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Before we get all festive at our holiday party this weekend, I thought I'd share some compelling coverage for our games.
Recently, there's been some really great coverage for Brink. If you haven't already, be sure to read CG Society's feature on the game's art direction — complete with never-before-seen concept art for the game (like the image below)
Additionally, in the past week, Time.com's Techland has had a couple features on the game. Head there to read Evan Narcisse's quick-look preview, as well as an interview with Richard Ham and Paul Wedgwood.
For more on Brink, check new previews at Mana Pool and Atomic PC
More after the break…There's a pair of new interviews with members of the Fallout: New Vegas staff online. Delta Attack has an interview with technical producer Jason Fader, while Designing Sound interviews audio director Scott Lawlor.
As soon comes to a close, various gaming sites are beginning to look back at some of their favorite titles of the year. Fallout: New Vegas has received recognition at a number of sites, including…
- IGN: Winner, Best Bang for Your Buck (PC).
- Spin puts New Vegas as the #5 game of the year.
- The Escapist: Russ Frushtick includes the game in his top 5 of the year.
- FearNet: Ranks New Vegas in their top five list as well.
- The Atlantic: Includes the game in their holiday gift guide.
- Dan Wilks of Games On Net picks New Vegas as one of his Top 5 RPGs of 2010.
- OXM UK: We've received news that Fisto was awarded with this year's Sexist Robot Award!
Aside from New Vegas, here's a few more cool bits around the web…
- GamaSutra has listed off their top 5 biggest surprises in the industry — a list that includes news that legendary developer Shinji Mikami and his studio, Tango Gameworks, joined the ZeniMax family.
- Ripten predicts Skyrim will be the best Xbox 360 game in 2011.
- As fans of Bioware's work, we got a kick out of this trailer mashup of Mass Effect 3 and TES V.
- CNBC and TheSixthAxis includes RAGE in their list of games to look forward to next year. TheSixthAxis list also includes Brink and Hunted.
- Blog Technical includes Brink in their list of games to look forward to in 2011.
- GameFocus shows love for Brink in part 1 of their 2011 preview, while including both Skyrim and RAGE in part 2 of their list.
Wrapping up this round up, Todd got a kick out of this Oblivion/Halo parody and asked me to share it. Have a great weekend!


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Milan, Italy – Philips is leading the way, innovating in both the design and technology of LED-based home lighting with the introduction of a range of new LED lighting products that showcase why LED is the future of home lighting. LEDs are small and enable designers to be freed from the traditional lamp. Therefore designs can be made smaller, slimmer and thinner. Designers have more choices and design freedom, allowing people to create their own identity at home.
Philips used its LED expertise to offer groundbreaking new designs that traditional lighting solutions simply cannot match, with its Lirio by Philips, Ledino, Arcitone and the LivingColors ranges.
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Thanks to Philips's smart use of LED-based lighting, Halus II gives you a modern take on the classic chandelier.
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This new spot-lighting family uses Philips's innovation in LED innovations to re-imagine the classic round shapes of spot lights. Modern rectangular shapes give you a new take on spot, while LED means quality light output each time thanks to a form that includes three separate light points.
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Philips explored a world of possibilities with LED to develop a family of products that suits any taste or need, and its powerful, yet elegant design makes use of several latest technologies. The unique fabric used to create Donlinea luminaires is tactile and intense, adding cachet and elegance to this already sleek luminaire, and illustrating the elegance and cutting-edge nature of the Lirio range.
The Cielo pendant is an LED-driven design that has reinvented the traditional light fitting. Appearing ordinary, on closer inspection you will see there is no lamp inside. This minimalism achieved through LED means you can totally integrate it into the shade, giving the shade the power to spread light evenly onto any surface. Cielo is a perfect example of why Philips is so dedicated to using LED to bring you the future of lighting in your home today.
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With around 170 million people, Brazil is the most populous country in Latin America. This tenth-largest economy of world is the largest in Latin America. The policies designed by Brazilian government to keep a tab on inflation have immensely affected many sectors, including Brazilian retail industry. Like other industries, an overall economic progression is needed to sustain and support the retail industry. Brazil, in the context of retail, is an emerging market. But, there are two major challenges to Brazil retail market. First, rising Brazilian population requires more food and second, the country is fast adopting the urban mannerisms.
The increased demand has resulted in the growth of food retail industry. Some segments have witnessed a boom in last two years due to increased purchasing capabilities among Brazilian buyers and invasion by global retail market. These segments include: confectionary, animal protein, dairy, oils and fats; beverages, canned fruits and vegetables, concentrated fruit juices and frozen products.
According to "Brazil Retail Industry Forecast (2006-2010)", a recent report by RNCOS, Brazilian per capita income is rising with the recovering economy. A rise in per capita income and a decline in inflation rates will result in high disposable income that will be invested by consumers in luxury products. High living standards will be a key driving force for the future growth of retail industry of Brazil.
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Actor and Jana Sena party founder Pawan Kalyan visited Visakha city to have a personal account of the the cyclone hit areas and also met CM Chandrababu Naidu camping there. He has cancelled his proposed tour of cyclone hit areas in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. Speaking to media persons on Friday, he said that the state government has shown its commitment towards the cyclone hit victims and hoped that people should understand it. Pawan Kalyan said that he has decided to cancel the tours to Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts as he does not want to affect the rescue operations. Further, he said that he has to fulfill the wish of one of his fans in Khammam who is struggling for life.


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I would recommend a trial of running to see if any symptoms develop. If inflammation is occurring, you will have symptoms. If you experience pain or reflux, try using either an H2 blocker (Zantac, Tagamet, Pepcid, Axid) or a proton pump inhibitor (Prilosec) prior to running. You may have to experiment a bit to get the timing right for taking the meds relative to your workout. You may find that you only need to take something prior to strenuous workouts or races.
