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Well votes are in! Here is the result of the 2008 Tsuki Mubi's PGSM Music Video Contest!!!!
2008 Best Character Profile Video
Isnt Amy missing? by ChibiAerith Productions
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My Prerogative by Lady L Black
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and distribute water to consumers. Demand-side techniques include water demand
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initiatives), changing water allocations (Miller et al., 1997), and nonstructural
flood management measures (such as land-use controls). Distinctions also can
be drawn between anticipatory and reactive actions. The former are taken in
advance of some change, the latter in response to a change. Reactive actions
include short-term operational adaptations, such as temporary exploitation of
new sources, and longer term measures. A major flood or drought, for example,
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options do exist, knowledge of these options and the expertise of officials
to execute them may be limited in some situations.
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and adaptation sufficient to eliminate all effects (which usually
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steps taken first.
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management attitudes toward supply-side versus demand-side strategies, as well
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Hmmm, ceritification in my opinion is good as a suppliment to a resume. People hire for what you can do for them, and will look at you as a whole so to speak. My best suggestion is to get certified as leverage, but take the time to really sit down, look at code do graphics and see what you can develop. Good ideas are found all over the place and are great tools for inspiration. Then build a portfolio with some of the creations you made as an example. Also, do some free jobs to build the resume and have some live sites out there. That impresses people.
Here are some links to help you along:
http://www.thebestdesigns.com/55.shtml <-- a good place for inspiration, resources, etc.
http://www.worstoftheweb.com <-- Knowing what NOT to put on pages is important.
http://www.htmlgoodies.com <-- An excellent resource on HTML, JS,CSS and more
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i personally LOVE dreamweaver MX- combined with Flash and Photoshop you can put out some really nice web pages, and not having to code out everything by hand is very nice. running in the vien of knowing what not to put on a webpage- look for a book that's called Web Pages That Suck- Learning Good Design by Looking at Bad Design. it's pretty good at pointing out some really nasty mistakes that web designers make. oh, and check out Fresh Styles for Web Designers as well- good stuff that will get your creative juices flowing. good luck!
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There are some great photos of them in the "Star Wars in 365 days" book that shows the Gray/Green clad DST working on the first Death Star.
Time for a bump. With the German site (4inches) right on the money, it looks like this will be the breakdown for this wave:(53) Rebel Sentry Guard(54) Han Solo Ceremonial(55) Luke Skywalker Ceremonial(56) X-Wing Pilot(57) Fan's ChoiceI would assume that these will be the last figs (basic at least) of the year and will pics will debut at this years Convention. Heres hoping Hasbro can squeeze out a couple more waves for the year end Holiday rush.
I don't know why but resculpts of Luke and Han ceremonial really appeal to me. That's a scene that really feels incomplete right now.
(53) Rebel Sentry Guard(54) Han Solo Ceremonial(55) Luke Skywalker Ceremonial(56) X-Wing Pilot(57) Death Star Trooper(58) Fan's ChoiceIs there supposed to be more to the wave than that? I think it needs a couple Imperials or we're looking at a pegwarming wave.
Still don't know the best way to do the jacket, though. I guess a molded-on jacket would probably still look the best.
Check out my other post regarding rumored figs past Yavin.
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"Rock of Ages cleft for me Let me hide myself in thee" Augustus Toplady 1772.
In the papers in this issue we are exposed to some of the expertise that has evolved over the decades in rock mechanics - the basic science involved in rock breakage, whether accidently or intentionally.
It is no great admission for me to say that in reading the papers there is much beyond my detailed comprehension. Indeed, I would need a course in computer-based mathematical modelling before being in a position to pass any scientific judgement or comment on the monumental paper by E. Sellers, J. Furtney, I. Onederra, and G. Chitombo on the hybrid stress blasting model. I have studied the computer-generated colour diagrams more in awe rather than with detailed comprehension. But these are for the specialists, not the commentators. As such, I can only attempt to give a broad indication as to where this work might contribute in future, and of course this means yet another look at the past and indulging in reminiscing, even at the cost of some repetition from past comments.
Perhaps, to start, I should explain that the quotation from a hymn was retrieved from that portion of my memory bank that goes back some 75 years when I was a chorister in the parish church. It has no religious significance whatever and intruded into my thinking only because of two words, 'rock' and 'cleft', which according to the Oxford Dictionary is derived from the word 'cleave' meaning to 'split or sever along a natural grain or line'. This meaning is particularly topical in my future analyses.
In the last century, the mighty gold-mining industry in South Africa has depended on the use of explosives to mine the rock, and a million detonators went off every day to deliver of the order of 100 million tons of ore, from which 600 tons of gold were produced every year. Bonuses were paid on the basis of the tonnage of broken rock sent to the surface, so brute force from high-energy explosives characterized this boom-for-bonuses era.
Inevitably, seismicity triggered by such blasting gave rise to increased rockbursts, which is the topic of several papers in this
I was privileged to witness and discuss the mid-century work on rock cutting by the Chamber of Mines as an alternative to blasting. I was intrigued by two features. The first was the easewith which the rock could be 'cleaved' by what was aconventional milling tool design. Secondly, the ease with whichthe reef material, having been relieved of the rock pressure atdepth by cutting just above and below the tabular reef, could beremoved from the face by, for example, a crowbar, as it was fullof pressure-relief micro-cracks. Rock cutting was abandoned bythe Chamber as being too costly and dangerous.
