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The Hillary Clinton campaign for President along with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) could be in the serious hot water after it was just exposed that both engaged in a major money laundering operation - as reported in a new lawsuit by a pro-Trump Political Action Committee (PAC).
This shocking new report alleges that the corrupt left knowingly funneled over $84 million to avoid already existing campaign finance laws, a disturbing acknowledgment if the criminal activity that shows even while breaking the law and cheating Hillary Clinton was unable to win the election against then-candidate Donald J. Trump.

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NEW LAWSUIT Alleges Crooked Hillary's Campaign Laundered $84 Million to Avoid Campaign Finance Laws#MondayMotivationhttps://t.co/F8t544BKNN @100percFEDUP
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"The Committee to Defend the President (CDP), a political action committee formally known as Stop Hillary PAC, filed its complaint with the FEC in December 2017 with the claims that the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) solicited cash from big-name donors, and allegedly sent that money through state chapters and back to the DNC before ending up with the Clinton campaign," as reported by Fox News.
This illegal technique was also written about by former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile in her book "Hacks," which may have unwittingly confessed to criminal activity committed by the Democratic Party and the clearly crooked Hillary Clinton for President campaign.
"Individuals who had maxed out their $2,700 contribution limit to the campaign could write an additional check for $353,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund—that figure represented $10,000 to each of the 32 states' parties who were part of the Victory Fund agreement — $320,000 — and $33,400 to the DNC," Brazile tells in her book. "The money would be deposited in the states first, and transferred to the DNC shortly after that. Money in the battleground states usually stayed in that state, but all the other states funneled that money directly to the DNC, which quickly transferred the money to (Clinton campaign headquarters in) Brooklyn."

Hillary's Campaign and the DNC allegedly used state chapters as strawmen to launder $84 million in effort to circumvent campaign donation limits, and the Federal Election Commission ignored complaints exposing the practice, a lawsuit filed Monday claims. https://t.co/l5wXlVJGQb
— StrongWomenLoveTrump (@mcgilh) April 16, 2018

Whether or not Brazile is intelligent enough to realize that this evidence can and will be used against her party in a court of law remains unknown, but such an admission of guilt was clearly not well thought out prior to the book's publishing.
According to the CDP Chairman, Ted Harvey, not only did the Federal Elections Commission fail to act in this case, but they were fully aware of the records of these illicit dealings because the CDP was able to use publicly available records in order to find the wrongdoings.
The CDP lawsuit against the FEC is intended to focus upon these facts, with Chairman Harvey telling Fox News that, "The Clinton machine has escaped accountability for its illegal practices for far too long. "
Harvey continues, "After months of review, the FEC has refused to address the Clintons' $84 million money laundering scheme that violated several campaign finance laws."
Harvey and the CDP want action, calling on the court to exercise its statutory authority under the Federal Election Campaign Act, and bringing about a sense of correcting the wrongdoings of both the FEC and the Democratic Party, who seemingly worked in unison in allowing this to continue and go unpunished.
"We urge the Court to step in and demand action from the FEC," Harvey said. "The American people demand that our most corrupt political figures answer for their transgressions."
This is unsurprising that the FEC has again failed to act, just as it's failed to investigate the fact that George Soros, a foreign billionaire, not only met with several top Democrats including Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf at Democracy Alliance meeting prior to the Pennsylvania special election but several others have suggested Soros and the Democrats bussed in out of state voters to affect the outcome of the election.

George Soros Masterminded Voter Suppression in Pennsylvania and Met with Gov. Tom Wolf#PA#PA18Results#PA18#VoterFraud#VoterID#VoteDemsOut#2018MidTerms#Midterms2018#QAnon#GreatAwakening#PiDay#NationalWalkoutDay#Soros https://t.co/YQt77ZWpTG
— Red Pill (@IWillRedPillU) March 14, 2018

It's almost as if the FEC in and of itself is a branch of the Democratic Party at this point, a disturbing reality that if true, needs to be investigated by Congress immediately.
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In all fairness, both parties need to be aggressively investigating each other. If the Mueller team can get away with at least a year of investigating supposed Trump/Russian collusion and Trump's supposed obstruction of justice, totally aided and abated by the mainstream media and DNC the whole way and come up with nothing (significant), in all fairness, why shouldn't the GOP, in total self-defense, be able to go after Comey, Lynch, Strock, Orr, Hillary Clinton, etc. where new evidence against any or all of them (in some very serious legal offenses) appears almost daily? Isn't it supposed to be fairness under the law/equal opportunity justice in the USA?


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BSOD when going to Sleep or Hibernation (HP ProBook)
My laptop is a HP ProBook 4445s with AMD A8-4500m APU, and is a fairly recent model. It has been experiencing random BSODs when entering sleep or hibernation, so I never get to see the actual screen. I only see the error, the next time I power on. It also seems to be the same problem all the time. Since I had done a drive cleanup, SF Diagnostics can only find 2 BSOD reports, but I assure you that it has been the same problem throughout the two months I have this laptop. It is always:
with Bug Check Code: 0x0000009f
and always a ntoskrnl.exe issue.
All of the drivers have been updated to the latest that HP has provided here. I can not locate the driver that causes this failure, so I am hoping that people of this forum will be able to find the root cause.
