during the month to 206, while there was also a small rise in the number of deals for people with just 5% to put down at 26.

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Turn to PWC, Pure Water Corporation in Nanaimo, British Columbia, when you are looking for top-quality energy solutions and water treatment systems. We are a Canadian company with a global network of quality equipment and technology providers. For more than 25 years of experience in the industry, we take pride in providing you with value-priced water purification and ...
Zuccato Energia Srl
based in Verona, ITALY
Zuccato Energia Srl is an Italian SME, with legal seat in Verona, Italy. It is specialized in design, development, manufacture and distribution of system for power production from renewable sources, with particular regard with small-size turbogenerators (up to 500 kWe) based on the Low Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle (LT-ORC), a particular closed-loop thermodynamic ...
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based in Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM
REG Bio-Power is part of the international Renewable Energy Group and operates through two subsidiaries in the UK, Living Fuels and Living Power. The objective of REG Bio-Power is to supply the energy requirements of its clients in an efficient, environmentally sustainable and cost effective manner. The company has developed an industry leading process which transfers ...
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Europlasma designs and manufactures plasma heating systems which high T° can have an application in steel making industry, waste destruction, high T° gasification, charcoal power plant starter. The Waste To Energy Europlasma solution Based on 15 years experience in industrial waste plasma processing and the know how transferred from EADS, Europlasma has developed a ...
Ekokem Oy
based in Riihimäk, FINLAND
Ekokem is one of the leading Finnish total service provider in the field of environmental management. Our services cover for example treatment of contaminated soils, constructions of landfills and many kind of waste treatment solutions. Ekokem is all about customer service undertaken with safety, efficiency and environmental protection.
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Fortum is a leading energy company in the Nordic countries and other parts of the Baltic Rim. Our activities cover the generation, distribution and sale of electricity and heat, as well as the operation and maintenance of power plants.
Trägerverein Umwelttechnologie-Cluster Bayern e.V.
based in Augsburg, GERMANY
The Umweltcluster Bayern is a network of the Bavarian economy and science in the field of environmental technology. It follows the aim of actively strengthening the Bavarian environmental economy through cooperations straight along the total value added chain. Through simulation and stimulation of cluster effects it increases the competitiveness of Bavarian companies and ...
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Bwe - biogas weser-ems GmbH & Co. KG has planned and built over 350 biogas projects of different sizes and configurations encompassing an installed capacity of over 170 MWel. Our biogas plants run on waste products from the food industry (grease, flotation tailings, leftover food, municipal solid waste, etc.), manure or renewable energy crops such as corn, grass. Bwe ...


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Gasmet Technologies Oy
based in Helsinki, FINLAND
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Tritech Group of companies, offers 12 years of sales and service experience based on a unique and comprehensive network of strategically located regional offices, specialised in turn key project execution.Tritech group of companies comprises the following independently owned and registered companies in each geographical region covering a precise market area.
Monitoring Solutions
based in Indianapolis, INDIANA (USA)
Monitoring Solutions specializes in helping industry and government meet rapidly growing demands for air pollution monitoring and reporting due to changing regulatory requirements (i.e. 40CFRPart60 and 40CFRPart75) . We provide engineered solutions for process and environmental monitoring and reporting.Monitoring Solutions` has one of the largest installed bases in the ...
Trace Environmental Systems, Inc.
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Trace Environmental Systems, Inc. distinguishes itself by providing monitoring solutions in addition to a full range of support services. Trace Environmental is a supplier of Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS), Data Acquisition and Reporting Software (DAS 2000), and Environmental Data Base Management Systems. Trace Environmental provides monitoring systems, ...
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based in Bellingham, WASHINGTON (USA)
For over three decades, ACS INC. has designed and manufactured quality combustion and control systems. ACS INC. is capable of providing sole-source turnkey projects. It is ACS` responsibility to understand our customers` needs before we propose a solution; our reputation depends on it, and our clients count on it. Today, as we carry on the tradition of excellence, ACS is ...
Calvin Consulting Group Ltd.
based in Calgary, ALBERTA (CANADA)
Calvin Consulting Group Ltd. is one of the largest air quality and regulatory compliance specialty companies in Canada. The company is comprised of atmospheric scientists, dispersion meteorologists and emission specialists dedicated to providing our clients with exceptional service in the area of air quality assessment, emissions management, dispersion modelling, ...
Loccioni Group
based in Angeli di Rosora (AN), ITALY
We are a family company established in 1968 by Enrico Loccioni with the aim of creating in his territory – and delivering to the world – an entrepreneurial model for the work and knowledge development; by integrating ideas people, technologies we develop measure and test solutions to improve the quality of products and processes for the manufacturing and service industry. ...
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Ecotech is an Australian owned company with more than 35 years experience in servicing, maintaining, designing, manufacturing, installing and commissioning ambient air and emission monitoring systems around the world. Ecotech is ISO17025 accredited for the operation and maintenance of ambient air and continuous emission monitoring systems and was first accredited in 1999. ...
