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ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 291, April 30, 2004
- ARSC Migration to New Storage Server and System-Wide Outage
- IBM Large Page Memory
- Klondike/Iceberg Allocations and Usage
- X1: New OS and Programming Environment
- Hopeful Faculty Campers : We Need To Hear From You!
- ARSC Staff Move Is "Complete"
- CUG and Newsletter
- Quick Tip
ARSC Migration to New Storage Server and System-Wide Outage
Start Time: Thursday, 5/6/04, 8:00 a.m. Alaska time End Time: Monday, 5/10/04, 8:00 a.m. Alaska time Duration: 96 hours Affected Systems: seawolf, chilkoot, yukon, klondike, iceberg, icehawk (These systems will not be accessible during the outage.)
Reason for Outage:
The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) is bringing on board its new storage server, seawolf. This storage server will service all sensitive systems at ARSC, including: chilkoot, yukon, icehawk, klondike and iceberg. Seawolf will provide more storage capacity as well as improved bandwidth for file transfers. In addition, chilkoot and yukon will be de-commissioned this fall.
On May 6-10, the directory trees on chilkoot and yukon will be duplicated on seawolf. (The seawolf directories will initially contain pointers to the actual files on the old Crays. Accessing a file on seawolf for the first time will cause retrieval of the data from the Cray while subsequent accesses of a file on seawolf will not involve the Cray.)
The directories on chilkoot and yukon will be moved as follows:
- All files on /allsys$HOME will be moved to $ARCHIVE/allsys, also referenced as $OLDALLSYS.
- All yukon home directory files will be moved to $ARCHIVE/yukon, also referenced as $OLDYUKONHOME.
- All chilkoot home directory files will be moved to $ARCHIVE/chilkoot, also referenced as $OLDCHILKOOTHOME.
After this change, icehawk and klondike users will need to look for their /allsys$HOME files in $ARCHIVE/allsys (also referenced as $OLDALLSYS).
Users need take no action to move the data from chilkoot or yukon to seawolf. ARSC will be running scripts in the background that will retrieve user data. As there is a total of over 60 TB of data to move off of chilkoot and yukon, the transfer process is expected to take 3-4 months for large users of DMF. For most users, the transfer of data will happen during the downtime. Disk quotas for $ARCHIVE have been deferred until later.
As of May 10, chilkoot and yukon users will have new home directories with 100 MB quotas. All existing dot files (.login, .cshrc, .forward, etc.) will be moved to the $OLDCHILKOOTHOME or $OLDYUKONHOME directories. New dot files will be created in your new home directories but you may want to replace these with any custom dot files you have already created.
Note: Our 10-day purge policy is still in effect for $WRKDIR and $SCRATCH so be sure your files are saved prior to this down time.
We will be updating our web pages and news items soon. Please watch for more information on our new storage capabilities. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact ARSC Consult at "firstname.lastname@example.com" or (907) 450-8602.
IBM Large Page Memory
[ Thanks to Jeff McAllister for this article... ]
Introduction To Large Page Memory
IBM POWER4 processors (as found in ARSC's iceflyer and iceberg machines) support "large" and "small" page memory access. ARSC is evaluating letting users choose which type of memory use suits their applications best on iceberg.
Large page memory will only improve runtimes for a subset of codes. In many cases they will offer no improvement and may even make the code run slower.
In theory, since large pages utilize memory in 16 MB chunks (vs 4 KB for small pages) the page table for an application could have ~4000x fewer entries. Also translation lookaside buffer (TLB) misses are reduced because larger memory ranges are mapped. Of course use of large pages also carries some overhead. In practice, it is difficult to predict whether the effect will be a net gain or loss of performance without actually running the program.
As an added complication, the iceberg nodes are not homogenous. All have 128 MB of large page memory configured for MPI buffers. Some nodes have most of their memory configured as large pages while others have only the large page MPI buffers. Check "news queues" on iceberg for the latest information on how to specify that your job should run on nodes configured for large page memory.
Enabling Large Pages
There are three ways of "suggesting" that an application should use large pages:
- compile with -b lpdata xlf90 myprogram.f90 -qsuffix=f=f90 -b lpdata -o myprogram
- modify the large page data flag in the executable with ldedit ldedit -b lpdata ./myprogram
- set the LDR_CNTRL environment variable. *** this mode is not recommended ***
Executables can be returned to small page memory access (the default state) by recompiling without -qlargepage or turning the large page data flag off with:
ldedit -b nolpdata ./myprogram
Potential Benefits
The following types of applications should benefit most:
- codes heavily dependent on MPI internode bandwidth. With our current incarnation of Federation high-performance switch technology, applications MUST be enabled for large page memory to achieve the best performance. Our tests indicate approximately 50% better MPI bandwidth is possible if an application is large page enabled.
- codes heavily dependent on memory bandwidth using heap (dynamically allocated) vs stack (statically allocated) arrays. This includes programs which make extensive use of Fortran 90 array syntax.
Here are some guidelines for using large pages on iceberg:
- If your code does not fit the two scenarios above, you probably don't need to worry about large pages.
- You can enable (that is "suggest") large page use for your application and still run it on nodes configured without lots of large page memory. If the configured large page memory is not sufficient, your large-page-enabled application will be run in small page memory. Main code performance will be the same as if large page memory was not enabled, but you will get the benefit of the large page buffers for MPI bandwidth.
- Some run characteristics may be a little quirky on the large page nodes. If your application was compiled without large pages enabled, the node may run out of small page memory. Even if your application is large page enabled, stack memory (static allocations) is taken from the small page pool. In addition, there may be problems with library calls and debuggers.
Watch for more info. Please let the ARSC consultants (email@example.com) know if you have any questions, concerns, or observations about large pages.
