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The Captain Texts The Message
As mentioned in an Ach, Ja segment, I have finally purchased a new phone. I've wanted a new phone for quite a while but I decided to stick with the old one primarily for monetary reasons. I'm a big fan of free phones and I hate contract breakage fees. The three cellular phones that I've previously owned all came free with a two year plan. I decided back in April to wait until my Sprint contract expired in September so I could get a free phone and avoid any fees.
On Saturday Megs and I signed up with T Mobile and we both received new phones. Samsung has done us both well in the past so I chose their flip-model, The Blast.
The features are pretty standard, but one thing really drew me to this model. Well, two things actually. I really love the black-and-red color scheme, but I would never pick a phone based solely on the colors.1
The main draw for me was the QWERTY keyboard. In a bold reversal of a previous boycott, I have decided to start text messaging. In the past I have openly complained about the unnecessary nature of texting. Cell phones were made for talking, email for writing notes. Case closed.
Recently I have seen the light and recognized that texting can be useful. In case you were wondering, here's what convinced me.
Top 5 reasons that I changed my mind about text messaging
1. They now make phones with expanded keyboards.
My original complaint with texting was the extreme amount of keystrokes required to send a message. Pushing the 7 button four times just to key an "S" seemed rather excessive.
While Blackberries always offered a keypad solution, I discovered that I hate Blackberries at my last job.2
Cell phone manufactures are finally producing affordable models with expanded keyboards. Here's the nifty one on my phone.
The QWERTY format is perfect for someone like me who only knows the computer version. While I'm not a good texter yet, I think I will pick it up quickly.
2. Some people actually respond faster to text messages.
I only recently realized this phenomenon. Some of my friends will not answer a ringing phone but will text me back immediately. For example, my sister is notorious for never answering her phone and never, ever checking her voicemail. But the couple of times I texted her a question, I received an answer back within five minutes. And I assume that when my two teenage brothers finally get phones they will only be reachable by text. If this will make it easier to communicate with certian people in my life then so be it.
3. This will eliminate the need to relay a phone number verbally.
While I usually prefer speaking to someone rather that receiving a text, the glaring exception is when giving or receiving a phone number. Relaying a phone number over the phone is terrible. I hate having to find a piece of paper and a pen and having someone repeat the number twice. Even worse is trying to scroll through my phonebook to search for a number and making the other party listen silently.
The first time I asked for a phone number and the other person texted it to me instead, a little light went off in my head. So much easier.
4. No more screaming into my phone in a crowded or noisy place.
Bars, concerts, festivals, etc. all render a cell phone useless. Not only do I hate having to yell into a cell phone in public, I hate it when other people next to me are forced to yell. Plus, I hear alcohol and texting compliment each other quite well…
5. Many conversations can be summed up in one sentence.
Even though I prefer talking on the phone, my conversations frequently involve one of two phrases: "Are you on your way here?" or "I'm on my way there."
Other times I only have one thought I am trying to express, so texting seems like the best way to communicate. Especially when the thought is not really important. To quote Chuck Klosterman, "Very often, I (apparently) want to tell people information that is so inane and trivial that it does not even justify making a phone call." When faced with these situations I will now defer to the keypad.
So to all you texting fiends out there, send me a message. If you text me then I'll text you back. And if anyone has any texting tips for a newbie, let me know.
The Captain
1 Unlike my wife. I'm pretty sure she picked her model strictly because of the four interchangeable colored face-plates.
2. Not only are they bulky and clunky, but I hate the idea of reading email when I'm not sitting at a computer.
The Captain Says Ach, Ja and Nicht Nicht: Part Drei
With wedding season officially over my life has slowed down considerably. I finally have time to appreciate the little things that make life more enjoyable. That, and a chance to bemoan everything else. Seems like a perfect opportunity for another installment of Ach, Ja and Nicht Nicht !
The onset of Autumn – Ach, Ja
Normally I'm not very excited about the changing of the seasons. This year is different; I am actually pretty stoked for Fall. This is primarily due to the fact that I haven't experienced a traditional Autumn in three years.
While Florida weather is preferable to the Midwest's for most of the year, Fall is the exception. In St. Louis, the weather has been almost perfect for the last week. Right now it's still balls-hot in Florida and it will continue to be until November. Mellow weather in September is somewhat of a shock to my system.
I'm also enthused to watch the changing of the colors. In Florida the colors change from green to brown in the blink of an eye; Reds, yellows and oranges are foreign to me. Even the idea of four seasons is pretty novel at this point. I'm sure in a couple of years I'll be tired of the seasons again and ready for Florida's Endless Summer. Bur for now I'm planning on falling in love with Fall all over again.
Kill The Messenger – Ach, Ja
Chris Rock is back , and just in time! The best stand-up still touring and one of my personal faves is set to air a new special next weekend, just in time for the election. Chris Rock is undeniably funny, but he is so much more than just a jokester. His insight into race relation, sexual relations, and political relations are unmatched in today's world. He says things that even the Daily Show couldn't get away with saying. His comedy specials are an event, and given all the nonsense that has happened recently, this next one could be his best.
St. Louis City Traffic Division – Nicht Nicht
Parking downtown sucks. I've managed to accumulate several unpaid parking tickets during my current residency downtown. While I knew that this would eventually bite me in the ass, I was not prepared for the gigantic bite in store.
My car was parked at an expired meter overnite last week. By the time I went down to move it at 10 am, the City of St. Louis had managed to tow it. When I called the traffic division to find out what had happened, they informed me that my car had been towed AND booted. The tow1 cost me $150, and the boot removal cost $50. Talk about overkill. Why would a car need to be towed and booted? That seems a bit excessive.
I had to spend over $500 to get my car back. When I finally sat in the driver's seat to leave the lot, I noticed another ticket on the windshield. What a racket!
Dee JPees Big Adventure – Ach, Ja
I've been a huge fan of mash-ups for a number of years, and it started with D.J P . I was a regular when he spun at the Burgundy Room on $5 bottomless-cup Mondays back in my college days. Since then he has managed to put out several incredible mash-up discs that earned him a job as the house DJ at a Casino in Las Vegas .