Beijing Care Corporation Ltd.
based in Beijing, CHINA
Beijing Care Corporation Ltd. is a new high-tech company and a leader in the manufacture of the enviromental monitoring equipment in China such as On-line TOF Mass Spectrometer and Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems(CEMS), Gas Probe, Gas Cooler, Flue Gas Moisture Analyzer, Particulate Analyzer, Temperature-Pressure-flow On-line Monitoring System.
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based in Neckarsulm, GERMANY
For more than 30 years the name IMR has stood for quality and technical inovation. The clientele of this successful middle-sized German company range from craftsmen to renowned international organisations. The satisfaction of our customers is our driving force and our measurement for sucess as the development, production and sales all stem from one source. The flue gas ...


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Audition for IC Theatre's Main Stage Dance Concert, "Dance: No Translation Needed"
Contributed by Susan Monagan on 01/15/2008
Auditions are open to all Ithaca College students and will be held January 22 and 23.
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Double Reed Professors Recognized for Regional Contribution
Contributed by Erik Kibelsbeck on 01/15/2008
The Strategic Tourism Planning Board, a citizen's advisory board to the Tompkins County Legislature, has voted to recognize associate professor of music performance Paige Morgan and professor of music performance Lee Goodhew Romm with the Tompkins Tourism Partner Award, in honor of the contributions the International Double Reed Society conference made to the region in 2007.
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Bomber Basketball on the Radio
Contributed by Michael Warwick on 01/15/2008
WICB radio's coverage of Bomber basketball is back, with five games on tap this week.
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Important Course/Classroom Information
Contributed by Christopher Knauer on 01/14/2008
This is a friendly reminder for faculty to check your course rosters using HomerConnect to verify that the students who are attending your courses are officially registered. If they are not on the roster they need to register for the course.
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Summer Orientation 2008 Session Dates
Contributed by Cheryl Gunther on 01/14/2008
Summer orientation dates have been determined and are as follows:
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MLK Day Service Opportunities -- Lots of Help Needed!
Contributed by Deborah Mohlenhoff on 01/14/2008
We have several very exciting service opportunities available on Monday, January 21, in conjunction with the campus celebration of Martin Luther King Day. See below for a description of each of the activities and please register for the opportunity to participate by visiting the CSLI website:
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Scholarship Opportunity Provided by Microsoft
Contributed by Kristin LiBritz on 01/14/2008
Students majoring in computer science (or math or physics with a demonstrated interest in computer science) can apply for a full tuition scholarship for the 2008-9 academic year, funded by Microsoft. Completed applications must be submitted by February 1, 2008.
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The Dating Game
Contributed by Lindsey Stafford on 01/13/2008
Every year when it nears Valentines Day, IC After Dark likes to play the role of Cupid.
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Reception for Quilters -- Wednesday
Contributed by Penny Bianconi on 01/12/2008
Please join us at the Gerontology Institute on Wednesday, January 16, 2:304:00 p.m., to meet the talented artists who created the beautiful quilts being exhibited at the institute.
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Phillips Hall Post Office and the Mail Center Will Be Open January 19 and 20
Contributed by Karen Serbonich on 01/11/2008
The Phillips Hall Post Office and the Mail Center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for package pick-up.
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MLK Day Updates
Contributed by Doreen Hettich-Atkins on 01/11/2008
Please note some exciting updates to the MLK Day Schedule. Two academic workshops have been added to the morning from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.; Tammy Shapiro from the Park School will present on the topic, "Anti-Arab and Anti Muslim Racism in the U.S. Media"; and John Hickey and John Henderson from the library will present on the topic of "MLK, The Struggle for Civil Rights and Ithaca: Researching Your Past and Evaluating What You Find." More information about both presentations is included in the full schedule detailed below.
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Important Information for Faculty: Class Materials in Alternate Format
Contributed by Linda Uhll on 01/11/2008
In compliance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, class materials must be made available in alternate format.
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Syllabus Insert for Faculty Regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act
Contributed by Linda Uhll on 01/11/2008
In response to requests by faculty for a statement regarding services for students with disabilities, here is a concise insert for inclusion in course syllabi.
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Are you eClassy? eClassroom Training for Faculty
Contributed by Beth Rugg on 01/09/2008
To help you get comfortable using the audio, visual and computer equipment in the classrooms, Information Technology Services is offering eClassroom training the week of January 14th - 18th. The eClassrooms listed below are representative of the typical eClassroom setups found on campus.
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Chemistry Student Semeret Munie and Professor Larsen Coauthor Paper
Contributed by Maria Russell on 01/09/2008
Chemistry major Semeret Munie '08 and Professor Anna Larsen of the Department of Chemistry coauthored a paper which was published in the latest issue of Acta Crystallographica Journal (International Union of Crystallography).
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New School of Business Building Access
Contributed by Jeff Paddock on 01/09/2008
The upper level of the connector between the new School of Business building and Job/Friends Halls will be closed for one week beginning Friday, January 11.