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Your BSoD is caused by your Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter - Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 >[ 16, 2] 0 0 fffffa8004fa2050 00000000 00000000-00000000 Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\bcmwl664.sys, Win32 error 0n2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for bcmwl664.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for bcmwl664.sys \Driver\BCM43XX Args: 00015500 00000000 00000005 00000003 [ 16, 2] 0 e1 fffffa8004fa3e20 00000000 fffff80003319200-fffffa800508af90 Success Error Cancel pending \Driver\vwifibus nt!PopSystemIrpCompletion Args: 00015500 00000000 00000005 00000003 [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa800508af90 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 0: kd> lmvm bcmwl664 start end module name fffff880`042d1000 fffff880`0475b000 bcmwl664 T (no symbols) Loaded symbol image file: bcmwl664.sys Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\bcmwl664.sys Image name: bcmwl664.sys Timestamp: Fri Mar 09 17:15:31 2012 (4F59E653) CheckSum: 0048A270 ImageSize: 0048A000 Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
Source: Driver Reference Table
Problematic Software:
Start Menu\Programs\Norton 360 Public:Start Menu\Programs\Norton 360 Public Start Menu\Programs\Norton JOSEOLIVERA-HP\admin:Start Menu\Programs\Norton JOSEOLIVERA-HP\admin
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|10 Oct 2012
HP's Fault?
Hmmm. I've actually reinstalled that driver before. It was consuming tons of memory and cpu cycles in Task Manager (throuch svchost). I can't update that driver though, it's already the latest driver listed in both the Easy Driver Pro and HP's website. It's unavoidable I think... My other option is buying the Atheros HP Approved NIC instead and replace it myself. But for now I think I will try uninstalling Norton only (since the subscription is about to end anyway).
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|10 Oct 2012
Hmm.. uninstall Norton..observe for a few days if your WiFi causes BSoDs.
If you have them, come and upload the .dmps here
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|15 Oct 2012
Had another off-screen BSOD, same issue of DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE, but different address in stack: ntoskrnl.exe+1040b. Norton has been uninstalled (completely) and I have re-downloaded and reinstalled the Broadcom HP Driver located from my laptop driver page list. I have compared the size of the dmps and it seems to be a lot bigger than that of before. Is it a different driver causing the issue now?
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Are you having Avast Firewall NDIS Filter Service installed? as indicated in your dump:
aswndis.sys - What is aswndis.sys ?
0: kd> !irp fffffa800916ca10 Irp is active with 3 stacks 2 is current (= 0xfffffa800916cb28) No Mdl: No System Buffer: Thread 00000000: Irp stack trace. cmd flg cl Device File Completion-Context [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 >[ 16, 2] 0 e1 fffffa8004d04050 00000000 fffff80003323200-fffffa8008c3f4c0 Success Error Cancel pending \Driver\aswNdis nt!PopSystemIrpCompletion Args: 00014400 00000000 00000004 00000002 [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa8008c3f4c0 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
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Did you uninstall Avast? Have the BSODs reoccurred?
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Stakeholders in LED manufacturing have met with US Department of Energy officials to plead their case for increased support in solid-state lighting (SSL) R&D and manufacturing, asserting that the technology's energy conservation benefits and ROI surpasses those of renewable energy technologies that get much more backing.
Tablets, smartphones driving turnaround in power management chipsTue, 9 Sep 2012
Demand for power management semiconductors recovered in 2Q12 after declining for half a year, thanks to strong demand from electronic products such as smartphones and media tablets, according to IHS iSuppli.
TSMC, UMC sales rise in August on customer pull-insTue, 9 Sep 2012
Taiwan's two biggest semiconductor foundries saw sales jump in August, and business for the full third quarter is looking up as customers pull in some orders.
Intel lowers 3Q outlook: What's the real driving factor?Fri, 9 Sep 2012
Analysts weigh the reasons behind Intel's downwardly-revised 3Q12 results, from macroeconomic sluggishness to tablet-PC cannibalization -- and whether its pullback in 2012 capex plans spells trouble for the market overall.
Intel lowers 3Q outlook: What's the real driving factor?Fri, 9 Sep 2012
Analysts weigh the reasons behind Intel's downwardly-revised 3Q12 results, from macroeconomic sluggishness to tablet-PC cannibalization -- and whether its pullback in 2012 capex plans spells trouble for the market overall.
Waiting for the next "golden year"Fri, 9 Sep 2012
While various industry segments appear to be tapping the brakes, others are revving their engines, observes SEMI's Christian Gregor Dieseldorff -- and a 2012 stall could pave the way for a record-breaking 2013.
Semiconductor R&D spending rising 10% in 2012 to meet design, process challengesThu, 9 Sep 2012
Spending on R&D by semiconductor companies worldwide is expected to grow 10% in 2012 to a record $53.4 billion, as companies all across the ecosystem try to keep up with more complex IC designs and new process technologies, according to data from IC Insights.
DisplaySearch: LCD industry poised for recovery in 2012Wed, 9 Sep 2012
Despite the gloomy economy and softness in consumer LCD products, suppliers of thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) expect moderate 8%-13% growth in sales and shipments in 2012, according to DisplaySearch.
SIA: July semiconductor sales inch up, unevenlyWed, 9 Sep 2012
Global semiconductor sales totaled $24.34B in July, a scant 0.2% increase from the prior month and down -1.9% from a year ago, as macroeconomic challenges weigh down demand particularly in Europe and the Americas, according to the latest monthly data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
Technology alliance formed for glass and brittle materials processingFri, 8 Aug 2012
Three leaders in their respective fields have formed a technology alliance to bring a new glass cutting technology to market. InnoLas Systems GmbH licensed process technology developed by FiLaser LLC and will use ultra-short pulse lasers produced exclusively for InnoLas by LUMERA LASER GmbH.
Reports: Renesas targeted by investment firm KKRFri, 8 Aug 2012
US-based investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. (KKR) reportedly is seeking to snap up struggling chip firm Renesas for ¥100 billion (US $1.3B)
Measuring inside an active OLEDMon, 10 Oct 2012
Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science say they have devised a way to selectively and nondestructively evaluate molecules within a sealed organic light-emitting diode (OLED) in operation, in hopes to further understand and eventually minimize performance degradation.
From fuzzy to focused: Phase I in project developmentFri, 10 Oct 2012
Many early-stage tool development projects lack focus in what is needed for tool functionality and performance. Nevertheless, a disciplined phased approach to can resolve many open issues (technical, commercial and market-related) in the first phase of any project.