He's been promising to put out a double-disc Best of album for over a year now, and he finally released it this week! My copy is in the mail and will be in permanent rotation in my car for the next several months. I encourage everyone reading this to pick up a copy .
St. Louis Sports Team Office Management – Nicht Nicht
Both of St. Louie's pro-sports teams have been terrible this month. The Rams started their season with a big thud, and the Cardinals look to finish their season the same way. While it's hard to judge which is more upsetting, it's relatively easy to see who deserves the majority of the blame.
The Rams' main problem is their reprehensible coaching staff. Scott Linehan and company are simply embarrassing. The Rams have a decent set of players and a coaching staff that has no idea what to do with them; real Busch League management. How many more blowouts will it take before the owners fire the coaching staff.
The Cardinals' late season collapse can also be attributed to poor management. While the coaching staff has made some poor decisions lately, they haven't had a lot to work with this year. This seems to be more of a front office problem. At the trade deadline, the Cardinals' new GM looked at his banged-up squad and his dreadful bullpen and decided not to do anything about it. Any move, even a little one, would have brought some energy to the team. Predictably, the Cards ran out of juice and lost their way out of the wild-card race. I expected more from a team that seemed so exciting at beginning of the season. Hopefully the Cardinals have a more productive off-season.
Dexter Season 3 – Ach, Ja
Next weekend also sees the premier of the new season of Dexter. I started as a casual fan of Dexter, but I have grown into a committed one. When the show started, I had a tough time buying the serial-killer-trained-by-his-cop-father premise. Over time the show as done an excellent job making the premise seem realistic, while making the characters more complex and compelling in the process. And while Season 2 ended a little too neatly, it set this season up for a fresh start. There is a real potential for greatness here and I'm hoping Dexter can live up to it.
Vampire Weekend – Ach, Ja
In a year full of good music Vampire Weekend is easily my favorite band this year. Their album is phenomenal; it's one of few recently that is solid from start to finish. Last month they released an extremely clever video for my favorite song on the album, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.
I've been anticipating Vampire Weekend's show at the Pageant for months. The band made their first trip to St. Louis last week and put on one hell of a show. I wasn't sure how some of the songs would translate live, but everything sounded awesome. The drummer is tight, and he gives the band a very succinct live sound. With only one album under their belt, the boys played every song they knew. The show only lasted an hour but that was to be expected.
Besides the music I had a blast people watching; it was hipster d-bag central. The place was packed with the early-twenties-too-cool-for-school crowd trying really hard to look cool without trying. Endlessly amusing, especially the guy wearing this shirt.
Entourage – Nicht Nicht
I've been a casual fan of this show since the beginning, but it's gotten harder to watch over the years. The new season started this month on a bad note, and seems committed to getting worse. I used to find the smug and self-congratulatory nature of the show humorous, now it just seems shallow. The actors and the writers all seem to think they are as famous as the characters the show portrays.
Entourage has often been referred to as "Sex And The City for Men." I used to disagree with that notion, but now it seems that the idealized world Entourage is nothing more than male escapism. Sad.
My Beat-To-Hell Cell Phone – Ach, Ja
I've been using the same cell phone for the last 4 ½ years and the poor thing is ready to die. Most of the buttons are broke or missing and it's covered in dents and scratches. I'd say it's on its last leg, but that leg probably left when the antenna broke off. I'm finally getting a new phone this weekend, so I want to give the proper send-off to my phone. I've been with my phone longer than I've been with Megan, which is like an eternity in electronic years.
Flooding In North County – Nicht Nicht
The rains from Hurricane Ike wreaked havoc on my old neighborhood. There was so much rain last weekend that the tiny creek behind the shopping centers near my mom's old house severely overflow
I love this area of North County, my old stomping grounds. This is like two blocks from where my best friend DJ lives. The Dierbergs in the picture is one of my wife's favorite places on the planet. I hope that Florissant has a speedy recovery.
Mad Men – Ach, Ja
Holy smokes what an amazing show! Megs and I made it through season one on DVD last week, and are currently watching season two from the DVR. I can't say enough good things about Mad Men, and plenty of others have tried. The best quote I saw was "A Moody Masterpiece."
While the period references, the sets and the plotlines are great, I think my favorite part of the show is the ensemble cast. As Lost and The Sopranos has shown, multiple characters in such a densely layered world can provide years of good drama. This show looks to be compelling for years to come.
Whomever Busted The Lock On My Car Door – Nicht Nicht
The next morning after I got my car back from the tow-lot I discovered that someone broke into my car the previous nite. It looks like a screwdriver was used to break the driver's side lock. Not only was this infuriating, it was just plain ludicrous. While it's not out of the ordinary for a car parked on the street downtown to be broken into, mine should be different. My car has a giant dent in the hood and a club on the steering wheel, which should make it immune to left.
I also make sure keep absolutely nothing inside of my car, which should prevent would-be thieves from breaking in to steal something. Instead some asshole breaks the lock, empties out my glovebox and finds nothing, goes through the CDs in my visor and decides he doesn't want a copy of Modern Rock, and leaves. Someone broke into my car and stole nothing! Dammit!2
I'd say I had a rough week, but I guess it was my car that really took the brunt of the pain.
The Captain
1 While $125 for a tow definitely sucks, the $25 lot fee was just plain ridiculous. It takes a special kind of greed to charge $25 a day for having a car parked in a junkyard.
2 Well, at least said asshole didn't get anything out of this either. Still, how dumb do you have to be to look into a car with a club and nothing else inside and still decide to break in?
The Captains Wedding Season Part Three
After a memorable five weeks, my wedding season came to an end this past weekend. The home-stretch was chocked full of Italians, unforeseen drama and fine liquors. In other words, my good friend Timmy finally tied the knot.
Tim and I have been friends for quite a while now, stretching way back to my early days as the Captain. Here's Tim and his best man Jeff enjoying some spirits on a boat back in the day.
Tim married his lovely girlfriend Julia, which works out great for Meg and I. Not only are they a fun couple to hang out with, they also live just down the street from us and both have jobs that involve loads of free booze. Score!
