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I just updated my compiler to 2013 ver3 from 2011 ver8 (trying to fix a debug problem I was having with one source file).
The new install did not fix the problem but otherwise the compiler appeared to work OK. Because c: drive on my system is very short on spare space and 2013 ver3 was working OK, I then removed the old version.
However, since removing 2011 ver8 I can no longer compile programs. VS 2010 opens and I can open solutions / projects OK; ie. the edit windows display OK.
However, as soon as I attempt to recompile the project, the attached message comes up and I can proceed no further; ie. no longer able to compile.
I assume that uninstalling 2011 ver8 has crippled something.
Where to from here? Do I need to reinstall 2013 ver3? If so, just reinstall over the top of the existing install?
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Mumbai, Sept. 18 (PTI): Three months after a CISF jawan gunned down his senior, police have filed a chargesheet against him in a magistrates court even as a sessions court has deferred his bail plea to September 20 for final hearing.
Raj Namdev, the dismissed jawan, is charged with gunning down deputy commandant A. R. Karanjikar at the airport here on May 24. The chargesheet was filed recently in the court of the metropolitan magistrate at Andheri.
Police have also charged him with kidnapping and wrongful confinement of colleagues. After fatally injuring Karanjikar, Namdev had held his colleagues captive at gunpoint but later released them.
Namdev had said he shot dead his senior as he was refused leave and also because the officer was rude and arrogant with him.
Namdevs bail plea will be heard by sessions judge .D. Deshpande. Lawyer Majeed Memon will argue for him.
The sessions court had taken a serious view of alleged police pressure on witnesses. It had on July 9 ordered Andheri magistrate A.D. Joshi to record the statements of Namdevs parents and others concerned and thus deferred Namdevs bail plea.
The court had decided on the move after Memon pointed out that police recorded the statements of Namdevs parents in Marathi and did not read these out to them in keeping with the law.
The lawyer also said that six women constables held hostage by Namdev had alleged they were pressurised by police to give statements.
Namdev had pleaded for bail on humanitarian grounds, saying he was not a criminal but a disgusted employee whose terms of service were stringent. He said he had no intention of committing the crime but had done it in a fit of rage.


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Tales from Gold Mountain: Stories of the Chinese in the New World. Douglas & McIntyre
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This review "Familiarity & Alienation" originally appeared in Writing & Cultural Values. Spec. issue of Canadian Literature 130 (Autumn 1991): 142-144.


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You just spent a day at Disneyland with your family, getting lost in the throngs of people, noises, lights, and smells. Your kids are ready to ride Space Mountain again, but all you want to do is go find a dark, quiet place to hide out for a while.
If that sounds familiar, you might be a highly sensitive person.
In 1996, Dr. Elaine Aron published her groundbreaking book, The Highly Sensitive Person, in which she described what an HSP is, reassured us that it was okay to be one, and gave us permission to take better care of ourselves.
Before I read The Highly Sensitive Person when I was 26 years old, I thought there was something wrong with me that only a lifetime of therapy (and maybe drugs) would be able to fix. I felt neurotic, imbalanced, and constantly frazzled.
But Elaine Aron taught me it's okay to be me… a highly sensitive person.
Are you an HSP?
A few clues that you might be highly sensitive:
- You are easily overwhelmed by bright lights, strong smells, itchy fabrics, or loud noises.
- You shutdown or get rattled by having too much to do in a short amount of time.
- You avoid the news and violent movies because they effect you so much (like you can't get the images out of your head or leave you physically uncomfortable).
- Sometimes you need to be completely alone without any sound, lights, or touching.
- You notice subtleties others miss (sounds, tastes, smells, etc).
To get a clearer answer, you can take the Self-Test on Dr. Aron's website.
A couple of other, less documented clues that I've found to be true for myself and other HSPs that I know are: feeling other people's feelings, sensing things physically (like you feel emotions and thoughts in your body), and an intimate understanding of what it means to feel frazzled or overstimulated.
Why should you care if you're an HSP or not?
Because frankly, knowing is half the battle.
If you know for sure you are not an HSP, awesome. You can stop reading now.
But you if know you are or think you might be an HSP, it's important to understand what it means and how you want to be with this trait.
First, let's be clear: being an HSP is not a disability, disease, or weakness, it is a trait. Like eye color or height.
High sensitivity is a trait that shows up throughout the animal kingdom, not just in humans like me (and maybe you). These highly sensitive animals often act as an early warning system for their pack or herd because they notice the subtle changes of approaching danger before anyone else.
It's estimated that up to 20% of the world's population is highly sensitive, but different cultures treat sensitivity differently and most people aren't even aware of the trait.
Knowing that you are highly sensitive can be liberating because it frees you from the old story of being broken because you're different.
Understanding your sensitivity can open new possibilities by giving you permission to try things that work for you. And understanding your high sensitivity is key in designing a life in which you can thrive.
Awareness is the first step.
I'll be writing a few more "so you're an HSP, now what?" kind of posts in the coming weeks. Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular you'd like to know more about.
A few resources for highly sensitive people…
If you'd like to learn more about being an HSP (or living with one), check out Elaine Aron's website and book.
And sign up for my newsletter, The Inside Story, where I share stories and tips about thriving as an introverted, highly sensitive leader and coming to terms with our sometimes overwhelming world.
Understanding your sensitivity is key in designing a life in which you can thrive.
Being an HSP is not a disability, disease, or weakness, it is a trait. Like eye color or height.
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The present invention relates generally to a system and method for data compression suitable for use in, for example, data communications and data storage systems.
Data compression systems convert a stream of symbols forming an input message into an encoded stream of symbols forming an output message, from which the input message can be reconstructed. Successful compression results in an encoded output stream that is shorter than the original input stream.
One type of data compression technique is known as statistical modeling, which generally encodes individual symbols of an alphabet based on their statistical probabilities of appearance in a message. In general, statistical modeling methods represent symbols having higher probabilities of appearance with fewer bits than those symbols having lower probabilities of appearance. FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a typical statistical modeling method: a statistical model 120 is used to determine probabilities for the symbols of the original stream 110 of a message. A model encoder 130 uses the determined probabilities from the model 120 in conjunction with the symbols from the original message stream 110 to determine codes for the symbols which are used to produce an encoded message stream 140.
