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WALTHAM, Mass., March 6, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD), a diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular tests, today announced that company representatives and independent researchers will highlight the clinical utility of galectin-3 blood testing in assessing the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure through an extensive series of data presentations and company-sponsored events at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 62nd Annual Scientific Session & Expo in San Francisco, California.
As part of BG Medicine's presence at the ACC meeting, the company will host an educational symposium chaired by Alan Maisel, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSD, Director of Coronary Care Unit and Heart Failure Program at the San Diego VA Medical Center, focused on how galectin-3 testing can help hospitals reduce readmissions. Representatives from BG Medicine will also be sponsoring booth N5519 which showcases how galectin-3 can impact the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure through a series of real-life case studies.
Reducing unplanned readmissions for patients continues to be one of the most urgent and pressing issues facing US-based hospitals today, particularly since October 2012, when the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted new rules that impose significant financial penalties on hospitals with excessive 30-day hospital readmission rates. Because heart failure patients with elevated galectin-3 are two-to-three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, we believe that identifying these high-risk patients through galectin-3 testing is an efficient, simple and cost-effective tool in a hospital's strategy to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, enabling hospitals to better direct their intervention strategies and resources to those who need them most.i, ii,iii
Clinicians and hospital administrators interested in learning more about the unique role of galectin-3 testing as a risk stratification tool in reducing 30-day hospital readmissions can register to attend the BG Medicine dinner symposium From Emergency Department to Discharge: The Role of Biomarkers in Preventing Readmissions at www.galectin-3.com. The program will feature scientific and economic data from nationally-recognized experts from the emergency department, laboratory and administrative settings.
"For patients presenting to the emergency department, the initial triage and diagnosis by a clinician can influence the entire course of their care," said W. Frank Peacock IV, MD, FACEP Professor, Associate Chair & Research Director, Baylor College of Medicine and a featured panelist in the symposium. "Having ready access to a patient's galectin-3 level early in the assessment process may help clinicians make more informed management decisions across the spectrum of heart failure patients. Not only does knowledge of a patient's elevated galectin-3 provide valuable information as to which patients are in greatest need of aggressive management and at the highest risk for readmission, a low galectin-3 also identifies the lowest risk patients who may be appropriate candidates for observation or possibly early discharge."
In addition to the company-sponsored activities highlighting the issue of unplanned readmissions, independent researchers will present a range of findings on the role of galectin-3 testing in patients with chronic heart failure, including the following:
- Sat, Mar 9, 8:45 - 9:00 AM
903-6 - Coronary Sinus Level of Galectin-3 is a Better Predictor than Peripheral Venous Level of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Sat, Mar 9, 10:00 - 10:45 AM
1136-309/309 - Usefulness of Plasma Galectin-3 in Congestive Heart Failure: Relationships with Echocardiographic Parameters and Survival
- Sun, Mar 10, 3:45 - 4:30 PM
1265-297/297 - Serial Measurement of Galectin-3 Predicts Chronic Heart Failure Outcomes and Ventricular Remodeling: Results from the ProBNP Outpatient Tailored Chronic Heart Failure Therapy (PROTECT) Study
- Sun, Mar 10, 3:45 - 4:30 PM
1265-309/309 - The Incremental Prognostic Power of Novel Biomarkers in Patients with Severe Chronic Heart Failure
- Mon, Mar 11, 9:45 - 10:30 AM
1294-147/147 - Galectin-3 Levels Elevated in Pulmonary Hypertension
The BGM Galectin-3® test is cleared by the FDA as an aid in assessing the prognosis of patients with chronic heart failure, in conjunction with clinical evaluation.
About Galectin-3 and Heart Failure
Galectin-3 is a unique carbohydrate-binding lectin, or protein, that binds to carbohydrates called beta-galactosides. Galectin-3 has been implicated in a variety of biological processes important in the development and progression of heart failure, and is believed to be a primary mediator of progressive cardiac fibrosis (abnormal thickening and stiffening of the heart muscle) and adverse remodeling (changes in the structure of the heart). Higher levels of galectin-3 are associated with a more aggressive form of heart failure and 30% or more of mild to moderate heart failure patients will have elevated levels of galectin-3. Heart failure affects an estimated 5.7 million Americans, with approximately 670,000 new cases occurring each year. The direct and indirect cost of heart failure in the United States for 2011 is estimated to be $34.4 billion. iv, v
About BG Medicine, Inc.
BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD) is a diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular tests to address significant unmet medical needs, improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. The Company has two products: the BGM Galectin-3® test for use in patients with chronic heart failure is available in the United States and Europe; and the CardioSCORE™ test for the risk prediction of major cardiovascular events is expected to be launched in Europe in the first half of 2013. For additional information about BG Medicine, heart failure and galectin-3 testing, please visit: www.bg-medicine.com and www.galectin-3.com.
