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Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 123–122 Ma
|Fossil specimen of H. lingyuanensis, on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China
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|†Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis
Gao, Tang & Wang, 1999
†H. lingyuanensis Gao et al., 1999
Sinohydrosaurus Li, Zhang & Li, 1999
Hyphalosaurus (meaning "submerged lizard") is a genus of freshwater aquatic reptiles which represent a major part of the Jehol Biota. They lived during the early Cretaceous period (Aptian age), about 122 million years ago. The genus contains two species, H. lingyuanensis and H. baitaigouensis, both from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. They are among the best-known animals from the Jehol Biota, with thousands of fossil specimens representing all growth stages in scientific and private collections.
Description and biology[edit]
Hyphalosaurus fossils are relatively widespread in the Jehol beds, which represent a series of freshwater lakes. Several specimens of H. lingyuanensis and thousands of H. baitaigouensis specimens are known from the Yixian Formation, including entire growth series from embryos in eggs to fully grown adults.[1] H. baitaigouensis was originally reported from the younger Jiufotang Formation, though subsequent study showed that the fossil beds it was found in might also belong to the Yixian, though from younger rocks and a different region than H. lingyuanensis.[2] H. lingyuanensis and H. baitaigouensis were largely similar in anatomy, both achieved a maximum adult body size of about 0.8 meters. They had small heads with numerous needle-like teeth, and extremely long tails with more than 55 vertebrae. The primary difference between the two species is the number of vertebrae in the neck. H. lingyuanensis had 19 neck vertebrae, while H. baitaigouensis had 26.[1]
Two specimens of Hyphalosaurus have been described with clear impressions of the skin. One specimen represents H. lingyuanensis, and the other (with clearer impressions) cannot be assigned to a species because part of the neck (the length of which is a key indicator of species) was destroyed when fossil dealers grafted a skull from a different specimen onto the slab. However, both specimens show nearly identical patterns of scales.[2]
Hyphalosaurus was covered mostly in small, irregularly patterned polygonal scales, though these varied across the body. The scales of the hind legs were smaller, finer and more irregular than those of the torso, while the scales of the tail were nearly square and arranged in more regular rows. In addition to the small scales, two rows of large, round scutes with shallow keels ran along the animals sides. One row ran directly along the flank, with the other either slightly higher or lower and composed of scutes only 1/4 the size of the flank scutes. The flank row of larger scutes extended all the way to the base of the tail, and remained uniform in size across the entire row.[2]
The tail itself has preserved soft tissue extending well beyond the margins of the skeleton. This, combined with the already flattened appearance of the tail vertebrae, suggests that a ridge of skin may have extended from the top and bottom of the tail creating a small fin. The feet and hands also appear to have been webbed.[2]
Numerous embryonic and/or newborn specimens of Hyphalosaurus have been recovered from the Yixian Formation, dating 122 million years ago. In 2007, a specimen was found with two heads, the oldest known case of polycephaly.[3]
In the holotype specimen of H. baitaigouensis, several eggs containing embryos were preserved in and around the body.[4] These eggs appeared to lack mineralized shells, which Ji and colleagues later interpreted as evidence that Hyphalosaurus gave birth to live young and that egg shells never fully developed inside the body of the mother. However, in 2006, Ji and colleagues re-examined the holotype specimen and noted clearly defined, though thin and leathery, shells. They agreed, however, that these eggs must have developed inside the mother which would later have given live birth (a reproductive method sometimes called ovoviviparity), but were likely expelled from the body when the mother died.[1] Hou and colleagues (2010) also described several eggs with flexible shells, containing H. baitaigouensis embryos. These shells were soft, and more similar to the eggs of lizards than to those of crocodiles, but nonetheless possessed a thin mineralized shell.[5]
Another fossil specimen of H. baitaigouensis, described by Ji and colleagues in 2010, appeared to be pregnant, containing 18 fully developed embryos arranged in pairs. One of the rear-most embryos was positioned in a reverse, head-first position, a complication which may have killed the mother. This confirmed that Hyphalosaurus and other choristoderans were viviparous, the only known Mesozoic fresh-water reptiles to give birth to live young.[6]
Both Hyphalosaurus species were aquatic, a lifestyle reflected by their long necks and tails and relatively small limbs. Superficially, they resembled miniature plesiosaurs, though this resemblance arose convergently and does not reflect a close relationship.[5] Hyphalosaurus was among the most aquatically adapted choristoderans, with smoother, flatter scales than its relatives, a tall and flattened tail for swimming, a long neck and webbed feet. Because the torso was fairly inflexible and the limbs were not particularly adapted for aquatic life, Hyphalosaurus probably swam using mainly its tall, flattened tail. The chest was barrel-shaped and made up of thick, heavy rib bones which would have helped Hyphalosaurus stay submerged.[2]
Hyphalosaurus appears to have exclusively inhabited deep-water lakes. All specimens are preserved in silt characteristic of the deepest part of the lake environment, and are often preserved alongside deep-water fish and crustaceans. Hyphalosaurus is also conspicuously absent from the aquatic sediments of the Jiufotang Formation, which preserved a more swampy, shallow-water ecosystem.[2]
Hyphalosaurus is the most abundant tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) in the Yixian Formation, and probably played an important role in the aquatic food chain. Its long and highly flexible neck and small, flattened skull indicates that it captured small prey animals like fish or arthropods using a sideways-strike, similar to modern aquatic predators with flattened skulls. Unlike other choristoderans, Hyphalosaurus was likely an active predator, rather than one that used a "sit and wait" ambush strategy. Its fossils are often found preserved alongside the small fish Lycoptera, which may have been a prey item, and at least one specimen preserved fish ribs as stomach contents. However, the lack of preserved stomach contents among the thousands of known specimens may indicate that they ate mainly soft-bodied prey.[2]
Classification and species[edit]
The slab and counterslab of the holotype specimen of H. lingyuanensis were given to different groups of researchers in Beijing, one from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and the other from the Beijing Natural History Museum. Each team described the taxon and published their results independently in January 1999, giving the animal two different names: Hyphalosaurus lingyuanensis and Sinohydrosaurus lingyuanensis. It was quickly recognized that Sinohydrosaurus and Hyphalosaurus were mirror images of one another and in fact represented different halves of the same specimen. The ICZN, which governs the naming of animals, mandates that the older name is valid. However, in June 2001 paleontologists Joshua Smith and Jerry Harris noted that since both were published at almost exactly the same time, a third party needed to select which name would better serve as the objective senior synonym. Smith and Harris took the opportunity to do so, selecting Hyphalosaurus as the senior synonym because the manuscript for its description had apparently been submitted (though not published) earlier. They therefore made Sinohydrosaurus a junior synonym of Hyphalosaurus.[7]
Hyphalosaurus is related to the large, crocodile-like Champsosaurus and the smaller, lizard-like Monjurosuchus. Its closest relative was the similarly built species, Shokawa ikoi, from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. The choristoderes were a clade of aquatic reptiles that survived the end-Cretaceous extinction along with crocodilians, turtles, lizards and snakes. The choristoderes became extinct by the Miocene.