Timmy's wedding actually required quite a bit of personal involvement on my end. I helped out with the DJing duties yet again, and also was a part of the wedding party. Renting a tux is a drag, but look how good Jeff, Tim and I clean up!
While Tim's wedding certainly required a large time investment from me, it wound up being the most hassle-free wedding of the season. This was primarily due to the small size. The first two weddings I attended both had over 200+ guests. Tim and Julia had around 50, which made for a much more relaxed atmosphere.
While there was lots of behind the scenes drama, none of it spilled over into the wedding. The ceremony was intimate and full of smiles, and the sun managed to push back the rain. Everyone looked great, especially Julia.
The reception at Maggiano's was just as intimate and even more relaxing. We had plenty of time to enjoy the top shelf booze, generous portions of Italian food, and old friends I hadn't seen in years. Alex the Raging Liberal was on hand to entertain us with his bleeding heart. The illustrious Boz even made an appearance, and I finally got to meet his wonderful wife. 1
Despite having problems with the sound system and almost destroying the wedding cake accidentally, everything seemed to fall into place by the end of the nite. Meg and I were glad to support another happy couple and another magnificent wedding.
And with that, my wedding season has officially come to an end. While the 2008 season was not nearly as tiring as 2007, it was just as much fun.
Congratulations to Dave & Kelly, Adam & Marissa, and Tim & Julia. Thanks for the memories.
And to all you single fellas out there, remember your time is coming soon.
The Captain
1. Boz went from the quintessential bachelor to Mr. Family Man a few years back, and I haven't seen much of him since. Boz and his little lady just had a baby, so they've been out of commission. They definitely had the look of two people who hadn't been out on a Saturday nite in quite a while.
The Captain Adds New Whistles And Bells
Top 5 New Additions To Captains Quarters
1. Countdown to Meg's Thirtieth
Now that the counter for my Thirtieth has expired I have decided to replace it with a Thirtieth counter for Megan1. This may appear a little harsh but I assure you she has it coming. She reminded me quite frequently over the past year and a half that I was due to turn Thirty soon, so this is just her come-uppins.
2. New Flickr Photo Album
On Monday I uploaded about six months worth of pictures to my Flickr site and I wanted to find a way to highlight my effort. I found a nifty bit of code that produces the cool mosaics of pictures, so I upgraded the icon. The new pictures on my Flickr page include my b-day surprise, Marissa's wedding, fourth of July, Dave's wedding and various other events. Check it out!
3. The St. Louis Forecast
Before I head to work in the morning I usually check this great weather website, Weather Underground, for the forecast. Last week I noticed the website has code available for real-time weather updates and I decided I should add it to Captains Quarters. Now all of my out-of-town peeps will know how unbearably hot/cold it is here in St. Louis.
4. RSS feeds
A friend asked me a couple of months ago to add this feature and I promptly forgot. Now seems like a good time to remember. For those of you unfamiliar, RSS feeds are a way to get updates when I post new entries. You should check them out if you haven't already, they are quite handy.
5. Visitor Location Maps
One of the cool things about Blog-City is that the site actually tracks the country of origin for all visitors to Captains Quarters. While most visitors live in the US, I do get quite a bit of traffic from Canada, Korea, and Germany.2 This nifty little bit of code from ClustrMaps will actually track hits to my site and place a dot on the map to correspond. Should be interesting to see where the dots land.
The Captain
1. And Kim.
2. Once again proving my point that Germans love Captain Raoul.
The Captain Receives One Hell Of A Surprise
"Barring any unforeseen surprises, my birthday should be a low-key affair." – Captain Raoul, September 3, 2008.
That wife of mine, she's a crafty one. I was pretty convinced that she was not planning a party for my Thirtieth. I figured that if there was a secret party, she would throw it Labor Day weekend. Instead, we had a family party over brunch on Saturday and spent the rest of the weekend chilling out with the dog. The evening of my birthday, we enjoyed a nice, quiet dinner at Lucas Park Grill down the street.
She gave me my birthday gifts, family and friends called and wished me well, and we had some birthday cake. Seemed like a done deal. Apparently I am more trusting than I realized.
On Saturday, I was sitting around the loft and realized that I didn't really have anything planned for the evening. This being the first time in about a month I had a weekend nite free, I called a couple of buddies to set up a poker game. Strangely, no one else had any plans either….
Bill, DJ and Jamie came downtown and we headed up Washington to grab a bite at the Dubliner before breaking out the cards. On the way there, Bill dragged me into Flamingo Bowl much to my chagrin. Two steps in the door and I was completely dumbfounded. There sat a large group of my friends with big-ass grins waiting to yell "surprise."
And what a surprise it was; I had no idea. Not only did my wife do a fantastic job organizing my hard-to-gather group, but my friends actually managed to keep a secret for once. I was flabbergasted for approximately 60 seconds, and then I was immediately overjoyed.
Hey, a party for me, with most of my close friends, at a bowling alley within walking distance from my place! I need a drink! Luckily, there were plenty of drinks to go around.
More than anything, I was excited that so many people turned out to celebrate my 30th. The guys made it
And the evening even featured a rare Bigfoot-like appearance by Kingston.1
I really felt the love from my friends, and it was much appreciated. And along with good people came some good times. Flamingo Bowl is simply amazing; good food, good drinks, great atmosphere, and bowling! Here's my lovely wife single-handedly bringing down our teams' score.
She's more of a bumper-bowler. Despite her performance, I managed to bowl the game of my life. I managed to bowl a 135, which isn't particularly high but was still better than the other nine bowlers!
I even bowled a frame with DJ's awesome-looking-yet-barely-functional Bud Ball.
After a full ten frames and about as many cocktails, we had a few people over to the loft for an after party. It was an amazing nite, definitely the highlight of my thirties thus far.
Thanks to all of my friends for coming out to help me celebrate; I am lucky to have all of you. And big-ups to my tremendous wife for planning such a marvelous evening. The only thing more surprising than the party is how I managed to land such a righteous lady.
I guess Thirty ain't so bad after all.