Klondike/Iceberg Allocations and Usage
Klondike is scheduled to transition from pioneer/early-user status to a fully allocated system as of May 10th, 2004. This means that all CPU usage in the foreground queues (default, Special, and gcp) will be deducted from your FY2004 allocation. Once your project has run out of allocation, you will need to either contact your S/AAA (for DoD sponsored projects) or the ARSC Help Desk (for non DoD projects) to be granted an additional allocation or submit your work to the background queue (bkg).
Iceberg is scheduled to make a similar transition to a fully allocated system as of 1 June, 2004. All usage in the foreground classes (default, data, debug, lpage, p690, special, and single) will be counted against your allocation.
We will also begin reporting usages for DoD projects to the Information Environment (IE) database on May 10th (klondike) and June 1st (iceberg).
Please note that at the time of this writing that the getUsage and getFYrpt tools are not yet available on either klondike or iceberg. We hope to have them available in time for the transition, but may not be able to do so. Please contact "firstname.lastname@example.com" if you need to know the current allocation status for your project or login to IE and refer to the cumulative usage for your project.
X1: New OS and Programming Environment
Klondike has been running under UNICOS/mp 2.4.14 since last Friday.
Programming Environment 5.2 (PE5.2) is now available for user and staff testing. At this point:
PrgEnv.old : points to the former PrgEnv (5.0) PrgEnv : points to PE 5.1 PrgEnv.new : points to PE 5.2
There has been no change to the default programming environment, PrgEnv, or to PrgEnv.old.
All interested users are encouraged to try the new PE. To so so, switch to the new PE using the following command, and then recompile your code:
module switch PrgEnv PrgEnv.new
Verify your results, and let us know of any problems or improvements you detect. PE5.2 will be available for testing (as a non-default programming environment module) for a limited time before we make it the default.
Hopeful Faculty Campers : We Need To Hear From You!
Faculty Camp 2004 Dates: August 2 - August 20 Expression of Interest Due: May 19, 2004
ARSC's three-week Faculty Camp that begins on August 2, covers the basics of programming high performance computers, familiarization with visualization software, and an introduction to the use of collaborative environments, such as data sharing or the Access Grid Node.
- Need your programs to run faster?
- Overwhelmed by the quantity of your data and frustrated searching through it?
- Tired of using flat graphs and contour plots to explain your discoveries?
- Want to see your data visualized in 3D?
Faculty Camp is a series of seminars and hands-on experiences. It is presented by ARSC staff, UAF/ARSC Joint Faculty and current users and provides "campers" with assistance and expertise while they focus on independent work and individual projects.
Those interested are invited to submit a short, 250-word description of the skills you want to develop and the project they intend to pursue. This will assist ARSC in organizing events and speakers to address the specific needs of the attendees. Please submit your text in ASCII or pdf format no later than May 19.
Successful applicants will be notified by May 28. Those accepted are expected to participate full-time during the three weeks of Faculty Camp.
For more information, contact Tom Logan: email@example.com, 907-450-8624
ARSC Staff Move Is "Complete"
Folks are still unpacking and setting up, but we've essentially completed the move to the West Ridge Research Building (WRRB).
The HPC systems and some staff members who "touch" them, remain in the Butrovich Building. Everyone has a new phone number. See the directory:
CUG and Newsletter
The Cray User Group conference begins May 17th in Knoxville, hosted by ORNL. There's still time to register:
I'll be there, and doing extra travel, so this newsletter is taking a month off. Enjoy spring-time, everyone, and I look forward to seeing some of you in The Smokies.
Quick-Tip Q & A
A:[[ MPI_Rsend ("ready" send) is supposed to give better performance than [[ MPI_Send, but the documentation tells me it's an error to call it [[ unless the matching receive has already been posted. [[ [[ How can I make sure the receive has already been posted? Is it [[ really worth it? Here's one approach: Sender: ------- MPI_Recv : Blocking receive. Wait here until the task to which I'm sending data tells me it's ready. MPI_Rsend : Send the data Receiver: --------- MPI_Irecv : Post a non-blocking receive for the data. MPI_Isend : Tell the task from which I will receive the data that I'm ready. [... do other work if possible ...] MPI_Waitall : Make sure data arrives before I attempt to use it. -- To avoid confusion, it's probably best to not use MPI_ANY_SOURCE or MPI_ANY_TAG, and instead code with explicit values for "source", "dest", and "tag" arguments. Q: I want the X1 and SV1 compilers to completely unwind this loop nest: do i=1,3 do j=1,3 do k=1,3 ... enddo enddo enddo There's no "!DIR$ UNWIND" directive, however. Any suggestions?
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How Do You Ask a Thing to Be the Last Mistake in a John Kerry Speech?
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" The answer is, of course: heartlessly, callously, sociopathically, from a state of denial and chosen blindness. The answer is fundamentally the same as what would allow John Kerry to give the speech he gave at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Kerry is, of course, the same loser who eight years ago wanted to be elected on the strength of not being George W. Bush but who said he would have voted for the war on Iraq even if he had mustered up the few brain cells necessary to realize there were no weapons of mass destruction there. Kerry just would have fought the war "effectively," he said.
Now Kerry says this:
"In this campaign, we have a fundamental choice. Will we protect our country and our allies, advance our interests and ideals, do battle where we must and make peace where we can? Or will we entrust our place in the world to someone who just hasn't learned the lessons of the last decade?"
Oh, but can't we do both?
"We've all learned Mitt Romney doesn't know much about foreign policy. But he has all these 'neocon advisors' who know all the wrong things about foreign policy. He would rely on them—after all, he's the great outsourcer. But I say to you: This is not the time to outsource the job of commander in chief."
Ah, but Congress has outsourced war decisions to the president. Kerry was going to end the war on Iraq in 2005 as president, but as senator took no serious steps to do so. Now he's ready to leave war making to another president, he just hopes it's a Democrat. The RNC, after all, is unlikely to invite Kerry to give speeches on teevee.