The BG Medicine Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10352
Special Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements made in this news release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the "safe harbor" created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "could," "seek," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "anticipate" or other comparable terms. Forward-looking statements in this news release address our understanding that heart failure patients with elevated galectin-3 are two-to-three times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge than other heart failure patients; our belief that identifying these high-risk patients through galectin-3 testing is a potentially valuable and cost-effective tool in reducing unplanned readmissions; our belief that identifying patients at greater risk with galectin-3 testing enables hospitals to more efficiently and cost-effectively direct intervention strategies and resources; our belief that increased usage of galectin-3 testing by the healthcare system may improve health outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. Forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, as a result of various factors including those risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We urge you to consider those risks and uncertainties in evaluating our forward-looking statements. We caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
i de Boer RA, Lok DJ, Jaarsma T, et al. Ann Med. 2011;43(1): 60–8.
ii McCullough PA, Olobatoke A, and Vanhecke TE. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2011;12(4): 200-10.
iii de Boer RA, van Veldhuisen DJ, deFilippi C, et al. J Card Fail. 2011;17:S93.
iv Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Benjamin EJ, Berry JD, Borden WB, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2012 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012;125(1):e2–220.
v Heidenriech PA, Trogdon JG, Khavjou OA, Butler J, Dracup K, Ezekowitz MD, et al. Forecasting the future of cardiovascular disease in the United States: a policy statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011;123(8):933–44.
CONTACT: Chuck Abdalian EVP & Chief Financial Officer (781) 434-0210
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Euro zone factory prices fell for the first time in five months in November, pulled down by a slide in the cost of energy and giving the European Central Bank ample room to consider another interest rate cut.
Prices at factory gates in the 17 countries using the euro fell 0.2 percent in November from October, the EU's statistics office Eurostat said on Monday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected no month-on-month change in industrial producer prices.
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Compared to the same month a year ago, the producer price index was up 2.1 percent in November, echoing consumer inflation that was steady at 2.2 percent in December and just above the ECB's target of close to, but not above, 2 percent.
Lower world oil prices have helped cut the cost of energy for industry and households in the euro zone since Brent crude came down from $120 a barrel in August to trade at around $110 a barrel towards the end of 2012.
Tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions drove up the cost of energy last year, but the weak euro zone economy and falling U.S. net crude imports have tempered that. Brent crude was around $111 a barrel on Monday.
Investors and economists are looking to the ECB's monthly meeting on Thursday to see if the central bank hints at an interest rate cut early this year to reduce the cost of borrowing and help the euro zone's economy out of recession.
Inflation was stubbornly high for much of 2012 and complicated the ECB's monetary policy task, but is now more benign and most economists expect the Governing Council to cut its main interest rate by a quarter point to 0.50 percent, a new record low. That may not come this week, however.
"We expect this week's meeting to be relatively uneventful," UniCredit said in a note to clients. "The positive market mood and slowly improving cyclical conditions are likely to keep the ECB in wait-and-see mode."
Markets have rallied since U.S. lawmakers reached a last-minute agreement to avert tax hikes and spending cuts that had threatened the economy, while business surveys show the Chinese economy is growing strongly again.
For further details of Eurostat data click on: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/
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The New York Jets have released CB Royce Adams, DT Junior Aumavae, WR Mike Campbell, DT Lanier Coleman, C Erik Cook, LB Troy Davis, LB JoJo Dickson, CB Mike Edwards, DT Tevita Finau, RB Mossis Madu, S Rontez Miles, WR Ben Obomanu, TE Chris Pantale, WR Zach Rogers, LB Jacquies Smith, OT Jason Smith and OT J.B. Shugarts.
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Today's Meditation
Read Luke 15:1-10
Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, "Rejoice with me."
- Luke 15:8-9 (NIV)
My five-year-old daughter lost an earring in the car. When I cleaned the car, I sucked the earring into my vacuum. Then I disassembled the vacuum and began to search. I hadn't emptied my vacuum cleaner in months; but after an hour of sifting through gum wrappers, dirt, pet hair, and dried up bits of food, I found the earring. I entered the house expecting a hero's welcome, but my daughter was not especially joyful. She had already forgotten about the earring. My efforts — the time I had spent and the junk I had waded through to recover this forgotten, inexpensive earring — were not met with joy and thankfulness.
As I thought about my daughter's response, I began to wonder how God feels about our response to salvation. God has waded through piles of earthly junk for us, and God's search cost the life of Jesus. While we may feel nearly worthless and forgettable, clearly God's desire is to seek and save us. God desires to be reconciled and forever connected to us. While we may not understand what God has done, in Christ God saves us. And that is reason for joy!
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Thought for the Day: The gift of salvation calls for joy and thanksgiving.
Prayer: We praise you, O God, because you search for us, find us, and bring us home in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Skip to comments.Obama Administration Restricts Spying In Mosques
Posted on 06/13/2013 4:44:14 AM PDT by LD Jackson
When the revelations first came out that the NSA was spying on Americans by collecting phone records from Verizon, the Obama administration has defended their actions. They have made the claim, repeatedly, that the program was vital in their efforts to stop terrorists from doing their deeds of destruction. They have made the same claim about PRIZM, the program that allows the federal government to search through Internet traffic. As they have made these claims, some of us have asked the obvious questions. If the programs are so vital in the efforts to stop terrorism, why did they fail to stop the Tsarnaev brothers before they bombed the Boston Marathon? As it turns out, there's a good explanation for that. Since 2011, well after President Bush had moved back to Texas, spying in mosques has been restricted. Hat tip to Fire Andrea Mitchell.