My particular pilgrimage started some 58 years ago, when Iwas commanded by the consulting metallurgist of AngloAmerican to solve the problem of the 'unassayable' (missing)gold, believed to be the reason for the low Mine Call Factors.Half a century later, I have come to the conclusion that the mostprobable explanation is that the missing gold is carried away asfine dust in the vast volume of explosion gases tearing apart thecomponents of the narrow reefs. My theory has never beenproved nor disproved, despite several attempts to sample andanalyse for gold the vast volumes of the explosion gases. This isnot surprising, considering the specific gravity of the gold in
relation to the density of the gangue material. It is like lookingfor one gold particle among millions of others in the rapidlyexpanding dust cloud. It is like 'looking for a fly in a cathedral',to quote Lord Rutherford in his quest to be the first to split the nucleus in the large atom. Whether my conclusion regarding the loss of gold in the explosion gases is exactly correct, it is certain that, in a bulk stope explosion, the mineralization is spread over a good proportion of the underground workings.
The paper by Sellers is highly relevant. Although it refers specifically to open-pit kimberlite mining, it is the latest chapter in the work on hybrid stress blasting models. Complete understanding for me as a non-specialist is impossible. I have gleaned from this and a previous publication that the model identifies two main types of breakage—that caused by the buildup of high-pressure gas phase causing displacement of fragments of the matrix, and the shock wave fracture caused by the interaction of the shock wave on the different crystal phases in the rock structure.
It is the shock fracture that I relate to cleavage. This is what is wanted in the gold reefs. Fragmentation is the term commonly used in the world of blasting in an open pit, and this is much desired. But according to Sellers, fracture is undesirable and can result in weakening of the supporting wall, and the HSB model can identify and characterize such effects.
However, in deep-level lateral reefs fracture with no gas displacement is the ideal for the reef, and fragmentation, if operated on a sequential millisecond blasting pattern, can be confined to the roof and hangingwall regions, producing a cast blast hurling the waste to the back of the stope.
This was envisaged some 20 years ago, and I was involved in considerable test work at the Kopaneng mine and Impala platinum mines. The concept was to separate the reef material from the waste in one sequential blast. The concept came close to working, but was never implemented because of unreliable detonation equipment.
I come to the point of this comment, with apologies for the lengthy reminiscing.
I believe that there is a good probability that selective blasting, in which the reef material can be separated from the waste, can be achieved on an economical basis. The science of rock mechanics has advanced to the point where there are a number of options worthy of detailed investigation. Undoubtedly the work to date on the HSBM approach is the leading critical path, particularly as regards the advances in blasting mechanisms in the form of shock-tube and electronic detonators.
The benefits of a successful selective blast are great, apart from the additional gold recovery in many mines and the savings in hoisting less than half of the total broken amount of rock to the surface. There are many additional economic advantages, and a host of options for further R&D work that could have great impact on deep-level mining, sustainability, employment, and AMD elimination, leading to a total zero waste philosophy. But this would demand several issues of the Journal to describe all the ramifications of a national portfolio to justify its impact on the industries around gold and platinum.
There are many other papers of specialized and general interest, but one in particular shows that even the down-toearth mining industry can bring science fiction to reality. This is the paper by D. van Rensburg, of Anglo American Platinum, which describes a gigantic rotary broom that has been automated to sweep boulders off the top edges and walls of open-pit mines to avoid them rolling into the pit and causing great damage. This device is a world first, and remarkably it can handle boulders of 600 kilograms on a horizontal surface.
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EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A young homeless man and a 16-year-old girl were arrested Monday on suspicion of shooting two fellow transients, one fatally, with a crossbow off a coastal Northern California highway, authorities said.
Phoenix Triton King, 20, and the teen, whose name was not released because she is a minor, were found around the Friends of the Dunes nature center in Arcata after an intense manhunt.
Witnesses who saw the pair called police, and they surrendered after being spotted by a California Highway Patrol helicopter, the Humboldt County sheriff's office said in a statement. They were not armed when they were taken into custody.
Authorities had been searching for the pair after two men were attacked off state Highway 255 on Sunday.
Deputies responding to calls of an injured man on the shoulder of the road found a 41-year-old with an arrow in his hip and grazing wounds to his scalp and shin, sheriff's Lt. Dave Morey said. He was treated at a hospital and released.
The second victim, a 44-year-old man, was found dead nearby with a single arrow fired at his face at close range, Morey said. Neither victim has been identified.
A witness tried to detain the attackers, but they fled into a heavily wooded area, Morey said.
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The Electric Division continues to be the revenue maker for the American Samoa Power Authority with $34.25 million collected in the second quarter of fiscal year 2012, according to the ASPA FY 2012 second quarter performance report — which covered Jan. 1-Mar. 31, 2012.
ASPA's FY2012 total budget is $118.47 million, according to the report. However, the Fono approved last year around $30 million for the first four months of the fiscal and a supplemental budget of about $60 million for Feb. 1- July 31, was endorsed by lawmakers but vetoed by the governor.
At the center of the whole debate is the ASPA's board authority giving the final approval of ASPA's annual budget and this remains an issue of contention between ASPA and Fono as the current fiscal year ends Sept. 30th and the new fiscal year 2013 budget is among the main issues for lawmakers to debate and approve when the 4th session convenes next week.
According to the second quarter report, total actual operating and grant revenues ending Mar. 31, 2012 is $64.14 million. This total consists of operating revenues of $55.78 million and grants of $8.35 million — a total variance of $4.90 million (or 8.3%) more than revenue projections.
Of the total revenues, $34.25 million represents Electric division; $4.70 million for Water division; $2.44 million for Wastewater; $1.49 million in Solid Waste; and $21.24 million for Fuel division, the report points out.
Total expenses for second quarter, came to $63.47 million, where $55.11 million was spent on operations and $8.35 million spend on grant projects, the report says. Of the total expenses $34.25 million was for electric division; $5.09 million for water; $2.06 million for wastewater; $1.19 million in solid waste and $20.85 million for Fuel and Marketing division.
