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The Director General Speaks
Date: 22nd October 12
Time: 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Location: Swansea SA1 3ES
Postcode: SA1 3ES
Contact: Harold Grenfell FRPS
Phone: 01792 360487
Cost: Free
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Region: South Wales
Mon 22 Oct - The Director General Speaks - Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS
Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS has over twenty years experience as a researcher of photographic history and photographic technology, including over twenty years as a Christie's photographic specialist.
He has written and lectured extensively. In 2011 he became the Director General of the Royal Photographic Society
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Lecture Room 1, Dynevor Campus,
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Please use the rear entrance off Pell Street & Horton St, in Central Swansea. Limited free car park is available on site but plan to arrive early. The evenings always draw a full house.
Meetings are free and open for all to attend.
Non-RPS members welcome.
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I'd like to introduce our new Director of Operations of Hell Survivors.
Pat will be working to reorganize and help the playfield operations expand this year.
We have many new and exciting changes this year and the owners Dave & Ed have brought in Pat to see these projects through.
Pat is no stranger to Hell Survivors, he started playing over 20 years ago and has worked for Hell Survivors & Exotic Sportz on and off the last 15 years.
Pat knows the company policies & procedures, as well as the playfield operations, rental, retail and marketing departments better than anyone.
If you ever experience any issues with anything or anyone @ Hell Survivors, please bring it to Pat or Dustin's attention and it will be dealt with immediately.
Pat will be working closely with Dustin to restore the ultimate playing.experience that you have come to enjoy the last quarter of a century @ Hell Survivors!
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Welcome Pat To The Team For 2012
Posted 02 February 2012 - 03:02 PM
you know what would REALLLLLY be sweet.... if pat got to ride around on a 4 wheeler... ya i for one remember them days when boss would come on the big bad quad
Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:17 PM
Congrats Pat!
I look forward to tormenting you!
I think you're another great choice by Dave and Ed! Can we just call you 'Ops', now?
I look forward to tormenting you!
I think you're another great choice by Dave and Ed! Can we just call you 'Ops', now?
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Congratulations Pat. I look forward to working with you more throughout this season now.
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Heads up, this is the Three Marys. White Legs territory. You sure you want to head in there?
"— Follows-ChalkThe Three Marys is a location in the Zion Canyon. It's the location of the major White Legs camp in the Zion Canyon.
The Three Marys caverns are located along the river past the Three Marys map marker, in the first area with three large rocks, and consist of a cave with two entrances. The first entrance is on a ledge on the southern bank of the river, but can be accessed from the northern bank via a rock bridge. Going through the cavern and then using the other entrance provides a shortcut past the westernmost bend of the river. There are three White Legs pain makers inside, and sleeping facilities.
In the canyon, the ground is heavily littered with trash and debris either from the White Legs or previous inhabitants.
- Three Marys cavern will not show up on the player's compass, nor can it be discovered as a fast travel location until Crush the White Legs has been started by the player. The latter is due to the main path through the canyon being permanently blocked during the quest, requiring the player to use the cave to bypass the rocks when re-visiting Zion later.
- If the player visits the area before the quest Crush the White Legs, the early portions of the valley are lightly guarded, but no White Legs can be found deep inside the area where it looks like it should be heavily populated, despite it apparently being their base of operations in the Zion valley.
- If the player explores the region before the final quest, they will find the path at the end blocked a rock. Using console commands to pass the blockage will reveal the final area where Joshua and the player confront Salt-Upon-Wounds at the end of the questline, but it will be empty at the time.
The Three Marys appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Honest Hearts.
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The name of this location is a reference to the biblical Three Marys.


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Urban Picnic Fine Art Auction And Live Performance On Sunday Will Benefit Ballet Tucson
Saturday, April 14th, 2012The weekend may have started off a bit chilly, by Tucson standards, but this is not the one to spend inside staring at television. This Saturday and Sunday, Tucson artists invite you to "Explore art in your neighborhood!" during the spring open studio tour. One of the year's best arts-related programs it is "the seventh year that the Spring Tucson Artists' Open Studios has been a grassroots, artist-initiated event, produced by artists for artists and the public."
Although not affiliated with the Open Studios project, one of the highlights of the weekend will be the fifteenth annual Urban Picnic, benefitting Ballet Tucson on Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the courtyard gardens of La Encantada Shopping Center, here in Tucson. It is described as "An uncommon affair of art, dance, and music to whet your artistic appetite."
Each year, a number of prominent artists donate original works for art for a live auction at Urban Picnic, and all proceeds go directly to supporting our wonderful local ballet company. In keeping with the picnic theme, a number of the pieces in this year's auction are inspired by the concept of lunchboxes. When we consider lunchboxes, we may not necessarily think of fine art, but think again.
At a preview of this year's donated artwork, held Thursday evening at Jane Hamilton Fine Art, I was most impressed by the creativity and originality of the pieces created especially for Sunday's event. I was particularly taken with Tom Spitz's work, a camera case populated by hundreds of tiny toys and figurines: dinosaurs, dolls, astronauts, cartoon characters, and a diminutive chimp in a glass case—a shadow box within a shadow box/lunchbox. Other featured artists include Linda Allyn, Steven Derks, Francisco Gonzales, Catherine Orrantia, William Skiles, Jennifer Suhm, and Kathy Taylor. In addition, numerous others have submitted a variety of paintings and drawings for a silent auction.
During the auction, bidders and guests will be invited to enjoy mimosas and an al fresco picnic lunch provided by Annette Hartman Catering. Following the auction, there will be live musical entertainment and a performance by Ballet Tucson's talented professional dancers. A preview of the remarkable lunchbox creations can be viewed on the Ballet Tucson website.