Investors - Since October 2011, mosques have been off-limits to FBI agents. No more surveillance or undercover string operations without high-level approval from a special oversight body at the Justice Department dubbed the Sensitive Operations Review Committee.I don't know what the exact percentages are, but over the past several decades, the majority of terrorist attacks have been perpetrated by one group, men of the Muslim faith. This is true, no matter where the attackers resided or originated. Much of their radicalization took place in mosques. Considering that fact, why would we put them in the no fly zone for the FBI and other government authorities who are trying to prevent another 9/11? Could it be that the federal government is too busy twisting the facts to make it look as if conservatives are the real threat? That's possible and it has been done, but there is another theory that is probably closer to the truth, one that troubles me even more.
Who makes up this body, and how do they decide requests? Nobody knows; the names of the chairman, members and staff are kept secret.
We do know the panel was set up under pressure from Islamist groups who complained about FBI stings at mosques. Just months before the panel's formation, the Council on American-Islamic Relations teamed up with the ACLU to sue the FBI for allegedly violating the civil rights of Muslims in Los Angeles by hiring an undercover agent to infiltrate and monitor mosques there.
Before mosques were excluded from the otherwise wide domestic spy net the administration has cast, the FBI launched dozens of successful sting operations against homegrown jihadists inside mosques and disrupted dozens of plots against the homeland.
Could it be that President Barack Obama is really what so many have claimed all along, a Muslim sympathizer? For some time, it has appeared to me that Islam holds more than a small place in the heart of the President. He has defended the religion of peace, both in his idle remarks and in his public speeches. He has made it plain that we can not accuse Muslims of anything untoward, without risking a violation of their civil rights. With the evidence we have in hand, it would now seem that President Obama may have a much deeper affinity for the Muslim faith than many of us first believed.
Yes, I realize my last paragraph makes at least two assumptions, but the evidence is overwhelming. The Obama administration has acted proactively to protect Muslims and their places of worship. No doubt, they consider mosques to be off-limits for the prying eyes of the FBI and the NSA. I wonder how many more people have to be blown up by radical Islamic terrorists before the Obama administration stops their ridiculous attempt to insist that Islam has nothing to do with the actions of the members of its faith? How many more people have to die at the hands of radical Islamic terrorists before they stop blaming the attacks on America?
This point cannot be overstated.
Why is the government (which derives its power from the people) spying on the harmless and turning a blind eye to those who actually threaten national security?
Then the justification for all the spying IS national security.
What a bunch of liars.
It's so obvious that the lowest common denominator in society is what got this ass clown elected.
Anyone paying attention would be be laughing at this guy if he weren't so dangerously close to unraveling over 200 years of basic liberty.
I think as the attacks pile up people will get tired of the coddling...as is happening in Europe now. They still have a ways to go take direct action (i.e., overtly monitoring the mosques), but that too will likely happen sooner than later.
I wrote it elsewhere but perhaps it bears repeating: The greatest Islamic threat this country faces is the occupant in the White House.
"When the winds turn ugly, I will stand with the Muslims."....
I wish it was just the white house and democrats. Unfortunately we don't have the courage to confront the problem on our own side of the aisle.
So Obama-The-Undocumented Indonesian gets to SPY
on SCOTUS and CONGRESS and the PENTAGON, while
he chuckles with al Qaeda and the Moslem Brotherhood
in his White Mosque.
The entire Congress, now having been informed, IS COMPLICIT.
IMO it has nothing to do with "terrorism", and everything to do with the New World Order.
Clump ~:" Why is the government (which derives its power from the people) spying on the harmless and turning a blind eye to those who actually threaten national security? "
You cannot establish a "police state" without terror, instability , and subtrefuge (ie.: 'Occupy ...).
Yes , the Congress are complicit in this establishment, and once out of the 'beltway', the useful idiots see reality for what it is.
I expect a large number of retirees from Congress this year and the next .
Also , the media and Press are equally complicit but will continue to ignore anything that doesn't support the administration.
Stolen from another FReeper :
"what Obama wants for America, Only outlaws with guns, the rest of us ->TARGETS "
There is a world-domination ideology that preaches violence. It is cleverly disguised as a religion. The top guy is not going to monitor their indoctrination sessions.
We know what side he is on.
"When the winds turn ugly, I will stand with the Muslims...."
Origin of the quote?
Attribution, please.
From Obama's book Audacity of Hope, from page 261; 'and that I will stand with them [Muslims]should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
Here are some more of Omuslim's quotes:
From Dreams of my Father, The emotion between the races could never be pure, even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, THE OTHER RACE (WHITE) WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN JUST THAT: MENACING ALIEN, AND APART Barack Hussein Obama
From Dreams Of My Father: That hate hadnt gone away, he wrote, BLAMING WHITE PEOPLE some CRUEL, some IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives. Barack Hussein Obama
Look what he says about ISLAM!
Quote from Barack Obamas book, Dreams Of My Father:
THE PERSON WHO MADE ME PROUDEST OF ALL, THOUGH, WAS MY [half brother], ROY..HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM.
From Dreams of my Father, IN INDONESIA, I SPEND TWO YEARS AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL ..I STUDIED THE KORAN..
From Audacity of Hope: LOLO (Obamas step father) FOLLOWED ISLAM....I LOOKED TO LOLO FOR GUIDANCE.
From The Audacity Of Hope, I WILL STAND WITH THEM (MUSLIMS) SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION..