According to ASPA, the authority spent about $4.90 million more than budgeted due to the high fuel price.
Other expenses: personnel costs $4.68 million; materials and supplies $42.67 million; travel $48,254; contractual service $6.89 million; equipment $2.90 million and all others category at $6.26 million.
"ASPA continues to struggle with its cash flow due to the aging of receivables from our customers while quality of service must be delivered on a daily basis for our people," the report points out. "We recognize that our entire community is suffering from the effects of policy changes in the global economy as well as reduction of funding with strict regulatory compliance/environmental issues."
ASPA also states that it "struggles to continue operations in the face of rebuilding costs and the 10% match required" by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (ASPA). "In response.... ASPA has not made some of the budget purchases as the actual cash flows do not support the project completion," the report claims.
Major costs faced by ASPA is the rebuilding of the new Satala Power Plant, to replace the one destroyed by the 2009 tsunami.
According to the report, the accounts receivables continue to increase to the amount of $8.3 million for the American Samoa Government, not including other class of customers, commercial and residential.
The ASPA 1st quarter performance report for FY 2012 had ASG receivables at $7.5 Million. ASPA has noted since the January released report that ASG has made some payments on its bill.
Current billing for June shows ASPA charging households .4335¢ per kilowatt, with May billing at .4251¢, while April billing was at .4222¢ per kilowatt.
Samoa News has reported that the ASG Office of Petroleum Management noted for March the new maximum allowable price (MAP) or wholesale prices for diesel fuel (used by ASPA boilers/ generators) was $3.47; for April, it rose to $3.90; for May, it rose again to $4.07 per gallon; while for June, boilers/generators diesel fuel has dropped to $3.86 per gallon.
ASPA has said bills received by consumers reflect consumption for the month before, meaning June's bill is for May, May for April, etc. It has also said it averages monthly prices of fuel, which now includes the higher priced Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) which is used for the eleven generators at the American Samoa Power Authority's temporary power generation system (TPGS) in Satala.


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CAIRO (AP) — A senior Arab League official has called on Israel's Arab minority to go out and vote in the Jewish state's parliamentary election, arguing that doing so will foil "racist" plans to force them to leave their homes.
Mohammed Sobeih, who is the pan-Arab organization's assistant secretary general, claims that Tuesday's election will be dominated by the extremist right that he says speaks openly of forcing Arab Israelis to pack up and leave.
His call is unusual for the Cairo-based league, which rarely addresses itself to Arab citizens of Israel. Himself a Palestinian, Sobeih said his Monday call was motivated by fears that underrepresentation of Arabs — about 20 percent of the Israel's population — would allow parliament to adopt "racist" legislation but still look democratic to the world.


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text: Vintage Tratten Wall Lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson for Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB €1,500.00 Price per piece Incl. VAT (if applicable) excl. shipping No shipping price available Insured Delivery from Sweden to: Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Hungary Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Add Item to Cart Add to Wishlist More Questions? Get in Touch Buy with Confidence with Pamono Purchase Protection Call us at +49 (0)30 8095 205 55 Share About This Piece Vintage Design This vintage outdoor wall lamp, model Tratten, was designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson in 1954 and was produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd in Sweden. The lamps are made from copper. Designer Hans-Agne Jakobsson Maker Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB Markaryd Design Period 1950 to 1959 Country of Manufacture Sweden Style Mid-Century Detailed Condition Very Good — This vintage item has no defects, but it may show slight traces of use. The vendor has confirmed this piece is in working order. Restoration and Damage Details Light wear consistent with age and use, Patina consistent with age and use Product Code SC-225221 Materials Copper Color Brown, grey Width 24 cm 24 cm Depth 31 cm 31 cm Height 19 cm 19 cm * Please note that items made of Rosewood are subject to a special export process that may extend the delivery time an additional 2 to 4 weeks Read More Collapse Shipping & Delivery Shipping Method Front Door Delivery - 2 to 4 weeks Ships from Sweden Returns Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items Delivery Options Front Door Delivery: (Included in Every Order) A skilled driver will unload the item(s) from the delivery truck and bring it to your building's doorstep. You will be responsible for further transport beyond that point. We recommend asking a family member or friend for an extra hand; alternatively, you may upgrade to In-Home Delivery (see below). 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Though lesser known today than many celebrated midcentury lighting designers like Jo Hammerborg and Verner Panton, Jakobsson created a range of pendants, floor lamps, wall lamps, and table lamps that showcase a penchant for diverse materials and forms, as well as a deep understanding of lighting effects. Jakobsson was born in Havdhem on the island of Gotland in Sweden in 1919. He first apprenticed as a carpenter and then continued his education in Gothenburg, graduating with a degree in architecture. He was hired by General Motors as an industrial designer and subsequently worked as an assistant to both Carl Malmsten (1888-1972)—one of the most prominent figures in Swedish design—and Werner West (1890-1959). In 1951, Jakobsson founded his eponymous furniture manufacturing company, Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd, Sweden, which is sometimes referred to as AB Markaryd. Although Jakobsson designed and produced various types of furniture, his lighting received greater international attention. Experimenting with a wide range of materials—including brass, iron, glass, fabric, and wood shavings—Jakobsson mastered both the direction and color of light. His designs are known for their hidden bulbs and streamlined ornamentation, which created diffused, muted lighting. Jakobsson's career was prolific to say the least. His company produced over 2,000 separate lamps in fifty years. Jakobsson's own body of work includes laminated pine pendant lamps, large bulbous glass chandeliers, all manner of muted lighting, and even Pop Art-inspired sconces. Examples include the outdoor light Tratten S2064 (1954), Estrella V258 Wall Lamp (1950s), Lamingo T325 Celling Light (1950s), his pinewood cylindrical B128 Table Lamp (1960s), BN26 Table Lamp (1960s), and Diana V155 Wall Light (1960). One of Jakobsson's best known designs—often referred to as the Laminated Pine Pendant—is believed to be the happy result of a temporary solution to a glaring light in Jakobsson's Christmas display shop window in the mid-1950s.Wishing to defuse the bright light, he fashioned a pendant out of pine wood chips, which admirers were soon seeking to buy. Jakobsson began producing this design from his own factory in the late 1950s and achieved international success. Around 1970, Jakobsson's design for a very similar laminated pine lamp was picked up by IKEA. This model was not produced in Jakobsson's factory but by his partner, Ellysett AB, who manufactured several of Jakobsson's designs. Ellysett was subcontracted by IKEA (also based in the town of Markaryd), and the pendant was soon sold around the world. In the 1970s, Jakobsson launched a collection by Swedish designer Torsten Orrling, which referenced Pop Art using sheets of brass, copper, aluminum, and the plastic-like astralite and which showed the influence of Verner Panton. This was one of only a few lines produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB that was not designed by the founder himself. Read More Collapse


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SEATTLE (AP) — Decades after American Indians were arrested for exercising treaty-protected fishing rights during a nationally watched confrontation with authorities, a proposal in the state Legislature would give those who were jailed a chance to clear their convictions from the record.