FIG. 1B is a block diagram illustrating the decoding of the encoded message stream 140. As shown, the model decoder 160 decodes the encoded message stream 140 using a statistical model 150 corresponding to the encoding statistical model 120, producing symbols used to create a reconstructed message stream 170.
Statistical modeling methods may be static or adaptive. Static methods, such as those illustrated by FIGS. 1A and 1B, use fixed statistical models 120 and 150 to provide probabilities for the symbols, whereas adaptive models dynamically update statistical models to reflect changes in the probabilities of the symbols as more messages are processed. FIG. 2A illustrates an example of an adaptive statistical modeling method. Specifically, after symbols are encoded, the statistical model 220 is updated to reflect a recalculated probability of occurrence for the symbols. FIG. 2B illustrates a corresponding decoding system. Assuming that the encoding and decoding systems start with an identical initial model and that symbols (or their corresponding codes) are processed in the same order by the encoding and decoding systems, models 220 and 250 can be updated in sync so no additional data need be transmitted to ensure consistency between the models 220 and 250 used by the encoding and decoding systems.
Alternatively, as illustrated by FIGS. 2C and 2D, adaptive systems can be implemented to lessen the processing and memory resources required for decoding encoded message streams. The encoder 230A can be implemented such that when encoding a symbol using updated data from the model 220 for the first time, the model update information is transmitted along with the encoded symbol in the encoded message stream 240A. When received by the decoder 260A, the model update information is used to update the statistical model 250 so that the updated model can be used to decode the encoded message stream 240A to properly determine the symbols forming the reconstructed message stream 270.
Another type of data compression technique is dictionary-based compression. In contrast to the statistical model-based methods which use codes for individual symbols of an original message stream, dictionary-based methods use codes for strings of symbols in the original message stream. Typically, a dictionary-based compression method maintains a table of recognized strings. Strings in the original message stream that match string entries stored in the dictionary are encoded using a code representing the corresponding dictionary entries.
Examples of dictionary-based compression methods include the Ziv-Lempel ("LZ") family of data compression techniques first developed by Jacob Ziv and Abraham Lempel. See, e.g., Jacob Ziv & Abraham Lempel, A Universal Algorithm for Sequential Data Compression, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, Volume 23, No. 3, at 337-43 (1977). Referring to FIG. 3A, one variation of the LZ-type compression methods provides a dictionary encoder 330 that processes strings of an original message stream 310 by determining whether a current string matches a string previously stored in the dictionary 320. The current string is initially the first symbol of the original message stream 310 not already encoded, and the dictionary 320 is initialized to include an entry for each possible symbol to ensure that an initial string will match at least one dictionary entry. As long as the current string matches a dictionary entry, the dictionary encoder 330 adds the next symbol from the original message stream 310. If the current string does not match a dictionary entry, the dictionary encoder 330 creates a dictionary entry for the current string and encodes the current string using the index of the newly created dictionary entry. In this case the information added to the encoded message stream includes not only the encoded string, but also update information for the newly created dictionary entry. The process continues until the original message stream 310 is completely processed. The encoded message stream 340 thus consists of a series of codes corresponding to the dictionary entries representing strings of the original message stream along with any necessary dictionary update information.
FIG. 3B illustrates a corresponding LZ-type dictionary-based decoding system. The dictionary 350 is updated as new information is received in the encoded message stream 340. Using the dynamically updated dictionary 350, the dictionary decoder 360 processes the dictionary codes in the encoded message stream 340 by retrieving strings corresponding to the dictionary codes from the dictionary 350, thus producing a reconstructed message stream 370.
This example of a dictionary-based compression method is inherently adaptive, as a dictionary is customized for each encoded message. In general, the compression rate achieved by dictionary-based compression methods is proportional to the number of matches found between strings of the message stream and dictionary entries. Because the number of matches tends to increase as more of a new message is processed and more dictionary entries are created, the compression rate achieved tends to be low when processing begins and increases as more of the message is processed. Accordingly, better compression rates tend to be achieved on larger messages.
Data compression methods, such as those described above, enhance the efficiency of systems that manipulate data by, for example, storing or transmitting data. However, these methods can require significant processing and memory resources which make them unsuitable for use in systems such as wireless paging, or other messaging systems in which the receiving devices have limited processing and memory capability and messages tend to be small.
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a computer-implemented method for encoding an alphanumeric message, by matching strings of at least one symbol in the alphanumeric message with corresponding entries in a predetermined phrase dictionary, in which each dictionary entry corresponds to a phrase code. The method further replaces matched strings in the message with corresponding phrase codes, and encodes at least a portion of the remaining symbols in the message using a statistical model based coding method.
Certain implementations of the invention may include one or more of the following features.
The alphanumeric message encoded is a wireless message.
The dictionary entries include phrases recognized in previously processed messages, and/or phrases recognized in messages stored in a historical message database.
The dictionary entries are ordered in the dictionary based on the frequency of their occurrence in previously processed messages. In some implementations, the dictionary entries may include integers. In general, the dictionary entries may be adapted for specific applications.
For example, in a paging system, the dictionary entries are specifically adapted for the intended users of the paging system.
Matching a string of at least one symbol in the alphanumeric message with a corresponding entry in the dictionary further includes identifying the string, searching the dictionary for the corresponding entry, and determining the corresponding phrase code for the matching entry.
A phrase code corresponding to a dictionary entry may represent a phrase defined by a single word. The single word may include a special character. Alternatively, a phrase code corresponding to a dictionary entry may represent a phrase defined by a single word or an integer, where the integer may include a hyphen, or a phrase defined by one or more words or integers, where each word may include a special character and an integer may include a hyphen.
Encoding at least part of the remaining symbols of the received message further includes determining an efficiency parameter for the encoding of a portion of the remaining symbols and encoding that portion only if the efficiency parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold. The symbols left in non-encoded format may be represented in ASCII format.