From The Audacity Of Hope, WE ARE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION, WE ARE a Jewish nation,A MUSLIM NATION, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.
(As much as Obama might wish American was no longer a Christian nation. It is:
Protestants comprise 51.3% of its population, Roman Catholics 23.9%, Mormons 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%. Thats 78.5% of its population who are Christian Source: CIA World Fact Book)
..THAT GHOSTLY FIGURE THAT HAUNTED BLACK DREAMS. Barack Hussein Obama, Audacity of Hope
.NEVER IMULATE THE WHITE MEN and brown men whose fates didnt speak to my own. IT WAS INTO MY FATHERS IMAGE, THE BLACK MAN, SON OF AFRICA, that Id packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and MALCOLM, DuBois and Mandela.Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama The Racist - In His Own Words
Thank you!
In his own words.
Note what B. Hussein Obama says in his own words. They are from his books entitled Dreams of My Father and Audacity of Hope. In Audacity of Hope he writes: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. The quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of The Audacity of Hope.
I thought it was universal knowledge that it was the words of Zero himself.
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Amazon US has a slew of gaming deals to keep an eye on. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition can be downloaded onto PC for under $15, Borderlands 2 for $30 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted for $19.99.
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The Buffalo Bills hired David Culley as their quarterbacks coach Tuesday, Jan. 24. Culley served as the Kansas City Chiefs' wide receivers coach in 2016.
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Kansas City Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe is in terrific shape, according to wide receivers coach David Culley. "He's in the best shape he's been in. I know from last year, this is completely different."
Fantasy Tip: Bowe will be the top passing option in the Chiefs offense in 2014, which will make him a low-end WR2 on draft day.
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Kansas City Chiefs assistant head coach David Culley and Rutgers offensive coordinator Ron Prince are believed to be candidates for the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator position.
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|Chiefs | Hire several assistant coaches
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The Kansas City Chiefs have hired former Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach Tommy Brasher as their defensive line coach, former Eagles wide receivers coach David Culley as their assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, former Eagles tight ends coach Tom Melvin as their tight ends coach, former Eagles quarterbacks offensive quality control coach Matt Nagy as their quarterbacks coach, former Eagles assistant to the head coach Corey Matthaei as quality control coach and Temple graduate assistant Britt Reid as quality control coach. The team also hired Barry Rubin as their head strength and conditioning coach and Travis Crittenden as their assistant head strength and conditioning coach.
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|Eagles | Finalize coaching staff
Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:49:59 -0800
The Philadelphia Eagles have named Johnnie Lynn secondary/cornerbacks coach, David Culley senior offensive assistant/wide receivers, James Urban assistant offensive coordinator, Doug Pederson quarterbacks coach, Duce Staley special teams quality control coach and Bobby April defensive quality control coach, the team announced Tuesday, Feb. 8.
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One of the first things I do when I'm about to purchase a product or service is check the Internet for information.
One of the first things I do when I'm about to purchase a product or service is check the Internet for information.
But a recent action taken by the Federal Trade Commission is yet another reminder of the dangers of relying on information you find on the Web.
The FTC has cracked down on two companies that claim to have done extensive research on long-term care facilities.
The companies offered recommendations to consumers based on their alleged legwork, including uncovering any citations or violations the facilities have received. The companies, CarePatrol Inc. and ABCSP Inc., charge the facilities a fee, the FTC said.
CarePatrol and ABCSP agreed to settle charges from the FTC that they misled consumers on how much work they had done in monitoring and grading the assisted-living facilities.
CarePatrol and ABCSP, which does business as Always Best Care, operate through a network of franchisees throughout the country.
The FTC alleges that CarePatrol advertised that its "senior care consultants" offer consumers placement based on its extensive research. The company's promotional materials contained promises that said, among other claims, that "Nationally Certified Advisors look beyond the chandeliers and fancy lobbies to monitor each community's care history and state violations so we can recommend the safest options for your loved one."
CarePatrol also said it doesn't just send people a list of facilities but grades each one it recommends.
The FTC said ABCSP made similar statements regarding its referral service, claiming it too had evaluated most every facility in its markets, going as far as to say that its "care coordinators" had personally viewed virtually all of the assisted living communities in certain areas.
However, the FTC said that the companies failed to provide all the promised services. In most states listed on CarePatrol's website, the company hadn't monitored any facilities and doesn't operate through senior care consultants in every state as it advertised. And ABCSP recommendations are not based on the personal knowledge of its personnel or agents.
The settlement does not mean the companies admitted guilt. Efforts to reach ABCSP were unsuccessful.
David R. Spiegel, senior trial attorney for the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said the actions involving the two companies are part of the agency's broader efforts to focus on seniors.
"We are checking services that give information to seniors," said Spiegel, who cautioned people to do their own due diligence. "Don't take information you get as gospel."
It's unfortunate, but Spiegel is right. You have to do checks on the checkers.
Contact Michelle Singletary, a personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, at email@example.com.


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The Houston Dynamo today announced the signing of Honduran midfielder Óscar Boniek García. García will be added to the Dynamo roster as a Designated Player upon receipt of his P-1 Visa and international transfer certificate when the international transfer window opens on June 27. Per team and league policy, terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
García has played for Honduran powerhouse C.D. Olimpia since 2007 after his first tenure with the club from 2003-06. With García, Olimpia captured the 2011-12 Honduran League Apertura and Clausura championships. The midfielder spent 2006-07 Apertura season with Honduran club C.D. Marathón before being transfered back to Olimpia.