The Captain
1. Seeing Kingston is like a seeing Sasquatch both in its rarity and for its extreme dirtiness/hairiness.


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BROKEN Heart For My KidsI have been unhappy at home with my marriage for some time. I was with my wife 16 years married for 9 of them. we have 2 beautiful little boys. i decided i had had enough of being unhappy and left....our financial situation was getting harder our business was...
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I dream pretty often and I get pretty weird dreams, and when I wake up I'll find myself telling myself to tell someone about it, but I have a short memory span when it comes to these things (ok when it comes to a lot of things to be honest) so a lot of times I totally forget about the dream before I get the chance to tell someone.
It just literally disappears into thin air and no amount of effort at trying to recollect what this or that weird dream is about would get the memory back. It's like the dream never happened, although I know it did and it gets frustrating when I can't recall what it is.
But this time round I'm determined to preserve that memory while I still have it, because it is related to something that has been on my mind. And I guess that that something-that-has-been-on-my-mind, has been on my mind, whether consciously or not, long enough, to seep into my subconscious and manifest itself in my dream state.
While battling menstrual cramps in my sleep, I dreamt that I was having labour pains. Yes, labour – I want to give birth – pains. I dreamt that I had checked myself in at a labour resort (yes, resort, what the hell!) which is like a rustic village kind of resort. And I was telling the doctor that I'm having contractions and I should be giving birth anytime soon.
And then the doctor said okay, maybe you want to check out the place where you can give birth – which is like the concrete steps at the entrance of Malay village houses, except it was leading out to the back of the property, facing a wall. And I wasn't freaked out or anything; my only concern was since it was the back of the property there could be maintenance workers around who could see me giving birth. (Yes, it never crossed my mind – my dream-mind – that hey, this is a totally weird place to give birth! But there is sense to all this, which I will explain later.)
So there I was just sitting on those steps and feeling that those pains (actually literally, physically, menstrual cramps but in the dream I thought they were contractions) were getting a bit unbearable – or more like annoying – and I couldn't wait to just get the damn baby out so the pain would stop. I think I sent someone to call the doctor to come over since I thought the baby should come out anytime soon.
The doctor came and checked me and said, nope, the baby isn't ready to come out yet. And it crossed my dream-mind that hey, some women had to go through hours and hours and hours of labour before they delivered their babies, and a feeling of dread came upon me. Like, HOW. LONG. IS. THIS. GOING. TO. TAKE.??? And how much more pain do I have to bear? Like KID, PUH-LEAAASSSE, COME OUT ALREADY!
So the pain got more and more unbearable, until I thought, yes, finally, the baby's going to come out! And then, just right before the defining moment came, the inevitable happened: I woke up from the dream, realised it was just a dream, though it felt so very real – as all my dreams do – and got annoyed that I am still feeling the pain, because I thought I was about to be rid of the pain in the dream but I wake up to find I can't and I won't as the pain
was is real.
I was also disappointed because I actually wanted that dream to be real; I wanted to know what that kid would look like, how actually squeezing a baby's head and body through my cervix would feel like (something I have always wondered about and can't fathom), what kind of mother I would be, how the kid would turn out, what kind of life we would lead. I wanted to know, so so, so badly, that in my half-awake state I actually went back to sleep hoping the dream would continue and give me answers.
Well I did go back to sleep and did dream again, but it was unfortunately not a continuation of the same dream. In fact, I can't remember what the next dream was about except it involved me snooping around the doctor's city office (not the one at the resort), finding a random men's shoe (yes just one, not a pair; a brown one sort of for hiking) and later throwing the shoe at the doctor's husband's feet.
Yes, the doctor is a woman. In fact, in the earlier dream, I checked in at the labour resort all alone, and I sat on the 'labour steps' all alone, and everyone at the resort were women, except for the could-possibly-be-privacy-intruding random maintenance guy. No husband, no father of the child was with me. And in my dream-mind I really was not bothered by the fact that I was all alone; I wasn't calling out to someone to comfort me through the pain, and it really wasn't something odd to me in the dream. In fact I'm only reporting and commenting on it now, post-dream, as an observation.
Now, I'd love to go into an analysis of why this whole dream actually has a sense to it, but blogging about it has made me hungry. (I'm having my menstruation, duh, so I'm not fasting and this being a weekend I can afford to skip sahur because I can have a jolly good breakfast at home. And yes, I'm totally shameless about it because hello, menstruation happens to half of the human population every other day so it's a perfectly normal occurence, nothing to be ashamed about, so don't try to tell me I'm giving TMI.)
So anyway, I'm off to refuel my body and brain! Did I tell you sahur is my absolutely-necessary but least-liked meal, while breakfast is my favourite? Yayyyyy! Watch out for my analysis! 🙂


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After Installation / login can only see front end Home page (.htaccess?)
Hi I am having trouble running wordpress successfully. I am doing a new install on a new server hosting plan. The Server set is "The Linux Web hosting packages offer a feature full development platform based on CentOS Enterprise Linux, Apache Web server and supporting PHP and Perl"
All files are put into a folder called public_html. This is a new set up with this server and I wonder could this be the problem as I have used wordpress before but always loaded the files into the root directory or if a subdirectory I would set that in the database. this is not really a subdirectory as this is how the server is set up to find the index of the siteURL
Things that are happening
I can do all the 5 step install and activate the site enter basic info go to login page but first after login I get a 500 Internal Server error.
When I check my files uploaded on the server I do not see my .htaccess file
nb I do 'check for hidden files' on my ftp program (fetch)
So I create the .htaccess file with this code in it
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress
I can then login but the front end home page of wordpress loads and with any other edit command the address changes at the top in the address bar but the frontend home page reloads
Is this the problem, I don't know .htaccess or what it does but the server peeps suggested that might be redirecting stuff?
I Keep getting redirected to the wordpress home page 'This is just another wordpress blog'. If i choose edit or any of the options on that page the address in the address bar goes to that request but wordpress front page home page reloads.