EUV Symposium takeaways: Slow and steady progress, much improvement expected in early 2013Tue, 10 Oct 2012
EUV Symposium host imec and a pair of industry analysts gauge the pace of improvements in EUV lithography and its long march toward production readiness.
Europe to unite research efforts in Silicon Europe cluster allianceMon, 10 Oct 2012
Four of the leading micro- and nanoelectronics regions in Europe are joining forces to form a cluster alliance called "Silicon Europe."
ASML adds Samsung as third chipmaker investor, closes funding planMon, 8 Aug 2012
Lithography leader ASML completes its Co-Investment Program, tallying €3.85 billion in equity funds and €1.38B to support R&D into EUV and 450mm.
IHS iSuppli downgrades chip market outlook on PC weaknessMon, 8 Aug 2012
IHS iSuppli now predicts a decline in global semiconductor revenues in 2012, the first since 2009, due to a weakening economy that has eroded demand for PCs and related components.
Analyst: Fab spending softness 2012 extending into 2013Thu, 10 Oct 2012
Fab equipment spending continues to soften in 2012, and hopes for a reprieve in 2013 are waning, warns one analyst.
Japan's semiconductor industry: Fabs, equipment, and materialsWed, 10 Oct 2012
Even though semiconductor manufacturers in Japan are consolidating and transitioning to a "fab-lite" strategy, the region still represents a large installed fab capacity and a major market for equipment and materials suppliers.
SIA: Chip sales essentially flat in AugustWed, 10 Oct 2012
Macroeconomic malaise continues to weigh down global semiconductor sales, although there's a possible ray of hope for a boost by year's end thanks to introduction of much-desired electronics devices (hello iPhone 5).
New method monitors, catalyzes semiconductor etch in real timeTue, 10 Oct 2012
Researchers at the U. of Illinois have devised a method to monitor a semiconductor surface as it is etched, in real time, with nanometer precision.
LED industry shifting production to 6-inch wafersTue, 10 Oct 2012
Driven by market demand, the semiconductor industry is progressing toward consensus on building-block standards for automating LED production on 6-in wafers, explains Paula Doe in an article for SST sister magazine LEDs Magazine.
Tezzaron takes over SVTC's Austin fab amid layoff reportsMon, 10 Oct 2012
Tezzaron Semiconductor is taking over SVTC Technologies' wafer fab in Austin, TX, amid reports that the semiconductor/MEMS development organization is cutting back activities in Austin and in California.
Why 2Q makes or breaks a "good" year for IC salesTue, 9 Sep 2012
In an analysis of quarterly IC market growth rates, IC Insights pulls up an unusual phenomenon: the performance during the second calendar quarter takes the spotlight in years of better growth, which is counter to historical norms.
Foundries, leading-edge nodes, and profits: Narrowing the field in a two-man raceFri, 9 Sep 2012
Want another snapshot of who's leading the pack among pure-play foundries, and who's falling off the curve? Look more closely at <45nm offerings, as framed by a recent analysis from IC Insights.
Molybdenum sulfide: the new graphene?Thu, 9 Sep 2012
Researchers have begun to investigate a new 2D material—molybdenum sulfide (MoS)—which has similar characteristics but offers something graphene doesn't: a wide energy bandgap, enabling transistors and circuits to be built from it directly.
Everspin to unveil highest-density ST-MRAMThu, 9 Sep 2012
In an invited paper at the International Electron Devices Meeting, researchers from Everspin Technologies will describe how they built the largest functional ST-MRAM circuit ever built, a 64-Mb device with good electrical characteristics.
Better than FinFETs: Hybrid-Channel SOIThu, 9 Sep 2012
At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, a team led by IBM will report on the world's first high-performance hybrid-channel ETSOI CMOS device.The researchers built a ring oscillator circuit to benchmark performance that worked even better than FinFETs.
Why IC market growth will expand despite economic and technology challengesThu, 9 Sep 2012
Even with the persistent troubles in global economics and various technology hurdles in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, IC market growth will continue to improve -- and the key is a shift away from what's been driving the market dynamics, explains IC Insights.
Process Watch: Taming the overlay beastTue, 9 Sep 2012
In the fourth installment in a series called Process Watch, the authors discuss overlay registration and new capabilities to align to buried layers. Authored by experts at KLA-Tencor, Process Watch articles focus on novel process control solutions.
Tablet display shipments booming in 2012, big panel makers joining the frayMon, 9 Sep 2012
Shipments of tablets are booming, and that means demand for tablet displays is set to spike as well -- and some new panel makers are getting in on the action, reports IHS iSuppli.
TSMC's schedule for 450mm mass production -- and lithography is the keyWed, 9 Sep 2012
During sessions at this month's SEMICON Taiwan, execs from TEL, Lam Research, Applied Materials and KLA-Tencor revealed the latest developments in 450mm technology.
GlobalFoundries tips 14nm FinFETs with 20nm underpinningsTue, 9 Sep 2012
GlobalFoundries announced it has developed a 14nm process technology built off its 20nm planar (LPM) process, which it says will offer improved battery life and higher performance vs. other 20nm 2D planar transistors.
EU partners complete three-year OLED materials programTue, 9 Sep 2012
NEMO, a three-year European project to research solution-processable materials for OLEDs, has concluded with newly developed materials that can be integrated into large-surface OLED components and are suited for printing processes.
Sharp, Intel tieup rumored for ultrabook LCDsMon, 9 Sep 2012
Sharp Corp. reportedly is in discussions with Intel to use the Japanese firm's LCD panels in new ultrabook laptops, and could be seeking a more substantial partnership that would make the chipmaking giant its top stakeholder.
Chip demand still sliding, hopes for soft 3Q landing and recoveryFri, 9 Sep 2012
Demand for chip tools fell again in August and is off by -30% from its peak in early summer, fulfilling fears that the second half of 2012 will be sluggish for chipmaking investments, according to the latest data from SEMI.