- ^ a b c Ji Q., Ji, S., Lü, J., You, H. and Yuan, C. (2006). "Embryos of Early Cretaceous Choristodera (Reptilia) from the Jehol Biota in western Liaoning, China." Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, 22(1): 111-118.
- ^ a b c d e f g Gao, K.-Q. and Ksepka, D.T. (2008). "Osteology and taxonomic revision of Hyphalosaurus (Diapsida: Choristodera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China." Journal of Anatomy, 212(6): 747–768. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00907.x
- ^ Buffetaut, E., Li, J., Tong, H., and Zhang, H. (2006) "A two-headed reptile from the Cretaceous of China." Biology Letters, 3(1): 80-81. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2006.0580
- ^ Ji, Q., Ji, S., Cheng, Y., You, H., Lu, J. and Yuan, C. (2004). "The first fossil soft-shell eggs with embryos from Late Mesozoic Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China." Acta Geoscientica Sin, 25: 275–285.
- ^ a b Hou, L.-H., Li, P.-P., Ksepka, D.T., Gao, K.-Q. and Norell, M.A. (2010). "Implications of flexible-shelled eggs in a Cretaceous choristoderan reptile." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277(1685): 1235-1239. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.2035
- ^ Ji Q., Wu, X.-C. and Cheng, Y.-N. (2010). "Cretaceous choristoderan reptiles gave birth to live young." Naturwissenschaften, 97(4): 423-428. doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0654-2
- ^ Smith, J.B. and Harris, J.D. (2001). "A taxonomic problem concerning two diapsid genera from the lower Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(2): 389–391.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Hyphalosaurus at Wikimedia Commons
- A fossil unborn or newborn Hyphalosaurus with two heads has been found


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This blog is one in a series that will analyze important research on homelessness, housing, poverty, and other related topics and what it means in the context of ending homelessness. Research can help inform both policy and practice and this blog series will attempt to do just that.
We spend lots of time developing and evaluating program models and service and housing interventions, but, on a basic level, homelessness occurs because of a household's inability to afford housing.
Today, I'm going to share with you some statistics from the National Low Income Housing Coalition's recent Out of Reach report:
- There are a total of 10.1 million extremely low income (ELI) renter households across the U.S.
- For every 100 ELI renter households, there are just 30 affordable housing units.
- Most newly constructed rental units are for high income households and older units are being swiftly upgraded to serve a higher income market.
- To afford a decent apartment at fair market rent, a household needs to make $18.79 per hour, but the average renter earns only $14.32 per hour.
So, what does this mean for families and individuals every day? It means that households don't make enough money to afford decent housing.
On top of this stark reality, housing assistance programs designed to help low income households are full and have waiting lists which means eligible households have to go without assistance. Out of Reach found that, while on the wait list, 40 percent of households live doubled up with family and friends (the most common living situation before entering homelessness) and 23 percent experience homelessness.
For programs trying to help households exit homelessness, this means relying on long-term housing assistance is just not feasible. Rapid re-housing has been found to help families return to housing quickly minimizing the impacts of homelessness on their lives and allows communities to serve more households. Simultaneously, we need to continue to advocate for the development of more affordable housing and resources for housing assistance for low-income households.
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BEIJING -- Former Tennessee Lady Vol track & field standout Dee Dee Trotter will make her second career Olympic appearance Saturday, as the 2004 U.S. relay gold medalist competes in the first round of the 400-meter dash in the 2008 Olympiad at the Bird's Nest at 12:10 p.m. local time (12:10 a.m. Sunday, Eastern Time).
Trotter enters the competition with a season-best clocking of 50.88 seconds, which she recorded in taking third at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., back on July 3. She joins U.S. teammates Sanya Richards and Mary Wineberg in what will hopefully be a three-round competition for the American women. Trotter, Richards and Wineberg also will be in the pool of potential components for America's 4x400m relay.
