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Remarkable 1842 Small Date Half Dollar, PR66
1842 50C PR66 NGC. Ex: Pittman-Kaufman. The Phil Kaufman
1842 Small Date proof half dollar is the finest of eight different
examples known to us. Like the 1842 proof quarter, there is some
indication that a Large Date proof half dollar variety was also
struck. The only reference to the Large Date that we are aware of
appears in Walter Breen's Proof Encyclopedia:
"Unverified. Cf. Brand-Lichtenfels I: 2812, impaired." We examined
the catalog, where lot 2812 was headlined "Rare 1842 Large Date
Proof Half Dollar," and described as a Brilliant Proof. The coin
was unplated, undoubtedly leading to Breen's notation
The Finest Known
NGC and PCGS have certified a total of seven proof half dollars of 1842, with the Kaufman NGC-graded PR66 leading the list. NGC has also seen a PR65, a PR64, two PR63s, and a PR62. PCGS has graded a solitary PR64. The eight different 1842 proof half dollars believed extant are listed below:
1. PR66 NGC. The Kaufman coin. R. Green (11/29/1946); John Jay Pittman (David Akers, 5/1998), lot 1524.
2. PR65 NGC. The Norweb Collection (Bowers and Merena, 11/1988), lot 3131; Phil Kaufman; Rarities Sale (Bowers and Merena, 8/1999), lot 201; Central States Numismatic Society (Heritage, 5/2003), lot 6776; 2006 FUN Sale (Heritage, 1/2006), lot 3197.
3. PR64 NGC. The Richmond Collection, Part III (David Lawrence, 3/2005), lot 1787.
4. PR62. The Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Merena, 4/1997), lot 1922.
5. PR60. Superior (10/2000), lot 4373. Superior catalogers note that this specimen has a "Reverse die crack ... from edge of wing to denticles between IC of AMERICA. Minor hairlines and signs of handling."
6. Proof. World's Greatest Collection; F.C.C. Boyd (Numismatic Gallery, 4/1945), lot 255; Adolph Friedman Collection (1946 ANA, Numismatic Gallery, 8/1946), lot 816; Stack's (3/1965), lot 443.
7. Proof. American Numismatic Society Collection.
8. Proof. Smithsonian Institution.
The Kaufman coin displays simply magnificent toning! Iridescent aqua-blue graces the peripheries, turning to a delicate blend of iridescent violet and russet in the centers. What is especially noteworthy is that this palette is nearly uniform on both sides. We say this because it can be difficult to locate early proofs such as this that display just about perfectly matched patination on both obverse and reverse. The surfaces are virtually flawless, entirely free of hairlines or even the most microscopic of marks. Indeed, we are unable to identify a single pedigree marker for future catalogers and researchers. Needless to say, the combination of full strike, beautiful toning, and immaculately preserved surfaces adds up to exquisite eye appeal that is really unreflected in the numerical grade.
From The Phil Kaufman Collection of Early Seated Proof Sets, Part Three. (NGC ID# 27T4, PCGS# 6386)
Weight: 13.36 grams
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
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Local officials deliver meals to seniors
EUREKA- The Humboldt Senior Resource Center is celebrating March for Meals.
It's part of the center's Meals on Wheels Program that home delivers meals daily to Humboldt County seniors 60 years and older. The entire month of March is a time of awareness for the program, with local elected officials and funders helping deliver meals to 160 seniors from McKinleyville to Fortuna, many of which are unable to prepare or shop for food on their own.
"Many of these individuals don't have that capability," Michael Blackwell, nutrition and activities manager at the Humboldt Senior Resource Center said. "They don't have the capability or maybe have forgotten to cook or never have energy to cook too so this program allows us to be able to get those people and serve them when they're unable to help themselves."
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of what consequenz is a level adjustment (or effective character level for that matter)? does a lvl 1 drow gain less experience from defeating a lvl 1 foe for example? Or does defeating a lvl 1 drow yield as much exp as defeating a lvl 3 character? sorry for asking but so far i find these formulations a bit confusing
- You've got the basic idea. When calculating experience points from an encounter, a Drow character will be treated as if he or she were two character levels higher than actual for the purposes of the calculation. This should normally result in less XP being awarded than to a character with no level adjustment. As far as I know, this should NOT affect the amount of XP awarded for quests, in contrast to a multiclass penalty which does affect all sources of XP. Faldred 05:26, 28 September 2006 (PDT)
thx it wont affect the lvlcap however? i mean a lvl 20 drow could be a lot stronger than a normal lvl 20 character although it might take longer ...
With a lvl cap of 20, a drow wont be able to actually reach lvl20, though he will be able to reach a lvl20 equivalent (i.e. 20 lvls = drow level adjustment + class levels) . --Defunc7 09:07, 30 September 2006 (PDT)
- I don't think that's correct. The devs I think said something to the effect that level-adjusted races can still reach level 20. Now, whether there's enough experience "available" in the OC to reach level 20 is another question. Faldred 07:30, 1 October 2006 (PDT)
Well i thought you would have to re-import your character anyway to reach lvl 20. I would feel kinda awkward being at the lvlcap before the end since it would somehow reap less reward than the rest of your adventure. On the other hand it could be disturbing not to be able to reach lvl20 at all when you have a race with leveladjustment since some classes get their most powerful abilities then. Either way this will be tough to balance. I mean afaik the rulebook has no real cap and thus this kind of balancing seems sufficient ... with a cap however ... well we shall see. Though magic resist might be awfully powerful early on it might lose usefulness in the end when you have equippment with it anyway and it doesnt stack for example. I just hope that in the game this will all be self explanatory with the help of tooltips or whatever.
The way the game handles ECL, is it takes your ECL in levels to show the required xp for gaining the next level. You can still hit the 20th level cap provided you can find enough xp (this was immediately prior to the final battle in the OC for my 1 ECL PC). For instance: A drow with 2 ECL will be first level while the rest of his party levels up to third. When the rest of the party reaches fourth level, he will gain his second level and require an amount of xp to gain third level equal to what a normal character would need for fifth. With the way party XP works in the OC, this means that if you select an ECL race, you'll be that many levels behind the rest of your party until everyone starts hitting the 20th level cap. I have no idea how it handles your level when determining CR with ECL.
Is there an offsetting positive side-effect from ECL? In campaign settings, the ECL PC is encountering foes at a lower level than a non-ECL character, due to the level adjustment. If the ECL PC is lower level, then it should earn more XP from each battle than would the non-ECL PC. Over time this leads to faster XP accrual and a "catching up" effect, not in comparison to his/her companions, but in comparison to another PC. Or am I missing something? 126.96.36.199 06:45, December 3, 2009 (UTC)Corvus
D&D -- classes, characters and how leveling works Edit
I think you need to start using the right terminology. A 1st level drow doesn't make sense. It's either a 1st level drow fighter, barbarian, cleric, wizard or some thing else. The point is that in D&D a character has classes, which have levels but a character has it's own levels as well, which may come from for example, the race or some other form of template. Thus a 1st level drow fighter is a 3rd level character (2 for being a drow and 1 for being a 1st level fighter). A 1st level fighter human on the other hand would be a level 1 character (1 for being a first level fighter and none for being human). Since the experience you need to level is based on total charcter level, and not class level, that would mean said drow would need the same amount of experience to reach character level 4 as a 3rd level human. The drow would also gain the same amount of experience for overcomming the same challenges as a 3rd level human would. Also the level caps in both Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 are character level caps, not class level caps -- you could look at as an experience cap if that makes it clearer. This is not true for nwn2.