TSMC integrates Ge on Si in p-type FinFETsThu, 9 Sep 2012
At this year's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), foundry TSMC will describe a heterogeneous epitaxial growth process which for the first time enables Ge to be directly grown on Si.
Horizontal channels key to ultra-small 3D NANDThu, 9 Sep 2012
The first working 3D NAND flash memory at sub-40nm feature sizes will be described by Macronix researchers at this year's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM).
RRAM synapses mimic the brainThu, 9 Sep 2012
At this year's IEDM, a team led by Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology will detail a high-speed pattern-recognition system comprising CMOS "neurons" and an array of resistive-RAM (RRAM)-based "synapses," which demonstrated STDP, a brain-like function.
450mm – It's bigger than you thinkThu, 6 Jun 2013
Much has been said of the 450mm transition. But the description of this inflection is something of a misnomer.
'Key' EUV milestone, DSA progress, more reported at SPIE Advanced LithographyThu, 3 Mar 2013
Over 2,000 industry professionals attended last week's SPIE Advanced Lithography, where important progress reports were revealed on extreme ultraviolet (EUV), lithography, directed self-assembly (DSA), metrology, and related topics. The event ran February 24-28 in San Jose, California.
Reinventing IntelFri, 4 Apr 2013
The semiconductor chip giant revealed plans to branch out beyond PCs. Will it work?
Top 30 MEMS companies of 2012Fri, 4 Apr 2013
The fast growing market for sensors for smart phones is re-shuffling the ranks of MEMS suppliers. For the first time, suppliers of inertial sensors have surpassed the major makers of micro mirrors and inkjet heads that have long dominated the industry on Yole Développement's annual ranking of the Top 30 MEMS companies.
IBM announces $1B investment in flash memory R&DFri, 4 Apr 2013
IBM announced plans on Thursday to invest $1 billion in flash memory research and development and launch a series of systems that will use solid state drives.
Small, medium-size AMOLED displays doubling by 2015Thu, 1 Jan 2013
Active matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays will continue to encroach upon LCD technology through small and medium-sized (9-in. and smaller) displays used in mobile phones, according to recent analysis by NPD DisplaySearch.
Global market for MEMS microphone to more than double in five yearsWed, 2 Feb 2013
The global market for MEMS microphones has reached approximately $422 million in 2012. The market is predicted to increase to $865 million in 2017.
MEMS devices shape medical industry, microsystem devices to reach $6.6 billion in 2018Wed, 2 Feb 2013
Microelectromechanical (MEMS) devices are shaping the competitive landscape in the global medical device industry.
ISSCC 2013: Large-area flexible electronicsMon, 2 Feb 2013
Hoi-Jun Yoo, subcommittee chair of ISSCC 2013, writes on the focus of technology directions in the field of large-area and low-temperature electronics.
Econometric Forecast: Semiconductor growth should recover by 2014Fri, 2 Feb 2013
In the second of two installments, Linx Consulting reports a steady growth in semiconductor production, as released in The Econometric Semiconductor Forecast.
Econometric Forecast: Regional developments to affect growth of semiconductor industryThu, 2 Feb 2013
In the first of two installments, we examine the global issues facing the semiconductor industry, as released by Linx Consulting in The Econometric Semiconductor Forecast.
MEMS revenue to climb a healthy 8 percent this yearThu, 2 Feb 2013
A strong uptake in consumer and mobile devices will power the market for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) to solid revenue growth in 2013, with breakthroughs in new sensor applications also expected this year, according to insights from the IHS iSuppli MEMS service at information and analytics provider IHS.
Gigaphoton achieves maximum 20W EUV light source outputMon, 2 Feb 2013
Gigaphoton, Inc., a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced today that the company has achieved EUV light output equivalent to maximum of 20W for its laser-produced plasma, or LPP light sources for EUV lithography scanners.
Smartphones and tablets drive continued double-digit growth in MEMS motion sensor marketThu, 2 Feb 2013
Smartphones and media tablets continue to the prime movers of technology industries, with the two mobile platforms spurring a double-digit increase in the market for microelectromechanical system (MEMS) motion sensors this year.
ISS 2013: Semiconductor leaders see massive industry transformationTue, 1 Jan 2013
The rise in mobile computing, changes to the fabless-foundry model, uncertainties in technical innovation, and global macroeconomic trends are becoming the dominant forces in 2013 and beyond, according to industry leaders speaking at this week's SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS).
CES: Phablets and table PCs break the PC moldFri, 1 Jan 2013
Among the usual confluences of useful and cool gadgets (not to mention bizarre) at this week's annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, two types of devices with new formfactors aimed to rethink the PC model.
The gleam of well-polished sapphireTue, 1 Jan 2013
Is it time for high-brightness LED manufacturing to get serious about process control? If so, what lessons can be learned from traditional, silicon-based integrated circuit manufacturing?
Look for 4K LCDs, OLEDs at CESMon, 1 Jan 2013
As the annual Consumer Electronics Show and hordes of techie enthusiasts descends over Las Vegas this week, NPD DisplaySearch revisits the battle between two display technologies -- 4K × 2K vs. OLEDs.
Is Apple changing its mind on touch panel structures?Tue, 1 Jan 2013
Reports are circling around Apple's supply chain of a potential shift in the company's display technology for its future iPhones and iPads -- moving back to LCDs and away from touch panels -- but a drastic realignment of its supply chain is probably not likely, observes DisplaySearch.
LED manufacturing investment declines as industry contemplates future directionsFri, 1 Jan 2013
Spending on LED fab manufacturing equipment will decline 9.2% in 2013 as the industry faces weak long-term demand and consolidates manufacturing capacity.
Samsung grabs No.3 foundry spot on smartphone dominanceThu, 1 Jan 2013
In the ranks of top foundries, there's a new Number Three in town: Samsung, which climbed up the ranks again in 2012 thanks to its ubiquity in smart phone technology, according to updated rankings by IC Insights.