Tribal members and others were roughed up, harassed and arrested while asserting their right to fish for salmon off-reservation under treaties signed with the federal government more than a century prior. The Northwest fish-ins, which were known as the "Fish Wars" and modeled after sit-ins of the civil rights movement, were part of larger demonstrations to assert American Indian rights nationwide.
The fishing acts, however, violated state regulations at the time, and prompted raids by police and state game wardens and clashes between Indian activists and police.
Demonstrations staged across the Northwest attracted national attention, and the fishing-rights cause was taken up by celebrities such as the actor Marlon Brando, who was arrested with others in 1964 for illegal fishing from an Indian canoe on the Puyallup River. Brando was later released.
"We as a state have a very dark past, and we need to own up to our mistakes," said Rep. David Sawyer, D-Tacoma, prime sponsor of House Bill 2080. "We made a mistake, and we should allow people to live their lives without these criminal charges on their record."
Lawmakers in the House Community Development, Housing and Tribal Affairs Committee are hearing public testimony on the bill Tuesday afternoon.
Sawyer said he's not sure exactly how many people would be affected by the proposal. "Even if there's a handful it's worth doing," he added.
Sawyer said he took up the proposal after hearing about a tribal member who couldn't travel to Canada because of a fishing-related felony, and about another tribal grandparent who couldn't adopt because of a similar conviction.
Under the measure, tribal members who were arrested before 1975 could apply to the sentencing court to expunge their misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony convictions if they were exercising their treaty fishing rights. The court has the discretion to vacate the conviction, unless certain conditions apply, such as if the person was convicted for a violent crime or crime against a person, has new charges pending or other factors.
"It's a start," said Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal elder who figured prominently during the Fish Wars. He was arrested dozens of times. "I never kept count," he said of his arrests.
Frank's Landing, his family's home along the Nisqually River north of Olympia, became a focal point for fish-ins. Frank and others continued to put their fishing nets in the river in defiance of state gaming regulations, even as game wardens watched on and cameras rolled. Documentary footage from that time shows game wardens pulling their boats to shore and confiscating nets.
One of the more dramatic raids of the time occurred on Sept. 9, 1970, when police used tear gas and clubs to arrest 60 protesters, including juveniles, who had set up an encampment that summer along the Puyallup River south of Seattle.
The demonstrations preceded the landmark federal court decision in 1974, when U.S. District Judge George Boldt reaffirmed tribal treaty rights to an equal share of harvestable catch of salmon and steelhead and established the state and tribes as co-managers of the resource. The U.S. Supreme Court later upheld the decision.
Hank Adams, a well-known longtime Indian activist who fought alongside Frank, said the bill doesn't cover many convictions, which were civil contempt charges for violating an injunction brought against three tribes in a separate court case. He said he hoped those convictions could be included.
"We need to make certain those are covered," said Adams, who was shot in the stomach while demonstrating and at one time spent 20 days in Thurston County Jail.
He also said he wanted to ensure that there was a process for convicted fishermen to clear their records posthumously, among other potential changes.
But Sid Mills, who was arrested during the Fish Wars, questioned the bill's purpose.
"What good would it do to me who was arrested, sentenced and convicted? They're trying to make themselves feel good," he said.
"They call it fishing wars for a reason. We were fighting for our lives," said Mills, who now lives in Yelm. "We were exercising our rights to survive as Indians and fish our traditional ways. And all of a sudden the state of Washington came down and (did) whatever they could short of shooting us."