Tickets are $45 per person, and may be reserved by calling Ballet Tucson at (520) 903-1445.
And if you are out and about, basking in the weird and wonderful creativity of our local artists on the weekend studio tour, my top pick is Liz Vaughn—one of my favorite Tucson artists, and prominently featured in my personal art collection. She will exhibiting alongside talented silversmith Lisa Marie Morrison, owner of Sirocco Design.
And now I am shutting down the computer and heading out to see all the art I can cram into one weekend. The sun just came out, and the weather forecast for tomorrow is sounding better all the time. Mimosas, an art lunchbox auction, and an outdoor ballet performance all in one? Only in Tucson.


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Goal Accomplished!!!! - Stacia Naquin
Updated: 12/12/2013 - I finally did my pull up!!! It was a New Year's Resolution that took me ALL YEAR! But I did it.
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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Students at a Pennsylvania university can obtain the "morning-after" pill from an unusual source -- a vending machine at the campus health center.
The vending machine at Shippensburg University's Etter Health Center provides the Plan B emergency contraceptive along with condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests.
Vice President for Student Affairs Roger Serr says the machine was installed after a request from the student association and a survey found 85 percent of student respondents supported it.
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I just got finished watching The Haunting in Connecticut when my cousin and brother asked me what other horror movies they could watch that would scare the hell out of them. So out of all the sick and twisted movies I could think of, I narrowed it down to five, and these are by far the scariest movies I have ever seen in my entire life.
In no particular order:
1) The Fourth Kind: Okay, aliens are one of my favorite things in the world, and this movie perfectly captures my absolute greatest fear—abduction. The acting could use a facelift, but the story's there. And when they whoosh into her fucking room, I saw my whole life flash before my eyes and I probably peed in my boxers a little. The premise is intriguing, the amount of scary was just enough to feed my nightmares for a whole two weeks, and Milla is always a plus.
2) Lake Mungo: This fucking movie. Okay, so this is a little-known gem outside of Australia, but it's so well done it's almost believable. Like seriously, it made me fear house intruders a million times more and it was definitely mentally scarring (at least for me). The story is beautiful, the amount of creepy is perfection, and I can't bring myself to watch it again I just cannot I'd fucking lose every ounce of dignity I have left.
3) Films to Keep You Awake: The Baby's Room: This one I just watched because it was on On Demand and I was really bored one night and I wasn't tired yet. Figured, why the hell not? I swear, that decision has haunted me ever since. That was the first movie that made me shit myself, I completely lost every ounce of composure, and when I showed it to my mom, I thought her heart would stop. Okay, maybe that was a bit extreme, but it really has haunted me and it made me promise that my baby would sleep in the room with us even if it woke us up every two minutes. Great acting, great premise, delivers on scares, fuck baby monitors forever that shit is like an omen of death, and Leonor Watling is a beautiful human being. This film really does keep you awake.
4) Noroi: The Curse: This movie is both what's wrong and what's right about Japan. Whoever thinks of shit as scary as this is a twisted fuck and I will hunt him down and bear his children while he feeds me mangoes during my gestation period. I cannot with this movie. It is so well done—it's believable and is one of the prime examples of mockumentaries done sickeningly right. What may seem like unrelated events just happening simultaneously is actually a well thought-out plot that ties everything together beautifully. This movie is nightmare fuel for weeks, solid acting and amazing use of camera techniques, flawless premise, that fucking mask needs to burn in Satan's ass forever, and ectoplasmic worms will never be not funny to me.
5) Insidious: Perfect example of a good premise taking a sudden detour to Shitsville, but it's not without its good, deliciously scary moments. The first half was flawless and made me fear for my life (I really don't know why I watch these fucking movies all by myself), especially the window scene JESUS FUCKING CHRIST JUST KILL ME NOW. The second part I wish would just vanish from the face of the earth, it is just so fucking ridiculous. The first part is the saving grace of this movie—it was well done, the acting was solid, the dancing kid still creeps the living shit out of me, fuck him and fuck the window guy, and I'd lower my expectations when it hits the 1 hour mark.


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McALESTER —
In the parking lot next to the Farmer's Market on Main Street, a group of children of New Beginnings Church offer to clean cars for donations in order to pay for this month's church camp trip to Camp Walk on Water in Gentry.
"Hoping to raise at least $600 today. It's going to cost $110 a kid," said Angie White of NBC on Saturday.
She said $600 is just half of what they need to afford the trip for the 11 children who plan to attend Camp WOW.
Around 10 a.m. Saturday, the group had only washed four cars and a motorcycle. White added the lot at Choctaw Avenue and Main Street was previously full from a 5K/1-mile run hosted by Shared Blessing that began around 7 a.m. and ended around 9:30 a.m, so by 10 a.m. they were just getting started.
White said if anyone would like to support a child for Camp WOW, they should call the church at 918-423-8383.
NBC is at 1402 Tanglewood Dr. in McAlester, behind the Riverside Autoplex on 69 Highway.
Online: www.newbeginningschurch.us.com and campwow.com.
Children clean cars to attend Camp WOW
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Methodist Quilt
The women of the First United Methodist Church of McAlester are proud and excited to again be hosting their annual Fall Festival in their new Family Life Center, across the street from Mike Deak Field, at South 13th and MacArthur Avenue on Friday November 22. Shopping booths will be open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. and will feature a wide variety of items. This will include pottery, jewelry, boutique clothing, candles, books, olive wood ornaments from Bethlehem, Rada cutlery, Amish jelly, hand carved wood items, quilts, children's items, skin care products, lotions and Christmas ornaments as well as a large number of hand made goods. A brisket lunch will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tickets are $8.00 and are available for purchase at the church office and can also be purchased at the door. Carry out is available upon request and for the first time, free delivery is offered with a minimum of 6 meals per location. To schedule a delivery, please 918-423-6136 no later than Wednesday. Pictured from left are Nora Mae Shanafelt, Sue Walker, Audrey McCauley, Claudine Barringer, Sonja Bolding and Maddox Pollett with a hand made quilt.