Five IC suppliers to hold one-third of 300mm wafer capacity in 2013Wed, 2 Feb 2013
Samsung tops list; IC foundries expected to show biggest capacity gains through 2017.
Scientists develop multicolor LEDs without heavy metalsMon, 2 Feb 2013
Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto/Canada have now succeeded in manufacturing silicon-based light-emitting diodes (SiLEDs). They are free of heavy metals and can emit light in various colors.
Samsung issues apology for fatal acid spill at its Korean semiconductor plantMon, 3 Mar 2013
Samsung Vice-President Kwon Oh-hyun released a statement today, apologizing for the fatal hydrofluoric acid spill that left one worker dead and four others injured.
Flip-Chip expected to grow at a steady 9% pace, reaching $35 billion by 2018Mon, 3 Mar 2013
Flip-Chip is big on value: in 2012, it was a $20B market, making it the biggest market in the middle-end area, and Yole Développement expects it to continue growing at a 9% clip, ultimately reaching $35 billion by 2018.
Corning believes flexible displays with Willow glass are still three years outFri, 3 Mar 2013
CEO believes that the technology may be made available in simple products this year.
Intel leads unexpectedly large decline in semiconductor market inventoryWed, 3 Mar 2013
After reaching a worrisome high in the third quarter of 2012, global semiconductor inventories held by chip suppliers fell at a surprisingly fast rate in the fourth quarter, led by dramatic reductions for market leader Intel Corp.
A single European semiconductor strategy is on its wayThu, 2 Feb 2013
STM, Imec, CEA-LETI, ASML, Soitec and EU representatives discussed directions at ISS Europe 2013 in Italy.
STMicroelectronics is first $1 billion MEMS companyWed, 2 Feb 2013
Yole Développement's research has credited STMicroelectronics for capitalizing on the booming demand for MEMS in mobile devices by shipping 58% more MEMS units in 2012, to become the first company to reach $1 billion in MEMS sales.
The UV LED market is boomingMon, 3 Mar 2013
Yole Développement announced today its new report "UV LEDs: Technology & Application Trends" which presents UV LED new applications and associated market metrics for the period 2012-2020, and a deep analysis of UV LED technology and UV LED lighting industry.
Long-predicted atomic collapse state observed in grapheneMon, 3 Mar 2013
Berkeley Lab researchers recreate elusive phenomenon with artificial nuclei; highly relevant for future nanoscle devices where electrical charge is concentrated into very small areas
MRAM: Disruptive technology for storage applicationsFri, 3 Mar 2013
Everyone wants faster access to stored data, and the issue is becoming critical with Big Data and cloud initiatives. With the speed of DRAM and the non-volatility of storage, Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) encourages a new way of thinking about storage applications. Storage is associated with longer latencies, but with MRAM storage can have similar latencies to memory. These capabilities and others make MRAM a catalyst for new thinking about how we design storage applications.
Student develops brighter, smarter and more efficient LEDsFri, 3 Mar 2013
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient and have superior technical properties than those on the market today.
MEMS pressure sensors in cellphones set to rise to 681M units in 2016Wed, 3 Mar 2013
Shipments this year are expected to double to 162 million units, as presented in the attached figure, primarily due to Samsung's usage of pressure sensors in the Galaxy S4 and other smartphone models.
Plessey is first to release GaN on silicon LEDsMon, 4 Apr 2013
Plessey today announced that samples of its Gallium Nitride (GaN) on silicon LED products are today available. These entry level products are the first LEDs manufactured on 6-inch GaN on silicon substrates to be commercially available anywhere in the world.
How Samsung is climbing the chartsThu, 4 Apr 2013
It's no secret that Samsung is up against Apple in many ways, in products, sales and innovation. However, even in the face of Apple's patent infringement lawsuits, Samsung is still climbing the charts.
The secrets of 14nm lithographyThu, 3 Mar 2013
The long-expected demise of optical lithography for manufacturing ICs has been delayed again, even though the technology itself has reached a plateau with a numerical aperture of 1.35 and an exposure wavelength of 193nm. Immersion lithography is planned for the 20/22nm node, and with the continued delay of EUV, is now the plan of record for 14nm.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES demonstrates 3D TSV capabilities on 20nm technologyTue, 4 Apr 2013
GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the accomplishment of a key milestone in its strategy to enable 3D stacking of chips for next-generation mobile and consumer applications.
Worldwide semiconductor equipment bookings decline in Q3Tue, 12 Dec 2011
SEMI reports worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment bookings fell 38% year-over-year in Q3 2011; billings dropped 5% for the same quarter.
MEMS microphones surge, thanks to AppleWed, 1 Jan 2013
The market for MEMS microphones has nearly quintupled in just the past three years, topping a projected 2 billion shipments in 2012, thanks mainly for capabilities the technology enables in high-end smartphones, according to IHS iSuppli.
X-Fab takes majority stake in MFI, widens MEMS portfolio to support growth pushThu, 11 Nov 2012
X-Fab Silicon Foundries says it has become the majority shareholder in German MEMS Foundry Itzehoe GmbH (MFI), the latest in a series of recent moves to raise its profile as a top MEMS foundry.
Disposable, monitoring devices spur MEMS pressure sensors in medical electronicsThu, 11 Nov 2012
Growing use of disposable devices and respiratory monitoring are underpinning growing use of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) used as pressure sensors in medical electronics, according to IHS iSuppli.
MEMS are in the mainstream – so what's next?Thu, 12 Dec 2012
Mike Rosa, MEMS global product manager at Applied Materials, blogs about recent advances in MEMS, as described at the recent MEMS Executive Congress.
Low-cost MEMS fabrication using injection moldingFri, 12 Dec 2012
Researchers in Japan have devised a MEMS fabrication technology using lower-cost production methods of printing and injection molding, enabling MEMS devices to be applied for fields such as lighting -- and producable by firms outside the semiconductor sector.