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Esmil Rogers, Fantasy Sleeper
When a pitcher throws in the mid-to-upper 90s, teams tend to give that player every chance to succeed. In the case of Esmil Rogers, the Rockies gave him 184 2/3 innings before deciding it was better to accept cash from the Cleveland Indians for the services of the out-of-options flamethrower. The issue for Rogers in Colorado tended to be his inability to find the strike zone on a consistent basis. He had a 20 percent strikeout rate and just an 8 percent walk rate in 2010 but then went 16 and 12 in 2011 and 22 and 14 in 2012 before the Rockies pulled the plug on the live-armed hurler in early June.
Coors Field is not a forgiving place to pitch; it has some of the highest batting averages on balls in play and line drive rates in the league over the past five seasons. It is tough to pitch in that environment when one of your primary pitches is a breaking ball; you wind up being unable to throw it as frequently as you would like to because you're behind in too many counts. Leaving Denver was one of the best things that happened to Rogers; he was able to put up very good numbers under the radar in Cleveland last season. His strikeout rate with the Tribe was 25 percent while his walk rate plunged to 6 percent—both better than league average. He held batters to a .233 batting average, and his 3.06 ERA nearly matched his 3.08 FIP, which bested his previous career-best FIP by nearly a full run.
If you watch video of him, it is essentially the same guy on the mound save for what appears to be a slight shift on the pitching rubber.
I asked Doug Thorburn if he noticed any differences in Rogers after his move from Colorado, including the rumors that he was tipping pitches at times in 2010 and 2011. Here is what he had to say:
I always wonder about rumors of pitch-tipping, as sometimes it's thrown out there as confirmation bias when a pitcher gets ripped. I had not heard of Rogers' pitch-tipping rumors before, so I checked it out of curiosity. A Google search led me to his game against Atlanta on August 25, 2010 in which he got tagged for eight hits and seven earned runs while getting just five outs (triggering non-specific rumors of pitch-tipping). I watched the outing carefully and captured a series of GIF's to watch in quick succession while I "guessed" what was coming (ignoring the catcher, of course). It was a pretty fun exercise, and though it was tempting to be lured by my own confirmation bias, I could not come up with anything that was a reliable indicator of fastball vs. breaking ball (of course I'm also limited by the camera view). He had some mechanical inconsistencies and a few odd patterns but nothing that was consistently inconsistent that would provide a "tell" as to pitch type. I also didn't see any obvious "twitchy" indicators like flaring the glove or adjusting his grip; Rogers did both of these things on occasion, but he did them randomly. What I saw was a pitcher who was getting hit up for all of the normal reasons: 1) he's not hitting his spots, 2) he's throwing too many fastballs early in the count, and 3) he's playing in Colorado. He got hit hard once or twice by Atlanta's best hitters, but otherwise he was giving up bleeders (there were no homers).
The table below shows his work over the last few seasons with 2012 being split between Colorado and Cleveland:
Working mainly in low-to-mid-leverage situations for Cleveland, Rogers was able to put up fantastic numbers that were a complete turn-around from the frustrating struggles he encountered while pitching for the Rockies. He was able to get ahead of hitters and didn't have to rely as much on his fastball, as he did in Colorado. When he was able to get ahead of hitters, he was able to get nasty, as he did in this relief outing against Tampa Bay:
For his career, Rogers' BrooksBaseball player card says he has gone to his fastball at least 70 percent of the time when he is behind in the count, but despite its velocity, hitters have posted a career .347 TAv against the pitch. In 2012, he was still fastball-heavy when behind in the count but laid off it for his breaking balls a bit more. Finding the strike zone more frequently with the Indians than he had with the Rockies, however, put him in fewer of these situations, allowing him to use his breaking pitches, which have anywhere from a 7 to 14 mph differential from his electric fastball, more often. His PITCHf/x data shows a cutter, slider, and curveball, but the grouping is rather close together. Hitters have a career TAv of just .217 off his cutter, a .197 off his slider, and a .264 off the curveball.
Rogers was once again traded this offseason, landing in Toronto in the deal that netted Cleveland Mike Aviles and Yan Gomes. Rogers joins an already stacked bullpen that includes Casey Janssen, Steve Delabar, Brad Lincoln, and a recovering Sergio Santos for late-inning situations. Rogers may start the season third or fourth in line for saves in Toronto, but if he can continue to build upon the success he found in Cleveland last season, he may jump up in that line rather quickly given the kind of stuff he possesses. The overall 4.69 ERA and 1.44 WHIP are going to throw many off the scent of what could be a profitable end-game reliever in 2013.
Jason Collette is an author of Baseball Prospectus.
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IT must take some bravery for the Minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu to announce than more than 90 per cent of Nigeria's population, 150.3 million (the population of ECOWAS countries without Nigeria), is at risk of malaria infection. The only emergency plan was use of more mosquito nets.
He then recited a litany of the woes from malaria like nursery rhymes. "Malaria is a major public problem in Nigeria; Nigeria contributes a quarter of malaria burden in Africa. Over 90 per cent of the country's 167 million people are at risk. It contributes 30 per cent to childhood mortality in the country and contributes 11 per cent of maternal mortality. I must add that it reduces Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product by one per cent annually. It is estimated that malaria-related illnesses and mortality cost Africa's economy about $12 billion annually," the Minister chanted.
How can malaria be this dangerous and all that the Minister of Health does is to wait for the next World Malaria Day to tell Nigerians to buy more mosquito nets? Was that what Chukwu meant when he promised improved health indices on assumption of office in May 2010?