The statistical model based coding method for encoding at least a portion of the remaining symbols in the message may be, for example, an arithmetic coding method, a Huffman coding method, or a Shannon-Fano coding method, or a combination thereof. The statistical model based coding method may be an adaptive method.
The method may further include encoding the phrase codes replacing the matched strings and the remaining symbols in the message using a statistical model based coding method.
The method may further include identifying strings representing at least one numeric symbol in the alphanumeric message and encoding those identified numeric strings using a numeric encoding method.
In general, in another aspect, the invention features a memory device storing computer-readable instructions for enabling a data compression system to encode an alphanumeric message using computer-implemented methods such as are described above.
In general, in one aspect, the invention features a data compression system comprising an encoding system including a predetermined dictionary having entries represented by corresponding phrase codes, a phrase encoder for encoding strings of at least one symbol in the alphanumeric message with phrase codes representing dictionary entries corresponding to the strings, and a model encoder for encoding at least a portion of the remaining symbols in the message using a statistical model based coding method.
The encoding system may be embedded in a wireless base station for transmitting the encoded alphanumeric message and the data compression system includes a receiving device for receiving and decoding the encoded message. Such a receiving device may include a predetermined dictionary corresponding to the predetermined dictionary of the encoding system, a phrase decoder for decoding phrase codes in the encoded message with strings corresponding to dictionary entries identified by the phrase codes, and a model decoder for decoding portions in the encoded message encoded using the statistical model based coding method.
Among the advantages of the invention are one or more of the following. The present invention achieves data compression in systems having limited resources, such as processing and data storage resources. Specifically, the invention can be implemented in systems such as paging systems, which have limited resources available at the decoding end of the system. The invention achieves data compression with insignificant delay. The invention achieves significant data compression even for short messages. In paging systems, the invention enables data transmission using decreased bandwidth usage and minimized transmission time without compromising the quality of the transmitted data.
The Phrase Dictionary can be customized for specific applications, including applications for different languages. Customization can increase the likelihood that a phrase in an original message stream has a matching entry, thus achieving increased compression. Customization can also enable a suitable searching method to be used with the Dictionary, and can enable phrases to be efficiently ordered in the Dictionary.
Because corresponding Phrase Codes must be used by the Phrase Dictionaries at the encoding and decoding ends, the invention achieves a degree of encryption as well as compression.
FIGS. 1A and 1B are block diagrams of static statistical model-based data compression systems.
FIGS. 2A-2D are block diagrams of adaptive statistical model-based data compression systems.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are block diagrams of dictionary-based data compression systems.
FIG. 4 illustrates a communication system which can utilize data compression techniques.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an encoding system.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating an encoding method.
FIG. 7 illustrates the bit allocation used in accordance with a data compression system.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a decoding system.
FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a decoding method.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an encoding system.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a decoding system.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an encoding system.
The invention may be implemented in special purpose hardware, software applications running on general purpose hardware, or a combination of both. For example, in a wireless communications system, the invention may be implemented using software applications in a computer system and wireless receivers and/or transmitters.
FIG. 4 shows an illustrative system 400 incorporating the present invention, including a computer system 410 having an I/O interface 411, a CPU 412, and a RAM 413. The computer system 410 acts as a gateway server for communicating messages to user devices such as paging device 430. I/O interface 411 receives incoming messages from a base station 420 or from other sources, such as telephone lines 414. The CPU 412 and RAM 413 process incoming messages, which are transmitted through the I/O interface 411 to the base station 420. Through an antenna 421, the base station 420 transmits outgoing messages to be received by paging devices such as 430, which include a receiver 431 coupled to a CPU 432, a memory 433, and a display 444. User devices such as paging device 430 may be implemented as one-way (as illustrated) or two-way communication devices.
Referring now to FIG. 5, a data compression system encodes a message using a combination of compression techniques. Specifically, in this example, the Original Message Stream 510 of symbols is in ASCII format, which represents symbols as alphanumeric characters, spaces, and punctuation. The data compression system processes the symbols in the Original Message Stream 510 in units of "phrases," which are sequential series of symbols from the Original Message Stream 510 capable of being recognized by the encoders used by the data compression system, in this case, the Numeric Encoder 525, the Phrase Encoder 535, and the Statistical Model Encoder 545.
The definition of a phrase unit may be adapted as appropriate for specific applications and may depend in part on the type of entries in the Numeric Model 520 and the Phrase Dictionary 530, which also may vary. For example, in the context of paging systems, because messages will frequently include phone numbers, the Numeric Encoder 525 and Numeric Model 520 may be designed to recognize and encode, for example, strings of numbers with zero or one embedded hyphen. The Phrase Encoder 535 and Phrase Dictionary 530 may be designed to recognize and encode phrases consisting of single words. In this example, a phrase can therefore be defined as a stream of characters or numbers with zero or one embedded hyphen, followed by a punctuation or a space. Other possible types of phrases include a combination of single words and portions of words, a combination of single and multiple words, single words optionally combined with punctuation, a combination of single and multiple words optionally combined with punctuation, or any of these types, combined with a series of numbers. The optimal entry type will likely vary depending on the intended application of the system.
As will be explained in greater detail with reference to FIG. 6, the data compression system of FIG. 5 includes a Numeric Encoder 525 for encoding phrases comprised of numeric characters (with zero or one embedded hyphen) 510a with Numeric Codes 525a using a predefined Numeric Model 520. Phrases comprised of other than numeric characters (with zero or one embedded hyphen) 510b are processed by a Phrase Encoder 535 using a predetermined Phrase Dictionary 530, which encodes those phrases having matching entries in the Phrase Dictionary 530 with Phrase Codes 535a. Phrases received, but not recognized, by the Numeric Encoder 525 or the Phrase Encoder 535 are left in their original format 525b and 535b (in this example, ASCII format) to be processed by a Statistical Model Encoder 545, which either encodes the symbols with Statistical Model Codes 545a determined using a Statistical Model 540, or leaves the symbols in their original format 545b. The encoded message stream 550 thus consists of a variety of codes, which may include Numeric 525a, Phrase 535a, Statistical Model 545a, and/or ASCII 545b codes.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart of the encoding process performed by the data compression system illustrated in FIG. 5. After an Original Message Stream 510 is received (step 610), the system determines a Next Phrase (step 620), defined as the next phrase in the Original Message Stream 510 not already processed.