If the U.S. standouts advance in the 400m, the semifinals will be at 9 p.m. on Aug. 17 (9 a.m. ET, Aug. 18), while the finals are slated for 10:10 p.m. on Aug. 19 (10:10 a.m. ET, Aug. 20). The relay schedule includes the semifinals at 7:40 p.m. on Aug. 22 (7:40 a.m. ET, Aug. 23) and 8:40 p.m. ET on Aug. 23 (8:40 a.m., ET Aug. 24).
Back in 2004, at the end of her junior season at UT, Trotter started her incredible ascent to international stardom by also finishing third at the U.S. Trials. She would go on to the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and chart an impressive fifth-place finish in the 400m in a personal-best and Lady Vol-record time of 50.00 and then run a leg on the U.S. 4x400m relay team that struck gold. Since then, she has lowered her career best to 49.64.
Trotter, who joins Benita Fitzgerald (100m hurdles, 1984) as the only Lady Vols to win Olympic gold medals in track & field, has overcome adversity to make the Games this season. After chipping a bone in her left knee in a freak accident a couple of months ago, she has had to fight through pain and swelling and severely alter her training in order to compete. She is expected to have surgery after her season is complete.


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After firefighters fought an intentionally-set blaze at Mooresville's Paul Hadley Middle School Saturday, school surveillance video helped investigators nab a suspect.
Matt Skylar, 19, Mooresville is in the Morgan County Jail, facing charges of arson, burglary, theft, trespassing and criminal mischief.
Video from the school determined that Skylar walked around the school and started a series of small fires. One fire was in trash can that did set off the sprinkler system, and it did contain the fire.
School hours will be normal Monday, but clean-up is going to be a problem..
In an earlier release, a fire department spokesman says the fire was prevented from spreading by an activated sprinkler head. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, remove the smoke from the building, and shut off the sprinkler head.
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Officials at Mooresville Schools and local emergency responders were alerted to a small fire in Paul Hadley Middle School early Saturday morning through school alarm systems. The fire was quickly extinguished by a single sprinkler. School officials say that there were small amounts of damage in various areas of the building but nothing which will create a problem for school on Monday. "We are very thankful to our firefighters for containing the fire quickly and preventing further damage as well as our local police for their quick and effective response," said Superintendent Brad Lindsay, "Our maintenance staff and safety director also played important roles in responding to this situation." According to Detective Brad Yarnell of the Mooresville Police Department, the school's camera system provided enough footage for police to identify the suspect. The suspect was apprehended, admitted to the crime, and has been taken to the Morgan County Jail. School officials will be working to clean the building this weekend. Any youth leagues or other groups scheduled to use the PHMS facility before Monday will not to be able to do so.


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THE BITTEROOTS are a Decatur-based rock band, influenced by blues, jam, folk and classic rock, with a penchant for catchy hooks, driving rhythms and soaring vocals that keep getting better with time. The four-piece group is returning to the Atlanta music scene this spring with its sophomore release, "Central of Georgia," after a short break from gigging to write and record the new record. "Central of Georgia" promises to reflect the band's growth as a group of writers, musicians and performers and include some tracks that have already been gig-tested and audience-approved. See them at Eddie's Attic.
What was the first gig you ever went to?
Mike: Lollapalooza 1995. Cypress Hill, The Jesus Lizard, Beck and Hole were on the bill. Great show.
Bill: my first real concert was going to see The Monkees at The Omni, must have been 1984 or so. I don't remember it being all that good, but I really enjoyed it
Dan: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple and Bob Seger in Columbus Ohio.
Laura: Red Hot Chili Peppers during the sock years.
What is the best gig that you ever played/performed at?
Mike: It would have to be the Sweetwater Brewery's 420Fest in 2011. What a great event. And being on the main stage was a real treat.
Bill: its a tie for me. I would agree with mike with playing on the main stage at the Sweetwater 420 Fest last year, and earlier this year, we played with The Freddy Jones Band at Eddies Attic. I have been a fan of theirs for many years. The Bitteroots opened the show and then the guys in Freddy Jones Band invited me onstage to play bass on 5 songs. What a rush! Also had a blast playing with Cigar Store Indians this summer at Smiths Olde Bar.
Dan: German American Day Augsburg Germany
Laura: Bluebird Café in Nashville – I have never been so nervous in all my life! It was amazing!
What is the best gig you have ever been to?
Mike: That's a tough one, but seeing Buddy Miles at the old Cotton Club years ago was really cool. If I remember, he played guitar left handed but strung upside down, and played drums right handed. I also had a really good time at some Jimmy Buffett shows back when he did a two-day stint at the Lakewood amphitheater. And I got to see Radiohead when they played out at Stone Mountain, which was really a well done show.
Bill: I've made the pilgrimage a few times to New York for The Allman Brothers annual string of shows at The Beacon Theater and those shows are simply magical. The show that absolutely blew me away was seeing Trombone Shorty at a small club in Montreal last year during the Montreal Jazz Fest.
Dan: Sting Tampa downtown Theater
Laura: There are so many and I hate to admit it, but Bruce puts on one hellava show! I never once left my seat and I didn't even like Bruce Springsteen at the time.
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Bill: we've submitted to next years SXSW and would love to not only play that festival, but be able to see so many great bands in one place. I've also been a fan of Atlanta's Music Midtown since the very beginning, and I'm excited to see it alive again, and would love to play on that stage also.
Dan: House of Blues
Laura: I agree with Mike…Austin City Limits
What would be the lineup for your dream gig?