Pet of the Week
This small male mix breed is available for adoption at Renegar Animal Hospital, 1550 S. Main St. For more information on this and other animals available for adoption call 918-423-1960 or visit www.renegaranimalhospital.com.
Double Time
Luke Mitchell, center, has his hands full as he tries to keep both Marley MItchell, left and Knox Mitchell in the air while spending some park time together with his children at the Gibby Beshears Park in Krebs.
Fall Time
Oreo, an eight-week-old Boston Terrier owned by Troyce and Pat Tolson of McAlester, poses for a fall time pictured.
First Presbyterian Church of McAlester is having the annual Bazaar on Friday, November 1. Doors open at 7 a.m. with lots of unique, one of a kind, hand crafted items for sale; along with delicious cakes, pies and breads. A hearty beef and vegetable soup will be served for lunch. All proceeds will be donated to local area charities.
True Grit
McAlester Public Library Teen Librarian, Erin Austin, works on a giant version of the original True Grit book cover, published in 1968, which will be part of the library's float in the big True Grit Day parade this Saturday at the Old Town Wild West Festival. Entries in the 9 a.m. parade include authentic 1870s wagons and stagecoaches, riders, marchers, floats from churches and businesses, an appearance by Belle Starr and an engine from the McAlester Fire Department. The parade will move south to north on Main Street beginning at the entrance to the Old Town Historic District, then proceed east to circle Hutchinson Park and the Tobucksy Courthouse. Saturday will be proclaimed True Grit Day in McAlester by Mayor Steve Harrison as part of the Wild West Festival and the kickoff of the library's six-week lineup of events celebrating the Portis novel. Citizens are being asked to read the book and attend at least one library program about the beloved American Western.
Fun Run
A group of participants leave for the 5K "Mustache Run" Saturday.
Taylor to wed Bias in outdoor ceremony
Carissa A. Taylor and Jason J. Bias are announcing their engagement and approaching wedding ceremony set for Sept. 28 at 5:03 p.m. on the McAlester property of the Tannehill family.
Haywood Students
Participating in the Read 5 for Summer program, sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, are Haywood School pictured from left, Loren Colley, Autumn Brinkley, Kasey Markham and Chance Colley.
William Gay at Play
Photos at William Gay Early Childhood Center.
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12 July 2011
A major highway improvement scheme is due to start in Caerphilly next week (Monday 18th July).
The works, which are expected to last 10 weeks, will see improvements to the Trecenydd roundabout on the A468 / A469 (adjacent to St Cenydd Comprehensive School).
Cllr Rob Gough, CCBC cabinet member for transportation and planning said, "We plan to implement a number of improvements to the strategic network in and around the Caerphilly Basin to address traffic problems and ease congestion in the future. These important works at this key strategic location are necessary, but they will obviously lead to some disruption to motorists and we would urge as many people as possible to find alternative routes."
"I would like to apologise in advance for the disruption, but I'm sure motorists will understand that the long term benefits will far outweigh the short term inconvenience of these works," he added.
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The Journey to Elsewhere, U.S.A.
A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit.
- By Abigail Tucker
- Smithsonian.com, January 29, 2009, Subscribe
What is this distracted, rootless place, where kids eschew stuffed animals in favor of online avatars, buzzing iPhones interrupt family dinners and the workday stretches late into the night?
Dalton Conley, a social sciences professor at New York University, calls it, simply, "elsewhere," and his new book tracks the social and economic changes of the last three decades that landed us here. Elsewhere, U.S.A.: How We Got From the Company Man, Family Dinners, and the Affluent Society to the Home Office, Blackberry Moms, and Economic Anxiety shows how the death of the old ways (auto workers' unions, coal mines) and the birth of new (air conditioning, tip jars and the three-bathroom home, for starters) have contributed to our present predicament, where no one has the time or presence of mind to concentrate on anything at all, even our children's voices. Even so, the author took a few moments to speak with us and guide us through this new and lonely landscape:
Where is Elsewhere, USA?
Elsewhere, U.S.A. is, ironically, everywhere. It's really about a state of mind, (where you are) occupying multiple nonphysical locations at one time, managing data streams not only in your immediate environment, but from a laptop or BlackBerry or iPod, having emails come in and at the same time being on Facebook. All the spheres – home, work, social life – have collapsed into each other. It's a different texture of life.
How did Mr. 2009, as you dub modern man, and Mrs. 2009 get into this mess?
I don't think they had much choice. There is, of course, the changing technological landscape: the beeping, buzzing, flashing machines around us, demanding our attention. Those are the obvious things. The other forces include rising economic inequality and the increased labor force participation of women, especially moms.
How will their children cope?
It's really my generation – I'm about to be 40 – that's the most discombobulated by all this. People in their 70s are in their pre-techno bubble, doing things they way they've always done. The kids have no collective nostalgia or sense things were different once, because this is all they've ever known. They're toggling back and forth between games and talking to friends and they have an enormous amount of overscheduled structured activities. And maybe that's what they need. That's what it's like to be an American today, to be overscheduled, behind on work, and managing multiple data streams. So we are preparing them well, so to speak.
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Lightweight technologies like Gadgets and Widgets have become increasingly popular on the public web. In 2010, enterprises will more intently use them to build tactical solutions ("quick wins") and then slowly migrate to more strategic options. So portal vendors will not only support these frameworks but also will start providing a roadmap for moving from Gadgets to Portlets, and vice-versa.