Returning to FIG. 6, once the next phrase is determined (step 620), the method determines whether the phrase consists of numeric symbols (with zero or one embedded hyphen) (step 630). If it does, the Numeric Encoder 525 determines whether the phrase can be encoded using the Numeric Model 520 (step 640).
In this example, the Numeric Model 520 associates a Numeric Code 525a with any string of numbers having values within a predefined range. In this example, the range is between 1 and 1023 (inclusive). Thus, if the Numeric Encoder 525 determines that the phrase represents a number between 1 and 1023, the Numeric Encoder 525 determines a Numeric Code 525a for the phrase using the Numeric Model 520 (step 645), which is then appended to the Encoded Message Stream 550 (step 670). The Numeric Code 525a is determined such that it indicates whether a hyphen is embedded in the string of numbers.
If the phrase does not consist of numeric symbols (with zero or one embedded hyphen), the Phrase Encoder 535 determines whether the phrase has a matching entry in the Phrase Dictionary 530 (step 650). In this example, the Phrase Dictionary 530 is a table in which each entry represents a unique string of characters and each entry is uniquely identifiable. As mentioned, Dictionary entries may be restricted to specific phrase types, such as single words, and the specific phrases selected for dictionary entries may vary depending on the intended application of the system.
The data compression system may be customized for specific uses. For example, to customize the Phrase Dictionary 530 for a paging system, phrase types may be limited to a combination of single words, including any following punctuation. This takes into account that paging messages are typically short (i.e., having a small number of words). As a further customization, the dictionary entries may be determined based on frequently appearing phrases in a historical database of actual or simulated paging messages, based on the assumption that the historical frequency with which phrases appeared in previous messages provides an accurate indication of the frequency with which they will appear in future messages. Messages in the historical database are decomposed into individual phrases. The frequency of occurrence is calculated for each phrase, and entries in the dictionary are created for the N phrases having the highest frequencies. The phrase code associated with each entry is based on its dictionary index.
Using the predetermined Phrase Dictionary 530 avoids the overhead required to create or update a dictionary to process new messages. This overhead can be prohibitively expensive particularly in systems such as paging systems having paging devices characterized by limited processing and storage resources, and by short messages which generally result in low compression rates using traditional dictionary approaches. In dictionary-based systems, the compression efficiency increases as the number of matches increase, and the number of matches increase as symbol streams are repeatedly recognized in a message. In systems that require the dictionary to be created or adapted for new messages, short messages, which have fewer repeated streams, have correspondingly fewer matches and achieve lower compression efficiency. Because the Phrase Dictionary 530 is predetermined, the overhead for creating and/or adapting a dictionary is largely avoided and efficient compression can be achieved even for short messages.
The number N of dictionary entries may be varied. Although increasing the number of dictionary entries enables more phrases in an original message stream to have corresponding dictionary entries, a larger dictionary will require greater memory resources to store and greater processing resources to search. In this example, the Phrase Dictionary 530 has 14335 entries, each of which can be uniquely identified by a 14-bit code representing its index in the Dictionary 530. This enables a phrase corresponding to any dictionary entry to be represented in a maximum of two bytes, with two bits of the first byte being allocated for identifying the code as a Phrase Code.
FIG. 7 shows the two bytes used to represent the various types of codes in this embodiment. Specifically, two bits 710 of a first byte are used to indicate that the phrase is encoded using either a one byte Phrase Code Identifier (using the two bits "10") or a two byte Phrase Code Identifier (using the two bits "11"). As explained in greater detail below, the two bits may also identify two other types of codes, in this case, Statistical Model Codes (using the two bits "01"), and ASCII Codes (using the two bits "00").
The first sixty-three entries of the Phrase Dictionary 530 are identified using the one byte Phrase Code Identifier "10" and using the remaining six bits 720 of the first byte to identify the entry's index in the Dictionary 530. The 64th through 14335th Dictionary entries are identified using the two byte Phrase Code Identifier "1" and using the eight bits of the following byte in addition to the remaining six bits of the first byte (the fourteen bits 730) to represent the entry indices.
In this embodiment, the dictionary entries having indices 1-14335, inclusive, represent a phrase consisting of a single word, including any following punctuation, and each of these entries is identified by a Phrase Code Identifier "10" or "11" followed by a binary code representing a number between 1-14335 corresponding to its dictionary index. A Phrase Code Identifier "11" followed by binary numbers 14337-16383 are reserved for use by the Numeric Encoder 525 to represent the numbers 1-1023, including any following hyphen. More specifically, a number in the original message stream between 1 and 1023 is encoded by the Numeric Encoder 525 by assigning Phrase Code Identifier "11" in bit positions 710, followed by bits "111" in bit positions 740, an entry in bit position 750 depending on whether the number is followed by a hyphen (which is common in phone numbers transmitted in paging messages), and the number, in binary form, in the remaining ten bits 760 of the two bytes.
Returning to FIG. 6, if the Phrase Encoder 535 finds a matching entry in the Phrase Dictionary 530 for the current phrase, it determines a Phrase Code 535a (step 655) which is appended to the Encoded Message Stream 550 (step 670). As explained above, the Phrase Code 535a will include a Phrase Code Identifier, followed by the six or fourteen bits required to represent the corresponding entry's index in the Phrase Dictionary 530.
If the Numeric Encoder 525 or the Phrase Encoder 535 is unable to encode the current phrase, the phrase is passed to the Statistical Model Encoder 545 for encoding the symbols of the phrase based on the statistical probabilities of those symbols in a message as provided by the Statistical Model 540.
A variety of statistical model-based methods may be used, including, for example, Arithmetic coding, Huffman coding, and Shannon-Fano coding. Several examples of possible methods are described in references such as MARK NELSON AND JEAN-LOUP GAILLY, THE DATA COMPRESSION BOOK (M&T Books, 2d ed. 1996). In the example of FIGS. 5 and 6, Arithmetic coding is used.