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Bill: my dream gig would be an all day event. The Bitteroots would open the show, followed by The Freddy Jones Band, then Drivin' n' Cryin', Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and then a 3 hour finale by The Allman Brothers – WOW! That would be a killer show!
Dan: Nathan East – bass, Chris Layton – drums, Steve Winwood – Keyboards, John Mayer – guitar and of-course me on guitar 🙂
Laura: Brandi Carlile, Susan Tedeschi, Adele…sorry guys…
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSMan, 27, fatally shot in East Palo Alto
A 27-year-old man died in a shooting in East Palo Alto Saturday afternoon, according to a San Mateo County deputy coroner....Original post made on Jan. 3, 2010
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSWhat was happening on Alma?
Cops, Fire & Utilities had Alma closed between Charleston and San Antonio. Obviously a utility issue but curios as to what...Original post made by Dave on Jan. 14, 2010
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTODisaster Photo Ops
If your daughter was buried under Hatian wreckage, what would rather see landing at the one operable airport, a load of supplies...Original post made by Walter_E_Wallis on Jan. 16, 2010
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PALO ALTO ISSUESUtilities commission skeptical about water plan
A proposal to raise water-efficiency standards for local landscapes was greeted with skepticism by the city's Utilities Advisory...Original post made on Jan. 7, 2010
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AROUND TOWNThe power of the story
<B>"Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood," by Phillip Done; Center Street/Hachette Book Group;...Original post made on Jan. 15, 2010
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AROUND TOWNJCC Theater - What's on list?
Hi everyone Does anyone know where to find out about what's on at the new JCC theater? I don't see it advertised on line...Original post made by Neighbor on Jan. 15, 2010
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AROUND TOWNpercussive noises early Saturday mornings?
Does anyone now what the intermittent percussive (construction?) noises are? We've been noticing them early Saturday mornings....Original post made by JSD on Jan. 9, 2010
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BOOKSPalo Altan uncovers Slovenia
For Palo Alto resident and attorney Jacqueline Widmar Stewart, publishing a book about her grandparents' homeland of Slovenia...Original post made on Jan. 16, 2010
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOBankrupt California Considering Paying Citizens Dividend Checks for Energy Savings
Arnold really is losing his mind. It's bizarre that he claimed he'd save us from left wing lunacy in the election. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/0...Original post made by George on Jan. 13, 2010
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SCHOOLS & KIDSMiddle College at Foothill (at Cubberly)
0...Original post made by High School Parent on Mar. 11, 2008
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOLocal fund seeks Haiti quake relief donations
The Irene S. Scully Fund, a donor-advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation in Mountain View, will provide up to...Original post made on Jan. 14, 2010
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSAccident on California and Hanover Thursday evening
While driving home on Thursday evening, there were a lot of police cars and fire trucks at the corner of California and Hanover....Original post made by Wondering on Jan. 15, 2010
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOMuch ado about homework
The mere mention of homework conjures up stress in Palo Alto, but Addison Elementary School is trying to take the anxiety...Original post made on Jan. 15, 2010
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOCalifornia bond ratings lowest in nation, and getting worse
July 14, 2009: "(Bloomberg) -- California's credit rating, the lowest of all U.S. states, was cut for the second time in...Original post made by Joshua on Jan. 14, 2010
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AROUND TOWNCaffe del Doge opens at Palo Alto train station
Caffe del Doge, the Italian-style coffeehouse on University Avenue and a haven for espresso lovers, announced it will open...Original post made on Nov. 23, 2009
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AROUND TOWNWater main break on Cambridge dries up faucets
A water-main break on Cambridge Avenue in Palo Alto dried up faucets in the area and closed the street this morning while...Original post made on Jan. 15, 2010
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOHaiti history
The UN occupation can be extremely unpopular. This was sent in after Aristide was removed by a plot essentially by the US,...Original post made by Resident on Jan. 15, 2010
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PALO ALTO ISSUESAlma Street traffic diverted while gas leak fixed
Traffic on Alma Street in south Palo Alto was diverted this afternoon while city Utilities Department crews repaired a gas...Original post made on Jan. 14, 2010
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SPORTSOgwumike puts on a show in Stanford Pac-10 hoops win
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had no equal Thursday night as the Stanford women's basketball team defeated visiting Washington State,...Original post made on Jan. 15, 2010
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSFamily of Officer Richard May furious about leak
The family of slain East Palo Police Officer Richard May is outraged that the defense attorneys for May's admitted killer,...Original post made on Jan. 7, 2010
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Connelly to lead Lilly's U.S. unit, joins elite group
The role gives Connelly direct responsibility for an affiliate that generated $7 billion in 2004 sales and has 6,600 employees.
In the process, Connelly joins an elite and growing band of female pharma execs, including Christine Poon, worldwide chairman of medicines and nutritionals at Johnson & Johnson, Karen Katen, vice chairman of Pfizer, Margaret McGlynn, president of U.S. Human Health Care at Merck, and Carrie Cox, president, global pharmaceutical business at Schering-Plough.
Connelly was promoted from the position of senior vice president for human resources, which she held only since last August. Succeeding her in that role is Anthony Murphy, formerly executive director for human resources.
She reports to John Lechleiter, executive vice president of pharmaceutical operations, who has had the additional task of leading U.S. operations since last July.
After joining Lilly's field force in 1984, Connelly held various positions, including leader of its U.S. women's health business unit and executive director of human resources for Lilly USA.


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Family-friendly Trysil is Norway's largest ski destination. Surrounded by unspoilt nature, Trysil was one of the first holiday spots in Europe to achieve the prestigious Sustainable Tourism certification.