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DAYTON, OHIO -- "Do Drug Companies Influence Medical Practice? Legal and Ethical Issues" will be the topic of the 13th Annual Law & Medicine Symposium on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Berry Room of the Ervin J. Nutter Center, at Wright State University.
The annual Law-Medicine Symposium is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is encouraged. To pre-register or for more information, contact Wright State's Office of Geriatric Medicine at (937) 775-3392.
The Law-Medicine Symposium is presented annually by the University of Dayton School of Law and the Wright State University School of Medicine. It is endowed by Gregory C. Gibson Co., L.P.A.
This program will use a hypothetical case to facilitate an honest, energetic discussion about the legal and ethical aspects of the pharmaceutical industry's mounting influence on the shape of medical education and practice. A panel of expert participants representing a broad range of professional and personal perspectives, experiences, and viewpoints will assemble for the discussion. There will be many opportunities for audience participation in the dialogue.
The pharmaceutical industry uses direct marketing interactions with physicians, nurses, and medical educators. Through financial sponsorship of professional educational activities, support of clinical research, and advertising of products directly to patients in the popular media, in addition to other means, drug companies are exerting an ever-increasing influence on the everyday delivery of medical services.
A variety of professional organizations and commentators, as well as the pharmaceutical industry itself, have lately begun to recognize and react to the significant legal, ethical, and economic ramifications of relationships between drug companies and health care providers. Position statements on this specific topic recently have been adopted, for example, by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.
Important medical-legal questions that thus far have gone essentially unexplored include: what patients should be told about drug company influence on prescribing patterns as part of the informed consent process; the impact of drug company-sponsored educational programs and materials on the setting of legally enforceable standards of care, and the legal complications of responding to patents' requests for products for which they have seen an advertisement.
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Brain Freeze: Conservative media still using winter weather to attack global warming
Conservative media figures have used the recent snowstorms in the Washington, D.C., area to level more science-free attacks on global warming. As Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, scientists agree that short-term localized weather patterns are not relevant to global warming.
If at first you don't deceive ... Conservative media again use winter snow to deny global warming
Limbaugh: It's "absurd" that Obama admin proposed global warming agency amidst "record-setting cold weather." On the February 9 broadcast [1] of his radio show, Rush Limbaugh stated: "The Obama administration yesterday, amidst all this record-setting cold weather, proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate, also known as global warming." He added: "They're having to delay setting up the office [of Climate Service] because they're expecting another 16 to 20 inches [of snow] in Washington. I mean, this is absurd."
Fox & Friends asserts "dichotomy" between "those big snowstorms" and proposed "federal office to study global warming." On the February 9 edition [2] of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson said she wanted to talk about the "dichotomy" created by "big snowstorms" occurring while "the Obama administration [is] talking about creating a new federal office to study global warming." Co-host Steve Doocy added: "It's interesting, though, given the fact that the weather is so rotten right now that people are going, 'how can there be global warming if it's snowing and it's fairly cold?' "
Washington Times: D.C.'s "Snowmageddon" is "undermining the case for global warming one flake at a time." In a February 8 editorial [3] headlined, "Snowmageddon is nigh," The Washington Times wrote that reports of more snow blanketing Washington, D.C., "must send chills up the spines of global warming adherents, for whom this winter has been marked by discontent." The editorial later added: "Those who value freedom should thank Mother Nature for her sense of humor, undermining the case for global warming one flake at a time. So although we're quite tired of shoveling, we say, 'Bring on the blizzard.' "
Hannity: "I'm sure the Climate Service will do a lot to ... help with the snow." From the February 8 edition of Fox News' Hannity:
SEAN HANNITY (host): Now, earlier today, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke tunneled his way through two feet of snow in D.C. in order to hold a news conference to discuss the threat global warming poses to the U.S.
He announced that your hard-earned tax dollars will be funding a new government agency on climate change that will be known as the Climate Service and will be headquartered in D.C.
And I'm sure the Climate Service will do a lot to get us out of this economic crisis, and, by the way, probably help with the snow.
Erickson said of D.C.'s snow: "You know what this all means right? We need a new federal agency to 'study and report on the changing climate.' " In a February 8 post [4] on RedState.com, Erick Erickson wrote:
There are thirty inches of snow in Washington, DC. Here in Macon, Georgia, an area global warming scientists have long predicted would become a desert, we are 24 inches into a rain surplus in the past 365 calendar days.
You know what this all means right? We need a new federal agency to "study and report on the changing climate."
BigGov: "[A]nother 10-20 inches of snow ... Now THAT is some climate change." In a February 9 post [5] to BigGovernment.com, a blogger writing under the pseudonym "Publius" wrote:
Yesterday, President Obama announced his plan to create a new federal agency tasked with climate change. Later that day, the National Weather Service announced that DC was due to receive another 10-20 inches of snow today. (On top of the 2 1/2 feet of snow over the weekend.) Now THAT is some climate change.
Reality: Snow in winter does not disprove global warming
FACT: Cold weather has no relevance to the climate debate. In a March 2, 2008, article [6], The New York Times reported that climate scientists -- including at least one who has disputed aspects of the scientific consensus on climate change -- completely reject the notion that short-term changes in weather bear any relevance to the climate debate. The article quoted Gavin Schmidt, a climate modeler at NASA saying: "It's all in the long-term trends. Weather isn't going to go away because of climate change."
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Media conservatives have a long history of using weather to deny global warming
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MAGPIES boss Steve Cuss insisted his side could not use their unscheduled winter break as an excuse for their lacklustre home defeat against Bishops Cleeve on Saturday.
Thirty-four days since their last competitive outing, Wimborne succumbed to an unlikely downfall against the struggling Gloucestershire outfit, who had not delivered a league victory since November.
And although Mark Gamble netted his 24th league goal to draw Cuss's men level, flamboyant midfielder Joe Turley's penalty proved enough to snatch the spoils for the resilient visitors.
"I'm not going to have the time off as an excuse," Cuss told the Daily Echo. "I didn't think we were strong enough in the first half and we got punished."
The home side started sluggishly and after being bombarded by a succession of corners, the pressure soon told.
Nine minutes in, the Magpies failed to clear their lines and Cleeve striker Jake Lee found himself in the right place to scuff the ball home at the back post.
Having bagged a hat-trick against the visitors in the reverse fixture back in September, Gamble showed his class once more to capitalise on some kamikaze goalkeeping from Cleeve's Jamie Moore.
He hastily raced off his line, allowing the Wimborne frontman to skip round him and slot the ball into an empty net on 31 minutes.
But Wimborne fell behind once more when midfielder Aidan Sainsbury's rash challenge on Turley inside the penalty area proved to be crucial.
The former Cheltenham Town man picked himself up and emphatically converted the spot-kick, handing lowly Cleeve an unlikely triumph.
Even though the home side piled the pressure on during the second period, they were unable to find an answer to Turley's 38th-minute strike.
The Cuthbury boss added: "We expected to dominate the second half because we thought the wind would play a major factor.
"It was just about using the ball well and having a bit of quality, and we probably didn't have enough of that in the second half to open them up and create enough chances."
The setback casts Wimborne 10 points adrift of a play-off spot, but Cuss remains adamant that his charges still have an outside chance of snatching a place in the top five.
"It's going to be very difficult as we have to play a lot of teams that are in those play-off positions, but we've got a strong bunch in there that are never going to give up and we will give it the best that we possibly can," said Cuss.
"We've just got to look forward to playing a run of games now. It's a disappointing result but we've got to put that behind us and be positive for Tuesday."
The Magpies welcome striker James Stokoe back to the squad for their lengthy midweek trip to Stratford, following his suspension.
Magpies: Harvell, Arnold, Oliver, Wilson, Middleton (Kemble, 56), Blake, Maybury (Davidson, 56), Sainsbury, Webb, Gamble, Griffin. Unused subs: Costello, Roast.