Arithmetic coding is based on a statistical model producing a code for a string of symbols, with the number of bits required to represent the code varying with the specific string. As symbols comprising a string are successively encoded, each encoded symbol incrementally modifies the code for the string. As explained in greater detail in references including Chapter 5 of MARK NELSON AND JEAN-Loup GAILLY, THE DATA COMPRESSION BOOK, each symbol is represented by a real number interval between 0 and 1, and as symbols of a message are encoded, the size of the interval needed to represent a message becomes smaller and the number of bits needed to represent the interval increases. When a string is completely processed, the code includes data indicating the number of bits used to encode the string.
Each symbol's code represents its estimated probability of occurrence, and successive symbols of the message reduce the size of the interval in accordance with their respective probabilities. Symbols with higher probabilities reduce the interval size less than symbols with lower probabilities, and hence add fewer bits to the compressed message.
Because arithmetic coding is generally considered to be relatively expensive with respect to processing and memory resources, a modified arithmetic coding method may be used. For example, referring to FIG. 6, the Statistical Model Encoder 545 may be implemented to encode the string represented by a phrase only if it determines that the string has a probability exceeding a predetermined threshold (for example, 50%) (step 660). Because arithmetic coding has the characteristic that strings with higher probabilities require fewer bits to be encoded, the modified Arithmetic coding ensures that it is applied only when it achieves minimum threshold compression results.
Thus, only if the Statistical Model Encoder 545 determines that the string probability exceeds a predetermined threshold does it encode the string with a Statistical Model Code 545a (step 661) to be appended to the Encoded Message Stream 550 (step 670). As briefly mentioned above with reference to FIG. 7, the code is identified as a Statistical Model Code by setting the two high order bits 710 in accordance with a predetermined type-identification scheme (in this case, "01"). As indicated above, a Statistical Model Code has a variable bit length determined by data embedded in the code.
If the Statistical Model Encoder 545 determines that the string probability does not exceed the predetermined threshold, the string is left in ASCII format 545b (step 662), the two bit identifier 710 is set to identify the code as ASCII code (in this case, "00"), and the code 545b is appended to the Encoded Message Stream 550 (step 670).
FIG. 8 illustrates a system 800 for creating a Reconstructed Message Stream 590 from the Encoded Message Stream 550, comprising a hybrid string of codes as described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 9 is a flow chart for the decoding process. After the Encoded Message Stream 550 is received (step 910), a Code Type Decoder 555 retrieves the next code (step 920) to determine the code type. As explained above, two bits of the first incoming byte are reserved for identifying the type of encoding used to encode each phrase: "10" for one byte Phrase Codes, "11" for two byte Phrase Codes, "01" for Statistical Model Codes, and "00" for ASCII codes.
In the specific embodiment described above with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the Code Type Decoder 555 determines that the code is a Numeric Code 525a (step 930) if the first two bits of the code are "11" and the following fourteen bits represent a binary number between 14337 and 16383, inclusive. In this case, the Numeric Decoder 565 uses a Numeric Model 560 corresponding to the Numeric Model 520 used in the Encoder of FIG. 5 to determine the appropriate ASCII Code (step 935), which is then appended to the Reconstructed Message Stream 590 (step 960).
The Code Type Decoder 555 determines that the code is a Phrase Code 535a (step 940) if the first two bits of the code are "10", or if the first two bits of the code are "11" and the following fourteen bits represent a binary number between 1 and 14335, inclusive. In this case, the Phrase Decoder 575 uses a Phrase Dictionary 570 corresponding to the Phrase Dictionary 530 used in the encoding process described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. Specifically, the Phrase Decoder 575 uses the Phrase Code 535a to identify a Dictionary index, retrieve the string (in ASCII format) of the entry of the Phrase Dictionary 570 identified by that index (step 945), and append the retrieved ASCII string to the Reconstructed Message Stream 590 (step 960).
If the Code Type Decoder 55 determines that the code is a Statistical Model Code 545a (step 950), the Statistical Model Decoder 585 uses embedded data to determine the number of bits comprising the code. Using a Statistical Model 580 corresponding to the Statistical Model 540 used in the encoding process, the Statistical Model Decoder 585 decodes the Statistical Model Code 545a to its corresponding ASCII Codes (step 955), and appends the ASCII Codes to the Reconstructed Message Stream 590 (step 960).
Finally, if the Code Type Decoder 820 determines that the code is not a Numeric Code 525a, a Phrase Code 535a, nor a Statistical Model Code 545a, the code is assumed to be in ASCII format. Accordingly, the code is simply left as is and added to the Reconstructed Message Stream 590 (step 960).
A decoding system such as has been described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 may be implemented in, for example, a paging unit 430 such as that illustrated in FIG. 4, using the CPU 432 and memory 433 to implement the decoding process. As noted above, because the Phrase Dictionary 570 is predetermined, it can be burned into the paging unit (as can the other components 555, 560, 565, 575, 580, and 585).
Other embodiments are within the scope of the claims. For example, the invention may be adapted for a variety of different languages, and symbols of messages may be originally represented by character sets other than ASCII, including EBCDIC, Unicode, and extended character sets such as ISO Latin 1 and Kanji, or a combination of character sets. In such a case, the components of the system, including the Phrase Dictionary, may be customized for more optimally processing the specific symbol types. For example, semantic constraints of languages using the specific character set may be taken into consideration when determining the phrase type and Dictionary entries.
The invention may be implemented to transmit messages to user devices that may be one-way (receiving capabilities only) or two-way (receiving and transmitting capabilities).
The Phrase Dictionary may be periodically updated. For example, if a historical database is continually updated as messages are processed, the frequency with which strings occur can be tracked. If significant changes are detected, the Phrase Dictionary can be updated to reflect these changes, or in systems having sufficient processing and memory resources, the Phrase Dictionary may be adaptively updated for each string processed. In the context of paging systems, this may require the paging units to store the Phrase Dictionary in an erasable memory such as RAM rather than burned-in memory, so that a paging unit can be sent instructions for updating its current dictionary as needed.