I initially tried version 3.1 and this happened so i tried 3.0.5 but it still happened. I then installed 3.0.0 same process same thing happened. For all these different installs I have completely uninstalled wordpress and deleted database and user. I have installed the 3.1 download on a MAMP set up on my own computer(mac) and it works fine.
I'm on day 3 of the famous '5 minute install' must be in a bit f a time warp here!
cheers for any help
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Alderaan was the second planet of the Alderaan System, and orbited a star also called Alderaan. When the planet was destroyed, its remains originated an asteroid field called "The Graveyard".
The star Alderaan is orbited by four other planets:
- Raisa
- "The Graveyard" asteroid field (formerly Alderaan)
- Delaya
- Avirandel
- Avishan
The third planet, Delaya, is inhabitable, and was colonized by Humans. The remaining three are out of the habitable zone.


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The Obama administration filed a motion in federal court on Thursday seeking a 27-month delay in producing emails between Hillary Clinton and her former State Department aides.
If granted, the documents would not be due until October 2018, over a year-and-half into a potential first term of a Clinton presidency.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras had ordered the State Department to produce the emails sought in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Citizens United by July 21.
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"The group Citizens United sued the State Department last year, seeking access to emails sent by four former Clinton aides: Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, Melanee Verveer and Michael Fuchs. The suit seeks access to emails regarding the Clinton Foundation and a firm with close ties to the Clintons, Teneo Consulting," United Press International reported.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state, is reportedly under investigation by the FBI for "public corruption" in relation to allegedly using her office to financially benefit the Clinton Foundation.
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Citing "errors" in its reviewing process, the State Department told the court in its filing that it originally estimated the number of emails responsive to Citizens United's request at 6,000, but later discovered there are more than 34,000 documents it must review. The department claims that with its current resources, it can review only 500 documents per month, the Daily Caller reported.
Despite the spike in FOIA requests at the State Department in recent years, the Obama administration had not requested an increase in the budget for the office that reviews documents for public release.
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Danny Willett hoping for Sunday showdown with RoryApril 7, 2015 Golf News
The Race to Dubai leader spoke to James Savage on the eve of his Masters debut
"Everyone remembers the chip but it was a horrendous golf shot to hit it where he hit it."
That was Danny Willett's assessment of Tiger Woods' famous chip-in on the 16th during the 2005 Masters. He was 17 at the time.
As you can probably tell, he's a confident lad. And he has reason to be after breaking into the world's top 50 and looking forward to his Masters debut.
It was victory at the Nedbank Championship which thrust Willett over the line and into the company of the world's elite golfers – a position where he believes he could have reached a lot sooner had it not been for back injury problems.
The Yorkshireman made an impressive start to his PGA Tour season with a T12 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral and followed it up with a T29 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
He still sits at the top of the Race to Dubai rankings – closely followed by a certain Rory McIlroy.
And Willett is not intending on just making up the numbers on his Augusta debut – he wants to go head-to-head with the world number one on Sunday afternoon.
"Rory is a very difficult man to beat right now," Willett said.
"The only person who has done similar to what he did last year was Tiger back in his prime.
"You can only see Rory getting better and better – he's still a young lad. If you are one shot ahead of him in every tournament you play then I think you'll end up doing alright.
"I don't think you can think of anything better than going head to head with Rory on the final day of a Major.
"It's where we all want to be – right in the mix in the final round of a Major. Whether it's with Rory, Jason Day, Martin Kaymer or whoever. You want to be there on a Sunday coming down the stretch because there's no better feeling in golf."
Despite claiming not to have a plethora of Augusta memories from watching the event on television, the excitement is still there.
Everything around the event is just that bit different and that little bit more special" "Once you are in the car driving down Magnoila Lane, that's when it hits you and the adrenaline starts to get going," he added.
"It's about being able to see the little things like inside the locker room and what it looks like, inside the clubhouse, because these are the things that very few people in the world will ever get to see.
"There's traditions and rules like having to ask for permission for your coach to go on the driving range.
"Everything around the event is just that bit different and that little bit more special. Everyone who you speak to will tell you how cool it is.
"It's going to be great fun. Preparing for a brand new golf course is something I had been looking forward to.
"You've got to map out the greens, the different lines on fairways, where the run outs are.
"The whole experience of going to a new golf course and trying to prepare to shoot good scores on it is actually quite exciting."
Rookies don't tend to set the world alight at Augusta but Jordan Spieth came close to disproving that theory last year before eventually losing out to Bubba Watson.
Willett clearly has belief in his ability to do well but it not setting himself any particular targets.
"As every golfer knows you can play brilliantly one week and should level par and then play a bit iffy the next and be three or four under," he added.
"You can get the bad side of a draw or a bad bounce here or there and that makes the difference.
"All you can do is prepare as well as you can, find out where you do and don't want to hit the ball on the golf course and then execute the plans as well as you can."
The bookies don't see Willett as a threat with some offering odds of 250/1. But the Sheffielder is clearly relishing the challenge and feels at home on the big stage.
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Jana Wendt has spent her adult life in the public eye, primarily as a television journalist and news program host. She is a popular figure, who is known for controversial relations with her employers, stemming from differing ideologies of 'news'.
After completing a BA at the University of Melbourne, Wendt began working at ATV10 in 1978, debuting as a reporter on Eyewitness News. In 1980, she became co-anchor with David Johnson. At this time, executives had just started to realise that audiences wanted women delivering the news, and female anchors quickly became the new trend.
In 1982, Wendt became a reporter on the Nine Network's high-rating weekly current affairs program 60 Minutes. She held this position for six years before moving to Nine's nightly A Current Affair, this time as anchor. Nicknamed the 'Perfumed Steamroller', she developed a reputation for conducting revealing and often dramatic interviews with high-profile national and international figures. Wendt won the Gold Logie in 1992 before returning to 60 Minutes in 1994, also contributing to the American CBS version of the program. With high cheekbones, a mane of brown hair and an enigmatic quality, she was described by producer Gerald Stone as 'closer to the archetypal movie star than anyone to come out of Australian television' and reportedly earned $1 million a year at her peak.