Trysil is situated close to the Swedish border, about two and a half hours from Oslo. Here, you'll find Norway's biggest ski resort, which offers a varied set of challenges, regardless of whether you're looking for wide slopes, terrain parks, off-piste, or some other form of fun in the snow.
Trysil consists of one large ski area. The mountain's three faces are linked by lifts and slopes. The highest point is 1,132 metres above sea level, and from the top, you can see for many kilometers in each direction.
There are also a number of activities to choose from outside of the ski slopes, such as dog sledding, sleigh rides and ice fishing. If you want to go cross-country skiing, you can enjoy no less than 100 kilometres of groomed cross-country tracks around the mountain.
With its deep forest, river and inviting mountains, Trysil is also an ideal base for summer activities such as whitewater rafting, hiking and fishing.
For fun on two wheels, Trysil Bike Arena offers 100 kilometres of natural trails and more than 10 kilometres of handmade gravel trails.
In 2013, Trysil received the Sustainable Tourism certification, a quality label awarded to destinations that work systematically to reduce the environmental impact of tourism while maintaining a high-quality experience for visitors, as well as preserving the destination's history, character and nature.
Here you will find many good restaurants and cozy cafes. The ski resort itself has more than 30 eateries and restaurants. Après-ski is a good way to end a perfect day on the slopes, and Trysil has several places for after ski, often with live music. There are several options for getting to Trysil.
Find more inspiration on Trysil's official website.
Check out Trysil's live webcams.
Many places follow sustainable principles, but being certified as a sustainable destination is an honour few qualify for. It takes years of work demonstrating their lasting commitment to providing the best possible experiences for their guests, while keeping the negative impact of tourism to a minimum. In addition, the destination must work to continually improve its business practices and relations with the local community, whilst safeguarding their natural and cultural assets, history and traditions.
Family activities include whitewater rafting, hiking, golf, and biking in summer, and in winter Trysil becomes Norway's largest ski resort.
Elverum is the nearest train station, approximately 70 kilometres from Trysil. There are several corresponding buses per day.
The train to Elverum takes around two hours from Oslo, or 5 to 6 hours from Trondheim. Check out NSB's website for prices and timetables.
By car or by bus, travel time from Oslo to Trysil is approximately 2,5 hours.
There are several daily departures by express bus between Trysil and Oslo. Advance booking is advised in the winter, when buses will often be fully booked before departure. Check out NOR-WAY Bussekspress' website for prices and timetables.
Oslo Airport lies two hours by road from Trysil.
There are several daily departures by express bus between Trysil and Oslo Airport throughout the year.
There is no need to wait until you're here to find out what you'd like to do.
Ambitious architects and young chefs are taking Oslo to new heights. If that doesn't make you dizzy enough, try hiking to Galdhøpiggen, Norway's highest peak at 2469 metres above sea level.Read more
The Lillehammer region is known to the world for the Olympic winter games in 1994 and the Netflix series Lilyhammer. Go there for real and take part in entertaining skiing and other nature based and cultural activities.Read more
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Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick (April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina – 1978 in California), or Georgia Broadwick, was an American pioneering parachutist. She was nicknamed 'Tiny', as she weighed only 85 pounds (39 kg) and was 5 feet (1.5 m) tall.
Born to parents George and Emma Ross on April 8, 1893, Georgia Ann Thompson weighed in at only 3 pounds. The last of seven daughters, Georgia was given the nickname "Tiny" due to her small size.[1]
At the age of 15 she saw Charles Broadwick's World Famous Aeronauts parachute from a hot air balloon and decided to join the travelling troupe. She later became Broadwick's adopted daughter. Although she would eventually make her jumps from an airplane, in her earlier career she was jumping from balloons. Billed as "the doll girl," Tiny began performing aerial skydives and stunts while wearing a "life preserver" designed by her adopted father. On December 28, 1908, Tiny made her very first jump out of a hot air balloon.[2] The skydiving family traveled around and performed at fairs, carnivals, and parks. The appeal of the Broadwick Flying troupe, according to Tiny, was that "it was a very neat and fast act."[3]
Among her many other achievements, she was the first woman to parachute from an airplane, which she is credited with accomplishing on June 21, 1913, over Los Angeles, with aviator Glenn L. Martin as the pilot.[4] However, she previously made at least two jumps from Martin's plane during an exhibition in Chicago's Grant Park the week of September 16, 1912. [5] These early jumps included a well-publicized jump on January 9, 1914, from a plane built and piloted by Martin, 1,000 feet over Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California.[6][7][8] She was also the first woman to parachute into water.
In 1914, she demonstrated parachutes to the U.S. Army, which at the time had a small, hazard-prone fleet of aircraft. The Army, reluctant at first to adopt the parachute, watched as Tiny dropped from the sky. On one of her demonstration jumps, the static line became entangled in the tail assembly of the aircraft, so for her next jump she cut off the static line and deployed her chute manually, thus becoming the first person to jump free-fall.
By the time of her retirement from jumping in 1922, she was said to have made over 1,100 jumps. Although she was not a pilot, she was one of the few female members of the Early Birds of Aviation.
Tiny appeared on You Bet Your Life episode 55-07 on November 10, 1955,[9] and on To Tell the Truth on March 30, 1964.
She died in 1978 and was buried in Sunset Gardens in Henderson, North Carolina.
In February 2006, Vance County, North Carolina, commissioners decided to name a portion of the Henderson Outer Loop highway after her. Additionally, Broadwick Street in Rancho Dominguez, California, is named for her.