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College Celebrates MLK Day on January 21: Don't Forget to Register
Contributed by Peggy Williams on 01/09/2008
Dear members of the campus community,
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IC Celebrates MLK Day on 1-21-08: Important information
Contributed by Peggy Williams on 01/09/2008
For the first time in Ithaca Colleges history, we will officially be celebrating the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday. We are excited to be offering a wonderful day of diverse programming that will allow us to learn from one another and reflect on the important work performed by Dr. King in his short lifetime.
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Caregiver Group to Meet January 18
Contributed by Denise Thompson on 01/09/2008
The Caregiver Education and Support Group will meet on Friday, January 18 from noon to 1:00 p.m. This meeting will be held in CHS room 401H -- a different location for the January meeting only.
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All-College Staff Meeting Notice and Location Change
Contributed by Peggy Williams on 01/09/2008
President Williams invites you to the all-College staff meeting to be held in Ford Hall in the Whalen Center for Music on Thursday, January 17, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Due to renovation work in the Emerson Suites, the meeting will be held at this location for just this date.
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|ELECTRONIC COUPON DISTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION VIA ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION - A computer-implemented method for redeeming an electronic coupon comprises receiving on a transmit device the electronic coupon that includes an embedded identifier that indexes coupon data; playing the identifier of the electronic coupon over air from a speaker of the transmit device in proximity to a receive device; decoding the identifier in response to the receive device receiving the audio signal over the air; and using the identifier to access the coupon data including purchase discount information.
|ACOUSTIC MODULATION PROTOCOL - Exemplary embodiments provide a computer-implemented method for generating a modulated acoustic carrier signal for wireless transmission from a speaker of a transmit device to a microphone of a receive device. Aspects of the exemplary embodiments include converting a message to binary data; modulating one or more selected frequencies for one or more acoustic carrier signals based on the binary data to generate one or more modulated acoustic carrier signals; filtering the one or more modulated acoustic carrier signals to remove any unintended audible harmonics created during modulation, including; equalizing the modulated acoustic carrier signal to pre-compensate for known degradations that will occur further along a signal path; setting a level of the modulated acoustic carrier signal for the intended application; and storing the modulated acoustic carrier signal in a buffer for subsequent output and transmission by the speaker.
|DOCK FOR GUIDING ORIENTATION OF A MOBILE PHONE FOR ENHANCED ACOUSTIC DATA TRANSFER - An acoustic dock for guiding placement and orientation of a mobile device for enhanced acoustic data transfer comprises a bottom surface; a plurality of sides attached to the bottom surface for receiving a mobile device having a transducer; and one or more transducers placed in proximity to at least one of the plurality of sides, where the acoustic dock is configured to assist orientation of the mobile device in the acoustic dock so that the mobile device transducer is adjacent to and in proximity to the one or more transducers of the acoustic dock to facilitate acoustic data communication.
|LONG RANGE PASSIVE REAL TIME LOCATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for providing a long-range real-time location system comprise transmitting a power signal from one or more exciters to at least a portion of the tags, wherein the exciters are located a distance from the tags within a range required to power the tags; initiating transmission of the power signal by a reader that transmits a command signal instructing the exciters to transmit the power signal to the tags, wherein the reader is located a greater distance from the tags than the range required to power the tags; receiving by multiple wideband antennas on the reader, wideband signals from at least one of the tags, and associating with the wideband signals a time of arrival at each of the wideband antennas; and calculating by the reader a location of the at least one tag based on differences between the time of arrival at each of the wideband antennas.


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February 9, 2013
Worst Video Game Ever: Pac Man (Atari 2600)
I've seen dozens of renditions of the popular maze game revived, re-polished, and injected with hype all over again. The developers behind the various remakes know how old the yellow circle gobbling goblin superstar is, yet they still have it in their minds that it's okay to re-release the classic. Pac Man will always be a Namco classic, but like many classics of his time, he's slowly fading away as more realistic experiences are hitting the shelves. Call it a mild form of nostalgia.
But you're not counting on me to be your video game weather forecaster, are you? No, because if my findings were worth anything, I'd be a bit more concurrent with my news.
This is a gaming flashback. We're taking this flashback to the days of Pac Man from the Atari 2600. Why? Because it's regarded as the worst possible video game ever developed. We might be some of the saddest pessimists on the Earth, but dear God that title takes a lot of laziness and crappy decision making in upper management to pull off.
Let's get straight to it, shall we?
Pac Man was originally an arcade wonder, with millions of kids and young adults nationwide crowding the arcade buildings on the weekends. Pac Man came to prominence because of its simplistic design, yet complex game-play with an emphasis on securing all of the tiny circles that were spread out along the maze like bread crumbs.
For your sake, I hope you knew that.