The Dictionary entries may be customized for its intended use. For example, the entries may be customized based on the region, industry, or company in which it will be used.
As discussed above, the Dictionary entries may be limited to specified types of phrases. In addition to limitations based on, for example, the number of words allowed in an entry, limitations can be based on the number of bytes in the original string, or the frequency with which a string is likely to occur in messages. In the Phrase Dictionary described above, each Phrase Code of the dictionary is assigned a fixed number of bits (specifically, two bytes), which allows simple and fast retrieval at the decoding end. However, variable sizes for entries of a dictionary are also possible and may be desirable for some applications.
The Phrase Dictionary may be static or adaptive. For example, if resources allow, the Phrase Dictionary may be adapted to update the entries periodically. Alternatively, the data compression system can be implemented to monitor the appearance of phrases in processed messages and to update the Phrase Dictionary periodically. For example, the differences between the frequencies of occurrence assigned to phrases in the Phrase Dictionary and the frequencies monitored in processed messages reach a predetermined threshold, the data compression system may be implemented to update the Dictionary.
Various methods may be used to search the Dictionary to determine whether a matching entry exists for a given Phrase. For example, standard linear or hashing techniques may be used.
Similarly, various methods may be used to order the phrases in the Phrase Dictionary. For example, in the embodiment described above, the phrases may be ordered by their frequency. Used in conjunction with a linear search method, ordering by frequency should result in the most common phrases being recognized most quickly.
A variety of Statistical Model-based methods may be used, including Arithmetic coding, Huffman coding, and Shannon-Fano coding. If resources allow, the original message stream may be entirely encoded using Dictionary and Statistical Model based codes, without leaving any of the original symbols to be represented in ASCII. Similarly, if resources allow, an adaptive model may be implemented rather than a static model.
Variations and alternative methods may be used by the Numeric Encoder and Decoder to encode and decode numbers, as an alternative to the table-based method described above. For example, while the implementation described above encodes numbers within the range of 1 and 1023 (including zero or one hyphens), the range may be varied as desired or as is most appropriate for specific applications. Additionally, other encoding/decoding methods may be used instead of the table-based methods described above. For example, numeric phrases can simply be converted from its original representation to an unsigned integer representation.
While the invention was described in an implementation using Numeric, Phrase, Statistical Model, and ASCII codes, the invention may be implemented to use a variety of different types of codes and/or combinations of codes.
The combination of data compression techniques may be varied. The example described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 encodes recognized phrases using a Numeric Encoder 525, Phrase Encoder 535, and a Statistical Model Encoder 545. The Statistical Model Encoder 545 is used only for symbols of non-recognized phrases and only after determining that the model-based encoding meets a predetermined efficiency threshold. Numerous variations are possible. For example, FIG. 10 illustrates an alternative to the encoding system illustrated in FIG. 5 in which the output codes of the Numeric Encoder 525 and the Phrase Encoder 535, which may include Numeric Codes 525a Phrase Codes 535a or ASCII Codes 525b and 535b, are always encoded using Statistical Model Encoder 545a. Using this method, the Encoded Message Stream 550a consists entirely of Statistical Model Encoded codes.
FIG. 11 illustrates a corresponding alternative to the decoding system illustrated in FIG. 8. Because the received Encoded Message Stream 550a consists entirely of Statistical Model Codes, the decoding system first uses Statistical Model Decoder 585a and Statistical Model 580 to decode received codes into Numeric Codes 525a, Phrase Codes 535a and ASCII Codes. The Code Type Decoder 555a then determines the code type to determine whether the code should be processed using the Numeric Decoder 565, the Phrase Decoder 575, or should be simply appended as is to the Reconstructed Message Stream 590.
In another variation, numeric coding and phrase coding can be provided by a single component rather than being processed using separate Numeric and Phrase Encoder/Decoders, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and 10 and 11. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 12, the Original Message Stream 1210 is processed using a single Phrase Encoder 1225 which encodes recognized phrases in the Original Message Stream 1210 having matching entries in the predetermined Phrase Dictionary 1220 with Phrase Codes 1225a. Those not recognized are left in ASCII format 1225b. Whereas in the previously described embodiments, dictionary entries having indices between 14337 and 16383, inclusive, were reserved so that those numbers could be used by the Numeric Encoder 525, in this variation, numbers are represented as entries in the Phrase Dictionary 1220 (for example, entries identified by indices 14337-16383) and are encoded by the Phrase Encoder 1225 rather than the Numeric Encoder 525 of FIGS. 5 and 10.
Of course, for applications in which messages are unlikely to include numbers, the variation shown in FIG. 12 could be used without allocating any dictionary entries to represent numbers.
The present invention may be used in conjunction with existing error detection and/or correction schemes.
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I decided to post something a tad more optimistic than the dreary post before. I watched J.K Rowling's commencement speech in Harvard as well as Oprah Winfrey's at Stanford on Youtube. Both of them are truly inspirational and I strive to become at least half of the women they are today. One thing I noticed was that both of them talk about failure.
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The newly installed lights at Churchill Downs could be a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy outlook for the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
A wet track seems a certainty, even with an improved forecast issued on Friday afternoon.
Joe Ammerman of the National Weather Service said Louisville is expected to get several inches of rain this weekend. However, he says the storm should largely spare the track Saturday ahead of the 6:28 p.m. post.
If bad weather causes a delay or the visibility is poor, the race could potentially be run under the lights for the first time.
"It could be blinkers off and lights on," said Bob Baffert, trainer of the 3-1 favorite Lookin At Lucky and 12-1 shot Conveyance.
Banks of lights now encircle the venerable track. They were installed to accommodate night racing during the summer, and are sometimes used for early morning training. They can be employed at any time - even for the Derby.
"It is an option that we do have," track spokesman Darren Rogers said.
There are no restrictions in the race conditions barring the use of artificial light. The first 135 runnings of the classic for 3-year-olds were conducted in daylight. Churchill Downs hopes to continue that tradition when the horses go to the post.
That might not be realistic. Heavy rain is forecast for Saturday morning followed by lighter showers throughout the afternoon.