"Our opponents like to talk about 'American exceptionalism,' but all they do is talk. They forget that we are exceptional not because we say we are, but because we do exceptional things. We break out of the Great Depression, win two world wars, save lives fighting AIDS, pull people out of poverty, defend freedom, go to the moon -- and produce exceptional people who even give their lives for civil rights and human rights."
That's exceptional? The other 95% of humanity doesn't produce people who give their lives for civil rights and human rights? Tunisians and Egyptians and Bahrainis don't take major nonviolent steps while the best we can manage is a few close losses in elections in Wisconsin? The many nations with lower poverty rates than our nation, despite our greater wealth, haven't pulled anyone out of poverty? The many nations giving to humanitarian causes at higher rates than our own have not saved lives or fought AIDS? The Soviets didn't win World War II? We didn't create as well as survive the Great Depression? Don't your "opponents," Senator Kerry, similarly dismiss 95% of humanity? What, pray tell, is the difference?
"Despite what you heard in Tampa, an exceptional country does care about the rise of the oceans and the future of the planet. That is a responsibility from the Scriptures—and that too is a responsibility of the leader of the free world. The only thing exceptional about today's Republicans is that—almost without exception—they oppose everything that has made America exceptional in the first place. An exceptional nation demands the leadership of an exceptional president. And, my fellow Americans, that president is Barack Obama."
So the country that has been blocking global agreements on climate change is exceptional because it cares about these crimes? And it cares because, as a secular democracy with freedom of thought and separation of church and state, an ancient holy book tells it to? The same humanityforsaken holy book that the other team claims says the opposite? Are you really going to try to outdo Republicans in both religiousity and arrogant nationalism? To coin a phrase, America deserves better.
"Just measure the disarray and disaster he inherited. A war of choice in Iraq had become a war without end, and a war of necessity in Afghanistan had become a war of neglect. Our alliances were shredded. Our moral authority was in tatters. America was isolated in the world. Our military was stretched to the breaking point. Iran was marching unchecked towards a nuclear weapon. And Osama bin Laden was still plotting."
It was necessary to bomb and occupy Afghanistan? The world didn't think so. The United Nations didn't think so. The Kellogg Briand Pact, UN Charter, and US Constitution forbid it. The bin Laden excuse doesn't hold enough water to torture a child. The Taliban was willing to hand him over to a third country to be tried. You know what a third country is, right? Part of that 95% of unexceptional riffraff on earth. You understand now why it matters whether you dismiss them or not? Iran was marching toward a nuclear weapon? Based on what? A bad dream you had about John Edwards' millworking father? Did you know his daddy worked in a mill? Do you want a new war with Iran? Is it necessary? Your party's platform says that if Iran does not stop violating the NPT (which it is not violating, although we are and Israel's not even a party to it) we'll attack Iran. Do you know about that? Did you write it?
"It took President Obama to make America lead like America again. It took President Obama to restore our moral authority -- and to ban torture. This president understands that our values do not limit our power -- they magnify it. He showed that global leadership is a strategic imperative for America, not a favor we do for other countries."
Our laws, made by our legislature, banned torture before Bush Jr. moved to the White House. Obama instructed the Attorney General not to enforce those laws. Obama's top officials told the Congress and the media that he maintained the right to torture as needed. He has continued to torture, and to hold people without trial, and to murder people. This is moral authority?
"And President Obama kept his promises. He promised to end the war in Iraq -- and he ha -- and our heroes have come home. He promised to end the war in Afghanistan responsibly -- and he is -- and our heroes there are coming home. He promised to focus like a laser on al-Qaeda -- and he has -- our forces have eliminated more of its leadership in the last three years than in all the eight years that came before. And after more than ten years without justice for thousands of Americans murdered on 9/11, after Mitt Romney said it would be 'naïve' to go into Pakistan to pursue the terrorists, it took President Obama, against the advice of many, to give that order to finally rid this earth of Osama bin Laden. Ask Osama bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago."
Har. Har. Funny guy! Murder is so … so … killer! Bwahahahaha! Obama fought against ending the occupation of Iraq tooth and nail. The Bush-Maliki treaty, the Iraqi government, the Iraqi people, Bradley Manning, and WikiLeaks ended it, with no help from you. You proclaim that a "war of choice" is fought by "heroes," when legally it is fought by criminals. You preach revenge and call it justice. You preach violence and joke about it. And you wonder why we didn't work to put you in the White House!
"Barack Obama promised always to stand with Israel to tighten sanctions on Iran -- and take nothing off the table."
Meaning he's threatening war, including nuclear war, in violation of the law. Why should a president on one country promise to always follow the government of another country, even into war?
"Again and again, the other side has lied about where this president stands and what this president has done. But Prime Minister Netanyahu set the record straight -- he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy…' -- 'our security cooperation is unprecedented...' When it comes to Israel, I'll take the word of Israel's prime minister over Mitt Romney any day."
Is obedience to the Israeli government in the Revised Constitution just after the Kill List and Indefinite Detention?
"President Obama promised to work with Russia to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons and signed an historic treaty that does just that. He promised to lock down nuclear materials around the world, and he has done just that. He refused to accept the false choice between force without diplomacy or diplomacy without force. When a brutal dictator promised to kill his own people "like rats," President Obama enlisted our allies, built the coalition and shared the burden, so that today -- without a single American casualty -- Moammar Gadhafi is gone and the people of Libya are free."
Nuclear weapons and energy continue to expand. Diplomacy with force is not diplomacy. It's force. When a brutal dictator long supported by the United States, including by Obama, made it onto the kill list and killed some of his own people, Obama went in and killed more of his people, leaving Libya the bloody anarchic disaster it is now. Obama did this in violation of the will of the Congress, not even bothering to tell Congress lies and gain an authorization of any kind. Because no Americans were directly at risk, Obama's lawyer told your committee that the bombing would be neither war not hostilities. You apparently bought that. Now presidents can drop non-hostile bombs on people without Congressional authorization any time they see fit. Nice work, soldier!