Atari recognized the games immense success, and pondered the revelation behind porting it to their new 2600 console. They figured that if they could get the same success that they had with the arcade edition, then they'd be in for a successful cash in. Why drive to the arcade when you can walk to the living room to play Pac Man?
The plan seemed sound; Port the arcade version's code over to a 4KB memory cartridge and watch as the sales sky rocket.
But this was the video game industry in 1981. What that meant was that porting code to different consoles isn't the worst idea for a popular game character, but porting it the wrong way could spell the worst disaster in video game history.
This is exactly what happened.
At this point in time, Atari projected that around ten million gamers owned an Atari 2600. They ordered twelve million copies of the game, thinking that its arcade success would make its way into the hands of every gamer on the 2600. Not only that, but they also projected that people would actually buy an Atari just to have Pac Man.
And it was here that the problems truly shined.
It was the holiday season of 1981. Assuredly, success would be ensured for Atari whether they ported the game or not. But they only thought of porting the game in September of 1980, setting a five month developing period for the game. On top of a rushed development cycle, the differences between arcade machines and the Atari 2600 were very stark.
The arcade systems used four times more RAM than the Atari, and the processor was three times faster. The resulting aspects of hardware meant that the game couldn't use rounded edges like its arcade counterpart. With less RAM, they also couldn't utilize the same colors or even sprite animations as the arcade version. But these are just technical aspects that made a rushed game even worse to develop. What exactly makes it one of the worst game releases of all time?
The answer is in the economics. Remember, Atari predicted that twelve million gamers would buy a copy of the game, with two million buying the console just to play the game. In actuality, only seven million bought the game. This is still very impressive for a video game in 1982, but that didn't mean the game wasn't terrible.
Gamers lined up at retailers around the nation for refunds, taking back their money and leaving Atari with five million excess copies of unwanted Pac Man ports. But it doesn't end here.
With Atari, who was at that time one of the biggest game developers in the world, taking in excess copies of Pac Man, they had no choice but to sell the games in dollar bins at retail stores. The demand for the game was incredibly low. Not only this, but Atari spent millions to have those games made, only to have millions of copies that no one wanted.
Also being the nation's main supplier of games, the downfall of their business meant that all of their creations were discounted at startling prices. This is the event known by enthusiasts as the Video Game crash of 1983. For the gamers it was heaven, but for the developers it was a sign of the end. Atari never truly recovered from that event, and eventually stopped trying to make game consoles after their 5200 model didn't meet sales expectations.
Their studio closed in 1984.
It's a sad state of affairs to remember, but a lesson in patience and resilience is to be learned from Atari's mistakes. I can only hope that video game companies of today don't make the same mistake.
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Pistorius Fails—If Only by Stopwatch
The roars that greeted Oscar Pistorius during his introduction at the 400-meter final Sunday and the wild array of flashbulbs that captured his one-lap effort around the track showed the profound impression he has made at these Games.
While he failed to make the final, coming in last in his heat, nearly one second behind the season-best time he ran in Saturday's qualifying rounds, he did become the first double-amputee to compete in the Olympics. After the finish, Pistorius waved to the crowd and traded race bibs with Grenadian runner Kirani James.
"The whole experience is mind-blowing," Pistorius said. "I would have liked to do a little better, but I'm really happy with the way I ran. I went out hard."
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Even before this weekend's race, Pistorius—a South African, who runs on two L-shaped carbon blades—became the subject of intense interest. Around London, his picture is plastered on billboards and other advertisements. But his rise also sparked questions about whether his high-tech artificial legs give him a competitive advantage—a contention he has dismissed.
"The facts are that this prosthetic leg has been used long before I was around and is still be used by many Paralympic athletes," Pistorius said. "If it was such a technologically advanced piece of equipment … then why isn't anyone else running close to the times I'm running on it?"
Born without the large bones that run from knee to ankle, Pistorius' lower legs were amputated below the knee before he turned one year old. He grew up playing rugby and succeeded almost from the start of his sprinting career, breaking the Paralympic world record in the 100 meters by half a second as a high schooler.
"I didn't grow up thinking I had a disability, I grew up thinking I had different shoes," Pistorius said last week. "South Africa is a nation that's sport crazy and our family is a step above that."
Soon he was competing in able-bodied championships and winning.
Some scientists suspected that Pistorius' artificial limbs acted like springs, propelling him in races. In 2008, the International Association of Athletics Federations banned him from competition. Pistorius hired lawyers and contested the decision, and in May 2008 the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban. But Pistorius didn't run fast enough in the 400 meter to qualify for the South African Olympic team for Beijing.
He qualified at the last minute for the 2012 South African Olympic team, being selected to compete on the four-by-400-meter relay team even though he hadn't met qualifying standards. Once Pistorius was on the South African team, he was eligible to compete in the Games' individual 400-meter competition.
The four-by-400-meter relay's first round is Friday, and Pistorius also will compete in the London Paralympics later this month.
After that, the 25-year-old said, "the goal is Rio," site of the 2016 Olympics. "I'm super excited for that. I should be at my peak then."