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Students take over Munhall council meeting
Munhall officials never looked younger as Park Elementary School third-graders took over Wednesday night's council meeting as part of the annual Government Days.
Students received first-hand looks at how local government is run by filling the roles of mayor, councilors, solicitor and other important positions and conducting business with their new peers.
"They did great," council president Joe Ballas said. "They always do great. Future leaders, that's what they are. This is my favorite meeting every year."
Ballas was joined by student Ben Novotny, who ran the meeting and made sure everyone knew when a motion passed and when the meeting was adjourned by banging the gavel.
Brandan Mains served as vice president. He was assisted by his adult counterpart Rob Falce.
"I thought that it's cool," Brandan said. "I voted."
Brandan said he plans on running for council when he gets older.
"This is one of the proudest times of my life," Brandan's mother Elaine Mains said. "I think that they do understand (government), and I just think they got a bigger sense of community."
Elaine Mains said her son shows leadership qualities. "He's very demanding," she said.
Mayor Raymond Bodnar swore the children in to their respective posts prior to the start of the meeting.
"They're all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed," Bodnar said afterward. "They're raring to go. I love this night. This is one of my favorite nights being mayor. The kids are the best."
In school, students gave speeches and made campaign signs. Their classmates voted for those they wanted to fill the elected positions. Those elected to council filled non-elected positions with their other classmates.
Third-grader Matt Marrone was elected mayor. He said he ran a campaign about helping people.
"It's a hard job to do all the stuff," Matt said about being mayor. "To tell everybody to do all those things ... (I) hope to make the community safer."
Jill Fleming-Salopek, Steel Valley assistant high school principal and former borough councilwoman, watched with delight as her daughter Kelsey Salopek conducted herself as solicitor.
"It's a great exercise in government for these kids to learn not only about their community but the responsibility of being an elected official while working for the borough," Fleming-Salopek said. "I really think the third-grade teachers do a great job with the whole exercise ... When the jobs came home (Kelsey) didn't know what a borough solicitor was. We talked about the different jobs, and that's how she ended up choosing that."
"I thought it was fantastic," Park Elementary principal Lauren Baughman said. "They have put together such great preparation for it. They've worked extremely hard, and I am extremely proud of them."
Other third-grade councilors were Tatumn Coyle, Riley Furrick, Tyler VanHorn, Soraya Waddell and Brooke Weber. Other positions were filled by Kailey Haughey as borough manager, Katie Iwaniuk as borough secretary, Lexi Wallace as chief of police, Olivia Weis as police captain, Madison Bowman as detective, Megan Rager as fire chief, Cole Patrick Zugar as fire marshal, Michael Dugan Jr. as public works director, Veronica Brocato as borough engineer, Joey McMahon as code enforcement officer, JJ Faulk as paramedic, Sarah Katanick as EMT, Katie Ligeros as dispatcher, Alex Serenka as constable, Billy Curran as tax collector and Lornna Kostelnik as sewer authority manager.
Students will return to the borough building today around 11:45 a.m. for a tour of the facilities and learn more about Munhall daily operations as well as see a demonstration by firefighters and police.
A parade starts at 1 p.m. It goes from the borough building, up Main Street to W. Oliver Road and the school district's administrative offices, and ends at Park Elementary School near the intersection of Main and Cambria streets. The young officials will meet with their classmates there and continue the celebration.
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his painting was commissioned by Madhu Rao soon after
James Wales arrived in Poona in July 1792, and shows the
young Peshwa (Ruler) of the Marathas
with his able Chief Minister, Nana Fadnavis. Through the
British Resident at Poona, Sir Charles Malet, Wales had
also been introduced to the most powerful of the Maratha
rulers, Mahadaji Sindhia, and, with Malet's patronage, the
Scotsman received many lucrative commissions. He shows the
Peshwa seated in the Durbar hall of the Shanwarwada Palace
in Poonah, and wearing the typical Maratha turban, with
a jewelled sarpesh (turban ornament) of the design worn
only by royalty. A shamiana
or canopy was often erected over this type of cushion throne,
to emphasize the status of those seated on it, for example,
in a public audience.
James Wales was born in Peterhead, North East Scotland,
and was largely self-taught. His early portraits, painted
on tin plate, were sold in Aberdeen for 1- 1 ½ guineas
each. After moving to London, Wales also painted landscapes
and exhibited at the Royal Academy (1788/89) and Society
of Artists (1783/91) before deciding to try his fortune
in India and sailing for Bombay in 1791. Here he was fortunate
to receive commissions from a fellow Scot, Craufurd Bruce,
and also to meet Sir Charles Malet, who invited him to Poona.
Wales took with him as his assistant, a soldier of the 77th
Regiment, Robert Mabon, who was disillusioned with military
life and wanted to pursue his artistic interests. Mabon
made lighthearted sketches of their flood-engulfed journey
from Bombay to Poona, and at Poona, he provided meticulously
detailed sketches of jewellery, metalwork, furniture and
architecture, as references for Wales. Wales himself introduced
European art to the Maratha court, persuading the Peshwa
to establish a school for drawing and negotiating the use
of a 'Bungello' for the display of works of art. For his
patron, Wales painted a large picture of the Treaty of Poona
signed on 6 August 1790. Malet had negotiated this alliance
between the Marathas and the British, against Tipu. He
had also visited Hyderabad, where William Kirkpatrick,
the Resident, was working to dissuade the Nizam from joining
Tipu against the British.
By tradition, the Marathas were a tough, martial race,
with neither time nor interest in paintings. However, the
court, seeing the British fondness for commissioning portraits,
decided that it could only enhance their political favour
with the British to do likewise - greatly to Wales's advantage
'It is no small pleasure for me to find that I improve in
my painting and that I do not like to leave any picture
till it is in a much higher state of perfection than my
painting used to be,' he wrote. Unfortunately, when the
vast Maratha empire began to collapse, with the wars of
1803-05 and 1817-1819, many of these Maratha portraits
were destroyed, and some of Wales's best-known surviving
works are the engraved views of Elephanta, which he worked
up from drawings into paintings for an early patron, a retired
Company servant, James Forbes.