Posted by alex on January 29,2010 | 06:25 AM
The article mentions that people used to be able to develop a strong inner core of self to navigate from. I disagree. In my youth and in generations earlier, people from low income families went to work way to young in factories and coal mines, or if female, as babysitters or day care workers where they had to mind the boss and do what was expected of them. Child labor laws are fairly recent in human history. Not everyone worked on a family farm where they were lovingly guided by adults who taught them things. Females, especially, were taught very little of anything other than cooking and cleanining, taking care of other siblings and the elderly. When I was growing up females were not allowed to play organized sports, take shop classes, participate in any of the professions or trades and had no core self, they were merely domestic servants for the family until they could be married off. They went from being subservient to their father and the male members of the family to being subservient to a husband. Females are by far better off today than at any other time in history, and this may be the first time in history where famales are allowed to develop a self.
Posted by Susan Geckle on February 25,2009 | 09:15 AM
I am a senior in high school and belong to a somewhat lesser type of crowd--the kids who are into Oscar Wilde, eighteenth-century Russian literature, National Geographic, and who on the rare occasion they do decide to watch television turn on MythBusters or a PBS documentary about the Medici in Florence while we do our Art History homework. The subculture of 'learning' is not one that is entirely lost--and technology certainly aids this process. We Google and Wikipedia and all sorts of other things; we Facebook and we iPod and we even sometimes (gasp) YouTube. But that doesn't mean this entire generation is plugged in and can't turn off. Agiven the average American teen right now is more interested in their electronics and comfortable lifestyle playing a different sport every week, but there are entire subcultures of American youth who value education for what it is. And from my own experience, I hope to God they're the ones who are in charge in the future, or else we'll all end up with Bluetooth headsets permanently implanted to our skulls and forget the smell of books.
Posted by Kellie on February 24,2009 | 10:13 AM
Dear Sir. All this is like Prometheus, whose exploits in turn will bring him misfortunes. There is no way to avoid the continuing advance of knowledge and is ever more difficult to overcome the challenges that brings. Trying to return to the past is as illusory as wanting to bathe in the same river. This leads us to reflect on the role of the individual, family, community and the state, according to the civilization in which we live. There are many people who have jumped on stage and faced the modern life even without experimenting the ancient. Consumerism is installed in communities living on subsistence and boredom abounds in affluent societies. As has always been in all periods of history, sought answers outside of man. The men quickly seek a God. Before the God was located in heaven, now lies in technology. http://alonsosarmiento.googlepages.com
Posted by Alonso Sarmiento on February 12,2009 | 02:05 AM
Um... I'm on the computer looking up potential homeschool lessons, hoping my kids are actually getting ready to go to the park --you know, the one that has cell phone reception.
Posted by Christa on February 9,2009 | 01:10 PM
What amuses me most is that a social science professor celebrates the integration of workplace and home as something new and extremely extraordinary. I remember my grandparents describing their childhood. Not as much as they lived in the same house with their cattle, but children were involved in the farm's daily chores right from the beginning, each age with different tasks and growing responsibilities. The practical lessons of life were taught while working and its relevance nothing to be questioned, when calculating the crop per acre—mathematics, hatching eggs—biology, planning the work load—economics, forecasting whether changes—meteorology, gauging the soil—geography, singing and dancing—cultural education and so on. As everywhere some families, in this process, were more successful than others, and so by a process similar to natural selection an extremely effective way of integrating children's upbringing and production evolved. These skills got almost lost over the past 50 years or so. Why this happened is the most pressing question whose answer would help to understand our present days problems, too.
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The 18-game slate features just four non-conference games, but Jorden couldn't have found a tougher quartet than the four the defending Pacific West Conference Champions will go toe-to-toe with in the fall.
Together, the foursome combined to go 60-21-4 in 2011, winning 73 percent of their games. Three of them made at least the second round of their respective national tournaments and the one that didn't won their final four games of the year. All of them had winning records.
Headlining the list is reigning NCAA Division II National Champion Fort Lewis, which has won three national titles since 2005. The Lancers play the Skyhawks, who went 24-1 last year, Sept. 10 at a neutral site on the campus of Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Gilbert, Ariz.
The season officially opens Thursday, Aug. 30 when CBU travels to UC San Diego. It's a rematch of last year's season opener, which the Tritons won 2-1 in Riverside. Two days later (Sept. 1), the Lancers host NCAA Division II power Cal State Dominguez Hills. The Toros went 12-6-2 last year and lost in overtime to Seattle Pacific in the NCAA West Region Semifinals.
Once again, the Lancers make their annual 20-mile trek to Claremont to take on NCAA Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Sept. 5. The Stags made it to the second round of NCAA Division III National Championships, losing to rival Redlands.
"This is a demanding non-conference slate that will test our preparation and see how good our team can be prior to entering the PacWest schedule," said Jorden. "The addition of four high quality teams to the conference will make the PacWest an increasingly greater challenge as well."
After taking the PacWest by storm last year, winning the title in their first year in the conference, the Lancers begin their 14-game 2012 conference slate against familiar faces, taking on former GSAC rivals turned PacWest competitors.
It begins Sept. 13 at Fresno Pacific, the first of three straight road games, which also includes Holy Names (Sept. 15) and Azusa Pacific (Sept. 21). The Lancers' PacWest home-opener is against Point Loma (Oct. 2), the first of two games against the Sea Lions.
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The Lancers hit the road to take on Notre Dame de Namur (Oct. 18) and Dominican (Oct. 20).
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Earlier on his month Katie Holmes confirmed that she is taking her line, Holmes & Yang, to New York fashion week. While the announcement did make it clear that the collection will be showed in a presentation format rather than a runway show, not much was said about the date but now we have more news.