Micro-rheometer, microdevice adsorbtion get nods in Sandia student MEMS design contestThu, 9 Sep 2012
A device that measures very thin quantities of liquid, such as the synovial fluid in knee joints, and a device that measures change in mass when a microdevice adsorbs small amounts of material, earned top honors in Sandia National Labs' annual student MEMS design contest.
Industrial magnetic sensors get a boost from green energyFri, 10 Oct 2012
The market for semiconductor magnetic sensors used in industrial and medical applications expanded by 6% in 2011 to $118.2 million, with green energy initiatives acting as a major growth driver, according to IHS iSuppli.
Ultrabook outlook slashed for 2012-2013, but growth still promisingThu, 10 Oct 2012
High pricing and ineffective marketing are weighing down expectations for ultrabook demand, but the future's still bright with new models promising new features -- and that's great news for one component sector.
Antenna-on-a-chip promises faster light processing with silicon photonicsMon, 11 Nov 2012
Researchers from Rice U. say they have developed a micron-scale spatial light modulator (SLM) built on SOI that runs orders-of-magnitude faster than its siblings used in sensing and imaging devices.
New methods to reduce time and cost of R&DWed, 7 Jul 2013
SEMICON West 2013 included a robust set of technical and marketing presentations on the general theme of developing new semiconductor devices in the session "Lab to Fab: From R&D to High Volume Manufacturing" held 1:30-3:30PM on July 9.
SEMICON West keynoter outlines The Big Five Challenges of the semiconductor industryTue, 7 Jul 2013
When Ajit Manocha, GlobalFoundries CEO, polled his audience during his keynote address on Tuesday at SEMICON West 2013, nearly 60 percent of the audience believed that the biggest challenge facing the semiconductor industry was the economy. However, during his presentation, Manocha seemed to suggest otherwise.
Semiconductor roadmapping update: Front-end technologies Part 1Mon, 7 Jul 2013
In the afternoon of the last day of SEMICON/West 2013, a session was devoted to updates from the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Front End of Line Technologies.
Samsung exec speaks on future innovationsMon, 7 Jul 2013
The future is bright for the future semiconductor and IT industry, according to Samsung exec Yoon Woo (Y.W.) Lee. In a keynote talk at The ConFab, Mr. Lee described a future with dramatic advances in almost every field, including healthcare, nano, energy and the environment, all powered by semiconductors
Hybrid Memory Cube nears engineering sample milestoneWed, 7 Jul 2013
Engineering samples of The Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) are expected this summer, with high volume manufacturing coming next year. It will be one of the first high volume devices employing 3D integration and through silicon vias (TSVs), employing a bottom logic layer and 4-8 stacked DRAM layers.
Brewer Science: Simpler bonding/debonding process neededThu, 7 Jul 2013
A variety of techniques and materials have been developed to successfully achieve bonding/debonding for 3D integration, but Tony Flaim, chief technology officer of Brewer Science (Rolla, MO) says they are still too complicated.
TechInsights introduces power semiconductor subscriptionWed, 3 Mar 2019
TechInsights (Ottawa, Canada), announced its new Power Semiconductor subscription


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On December 23rd, I had a bit of time to myself to sew, and I ran through my Q4 FAL list to see what was unfinished. Dare I try to finish anything on the list? THEN, near the bottom of the list, it called to me. A companion bag for my husband's messenger bag, and I could totally finish it before the end of the year, PLUS, have it done in time for Christmas, right? Right.
So I did. I used Pink Penguin's lunchbag tutorial, which I've used once before for another lunchbag last year.
Fabrics are the brown duck cloth from my husband's messenger bag (which I still have oodles of) and the blue and cream cross-hatch home dec print. I couldn't find any cording or twill tape in my stash that I had in sufficient quantity, so I used the selvedge ends from the pillowcase I made for my husband, also for Christmas.
He was pretty excited about it, which made me pretty excited. This is my fourth finish from my Q4 FAL list, though I have one more really exciting one to share with you, hopefully tomorrow.


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Clomid: General Information about the Medication
The active ingredient of this medicament is clomiphene, which belongs to selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM). Sometimes woman's periods can be irregular and scant, so it is difficult for her to find out, when she is ovulating, and this situation is not very good when she carefully plans her pregnancy.
Clomid can help beat infertility and get pregnant really fast.
How Clomid Works
One dose of Clomid consists of 50 mg of clomiphene citrate; one pack usually contains 100 pills. This kind of medication causes anti-estrogenic effect. This means it blocks estrogen receptors in the hypothalamus.
At the same time, Clomid increases the secretion of gonadotropic hormones, which leads to stimulation of maturation and endocrine activity of the follicle. This stimulates ovulation and raises the concentration of estradiol.
When and How to Use It
Clomid is usually prescribed to women who cannot get pregnant for one year or more. Before starting to use this medication you need to consult your fertility specialist or gynecologist to find out the actual reason of your or your partner's infertility, as this will help you to choose the proper treatment.
If your doctor identifies that the reason of prolonged absence of pregnancy is anovulation, he/she will prescribe Clomid.
Clomid should be taken exactly as prescribed by your therapist. It is usually taken for 5 days: you may start on the 5th day of your menstrual period, and ovulation will begin 5 to 8 days after you take the medicine.
In special cases women are administered 100 mg orally, but a usual dosage is 50 mg (or one pill). Clomid should not be taken for more than 3 cure cycles. While using the remedy you should be constantly examined by your doctor.
If you missed your daily dose, you need to take it as soon as you remember, but skip it if it's almost the time for your next dose.
To check if ovulation really happens, you may measure your temperature daily and make notes about your condition and sensations. If ovulation takes place but you do not get pregnant after (or during) 3 treatment cycles, contact your doctor, as further treatment is inappropriate.
Contraindications and Side Effects
As every medication, Clomid has its own contraindications and side effects:
- Headache;
- Blurred vision;
- Dizziness;
- Rapid heart beat;
- Some weight gain;
- Breast pain.