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Nancy has belonged to a communal bank for five years and currently has a fruit selling business that she has worked at for years, learning the trade from her mother. The loan from this cycle is to expand her merchandise (by buying more fruit). She will acquire these products at community fairs and subsequently sell them in her retail space. This kind of work enables her to support her family for she lives in a common law marriage and has four children.
When asked what she likes about Pro Mujer, she replies that she enjoys the training workshops.
La señora Nancy, indica que forma parte de una asociación comunal desde hace cinco años atrás y que en la actualidad ella cuenta con un negocio de venta de fruta, que viene trabajando hace años, aprendiendo el mismo de su mamá. El crédito de este ciclo es para ampliación de su mercadería (compra de fruta) estos productos los adquirirá de las ferias comunales y posteriormente lo comercializará en su espacio de venta. Esta forma de trabajo le permite apoyar a su familia pues ella vive en unión libre y tiene cuatro hijos.
Cuando se le consulta qué le gusta de Pro Mujer, ella responde que le gusta las capacitaciones.
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Capacitybuilders said yesterday that it would fulfil all its funding commitments to March 2011, and would be discussing with grantholders how to arrange final reporting and payments.
Capacitybuilders is one of the casualties of the government's 'bonfire of the quangos' and will close in March next year after disbursing around £150m of government ChangeUp funding to the sector. The organisation employs 42 full-time staff.
Stephen Dunmore (pictured), chair of Capacitybuilders, said: "I regret that we will not now have the opportunity to build on the very significant improvements we have made in the development and delivery of our programmes over the past three years. We will work closely with the Office of Civil Society to ensure that the closure process and any transition to new funding programmes are as smooth as possible."
Sir Bert Massie and Richard Corden, Commissioner and chief executive of the Compact Commission, another victim of the quango cull, also voiced their disappointment at the decision. They said: "The Commission has been very effective over the past three years in renewing the Compact, raising its profile, and showing how it could be better implemented to improve partnership working between the voluntary and the public sector. We take pride in what the Commission has achieved.
"We hope that the minister for civil society will soon announce what future arrangements he is putting in place to make sure that the government is accountable for enhancing implementation in its central departments and quangos and for meeting its Compact commitments. And, as most Compact relationships occur at a local level, we would also like to see arrangements put in place in due course to do the same thing at local level."
Sir Stuart Etherington, chief executive of NCVO, welcomed the strengthened role for Compact Voice in embedding the Compact but agreed it was important that the government put in place new measures to ensure that national and local government is held to account for its actions in relation to the Compact.
Other reactions ranged from relief - the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund - to outrage, from Unite, the country's largest union.
Dame Jenny Abramsky, chair of the NHMF/HLF which escaped the axe, said: "Applicants will be pleased to know that it is very much 'business as usual' at HLF. Money set aside for HLF projects is absolutely safe and with around £50m more to spend from 2012/13, we will continue to encourage people to apply for funding to develop great heritage projects for everyone to enjoy."
But Unite described the coalition's plans to cull 192 quangos as "ill-thought out and ideologically-driven".
Unite joint general secretary, Tony Woodley, said: "The fact that Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is unable to say how much will be saved and how many jobs will be affected by this cull shows the threadbare nature of the thinking behind these abolition plans.
"There has been little or no consultation on these proposals from this 'we are all in this together' government.
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Barwon Heads
Barwon Heads is located on the mouth of the Barwon River has a population of about 1300 permanent residents that swells to many times that around the Christmas holidays.
It has always been a holiday resort providing plenty of opportunities for relaxation.
Around 1880 the Mount Colite coffee palace was built providing the first accommodation in town, it burnt down in 1929 and later replaced with a licensed hotel that still stands.
Barwon Heads is a quiet, laid back little village, where people come to get away from the daily grind of city living. This is a lovely place to relax, maybe throw a line into the water, or just walk along the beach.
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- In a nutshell:Great if you need a break from the big smoke.
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lots of small beach towns in australia eh! our beachs are a bit chilly
FYI Restaurant's name is "At the Heads".
avast yeh maties a pirates life for me yo ho. Nice pages girl a super new year to you...
A very nice page on a scenic part of Australia that I missed! I love coastal destinations like this! Your guess was right - the bonsai pot looks like an anti-shipping mine!
Nice page Susie!! Thanks for sharing!
Sounds like an interesting show . . . is it like a soap opera? Great page, Susie.
HA HA HA BBQ!!! well then but seems to be a nice place! Barwon Heads are awesome!
What a beautiful place,I want to go!!!.Great page+pics,it sound very nice about BBQ by the beach!!!
Perhaps the ship that sank was sunk by a bonsai bomb!!
Great page Susie! Barwon Heads looks like a lovely little place. Hahaha, the Bomb Bonsai is great :-))))
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.- The Bishops' Conference of Italy has issued a statement calling the European Union decision to fund research on human embryos "morally unacceptable" because it constitutes an attack on innocent human life.