"So on one side of this campaign, we have a president who has made America lead like America again. What is there on the other side? An extreme and expedient candidate, who lacks the judgment and vision so vital in the Oval Office. The most inexperienced foreign policy twosome to run for president and vice president in decades."
Wait, which is which? Are you sure Romney and Ryan are worse than your team? You're probably right, but what is indisputable is that your team is always getting worse than your team used to be, while the other team is getting worse than it used to be. That one is worse than the other is a different argument from all your bullshit about freedom and glory.
"It isn't fair to say Mitt Romney doesn't have a position on Afghanistan. He has every position. He was against setting a date for withdrawal -- then he said it was right -- and then he left the impression that maybe it was wrong to leave this soon. He said it was 'tragic' to leave Iraq, and then he said it was fine. He said we should've intervened in Libya sooner. Then he ran down a hallway to duck reporters' questions. Then he said the intervention was too aggressive. Then he said the world was a 'better place' because the intervention succeeded. Talk about being for it before you were against it!"
Helpful of you to remind us of that phrase. Your guy and your party's platform were for civil liberties and the rule of law four years ago. Your guy was against unconstitutional war before he was for launching one on Libya, and before he unilaterally armed Syrian terrorists. I don't care if you change positions, if you do so in response to public demands for peace and justice. What bothers me is that you always change your positions for the worse in response to the demands of your funders.
"Mr. Romney -- here's a little advice: Before you debate Barack Obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself! 'President Mitt Romney' -- three hypothetical words that mystified and alienated our allies this summer. For Mitt Romney, an overseas trip is what you call it when you trip all over yourself overseas. It wasn't a goodwill mission -- it was a blooper reel. But a Romney-Ryan foreign policy would be anything but funny. Every president of both parties for 60 years has worked for nuclear arms control -- but not Mitt Romney. Republican secretaries of state from Kissinger to Baker, Powell to Rice, President Bush, and 71 United States senators all supported President Obama's New Start treaty. But not Mitt Romney. He's even blurted out the preposterous notion that Russia is our 'number one geopolitical foe.' Folks: Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from Alaska; Mitt Romney talks like he's only seen Russia by watching Rocky IV. So here's the choice in 2012. Mitt Romney: out of touch at home, out of his depth abroad and out of the mainstream. Or Barack Obama: a president who is giving new life and truth to America's indispensable role in the world; a commander-in-chief who gives our troops the tools and training they need in war, the honor and help they've earned when they come home; a man who will never ask other men and women to fight a war without a plan to win the peace."
Raise your hand if you can dispense with America's indispensible role in the world. Some families in Yemen sure can. Whole villages in Pakistan are ready to dispense with it ASAP. Dozens of nations around the world, our economy, our civil liberties, our natural environment, and those who could spend $1.2 trillion per year on something more useful than war preparation are eager to dispense with the madness of militarism right now. It's funny, Obama, early in 2009, sent his first 17,000-troop escalation into Afghanistan prior to developing any plan for Afghanistan, leaving the impression that escalation was, somehow, an end in itself.
"And let me say something else. No nominee for president should ever fail in the midst of a war to pay tribute to our troops overseas in his acceptance speech. Mitt Romney was talking about America. They are on the front lines every day defending America, and they deserve our thanks."
No matter what they do!
"Some of us from a prior war remember coming home was not always easy. President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care, and concern, and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says 'thank you' to its most exceptional men and women. Mitt Romney says he 'believes in America' and he'll restore 'American exceptionalism.' I have news for him: We already have an exceptional American as president -- and we believe in Barack Obama!"
And let me say, belatedly, thank you, Senator, for slaughtering the people of Vietnam.
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You can't make up this stuff. Not stuff this good, anyway. First, the stuff we all know. During the tumultuous Iranian revolution of 1979, the rebel leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini gained control of the monarchy and his loyal followers stormed the U.S. embassy, taking 66 hostages. With the U.S. government apoplectic with outrage but frustratingly checkmated, a CIA operative named Tony Mendez concocted an utterly surreal, high-risk scenario designed to extract from Iran six American diplomats who had fled the besieged American embassy and found temporary refuge in the home of the Canadian ambassador. The plan? Mendez, the "infiltration expert" and master of disguise, would slip into Tehran in disguise under a false identity and train the six escapees to pose as fellow members of a movie crew scouting locations for a fake science fiction epic titled Argo.
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Affleck, having now directed his third strong feature film after Gone Baby Gone and The Town, works in a solid, gritty, non-show-offy style. This is his very best movie yet, and it deserves to be a widely seen crowd-pleaser. It's also nice to report that Argo plays its hand pretty fairly; Iranian characters are at least depicted in slightly more shaded, complex ways than in most American films. Not only is the U.S. role in propping up the Shah made quite clear, but so also is the role played by Canada in the hostage rescue effort. Argo is a great time at the movies. It's more than worth your attention, and it's almost certainly going to grab the attention of awards-givers.


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forum: Food & Drink
#61 Tue 31 May 11 9:59pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
Joobes, it is really worth it!
#62 Wed 06 Jul 11 8:53pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
I've just followed this recipe exactly and it was excellent. Just what I would have expected from a top curry house, thank you
#63 Sun 17 Jul 11 12:29pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
* small knob fresh ginger , peeled and finely sliced
* 1 garlic clove
* 1 onion , sliced
* 1 tbsp vegetable oil
* 4 skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
* 1 tsp garam masala
* 100ml chicken stock
* 3 tbsp low-fat fromage frais
* 2 tbsp ground almonds
Last edited by Steadam2011 (Fri 26 Aug 11 11:34am)
#64 Sun 17 Jul 11 1:38pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
For years we had a simple recipe for Chicken Korma in my house...