"First, primary duty is to ensure that Nigerians begin to enjoy good health indices because right now our health indices, child and maternal mortality rates are dismal. My primary task is to ensure that we raise the indices to an appreciable and enviable level. In three months Nigerians will begin to see sign of changes," he said then.
The picture he painted on Tuesday was of continuing woes. According to him, the Malaria Indicator Survey Nigeria conducted in 2010 showed that about 52 per cent of children aged six months to five years tested positive to malaria. Experts hold that if these children survive, their physical and mental growth would be adversely affected. A combination of malaria infection with poor nutrition ensures that many of those children would have stunted growth and poor mental development.
Over-dependence on foreign initiatives on malaria will fail us. The World Health Organisation, WHO, formally began proposing to eradicate malaria in 1955. Today malaria is claiming more territories and there are fears that with climate change, some parts of Europe and North America, now safe from the anopheles mosquitoes, may breed the harmful mosquitoes.
Nigeria needs to commit resources to researches on malaria vaccine. Malaria may seem a global challenge, but Nigeria bears a huge part of that burden. For starts, health and environmental officials should keep our surroundings clear of the stagnant waters where mosquitoes breed.
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Greenwood Village, CO, United States, 2013/02/20 - Sixth-Annual report, formerly the MSPmentor100, lists the Worlds Top 501 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) - 3tSystems.com.
For the second year in a row, 3t Systems has landed on Nine Lives Medias sixth-annual MSPmentor501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the worlds top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). This years report has been expanded extensively to include:
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"We are delighted to be honored once again in the MSPmentor501," said Ciaran Dwyer, CEO of 3t Systems. Our success is a testament to our client-partners, and our dedicated team of technical professionals. We believe 2013 will be the best year yet, and were working hard to continually enhance our customers overall experience."
The MSPmentor501 report is based on data from MSPmentors global online survey conducted October-December 2012. The MSPmentor501 report recognizes top managed service providers based on a range of metrics, including annual managed services revenue growth, revenue per employee, managed services offered and customer devices managed.
MSPmentor congratulates 3t Systems on this honor, said Amy Katz, president of Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media. Qualifying for our MSPmentor 501 Global Edition puts 3t Systems in rare company.
MSPs on this years global 501 list lifted their combined annual recurring revenues 24.5 percent to $2.54 billion. Together, those MSPs now manage more than 5.6 million PCs and servers, and nearly 400,000 smartphones and tablets, according to Joe Panettieri, editorial director, Nine Lives Media.
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Secretary of State George Shultz has warned the Israeli government that without a significant effort to solve the country's economic problems, even at the cost of reduced living standards, U.S. aid to Israel could be endangered.
Defense Minister Moshe Arens, who met with Shultz in Washington last month, disclosed the American view when he briefed the Cabinet yesterday on his latest visit to the U.S. The Reagan Administration seems most concerned with Israel's soaring inflation rate. Israel Radio reported that Washington has asked the government for a detailed plan of how it intends to restrain inflation.
In the Knesset today, MK Amnon Rubinstein of the opposition Shinui faction, called for an urgent debate over the American warnings and over the surprise resignations of two senior Treasury officials. Dr. Emanuel Sharon quit as Director General of the Finance Ministry yesterday. Shortly afterwards, Mordechai Frankl, senior economic advisor to the Ministry, stepped down amid charges that the government was abandoning its tough anti-inflation policies to gain the good will of voters in next month's Knesset elections.
Sharon was promptly replaced by Nissim Baruch, Premier Yitzhak Shamir's economic advisor. But the two resignations exposed to the public a growing sense of unease among some ranking Treasury officials that the government is indulging in "election economics." Some officials have charged that election campaign considerations prevailed over economic prudence when the government recently agreed to generous wage hikes for regular soldiers and policemen. They are expected to trigger new wage demands from other sectors.
The government meanwhile was faced with an ultimatum from Histadrut yesterday to resume negotiations for new overall wage agreements. The trade union federation said it would otherwise withdraw from the collective bargaining process and force the government to deal individually with each union representing its employes. Baruch, the new Director General of the Finance Ministry, is expected to sit down with Histadrut officials in the next few days.


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Late September is the time when most golfers put their bags in the back of their garage until spring. But this was not the case for our bison golf team, who yet again made a deep run in the playoffs.
Coach Will Cumpstone hoped to accomplish two goals for a successful year: "to promote team chemistry and to get to districts." He wrote in an email, "The team competed with the best in a great golf league (the CVC) and finished 3rd in the toughest sectional in Ohio." (Two teams advanced to the state championship and the bison golf team was right on the bubble.)
After almost making it to the state tournament from sectionals, the bison team prepared for the district tournament. Unfortunately, they did not advance, but of the 64 division two teams in the northeast Ohio district, the bison finished in 10th place.
"I was kind of upset falling short of the state tournament for the second year in a row," said sophomore Josh Blaustein. "But we have a good chance of going to states next year as a whole team because most of our team is coming back," he said.
When talking about his star players, Cumpstone added, "What has been nice is that all of our top five golfers have contributed. Led by sophomores Brett Dubin (who has been number one all year) and Elliott Small, the bison pushed through sectionals and into the districts for the 8th time in 16 years. Senior co-captain Santipab Sirisakkamol, junior co-captain Jon Tramer and sophomore Josh Blaustein (district qualifier last year), the bison not only qualified as a team but made a statement for years to come."
There is only success to come for this young team. Although the team will lose Sirisakkamol, there are many players ready to step up. Look for the bison golf team to make another deep playoff run next year.


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Brock University officials were alerted to a breach involving personal data from its approximately 17,000 students after one student was able to access his own information through an Internet search, The Standard reports. A staff member accidentally uploaded a file containing all student names, student numbers, phone numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses to the university's public Web site on December 22, but the breach was not discovered until January 28. The university has deleted the file and contacted the search engine to have the data erased from archives or indexes, and a university spokesman confirmed the privacy commissioner has been informed "to ensure that all obligations under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act are fulfilled."