Wendt presented several major current affairs programs, including Witness (Seven, 1996–97), Uncensored (ABC, 1998), Dateline (SBS, 1999–2003) and Sunday (Nine, 2003–06), which won the 2003 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Program on Australian Television. Her contracts with both Witness and Sunday ended prematurely with disagreements and court action over what Wendt saw as failure of the networks to uphold the journalistic standards they had promised. In her Andrew Olle Media Lecture in 1997, she alienated some fellow journalists by saying that objectivity in journalism had been replaced by 'cheap opinion and popular prejudices'.
Since leaving the television networks in 2006, Wendt has largely devoted her time to writing, producing two books of interviews, A Matter of Principle: New Meetings with the Good, the Great and the Formidable (2007) and Nice Work (2010).
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This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/419,437, filed Oct. 18, 2002, and entitled, "Flexible Circuit Design for Improved Laser Bias Connections to Optical Subassemblies," the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by this reference.
1. The Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to electrical circuits, and more specifically, relates to electrical circuits for improving bias connections within electrical circuits adapted to accommodate alternating current and direct current signals.
2. The Relevant Technology
Fiber optics are increasingly used for transmitting voice and data signals, such as telecommunication signals, broadcast programming signals, multimedia signals, or the like. As a transmission medium, light provides a number of advantages over traditional electrical communication techniques. For example, light signals allow for extremely high transmission rates and very high bandwidth capabilities. Additionally, light signals are resistant to electromagnetic interference that would otherwise interfere with electrical signals. Light also provides a more secure signal because it does not emanate the type of high frequency components often experienced with conductor-based electrical signals. Light also can be conducted over greater distances without the signal loss typically associated with electrical signals on copper conductors.
The light signals are conducted using the principles of refraction and reflection to effectively trap the light signal within an interior of optical fibers. Because the light signals are trapped within a particular fiber, many fibers can be included in a single cable without concern about interference from the light signals carried by nearby fibers. Optical fibers also have the property of strongly rejecting interference that would otherwise be caused by radio frequencies and electromagnetic radiation. These characteristics make optical fibers ideally suited for many applications.
While optical communications provide a number of advantages, the use of light as a transmission medium presents a number of implementation challenges. In particular, the data carried by a light signal must be converted to an electrical format when received by a device, such as a network switch. Conversely, when data is transmitted to the optical network, it must be converted from an electronic signal to a light signal. A number of protocols define the conversion of electrical signals to optical signals and transmission of those optical signals. For instance, one protocol is implemented using a transceiver module at both ends of a fiber optic cable. Each transceiver module typically contains laser transmitter circuitry capable of converting electrical signals to optical signals, and an optical receiver capable of converting received optical signals back into electrical signals. The laser transmitter circuitry includes a laser driver that causes a laser diode of the transceiver to generate the optical signal representation of the electrical signals. Often, a flexible circuit connects the printed circuit board (PCB) containing the laser driver to the laser diode, or more generally an optical assembly containing the laser diode.
To operate correctly, the laser diode of the transceiver is supplied with both a controlled direct current (DC) bias current and an alternating current (AC) modulation current; the DC bias current allowing the laser diode to properly respond to the AC modulation. Various manners are known to combine AC and DC signals, however, optical networks have specific size, speed, and voltage requirements that limit the applicability of typical techniques. For instance, typical Bias T circuits used to combine AC and DC signals are impractical for use in small form-factor pluggable transceivers, such as those used in optical communication systems. Traditional Bias T circuits use large inductors that are impractical for use in a transceiver because of the size of the components involved. In addition, when a Bias T circuit is used, impedance matching issues associated with signal reflection at the laser diode arise because the inductor is located remotely from the laser diode.
Alternative transceiver circuits utilize resistive dividers to control the AC and DC signals delivered to the laser diode. Unfortunately, resistive dividers lead to a tradeoff between inefficient delivery of AC modulation signals to the laser diode and the use of large resistors in the DC bias chain, which in turn requires large supply voltages and results in a transceiver with high power consumption.
Effects of the above are heightened when the transceiver modulates optical signals at a high rate. In high speed transceiver designs, 10 Gigabits/s, or the like, microwave design considerations often require the placing of matching resistors or impedances very close to the laser diode. In many cases, the flexible circuit connecting the PCB containing the laser driver and the optically assembly includes impedance-controlled lines for the high-speed signals. To perform series matching, the matching resistors or impedances are placed on the flexible circuit at the end near the laser diode and the combined AC modulation signal and DC bias circuit flows through this resistor or impedance and the laser diode, as illustrated in
As shown, the circuitry 10 includes a laser driver 12 that supplies high-speed electrical modulation needed for a laser diode 16. To allow proper operation of the laser diode, circuitry 10 includes DC bias circuit 14. Impedance matching resistors 18 a and 18 b are located at the end of lines 20 a and 20 b near laser diode 16 to prevent loss and signal distortion associated with signal reflection. In this configuration, in the series resistance the bias chain of bias circuit 14 must be made large enough that the portion of the AC modulation signals being lost in DC bias circuit 14 is relatively small. Since the resulting resistors in the bias chain, resistors 22, 18 a, 18 b, and 24, are relatively large, the voltage drop through this network can be relatively large.
As a consequence of the above, many existing circuits require voltages in excess of 5V typically provided by an external voltage source. Obtaining these increased voltages is difficult for transceivers with 5V external supplies, the typical supply voltage provided to small form-factor pluggable transceivers. Furthermore, the impedance matching to bias circuit 14 is often poor and leads to reflections that degrade the optical output signal generated by laser diode 16.
It would be an advance, therefore, to provide systems and devices that allow for the combining of AC and DC signals, while eliminating the need for internally increasing the supply voltage to accommodate for voltage losses in the transceiver circuitry and maintaining the quality of the AC modulation signals delivered to an optical assembly that generates the light signals propagated along optical fibers.
These and other problems in the prior art are addressed by embodiments of the present invention, which relates to electrical circuits for improving bias connections within electrical circuits adapted to accommodate alternating current and direct current signals. In an illustrated embodiment, the electrical circuit reduces the bias voltage needed to bias the AC modulated signals created by driver circuitry associated with a transceiver module.