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In his brief yet luminous career, Sam Cooke made perhaps a dozen recordings that were milestones of soul, and laid the groundwork for most of the R&B-related music that would dominate the charts for decades afterward. Cooke's signature sound fused the passion of his beloved gospel music with a silky-smooth, assured pop-vocal style. As a singer, songwriter, and producer, he was one of the most important figures in both pop and soul music in the 20th century. In 1964, while still at the prime of his musical ability, Cooke was murdered in a California hotel--a sudden end for a gifted and influential artist.
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While Sam Cooke certainly made beautiful music in the pop realm, his greatest sides were those made with the Soul Stirrers. When Cooke joined the group in 1950 at the age of 19, he'd already spent 4 years singing with the Highway Q.C.'s. The Soul Stirrers lead singer, R.H. Harris, who quit just before Cooke's arrival, had spent almost 25 years molding the group into gospel stardom through an innovative use of two lead singers matched with utmost energy and sophistication. Cooke initially sang in a style similar to Harris's, but soon took off into his own unearthly realm, writing spine-tingling songs like "Nearer to Thee," "Mean Old World," and the brilliant "Touch the Hem of His Garment," then singing them in his soaring, inimitable style with perfect control of phrasing and enunciation. This is an awesome collection, a record to listen to many, many times--to grow old with. Save it for those days when you need absolute proof that true grace does exist. --Mike McGonigal


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The election we are to have in six months time has become, it seems, a competition to define that all-important marketing buzzword of the moment: "authenticity".
Policies and ideas should, as always, be of prime importance. But Cunliffe v Key seems to have come down to a contest between perceptions of two men who both grew up in modest circumstances before doing extremely well for themselves. However, while one of them seems comfortable with his good fortune, to the point of stupor, the other suffers because of it.
One Labour man who was entirely and authentically a "man of the people" and never had to fear persecution for his back-story was Norman Kirk, Labour leader and Prime Minister for just 20 months from 1972 to his death in 1974.
As chronicled in an excellent new biography by historian David Grant, The Mighty Totara, Kirk's experience of his family's suffering during the Great Depression propelled him to public office, even though he left school at 12. Of his essentially socialist beliefs he later wrote that "some of my strongest memories were formed of the stupid cruelties that rationalised conservatism could inflict ...
they didn't know the answers. They believed there was no answer."
But Kirk had answers, and pursued their realisation unceasingly. When he decided on his first foray into politics proper - campaigning to be mayor of Kaiapoi - Kirk visited almost every house in town to talk to the occupants about the issues that mattered to them. As Labour leader his frenetic pace never wavered (it probably killed him) but his passion to relate to and learn from as many people as possible drove him. This in the days before PR advisers, market researchers and even security details.
"None of them can be like Kirk - not because they lack his working-class background, but because they don't appear to have his radical vision for a New Zealand that could "wow" the world."
He personally answered every letter he received throughout his career. It's a small thing, perhaps, but in Grant's book he reproduces a letter that Norman Kirk wrote in response to a young boy who had written in 1963 to tell him he had invented a matchbox device that could disintegrate a moth. Kirk wrote: "Your disintegrating device reminds me that it is greater to create than destroy. The moth you can destroy is a remarkable creature. If you look at it under magnification you will see how finely its wings are formed ... and the way in which a comparatively large body can be lifted and manoeuvred by small wings ... we can disintegrate them but have no power to create anything like it. Maybe when you think of this you will turn your ... obvious talents to more constructive objectives."
The letter was thoughtful and caring. I wondered how our current political leaders would answer this young man's letter - in the unlikely event that they didn't leave that task to a PR flunkey.
Would David Cunliffe's letter come with an enclosed, signed, glossy pic of himself meeting a world leader? Would John Key's letter require translation: "Don't let anyone be Judge Judy and executioner in your life ... follow your dreams and all the troaties in China will be it. Vote National." Jamie Whyte's response doesn't bear thinking about.
None of them can be like Kirk - not because they lack his working-class background, but because they don't appear to have his radical vision for a New Zealand that could "wow" the world.
Politicians, and this country, have changed since Kirk, yet we still yearn for a time when authenticity was something you took for granted, not something to be manufactured.


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Join rebels at your peril, Kiwis warned
Tough talk ... Craig McMillan is one of six New Zealanders to sign
with the rebel Indian Cricket League.
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LALIT MODI, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and arguably the most powerful administrator in the game, has warned New Zealand's cricketers to think carefully before placing their careers in the hands of rebel league organisers.
Speaking as the tug of war between New Zealand Cricket and the country's players association continued over the contractual status of rebel-in-waiting Shane Bond, Modi urged all Black Caps to be wary of sacrificing their futures for what could yet prove to be an unsustainable competition.
"To have a credible tournament one must not just look at the money but, more importantly, whether the competition is sanctioned, whether it's going to have the [necessary] infrastructure, whether it's going to be around for a while, and whether it's investing in the growth of the game - or just profiting from it," said Modi, who is also chairman of the BCCI-sanctioned Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition created to challenge the rebel Indian Cricket League.
"Do they have enough safeguards to protect against match-fixing? Do they have the right officials - such as match referees and umpires - and do they have the appropriate rules involving anti-doping policies and playing guidelines?"
Modi also confirmed a gentleman's agreement between the Test-playing nations to effectively ban any player who signs for the rebels.
NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan has already directed his selectors to overlook the six rebels who have signed with the Indian Cricket League: Daryl Tuffey, Hamish Marshall, Craig McMillan, Nathan Astle, Chris Cairns and Chris Harris.