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Times are changing in the Glenwood South entertainment district. Abbey Carpet was torn down last week to make way for a 157-room Hampton Inn.
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*Le sigh*... couldn't we get something with more charm and style than a generic Hampton Inn? If it has to be a chain concept, why not Aloft or Element by Westin/Starwood?


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Shoichi Ueno, co-owner of the Asahi Shimbun, died of lung cancer at a hospital in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Feb. 29, it was recently learned. He was 79.
According to the newspaper, Ueno was a great-grandson of Riichi Ueno, who jointly set up the newspaper in Osaka with Ryuhei Murayama in 1879.
Ueno joined the daily in 1962 and held managerial and executive posts in the advertising, sales and international sections of the paper's Tokyo head office. He became co-owner in 1997.
A ceremony to celebrate Ueno's life is set to be held April 22 in the Peacock Room on the second floor of the Imperial Hotel's main building in Chiyoda Ward.
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- Saving more than 400 million gallons of water and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 83,000 metric tonnes of CO 2, the equivalent to emissions from 17,000 cars. This was achieved via capital investments in energy and water conservation projects and a program to develop and construct renewable energy projects;
- Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills by almost 7 percent and achieving an overall 85 percent recycle rate;
- Distributing more than $40 million globally in product donations, employee giving and financial contributions to non-profit organizations and collecting a record 70.7 million pounds of food during the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive™;
- Logging more than 22,000 volunteer hours in the U.S. and Canada in local communities;
- Removing more than 11,000 trucks from the road through increased intermodal shipping, resulting in a CO 2 emissions savings of more than 13,000 tonnes;
- Saving more than 1.9 million pounds of plastic and more than $1.6 million through the lightweighting of plastic bottles used to package V8 beverages; and
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Credit Risk and the Finnish Economy
The significance of credit risk models has increased with the introduction of the New Basel Accord, known as Basel II. The aim of this study is to examine default rate modeling. This paper follows two possible approaches to macro credit risk modeling, empirical models and a latent factor model based on Merton. We employ data over the time period from 1988 to 2003 for the Finnish economy, including time series of bankruptcy, numbers of firms and industry-specific data. Linear vector autoregressive models are used in the case of a dynamic empirical model. We examine how significant macroeconomic indicators determine the default rate in the whole economy and in industry-specific sectors. Since these models cannot provide microeconomic foundations, we employ a model with one latent factor, although multi-factor models are also considered. This estimation helps us to understand the relationships between credit risk and macroeconomic indicators. Both models can be used for default rate prediction or stres s testing by central authorities.
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- Gordy, Michael B., 2003. "A risk-factor model foundation for ratings-based bank capital rules," Journal of Financial Intermediation, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 199-232, July.
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- Gertjan W. Vlieghe, 2001. "Indicators of fragility in the UK corporate sector," Bank of England working papers 146, Bank of England.
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2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF)
Among the teams that competed as part of the combined Oceania Team were Jonah Whitt, Guam, who competed in the 55kg weight Division. Jonah wrestled very well being the only athlete from Oceania to win a silver medal. after defeating both of his opponents before wrestling in the finals against China. The other athlete to compete was Jarvis Blesam Tarkong from Palau who returned to wrestling after being out with a broken leg in 2011. Jarvis competed in the 63kg weight class and placed 5th out of 6 wrestlers. Jarvis wrestled China is his first match and lost 2 other matches against Australia. For both of our athletes, China dominated the competition in both men and womens freestyle.
Congratulations to both wrestlers. We are very proud of Jonah being the only athlete from Oceania to win a silver medal and also Jarvis. We hope to see more athletes compete in the future especially in preparation for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
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BasCB commented on the post, Ecclestone defends Vettel after latest apology 4 years, 5 months ago
I do recall reading some comments from Red Bull along the same lines though @darak. With the small team, I guess its pretty sure that money had a lot to do with that at Caterham.
bosyber commented on the post, Ecclestone defends Vettel after latest apology 4 years, 5 months ago
Yes I do agree @darak. Maybe they feel they don't understand some fundamentals yet (seeing how their car didn't improve much in pace since 2011), choosing to get a lot more time with that, while working on the […]
Kingshark commented on the post, Malaysian rain can't keep Vettel from pole again 4 years, 6 months ago
Lotus wasn't good in the rain last year either.
BasCB commented on the post, Raikkonen says Lotus can rival wealthier teams 4 years, 6 months ago
I also think that it was pretty well balanced this time @darak, although even last year it was not all that powerful at this track either.
bosyber commented on the post, Di Resta feels "robbed of seventh place" 4 years, 6 months ago
Well, words do matter @darak, Vettel for example just said he lost time and tyre life behind Sutil, no need to feel robbed, do better next time.
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@darak Agree … And to be complete, in fact higher floor do cause a drop in downforce as you mentionned which mean they will aquaplane, so no point going higher.
Some people talk about monsoon tyres. There is […]
andae23 commented on the post, Australian GP qualifying postponed to Sunday 4 years, 6 months ago
@darak Phew, I was starting to think I was the only one with this opinion.
Fisha695 commented on the post, Vijay Mallya facing arrest warrant in India 4 years, 11 months ago
@scalextric I wonder if the FOM/FIA (and I guess teams themselves) would allow for an F1 version of that "Indycar 36" show.
@darak I believe the camera man may be FOM employed but is contracted out to SPEED. Ok […]
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@darak No, you dont risk it, as Alonso showed it today.