The bishops note that they, "have insisted and insist frequently that any research that involves human embryos corresponds to an anthropological point of view that does not consider human life as an end but rather as a means for achieving certain aims—albeit some of which may be noble—such as the treatment of disease and scientific knowledge."
"Science must serve man, not use him, especially man in his most fragile state—an embryo in its first days of life," they added.
The bishops appealed to "Italian politicians and all those who can still stop this ethical attack" and to the EU "not to allow its funds to be used in any way for this grave attack on the dignity of man regarding his fundamental right to life, without which all other personal or social values lose their essence."
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My father was a fisherman. Now, he cannot remember how to fish. Sometimes, he cannot remember me. In the sunset of his awareness, my childhood seems bigger than it was, his fish, his fish-tales sit inside me ...until I too, forget.
Beautiful artwork, Laura, and a very touching description. Art that makes me feel something is always a good sign for me!
lovely work and description! looks great on the T-shirt, phone and laptop case ;)
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What did you have to tell them in order to qualify? My husband sent a letter to our local chapter and they said they are not sure our daughter would qualify. Was just wondering what I might have said or not said.
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The rules vary among different areas so your daughter may or may not qualify in your area. In Some areas the standard is life threatening - while others standard is life altering. In our area the standard for epilepsy is a diagnosis of intractable epilepsy. Having failed at least 2 meds and one med combo. No one at Make a Wish will confirm eligibility until they hear from the doctor, too.
I was under the impression it has to be life threatening. Otherwise there would be another million added to the list. Not that its right but my understanding
you might want to ask her neurologist to write a note. where we live that's how you get a wish.
Our daugther got a wish from MAW last year. if you go to the MAW web site it clearly states what the qualifications are
There was discussion not long ago here about kids not getting wishes. Your childs doctor has to fill out papers and state that your daughters epilepsy is life threatening. Some neurologists consider all intractible epilepsy cases life threatneing, while others only consider the more severe epilepsys life threatening. My daughter has Lennox Gastaut syndrome, when we talked to MAW we were told that kids with epilepsy aren't always granted wishes. It depends on the doctor. We always knew that she would qualify. We had seen her life hang in the balance one to many times by that point to question.
For us it was a quick process, we talked to MAW on a Monday and by the following Sunday the Wish granters were calling me. That was in January, Heather Riley went on her trip in March.
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I worked with make a wish for a long time several years ago....It certainly sounds as if you were turned away for the wrong reason..I know this sounds very small, but if you go to your local rescue squad in your town and just simply ask them, they will more than likely run a large 50/50 for you and also have fund raisers..I was on our squad for 9 years and had to stop because of sudden seizures, so I could no longer rush to a call in my car....I have just had successful surgery her in New Jersey and my life is about to change next month when I can actually get in my car and drive myself whereever I want to go, when I want to go...What did you ask make a wish for?..Let me know and I'll be more than happy to see what I can do for you
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Safe-Haven Currencies Get Boost From Japan Crisis
NEW YORK—Earthquake and tsunami-ravaged Japan is now confronting the increasing possibility of nuclear irradiation, sparking a rally in traditional safe-harbor currencies as investors abandon higher-yielding assets at breakneck speed.
Four days after the world's third-largest economy was rocked by one of the worst temblors in its history, global markets plummeted on fears that an evolving nuclear crisis will ripple across the world's economy. Japanese officials are racing against time to contain the fallout from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which has spiked radiation levels across the country.
Panicked investors have flocked to the Swiss franc, which surged to a record high against the dollar and pushed the euro more than 1% lower on the day. Despite loose monetary policy that has recently undermined the dollar and favored the euro and pound, the U.S. currency has also benefited from safe-harbor buying.
"There's only one story today: Anything [investors] bought previously they're selling, and anything they sold they're buying back," said Marc Chandler, global head of foreign exchange at Brown Brothers Harriman in New York. He added that fears of nuclear radiation emanating from Japan "could be a big hit on the global economy."
As a result, risk-related currencies that had previously profited from surging oil prices and expectations of higher interest rates, such as the Swedish krona and the Canadian dollar, are now being jettisoned in favor of the franc and the dollar.
The dollar gained slightly after the Federal Reserve policy statement on Tuesday said the U.S. recovery was "on a firmer footing."
In recent trade, the euro was at $1.3995 from $1.3999 late Monday in New York. The dollar was at 80.74 yen, compared with 81.69 yen, while the euro was at 113 yen compared with 114.22 yen. The pound was also sharply lower at $1.6081 from $1.6184. The ICE Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, was at 76.33 compared with 76.338.
But in one of the biggest surprises since Japan's crisis began in earnest, the yen has soared across the board on expectations that Japanese companies will need to repatriate yen in support of rebuilding costs. Analysts expect this paradigm to continue, but are uncertain when the yen will fall back to Earth.