1 Telephone
1 Takeaway Menu from the local Indian Takeaway
1 Visa card.
Then I decided that it was time I learned how to cook it for myself and never looked back.
I encourage everyone to cook their own now. It is so much fun and so satisfying when you finally find a recipe you are happy with.
Well done all!
#65 Sun 17 Jul 11 1:59pm
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Re: Chicken Korma Recipe EVER!
Maybe it was just me (and my family) but something was missing. I had to add extra spices so it had enough flavour. I suppose it has alot to do with the heat and spice you are used to.
#66 Fri 16 Sep 11 12:19pm
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I am trying to find best bbq chicken recipe. Today, I am going to celebrate birthday party of my son at my home and my friend insisted me to have chicken in the menu.So i want it to be the best.
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thank you soooooo much for your recepie, i cooked chicken for the first time and it was faboulous... plz upload more such recepies
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i'm cooking this one right now - this could go anywhere
#69 Wed 14 Dec 11 1:05am
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I made this tonight, but forgot the lemon juice and coriander leaves. It was still very good, especially with the cinnamon rice!
I substituted the yogurt with plain coconut yogurt (I'm non-dairy), couldn't tell a difference!
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Can you freeze this recipe?


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Foothill parents and fans, we should be embarrassed
Original post made by Foothill parent, Foothill High School, on Mar 2, 2009
But what was more painful was listening to my fellow Falcon faithful, as they booed the referees when they left the field. I will be the first to agree that at least two major calls were dubious, and potentially cost the girls the game. But at this point, the game was over, there was nothing to be said. The girls lost a soccer game, but we lost so much more. We lost our class, our dignity, our sportsmanship, and our respect in one 30-second period. It does not matter how badly the referees may or may not have been, but we stood to gain nothing by acting in such a childish way, and we lost so much. As we look to teach our children integrity, we showed them that we are so bitter that we have none ourselves.
I will only speak for myself, but I would like to apologize for our actions to the referees, to San Ramon players and supporters, and to the NCS. I cannot control anyone else, but I truly hope that we will act better next time.
Comments (35)
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 2, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I disagree! Bad refs are BAD for the game. I believe in booing them when they make bad calls. Everyone needs to be aware of who these guys are, and where they are working. They need to be washed from the area. Plus, you're talking about right after an emotional loss too. I wouldn't condone anything further, but we are simply talking about "booing" from the stands. I enjoy sending my children to leagues in this city because of the spirit and competitiveness. I wouldn't look poorly apon anyone cheering (or booing) from the stands, as long as its within reason. And in my opinion, letting the refs know you're unhappy with their performance from the bleachers is surely within reason.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm
To rsf: I don't have a problem with a little booing DURING the game, but AFTER the score is settled, AFTER the game is over, it is showing no class to boo the refs. And it is possible, just possible, that these refs know just a wee bit more about the game than you or I do. They have probaly spent their lifetime in the game as a player and ref, and possibly a coach as well.
This is high school sports, let's keep it in perspective. These students need to know that we can leave with our heads held high, but instead we walk out in shame, showing the refs and SRV fans that we feel we were cheated out of a win.
And since it is "right after an emotional loss", all the more reason we should show some dignity, to show that we can rise above these not so great circumstances.
Were you even at the game?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I'm with you. Refs often make bad calls for one team or another and it seems to hit everyone. It's one thing to be excited and passionate and another thing to be a bad loser. Holding ones head high and acting with dignity would have been far greater a win than acting like whining babies over an unfortunate loss.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. AND...thanks for taking a stand against bad behaviour.
I applaud you.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Thank you mary. The girls on both teams played their hearts out, and for us to act that way is horrible. I love my fellow parents and Foothill fans, but I am embarrassed.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Typical Foothill behavior. I have been witness to many Foothill games where the coaches run up the score, the kids refuse to shake hands if they lose, and the fans boo the opposing team. The season ending game was just Karma.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I have been around soccer for 40 years, playing, coaching and just watching and have yet to see a referee, no matter how bad, cost a team a game. It's an easy excuse when it's an emotional loss, but realize the refs make mistakes, just like the players do when they make a bad pass, miss a shot or fail to cover a wide open person in the penalty box.
I honestly believe the person who plays the perfect game or the coach who makes no mistakes are the only ones who can complain about the ref. And in my 40 years, I have yet to see that happen!!
Great season Foothill, don't let your whining take away from everything you accomplished. It's not always the better team who wins games, but showing class will always make you a winner.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Congratulations to the Foothill girl's soccer team for such a successful season. You are a very special group of people and you have made everyone at Foothill proud. It's unfortunate when the refs calls seemed to affect the outcome of your game but you will always be number one in our hearts. Thanks for the joy you've brought to those people who have watched your games or anxiously waited to read about them in the newspaper. Now is the time to look ahead to your futures. They are guaranteed to be bright! As for the Foothill fans, it's a lesson learned. Next time,lets make our students proud and not act that way again.
a resident of Castlewood
on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:26 pm
This was a very emotional loss. Foothill had a great season. After the Amador 9-0 win, this forum enjoyed talking about bad sportsmanship and put down the Foothill team. Now Foothill parent wants to start another blog. Let's just call it a year and stop making posts about a team of talented young ladies.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Mar 2, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I was at the game, a Amador parent rooting for the Foothill girls. What an amazing game. The FH girls showed the skills that earned them their place at the top of the national rankings. It was a heartbreaking loss, but you have to give SRV props for not giving up. I could not believe it - SRV had won; the fans in the stands felt then same way.