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|Dr. Benjamin Norris
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Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
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|General Chemistry (CHEM 201/202/133)
Organic Chemistry (CHEM 311/312/321/322)
Advanced Organic Chemistry (CHEM 438)
Research Methods in Chemistry (CHEM 305)
Seminar and Capstone (CHEM 491/492)
Introduction to Higher Education (ORIE 101)
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Preparation of new organic solvents from biorenewable resources.
Preparation of new conducting polymer materials for organic solar cells.
Dr. Benjamin Norris graduated with honors from Frostburg State University with a B.S. in Chemistry (minor in Mathematics) in May 2004. As a student at Frostburg, Dr. Norris received the prestigious Regent's Scholarship, was president of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society, and received the Class of '59 Leadership Award.
Dr. Norris pursued graduate studies in Organic and Polymer Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh from Fall 2004 through Summer 2010. He defended his thesis in January 2011, and received his Ph.D. in May 2011. His research included studies toward the development of new palladium-catalyzed multicomponent coupling reactions and the synthesis of sequenced phenylene-vinylene oligomers and copolymers. His development of a new strategy for the iterative synthesis of oligo(para-phenylene-vinylene)s using olefin metathesis has been published in Organic Letters. His study of the relationship between sequence and optoelectronic properties of oligo(para-phenylene-vinylene)s is being submitted to Nature Chemistry. While a graduate student at Pitt, Dr. Norris was a Teaching Fellow and received the Hurd Safford Teaching Award.
Dr. Norris returned to his alma mater as an Instructor of Chemistry in Fall 2010. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in Fall 2011. He teaches courses in General and Organic Chemistry.


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LORAIN -- City leaders hope 13 will be a lucky number when Lorain voters go to the polls on Nov. 6.
Issue 13 is the one-half percent city income tax increase proposed for Lorain.
The issue would raise about $5.3 million a year, with half of the money earmarked to improve the city's streets, Mayor Chase Ritenauer said.
The rest of the money would restore Lorain's Parks Department, which was eliminated when park maintenance was merged into the Streets Department. The tax money also would support general city operations.
The issue is not a cure-all, Ritenauer said, but it is critical to making Lorain's streets smoother and the city more attractive to new businesses and residents.
"We have a real opportunity here, and that is why Issue 13 is really the city's decision in terms of what type of path we want to take," Ritenauer said. "We must invest in ourselves and keep this work going if we are to position the city for the type of development and growth we all want to see."
"The Only Road for Lorain"
Eight community co-chairmen and chairwomen have joined to campaign for Issue 13, using the slogan, "The Only Road for Lorain." Lorain's streets are the first issue the community leaders talk about.
"Our roads are deplorable," said Kel Fligner, patriarch of Fligner's Market and an Issue 13 co-chairman. "We need new roads. Forget everything else -- the maintenance on your car alone is more than that half percent income tax."
Ritenauer said he wants to use half the income tax revenue for roads. The money would pay for a $20 million, three-year road improvement program, along with maintenance needed on resurfaced and existing streets, said Auditor Ron Mantini.
Just looking at and driving on Lorain's roads makes a strong argument for voting for Issue 13, said Juanita Senquiz, a community co-chairwoman and president of the Lorain Civil Service Commission.
The city has beautiful new schools, but the bumpy streets make the city look bad to potential new residents and businesses that could invest in the community, Senquiz said.
"We need to bring industries into Lorain, not just for us, but for our future children," she Senquiz. "The roads are not drivable; they're in very bad condition. In order for us to bring businesses and industry here, we need to have better roads."
Parks in decline
Lorain has 56 parks covering more than 800 acres in the city, but no staff dedicated to keeping the parks in good shape.
Community co-chairman Neil Sommers recounted the evolution of Lorain's parks from his youth to now.
"I was born and raised here in Lorain," Sommers said. "I had the opportunity to play in the parks when people were working in the parks in the summer. It was a great place to go, to have some supervision and feel safe."
As an adult, Sommers has coached and refereed soccer games at city parks.
"It's an embarrassment to go out and play a game and have a field look as bad as it was, because we didn't have people to maintain those parks," Sommers said.
The city made a good move turning over the north side of Lakeview Park for operation by Lorain County Metro Parks, Sommers said. Mantini agreed the park has become not only an asset for city residents, but an attraction that draws people into Lorain.
Lorain also must set its priorities for public safety and services, Sommers said.
"But we've got some beautiful parks that need to be cleaned up and fixed up and maintained," he said.
What's going right
Last Monday,� a public hearing about federal Community Development Block Grant money ballooned into a 90-minute discussion about the status of Lorain, and its future.
City Council's Federal Programs Committee members asked questions and heard from residents who want to see improvements in Lorain.
A day later,, Ritenauer returned to the theme of improving Lorain's waterfront and downtown when he spoke to the Pave the Way to a Better Lorain committee.
Issue 13 will give Lorain its best chance to see more good things happen in the city, Ritenauer said.
"Our potential has remained potential for far too long," Ritenauer said. "We know what our ailments are, and we are working to improve in those areas or to eliminate them completely."
Even before voters have their say, Lorain is moving in the right direction on multiple fronts to improve the city, Ritenauer said.
The city has become aggressive with building code enforcement. The Community Development Department is targeting 200 homes for demolition and those lots will become part of the county land bank program.
Lorain police continue their enforcement efforts with new technology that resulted in multiple arrests and prosecution of gang charges earlier this year.
FirstEnergy is building a substation in South Lorain to power the new electric arc furnace under construction at Republic Steel. That power station also could feed Lorain households, eliminating the need for the Edgewater Power Station. That could lead to removal of the high-power lines along the lake and Black River, Ritenauer said.