When taking the medication it's better to avoid driving or operating machinery as it may result in an accident. Do not hesitate to contact your therapist if you have some of these side effects:
- Heavy vaginal bleeding;
- Flashes or lights in your vision;
- Increasing in your pelvic area, pain or pressure.
Stop using it if any of these effects take place. Do not take Clomid if you have:
- Some problems with thyroid;
- Adrenal gland disease;
- Heavy vaginal bleeding;
- Pituitary gland tumor.
Do not take this medicine if you are pregnant. Besides, be aware that the intake of Clomid may lead to multiple births (twins, triplets), which is a huge pressure and increased risk both for you and the babies.
Do not hesitate to contact your therapist or gynecologist to get full information about all the possible side effects of Clomid usage.
Clomid can be bought both at land-based and online pharmacies with a prescription only. It should be stored not longer than 60 days in a dry place protected from direct sunlight, at a temperature not higher than 25°C and kept out of children's reach.


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National Mentorship Programme
In 2011, the National Mentorship Programme was launched as a pilot project, to provide structured support and guidance to individuals between the ages of 9 and 25. The young person (mentee) enters into a mentoring relationship for a period of one year with a responsible adult (mentor) who has been trained for that purpose. The mentors provide support and guidance to the mentees to assist them in making positive life choices and to cope with life's challenges.
Since inception, 348 mentees were enrolled in the mentorship programme and 237 mentors have volunteered their service, at no cost, to support and empower the mentees.
The programme which is a crime preventative in nature, is spearheaded by the Ministry of National Security in collaboration with the following stakeholders:
Mission:The National Mentorship Programme is committed to providing quality, site based, one-on-one, same gender mentorship to young people at the community level, through trained non-parental adults to promote youth empowerment , informed youth decision making, enhance youth social, educational and occupational functioning, positive mental health and good citizenship.
Vision:The National Mentorship Programme envisions a society where young people despite their socio- economic status are able to realise their full people despite their socio-economic status are able to realise their full potential and are capable and committed to national development.
How to Become a Mentor
The Ministry of National Security is inviting responsible citizens to become potential mentors.
Anyone over 21 years of age can become a mentor once they have successfully completed the 5-stage Recruitment process that consists of:
Mentors are unpaid volunteers who Steps Up, Reaches Out and Takes On a youth and support their positive development.
How does a youth become part of the Mentorship Programme?
Youth between the ages of 9 and 25 are referred to the Programme by Student Support Services of the Ministry of Education, or by juvenile homes or correctional institutions/agencies. Parents/ Guardians can also directly enrol their children in the programme. Once enrolled, the youth are oriented to the programme through a 6-10 day residential camp, after which they are paired with a mentor for a 1-year period.
The mentee application form can be downloaded HERE
Mentoring Relationships
Once a mentee is paired with a mentor, they enter into a mentoring relationship for one year. The mentors and mentees meet once per week, for a 2 hour period at a location which is convenient and safe for both mentee and mentor, for example, Community Centres. Monitoring Officers from the National Mentorship Programme supervises the mentoring relationship providing the necessary guidance and support.
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Hey good people, here, I have been having a discussion with an anon gentleman going by the moniker j.w who I think lives on this side of the blue ball.
The discussion, so far has covered several issues among them how the universe came to be, historicity of Jesus, a bit on god and a major part has been on evolution and it is here that I need some help. I have in my responses tried to explain evolution as I understand which may not be very accurate or satisfactory but looking at his responses, I feel that even though he appears to have read a bit on evolution he doesn't understand it or he is so immersed in creationism that it doesn't make sense to him.
A case in point, in the latest responses I asked him to explain among others pseudo-genes and similarities in DNA sequence in life then in his response he says 2) SEMBLANCE IN DNA BETWEEN DIFFERENT SPECIES.
My friend When you look at that similarities between the different models of the Mercedes Benz do you conclude that they all evolved by random unguided processes from the same ancestor over a long period of time or do you conclude that they have the same manufacturer? I haven't responded yet to this, but I know it is a false comparison. If we were to take his creation story, man would be unique and would not share DNA sequence with any other animal since all animals came into existence on the word of god while man he created in his image[that is the christian god].
There are parts of his responses that are hard to read, he has a whole paragraph in caps.
I think he also doesn't understand random chance in gene mutation and evolution in general.
The matter of historicity of Jesus I feel has been dealt with sufficiently so it is really not a big concern for me.
I would have asked him to go to the national museum in the human skull section since entry fee for adult citizens is just over a dollar but you'll realize from his comments that even if he were to see the fossil evidence it wouldn't help my case much.
Please, find time to make comments here or on the link I have given. Where my answers were inadequate you can point them for me here.
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My impression is that you don't really need all that much help; you seem to have a pretty good handle on the issue. But I'll try to add a little context.
Other than being the year I was born, what makes1935 an important year is that it was when penicillin became available to the general public. Before that, doctors couldn't cure diseases. Almost immediately, evolutionary biologists began predicting that penicillin would, over time, be diminished in its effectiveness. No priests, ministers, or rabbis proclaimed it from their pulpits. There was nothing in the Bible, Torah, or Koran about it. But evolutionary biologists, with complete confidence, predicted it; and whaddya know, they were right. Penicillin, which once cured nearly all bacterial infections, is now only used for a few. So how did the biologists know, for such a certainty, that this would happen. For one reason and one reason only: THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION. Like all robust theories, the Theory of Evolution can be, in part, confirmed by its predictive power. In this case, it predicted that the microbes would evolve new forms that would be resistant to penicillin. And the prediction came true. You see, evolutionary biologists know that evolution HAPPENED; it has ALWAYS happened; it DOES happen right in front of our eyes; it will ALWAYS happen; it HAS to happen; and it cannot NOT happen. Therefore, they predicted confidently that the bacteria WOULD evolve new forms more resistant to penicillin. And they did. You might want to ask your friend why God caused penicillin to become less effective over time. And why He didn't warn the world about it.