After the game was over, 2 boys (1 with a FH letter jacket) ran on to the field to confront the refs. Not a classy move. And then the refs walked towards the stands, and a woman right next to me wearing FH soccer gear yells "You Suck" about 5 times, at the top of her lungs. If "RealSportsFan" above considers this "a little booing", you are really missing the point. I was embarrassed to be from Pleasanton.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 2, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Dear Typical,
Your name suits you well. Your obvious attitude shows that you, too, act without dignity and a ready finger to point towards an opposing team. Having been a parent of FHS kids for a total of 9 years I can surely attest to the same behavior coming from AVHS and other regional teams at one time or another, and can't tell you the number of times bad behavior from both parents and players cropped up from both sides. Don't act "typical" and point your finger to one group. That not only shows more bad manners, but ignorance.
Again, it is difficult to keep our emotions in check, but is honorable taking a stand with manners and decorum.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 3, 2009 at 9:30 am
As a long time booster club memeber at AV and attendee to many high school sports, I can tell you that the behavior discribed in the original post is not unique and I've seen many times at both Pleasanton schools, both Danville Schools and many times at the almighty DeLaSalle. Many parents have lost perspective of what high school sports are all about. I've seen parents on the players sideline calling other parents in the stands giving blow by blow descriptions of what the coaches are doing DURING games...... as well as all of the behavior described above and more.
For the most part the players themselves seem to conduct themselves with far better sportsmanship than the parents. Please don't tarnish what they Foothill Girls have done this year by bundling all parents/fans into one bucket. Having not been at the game myself I could see how giving up 3 goals so quickly when it looked like everything was going according to plan could taint opinion, but the refs don't put the ball in the net. Part of life is learning from adversity, and in that case the girls may have learned the most valuable lesson they'll ever learn.
Congratualtions girls on a fabulous season. Apologies for the immature fan behavior. Good luck to all of you at the next level!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:31 am
So, at the climax of an "emotional game" I'm supposed to turn off my passion and adrenaline and forget about the bad calls (that I might feel lead to the loss.) Should I give them a silent golf clap as I pack up my wine and crackers? Tell them, "good show, Ol' chap..." Well, I can't be so mature. I like to have FUN watching the games and that means being invested. I like to enjoy the following; cheering, booing, hi-fiving, laughing, chestbumping, (light)headbutting, dancing, spooning, singing, (the occasional)tear... I like to consider myself a true sports fan. Although now, I feel like I shouldn't attend games now if you people frown upon it so badly. Again, I'm not advocating anything further than "normal fan behavior." Which I feel to include "booing the refs after game." Pleasanton obviously has a higher standard than where I'm from. Although you should keep in mind that your children will soon play sports outside of Pleasanton. When they travel or make the next level, the devotion will raise dramatically. They might be offended by more obscene language. They might also be shocked to find that elsewhere, the emotions and devotion doesn't go away when the whistle is blown. All of this is only my opinion. I simply feel that fans speaking their minds as they empty the bleachers is completely normal.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:58 am
In response to "realsportsfan" and their comment, I can only reply:
We wonder why we have people like Rae Carruth and Michael Vick in professional sports. Sportsmanship and the lessons learned from it start in the stands (and at home) and roll down onto the field.
Feel free to have your behaviors and the examples they establish create another murderer and an animal abuser for profit.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:58 am
Unfortunately many behaviors have entered our lives that now some consider "normal". Porn for example. The fact that more people are comfortable with bad behavior just because more people do it, dosen't make it "normal" just accepted... Food for thought. You can do whatever you want, I have no vested interest in correcting you. My point is I rather the team remember their season for their accomplishments. I'd hate for their memory of this year to be the bad fan behavior at the end of the game, which by the way may cause them to believe the refs cost them the game, not the fact they were outscored by the other team. Show San Ramon Valley some respect, they are now the 3 time (I believe) defending NCS champions. You are simply discounting their accomplishment.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 3, 2009 at 11:37 am
Actually, they are now the four-time defending champion. Pretty impressive, I hope no one thought a three-time defending champion would go down easy.
To realsportsfan: I think it is time for you to consider curtailing your watching of high school sports and move on to professional sports, where you pay big bucks for tickets and it is accepted that you can boo whenever you want. Even in college you can get away with that, but as you can see by the rest of the posts, your actions have been frowned upon here. (Booing the refs is simply sour grapes at this point, it does nothing beneficial.)
Sports writers have a code of conduct when it comes to criticism. If it is high school sports, you never criticize a player and rarely a coach or ref. In college, where more money is involved, criticizing refs and coaches is now okay, but the players are almost hands-off, only gentle criticism where it is greatly warranted. In the pros, all fances are down, criticism can be given to all.
So if the writers are doing this, shouldn't we? REALsportsfan, if you want to boo and do whatever you want, then go see some REAL sports, not high school sports.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 3, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Well, I guess we'll have to just agree to disagree. I appriciate how polite some of you are. But for the others, I will try to ignore being grouped together with a murderer and a person that tortured and slaughtered animals. Although, both men are NOT involved with professional sports. They are criminals that happened to play sports. Their involvement with sports is coincidental. (Damn, you guys really are tough on 'booing' the refs) I will also TRY to ignore the 'Porn' comparison as well, but thats just disturbing. I think I got your point, but, remember that we are just talking about "booing" the refs at a soccer game. And for the record, I enjoy High School Sports because they are PURE. No corruption from money, or agents. No politics of media and players. It is an honest look at sports and the children who enjoy them. It is acutally fun to watch them play. And telling me I can't "boo" is like telling me I can't cheer or yell. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. As do most other 'real sports fans'
Can I ask some things? If my team wins an exciting victory, can I yell and cheer after the game? Or does all the fun end at the conclusion of the game? How long can I clap after the whistle is blown? I don't want to clap too much do I?...
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 3, 2009 at 2:34 pm
As long as you refrain from jumping into the team dogpile in the middle of the field after a game your likely ok with pretty much any cheering ;-) The opposing teams fans will let you know when you've gone too far.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 3, 2009 at 4:06 pm
realsportsfan -- you're kidding, right? I will be polite so as not to offend you, much the same way your were polite in your boorish behavior after the game.