The city also is planning to move the Black River Wastewater Treatment Plant away from the mouth of the river. All of these moves would create a blank canvas along the city's waterfront for attractive new development, Ritenauer said.
Building credibility
The community leaders working for Issue 13 praised Ritenauer and his administration for having a plan that will be accountable.
Community co-chairman Paul Balcom said he came to Lorain in 1974 to lead Lorain Community Hospital. The city was at its zenith then with steel, ships and automobile production, he said.
Since then, the city has lost businesses and population, Balcom said. But Lorain has potential to grow again, he said.
"You have to have your resources in place and well-applied to attract new businesses and families," said Balcom, who also is president and chief executive officer of Lakeland Health Care Corporation.
Sommers is chief executive officer of the Lorain School Employees Credit Union, 4459 Oberlin Ave.
Resurfacing Oberlin Avenue has been inconvenient, but customers have had few complaints because, like maintaining a home, the road repair has to be done, he said.
"At some point, you've got to put some faith in the city," Sommers said.
"The big thing in here, year in and year out, because of past experience, people just don't have that trust," he said. "At some point you've got to pull that lever and take that gamble and say, 'I believe they're going to do it.'"


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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Killer manicure?
Has it come to this—as we claw our way through America 2.0? Worrying about our mani-pedis?
Working Mother, Nov 2010, says not only are those indulgences opening you up to bacterial and fungal infections, but the nail dryer may also be a danger.
Those UV lamps are the same as a tanning machine. This can result in skin cancer on your hands, I take it.
Grab the reins, girls! For regular or acrylic manis—get a drying topcoat or a fan. If you must have gels, use a no-light gel, which is dried with a special gel activator.
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South Beach bar's agreement with Antique Center muddles situation
Julie Stalmer 5:30 p.m., Sept. 22
Closed door negotiations have made an apparently popular comeback in California. Forget about governments operating in sunshine under open meeting laws and principles. Besides, what do the taxserfs need to know about the negotiations? Don't politicians spend enough on advertising to tell us how to vote already?
In today's daily paper, Peter Q. Davis lets us know in an editorial letter that he is in favor of closed door negotiations. As a former Centre City Development Corporation head, this man speaks from experience regarding the benefits.
The negotiations he speaks of were certainly beneficial to the same CCDC years after he left that sphere of influence. Or has he?
It isn't like the Davis editorial letter has been the only thing printed in the U-T to excuse the secrecy surrounding the three-month-late state budget in Sacramento. Letters talk about accepting those negotiations because employment in development areas will go up, meaning more people putting on tool belts and going to work. There was even an editorial position made by the paper, extolling the results of a very flawed process.
At least I got to find out what it takes for us to sell out on California legislative bodies operating in sunshine.
My theory is that at a certain point about two weeks ago, the political jungle drum that us ordinary folk can't hear sounded off with a call for all political chips to be brought to Sacramento from all of the stalled local political business in the state. What happened at that point was our new state budget.


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Peep India Arie Talking About Her Grammy Snup On Her Debut Album [VIDEO]
I was rolling through the channels yesterday and ran across a show called "Super Soul Sunday" on the OWN network. Oprah Winfrey was interviewing the talented and beautiful India Arie. She really talked about the fact that she has been absent from the music scene for well over 4 years and is finally getting ready to make a comback. She also talked about the fact that she was snubbed at the Grammys after having 7 nominations for her debut release " Acoustic Soul"


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At face value, I think you have a pretty good idea and it sounds structurally sound. That would sure beat tearing out your existing concrete! It is possible though that because this is an unconventional manner of supporting your deck, if you intend to pull permits and get inspections, you may need to get an architect or engineer to sign off on the plan. You also however, might be able to draw up the plan yourself and submit it when you apply for your permit. The city plan reviewer himself is either an architect or an engineer and might just look at what you have drawn and say OK, build it. If there are any minor changes he wants to see, he may also just notate on your drawing somthing like "Add Simpson HUC hangers here". I have been successful in getting my own "unsealed" hand drawings approved by building & zoning many times and that is in Miami-Dade County one of the toughest building departments in the country. Worst comes to worst, you submit your drawings and they reject it and tell you that you need a sealed plan.


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Re-ecoding .h264 over xvid?
Most often anime is encoded in xvid. Since i try to get my anime to a dvd to play on tv i usually find myself adding borders to fit the subtitles . My question is if i were to re-encode this xvid video over again except with .h264 would the quality of video and audio improve on a dvd player or is it just a waste of time? Should i just encode it again with xvid to add the borders or is it possible to improve the quality
i dunno is that too confusing to understand Oo?
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Waste of time. Consider it with audio formats, something people are more familiar with: an MP3 is a lossy format, meaning that it gets rid of some data in its compression process. Suppose I have an MP3 that is at 96 kbps. If I re-encode it to 320 kbps, does it sound any better? The answer is no, it does not. The reason is because the original source was 96 kbps, and for that reason, no matter what format or bitrate I re-encode that MP3 to, I can never get quality better than 96 kbps.
The same is true for XviD and H.264. Both of these are different compression formats, but they are both lossy. H.264 is superior to XviD, it's true, but if you're using an XviD-encoded video as your source to start with, you'll never be able to get that video to look better, simply by re-encoding it to a superior format. If you have a DVD-source and you want to encode it from there, then you would have a better quality using H.264.
In truth, re-encoding something between lossy formats will always result in worse quality than you started with. People used to ask about re-encoding MP3s, and the analogy/experiment that they were told to do was to try saving a JPEG over and over again. You would see deterioriation in the image quality (gradually if you set it to high quality, and much quicker with lower quality settings). The experiment for you would be to try the same thing, only fluctuate it between GIF and JPEG. Both are different image compression formats, but both are lossy, and both will cut out some data each time they remake the file.