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(CNSNews.com) - Television viewers in West Virginia, Rhode Island and Michigan will get an earful about earmarks and federal pork-barrel spending. A conservative group, Americans for Prosperity, will launch the television ad campaign beginning Wednesday in those states, urging residents to contact their U.S. senators to tell them to oppose the allegedly wasteful items in the federal budget.
"Grassroots taxpayers are sick and tired of having their hard-earned tax dollars wasted on pork-barrel earmarks, and they have started to make their voices heard in Washington," said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, on Tuesday.
"Our goal with this million-dollar ad campaign is to first get the pork-barrel earmarks out of the emergency spending bill, then to fight wasteful earmarks in the regular appropriations bills, and finally to build support for real and lasting earmark reform legislation," said Phillips.
The ads, narrated by retired Navy Cmdr. Duane Sand focus on legislation to fund the war against terrorism. That bill, Sand declares in the ad, "is being held hostage to pork-barrel spending."
"It's called political earmarking -- a secret way politicians waste your money to get themselves reelected," Sand states in the ad.
The ads, which will run June 7-20, are specific to each of the three states and single out Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, as well as Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
"These seem to be senators who have gone both ways on this issue," said Phillips. "We wanted to pick senators who are struggling with this."
Byrd, who since 1989 has either chaired or been the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, is famous for carving out federal spending projects for his home state. He announced in 1990 that he wanted to be West Virginia's "billion dollar industry," according to the Almanac of American Politics.
When asked on Tuesday about the new television campaign targeting him, Byrd told Cybercast News Service that Americans for Prosperity "ought to be ashamed to insult the intelligence of West Virginians by using glaring distortions to play political games with emotional issues like aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina and support for our fighting men and women.""
"This ad is little more than an out-of-state partisan group's effort to distort my work for West Virginia," he said.
"Worse, this ad is flat wrong. No one is holding up the funding for the troops. In fact, with this legislation, Congress will have provided $318 billion for our troops in Iraq. No one is delaying emergency funds for Hurricane Katrina. With this legislation, Congress will have provided $87 billion in relief and recovery funds for the people in the Gulf Coast region," Byrd stated in an email response.
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LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP — The family of 4-day-old Mark Robert Witzke III gathered in his parents bedroom Thursday evening after dinner — the same bedroom where the infant was delivered Monday morning by three township police officers.
Jillian Witzke, 31, sat in a rocking chair holding her son as her husband, Mark, her mother, Jody Schumann, and their two children, Joseph, 7, and Arianna, 2, recalled his birth on the couple's bed just days ago.
"I had just gotten in the shower and Jillian came in and was screaming we got to call 911, the baby is coming. I kept saying we'll wait for the ambulance, but that didn't happen," said Mark Witzke, 34.
Schumann said when she called 911 she was told to have her daughter get off her feet and onto her bed. Just moments later, township police Sgt. David DiElmo and Officers Thomas McAnney and Eric Nelson rushed into the home in the Mystic Island section of the township.
Witzke said she knew that there was no time and that the baby would be born right there in her home, although she was scheduled to be induced this week.
"Everything happened so fast. It was literally minutes, and it was so natural. This third one was definitely the easiest," she said.
Witzke is a nurse and said at 39 weeks pregnant, she had no contractions the night before and last weekend only felt more tired than usual.
"DiElmo was my focal point. He was so nice and was talking to me and telling me to breathe. I was scared, but he put me at ease," she said as the baby lay in her arms Thursday evening.
DiElmo delivered another baby on duty in the township in 1994, he said earlier this week.
When 7-pound, 15-ounce Mark Robert Witzke III was born, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and Schumann said she watched as McAnney removed the cord with ease and placed her grandson on her daughter's stomach.
"It was just amazing. I was there for the births of my other two grandchildren, but this one was really up close and personal," Schumann said.
Mark Witzke said his other son and daughter missed their new brother's birth by just minutes as they had been picked up for school by his father right before their mother went into labor.
Jillian Witzke said there wasn't much pushing in order for her to give birth to her son Monday morning, but the best thing was that he was born perfectly healthy under the circumstances.
The officers received commendations earlier this week from the Police Department for delivering the baby boy.
"They were awesome. I just want to thank them for saving my son," Jillian Witzke said Thursday evening as she looked down at her son's full head of dark, brown hair.
"They were really professional and they made a crazy situation very comfortable," Mark Witzke said.
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Based on the constitutional separation of powers, the president only enforces the law.
Things will not change until we change the laws, until we replace the professional politicians in Congress with people who want to serve.
That's the real source of the problems we're facing. It's Congress that makes the laws.
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Ladybug Appetizers Recipe
- 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- Black paste food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon minced chives
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/8 teaspoon minced fresh parsley
- 36 butter-flavored crackers
- 18 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- 18 large pitted ripe olives
- 72 fresh chive pieces (about 1-1/2 inches long)
- 1. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Remove 1 tablespoon to a small bowl and tint black. Place tinted cream cheese mixture in a small plastic bag; set aside.
- 2. Add the chives, garlic salt and parsley to the remaining cream cheese mixture. Spread over crackers. Arrange two tomato quarters on each for the ladybug wings.
- 3. For heads, halve the olives widthwise; place one half on each cracker. Insert two chives into olives for antennae. Use tinted cream cheese mixture to pipe spots onto wings. Yield: 3 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
3 each: 86 calories, 6g fat (2g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 187mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 1g protein.
Reviews for Ladybug Appetizers
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"My Pastor's wife's name is June, the pastor calls her his June bug, she loves lady bugs so for her birthday I'm making these adorable little lady bugs as a gift for her. I think they will be a big hit, and she'll love them."
"I can't wait to try this!"
"Made these x 2 recently, BIG hit! Helpful hints: black dots: I used a little tube black cake decorating gel for the dots; put 3 little dots on top of ROOM TEMP tomatoes. I have assembled these with crackers about 1.5 hrs ahead of time, refrigerate them & cracker was still crisp. I also used sliced cucumber, placing slices on paper towel to absorb some moisture while assembling. Filling: added a little more garlic salt & chives to zip it up. Enjoy!"
"Re the soggy cracker issue: I am going to try a basil leaf or sliver of lettuce next time. The basil should add a nice flavor. Maybe just a small dot of cream cheese mix to hold it in place and then assemble as per recipe."
"Really good....I just substituted the black paste dots with chocolate syrup.....tasted amazing!"
"Very good! Substituted flower shaped cucumber slices for the crackers. Perfect compliment to my garden themed Tea Party."
"I did not make these as ladybugs. I just wanted to serve as appetizers. The spread was delicious and then I just served the tomatoes and black olives and chives separately so that you could build your own. Very tasty. If I ever need the cuteness factor I will assemble as ladybugs."
"As I read everyone's notes about this, I see that nobody has tried something other than crackers. I was thinking perhaps give a try with bagel chips since they are a bit harder and are toasted it may stop them from getting soggy like the crackers, and the trade off is not too bad from crackers to the chips for the calories exchanged, if that is a concern. After all, a bagel chip runs about 8 calories and a Ritz cracker runs 16 calories."
"i couldn't stop smiling while making these! i sliced the olives in half just because. to make them again i'd use wheat grass which i usually have on hand anyway. it's thinner and sturdier. as for the comments about the cream cheese making the crackers soggy. i'd make the mixture the night before and keep refrigerated :-)"
"Cheese makes a better bed for the Lady Bug. There needs to be a way to copy a recipe and leave the ads off. Wast of ink!"
"Very quick and something the kids can help make. Get the kids in the kitchen early and they'll grow up cooking at home instead of eating out."
"The recurring problem seems to be the cream cheese softening the cracker. Why not put a pepperoni slice on the cracker and build up from it?"
"This recipe is wonderful. I made them for a party and everyone loved them.I will make them again and again."
"This recipe was great fun to make! I served them for an "indoor picnic" for a recouperating friend. Everybody loved them! These did get soft fairly quickly so make them at the last minute. :)"
"Brought these to a baby shower and they were a hit! easy to make! Tasted delicious. Make these right before you want to serve them or the crackers will get soggy."
"These are adorable but one caution. The first time I made them the night before and refrigerated them for work the next day. They were so soggy. Has anyone had luck making them ahead of time or do you pretty much have to make and eat them right away? They are delicious and easy to make just not so good soggy."
"I have made these many times now and they are always a hit at the party. They taste really very good. One time I didn't take the time to cut the tomato, omitted the olive and chives and still VERY good! Great appetizer!"
"I also used flavored cream chees for quick assembly. My 2-year-old grandson loves the "YADYBUGS!""
"I made these ladybugs for a baby shower. Everyone said they tasted great; BUT the crackers got soggy."
"I Loved these darling lady bug appetizers. They went like hotcakes. I used rosemary/olive oil Triscuit and Brie Cheese in the round. Sliced the Brie for the white on the cracker, then added the ladybug. They flew right off the plate!"
"We made these for a Widow's Tea we did one year, with a summery, warm, sunshine theme. All of the dear widows LOVED them, and were even hesitant to eat them because they were SO cute! :)"
"They look so cute. I'm not such a huge fan of the ingredients."
"I would make these again in a heartbeat! I made them for my daughter's 1st birthday party which was a ladybug theme. They looked SO cute and everyone loved them. I made some other ladybug finger food snacks I found on a different site too and they all looked so cute together!! It takes a bit of time to assemble them but once you get the hang of it after doing a few, it gets easier. For the black dots, I shopped around for what I thought would be a good applicator-type thing. I found a squeezable tube of black icing by Dec cake but I think in the end we used the tube some but also dipped toothpicks into the end and made dots because they were coming out too big. Anyway, I'd still make them again, they were very cute for the party theme and fun to eat!"
"I haven't made this yet, but I'm so thrilled and eager to serve them. They seem so easy and with flavored cream cheese and black decorating gel, this will be a snap. My party's theme is lady bugs so this is absolutely perfect. Thank you so much for posting it!!"
"These were a hoot to make and were adorable! Tasted good, too. When I mixed the creamed mixture together I thought "this isn't going to be very flavorful!" but it was very good, actually! The large olives that I bought (said 'large' on the label) were much too big-buy the smallest ones you can find. You'll also want cherry tomatoes on the smaller rather than larger size. I made my ladybugs in the morning for an evening party, so I needed to refrigerate them. Be sure to let the black dots dry for abut 15-20 minutes if you're going to cover with plastic wrap. I also used Neufchatel cheese (33% less fat cream cheese) and red.fat sour cream. I did not give the bugs antennas either. 5 stars!!"
"To make this an easier recipe, I just used flavored cream cheese (garlic/chive), it cuts out almost everything but assembly! I also used black icing b/c I couldn't find the black paste, too little to tell a difference."
"These were a hit at our church social. I omitted the antennae, ladybugs do not have them. To make it easier I just used a black gel decorating tube for the spots."
"I use Wilton paste dye. You can get it at most craft stores. It's pricey, but a little goes a LONG way."
"how do i tint the cream cheese?! what with?"


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Extra funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the most impactful elements of the 2009 economic stimulus, expires Friday, meaning poor families in all 50 states will immediately see steep cuts in government food aid. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided a 13.6 percent funding increase to SNAP recipients […]Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for October, 2013
The more useless elements of the left are losing their minds
.@elainelancaster @olddominiongir WE R NOT HOSTAGES.If UR REPUBLIC IS FREAKING THE WHOLE WORLD OUT,MAYBE WE SHOULD DEEP 6 THEIR WEAK ASS'S. — Cher (@cher) October 4, 2013 Don't you love it when elderly has-beens promote genocide, and marginal actors promote torture over divergent political views? Every Tea Party member should be horsewhipped. — Chris Noth […]Read the rest of this entry »
A note on yesterday's EBT debacle
As I'm sure most of you are aware, the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) system in 17 states went down for a time yesterday, leading to no small amount of worry for those affected who rely upon the program to supplement their family's dietary needs. Thanks to the modern social media technology, the worry became hysteria […]Read the rest of this entry »
Electrical grid attack in Arkansas
Someone has been a bad boy. I'm not sure what the perpetrator is doing beyond what is described in the article that suggests he or she has "'above-average' electrical skills." Then again, FBI assuredly isn't telling CNN everything.Read the rest of this entry »
Taking Washington back
I'm not sure who created the image (I swiped it from Matt Bracken's Facebook page), but it certainly seems relevant today. We're cursed with a President and Senate that seems determined to use the law (when it suits them), or ignore the law (when it suits them), or descend into outright criminality (when it suits […]Read the rest of this entry »


text: ODU CS Department Professor Tamer Nadeem recently got a grant from the ODU Office of Research's Multidisciplinary Seed Fund.It provides $60,500 to the project .Investigating the Feasibility of Exploiting Bluetooth Technology in Locating Vehicles at Intersections.. This project involves a multidisciplinary team of Tamer Nadeem (PI), Computer Science and Mecit Cetin (Co-PI), Civil & Environmental Engineering. In this project, we explore a cost-effective, low-maintenance and efficient sensing mechanism that utilizes the Bluetooth devices that exist nowadays in vehicles (i.e., built-in Bluetooth, on-board mobile phones, hands-free devices) to estimate queue lengths at intersections. Queue lengths are important for both characterizing the performance of the systems and for developing more efficient traffic signal control strategies. By measuring the vehicular queues on all approaches of an intersection, signal phase durations can be adjusted to allocate the green times more efficiently to reduce delays and wait times.


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TICKETS are still available for a sparkling charity fundraiser.
The Colchester Macmillan Fundraising group is staging a diamond ball to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The event, on December 1 at the Moot Hall in Colchester Town Hall, will feature a drinks reception, three course meal and dancing with a black tie dress code and a little bit of sparkle.
Tickets cost £55 and for further information call 07971 804187.