Grazia originally reported that the actress would show on September 9, at the same time as Victoria Beckham but as the dramatic nature of the report suggests, it isn't true. British Vogue confirms that Holmes will actually show on September 12 between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m at the Lincoln Centre, meaning that she'll go head-to-head with Michael Kors whose show is set to begin at 10am.
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This romantic fragrance was created in 1927 to pay homage to its namesake, Bellodgia, an Italian town on Lake Como known for its romance, charm, and serenity. Hypnotic and feminine, this perfume spray is an irresistible scent of freshly cut carnations blended with jasmine, rose, and lily of the valley. Now, that's amoré! 1.7 oz. spray bottle.
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- Updated: March 14, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Tontons Flingueurs
2012 Recap: Well, in the PSP….nadda, zero, zip, zilch, goose-egg…0. Except for Steven Lasher and Hamen Chapman who won D1 with T1 TopGun Union, Tava and Yan who played on Grad Moscow in D1, and snake player Axel Gaudin who did extremely well for the Moscow Red Legion. But what about the rest of the team? The majority of them were playing on different American teams, including Grad Moscow. It was just another year in Europe as the team placed twice – winning the London event – and taking third overall in the Millennium Series, behind San Diego Dynasty and Art Chaos.
Key Players:
Honestly, it's not fair for us to even try and figure out who it is, we're completely lost except for their American compatriots and Axel.
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Elite experience on the big stage
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They speak another language, so you wont be able to figure out their calls(?)
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First full season on American soil in quite some time
First full season of this version of Race2 as a team
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2013 Outlook: Of all the teams in the league, the Tonton's may be the most exciting to see, not because of what we dont know, but what we do know: they're a wicked good paintball team and have been a dominant force in Europe for 25, count 'em, 25 years. They could easily surprise us all and be a dark horse for a few first place finishes, or could slip into the Challengers division after the first event (which we believe is likely due to their lack of Race2 experience as a team [yes, we know the Millennium series is similar, but it's still not PSP play]). If they fall to the second tier, the question will not be "can they," it will be "when will" they move into the Champions division.
Why Root for Them?: Well, they are bound to be international celebrities soon, so you can expect to see all the hot chicks floating around their camp, giggling at their hot accents. So that is a plus. Other than that, we expect that you'll find in the Tontons one of the most exciting new teams in recent years.


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so a friend and i tried this dessert tonight and despite our excitement it didnt turn out as well as we had hoped...the pudding ended up really soupy. we are positive we didnt use more water then the recipe called for but we DID use just regualar hersheys cocoa powder from the grovery store. is there any chance this could have had an effect on the dish since it calls for dutched cocoa powder? what is the difference and where would i find dutched cocoa powder?
any help is greatly appreciated since this dessert sounds delicious! thanks and this website is AMAZING; you guys are great!
If your can of cocoa powder is labeled "Natural Hershey's Cocoa Powder", then this is not a "Dutched" product, which would affect the pudding. More often than not, most cocoa powders are Dutched (you just likely picked up one that did not go through the Dutching process). Look at the ingredients on the package - most often it will contain an alkaline substance (potassium carbonate). For more info, you can refer to the drill-down on What is Dutching?"
There is a lesson in the Cooking School on the Basics of Quality Chocolate, which explains the differences between Dutched and Natural cocoa powders and gives plenty of detail about chocolate. Try it again with Dutched! Hope this helps!
I was happy to find this recipe was eggless as I'm allergic to eggs and most cake recipes have eggs. It is wonderful that you have some recipes here that are also gluten free - even tho I'm fine with gluten, many are not!
We found that it worked well, tasted great, but wow, it's SWEET!!
Is there any way to decrease the sugar and still keep the texture of the cake? I guess we've cut back on sugar in all of our recipes and so this one tasted very sweet (to us).
We topped it with homemade whipped cream with very little sweetener.
I would like a little guidance on how to proceed and still keep the texture of the cake and the pudding similar. Thanks!
Glad that you liked the recipe Becky. As for decreasing the sweetness, you could try decreasing the amount of sugar in the topping and then if that's still too sweet you could try slightly decreasing the amount of sugar in the cake part. It's best to decrease things in stages at first, to see what works. You may also want to serve it with natural, unsweetened whip cream next time. Hope that helps.
Again, glad you liked the "cake". We will eventually be adding more and more recipes that are gluten-free and/or dairy-free, and/or egg-free in the future. Cheers!
For those that are interested, I just found this recipe for a gluten-free pudding cake that looks pretty good. Cheers!
I had a family dinner where I was asked to bring/make a dessert, so since I had this recipe printed for some time and wanted to try it, I decided to make it a group affair. It went really well, we all thought the cake looked good once the topping had been put on... and then came the water.
First we were nervous that so much water was being added, after assembly no less, and we watched in terror as it became a soupy mess. In the end some of us should have had facial tan lines watching it in the oven, but it turned out to be such a pleasant surprise.
This is by far the easiest cake I have ever made and by far one of the most delicious chocolate cakes. And it was perfect since my sister is allergic to eggs! Thanks for such a great recipe!
This site has so many great recipes that it's hard to prioritize. I made this one after getting my shipment of Valrhona Chocolate Cocoa Powder.
Please post your experiences with different chocolate brands. Any recommendations?
I watched the Rouxbe chocolate video and got very interested in trying high quality chocolate in cooking.
I still don't know if the chocolate made the difference but the cake turned out delicious. I did cut back on some of the sugar. Probably it would have tasted better with the original amount of sugar. But since I served it with ice cream, it was perfectly delicious.