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Hershey Foods (NYSE HSY) is North America's largest chocolate producer with 42.5% of the US chocolate market.[1] Hershey sells products in 50 countries under 60 brand names including, Hershey's, Reese's, and Kisses.[2] In 2010, the company's net revenues were $5.67 billion with net income of $510 million.[3] Additionally, Hershey maintains the right to manufacture and sell competitors' products, such as Kit-Kat bars, through licensing agreements with foreign Nestle (NSRGY) and the former Cadbury Schweppes (now part of Kraft Foods (KFT)).[4] Although Hershey must pay for these rights, the company insulates itself from foreign competition through the agreements. With over 90% of its revenues coming from the United States, Hershey is one of the most geographically concentrated major food and beverage companies.[2] However, the company has taken steps to expand internationally, including the acquisitions of Godrej Beverages and Foods in India and Van Houten in Singapore, as well as an agreement with Lotte Confectionery Co. to manufacture and sell chocolate products in China.[5][6]
Rising costs are a particularly difficult challenge for Hershey. The company is vulnerable to market prices of key ingredients like cocoa, milk, sugar and peanuts, all of which saw price increases in 2009.[7] In order to combat rising costs, the company has both lowered product weight and raised domestic wholesale prices. With the recent turmoil in the Ivory Coast, which produces 40% of the world's raw cocoa[8], prices for this vital chocolate ingredient have risen more than 15% since November 2010. The long-term effect of the conflict on chocolate prices remains to be seen but it closely follows crop plagues in both Ghana and Indonesia which threatened the cocoa supply in mid-2010.[9]
Hershey is a manufacturer of chocolate and other candy items, selling its products in over two million retail outlets in 50 different countries.[2] Although Hershey has global reach, more than 90% of its revenue and profits come from the United States.[2]
In 2010, Hershey posted $5.67 billion in revenue, a 7% increase from 2009.[11] Hershey implemented a cost-saving initiative in 2007, which when completed in 2010 should result in annual savings of $190 million.[12]
The restructuring program has had a large impact on Hershey's net income, sending it up 47% in 2008 to $311 million.[13] The increase is due to the success of the restructuring plan, increased advertising for the company's core brands, and higher prices introduced late in 2008. In 2010, Hershey recorded net income of $510 million.[14]
Hershey's primarily makes cocoa for the production of chocolates, candies and other confectioneries. With 90% of its sales in North America[15], Hershey's production facilities are primarily located in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Beyond production, Hershey's offers its products through a variety of distribution channels including wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, convenience stores, dollar stores and department stores[16]. The McLane Company, distributor to Wal-Mart (WMT), is Hershey's largest customer, accounting for 27% of sales in 2009.[17]. Hershey's offers products in several categories:
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Refreshment products:
Huge markets in China, India and other developing countries also present a big opportunity for Hershey's. Chocolate sales in China have doubled to $813 million over the last five years while India's chocolate sales have risen 64% over the same period[18] Hershey's has tried to move into these markets with through joint ventures with Lotte Confectionery of South Korea and Godrej in India. Still, with 90% of sales within North America, international expansion remains a big opportunity.
In April 2010, Hershey's announced plans to open its first store in Singapore; it hopes to open six additional stores in the country within three years. The company is also investigating expansion opportunities in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, with each country eventually supporting four to six stores. In the Middle East, the company is looking to UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar as possible store locations with four to six stores in the UAE and two or three in the other two countries eventually.[19] Although Hershey's bid for Cadbury was unsuccessful when Kraft Foods (KFT) purchased the UK-based chocolatier, the company is still looking to international markets for its growth prospects; the company has said they are interested in acquiring foreign candy companies in order to expand their global footprint.[20]
Hershey's lags behind its competitors in terms of operating margins. While traditional margins in the packaged food and Chocolate industry have been around 25 percent, Hershey's margins are below 20 percent.
In order to expand margins, in 2007 Hershey's began a $525-$575 million supply-chain restructuring plan. As part of its "Global Supply Chain Transformations" the company reduced production lines, outsourced the production of many of it's low value-added products and built a new cost effective facility in Mexico. The company expects to save $180 million annually by the completion of this plan in 2010. Hershey's claims the success of this initiative leads to greater manufacturing flexibility and allows the company to support its strategy to penetrate new markets[26].
Hershey's enjoys the largest share of the US Chocolate market and is the leader in both single-serve and bulk (boxes/large bars/bags) Chocolate products. Mars is Hershey's closest rival, owning well-known brands such as Mars, Snickers, M&M's, Milky Way and Twix. In April 2008, Mars announced the $23 billion acquisition of Wrigley. The deal creates a confectionery giant combining many stable brands with global distribution[27].
The threat of competition in North America from powerful global confectionary companies such as Nestle (NSRGY) and Cadbury Schweppes (CSG) (now part of Kraft Foods (KFT)) is effectively mitigated through Hershey's licensing agreements. In the case of Néstle, Hershey's owns exclusive US licensing rights to Kit Kat – one of Nestle's strongest brands. Without the Kit Kat platform it will be difficult for Nestle (NSRGY) to gain a competitive edge in the US market. Hershey's also owns the US licensing rights to all the Cadbury Schweppes (CSG) brands, thus preventing Cadbury Schweppes (CSG) from entering the US market.
On January 19, 2010, Kraft Foods (KFT) bought Cadbury for $19.5 billion, outbidding Hershey to create the largest chocolate and confectionary company in the world. The merger hurts Hershey's international growth prospects as the company had been hoping Cadbury would greatly expand Hershey's brands beyond their current domestic marketplace. In the wake of the merger, rumors have circulated that Nestle (NSRGY) is looking to buy a smaller competitor such as H.J. Heinz Company (HNZ) or General Mills (GIS), and Hershey's name has also been mentioned. However, a spokesman for the Hershey Trust has categorically denied any possibility of a takeover.[28] Despite the Trust's denial, rumors are still circulating about a possible takeover by Nestle, especially since the company's recent sale of Alcon to Novartis for $28.1 billion. With the new cash, Nestle could buy almost any food or confectionery business with cash; Hershey's shares were valued around $10 billion in August 2010.[29]


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Iowa Supreme Court Will Review Nick Rhoades' HIV Criminalization Case
January 24, 2014
Nick Rhoades, 39, an Iowa man who pleaded guilty in 2009 to "criminal transmission of HIV," will have his case heard before the Iowa Supreme Court, according to the Des Moines Register.
Although the man with whom Rhoades engaged in oral sex remains HIV negative, Rhoades had an undetectable viral load, and they used a condom during the sexual encounter, the man was able to sue Rhoades because he did not disclose his HIV-positive status. Rhoades' lawyer advised him to plead guilty, and after an initial sentence of 25 years in prison, Rhoades' sentence was reduced to the time he'd already served.