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It's location is perfect. Right on the Main River with a view of the Klingenberg castle on the opposite hill with the lovely little town below of Klingenberg below, The staff is always very nice as is the food . That's why we always stay there on our Europe trips. And our name is Klingenberg ! No
The location was perfect, and our room overlooking the river was ideal. We loved this hotel. The hotel restaurant was closed for one day but nobody told us in advance. Not a serious problem, but it seemed odd.
The location was near to the river and the views were nice. The bar below played loud music during the night (3.00am) which was annoying.
The staff was amazing supportive. We had to leave early in the morning and they provided breakfast 1-1/2 hours early to accommodate our schedule. There was a lot of construction in the area, but there was really nothing the hotel could do about it.
Brilliant hotel for a stopover. Good Bistro/bar attached. Easy to find and good parking.
I have stayed several times, and the rooms and meals are always excellent. Large rooms. A bit difficult to check on on a weekend (not staffed at all hours).
I have stayed at this hotel many times and always enjoy my time there. The breakfast is excellent, also.
Very nicely furnished, large room. Good breakfast included. Free parking. Strong free wireless internet.
Huge room and huge bathroom. Very good breakfast. Bedroom and bathroom were on opposite sides of hallway.
Countryside lodge setting and environment, but nearby to villages and cities. Would be helpful to have more multi-lingual staff.
they put me in a smokersroom and i requested a non smoking room. and a lot off stairs to climb to go to your room
Very nice hotel and friendly staff and location is very nice in the country and lot of forest.
Very attractive building. A traditional Gasthof. Balcony had a truely beautiful view. Plently of fresh air in this genuinely forest location. Good bedrooms and bathrooms. Off street parking area for guests. Suprised by level of very early morning traffic at the front. Staff could have been a little more friendly. No lift but you probably wouldn't expect one.
My open top car has no cover and the owners gave me a garage, they also looked after me very well. Danke
Atmosphere is perfect, facilities clean and inviting. Host are very friendly and helpful.
Absolutely great place! I've been there second time and was even better than the first ! Personnel speaking English - very important in case of international guests, very good manners. Service excellent considering this place a small village guest house. Clean and neat. Very comfortable rooms with balconies, quiet neighbourhood. Price is just great for all these facilities. Location about 1 hour drive from the city of Frankfurt and in the middle of Nature Park. If you want to spend great time close to German culture and feel atmosphere of Germans' living style definitely visit Landgasthof Waldfrieden. -
Very nice place. Great hospitality, nice ambiance, clean and comfortable room with balcony, wonderfully comfortable bed, beautiful peaceful location, totally dog-friendly. We were traveling from Slovenia to a dogfrisbee competition in the Netherlands and needed an affordable place to stay with dogs along the way--too far to drive in one go. This suited us perfectly. I will definitely stay there again next time I travel in that direction. Very glad to have discovered it. Everything was perfect, the only problem was we liked it so much we wanted to stop again on the way home Sunday (instead of spending another night in a tent at the competition site and driving back in one day) but latest check-in was 9 p.m. and we couldn't be sure of getting there that early.
Clean rooms. Good kitchen. Quiet Hotel in a pastoral setting. Friendly staff and guests.
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The quiet country locaton and the visual appeal of the hotel, good quality meals and comfortable beds.
Lovely place, very kind staff, clean and huge rooms, perfect breakfast.I can just recommend it for anyone who likes nature. - nothing PERFECT!


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On May 25, Holy Cross Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh or Fr. Ted as he prefers to be called, will be 93 years of age. Apart from macular degeneration, which requires that everything be read to him, he is as mentally sharp as ever.
And on June 24, he will observe the 67th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood in the Congregation of Holy Cross.
When he was born in 1917, World War I was still raging, and when he was ordained in 1943, we were in the midst of World War II. Is there any wonder that Fr. Ted has devoted most of his life and all of his priesthood to the pursuit of peace among nations?
Soon after ordination, the young Fr. Hesburgh asked his religious superiors for permission to serve as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy. But they had other plans for him. He was sent instead to study for a doctorate in Theology at The Catholic University of America in Washington.
Although he had excelled in his studies there, he had difficulty obtaining approval for the topic he had chosen for his doctoral dissertation: the theology of the laity. Some of the professors at CUA balked, dismissing the topic as insufficiently academic.
This was still a time, almost 20 years before the start of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, when the laity were regarded as second-class citizens in the church. The "real" church consisted of the hierarchy and the so-called lower clergy. Religious women and non-ordained religious men were in there somewhere, too, but only a notch or two above the laity.
There was a movement at the time known as Catholic Action. Its strength was that it found a place for the laity in the life of the church, but only as helpers of the hierarchy.
The young Fr. Ted Hesburgh already knew in the mid-1940s that there was much more to the role of the laity in the church than even what Catholic Action allowed for.
After a bit of a struggle, and with the dogged support of his dissertation director, Paulist Fr. Eugene Burke, Fr. Hesburgh produced his theology of the laity. So popular, in fact, was the finished product that the university bookstore could not keep printed copies in stock.
Soon thereafter Fr. Hesburgh received a request from the Vatican for a copy of the dissertation. He sent it off to Rome, but heard nothing more about it until two decades later when he read the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity and recognized his ideas incorporated in the document, but without a single footnote of attribution.
It was, after all, prescient of this young priest to have realized so early on in his ministry that priests exist for the sake of the laity, not vice versa.
When in July 2000 he received the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal, that had first been conferred on George Washington, President Bill Clinton noted at the award ceremony in the Capitol rotunda that, among all the honors Fr. Hesburgh had received in his life, "The greatest honor you'll ever wear around your neck is the collar of a priest."
Fr. Hesburgh readily agreed. He said at the award ceremony, and repeated on so many other occasions, that the most significant day of his life was the day of his ordination to the priesthood. For years he has made the point to his many friends and countless audiences that he will require no better epitaph than "Theodore M. Hesburgh, priest."
Fr. Ted served for 35 years as president of the University of Notre Dame and as president emeritus ever since. He retired in 1987, after the university's Board of Trustees had given him a five-year extension, to age 70.
He considers his greatest achievements at Notre Dame to have been the transfer of governance from his own Congregation of Holy Cross to a lay board of trustees in 1967, and the admission of women students to the university in 1972.
In retirement, however, Fr. Ted remained active. He was elected to Harvard University's Board of Overseers -- the first priest to be so honored -- and in 1994, at age 77, became chair of the board for two terms.
His national stature is reflected in some 16 U.S. presidential appointments. In addition, he was a charter member and then chair of the Civil Rights Commission.
His other accomplishments are too numerous to list here. He is simply the greatest educational leader of our time and the greatest U.S. church leader of the 20th century.
A happy 93rd birthday and 67th anniversary to Fr. Ted!
© 2010 Richard P. McBrien. All rights reserved. Fr. McBrien is the Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame.
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Latest question:
How do you think the new GigE standards will influence the machine vision industry?
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How about a few definitions? You have 1080p and 1080i and 720p. The number is lines of resolution, the letter p is for progressive scan and the letter i for interlaced scan. With a progressive scan, the image is captured, transmitted and displayed line by line from top to bottom. The interlaced pattern scans every second line, from top left corner to the bottom right corner, and then repeats the process starting from the second row to fill in the gaps. An interlaced scan uses two fields to create a frame; one contains all of the odd lines in the image, the other all the even lines. Each pass takes 1/60th of a second, meaning a full frame is conveyed in 1/30th of a second.
Interlace was the technique of choice for improving picture quality by removing flicker from the time it was invented in 1932—and first demonstrated two years later—by an RCA engineer. It was created because cathode ray tubes were becoming brighter, increasing the level of flicker caused by progressive scanning. It was the top choice in television until the 1970s when the needs of computer monitors resulted in the reintroduction of progressive scan. Interlace still is used for most standard definition TVs and 1080i HDTV, but not for LCD, DLP or plasma displays.
Progressive does provide higher vertical resolution than interlaced with the same frame rate; it doesn't have the visual artifacts of interlaced video of the same line rate so it doesn't require intentional blurring of video to reduce interline twitter. It also offers better results for scaling to higher resolutions than equivalent interlaced video, such as upconverting 480p to display on a 1080p HDTV.
So what's the problem with 1080p? "It's really a misconception," says Gary Pitre, Eastern Regional Sales Manager—Imaging Systems Division, at Toshiba America Information Systems. "In talking to industry professionals, there's nothing in the foreseeable future that will be sent out in 1080p. The bandwidth isn't there. It's a lot of data."
The digital TV standard in the United States, Canada and Mexico is the ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee). ATSC supports resolution up to 1080 by 1920 pixels in an interlaced format at frame rates of 24, 25 and 30 frames per second. The ATSC also approved the 720p format that delivers 720 by 1280 pixels every 1/60th of a second in full frames, which doubles 1080i's 30 frames per second.