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I sure do -- "Dawn of Spring" is a song I composed and orchestrated myself (Christopher J. being my real name). It's a keyboard driven track (in fact, there's no drums nor vocals), so if you enjoy playing standard or pro keys, I'd suggest giving it a download for 80 MSP.
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Should I build one? lol
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I believe Vista's new driver model took OpenGL support and moved it inside of DirectX. People believed it was a natural course in reducing its use. It was sad,as I remember going from Win98 to NT4 and being blown away at the huge OpenGL gains in Quake 2. Vista definitely was a setback.
Yeah. I don't know how I feel about it. It does sound like we might have another storm brewing in the disc-less distribution model. It's a bit of digression for this topic, I apologize.
Here's a nice read:
IMHO Linux was out of the question until nvidia drivers came up with his blob. Or, may I dare, until ubuntu was in the scene.
Linux was more a server/geek thing than a gaming platform at that time.
It was pretty much how do we see BSD guys today.
Let's talk about debian potato/woody as a gaming platform, compared to windows 98/XP.
I wonder if he will ever reply...
You know, that Phoronix forum member who thinks he is a graphics API god but is really nothing more than a Microsoft fanboy.
Always saying how much better and faster Direct3D is compared to OpenGL; saying that you can't really have multi-threading with OpenGL...
Probably too embarrassed now to see why he just isn't competent enough to work for ValvE.
Have fun convincing yourself that OpenGL isn't worth it, while real programmers use it just fine instead of whining on the Phoronix forums!
I don't recall it being bad.. I remember playing Enemy Territory on Woody with no problems... I'm pretty sure I was using blob graphics drivers though.
Linux really isn't bad for gaming, it's just that the open graphics drivers are lagging too far behind current generation games.. I think that's just a matter of manpower.. As somebody else said, if Linux can get a solid 5 FPS advantage over Windows on the latest games, then a *LOT* of people will switch from Windows.
I want to buy an AMD Trinity ultrabook, but the AMD 7000 series GPU support in Linux is scary bad..


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Adam TeicherKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Here's the company running back Jamaal Charles will keep by having another big game on Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs play against the Raiders in Oakland: LaDainian Tomlinson, O.J. Simpson, Shaun Alexander, Priest Holmes, Emmi...
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Eric D. WilliamsSAN DIEGO -- Good morning. If the playoffs were to start today, the San Diego Chargers would be the last AFC Wild Card team. As the sixth seed, San Diego would travel to No. 3 seed New England in the opening round of the AFC playoffs. That should ser...
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Modern RB value and cost of instability
Mike SandoThere can be no complaining this year about NFL teams failing to make meaningful trades -- not after the Cleveland Browns shipped Trent Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2014 first-round pick. Jim Irsay, the Colts' outspoken owner, took h...
Blog | September 19, 2013 -
Green Day: Will Rex punch Belichick?
Rich CiminiFLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Rex Ryan is known for his fiery speeches, and it's a safe bet that he'll deliver a doozy Wednesday night as the Jets prepare to face the Patriots in Foxborough. On Tuesday night, former Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson r...
Blog | September 11, 2013 -
Herd on ESPN Radio: Show Preview September 3, 2013
Colin will be joined by SI's Peter King (10:45 a.m. ET), Packers LB Clay Matthews (11:15), 2006 NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson (12:00 p.m.), ESPN CFB analyst Todd Blackledge (12:15) and CFB guru Phil Steele (12:45) on Tuesday. As always, email the sho...
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Michael DiRoccoJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew ranks 50th on offense in ESPN.com's #NFLRank project, which ranks the top 100 players on offense and defense in the NFL. Jones-Drew, 28, probably should be much higher on the list consi...
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Could Richardson lead NFL in rushing?
Jamison HensleyCleveland Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner has coached the NFL's leading rusher five times. Could running back Trent Richardson be the next one? Turner got every fantasy football owner's attention Tuesday when he indicated Richardson could...
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Gary LaneyBATON ROUGE, La. -- When you think of a Cam Cameron offense, one of the first things that comes to mind is his use of fast, versatile running backs in space who can make a tackler miss. Think LaDainian Tomlinson during Cameron's days as offensive ...
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Lunch links: WVU radio dispute
David UbbenThe sea was angry that day, my friend. Like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli. Baylor will be busting out some 1950s throwback uniforms for its season finale at Floyd Casey Stadium. That's one of several ways the Bears are saying good...
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Rich CiminiFormer Jets RB LaDainian Tomlinson believes Mark Sanchez will be the opening-day quarterback, but he's not offering a ringing endorsement. The future Hall of Famer has serious doubts about his former teammate. "Mark has to start to trust himself,"...
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On Steven Jackson and the passing game
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White Blood Cell Count and Differential (Encyclopedia of Medicine)
The white blood cell count and differential determine the number of white blood cells and the percentage of each type of white blood cell in a person's blood. These tests are included in general health examinations and help investigate a variety of illnesses, including infection, allergy, and leukemia.
The white blood cell count provides a clue to the presence of illness. White cells protect the body by fighting infection and attacking foreign material. When extra white cells are needed, the bone marrow increases production.
There are five types of white cells, each with different functions: neutrophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. The differential reveals if these cells are present in a normal distribution, or if one cell type is increased or decreased. This information helps diagnose specific types of illness.
Conditions or medications that weaken the immune system, such as AIDS or chemotherapy, cause a decrease in white cells. The white cell count detects dangerously low numbers of white cells.
Recovery from illness can be monitored by the white cell count. Counts continuing to rise or fall to abnormal levels indicate a worsening condition; counts returning to normal indicate improvement.
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White Blood Cell Count and Differential (Encyclopedia of Surgery)
A white blood cell (WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient's blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.