Modi said such a move safeguarded the best interests of the game.
"We have all decided that in the interests of development ... we will try as far as legally possible to discourage our players from joining any rebel league that is organised just for self-profit," he said.
"The BCCI and the other Test-playing nations are non-profit organisations. They invest 100 per cent of their earnings back into the game. This is essential to ensure we build the best infrastructure for the players and fans alike."
Bond's future with New Zealand remained under a cloud last week following initial reports that he had signed with the rebel league.
Modi also made a point of rejecting claims from the New Zealand Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills that his sanctioned league would impact on international commitments. Mills's claim was shared by his international counterpart Tim May, who fears players will eventually be forced to choose between cash and country.
Modi, who confirmed that IPL player contracts included clauses ensuring national boards had the power of veto over their availability, said the utmost care had been taken to protect the future tours program. "Our first priority is the FTP," he said. "The IPL will be played in a window which does not clash with the FTP."Source: The Sun-Herald
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Cadillac News, Concepts, Future Models, Rumors and more Discussion, Cadillac News: 2013 Cadillac ATS takes one more camo'd run in Current Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Spy Photos , Sedan , Cadillac , GM We're just a week away from ...
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We're just a week away from the official reveal of the 2013 Cadillac ATS, but the Caddy crew is continuing to work through the winter to hone its 3 Series fighter.
These latest shots of the ATS show a production-spec fascia (albeit obscured by camo), along with road-ready headlamps, tail lamps and a pair of vertical LED fog lamps set low in the front bumper. You can also catch a glimpse of the inset dual exhausts, which we're assuming will be available on both the V6 and four-pot variants.
The overall exterior effect comes off as a more modern CTS mixed with the subtle refinement of the recently revealed XTS - a good thing to our eyes. Even better is the inclusion of the 270-horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four that's sure to give the revamped Audi A4 a run for its money in the performance and fuel efficiency department. Check the pics above to see a few more details and get ready to see the ATS uncovered and in the buff at next week's Detroit Auto Show.2013 Cadillac ATS takes one more camo'd run originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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PHC Announces Honorees
The Anniversary Ball Committee Co-Chairs, Marvin E. Eisenstadt, Patte Bogen Roberts and Peter A. Galvin, M.D. of Peninsula Hospital Center, an affiliate of the North Shore- LIJ Health System, recently announced the names of the 2008 honorees who will take center stage at its Annual Anniversary Ball in October.
The honorees this year are most deserving members of the Peninsula Hospital Center friends and family: Gertrude Oltchick, PHC Auxiliary Member and Rockaway resident; the Honorable Helen M. Marshall, Queens Borough President and Sadhana Gupta, M.D., Aaron Nesoff, M.D. and Peter A. Guiney, D.O., all members of our Family Health Center team of dedicated physicians.
The theme of this year's gala is "Friends and Family," which echoes the overall spirit of the Hospital Center as it moves into its second century of providing excellent health care - close to home.
This year, the Hospital Center is celebrating its 101st Anniversary and its dedication to the continuing growth of services and programs to meet the demands of the rapidly growing community
The 2008 Anniversary Ball will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at El Caribe Country Club Catering in Brooklyn, New York.
Those wishing to obtain additional information about the gala may contact the External Affairs Department at 718-734-2507.


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At the weekend, former NSW premier Nick Greiner urged the Victorian government to introduce a broad-based anti-corruption commission.
Greiner is right in saying that independent oversight bodies are essential to good governance. He is also right in describing the state's oversight system as a ''dog's breakfast'', but from the right premise he reaches the wrong conclusion.
Greiner argues that having separate bodies monitor the behaviour of different sections of the public service is unworkable. This is not the problem in Victoria. Here, the problem is duplication - different bodies have similar powers to oversee the same organisations. Our oversight system reflects fashions that have swept through public administration in decades past. As each trend has arrived, a new element has been bolted on.
Ombudsmen were a Scandinavian innovation that arrived here in the 1970s. In the 1980s, the fashion was to broaden the role of the Auditor-General from financial matters to wider issues of performance and integrity. The Ombudsman's role has broadened since the '80s, such that it now includes important functions relating to whistleblowers, a wide-ranging own-motion review function, and fingers in many other accountability pies.
In 2004, the State Services Authority (in some respects a harking back to the old Public Service Board) and the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission were created.
The former assumed wider and stronger powers than the old board, including integrity-related powers and review powers that were conventionally the preserve of the Auditor-General; the commission, which has a variety of roles including a wide-ranging inquiry function, is a creature of another trend in public administration: neo-classical economics.
All four bodies serve the same purpose - to provide assurance that the government is operating efficiently and properly. Their mandates encompass poor performance caused by deliberate action - fraud, corruption, misconduct - as well as from errors and incompetence.
Victoria also has numerous issue-specific bodies covering areas such as policing, health services, privacy, equal opportunity and sustainability. Parliament itself has broad inquiry powers, as do the police and the courts.
Where the public interest has been especially high, governments have referred issues to royal commissions and to a plethora of ad hoc inquiries led by retired judges and other eminent persons. Oversight institutions at the Commonwealth and local government levels and within the executive branch add further layers of complexity.
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Hi everyone,
I'm a new guy, that is, both new to the forum and new to building amps (though I have done some repairs before.) Sorry this will be kind of a long post, but I'm hoping to ask the right questions so I can learn something from those with experience in these things.