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It is another time of year when kids (and adults) get a chance to overdose on sugar. And I love it. However, this year we are doing something different and making sure all of the candy in our house is natural, organic, and free of artificial dyes.
We ordered our dye free snacks from http://dyefreetreats.com/
I was recently asked about Drupal hosting for a client with several Drupal websites. They were looking to consolidate to a single provider for all of their Drupal sites, but only had a budget of around $250/month. They were already using Acquia, a great Drupal specific host, but looking to cut down their costs. Here are the other options we discussed:
BlackMesh, They are a fully managed hosting solution, Drupal specific server administrators. However, not in the $250/month range for all of the sites and servers they would be needing.
Rackspace, the strength is in some of their very specific setups that they provide like the Cloud Sites. But those specific setups might not quite work for your needs. They have a robust control panel, but for many IT folks it doesn't give you all of the flexibility you need. Also, compared to AWS, you will usually end up paying more for the same size servers and bandwidth.
AWS, Our IT guys prefer the unlimited flexibility of AWS. We use EC2 for everything. You do need to make sure they have some sharp IT guys available to make sure everything is well configured and managed. There are some good tools to help you get started, like preconfigured Drupal servers. AWS is the ultimate of being able to pay only for what you use. Especially if you take advantage of AWS reserved server pricing, I would expect they could get their costs even lower than $250/month.
There are some other hosting providers that basically give a cleaner interface into larger cloud providers like AWS. A common one is heroku.com. The servers are still AWS, but you can easily manage your infrastructure with simple slide controls. It abstracts that server management away from your immediate control. Heroku now supports PHP, but it is a newer technology for them. It would be difficult to put all of their Drupal sites on the same heroku app, but many of their smaller sites might cost little or nothing to keep running as separate heroku apps.
Another one I haven't personally used, but several devs from Utah are loving and using now is pagodabox.com. Similar to heroku.com but a larger focus on PHP applications. Pagodabox could be a good option for Newhouse. Pagodabox uses SoftLayer for their servers and cloud hosting. So it is a good mix of simple server management with powerful cloud servers. Pagodabox would take some setup on the Drupal side to make sure static files, uploads, etc are being stored on a shared drive or a cdn. Basically they would need to make their site load balance ready. There are tutorials for setting up Drupal on their system. Pagodabox has a Web Components feature that lets you setup multiple code-bases and multiple sites but all sharing the same server resources.
With heroku or pagodabox it makes it easy to ramp up or down server resources based on their needs. So you might ramp up to 3 or 4 larger servers during the peak traffic times of year or months, then lower it down to save money in the lower traffic periods.
The last recommendation is Pantheon. They are another Drupal focused hosting provider. They also provide some great tools for collaborating together on a Drupal site. Most companies would probably need their $400/month level. A big benefit here is similar to Acquia they are optimized for Drupal. With the flat rate tiers, you don't get the benefit of paying only for what they use. But that can also be a benefit since you won't ever pay more than $400. A problem with pantheon is I believe they only support single Drupal codebase, so you have to use a Drupal module to host multiple sites all on the same codebase, which would probably take some refactoring of existing sites.
Now you can control your sprinklers with your smart phone. Easy peasy, limon squeezy.
We have the technology. We've sent a man to the moon. So why are we still running in and out of the garage to see if our sprinklers are working? Lono lets you control your sprinkler system anywhere, anytime with your smart phone. And the things that should be automated, finally are.
Rain is building this cool new device and recently posted it on Kickstarter.
Development & Hardware
Rain wanted to develop this quickly so we used the Arduino platform. The initial prototype is using the Arduino Uno R3. Lono includes bluetooth 4.0 (LE) so the Lono app will be able to recognize the device by proximity (no pairing required). This will make setup of the device a snap– especially on iOS 7 which has an API to automatically setup wifi access.
Manufacturing Plan
The plan is to deliver by the first day of Spring (March 20). The schedule is to continue refining and testing the prototype until our kickstarter is funded.
Here I have put together a list of the cheapest rates I have been able to find for calling Nicaragua without a calling card (the rates I have seen for calling cards haven't been any cheaper).
It has been a 3 years since we purchased our Kirby vacuum and I posted something about our experience, The truth about Kirby Vacuums! Kirby sentria. It has been interesting to read all of the comments that have been posted on that article about various people's experiences with Kirby sales people over the years. The stories seem to be pretty consistent, most everyone is impressed with the actual vacuum and if you haggle long enough you can get it for around $850 more or less.
We've had ours for over 3 years now, and it has continued to work like a charm. The motor is running great and it still seems to have kept the same power. We have replaced the rubber belt, but those are pretty cheap to order online. And now that our son is 4 years old he is strong enough to push the vacuum, at least when the drive is turned on, although he still loves just vacuuming with the hose.
We honestly haven't used it for many of the any additional features, like shampooing the carpets. But it has been a great vacuum and we definitely don't regret the purchase. So is the vacuum really worth $850 more or less? I'll have to make that decision in another 15-20 years. Part of the biggest selling points of the vacuum is that it has solid metal parts and is built to last for decades. Assuming this really is our last vacuum, then yes the money will be worth it.
It's too bad so many people seem to have bad experiences with their sales people. Running a business completely on door to door sales is bound to cause frustrations. We are all busy people and might not enjoy spending a few hours with somebody trying to sell you a vacuum.
It is a model I'll probably skip. But the features I do like are:
– Thinner, always nice
– 4G LTE, both AT&T and Verizon
– faster processor, so overall things load a bit faster
The larger screen is cool, but not really an extra selling point for me. So my iPhone 4S is still good for me and I'll probably wait until an iPhone 5S comes out next year. Of course that is also influenced by my 2 year upgrade schedule not coming around until next year, so it would cost me an additional $250 to upgrade now.
2 GB + 500 MB bonus
This is the easiest one. Just sign-up using this link (my referral link, you and I will both get a bonus 500 MB, see step #4). After signing up and installing the drop box application on your desktop, you should have a total of 2.5 GB of space available. 2 GB is the standard dropbox amount and you get an additional 500 MB for signing up using somebody else's referral link. http://db.tt/KCgCXLQh
Dropbox outlines a few easy steps as an introduction to dropbox. Just complete those 5 basic steps and you'll receive a bonus 250 MB. dropbox.com/gs
Go and get the latest beta version of the desktop client or android app. There is a new feature that automatically uploads photos from your android device or when you insert a camera into your computer. You'll earn a bonus 500 MB for every 500 MB you upload. So go take some long videos dropbox.com/help/287
Go to dropbox.com/free, there you will see various steps you can complete, each one giving you an additional 128 MB. Connect dropbox with Twitter, Facebook, give a review, than share that review on twitter. dropbox.com/free
You will get 500 MB free for every person you refer, up to a limit of 16 GB. This one could be a little tough unless you have lots of friends that are just waiting by their computer to install dropbox. dropbox.com/referrals
That's it! You should be able to get at least 6 GB without referring anybody using these steps. Thanks dropbox for the free space in the cloud. And if you can max out your referral bonus on dropbox you should be well over 20 GBs of space, that is 15 GB more than Google Drive (or most any other online storage service) gives you on a free tier.
Update: You can get 1 GB more for completing Dropquest 2012. You can search for most of the answers on Google so it won't take you too long. Dropquest 2012