This test is included in general health examinations and to help investigate a variety of illnesses. An elevated WBC count occurs in infection, allergy, systemic illness, inflammation, tissue injury, and leukemia. A low WBC count may occur in some viral infections, immunodeficiency states, and bone marrow failure. The WBC count provides clues about certain illnesses, and helps physicians monitor a patient's recovery from others. Abnormal counts which return to normal indicate that the condition is improving, while counts that become more abnormal indicate that the condition is worsening. The differential will reveal which WBC types are affected most. For example, an elevated WBC count with an absolute increase in lymphocytes having an atypical appearance is most often caused by infectious mononucleosis. The differential will also identify early WBCs which may be reactive (e.g., a response to acute infection) or the result of a leukemia.
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White Blood Cell Count and Differential (Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health)
A white blood cell (WBC) count determines the concentration of white blood cells in the patient's blood. A differential determines the percentage of each of the five types of mature white blood cells.
This test is included in general health examinations and to help investigate a variety of illnesses. An elevated WBC count occurs in infection, allergy, systemic illness, inflammation, tissue injury, and leukemia. A low WBC count may occur in some viral infections, immunodeficiency states, and bone marrow failure. The WBC count provides clues about certain illnesses, and helps physicians monitor a patient's recovery from others. Abnormal counts which return to normal indicate that the condition is improving, while counts that become more abnormal indicate that the condition is worsening. The differential will reveal which WBC types are affected most. For example, an elevated WBC count with an absolute increase in lymphocytes having an atypical appearance is most often caused by infectious mononucleosis. The differential will also identify early WBCs which may be reactive (e.g. a response to acute infection) or the result of a leukemia.
Many medications affect the WBC count. Both prescription and non-prescription drugs including herbal supplements should be noted. Normal values for both the WBC count and differential are age related.
Sources of error in manual WBC counting are largely due to variance in the dilution of the sample and the distribution of cells in the chamber, and the small number of WBCs that are counted. For electronic WBC counts and differentials, interference may be caused by small fibrin clots, nucleated RBCs, platelet clumping, and unlysed RBCs. Immature WBCs and nucleated RBCs may cause interference with the automated differential count. Automated cell counters may not be acceptable for counting white blood cells in other body fluids especially when the number of WBCs is less than 1000/μL or when other nucleated cell types are present.
White cell counts are usually performed using an automated instrument, but may be done manually using a microscope and a counting chamber especially when counts are very low, or the person has a condition known to interfere with an automated WBC count. An electronic WBC count is based upon the principle of impedance. The red blood cells are lysed using a detergent in the counting diluent. As the cells move one at a time through a counting aperture, they displace electrolyte in the diluent causing a voltage pulse. The magnitude of the voltage pulse is dependent upon size which allows the instrument to discriminate between different types of WBCs.
An automated differential may be performed by an electronic cell counter or by an image analysis instrument. The automated electronic cell counter uses a combination of impedence measurement and other means such as radio frequency conductance and angular light scattering to differentiate between closely related WBCs. Image analysis systems use morphometric and densito-metric programs to distinguish the cells which are photographed from a stained slide by a digital color camera. When the electronic WBC count is abnormal or a cell population is flagged, meaning that one or more of the results is atypical, a manual differential is performed. The WBC differential is performed manually by micro-scopic examination of a blood sample that is spread in a thin film on a glass slide. The film is air-dried and stained with Wright stain, a polychromatic stain consisting of buffered solutions of methylene blue and eosin. Acidic structures such as DNA take up the basic methylene blue dye, while basic proteins, such as hemoglobin, take up the acidic eosin dye. White blood cells are identified by their size, the shape and texture of the nuclear chromatin, cytoplasmic and nuclear staining, and the presence and color of granules in the cytoplasm.
The manual WBC differential involves a thorough evaluation of a stained blood film. In addition to determining the percentage of each mature white blood cell, the following tests are preformed as part of the differential:
- Evaluation of RBC morphology is performed. This includes grading of the variation in RBC size (anisocytosis) and shape (poikioocytosis); reporting the type and number of any abnormal RBCs such as target cells, sickle cells, stippled cells, etc.; reporting the presence of immature RBCs (polychromasia); and counting the number of nucleated RBCs per 100 WBCs.
- An estimate of the WBC count is made and compared to the automated or chamber WBC count. An estimate of the platelet count is made and compared to the automated or chamber platelet count. Abnormal platelets such as clumped platelets or excessively large platelets are noted on the report.
Causes for abnormalities in the white blood cell (WBC) differential count | ||
Type of WBC and | ||
normal differential count | Elevated | Decreased |
SOURCE: Pagana, K.D. and T.J. Pagana. Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby, 1997. | ||
Neutrophils | Neutrophilia | Neutropenia |
550% | Physical or emotional stress | Aplastic anemia |
Acute suppurative infection | Dietary deficiency | |
Myelocytic leukemia | Overwhelming bacterial infection | |
Trauma | Viral infections | |
Cushing's syndrome | Radiation therapy | |
Inflammatory disorders | Addison's diseas | |
Metabolic disorderse | Drug therapy: myelotoxic drugs (as in chemotherapy) | |
Lymphocytes | Lymphocytosis | Lymphocytopenia |
200% | Chronic bacterial infection | Leukemia |
Viral infection | Sepsis | |
Lymphocytic leukemia | Immunodeficiency diseases | |
Multiple myeloma | Lupus erythematosus | |
Infectious mononucleosis | Later stages of HIV infection | |
Radiation | Drug therapy: adrenocorticosteroids, antineoplastics | |
Infectious hepatitis | Radiation therapy | |
Monocytes | Monocytosis | Monocytopenia |
2% | Chronic inflammatory disorders | Drug therapy: prednisone |
Viral infections | ||
Tuberculosis | ||
Chronic ulcerative colitis | ||
Parasites | ||
Eosinophils | Eosinophilia | Eosinopenia |
1% | Parasitic infections | Increased adrenosteroid production |
Allergic reactions | ||
Eczema | ||
Leukemia | ||
Autoimmune diseases | ||
Basophils | Basophilia | Basopenia |
0.5.0% | Myeloproliferative disease | Acute allergic reactions |
(e.g., myelofibrosis, polycythemia rubra vera) | Hyperthyroidism | |
Leukemia | Stress reactions |
- Any immature white blood cells are included in the differential count of 100 cells, and any inclusions or abnormalities of the WBCs are reported.