In one embodiment, the present invention is associated with a transceiver module used to transmit and receive optical or light signals. The transceiver module includes various electronics that create modulated signals representative of data to be transmitted using an optical fiber. Additional components and circuits of the transceiver convert the modulated signals into optical or light signals that are propagated along an optical fiber. The circuitry of the transceiver module delivers the modulated signals to an optical assembly of the transceiver, while reducing the voltage needed to operate the optical assembly of the transceiver. More specifically, the circuitry configuration reduces the bias voltage used to bias a portion of the circuitry, thereby reducing the transceiver's overall power consumption, eliminating the requirement to internally increase an externally supplied voltage to accommodate for voltage losses within the transceiver circuitry, and increasing the quality of the signals output by the optical assembly.
The above can be achieved, in one embodiment, by providing a flexible circuit that connects the driver circuitry and the optical assembly. In addition, the flexible circuit connects a voltage source and associated bias circuit to the optical assembly to enable biasing of the modulated signals generated by the driver circuit. By connecting the driver circuit and the voltage source to the optical assembly in a particular configuration, the flexible circuit aids in reducing the bias voltage needed to bias the modulated signals.
In one illustrative configuration, the flexible circuit includes one or more first transmission lines, each being adapted to deliver modulated signals from the driver circuitry to the optical assembly. These first transmission lines can optionally include one or more matching impedances that minimize the potential for reflection of the modulated signals. Connected to the first transmission lines are one or more second transmission lines that carry the bias voltage from the voltage source. By connecting these second transmission lines at a point on the first transmission lines that is in close proximity to the optical assembly, a smaller bias voltage is needed than is typically used in the prior art. For instance, when each first conductor or transmission line includes a matching impedance, the second transmission lines are connected at a point on each of the first conductor or transmission lines between the matching impedance and the optical assembly. Consequently, the bias voltage needed is reduced because the impedance associated with the second conductor or transmission line is not in series with the matching impendence, as is typically the case in prior art transceiver circuitry.
These and other objects and features of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter.
To further clarify the above and other advantages and features of the present invention, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof that are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope. The invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
Reference will now be made to the drawings to describe exemplary embodiments of the invention. It is to be understood that the drawings are diagrammatic and schematic representations of the exemplary embodiments, and are not limiting of the present invention.
In general, the present invention relates to systems and devices that deliver modulated signals to an optical assembly of a transceiver, while reducing the voltage needed to operate the optical assembly of the transceiver. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention reduce the bias voltage used to bias a portion of the transceiver circuitry, thereby reducing the transceiver's overall power consumption. The transceiver's power dissipation is reduced through lowering the supply voltage and lowering the power level of the alternating current (AC) modulation signals generated by driver circuitry of the transceiver.
By lowering the bias voltages used in the transceiver circuitry, embodiments of the present invention also eliminate the requirement to internally increase an externally supplied voltage to accommodate for voltage losses within the transceiver circuitry. Consequently, the present invention eliminates the need for an internal voltage doubler or the like to increase the input voltage to an appropriate level that accommodates for voltage losses.
Furthermore, the present invention increases the quality of the signals output by the optical assembly. This is achieved by reducing signal reflections within the transceiver circuitry through decreasing impedance values needed to perform impedance matching. Consequently, embodiments of the present invention enable the creation of compact, high-speed transceivers.
Reference is first made to
In the illustrated example of
Also formed on the printed circuit board 104 is an exposed edge connector 110. The edge connector 110 is configured to be electrically compatible with a corresponding electrical connector (not shown) that is positioned within the port of a host device, such as a computer device or other hardware device. Other connector schemes that are well known in the art in light of the teaching contained herein could also be used.
In the illustrated embodiment, disposed near printed circuit board 104, at the end opposite to edge connector 110, are two flexible circuits 118 and 120 that connect printed circuit board 104 to an optical transmitter 112 and an optical receiver 114 respectively. The flexible circuits 116 and 118 include one or more conductors 122 sandwiched between a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer; each insulating layer acting as a dielectric to prevent the extraneous transmission or conduction of signals. The conductors provide a path for signals, current, and voltage to flow between optical transmitter 116, optical receiver 118, and printed circuit board 104.
In addition to functioning to provide a path for signal currents, each of the one or more conductors 122 can include one or more impedances, such as matching impedances, to aid with reducing the effects of signal reflection. As signals from printed circuit board 104 are delivered to optical transmitter 112, in one embodiment, reflection losses can occur due to discontinuities in conductors 122 or transmission lines between printed circuit board 104 and optical transmitter 112. These losses result in degradation in the quality of the signals received by optical transmitter 112 and a resultant degradation in the quality of the signal propagated along the attached optical fiber (not shown). Including matching impedances within flexible circuit 116 and 118 can minimize these reflection losses.
The optical transmitter 112, connected to flexible circuit 116, is part of an optical assembly that generates optical or light signals representative of the signals received from printed circuit board 104. Illustratively, optical transmitter 112 can be laser diode, a light emitting diode, or the like. For example, printed circuit board 104 can generate alternating current (AC) modulated signals that are deliverable to optical transmitter 112, which in turn generates optical or light signals that can be propagated along a connected optical fiber (not shown). Similarly, optical receiver 114 forms part of an optical assembly that receives optical or light signals from an optical fiber (not shown) and generates electrical signals representative of the receives signals. Illustratively, optical receiver 114 can be PIN or avalanche photodiode combined with a transimpedance amplifier.
The optical fibers (not shown) connect to module 100 through a connector portion 130 positioned at one end of base portion 102. The connector portion 130 defines a receptacle configuration 132 that operatively receives a corresponding modular fiber connector configuration, such as is typically used to interface with an optical fiber cable. It will be appreciated by one skilled in the art in light of the teaching contained herein that the receptacle could be implemented to accommodate any one of a number of different connector configurations, depending on the particular application involved.