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Q. I'm putting £20 on you getting the Man of Steel. Is this a good bet or poor bet?
Paul Craig, Allerton, Bradford
I want to have my best year and if I have my best year then I have a chance. But it's all part of the team doing well, too. I don't think a prop has ever won it, have they? If it happens, it happens.
Q. What is it that made you into the best prop in the world? Is it raw talent or do you have a different work ethic to others?
Robbie, Bradford
A mix of both. As one of Brian Noble's famous quote goes: "talent is overrated". A lot of it is down to attitude. I'm an absolutely terrible loser, whatever I'm doing.
That carries over into training which means I stay behind constantly trying to get better and make things right. It's very rare I'm happy with the way I played. As soon as I've played I'll be looking at what I can do to play better.
Q. In the modern game not many props can do the full 80 minutes, especially at the pace you play. What kind of diet do you have to maintain your strength? Surely it's not all red meat!
Stuart Royle, Bradford
Not too much red meat. I try to stay as healthy as possible. I cut out the bad stuff and stick to pasta and carbs. I eat a lot of chicken and turkey.
Q. What job would you most like to do if you weren't playing rugby league?
Declan Thorp, Dublin, Ireland
I'd be a professional footballer - in the Premiership. I played football from when I was eight and didn't play rugby until I was 15. Outside of sport? Well, my brother is a fireman and I'd like to do that. Or maybe go into the police force and do something exciting.
Q. Who is the hardest prop you have played against in the world and in Super League? Who has given you the biggest ever hit?
Martin, Salford
The hardest prop? The one who stands out as the toughest would be Shane Webke - we've had some right battles. It's always good to play against him.
Biggest hit? I don't tend to get smashed too much. I remember one years ago, I was only about 19, I think it was Gareth Carvell. But I was a lot lighter then and he ran into me. I'm sure there have been more, I just don't remember them.
Q. Do you miss Barrie McDermott not being around?
John Manning, Wolverhampton
I still see him and I've been on his radio show. I speak to him more than ever because I'm doing my testimonial and he's helping out with that. But yes, I did enjoy the games against Baz, we always got stuck in.
Q. How do you mentally prepare for a match?
Bethany Warin, Harden
We do a lot of training during the week and we've got game plans to work to. You just think about what you need to be doing.
On the day, I'll just single out a couple of small points to concentrate on. Getting up for every game is hard. Sometimes you get there and things don't go right. That's just the way people are.
Q. After winning everything available with the Bulls, what ambitions do you still have?
Richard Cousins, Leeds
I want to win something like the Tri Nations with Great Britain and possibly test myself in Australia.
Q. Have you already decided to go to the NRL or is there still a chance you will stay with Bradford?
Hayley, Steeton
Nothing has been decided. There's a lot of thought going into it at the moment. But I've got another season after this at Bradford and that's an awfully long time. A lot of things could happen, but I will consider every option.
Q. Do you think it's about time we adopt the video ref for all games in Super League, not the just the Sky games?
Iain, Wakefield
Yes, I do. It's a great concept and I'm fully behind it. If we are looking for consistency and taking the game forward it would be a great idea. It doesn't necessarily mean we have a big screen at every game. There would be just a bloke in the stand making sure the right decision was given.
Q. How come you are so nice looking but when you go into a tackle with someone you look so fierce and mad?
Alice Wear, Denholme
It's just part of the game. Aggression is part of rugby league. Actually, not aggression, more assertion or controlled aggression.
I'm sure not too many people would want pictures of me snarling at them on the bedroom wall, unless it was to scare the kids. Some players are aggressive, some are a little more passive and can still do it. But emotion pushes me on and I work off that.
Q. We've seen you wearing your headphones a lot and wondered what bands you listen to?
Deb and Kal, Malton, York
Anything. On game day in the changing rooms I have five or six tunes on the iPod which are based on a DVD I watch at home to get positive thoughts. They are things like Eminem, Run DMC and AC/DC.
But apart from that I've got another 4000 or so songs on the iPod, anything from Frank Sinatra to Elvis to the Stereophonics.
Q. With all the punishment your body takes and the fact that each year the sport is getting faster and harder, do you feel careers are getting shorter?
Simon Murphy, Lancaster
Yeah, definitely. Some people will still have long careers. But generally the careers will be shorter because every year the game gets quicker and the impacts more severe.
Q. Do you think Iestyn Harris has come back a better player after his couple of years out playing rugby union?
Phil, Sheffield
It's hard to say, because he was a very good player before he left. I think he is more experienced and wiser because he is older. But I don't think he is necessarily any better, because he was pretty good when he was at Leeds.
Q. What tips would you give to any young prop forwards starting out in the game?
Phil, Sheffield
Enjoy it, don't take it too seriously. I know I take it seriously, but that's because it is my job. But in the end sport's about enjoying it.
I go to kids' games and see parents screaming abuse and it sickens me. You have to be competitive and get stuck in, but you have to enjoy yourself as well.
Q. I recently read that Kevin Sinfield is at university doing a sports psychology degree. What do you do in your spare time?
Di Thompson, Liverpool
I've got a testimonial starting in September, and that is taking a lot of planning and a lot of work. Apart from that, I do as much scuba diving as I can. In the past I've done A levels and sports science studies.
Q. How big a shock was Brian Noble's departure and will it have an adverse effect on the team?
John Staples, London
I don't think it will have an adverse effect, though it was a shock to everyone. We lost against Warrington, but I think we would have lost if Nobby was coach.
If anything negative happens now, people will say it's because Nobby has gone. Steve McNamara's going to bring in his own type of coaching, but this year it's the same team and we are playing to the same systems. The only thing that has changed is the coach.
Q. What's your favourite Brian Noble story?
Eric, Cleckheaton
He was stopped on the motorway for speeding, about 80mph. We've all done it.
The policeman said to him: "Did you realise you were speeding?" So Nobby says: "Yeah, but it's late at night, there's nothing on the road, I'm sorry I was going a little bit too fast."
The bobby then says: "Were you not worried about Mr Fog?"
"No," says Nobby, "because Mrs Weather seems alright to me."
The policeman looks at him and says, "No, sir. Mist or Fog".


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The heady scent of galangal and kaffir lime defines Thai cuisine, and a favourite national dish is the delicious and creamy chicken soup, tom kha gai.
Chef Katrina Ryan, a Neil Perry acolyte and owner of Brisbane cooking school The Golden Pig, has a passion for Asian food. Once a household takeaway staple, Thai cuisine is being cooked more and more in Australian homes, and the process of creating beautiful Thai dishes is one Ryan aims to simplify.
She loves this soup because "it is so simple, warming and fragrant and the fresh lime lifts the creaminess of the coconut". Better still, it takes about 20 minutes to cook, making it the perfect midweek meal. So ditch the takeaway menu and try making this delicious soup at home. Or watch Ryan in action on Saturday, July 5 at her Good Food Month cooking class.
Katrina Ryan's top tips for making tom kha gai
Cooking time: Don't cook it for too long, just enough to infuse the aromatics, and remove it from the heat as soon as the lime juice is added so it tastes fresh. Some chefs squeeze the lime into the bowl and pour the soup on top.
Palm sugar: Palm sugar is made from the sap of the date palm and is a staple ingredient in Thai cooking. It is often sold in solid blocks and hard palm sugar can be easily softened by pounding in a mortar and pestle. It can be found in the Asian food section of most supermarkets.
Galangal: From the same family as ginger, galangal is a distinct Thai flavour. Although it looks a bit like ginger, it tastes different and is much harder. Galangal cannot be eaten, instead its flavour is infused into food. It can be sourced at Asian grocers.
Coconut cream: This recipe uses coconut cream as it provides the depth of flavour and creaminess required. Coconut milk is too watery. If the soup is too creamy for your liking simply add a little water.
Chopping: It is important not to chop up the lemongrass, galangal and lime leaves too small. They are meant to remain in the bowl after eating the soup. You don't want small bits in the mouth with each mouthful.
Katrina Ryan's tom kha gai
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups coconut cream
2 coriander roots
2 small hot red chillies (with seeds)
2 stalks lemongrass
10 slices peeled galangal
3 kaffir lime leaves
1 tsp sea salt
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp palm sugar
1 chicken breast, thinly sliced
1 tomato, cut into wedges
3 tbsp lime juice
A handful of Thai basil leaves
Heat the stock with the coconut cream in a small saucepan.
Wash the coriander root thoroughly and scrape with a knife. Chop all the white part and about 1cm of the green stem. Discard the rest.
Using a mortar and pestle, pound the coriander roots and chillies to crush well. Add them to the soup.
Strip back the lemongrass until clean and smooth. Bash the white end with a pestle to loosen the hard core. Discard the core and slice the white part diagonally. Discard the thin green stalk.
Cut the skin off the galangal and slice into 3mm thick slices. Put the lemongrass and galangal slices in a mortar and pestle and bruise lightly to release the flavour but not break the pieces up. Add them to the pot.
Tear and scrunch up the lime leaves to release the perfume and add them to the pot as well.
Add the salt, fish sauce and palm sugar to the pot.
Slice the chicken breast thinly across the grain.
Bring the soup to a simmer and add the chicken.
When the chicken is cooked (about two to three minutes), add tomato and the lime juice.
Serve with extra chopped chilli on the side and garnish with Thai basil leaves.
Serves 4
Katrina Ryan will be hosting a cooking class, The Art of Making Authentic Thai Curries, on Saturday, July 5 as part of Good Food Month. See brisbane.goodfoodmonth.com


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Are TV addicts healthy?
Does heavy television viewing pose a hazard to psychic health? That was the theme of Being There, the 1979 movie starring Peter Sellers as a man whose perceptions of reality were totally derived from the sex, violence and vacuity he saw on the tube. Social scientists have said that TV may have a role in inciting criminal behavior and have found near-constant viewers to be alienated types who find the world a scary place.
Now comes a defense of TV addicts. In a new study, Paul Hirsch, 34, a sociologist at...
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20 U.S. Code § 9567 - Establishment
§ 9567.
(a) Establishment
There is established in the Institute a National Center for Special Education Research (in this part referred to as the "Special Education Research Center").
(b) MissionThe mission of the Special Education Research Center is—
to sponsor research to expand knowledge and understanding of the needs of infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities in order to improve the developmental, educational, and transitional results of such individuals;
to sponsor research to improve services provided under, and support the implementation of, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); and
(c) Applicability of this subchapter
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 175, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title II, § 201(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2799.)
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Khloe Kardashian Pleased With Her Nipple Slip on 'Fox & Friends'
Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dumb. Tweedle Bum is nowhere to be seen.
Kourt is mentally raping me with her eyes…and i luv it!
And the Wookie is eating you with hers. Choices, choices.
Well, if the get stranded on Hoth, at least Kourtney will know how to split Khloe open and shelter for the night…
If these two are going to go out in public dressed like this, they should do a couple of sit-ups first.
Just sayin'
Punchington Out
Attack of the Gunts!