WBCs consist of two main subpopulations, the mononuclear cells and the granulocytic cells. Mononuclear cells include lymphocytes and monocytes. Granulocytes include neutropohils (also called polymorphonuclear leukocytes or segmented neutrophils), eosinophils, and basophils. Each cell type is described below:
- Neutrophils are normally the most abundant WBCs. They measure 12-16 μm in diameter. The nucleus stains dark purple-blue, and is divided into several lobes (usually three to four) consisting of dense chromatin. A neutrophil just before the final stage of maturation will have an unsegmented nucleus in the shape of a band. These band neutrophils may be counted along with mature neutrophils or as a separate category. The cytoplasm of a neutrophil contains both primary (azurophilic) and secondary (specific) granules. The secondary granules are lilac in color and are more abundant almost covering the pink cytoplasm. Neutrophils are phagocytic cells and facilitate removal of bacteria and antibody-coated antigens. The neutrophilic granules are rich in peroxidase, and aid the cell in destroying bacteria and other ingested cells.
- Eosinophils are 14-16 μm in diameter and contain a blue nucleus that is segmented into two distinct lobes. The cytoplasm is filled with large refractile orange-red granules. The granules contain peroxidase, hydrolases, and basic proteins which aid in the destruction of phagocytized cells. Eosinophils are increased in allergic reactions and parasitic infections.
- Basophils, like eosinophils, are 14-16 μm in diameter and have a blue nucleus that is bilobed. The cytoplasm of the basophil is filled with large dark blue-black granules that may obscure the nucleus. These contain large amounts of histamine, heparin, and acid mucopolysaccharides. Basophils mediate the allergic response by releasing histamine.
Band celln immature neutrophil at the stage just preceding a mature cell. The nucleus of a band cell is unsegmented.
Basophilegmented white blood cell with large dark blue-black granules that releases histamine in allergic reactions.
Differentiallood test that determines the percentage of each type of white blood cell in a person's blood.
Eosinophilegmented white blood cell with large orange-red granules that increases in response to parasitic infections and allergic reactions.
Lymphocyteononuclear white blood cell that is responsible for humoral (antibody mediated) and cell mediated immunity.
Monocyteononuclear phagocytic white blood cell that removes debris and microorganisms by phagocytosis and processes antigens for recognition by immune lymphocytes.
Neutrophilegmented white blood cell normally comprising 50-70% of the total. The cytoplasm contains both primary and secondary granules that take up both acidic and basic dyes of the Wright stain. Neutrophils remove and kill bacteria by phagocytosis.
Phagocytosis process by which a white blood cell envelopes and digests debris and microorganisms to remove them from the blood.
- Lymphocytes are the second most abundant WBCs. They may be small (7-9 μm in diameter) or large (12-16 μm in diameter). The nucleus is dark blue and is nearly round or slightly indented and the chromatin is clumped and very dense. The cytoplasm is medium blue and usually agranular. An occasional lymphocyte will have a few azurophilic granules in the cytoplasm. Lymphocytes originate in the lymphoid tissues and are not phagocytic. They are responsible for initiating and regulating the immune response by the production of antibodies and cytokines.
- Monocytes are the largest WBCs measuring 14-20 μm in diameter. They have a large irregularly shaped and folded blue nucleus with chromatin that is less dense than other WBCs. The cytoplasm is grey-blue, and is filled with fine dust-like lilac colored granules. Monocytes are phagocytic cells that process and present antigens to lymphocytes, an event required for lymphocyte activation.
This test requires a 3.5 mL sample of blood. Venipuncture is usually performed by a nurse or phlebotomist following standard precautions for the prevention of transmission of bloodborne pathogens. There is no restriction on diet or physical activity.
Discomfort or bruising may occur at the puncture site. Pressure to the puncture site until the bleeding stops reduces bruising; warm packs relieve discomfort. Some people feel dizzy or faint after blood has been drawn and should be treated accordingly.
Other than potential bruising at the puncture site, and/or dizziness, there are no complications associated with this test.
Normal values vary with age. White counts are highest in children under one year of age and then decrease somewhat until adulthood. The increase is largely in the lymphocyte population. Adult normal values are shown below.
- WBC count: 4,500-11,000/μL
- polymorphonuclear neutrophils: 1800-7800/μL; (50-70%)
- band neutrophils: 0-700/μL; (0-10%)
- lymphocytes: 1000-4800/μL; (15-45%)
- monocytes: 0-800/μL; (0-10%)
- eosinophils: 0-450/μL; (0-6%)
- basophils: 0-200/μL; (0-2%)
Health care team roles
The WBC count and differential are ordered and interpreted by physicians. The samples may be collected by a nurse, physician assistant, phlebotomist, or technician. Testing is preformed by a clinical laboratory scientist, CLS (NCA)/medical technologist, MT (ASCP) or by a clinical laboratory technician, CLT (NCA)/medical laboratory technician, MLT (ASCP).
Chernecky, Cynthia C, and Berger, Barbara J. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 2001.
Kee, Joyce LeFever. Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
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