For your reference, lossy's counterpart is lossless. The best-known lossless image format is PNG; the best-known lossless sound formats are APE and FLAC. I believe there was an experimental lossless video codec, but I've never seen it used outside of a fansub group I worked with. Lossless codecs work much like a ZIP or RAR file: they compress the data, but when you get the data back, it's the exact same as before it was compressed. In contrast, lossy codecs compress the data, and in the process, they modify it (by removing certain bits); if you were to uncompress it, you would have something different than before you'd compressed it.
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thanks alot ledgem thats exactly what i wanted to know. Now i wont have to stare at my xvid video smirking if i see something bad quality wise saying
"dam i should have done h264" I guess all the times i did that it was a waste of time cause .h264 takes FOREVER!!!!
Thanks again <3
|2007-04-14, 17:15
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Hey i wanna add a question onto this.Lets say i have 10 videos that all have a bitrate of 900kbps. If i were to make a dvd out of these videos would it be smart to fill up the dvd with as many videos as possible as to have the average bitrate be 900kbps? Because using convertxtodvd when it encodes your stuff to dvd it says at the bottom "average bitrate" and its usually( with about 6 episodes) in the 3000's. According to above if my video is already at 970 the 3000 bitrate wont do anything? or does it work differently with dvd? Because instead of using 6 videos i might beable to fit all 10 with the same quality.
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Lossless video codecs are not very experimental, they're used all the time. They just aren't used for distribution, because one ep takes 3-5 GB with a lossless codec...
@RiN!: DVD uses another codec, called MPEG2, which requires much higher bitrates to look good. It won't look BETTER than the XviD did, but if you use only 900kbps for the DVD, it will look a LOT worse. You probably shouldn't ever go lower than 1500kpbs on a DVD, or it will look pretty crappy.
|2007-04-14, 19:32
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yeh i just did a test and it came out pretty crappy. For 6 episodes 3000kb/s is pretty good right? I'm kinda confused how you start to tell that the dvd is losing quality. Is it when the screen on your tv looks as if its shaking or if the pixels start showing up or maybe both?
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Reselling Things May Soon Be Illegal
We are no longer living in a free country. If you believe we are, you're either in denial, completely out of touch with reality, or you're just downright stupid.
There are no other possible explanations.
As if it isn't frightening enough that our freedom of speech rights have been stripped from us or that the government has declared that the majority of the American people are potential terrorists for some ridiculous reason or another, the Supreme Court is now considering making it illegal for us to resell stuff that we've purchased.
No, I'm not making any of this stuff up. In case you've been asleep, let's quickly recap.
Under H.R. 347, free speech is now a felony in areas where certain government officials are visiting (particularly those protected by Secret Service)….even if you didn't know the government official was in the area.
The Department of Homeland Security has labeled people who believe in Constitutional rights, Christians, veterans, people who oppose abortion, those who pay with cash, own precious metals, or keep more than a week of food in their home potential terrorists.
That's just the short list. There are more, and it's absolutely absurd. Yet there are plenty of people who don't find this concerning even though at least one of those things describes the vast majority of peaceful Americans.
Well, now we're hearing that the Supreme Court plans to rule on whether or not we will be allowed to resell things we've purchased, such as books, CDs, jewelry, antique furniture or artwork, without acquiring permission from the copyright holder.
Up until now, the copyright holder has only had control over the initial sale, not subsequent sales. That may soon change.
Ladies and gentlemen, no matter how you shake a stick at it, we are no longer living in a free country.
It's time to wake up and realize that are liberties are seriously under fire and we're in trouble.
Illegal Laws Aren't Our Only Concern
Speaking of trouble, why did Obama just issue an executive order instructing FEMA to prepare for mass fatalities?
By itself, you could convince yourself that it's designed to prepare a plan in the case of a natural disaster.
But this combined with the passing of the NDAA, the executive order for peacetime martial law, the government's recent acquisition of millions of rounds of hollow point ammunition (which is not used for training purposes by the way), and gun control measures such as the U.N. Small Arms Treaty could be a sign that something is seriously amiss.
Form your own conclusions, but let history serve as a reminder that you should never underestimate what a government is capable of.
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NEW manager Paul Braithwaite insists he is not planning to dismantle the current Wootton Bassett Town squad as he looks to keep hold of the club's top players.
Braithwaite was named Bassett manager last weekend and will lead his new side into their upcoming Hellenic League Premier Division campaign after three seasons in charge of Division One West Fairford Town.
The 30-year-old, who lives in Swindon, has already spoken to members of last season's Bassett squad and is wary of making false promises as he gets to work at the Corinium Stadium.
"Sometimes managers get rid of everyone and bring in 30 new players but I don't want to do that," said Braithwaite, who will be assisted Chris Green.
"I've heard of some local managers that are calling 50 or 60 players and there's no way that they're going to be able to fit them in next season – I won't be doing that and I want to try and work with the players already at the club.
"We've spoken to everyone that we'd like to keep, because there are some good players here. The likes of Steve Yeardley, Jonny Aitkenhead, Shaun Carter are all players that we'd like to stay, along with people like Levi Cox, Sam Ockwell and Callum Parsons.
"I'm sure they've got people contacting them offering them this and that but the early response was quite positive, so hopefully we can keep them.
"The club spoke to me about coming over last year but it wasn't the right time then. It was sad leaving Fairford but I'm sure we'll be back there to see everyone sometime soon.
"Bassett's a big club and there are exciting things going on there, like the new stadium next season. Everyone wants to manage at the highest level possible, and the Prem is a great division."
Bassett are on the hunt for a new development team manager after Dave Terry and Wayne Petrie stepped up to replace departing reserve side management team of Simon Paish and Simon Packer.