"Óscar is a good player and I have always liked him," Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "He is a versatile midfielder and a good athlete and should do well for us. He is a good signing for us and the league."
The midfielder debuted for the Honduras national team in 2005 and has 67 appearances for his country. García started all five matches for Honduras in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup and tallied three assists in a 7-1 win over Grenada in the group stage.
"This is a great move for the club and one that will make us better," Dynamo president Chris Canetti said. "We pursued Oscar for over a year, and I'm happy that we were finally able to make it happen. He is a player that fits very well into Dominic's philosophy, system, and culture."
Full Name: Óscar Boniek García Ramírez
Pronunciation: Oscar BONEY-ack Garcia Ramirez
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5'9" Weight: 159 lbs.
Date of Birth: September 4, 1984
Birthplace: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Citizenship: Honduras
Last Club: C.D. Olimpia (Honduras)
How Acquired: Signed via transfer from C.D. Olimpia


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I'm trying to get our 1st-gen G1G1 XO to play videos ripped from DVD. I've ripped them to resolutions as low as 320x128, and I can't get them to play reliably.
I installed VLC, and it will play the files, but after 10-15 seconds the video will freeze. The audio will continue playing, but the video is frozen. After 10-15 more seconds the video will start moving again, but it will look like a Pointillist painting. Stopping and starting the video will sometimes restore normal display, but not always.
I then installed mplayer. It exhibits the same problem. I then suspected the SD card, but another card with the same file does the same thing.
I tried another rip to another resolution, and it does the same thing.
I tried to install the Watch and Listen activity, but it won't launch. I get the throbbing icon for 10-15 seconds, and then it goes back to the Home screen, with the triangle icon under the XO icon. e.g. the same symptoms as reported here. I also didn't remove /etc/olpc-security.
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Sanitation and Humanity
Fredrick Chilongo
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- Age 21
Water and sanitation are simply the care of water systems, be it
water systems in homes or river systems. Zambia is a country rich
in terms of water systems, but unfortunately Zambia has had cases
of poor water sanitation. This article will also discuss the
causes, effects and solutions of poor water sanitation.
Poor water sanitation is brought about mainly by illiteracy and rural-urban migration.
In Zambia, there are high levels of illiteracy. Most people tend to throw waste products like plastics into the drainage systems hence most drainages and sewer lines tend to overflow which makes the environment less pleasing, and there is an increase in water puddles thus causing the increase in waterborne diseases.
Rural urban migration is also a reason for poor sanitation. People in rural areas migrate to urban areas in search for better lives and employment. Unfortunately some cannot afford the life in the city and end up vandalizing sanitary equipment like pipes for example, selling them to make a living.
However, many of the causes of poor water sanitation can be addressed.
One way is by sensitizing schools around poor sanitary areas. This can help because children don't easily forget critical information and also they have the courage to easily approach adults and tell them the things they learnt. Another way is by repairing damaged sanitary equipment like pipes and sewer lines. By doing this, we can reduce outbreaks of diseases due to poor water sanitation.
At the end we will have healthy people in a healthy world.


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Animated pages, carved covers, miniature sets that tell of planes to catch, piano lessons and camping weekends. A new video presents the colored Planners for 2013: orange yellow, oxide green, magenta and brilliant violet, joining the classic black and red.
The video is by Rogier Wieland, a Dutch artist and master of cut and paste and digital animation.
The new colors come in two layouts: daily or weekly horizontal. One size, large, with space for appointments and notes. In the same matching colors, the bookmark, the words "in case of loss", the expandable pocket and the address book, included in all Moleskine 12 month planners.
The planners are available at the Moleskine Store, Moleskine US and in select stores around the world.


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October 2013 • Volume 5, Number 3
QIBA MISSION Improve the value and practicality of quantitative imaging biomarkers by reducing variability across devices, patients and time.
QIBA Wiki
Contact us Comments & suggestions welcome
Daniel C. Sullivan, MD RSNA Science Advisor
In this issue:
IN MY OPINION The Value of Phantoms for Industry-wide Standardization BY ANDY MILKOWSKI, MS
PubMed Search on "The Value of Phantoms for Industry-wide Standardization"
ANALYSIS TOOLS & TECHNIQUES Reducing Radiation Dose in Quantitative CT of Obstructive Lung Disease BY SEAN B. FAIN, PHD
FOCUS ON QIBA Sixth Annual Working Meeting RSNA Awarded Second NIBIB Contract to Support QIBA Activities
The Value of Phantoms for Industry-wide Standardization By Andy Milkowski, MS
Phantoms play an important role ensuring imaging devices meet necessary standards or performance criteria. For example, the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Mammography Accreditation Program, with its use of phantoms, is regarded as a very successful quality improvement program. [1] The RSNA's Uniform Protocols for Imaging in Clinical Trials (UPICT) group facilitates the development of widely acceptable, consistent imaging protocols and includes phantoms in quality control procedures.[2] Phantoms will increase in importance as imaging equipment increases its role in providing imaging biomarkers in clinical trials.[3]
The value of phantoms for standardization for industry is not as well known. The FDA Innovation or Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical Products report identifies the industrialization of medical device design as a challenge to delivering innovative medical therapies. In particular, "innovators are put in the position of having to invent standards in addition to inventing new products." [4] This is true for industrial vendors with commercially available ultrasound products that would like to see shear wave speed (SWS) used as an imaging biomarker for staging liver fibrosis.