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Markets are bracing for the shutdown of the United States government with Australian stocks suffering the biggest one-day fall in nearly two months.
The US budgetary impasse will have consequences for economic growth in the world's biggest economy but experts are not troubled unless the government is out of action for an extended period of time. They say the looming debt ceiling negotiation mid-October is a bigger threat to financial market stability.
Stocks dropped in anticipation that Congress would fail to pass the spending bill by the deadline of Monday night, Washington time, taking some of the gloss off the best quarter for shares since September 2009.
The S&P/ASX 200 Index declined 88.2 points or 1.7 per cent to 5218.9 points on Monday, trimming returns for the past three months to 8.67 per cent.
The Australian dollar slipped to US93.02¢, having gained almost 5 per cent in the past month.
Regional equity markets were also weak with Japan's Nikkei recording losses of more than 2 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng down more than 1 per cent.
Futures prices pointed to a weaker opening for Wall Street when trading resumes in the US.
AMP Capital's head of fixed income,
Republicans are blocking the passing of the fiscal spending bill by trying to withhold funding for the health program known as Obamacare.
"The polls I've seen suggest the Republican party would come off poorly if they enforce the shutdown and therefore I think it would be pretty short-lived," he said.
"A permanent feature of managing money at the moment is that you've got to be aware of these sorts of political events."
Equally, he does not expect the US to default when the debt ceiling is up for negotiation because it would be politically unpalatable. "In the background, the data is improving, the budget is improving so these, I think, are self-generated political risks rather than anything that's coming out of the underlying fundamentals.
"If you look at those then the creditworthiness of the US is improving as the economy improves," Mr Warner said.
The Congressional deadlock and the looming debt talks could influence the Federal Reserve's decision-making around the taper. Even if the bill is passed, a fresh round of broader spending cuts cannot be ruled out.
The Fed has left the door open for keeping stimulus intact until 2014 and cited fiscal consolidation as one risk to the outlook when it declined to taper earlier in September in a move that shocked markets and dented confidence in the recovery.
"If we get a shutdown and we get the pressure of the debt ceiling then that feeds through to business sentiment, consumer sentiment, forward looking activity numbers, then I think it will impact," Mr Warner said.
Aquasia credit strategist
"That could halve GDP in the fourth-quarter and maybe it's enough to tip the US back into, maybe not recession, but more prolonged period of sub-optimal growth," he said.
"I think we'll get some kind of solution and if you're looking at the markets for some idea of how it's going to play out then it's the US Treasury market and that looks pretty relaxed."
US Treasuries were yielding 2.6 per cent on Monday, only slightly tighter than on Friday.
"You've got to assume the traders over there have a better idea of what's likely to happen than most people and that's reflected in the prices of Treasuries... that indicates that people aren't panicking," Mr Bayley said.
"Once Treasury yields start to go crazy – either up or down in significant moves – then it's time to worry."
While all eyes are focused on the US, macro-economic problems risk boiling over in other regions.
Europe, which has been relatively stable since the Cypriot banking crisis faded, could be the next source of trouble as Italy's ruling coalition dissolves.Yields on Italian 10-year bonds rose to the highest in three months on the news. AMP's Mr Warner nominated Germany as another potential risk to stability but stressed that the market viewed Europe as being on a stronger footing.
"There's a lot going on elsewhere not just in the US," said NAB's Ms Lawson. "In Europe you've got the uncertainty surrounding the Italian government and whether they'll need to go to another election or not. It comes just at a time when they should be resolving their own budget issues for 2014 and at a time when the IMF is saying they do face ongoing problems."
"These sorts of political risk events are a much bigger deal for the market when the data is softening. We're not in that situation right now, the data has been strengthening both in the US and in Europe for the last six months so the market has a natural level of resilience to these sorts of political risk events than it did in 2011 or 2012," he said."That to us is an important turnaround."
He does not expect a repeat of the market gyrations of August 2011 or mid-2012 when credit markets moved sharply on sovereign debt crises.
The VIX, or the Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index, suggests an upturn in volatility for the S&P 500. The VIX last traded at 15.46 points, the highest level in almost a month. S&P 500 futures were down 0.8 per cent ahead of the US session.
Japan is poised to raise its sales tax on Tuesday and the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its October meeting. Economists predict no change to the Australian cash rate but some are not ruling out a further cut in November. Fear of stoking house prices could preclude the RBA from taking rates below 2.5 per cent.
The Australian Financial Review


text: I really would say try the workaday fatigues, I know that Drinkwaters stocks those. He's also stocking the main line fatigues in olive reversed sateen. My workadays are hands down my favorite EG pants, just because the fit is so relaxed and comfortable without being sloppy looking. I mean, there's a reason Daiki wears them in 70% of the photos he's in. Here's some inspiration:


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by Peter Sumner
One of the major reasons to come to Africa is to see wildlife. There can be few thrills in life that equal driving round a corner and encountering a pride of lions strolling along the road in front of you – unless it is an elephant cow with her tiny calf, or maybe a fish eagle performing its haunting call before catching its dinner, or seeing a cheetah outrun an impala, or …… well, I could go on, because I have witnessed all this and more in the Kruger National Park, South Africa's flagship game reserve.
There are a number of reasons why I believe one should go to Kruger instead of other parks, but I am totally biased. Kruger has been good to me. Every time I have been, since 1956, I have seen lions. Nowadays, I always see elephant, buffalo, giraffe, and a host of other game. On a recent 6 night stay, we saw 32 different mammal species, including 58 lions, with one day's tally being 23. Of course there was one day on which they were hiding, but to be fair, who has it all ALL of the time! The 173 elephants were spread out over all the days and we also saw leopard, cheetah, serval and wild dog. Serval?! What's a serval – the next cat down from a cheetah, nocturnal and a great sighting – it's not only about lions.
Birding is also spectacular. Of the 103 species I was able to identify – others would not sit still long enough – there were 7 different eagles and we ticked off 5 of the big 6, including the largest flying bird in the world, the kori bustard.
Kruger is far more hands-on (and a lot more affordable) than the luxury parks, which drive you to game that has been "tracked". That is almost like going to a zoo without cages. Organized rides, walks, and other activities are offered in Kruger, but I prefer the self drive option. The thrill of Kruger is finding your own special sightings and staying there as long as you choose to. Of course, there is the risk that they might elude you, but that risk is the same in all wild life facilities.
The best time to visit Kruger is from July to October. This is the end of the dry season and the malaria-carrying mosquitoes are dormant. Surface water has usually dwindled and the animals gravitate to the rivers and waterholes. The predators know this and follow. This increases the chances of spectacular sightings.
You can stay in (acceptably) secure, up-market rest camps, each with its own charm and unique features, at a fraction of the cost of luxury parks. Accommodation is serviced and you will be pleasantly surprised. For campers, there are campsites at most rest camps, allowing for an inexpensive stay, but affording you the same rich experience – and the opportunity to gather "intelligence" while washing up cooking utensils in the communal facilities.
There is an airport close by at White River with scheduled flights and a number of car rental companies in operation. If finances permit, a high clearance vehicle is an advantage, or even a 4x4 if you intend doing trails that some camps offer.
One has to eat, and there are many options to feed your party. There are supermarkets in Nelspruit, White River, Phalaborwa, and Hazyview, from which you can buy almost anything at good prices.
Many rest camps within Kruger have restaurants and shops but one can expect to pay more. Take-aways are also available from camps and tea rooms at Tshokwane, Afsaal and Nkuhlu.
The best viewing times clash with human feeding times at both ends of the day. We have had great success in the past in "getting out there" as the camp gates open. It also clashes with breakfast, so we have an early "cuppa" waiting for the gates to open and then get to a waterhole, picnic site or back to camp at around 9am for breakfast.


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Welcome to the ECpE Senior Design Website!
Senior Design is a two-part, two-semester required course (EE/CprE/SE 491/492) designed to help students prepare for the workplace.
During the first semester (EE/CprE/SE 491), students work in project teams to create a design solution to an engineering problem, and use their technical writing skills to produce a project plan and design report.
During the second semester (EE/CprE/SE 492), students create a design prototype and deliver a final report, a project poster, and an oral presentation.
The Coordinating Team
The two Senior Design courses are managed by two instructors, a Senior Design Committee, and an Industry Review Panel (IRP). The Committee meets on a weekly basis and deals with administrative issues. It is also the responsibility of the Committee to evaluate the project plans and the design reports at the end of EE/CprE/SE 491. The Industry Review Panel meets at the end of EE/CprE/SE 492, to evaluate the final prototypes, as well as the design process, and to provide constructive criticism to the Senior Design Committee.
The members of the Senior Design Committee (in alphabetical order):
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