Your behavior was wrong and honestly, immature at best. I am hoping you're a 18-year-old kid who got swept up in the emotion, not a parent of a player or former player.
a resident of California Somerset
on Mar 3, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Don't put porn in the same class as youth sports. People in porn have better manners than the participants in youth sports (parents/adults). I should know I was a little league ump for 20 years. A very good ump I might add.
a resident of Birdland
on Mar 3, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I have lived in Pleasanton all my life and have witnessed some pretty amazing athletes. However, outside of the recent high school girls soccer players "traveling to the next level" as realsportsfan puts it, is not going to happen. I can count on one hand how many Pleasanton athletes have made it to a Division 1 school. Parents, don't ruin the fun! The game is for the kids. I really hope Realsportsfan is a teenager and not a parent in this town.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 3, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I am sorry to inform you but realsportsfan's modo is "the older I get the better I was". He is likely an old man reliving his innadequate childhood. Whatever happended to sports being for fun? If parents would talk to the kids they would realize that mexican food with your buds (male or female), at fiesta taco is WAY more important that winning or losing!!!!
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 3, 2009 at 9:38 pm
The problem started long before these kids got to Amador or Foothill. If you go back to the youth leagues that funnel into these high schools you will find the root of the problems. All Star teams picked by coaches who picked their kids, parent who volunteer for everything to ensure their child is selected for the choosen team, league office holders without spines who den't stick up for whats right. Fix the problem early, not down the road.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 4, 2009 at 7:25 am
The refs blew the game. It's not about 'losing perspective' The game was over and the ref - for whatever reason - chose to let SR have many extra chances. The parent's feelings were justified. We may never know the refs motive, but that amount of extended time in HS soccer is unheard of. Why did the refs walk right up to the stands anyway? That NEVER happens in high level (college or professional) or emotional games. The refs needed to stay away. Period.
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:12 am
So Foothill. So sad.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:24 am
To Delusional, your comment
"but the refs don't put the ball in the net"
no, but they can take it out of the net on a goal that was clearly good. This is what cost them the game, including the additional time. If you added 10 seconds to the clock for each goal in the second half this is the time it took to set the ball up after San Ramon scored the goal to tie and kick off, well actually 8 seconds but we will give you the 2 extra seconds) 30 seconds for each yellow (that is stretching it)1 minute and 20 seconds should have been added the clock stopped at two minutes so an additional appx 2 minutes to extend. The clock ran over for 4 minutes 20 seconds. TOO MUCH TIME. Considering San Ramon's goal to tie came with just 10 seconds left in the game, coincidence? I think not.
Final score Foothill 4 San Ramon 3.
Yes, props to San Ramon for not giving up. Fans continue to be there for the teams at Foothill, I don't condone throwing things or swearing, but voicing your displeasure to the ALMIGHTY referees who have no reprucssion from their bad calls is okay. I believe it is okay to be passionate about your team and cheer and boo when appropriate.
FOOTHILL #1 with a record of 21 - 1 there is no one who can dispute this. You beat San Ramon not just two times in league in my opinion but 3 times...you can't change the outcome, but know in your hearts you are the BEST.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:58 am
I admit I wasn't at the Foothill-SRV game, but from the comments on this blog and the Herald/Times storyline, this game smacked of pure politics - by the referees. How many injuries and yellow cards were there in the game? If there were very few if any, then the four minutes of stoppage time were clearly unjustified. Combine the fact that the economy is hurting all school districts and that most officials have daytime jobs and little rest to go along with the games they work, then that may explain why they blow their whistles and make judgments as if they had the world on their shoulders.
Boorish behavior in the stands are indeed all too common at nearly every high school, even in the Tri-Valley. And any soccer team that blows a pair of two-goal leads in the championship game usually doesn't deserve to win. But it helps no one to improve their sportsmanship - adults and children alike - when there may be evidence that the game-prolonging decisions by the referees are more politically blatant than they are visually interpretative. When the economy improves and all school districts can refund their athletic departments once again, let's hope there's more room to hire officials at a decent salary with respectable guidelines so that all three parties - the two teams and the officials - can have a fun, fulfilling learning experience where the games are appropriately called and fairly won on a consistent basis.
For now, before we rant any more, let's have an independent group review the game film and see how many discrepancies there really were. As for Eastbay High School Girls Soccer, I hate to be the barer of bad news, but as long as the Rage and all other youth clubs have to overextend itself to keep up with Danville's Mustang youth soccer league, the competition will be hard-pressed to end SRV's 4-year dynasty. SRV will continue to reload. It's up to Foothill, Amador, Carondelet, Monte Vista et al to strength their programs and match SRV's depth. Because West Danville isn't going to drop down.
To all parents who support youth soccer, there are more good than bad people in every community. I encourage you to weed out the bad seeds as best you can, and I thank all of you for continuing to make a difference in your respective areas. It's your camaradarie - and in many mother-daughter cases, your professional & personal hereditarily beautiful presence - that makes me feel more honored than ever to be a Pleasantonian. That's why no Oakland suburb comes close to Pleasanton in being the most close-knit city in the Eastbay.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Mar 4, 2009 at 12:33 pm
The reason I started this thread is to encourage people to LET IT GO, to TURN THE PAGE and move on. Some of you have failed to do that, and the game ended three and a half days ago!
To "fan": You say that the refs blew the game, and "chose to let San Ramon have many extra chances". But Foothill had extra chances too. The SRV goalie had two fantastic saves in the last 10 minutes or so, goals that would have made the extra time moot. (She was all-league first-team, by the way.) I will not argue that "the parent's feelings were justified", if they felt that way, fine, this is America, feel any way you want. But booing the refs after the fact is classless on the high school level. The extra time may be "unheard of", but was announced to both coaches. I beleive the refs walked up to the stands because that is where they had put their stuff. I think they have the right to retreive their keys and drive home, right?