Rhoades' case has garnered national attention, including coverage in CNN, BuzzFeed, POZ I AM Radio and the documentary HIV Is Not a Crime by anti-criminalization advocate Sean Strub. It is the most high-profile of several criminalization cases that have received media attention in the U.S. in recent years, including Minnesota v. Rick and a burgeoning HIV criminalization scandal in Missouri.
Many in the HIV community feel criminalization relies on outdated science to institutionalize hate, as sound science now shows that the risk of transmission with the use of a condom and/or an undetectable viral load is usually negligible. Many also worry that criminalization may discourage HIV testing, as those who do not know their status cannot be held accountable for transmission.
To read more on Nick Rhoades' case, please visit the Des Moines Register. To learn more about HIV criminalization, please visit TheBody.com's HIV/AIDS Transmission Cases index.
Mathew Rodriguez is the editorial project manager for TheBody.com and TheBodyPRO.com.
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at the following time: 7th Oct 2018, 14:30
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Event: Shahrukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Dia Mirza and many other Bollywood stars were snapped at Mumbai airport as they return to Mumbai from Zee Cine Awards 2012, Macau.
Guest List: Dia Mirza, Sameera Reddy, Kalki Koechlin, Shahrukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Sonal Chauhan, Farhan Akhtar, Zayed Khan, Mahaakshay Chakraborthy, Mithun Chakraborty, Manish Malhotra, Adhuna Akhtar, Monica Bedi, Gauri Khan, Zoya Akhtar, Sahil Sangha, Manyata Dutt, Naseeruddin Shah, Wajid Ali
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


text: We recently learned that Sam Raimi was a producer on the "Jewish exorcist" flick The Possession, which was previously titled The Dybbuk Box. But this creepy new clip makes the horror legend's presence crystal clear. We're delighted that this spooky movie seems to be channeling the grotesque body horror from Raimi's world. The more we see from director Ole Bornedal's movie, the more excited we continue to get. Plus the main little actress, Natasha Calis, is pretty compelling. Fingers crossed for good horror!


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Hey Hey,
My buddy recently forwarded me two email responses he's had to ads he placed on the internet. They are for two Guitar Pedals... and the responses seem very queer to say the least...
Email 1
Email 2From: john miller <email@example.com>
To: Dean XXXXXXXXXXXXXX <XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>
Subject: payment and shipping/pickup arrangements.....
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:17:54 -0800 (PST)
Hello Dean,
Thanks for your mail i want you to know that the price
$140 is okay with me.Inrespect of payment i have a
client in the U.S who is owing me $2,170. All i need
to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct
him to issue a cashiers check and mail it to you on
the address and name you want on the check and you
know it takes 24hrs for a cashiers check to clear in
the U.S.But i would want to know if i can trust you to
send my balance to me via western union or money gram
after the money must have cleared in your bank to
enable me prepay the shipping company here so that
they can instruct their office in the U.S to come and
pick it up from your location.pls mail me asap to
enable me arrange payment.Furnish me with your name
and address,so i will forward it to my client for
Thanks and GOD bless,
They look like scams to me, but I figured I'd see if anyone else had seen anything like this..From: "martins jeff" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Dean XXXXXXXXXXX" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Payment And Shipping .......
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:52:45 +0800
Thanks for the mail have being expecting your feed back. I really appreciate your response and your willingness to sell the Boss DD-5 delay pedal and BF-2 Flanger to me.I'm ok with your stated total price $240. I will arrange for the shipper that will be coming for the pick up. I will instruct my client to procure a cheque of $4,000 US dollars and send it to you to make this transaction fast and to avoid time wasting. As soon as you received the cheque you will send the excess funds to the shipping company through western union money transfer because is preferable to them(kindly let me know if i can trust you on this) . Immediately they will be coming for the pick up so that they can complete and arrange the paper works,customs and duties. They will come for the pick up at the moment everything is in place as i will really appreciate your efforts towards making this possible (Note my shipper will be coming with some other consignment of mine) Endeavour to email me your mailing information so that the cheque can be written out in your f avo ur. Do send me the following information for my client to be able to prepare you the cheque without any further delay
Hope to hear from you soon.
BTW... If anyone wants the pedals send me a PM :P heh


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Advising Center
The Advising Center supports Isothermal's overall mission to improve life through learning by providing students with correct information that helps lead them towards their destinations. Through collaborative efforts, the Advising Center is staffed by professional and caring faculty and staff from across campus who serve as advisors.
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Ludicrous is as ludicrous does. Stupid is normally used instead of ludicrous. However, I do not want to be disrespectful to the president or the men and women who pass America's laws in the House of Representatives and the Senate. I do respect the offices, if not always the decisions.
However, for the life of me I cannot follow the thinking behind passing legislation and getting the president to sign into the law a bill authorizing construction of a 700-mile fence to close off the 2,000-mile U.S./Mexican border.
Fortunately, when President Bush signed the law, it did not include funding to pay the bill for it, which may total $10 billion. Maybe it will go away under its own farcical weight.
The wall is a lame attempt at immigration reform, whatever that means. There is no reforming immigration laws. It is a crisis issue that the best our leaders can do so far is authorize a wall that has been compared to the Berlin Wall and the Great of Wall of China, both now tourist attractions that kept no one in or out.
There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Since Bush has been in office more than six million have been deported. This figure did not come with an explanation of whether those were 6 million individuals or it was the same 1 million paraded across the Mexican border six times.
The Labor Department said 57 percent of illegals are hired using forged documents to work. Immigration experts laugh at the percentage. They believe it is closer to 90 percent.