The QIBA Ultrasound SWS Technical Committee took the challenge of establishing a biomarker standard for liver fibrosis. An early committee goal was to conduct a pilot study with a simple, new phantom constructed of commercially used material. The study would allow a multidisciplinary group to work through the complexity of multicenter data collection and analysis. Figure 1 illustrates statistically significant differences in SWS measurements among six different industrial and research systems. Figure 2 is a subset of the same data illustrating three different industrial and research systems as a function of measurement depth in the phantom, demonstrating a difference in depth dependency between systems. The differences in bias and linearity variation have not been explained and the phantom is essential in showing the differences. Academic and industry scientists are performing analyses to explain and eliminate these differences.
This initial QIBA ultrasound effort has already affected industry. For example, resources have been re-allocated to determine sources of bias and variation as opportunities for improvement. Industry has engaged research universities to eliminate differences between algorithms or implementations. Internal acceptance criteria derived from the original phantoms will tighten—especially as QIBA efforts improve phantoms. Additionally, internal procedures will test for potential misuse to ensure robust results. While the current QIBA phantom design is focused on liver fibrosis, new transducers enabled with SWS will be automatically tested against all phantoms and acceptance criteria. For industry, the creation of phantoms and standards create a new baseline going forward.
It is my opinion that differences between ultrasound systems will slowly disappear. Consequently, future consumers of ultrasound equipment will not have to worry about the repeatability or reproducibility of SWS—something not true of other ultrasound modes like Doppler. QIBA has provided a process where leaders can come together and establish an ultrasound biomarker, such as assessing liver tissue fibrosis with SWS, to the benefit of both industry and patients.
Figure 1. A quantile plot showing statistically significant differences among six different commercial and research ultrasound systems measuring shear wave speed in pilot QIBA phantoms.
Figure 2. A. quantile plot showing statistically signficant differences among three different ultrasound systems (A,B & C) measuring shear wave speed over three depths (3, 4.5 & 7cm) on pilot QIBA phantoms.
[1] Destouet et al. ACR Mammography Accreditation Program. J Am Coll Radiol 2005;2:585-594.
[2] QIBA Wiki [online reference]
[3] Erickson B, Buckner J. Imaging in Clinical Trials. Cancer Inform. 2007; 4: 13-18 [online]
[4] FDA Challenges and Opportunities Report,March 2004. Innovation or Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical Products. [online reference]
Each issue of QIBA Newsletter features a link to a dynamic search in PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's interface to its MEDLINE database. Link to articles on: "The Value of Phantoms for Industry-wide Standardization" here.
Andy Milkowski, MS, is a senior director of research and development in the Ultrasound Division of Siemens Medical Solutions. He is co-chair of the QIBA Ultrasound Shear Wave Speed (SWS) Technical Committee.
Reducing Radiation Dose in Quantitative CT of Obstructive Lung Disease By Sean B. Fain, PhD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are the most common chronic lung diseases, affecting an estimated 38 million people in the U.S. Noninvasive imaging of lung disease using X-ray CT has long been the clinical standard for diagnosing lung diseases and their regional expression. Clinical lung CT uses a standard scale of Hounsfield units (HU) making it feasible to set thresholds to identify low density lung parenchyma. Typically alveolar tissue loss in emphysema is best seen during full inspiration with regional patterns reflecting COPD subtypes. Similarly, small airway disease in asthma leads to low density as a result of hyperinflation and air trapping. In both diseases, increased central airway thickening due to bronchiectasis and remodeling are also important indicators of disease subtypes. [1]
Several quantitative CT (qCT) measures have been introduced in the radiology and pulmonary medicine literature to numerically characterize phenotypic expression and severity of both COPD and asthma. The fractional extent of air in the lung volume below a HU threshold, typically -950 or -910 HU, has been shown to correlate with degree of emphysema on histology [2]. More recently, measures of airway wall thickness have been shown to correlate with histology from bronchoscopic biopsy in asthma [3]. However, several confounding factors can influence both HU and airway dimension measurements including varying lung inflation volume, image noise from poor photon statistics, and differing reconstruction and scatter correction methods used by CT vendors. The QIBA COPD-Asthma Technical Committee is charged with understanding the sources of bias and variance in these measurements and developing methods that are comparable across imaging systems and system configurations.
These tasks are complicated by increased public sensitivity to X-ray radiation dose from serial CT scans for research subjects with early lung disease. The challenge of achieving high spatial resolution while maintaining accurate measures of quantitative density argues for a new approach, in part because low-density HU values in the lung parenchyma are sensitive to noise, scatter correction, and helical artifact. Typically, qCT protocols have limited these variations by carefully controlling selection of acquisition protocol and reconstruction parameters, slowing incorporation of dose-saving algorithms such as automatic exposure control (AEC) and iterative image reconstruction (IR).