A complicating factor is that the yen is also considered a shelter for nervous investors during times of global uncertainty. Because most of Japan's crushing public debt is held domestically, the country has limited external financing needs that might otherwise make it vulnerable to capital flight.
"There's been a massive liquidation of assets, and in that liquidation is stockpiling yen at record levels," said Greg Salvaggio, vice president of capital markets at Tempus Consulting in Washington. Japanese institutions "are trying to get ahead of the insurance payments they are going to have to make."
Because the vast majority of Japanese-owned assets are dollar-denominated, some market participants have speculated that repatriation selling—and the potential that Japan may need to liquidate reserves to support rebuilding costs—might put selling pressure on the dollar.
Steve B. Wyatt, a finance professor and chairman of Miami University's Farmer School of Business in Ohio, thinks Japanese companies will "reshuffle" some of their holdings, but does not expect that to unleash a torrent of dollar selling.
"I don't think it will have as big an impact as some think," Mr. Wyatt added. "It might have some impact on Treasurys, but the Japanese are a society that could increase their savings rate, so it's not so clear they'll put a lot of pressure on [the dollar]."
In a research note to clients Tuesday, HSBC Securities suggested that should the yen cease to be a safe haven—an event that some analysts see as imminent given the impact of a possible nuclear meltdown—the Norwegian krone would be one of the beneficiaries. Japanese repatriation could hurt the asset markets of Brazil, Australia, Indonesia and South Africa, they added.
"If the yen is no longer seen as a safe haven and this liquidity currency no longer operates in the usual way, the squeeze higher into the Swiss franc and the Norwegian krone could become dramatic," the bank said. "The liquidity constraint on these currencies could see the dollar benefit by default."
According to research from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the four prefectures most affected by the earthquake account for 6% to 7% of Japan's population and economic output. That makes the potential economic costs too enormous to immediately assess.
Some analysts have sought to draw parallels to Japan's disastrous 1995 Kobe earthquake. Most economists agree, however, that the impact of Friday's 9.0 earthquake will be farther reaching and much worse in its severity, given the human toll and the unfolding nuclear disaster.
In its research, HSBC noted that the yen's response to market-moving crises tends to lag the actual event as the market digests the details. The bank added that repatriation flows meant that further yen gains were a near-term possibility.


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Oklahoma City Thunder Alley continues, watch parties to end
Thunder Alley will continue, but the parties that brought thousands of people to watch playoff games on the Chesapeake Arena's outdoor video board are over, team officials announced Wednesday.
The decision came after a shooting in Bricktown that followed Monday's game in which the Thunder clinched a spot in the NBA's Western Conference Finals. An estimated 6,000 or more people who didn't have tickets to watch from inside the arena gathered on the north side of the building to watch the game on Reno Avenue.
As many in the crowd migrated east toward Bricktown following the end of the game, shots rang out. Eight people were hit, and a pregnant woman was trampled and kicked in the melee that followed.
Police have arrested two people in connection with the shooting. According to police, two groups of people who had been watching the game started arguing when someone pulled out a gun and started firing into the crowd.
Eight people were shot. One of the victims, a man, was critically injured. The other seven shooting victims had injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. A pregnant woman was treated and released after being trampled and kicked.
City officials said Tuesday they were worried the crowds watching the games outside had gotten two large to control. Team officials said Wednesday the Love's Thunder Alley block party will begin three hours before tipoff and will end when the game starts.
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TIBCO Jaspersoft Launches Visualize.js Framework for Embedding Analytics and Data Visualizations
(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 12 June 2014 Release date- 10062014 - Palo Alto, CA - TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced that its Jaspersoft group, creating the 'Intelligence Inside' applications and business processes, has released Visualize.js, a JavaScript framework for advanced embedding of visualizations and reports in applications.
The new framework, which is available with the newly released TIBCO Jaspersoft 5.6 platform, delivers more control, simplicity and power for application developers by combining the power of the complete Jaspersoft analytic server with the simplicity and control of JavaScript. In addition to Visualize.js, Jaspersoft introduced a series of updates to its flagship platform. Version 5.6 of the Jaspersoft platformincludes virtualized blending of relational and Big Data sources such as MongoDB, Hadoop and Cassandra, more powerful analytic calculations and visualizations, and new interactive reporting features.
Visualize.js With Visualize.js, anyone building a web application can more easily include powerful analytics as an integrated experience. Developers can now embed highly interactive visualizations and reports with more control and power than previously available using iFrames, charting libraries or other BI vendor solutions. Visualize.js leverages the REST APIs of JasperReports Server for built-in services such as data connectivity, repository access, in-memory analytics, and visualization design. Visualize.js ushers in the next generation of embedded analytic platforms with its on-premises or cloud deployment options, low-cost subscription or utility pricing, and comprehensive feature set which delivers unmatched control and simplicity.