Most of the illegals in the United States are from Mexico. They keep coming, putting their lives in peril, because they can make eight times as much money in the United States as they can in Mexico. And jobs are readily available for them because Americans do not want the jobs illegals will accept.
I understand the arguments about cheap labor because it is illegal. Without illegals, wages would likely be higher and Americans would take the jobs. I also fully understand the need for homeland security. I support the efforts of the Bush Administration after 9/11. I am convinced it has made our nation safer and prevented more terrorist attacks. I want our borders protected from terrorists as much as anyone.
However, this is an immigration crisis, not a border security crisis. The complexity of it is enormous. It is so overwhelming it may never be solved adequately.
However, building a 700-mile long fence Mexican nationals will go over, around or under is more than absurd. Someone has called it a piece of the puzzle. When that puzzle is completed, it will be something to behold.
Some have suggested authorizing the wall was simply a political move by the president. That I could accept from a president who has a ranch in Crawford, Texas. Of all the people who would recognize the absurdity of a fence across a third of the U.S./Mexico border, it would seem to be Texan President Bush.
It is so laughable that Hispanic comedian George Lopez has joked: "Who do you think they'll get to build the wall?" Illegals from Mexico, and they all will have Social Security numbers, most likely with similar numbers.


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Sega is already doing it for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F, and so a fan is following suit with a "Like & Share" Facebook campaign for Yakuza 5's localization, hoping it'll attraction the attention needed to get Sega on board with releasing the sequel overseas. If you want to see the PlayStation 3 gangster game released out west, head over to the page, like it, and share it with friends.
Needless to say this has my support. Yakuza 5 must make it to the west.
I would also encourage other people who want help more to go to the official Yakuza forum on Sega's website and join in on the conversation
i wonder why it wouldnt come to the west like the rest of them did?
This always happens. It's always been funny to me how, whenever a Yakuza game comes out in Japan, the question of whether it'll come out in the States always comes up. Then the doubts start then, a few months after the release of the game in Japan, they announce it'll be localized and shipped everywhere else. This has happened before and, when more Yakuza game come out in the years to come, it'll happen again. I'm a huge Yakuza fan, it's one of my favorite game franchisees ever. I'm not worried, I know it'll be localized for the rest of the world and I'll be there to get my copy day 1.
Hoping for localisation of the HD Collection as well. Passed on PS2 copies I found recently, crossing my fingers I won't regret it.


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AG rejects call for investigation into Manchester hiringBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 01. 2013 11:17PM
MANCHESTER - The state Attorney General's Office has declined to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that Alderman Dan O'Neil interfered in City Hall hiring decisions.
The charges were made by Charles DePrima, the interim parks director who alleges he was passed over to be permanent head of the department in 2010 due to the actions of O'Neil, who is chairman of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
DePrima has alleged that O'Neil had lobbied for Parks Director Peter Capano to get the newly created post in 2010 to make up for Capano's missing out on another public works job that went to O'Neil's cousin, Tim Clougherty, two years earlier.
DePrima had originally had sought $227,000 in compensation from the city and then threatened to file a civil lawsuit seeking triple that amount when the city did not respond to the claim. It's not clear if the city has agreed to compensate DePrima, but there has been no indication that the city has done so.
DePrima did not return a call for comment.
DePrima first contacted the Attorney General's Office in July 2012.
A letter from the Attorney General's Office sent to DePrima in November states that "because the materials you provided do not establish a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, this office will not open a criminal investigation."
Among the materials DePrima has pointed to as supporting his claims is an e-mail he sent to his supervisor when the chief of parks position was under consideration.
In the e-mail, DePrima offers a "stab at replying to Dan's (O'Neil) request to 'create' a job for me should the chief of parks not be a viable option."
Referring to an e-mail provided by DePrima, attorney Geoffrey Ward, with the Attorney General's Criminal Justice Bureau, states in his letter that "this is not proof of interference of any kind. Nor have you provided any evidence that Alderman O'Neil made an unwritten request or order to appoint or remove any person from office."
DePrima has charged that O'Neil's interference violates Section 9.03 of the City Charter, which states, "The board of mayor and aldermen ... shall not seek individually to influence the official acts of any city official, or to direct or request, except in writing, the appointment or removal of any person to or from office."
DePrima has pointed to other instances of O'Neil's involvement in department personnel matters, including a personal meeting the two had with another parks department employee.
DePrima has alleged that O'Neil's actions were part of a "plague of nepotism" in city hiring decisions.
Ward also rejects the allegation that O'Neil violated a related section of the charter concerning relatives of city officials. The section states that "no city official shall participate in any way in any decision to employ or appoint any immediate family member to any city position nor any personnel action in connection with such employment or classified appointment."
Ward, the state attorney, wrote: "To the extent that you allege Alderman O'Neil participated in the decision to employ or appoint Peter Capano or Tim Clougherty, any such participation would not violate section 90.3, article B, because neither of these individuals is the 'immediate family' of (O'Neil)," as defined by the charter.
The Attorney General's Office provided the DePrima letter in response to a right-to-know request from the New Hampshire Union Leader.
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Well, the much anticipated Building your own PC part 2 tutorial is finally ready! We have already picked our parts, if you need the parts list again they can be found HERE.
Warning: The assembly process should be done on a table, preferably wood. During the whole process make sure to touch the metal inside the case periodically to discharge any stored up static electricity in your body. Static electricity is your worst enemy through out this process.
Preparing the Case
Our first step of the assembly process is to prepare the case. If you look at the back of the case there is a face plate where the ports (mouse and keyboard, onboard VGA, onboard nic, etc) are normally located. Well, chances are that face plate won't fit our motherboard, so we're gonna pry that sucker out. Don't worry, the motherboard we bought comes with it's own unique face plate.