Referring now to
Illustratively, transceiver module 200 includes a flexible circuit 212, similar to flexible circuits 116 and 118 of
As illustrated, flexible circuit 212 has a proximal end 216 connected to driver circuit 210 and a distal end 218 connected to optical assembly 214. The flexible circuit 212 includes two transmission lines 220 and 222 that connect driver circuitry 210 to optical assembly 214. These transmission lines 220 and 222 enable AC modulated signals created by driver circuitry 210, based upon inputs received through edge connector 110 (
The driver circuitry 210 is one example of structures capable of performing the function of means for generating one or more modulated signals. Various types of driver circuitry and means for generating are known to those skilled in the art in light of the teaching contained herein. For instance, and not by way of limitation, driver circuitry and means for generating can be an analog driver or a digital driver. Further, the particular driver circuitry and means for generating can vary based upon the particular wavelength of light, the modulation speed required of the transceiver module, the costs of the transceiver module, or the like.
Similarly, optical assembly 214 is one example of structures capable of performing the function of means for generating one or more optical signals. Various types of optical assemblies and means for generating one or more optical signals are known to those skilled in the art in light of the teaching contained herein. For example, and not by way of limitation, optical assembly, and means for generating one or more optical signals, can be a laser diode, as represented in
Referring still to
The flexible circuit 212 of the present invention, however, uses separate transmission lines 224 and 226 to deliver the bias current to optical assembly 214. These separate transmission lines 224 and 226, as schematically shown, connected to transmission lines 220 and 222 at the distal end of flexible circuit 212, i.e., at a distal end of each transmission lines 220 and 222. This connecting point can be, in an electrical sense and/or physical sense, as close to optical assembly 214 as is possible. Furthermore, when transmission lines 220 and 222 include matching impedances, transmission lines 224 and 226 connect to transmission lines 220 and 222, respectively, at a point distal to matching impedances or at a point between the matching impedances and optical assembly 214.
Due to the above configuration, the AC modulation signal is efficiently delivered to optical assembly 214 because the bias circuit appears as a large load in parallel with a small resistance associated with optical assembly 214. Further, since the matching impedances are not in series with the bias circuit, the bias supply voltage needed is reduced. Additionally, this configuration allows a controlled impedance line for the bias current which can be properly terminated at printed circuit board 104 (
Referring now to
As shown, a laser driver 250 communicates with a laser diode 252 by way of two transmission lines 220 and 222 incorporated within flexible circuit 212. The laser driver 250 is part of driver circuit 212 of
Generally, laser driver 250 functions to generate AC modulated signals the cause laser diode 252 to produce optical or light signals for delivery along an optical fiber (not shown). The AC modulated signals flow along transmission lines 220 and 222 and through matching impedances 262 and 264, which have values equal to either the internal impedance of laser driver 250 or associated surge impedance associated with transmission lines 220 and 222, respectively. By so doing, matching impedances 262 and 264 assist in maximizing the signal strength of the AC modulated signals delivered to laser diode 252 from laser driver 250, while minimizing reflection and distortion of the AC modulated signals. Matching impedances 262 and 264 may range from about 12 Ohms to about 20 Ohms
Connected to transmission lines 220 and 222 at a point between matching impedances 262 and 264 and laser diode 230 are transmission lines 224 and 226. These transmission lines 224 and 226 form part of the bias circuit associated with voltage source 230, such as a DC voltage source. Through connecting the bias circuit to transmission lines 224 and 226 at a point distal to matching impedances 262 and 264, transceiver module 200 no longer has the bias current in series with matching impedances 262 and 264. This reduces the total voltage needed for the bias voltage control, thereby eliminating the need to increase the supply voltage delivered to transceiver module 200.
As shown, transmission lines 224 and 226 connect to voltage source (Vcc) 230 and current source 270, respectively. Current source 270 regulates the current provided by Vcc 230. Therefore, it can be understood that placement of current source 270 in connection with transmission line 226 is only one possible location. For example, current source 270 can alternatively be connected to transmission line 224, with voltage source 230 being connected to transmission line 226.
Each transmission line 222 and 224 has an associated resistance, depicted by resistors 274 and 276. The values of resistors 274 and 276 can vary depending upon the particular resistance desired for each transmission line 222 and 224. For instance, resistors 274 and 276 can be smaller than what would be required in prior art configurations, such as but not limited to that illustrated in
To more fully illustrate the features and functions of the present invention, example values for one or more of the above-referenced transmission lines, resistors, and impedances are provided to illustrate the manner by which the present invention delivers modulated signals to an optical assembly of a transceiver, while reducing the voltage needed to operate the transceiver. Although specific values are provided herein, these are considered as illustrative only, with one skilled in the art being able to identify other applicable values that would allow a transceiver module to perform the desired functions discussed herein.
With reference to the prior art configuration illustrated in
Source Matching Impedance (26)
Source Matching Impedance (28)
Matching Impedance (18a)
Matching Impedance (18b)
Bias resistors (22)
Bias resistors (24)
Supply Voltage (14)
Laser Diode Impedance (Not Shown)
As can be understood, bias resistors 22 and 24 are 50 Ω, while the supply voltage 14 needs to be greater than 8.5 V to accommodate for voltage losses in the circuitry. Embodiments of the present invention reduce the DC voltage needed, while maintaining the functionality of the transceiver. With respect to
Source Matching Impedance (258)
Source Matching Impedance (260)
Matching Impedance (262)
Matching Impedance (264)
Bias Transmission Line Terminations
Bias Transmission Line Terminations
Supply Voltage (230)
Laser Diode Impedance (Not Shown)
As can be understood from a comparison between Table 1 and Table 2, the transmission line impedances of the circuitry in accordance with the teaching of the present invention are smaller than the transmission line impedances of the prior art circuitry illustrated in
Generally, the resistances/impedances of the circuitry depicted in
Consequently, the embodiments of the present invention are capable of delivering modulated signals to an optical assembly, such as a laser diode, of a transceiver, while reducing the voltage used in portions of the circuitry of the transceiver and minimizing the effects of reflection and distortion of the AC modulated signals. In this manner, the embodiment of the present invention provide a mechanism by which the size of transceiver modules can be minimized, while maintaining the capabilities of generating high speed AC modulated signals and associated high speed optical or light signals.
The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
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|European Classification
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