To "DW": "This game smacked of pure politics." Really? What, is the SRV coach and the referee next door neighbors? Seriously, you have no basis for this claim. And you want an independent group to review the game film? Can't we just let this go, can't we just say congrats to SRV for fighting hard and never giving up? Or do we continually have to investigate, because the outcome didn't go our way? SRV almost beat Foothill late in the regular season, and SRV did that playing a man down do to an ejection. Does it really surprise anyone that SRV played tough and never gave up? Foothill outshot SRV 18-7 and lost, but the Miracle on Ice 1980 US Olympic hockey team was outshot by the Russians 16-39, yet we never complain about that.
Please, people, show that we have class and dignity, show that we can walk away with our heads held high, despite a bummer of a loss and (I will agree) questionable refereeing.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Mar 4, 2009 at 6:02 pm
None of this passes the martian test.
That is, if a martian showed up and tried to figure what all the fuss was about,
he would be baffled.
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Mar 4, 2009 at 6:57 pm
We live in Pleasanton not Dublin. We are not Dublin scum so don't act like them!
a resident of Ruby Hill
on Mar 4, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Bravo Foothill Parent!!! I wish half the people in this town had as much class as you. I have a son who plays soccer at the competitive level in Pleasanton and his little brother is right on his heals. Additionally, both boys play three other sports. My husband, who was a 4 year scholarship collegiate athlete (who no doubt had some crushing loses of his own due to "bad calls") and I have taught them from day one to show only respect for their coaches, fellow teammates, opponents and yes, even referees. We will tolerate nothing less from them. Sometimes we feel we are alone in our battle to teach grace and dignity on and off the playing field. Thank you, thank you, thank you for proving to us that we are not alone.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2009 at 7:44 am
So now we are all deciding how we have to behave, you can boo and how much, and it what way. What the hell is wrong with all of you? Do we live in a free country where you can express yourself or not? Feedback is important for umpires and referee's. We don't want idiots running games, we have enough of them in Washington DC.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2009 at 2:23 pm
To Foothill parent, postmarked 12:33PM 3/4:
This game is far from the only time we've read about referee complaints. It's hard to show class and walk with our heads high when every time a newspaper story or blog is posted, there is substantial evidence that games are officiated in a crooked manner. While SRV clearly deserved to continue their dynasty, no one can dispute that this region and the CIF continues to have problems finding unbiased people willing to follow the state referee guidelines and use proper judgment consistent with the rules and not because they want the game to be more interesting for whatever reasons or that they hold a bias for or against someone or some team.
Yes, Foothill cracked under pressure. Yes, officials are human, too. And yes, even under this terrible recession, there is always room for sportsmanship improvement. But please don't insult our intelligence and put this game in the same breath as the 1980 Olympics. Our community has indeed moved on while the Russians were scorned by the Iron Curtain and never forgiven. And Olympic officiating has always had stricter guidelines.
The soccer game is something the Foothill community must continue to deal with and I believe they are moving on just fine. But the officiating problems are getting worse in every sport, for the simple reason that we too often blow it off and don't even try to improve the conditions and enhance the quality of the people. Let's just say it is a wee bit unfair that while each school or club must improve its product, officiating can get away with no changes.
And we wonder why we see so many irate parents for reasons beyond their own frailties? Thank you, everybody, for caring.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 6, 2009 at 9:54 am
With all of the ref complaints in these posts why don't some of you who clearly understand the rules so well go out and get certified to become refs? This way you can guarantee what you think happened can't possibly occur again.
Oh that's right its easier to complain than to do something about it. Not to knock all parents by any stretch, but parent behavior in general is pretty aweful, beginning with youth and getting worse with high school. I see parents with little of no knowledge of a sport get on refs over calls they clearly don't understand, for those that do its pretty embarrasing.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 6, 2009 at 9:56 am
I'll also add, its pretty interesting what a community of expert soccer fans we belong to simply because our kids have become excellent players. 95% plus of the adults have NEVER played the game, but act like they fully understand the intrecacies (sp) of the games.
a resident of Downtown
on Mar 6, 2009 at 9:56 am
I'll also add, its pretty interesting what a community of expert soccer fans we belong to simply because our kids have become excellent players. 95% plus of the adults have NEVER played the game, but act like they fully understand the intrecacies (sp) of the games.
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- Mirror Support Knobs – Flexible tension clutches hold the mirror in place and reduce image shift when rotating the tube around the mount.
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SKU CE-11094 UPC Code 050234110945 Manufacturer Celestron Telescope Series Celestron CGE Pro Optical Design Corrected Schmidt-Cassegrain Mount Type Equatorial - GoTo Warranty 2 Year Warranty Telescope Aperture 14" Telescope Focal Ratio f/11 Telescope Focal Length 3910mm Limiting Stellar Magnitude 15.3 Highest Useful Magnification 841x Optical Coatings Celestron XLT Tube Color or Finish Celestron Oyster Pearl Optical Tube Outer Diameter Not provided by manufacturer Length of Optical Tube 31" Optical Tube Weight 45 lbs. Mount Weight 75 lbs. Dew Shield Included? No, Sold Separately Diagonal Included? Yes - 2" Star Diagonal Finder Included 9 x 50 Optical Finder Eyepiece(s) Included 23mm Hand Controller Included? Yes Power Adapter Included DC Cigarette Lighter Adapter CD ROMs Included NexRemote Counterweights Included (3) 22 lbs. Alignment Procedure 1-Star Alignment, 2-Star Alignment, Last Alignment Used, Quick Align, Solar System Align Tracking Modes EQ North, EQ South Objects in Database 40,000 objects OTA Mount Type CGE Dovetail Tripod Type Included Extra Large Heavy Duty Total Telescope Weight 238 lbs.
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