Now take your motherboard out of the box and anti static back and place it on the antistatic bag. Discharge yourself before handling the motherboard. Now you need to find out which holes in the case to place the spacers in so your motherboard doesn't fry. The spacers should have came with your case. Try and estimate where to put the spacers by looking at your motherboard. Once you that that figured out place the face plate that came with the motherboard on the same place the old one was in the case and place motherboard behind it, making sure the ports on the motherboard fit in perfectly with the port holes in the face plate, and gently place the motherboard down, making sure the screw holes in the motherboard match up with the spacers. This usually requires some force, you might need to push the motherboard into the face plate to get the correct alignment. It might help to have 2 people do this, one to push the motherboard in, the other to screw in the screws into the spacers.
Now you need to take out the plastic peice where our CD burner will go, just take out the top one.
Now figure out which component slot on the back matches up with the AGP port and pry that out so you can install the graphics card later. This may sound complicated but it really isn't, once you have your case and motherboard set up everything else goes pretty smoothly.
CPU, Heatsink and Fan
Now take out your CPU, be sure to discharge yourself before doing this (yes, we will be discharging ourselves quite a bit during this whole process). Now if you look on your motherboard you will see the socket 478 slot. On the side of it is this little lever. Pull it out a little and then up. Now match the processor chip with the holes in the socket and drop it in. DO NOT JAM IT IN!! It is a ZIF (ZIF = zero insertion force) socket. The chip should just drop in, if it doesn't it's not lined up correctly. After it drops in pull the lever back down to secure the chip.
Now for the heatsink and fan. You need to thermal grease for this. Sometimes your heatsink will already have it applied, but if it doesn't you just need to apply a thin layer of it. No bigger then dime size. Not all heatsinks and fans apply the same way, so in order to be sure you did it correctly, refer to the documentation that comes with it. It's won't be difficult, I beleive anyone can do it . Just be sure to plug the fan in! On our motherboard the correct place is the little white plastic jack with 4 holes in it. It's next to the big ATX power jack. If you don't plug in the fan your processor will fry in seconds, we don't want to waste our money!
Installing RAM
This is very easy, probably the easiest part of the whole process. Discharge yourself again. There are 2 white levers on the side of the slot. Make sure they are both pulled down. Just take out the stick of ram that we bought in the first tutorial. Place the ram facing the processor and gently but forcefully kind of rock it in. This might require alot some strength but don't overdue it. You can damage your slot or memory module. But they are pretty durable so you can beat them up a little. You'll know it's in because the 2 white arms you pulled down will automatically snap in place to secure the ram.
Graphics Card
This is done almost exactly like the ram. Discharge yourself. pull down the lever on the side of the AGP port. Take out the graphics card and rock it in like we did with the ram. Screw in the metal peice that now covers the opening that we made in the case preparation step. The screw should have came with the graphics card.
Hard Drive and CD Burner Installation
Now you have to install the hard drive. Take out the hard drive and on the back make sure the jumper is set to master. In order to make sure it's set to master check the documentaion that came with the hard drive. Usually the hard drive is set to master or cable select by default. It really doesn't matter because the computer will find the bootable device no matter what, unless it's set to boot from say... the floppy drive, which by default it isn't. In the case you should see a bunch of racks. These are obviously where the hard drive and disk drives go. On the buttom rack is usually the smallest rack and that is where the hard drive goes because there are no removable plastic covers covering it. Slide the hard drive in the bottom rack and screw it in. Now at the top of the racks, slide the CD burner in, the one where we took the plastic covering off. Screw it in.
Now you should have 2 80 pin ribbon cables that came with the hard drive and cd burner. Discharge yourself yet again. Plug one in the hard drive and the other in the cd burner. Some people will say "make sure they plugged in the right way" but it's really pretty self explanatory. You should be able to figure out. Now plug the hard drive into the IDE interface in the mobo (mobo = motherboard ). It should probably be the one closest to the CPU but again, these days, it shouldn't really matter. Plug the cd burners ribbon cable into the remainding IDE interface.
Power Everything Up!!
Now we have to give everything power. This is easy. Discharge yourself one more time (are you sick of this yet?). Now look at your power supply, there will be a ton of different wires with plugs at the end coming our of it. Take the biggest one and plug it into the big huge plastic interface on the motherboard. Now there should be a bunch of medium sized plugs. These are molex plugs. Plug them into the hard drive and cd buner.
In your case should be a bunch of little wires with little plastic plugs at the end. There is no one way to connect these into the motherboard. You going to have to look in your motherboard documentation to correctly place them in your motherboard. It isn't to hard though.
If you plug your computer in the wall, a green LED should light up on your motheroard. This is a good thing, it tells you your motherboard is getting power.
Many people will say to get a anti static wrist strap. If you are a technician fixing 20 computers a day, that's fine, but you really don't need one for building your own PC. Besides, simply touching the metal in the case shouldn't be to hard and it works just fine.
You are bound to have to make some kind of cmos configurations in the bios when you start up. There really isn't one way to do this, it will vary depending on the manufacturer and version you have. And don't forget to install your OS and drivers. The driver CD's come with your motherboard and graphics card. There are tons of tutorials on installing OS's on AO.
Anyway, I hope you all learned something, novice and experts alike. If you didn't know what was inside your computer, now you do. If you didn't know what you needed to buy or do to build your own PC, now you do.
BTW, I am open to any constructive critisism.


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AlexandreJ wrote:I studied Mac 64 bits support. It's really complicated because the Qt Framework will not support it soon
gerardm wrote:Yeah, That is apple's issue. There are lots of bugs in X11 in leopard too. Years ago, when the G5 was brought out as a 64 bit system, apple tooted their horn to no prevail. Are there any 64 bit apps for the mac (gui-less)?
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