I have a bunch of parts, mostly salvaged from an old Yamaha electronic organ (probably early 70s): two 30-watt solid-state amps, a bunch of potentiometers and switches, one 15" (8 ohm) woofer, and... one 25" x 35" (really!) woofer with a styrofoam cone. Irregularly shaped, kind of like a giant pancake! So I'm looking at this stuff and thinking, I can't trash this - I have to try to come up with a bass combo amp (or two) from the parts.
Unfortunately I don't have a schematic and I don't think one will be available for the old organ. And I didn't get to see how the thing was originally set up. So I have a bunch of questions which I'll list below -- any help at all will be greatly appreciated.
1) For starters, Is building a bass amp with the giant woofer a stupid idea? (i.e., is bigger not really better?)
2) Would the amps even be appropriate for a bass combo? They were originally designed to handle a pretty wide frequency range, coming from an organ. Am I asking for trouble by trying to make them into one-trick ponies?
3) Speaking of frequency ranges, what about building a bi-amped cab with BOTH the giant "pancake" woofer and the 15"? Say, if I added a crossover to send only the really low frequencies to the pancake woofer? What is the frequency output of a standard 4-string bass anyway?
OK, I have lots more questions but that's a good start. This post has gone on long enough anyway! Again I welcome any comments, including "that's the dumbest idea ever", if it really is.
thanks in advance for advice-
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|28th May 2007, 07:24 PM
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i guess you mean for bass guitar?
If so i prefer useing 4 x 10" and 1 x 15" woofers for bass.. Dont really need anything bigger than a 15"
I will say though that you will have to overbuild the amplifier and the woofers will have to be very hardy (i tend to use car subwoofers in my cabs) as bass is pretty stressfull on both and things can easily self destruct if you play hard!
|28th May 2007, 07:50 PM
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1) Building bass amplifier with giant woofer is definitely not a stupid idea. You need a large cone area to generate the low frequencies. Speakers with small cones can't do this - even when you use many of them.
2) 30 watts is way too low output power for a bass amplifier unless you plan to use it only at your bedroom. If the power ratings for the speakers are in the same range (30W) they are pretty useless for the application as well. Sorry.
3) In general, bi-amping is a good idea but...
...I remember reading from somewhere that those Yamaha flat panel ("pancake") speakers were not very sturdy and blew often. Fender tried them in Bantam Bass amplifier but it wasn't very successfull. Besides, replacements are likely very, very difficult to acquire. I know that flat panel technology is sometimes used in domestic HiFi applications but the fact that those speakers never became popular in PA or instrument use should tell something about the technology.
|28th May 2007, 08:25 PM
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on anothernote if you dont mind a bit of work you might be able to salvage the components from the 30Watt amps and depending what they are they might be suitable to build a more powerfull amp suitable for what you want.. I'm sure that for a start if you find out what the output transistors in those amps are then someone may be able to suggest some schematics you could try...
The other option is to shove them on ebay and get yoruself a large PA amplifier that has a blown channel, disconect the blown channel (just take fuses out) and use the good channel for bass through a suitable speaker cabinate (or build it into a combo amp) I have used such amplifiers with homemade preamplifiers before for bass and they seem to work pretty well (actually thats what i have at the moment for bass)
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1) Your collection of parts is a very good start and building a bass (guitar) amp from these is not at all a stupid idea ... although that bigg honker styrofoam cone may not last long under heavy use and its, well, probably not very road worthy.
2) 30 Watts may be plenty considering you have two amps. One for each of your 15" speakers or some combination of the speakers you have plus others.
3) As teemuk suggests, 2) above would effectively be a "bi-amp" setup.
Keep all the hardware ... as you probably know, Yahama has a good rep for decent quality parts and subassemblies ... Yamaha has been making electric music machines for decades.
Check out the power supply carefully ... all decent amps begin and end with power supply design. Find out: how big the main fuses are and the DC output voltage ~= power supply power available, etc.
Do try to find the original schematic or a service manual.
The real expensive parts: the cabinet, the power supply, the heat sinks, the control panel, etc ... can be recovered and reused. The basic amps' (the circuit boards) may not be too useful or may turn out to be a real time and money saver. I would say that this would make a very nice "practice" amp for guitar with added provisions for active or passive crossovers for use with a bass ... Got pictures?
Go for it! ...
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|29th May 2007, 05:17 AM
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Awesome, guys, thanks a million for your advice. I'll post some pics tomorrow of the different components. Stay tuned...
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Hey again - got some pics of the components I salvaged. Let's see if I can get them up for viewing. This first shot should show both of the SS amps side-by-side. They're nearly identical; one is labeled D3016, one is D3018. I suspect they were a bi-amp arrangement for the separate Rotary and Stationary channels on the organ. OK here goes...
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Next up is the amp without the power cord; but I believe it picks up power via the Molex connector from the other amp. It's labeled D3016.
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Then we have a shot of the D3016 from below, up under the chassis...
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Finally a shot of the nifty little spring reverb unit that also came out of the Yamaha Electone E3. It's really simple, just signal + ground soldered in on one side (helpfully marked, "In"!), then signal and ground back out on the other (marked, you guessed it, "Out.")
I'll post a shot of the crazy "pancake" woofer tomorrow - accidentally left it behind.
So anyway, there's the stuff. Does it look like I'm right, that these amps must have run side-by-side for independent 30W channels? If so, I'm thinking maybe I can rig a bass amp with a Straight and a Reverb channel (using the little spring unit.) Or (now I'm going to really show my ignorance) is it possible to run the amps like in series, to get more than 30W of output power?
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