The purpose of a recently funded QIBA contract tested whether AEC and IR can reduce radiation dose while maintaining quantitative measures. Our approach uses the known reference standards in the COPDGene® phantom [4] developed in collaboration with the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) [Fig. 1] on a 64-slice dual-energy CT scanner (GE 750 HD). This enables comparison to known values under controlled conditions. Among the key results are the consistency of HU values with an approximately 25% reduction in dose using AEC [Table 1], and the improved quantitative accuracy of wall thickness measures with adaptive statistical IR (ASIR). In the latter, ASIR was performed with a high frequency reconstruction kernel and increased spatial sampling—achieved by a reduced display field of view (DFOV). A combination of AEC with IR reconstruction using higher frequency kernels and reduced DFOV shows promise. We are currently testing this revised reconstruction protocol with raw projection data derived from human subjects and across multiple vendor platforms. The QIBA COPD/Asthma Technical Committee is working towards a protocol to accurately measure CT number for lung density and airway morphology with a single low-dose inspiratory helical CT scan.
Figure 1. COPDGene®2 test object with cylindrical foam density standards and acrylic tubes mimicking airway wall and lumen. Densities are indicted below in Table 1.
[1] Thurlbeck WM, Muller NL. Emphysema: Definition, Imaging, and Quantification. American Journal of Roentgenology. 1994;163(5):1017-25. Epub 1994/11/01. doi: 10.2214/ajr.163.5.7976869. PubMed PMID: 7976869.
[2] Hayhurst MD, MacNee W, Flenley DC, Wright D, McLean A, Lamb D, et al. Diagnosis of Pulmonary Emphysema by Computerised Tomography. Lancet. 1984;2(8398):320-2. Epub 1984/08/11. PubMed PMID: 6146866.
[3] Aysola RS, Hoffman EA, Gierada D, Wenzel S, Cook-Granroth J, Tarsi J, et al. Airway Remodeling Measured by Multidetector CT is Increased in Severe Asthma and Correlates with Pathology. Chest. 2008;134(6):1183-91. Epub 2008/07/22. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-2779. PubMed PMID: 18641116; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2859729.
[5] Sieren JP, Newell JD, Judy PF, Lynch DA, Chan KS, Guo J, et al. Reference Standard and Statistical Model for Intersite and Temporal Comparisons of CT Attenuation in a Multicenter Quantitative Lung Study. Medical Physics. 2012;39(9):5757-67. Epub 2012/09/11. doi: 10.1118/1.4747342. PubMed PMID: 22957640; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3448623.
Sean B. Fain, PhD, is an associate professor in the Medical Physics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a member of the QIBA COPD-Asthma Technical Committee. As director of the Image Analysis Core Facility, he leads MR imaging and CT studies for quantitative assessment of asthma severity and progression.
Quantitative Imaging Meetings & Activities 2013
QIBA Sixth Annual Working Meeting
More than 90 people attended the sixth annual QIBA meeting held in May in Leesburg, Va. The meeting provided opportunities to collaborate with federal stakeholders, for information sharing and status updates on Technical Committee projects, and time for strategic planning.
RSNA Awarded Second NIBIB Contract to Support QIBA Activities
The RSNA was recently awarded a $1.25 million, one-year contract from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to support research groundwork by the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA). Part of the funding has been earmarked for 13 projects that will be conducted to characterize the performance and sources of variability associated with quantitative imaging. Planning and development of digital reference objects (DROs), physical phantoms and Profile field testing are underway and will continue in the months ahead. The QIBA Technical Committees will hold working meetings during RSNA 2013.
Located at the front of the Lakeside Learning Center, Hall D, the QIBA kiosk provides an overview of the QIBA Technical Committees and the Profile process, and provides an area for QIBA members to meet and exchange ideas.
Individual Technical Committee posters will be on display and QIBA Poster Meet-the-Expert (MTE) sessions will be held over the noon hour, Sunday, December 1 through Thursday, December 5, providing time to interact with meeting attendees and discuss current QIBA projects.
The ongoing work of the Technical Committees is posted on the QIBA wiki page: http://qibawiki.rsna.org. New participants in QIBA Technical Committees are always welcome; please contact email@example.com for more information.
QIBA and QI/ Imaging Biomarkers in the Literature
Articles are divided into two categories:
These are articles published by QIBA members, or ones that relate to a research project undertaken by QIBA members that may have received special recognition. New submissions are welcome and may be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Our Program
This page provides a short introduction to AYSO in Beverly Hills. Much more detailed information about our program is contained all over this website, but we thought parents would find it helpful if we summarized, in a few paragraphs, what AYSO is about in Beverly Hills and elsewhere.
For more detailed information click on the links below.
First and foremost, AYSO provides a recreational soccer program for children ages 4 through 18. AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) is a national non-profit organization with almost 600,000 registered players and 200,000 registered volunteers. It delivers programs through individual units called Regions. Beverly Hills is Region 76. The regions are grouped into Areas and Sections. Beverly Hills belongs to Area 1-P, the other regions of which are in central and western Los Angeles County. Area P in turn is part of Section 1, which covers Los Angeles County, the Inland Empire all the way to Nevada, as well as parts of Nevada.
In Beverly Hills, our program has over 2300 players and operates in a regular season that begins on the Saturday after Labor Day in September and ends in mid-December.
Although we play in Beverly Hills, we accept registrations no matter where you live.
Click here to view a short video produced by AYSO National to introduce AYSO to parents of new players.