Evolution is a process of change that must take place. If evolution had not happened, there would BE no life on earth today.
Also, not widely known is the fact that there are, right now, long term experiments going on that further prove evolution. Most of them involve putting populations of a particular species of fish in a number of separate ponds, then varying the environments of those ponds so that each one is slightly different from the others. This has been going on for 20 years and the result is that each pond now holds a clearly different species of fish. Biologists predicted this because the Theory of Evolution told them this would happen If God knew it would happen, He kept it to himself.
They keep maintaining the experiment to see how far the evolutionary process will go and what directions it will take. Who knows, perhaps one or more of the species will undergo a mutation that produces proto-limbs useful for moving on solid ground. More likely, though, they will be new morphological characteristics never seen before in the fossil record. But their hopes are that it will be witnessed by their grandchilden, since one human lifetime is not enough to see that big a change.
Bottom line: when members of one species of ANY living thing (including humans) are separated into different environments that never overlap, changes will ALWAYS take place over time that are different within each isolated population. The only limits to the degree of change - the number of new species that will develop - are contingent ONLY upon the amount of time avalable for change. And 4 1/2 billion years seems to be sufficient time for changes to have accumulated from the very first living thing to the immense diversity we see today, including human beings.
Another way to phrase the point about mutations and natural selection that may be clearer to the guy you are talking to. Mutations are random. Whether or not the mutation is beneficial, and therefore survives and becomes prevalent is emphatically not random.
@Dale I hope when I live that long as you have, evolution will be in the same class as other scientific theories like gravity where I hear no contests and will retire close to a lake with a long fishing rod or a telescope to look at the distant stars that straddle our beautiful visible world. And if I appear to have a grasp, it is because of people such as yourself and other giants whom I walk on their shoulders.
@Steve, we still have to work on our bets remember and I win either way. I will respond to him when he comes back with answers to my one question.
@Kris I will surely work at presenting scientific facts accurately.
@ Dr Grixis, you see religion held me back a long time am now just beginning to look at life again through a brighter naturalistic lens and it's beautiful. With time I know I will be able to recognize the old arguments and help others as you have here.
@Reg, what a beautiful analogy. I will keep that for next time.
@Juan thanks for finding time to read and respond to my concerns.
This is not meant as an end to the discussion but just my appreciation for your contribution and to add that am working hard at understanding the much I can before I eventually quit and return to where I was before I became.
RE: Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Newton used the phrase "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants" (it may not be his phrase). It is how our ideas evolve over time. Newton theories were formulated by learning from earlier Knowledge because he had shoulders to stand on. Einstein could stand on his shoulders as did (say) Feynman or Hawking stand on theirs. The next generation will reach even further and human knowledge will evolve even further. Some radical theories start off as "mutations" but if they get "selected" by the Scientific Method they become part of our accepted global knowledge bank that is open to all of us. Just like Evolution in the animal kingdom, in time this knowledge is almost taken for granted (the world is not flat anymore). It is one of the ways we evolve as a species. How more advanced would we be if religion had not retarded our species for so long?


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Through the rest of this week I will start introducing my project to help Asirikuy members become money managers. The aim of this project is to help Asirikuy members gather their own "trading group" and therefore decrease the time needed to achieve "trading for a living". On the posts that will come up within the next few days I will explain what this project is all about, what its main objectives are, how it will help us establish a money management community and track record and how it will allow us to get clients in a legal and safe way. However on today's post – before explaining the underlying aspects of the project – I will discuss with you a very important issue of money management which is moral hazard and manager's responsibility and ethical behavior.
As you all may know, money management is simply a practice where a person invests another person's money with the objective of giving that person a certain level of return. In exchange the manager – who performs all investing operations – receives a percentage of each profit (a performance fee) and sometimes even a yearly percentage of the person's money regardless of the results (a management fee). In the investment community the "standard" has become to charge a 20% performance fee plus a 2% yearly management fee of all assets under management.
The problem here comes when you consider the manager's advantageous positions. The manager has only money to win (as performance fees) as no losses are incurred by the manager if the investor losses all or some of his or her capital. This in the real world has always encouraged money managers – or at least a certain type of them – to take excessive risks in the hope of getting very high returns they can get a commission on. When small amounts of money are involved this might not be an extremely important issue – as the manager's reputation is more important than what he or she can get from excessive risk – but when larger money comes into play it is important as the manager can make enough money in commissions for the rest of his/her life before ruining the investors. If a person is overseeing a 10 million dollar account, it is perfectly possible for the manager to make 30 million in a year (netting him/her 6 million in commission) wiping the clients' accounts next year. The manager has enough money to live for the rest of his life, the investors have nothing.
When a manager invests capital seeking return only for the sake of his or her commission, we get what we call moral hazard. The manager is behaving in an unethical manner which is unknown to the clients, the manager is in fact doing his or her clients "wrong" -at least in the long term- by ignoring risk for the sake of his or her personal gain.
For this reason I believe that money managers should always keep all their performance and management fees (if any) on the same investment account as a client's and only withdraw them to the same proportion as the client does. This ensures that if the client wipes 30% of this account, the manager wipes 30% of his/her profits and if the investor losses 100%, the manager losses 100%. This is part of what I call "responsible managing", the practice of managing money putting only the client's money first along with adequate capital preservation, the practice of handling a client's money as if it was your loving grand mother's pension fund after 50 years of hard work.
I think that it is vital to have some basic moral principles in money management which ensure that a client's capital is handled in a very careful and thorough way. In summary you can say that I manage accounts with all the following things in mind :
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2. I don't charge management fees. I believe that gain needs to be tied to performance. There is a strong ethical reason to do this since charging management fees implies that the manager gets his cut, even if he/she shows absolutely no profits.
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