FINDING AN AUDIENCE: When NBC and Churchill Downs conducted market research a few years ago to increase TV interest in the Kentucky Derby, the results were startling.
Turns out, the sport of kings does well with women, too.
The Derby is one of three sporting events that draws more women than men, said NBC Universal senior vice president of marketing Mike McCarley. The Winter and Summer Olympics are the other two.
The research was a game-changer and allowed NBC, which will televise Saturday's Run for the Roses for the 10th straight year, to think outside the box.
Rather than confine promotions for the Derby to weekend afternoons during other sporting events, NBC spreads the love across the other networks it owns.
The Kentucky Oaks, the filly version of the Kentucky Derby, is broadcast on Bravo, which skews heavily toward female viewers. There are Derby segments on "The Today Show" in the run-up to the race focusing on everything from fashion to how to create the perfect mint julep.
"Women are watching the Derby more for the spectacle than the sporting event," McCarley said. "There's a balance you have to strike for the different people that you're watching."
The formula appears to be working. Viewership is up 27 percent since 2001. The 9.8 rating for Mine That Bird's upset last year was the highest-rated Derby since 1992.
To build on that success, Churchill Downs helped produce a series of one-hour telecasts on Saturdays this spring called "Road to the Derby," featuring the major prep races. They hope the investment pays off.
"We're lucky, men and women love horse racing and love the Derby," track president Kevin Flanery said.
There's a chance viewers won't have to hop from network to network next year to follow the Triple Crown. NBC broadcasts the Derby and the Preakness, while ESPN holds the rights to the Belmont. The TV contracts expire this year. McCarley said having the entire Triple Crown on one network would help sustain interest in the series even in years when there isn't a Triple Crown candidate.
"I think that's a real growth opportunity for the sport," he said.
PINK OUT: No one got into the spirit of Friday's "Pink Out" event more than Col. Sanders of KFC fame.
In order to help raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research, Churchill Downs officials were promoting a "Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure" day at the track in conjunction with the running of the Kentucky Oaks, the premier race for fillies. Fans were asked to wear something pink, or one of the organization's trademark pink ribbons.
Bob Thompson, who portrays Col. Sanders and serves as a spokesman for the restaurant chain, wore a double-breasted pink linen suit and greeted fans on the backstretch Friday. It was his fifth trip to the Derby. Asked which horse he was picking for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, he laughed.
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- You learn how to use SAP
- Good place for right after college, no degree or if you've never had a job, easy to learn
- Love some co-workers, others are not professional
- Owners always YELLING, disrespectful family business, with the whole family having the top positions and favoring certain people like family friends
- Pay is HORRIBLE, and they are always promising things and never stick to it, too cheap to give raises
- Barely any holidays, and some unpaid on the occasion (oh thanks)
- 5 days paid vacation FOR THE YEAR and it never changes, otherwise unpaid
- 2 paid sick days THE WHOLE YEAR
- Took out the TV, kitchen is not stocked with ANYTHING but disgusting coffee and cheap creamer/sugar, and a measly HALF AN HOUR for lunch. Do you want me to inhale my food?
- HR is a joke, we only have company events when employees ask or once in a blue moon when they actually do their job other than mess around, birthdays and some holidays- but cheap food/cake
- Horrible Benefits too
They don't care about their employees and it shows, all they care about is making money. Haven't you seen the most successful businesses are the ones that put in the money and time to make sure the employees enjoy their work, have a good work/life balance. They aren't learning from it and hence the high turnaround. People stay for a couple months or a year if that, then leave. Yeah, keep saving on all your costs, your company will plateau and never move forward with this structure.


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This week I load 125 KWs into adwords, ah-ha and Findwhat for a client with 6 domains. All were accepted - no prollllem.
I send 50 KWs for the same domains to Overture on the theory that the editors would take issue with some words and I could make doorways for OVER for the other 75 LATER.
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Overture is dead. Most visitors there are webmasters, publishers and merchants comparing competitors and looking for websites and keywords.
Not me. And even the prediction of expected clicks is 10 times higher than the reality.
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This young and small facility lands in the Chestnut Valley, the cold place with colourful forests and high mountains. This establishment haven't too long history - this place was build in years 1985 and 1986 by Mr. Peter Goldenhill, Evelin's grandfather. From this years to year 2015 it were stables specialized for recreation riding and anything like small hotel, but now it is more for breeding Fjord horses. I will write more in future, but I'm in English language really bad and it's very hard to write like this
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October is National Pizza Month — talk about a yummy thing to celebrate! We love pizza at our house — although we all enjoy different toppings… so that usually mean getting more than one pizza! That's ok with me, as there are always yummy leftovers to enjoy. This week, we're asking the question, what are your favorite pizza toppings to enjoy?
Amanda: I'm weird. I love cheese, but I'm not a fan of lots of cheese on my pizza. It gets greasy. So I always end up ordering my pizza with ham and pineapple….light cheese and extra sauce. YUM! Needless to say I always end up getting my own pizza. But as a bonus: That means I always have leftovers for the next day! Amanda is the mom to Joshua and owns Its a Fabulous Life. If you are looking for a one stop place for all things mom, Its a Fabulous Life is it! Full of recipes, fashion, DIY projects, recipes and parenting articles its the place for all of Moms favorites to come together! Follow her on Twitter here!
Jenni: I love ham and pineapple, but I'm also a fan of just plain ole' pepperoni. Sometimes nothing is better than pepperoni. YUM!! I could seriously eat pizza EVERY single day. Jenni is the mom of one and the author of Sweet Pennies From Heaven. A hearth and home website, Sweet Pennies From Heaven focuses on recipes, crafts and creating a comfortable home. Follow her on Twitter here!
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The epidose starts where the last one left off. Ikumi has taken control of the Vital Guarder and has used it to grab the Ryvius by the nose, using it as a show of power to deter crime on board. This causes panic onboard, and we see some of the main characters reactions. Aoi and Reiko go into hysterics and Kouji is in total disbelief as to what is happening. Fina and Kozue seem perfectly at ease however.
Neeya seems to be shivering slightly, and judging by her face it's from fear.