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More than 160 potential investors were in Bradford to hear of the opportunities the city offers.
An event called A Taste of Bradford arranged by lobbying group Bradford Breakthrough, alongside Bradford Council, was held at the Midland Hotel yesterday.
Firms were told about the £35 million City Centre Growth Zone scheme, and discussed 36 specific properties with the potential to become new restaurants.
Colin Philpott, chief executive of Bradford Breakthrough, said many companies had already paid a visit to the city due to the impact of the new Westfield shopping centre, and a relaxation of planning rules for restaurants on streets surrounding the £260m site.
"It was a big success, and just part of our longer-term campaign to get a greater choice of restaurants in the city centre," he said. "There was a lot of serious interest in the properties, which will hopefully boost jobs and support the city's leisure and business economy."
Two firms, the Chinese Buffet and Menston's 1875 restaurant, have revealed plans to expand into Bradford using grants from the business growth scheme, creating 48 jobs.


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POMPANO BEACH, FL—Beatrice Farmer, a Pompano Beach-area octogenarian, received notification Monday that she may already have won a huge cash prize.
"It's so exciting," the arthritic Farmer said. "I suppose this is the good Lord's way of rewarding me."
The prize packet, dispatched to Farmer's one-room apartment in an important-looking envelope bearing a gold seal and the word 'official,' informed the frail widow that a special prize of $833,337 was being held in a reinforced steel safe for her, provided she returns her specially selected prize number and that her number is the winning one.
"Great news, Ms. Beatrice Farmer!" the prize-notification letter read. "You are one of the LUCKY FINALISTS specially selected to receive Continental Neighborhood Publishers' 1999 GRAND SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE!"
Even if she is not the Grand Prize Winner, Farmer, born during the Taft Administration, is still guaranteed at least one of four other fabulous and exciting runner-up prizes: a year-long around-the-world cruise, a Sony 24-inch projection TV with satellite dish, a 2000 Cadillac Coupe DeVille, or a stunning one-carat Diamonaire pendant, complete with gold alloy chain and display case.
"I could certainly use that Cadillac," said Farmer, swallowing her heart medication. "But I have to respond right away and tell them what color Cadillac I want. And I have to put the right sticker on my prize-claim envelope."
If Farmer does not want any of the prizes for which she is eligible, she may "opt out" of the contest by affixing the black "NO, Give All My Prizes To Someone Else!" sticker to the exterior of her reply envelope. But if, on the other hand, the not-long-for-this-earth Farmer is excited about her participation in the sweepstakes, she may affix the red "YES, Please Register My Name In The Official Finalists' Ledger!" sticker.
Nearly as exciting as Farmer's once-in-a-lifetime prize opportunity is her chance to save big money on subscriptions to popular magazines.
"I suppose helping them out with some business is the least I can do," said Farmer, peering out her apartment's lone window. "I figure I'll subscribe to Fortune and Money—I'll probably need them, with all the prize money coming my way."
"I can't exactly read regular-sized print so well these days," she added, "but once I get the money, I'll finally be able to afford cataract surgery, so I'd like to have the magazines waiting there for me to read when that's done with."
The award comes as a surprise to Farmer, who said the largest prize she had ever previously won was a pound cake in 1976 as a church-raffle runner-up award. "I guess if you just wait long enough, your ship will finally come in."
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A 53-year-old Georgetown man is in critical condition after he was shot Aug. 1 by a trooper who went to his home to question him about a traffic accident.
Michael W. Rogers of 22507 Deep Branch Road was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer and resisting arrest with force or violence – both felonies.
Trooper First Class Matthew Morgan, 28, a three-year member of Troop 4 in Georgetown, went to Rogers' home at 10:11 p.m. to question Rogers about a hit-and-run accident that occurred earlier in the evening in Millsboro, said Sgt. Paul Shavack, spokesman for the Delaware State Police.
The accident happened about 9 p.m. in the parking lot of the Riverside Inn when a car registered to Rogers backed into an unoccupied parked car before driving off, Shavack said.
Shavack said Rogers was highly intoxicated when the trooper questioned him inside the home; Rogers became uncooperative, and Shavack said a violent struggle ensued.
During the fight, Shavack said the trooper deployed his police Taser, which was ineffective.
"The prongs may not have made contact," Shavack said, adding police are investigating whether drugs or alcohol could have been a factor in the Taser's ineffectiveness.
Following the Taser failure, Shavack said, the trooper discharged several rounds from his police-issued weapon, striking Rogers in the upper body and lower extremities. The exact location of the gunshots is not released, Shavack said.
As the investigation continues, Shavack said, more information will be released. However, he said, there has been no re-evaluation of the use-of-force continuum police officers use to determine whether deadly force is necessary.
"We feel confident with the force continuum utilized," he said.
Rogers was committed to the Department of Correction on $9,500 secured bond, but remains at Beebe Medical Center in critical condition.
The trooper also was taken to Beebe Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries and released. He has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, Shavack said.
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Where - in Anne Arundel County - is your favorite cream of crab soup served? My BFF is coming up from Florida and I'm taking her on a tasting tour for CREAM of CRAB SOUP in ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY only.
I see Ports of Call won the prize at last month's Seafood Festival and was written up in the Capital. I love Sunset's in Glen Burnie. My BFF was wowed by Wharfside Inn in Davidsonville last year.
I'm drawing my geographic boundary at Anne Arundel County but that should still leave you lots of possibilities.
As an aside, here is how I grade restaurants on how they serve cream of crab:
As a matter of course, they bring the side of sherry when bringing you the soup: A+
You ask for the side of sherry when they bring the soup and they say, "right away" : A-
They look at you quizzically when you ask for the sherry but then go get it: B
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