Early Visualize.js user, Raj Chary, vice president of technology and architecture at Triumph Learning, noted, 'Our Web-based application, GET Waggle, makes it simple for teachers and school administrators to track and measure students' progress and growth on skills and standards. Data visualizations and analytics are a key component of our product platform, and the ability to take immediate actions on key metrics makes it a very powerful tool for our users. We needed visualizations in our product to be a delightful, not a daunting experience. Jaspersoft, with Visualize.js, provided a very rich way to integrate and build reports. This allowed us to easily embed the full power of the platform into GET Waggle to create an experience that makes the data actionable for our users.' Jaspersoft 5.6 Version 5.6 of the Jaspersoft BI platform is designed to help more business users become capably analytic, with advances in key areas such as Big Data connectivity, platform performance, analytics and reporting. In summary, the new features in version 5.6 include: Federated query connectors to virtually blend relational data with data from companies such as MongoDB, Hadoop or Cassandra; Improved native connectors for direct access to companies such as MongoDB, Hadoop and Cassandra for real-time reporting; New analytic calculations and functions allow users to build their own algorithms for more advanced analysis of data; New chart types including spider, bubble, and dual-level pie charts; and Enhanced interactive reporting functionality, including improved zoom and search capabilities.
'More than ever, analytics is now a thing that you do and not a place that you go,' said Brian Gentile, senior vice president and general manager, TIBCO Jaspersoft. 'The Jaspersoft 5.6 platform advancements, when combined with the new Visualize.js framework, enable any web application to seamlessly embed and control advanced analytic functionality. This enables just the right amount of data - no more and no less - to be presented directly in an application, making everyone more capably analytic.' Additional Resources Visualize.js introduction video Learn more about TIBCO Jaspersoft 5.6 See why more than 130,000 organizations have chosen Jaspersoft Visit
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Of Gluttony and Good Intentions American Greeted Early 1900s with a Hearty Appetite
Bundy, Beverly, The Florida Times Union
America strode into the 20th century proud of its industry, sure of its science and cocky with its prosperity. It was a country with an appetite for everything.
One percent of the population controlled 50 percent of the nation's wealth. For that segment, America was a land of plenty, and the Diamond Jim Bradys of the world wanted more than their fair share.
For financier Brady, breakfast was eggs, breads, muffins, grits, pancakes, steaks, chops, fried potatoes and a pitcher of orange juice. At midmorning, he ate two or three dozen oysters for a snack. His restaurant lunch (often at New York City's Delmonico's) would be more oysters and clams, lobsters, crabs, a joint of meat, pie and more orange juice.
Dinner was his focal point, however, where he'd again eat three dozen oysters, a dozen crabs, six or seven lobsters, terrapin soup, a steak, coffee, a tray of pastries and 2 pounds of candy. (When Brady died at 56, his stomach was said to be six times larger than the average man's.)
Brady was usually accompanied by his lover, Lillian Russell, a popular stage actress. Russell is said to have eaten as much as Brady, in addition to smoking 500 cigars a month.
This couple was not alone in their conspicuous display of caloric consumption. In 1903, the New York Riding Club hosted a "horse dinner" in the fourth-floor ballroom of Louis Sherry's restaurant. Horses were brought to the room in the freight elevators, hitched to a large dining table and fed oats while the riders ate a 14-course dinner and sipped champagne out of bottles stashed in the saddlebags.
But not for the first time in Americans' table matters, and certainly not the last, there was another segment of the population eating a very different diet.
William and John Kellogg had introduced cornflakes by the end of the century and were promoting the cereal at their sanatorium at Battle Creek, Mich. Later, a former patient of the sanatorium introduced his take on the benefits of cereal with a beverage he call Postum and started producing Grape-Nuts. All these products were promoted as being healthful.
Ah -- manna from heaven -- a breakfast food that didn't need to be cooked. With fewer and fewer servants (they were finding more lucrative work as clerks and telephone operators), this was a boon to households. Also, middle-class America was becoming obsessed with "germs," a relatively new term that segued into the science bent of the era's social reformers. These mass-produced cereals were packaged and were perceived as cleaner than bulk foods shoveled from bins.
Americans had reason to be suspicious of their food supply. The Pure Food and Drug Act was instituted in 1906 after the fallout from the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and its exposure of conditions in Chicago's slaughterhouses.
Home economics came into being as a new class of reformers decided America would be better off eating by the numbers. Food was viewed as fuel, not fun, and was expected to provide function, not pleasure. Like machines, the body must be properly fueled to promote efficiency.
Another time saver in the kitchen was the publication of Fanny Merritt Farmer's Boston Cooking School Cook Book. Farmer is credited with standardizing measures (instead of instructions like "a knob of butter the size of a hen's egg") and putting an emphasis on simpler food.
"The time is not far distant when knowledge of the principles of diet will be an essential part of one's education," she wrote. "Then mankind will eat to live, will be able to do better mental and physical work and disease will be less frequent."
For most Americans, food was becoming much simpler and less fussed with. The "modern" way to eat included canned goods, gelatin salads and a breakfast more appropriate for an office worker than a farmer. Food history from 1900 to 1909:
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