Ikumi meanwhile is interupted in the middle of an interlectual monolouge ("There's no other way. I have no options, No Choice! There's no other way.") by the appearence of Yuki and Cullen, who are there to assist him with operating the Guarder, much to his surprise.
Apparently Yuki came here with his own plans, and judging by the look on Cullen's face it seems she was just following Yuki.
Meanwhile, on the Bridge as Ikumi gives out another warning (This time he's threatening to take away the Vital Guarder.) Stein seems to be going into a fit of hysterics. (It's the first time he's actually shown any emotion.) It seems he supports Ikumi's show of power. The rest of the Zwei however are stumped as to what to do and naturally, they turn to Juli. Juli in turn makes an anouncement to the Ryvius, explaining everything that's happened. Once she's done that, she tries to get Ikumi to return to the Ryvius, only for him to resist, blowing up a section of the Ryvius (At Stien's "Suggestion".) to prove that he's speaking the truth.
While all this is going on, Aoi is crying her heart out before going to look for Kouji, who is trying to bring down the Blast Doors to the Bridge so he can talk to Ikumi. Fina meanwhile is preaching on about how Ikumi is leading them to thier future to her followers.
As the section is destroyed, the whole ship shakes, while Stien seems to go a bit crazy, saying that Ikumi's way is the right way. Ikumi decides to come back to the Ryvius, while Kouji meets up with a throughly distrought Aoi, who went looking for him because she was alone.
It's now one month later, and Juli is writing in her personal log. Ikumi is now Captain of the Ryvius, and an unsteady peace reigns over the ship. The Ryvius has left Saturn behind, now bound for Uranus.
Living Quarters have now been seperated into roughly 50 people per compartment, in the hope this will cut down on crime. A group called the Guardians has been formed, apparently led by Michelle, Fu and Ryu of Team Blue, all who were previusly thought to be under House arrest. It's made up of people who agree with Ikumi's way of thinking.
Fina's apparently in complete agreement with Ikumi (Which surprises Juli.) and was even the one to suggest they go to Uranus (Or more to the point, one of its moons. Titania.) Juli closes wishing that they could reach the region as quickly as possible, and feeling useless at the same time.
Kouji meanwhile is bringing Blue up to date as he eats. Kouji can no longer access any of the special areas of the ship, for his I.D.'s been modified. He can't talk to Ikumi and he's frustrated because Yuki's agreeing with everything. He asks Blue what he'd do in his position. Blue simply says he'd use the Needle gun in Kouji's pocket.
Aoi meanwhile seems to be losing it slightly back at the Living Quarters, hugging Kouji's jacket for comfort, crying deeply into it.
Ikumi and Stien meanwhile are talking about the crime rate on the Ryvius. Apparently it's at 3% (A model rating according to Stien.) Ikumi however what's it at zero.
Down in the Canteen, Lucson is making a fuss over how little food Pat is being given, while Kouji begins to feel depressed about how he's always going with the flow. Deciding not to eat, he returns to his Quarters, running into Fina on the way.
He pleads with her to help him get to see Ikumi, but FIna flatly refuses, saying that he'd only make Ikumi dwell on the past, when he should be embracing the future.
The only way she'll help him is if he moves in with her, thus returning his special status, but Kouji refuses, saying he won't leave Aoi alone.
When he leaves, A throughly hacked off Fina asks (With a sweet smile on her face.) one of her followers to go down to the Living Quarters and kill Aoi. (Obviously thinking that by killing her, Kouji will go to her.)
Ikumi meanwhile is breaking down in his quarters while Kozue tries to comfort him. Apparently Fu commited a crime of some sort, even though he's there to reinforce Ikumi's laws.
Meanwhile, Cullen and Yuki are running drills together on the Vital Guarder. Cullen brings up the love triangle between him, Kouji and Aoi, but Yuki plays dumb and pretends not to know what she's talking about.
Speaking of Aoi...
Aoi is it a fitful sleep in her Living quarters, holding Kouji's jacket close to her like her life depended on it.
while she's sleeping, FIna's assassin goes for a first attempt at her life, only to screw it up royally, just as Kouji's comeing back from being beaten up over his I.D. Card. (Which, by the way, had no points on it.)
He hears Aoi scream and runs over to see what's the matter, just as the assassin barges out.
At first he thinks about going after her, then thinks better of it, deciding on Aoi's welfare over the capture of her attacker.
Aoi seems to have comeplety lost it, and it's only by Kouji trying to sooth her does she finally calm down.
She starts to pour out her worries to him, saying how she was worried when both Kouji and Yuki weren't going home during the dive and how she'd have to stay too to make sure they didn't fight. Kouji apologises, saying that he also didn't what to see his mum, but before he can go into detail, a group of Guardians goes past, about to teach a crewmember a lesson. Kouji starts to go after them, but is pulled back by Aoi, who wants him to stay with her.
She starts to slip into hysteria again, saying that perhaps this is all a bad dream and she'll soon wake up from it all like nothing had happened. She pleads with Kouji to tell her it's the truth, but Kouji, who's starting to break down himself (Again.) Refuses, trying to force her to face the facts that they're not on Earth, and that this isn't a dream. Aoi refuses to believe him, her hysteria overtaking her again.
Finally, with a combination of Aoi's hysteria and the hard truth finally seeming to hit him, Kouji completly breaks down, forcing Aoi out of her confusion. She pleads with him to stop crying, and after a moment, she hugs him, trying to comfort him and to help him stop crying.
After a time, The two seemed to have calmed down, although both are continuing to cry.
They pull back for a moment to stare into each others eyes, before Kouji kisses her deeply, and they both fall back onto the bed. As the view goes to the closed curtain to Aoi's sleeping area, she mumours Kouji's name, while his last thoughts are heard in conjuction with Neeya.
Neeya: Even though, I'm as sad as can be...
Kouji: ...Forget about tomorrow. We'd be better off, if tomorrow never comes.


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TDI Sector 74-A Connaught Residency Airport road Mohali Booking Open 3 Bedroom/Bath+ Store Independent Floors, 1750 Sq Ft Modular Kitchen, Modular Wardrobes, Secured & Gated Community
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