AYSO is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to AYSO, including to Region 76, are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to AYSO to support our programs, including scholarships for players whose families need some financial help, visit our donations page. Our taxpayer identification number is 95-6205398. Note that registration fees and other payments for players are NOT tax-deductible.
AYSO was founded on six principles which affect every aspect our program. They are:
- Everyone Plays!
- Open Registration
- Balanced Teams
- Positive Coaching
- Good Sportsmanship
- Player Development
Positive coaching and goodsportsmanship speak for themselves, but the first three need some explanation:
"Everyone Plays" means that every player on every team must receive a guaranteed amount of playing time. The national minimum is half the game, but in our region we require a minimum of three quarters, with some exceptions.
"Open Registration" means that we accept every player who registers, provided we have space in the relevant age group. Although we evaluate players, the only reason we do this is to assure "Balanced Teams" by assigning players to teams that we strive to make as even as we can.
"Balanced Teams" are not so important when the children are 4, 5, 6 and 7, but once they reach the age of 8 years old, they are playing on larger teams and fields and balance becomes critical. The result is that, at this age, we generally do not grant or even consider requests for players to play together or to be assigned to a particular coach. Teams are put together every year – they do not continue on from one year to the next.
"Player Development" means that we emphasize development of age-appropriate technical and tactical skills and pure love of the game rather than winning at all costs. We want our players to improve through practice and opportunity to learn from committed coaches whose primary goal is to help players to get better.
Our region belong to Area 1-P, which also serves regions in Culver City, Santa Monica, West LA, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood-Wilshire, Los Angeles Central, South Los Angeles, Los Feliz and Watts.
We make up our teams afresh each year and we try our best to balance them, especially once the play moves to larger fields in U10. Please read our page on this for more detailed information.
At the regional level, AYSO is an all-volunteer program. All of our coaches, team administrators, program administrators – everyone is a volunteer. Unlike Little League or basketball, we do not pay referees – they too are volunteers.
Participation in AYSO cannot be made conditional on your volunteering but. unless nearly everyone volunteers to do something, we would not be able to function.
We offer extensive training programs for all our volunteers, especially coaches and referees.
Our policy since 2004 will be to require teams to provide at least two volunteers to train and participate as referees. Your child's team may be ineligible for the elimination stage of our playoffs if your team does not provide referees to the program.
Teams are divided into groupings by age called divisions. The youngest divisions span on year and the other divisions span two years; except the oldest division, U19, which spans three years.
Age is determined on July 31 before the season begins. A player must be at least 4 years old on that date and cannot have reached the age of 19. Only in very rare cases can we register players who are too young and we absolutely cannot register a player who is 19 or older.
A full listing of our divisions and age groups is available. We often allow players to move up to be with their classmates - this most often happens in Beverly Hills for players born in August through November, because the school cutoff date is December 1.
The program for high school age players is slightly different. Teams play two games a weekend but the season ends in mid-November so as not to conflict with high school soccer.
Every team also has one mandatory practice a week (except for the very youngest players, 4 and 5 years old. Practices can take place on a fixed day and time each week. These times are assigned to teams after the teams have been formed, so there is no point asking for assignment to a team that practices on a particular day.
Team and field sizes are as follows:
|Team Size
|Field size
|U6, U7, and U8
|12 to 14
|Teams play 4 against 4
|Two games concurrently on adjacent mini-fields
|U9 and U10
|11 or 12
|Teams play 7 v 7
|70 x 45 yards
|U12 and U14
|12 or 13
|Teams play 9 v 9
|Full size fields
|U16 and U19
|target 17 - 18; max 22
|Teams play 11 v 11
|Full size fields
Note: AYSO National recommends 9 v 9 in U12. We have so far been unable to implement this because of extreme shortages of fields for games and practices (9 v 9 means a 25% increase in the number of games and practice fields slots). We intend to move to 9 v 9 if the field situation improves and we can recruit sufficient qualified coaches.
For our players 8 to 13 years old, there is also a tournament season which starts with a tournament on Thanksgiving weekend and then continues, in one form or another, through June. Players 14 and up may also play on tournament teams once the high school soccer season ends in late February. These tournaments, with the exception of our own Beverly Hills Sportsmanship Cup, all involve travel to other regions, because we have no access to fields between January and August to run our own local programs.
All of our games and practices take place at public parks or schools in Beverly Hills and nearby areas, including La Cienega Park, Roxbury Park and Beverly Hills High School, El Rodeo School, Hawthorne School and Horace Mann School.
Upper division games are played in Beverly Hills and also at various Area P locations.
We start registering players for the Fall Season in the preceding December. Registration is done on-line and can be done at any time until June. After June 1, we start to fill up to the point where there is some chance you won't have room and the later you leave it, the more likely you will be out of luck. We don't give preference to returning players after June 1.
Our fees include a uniform - jersey, shorts and socks - you must buy shinguards and shoes (sneakers OK but everyone wants to play in cleats). The fee also includes team and individual photos, buttons, trophies and a yearbook.
We have a full refund policy for players who withdraw before they play or who are not placed on teams. Partial refunds are available in some other cases. We do not give refunds after July 31 unless additional criteria are met.
For details on our current fees, please visit our Registration page.


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Good Medicaid choice
As a doctor I congratulate Gov. Rick Scott for his decision to accept federal funding to expand Medicaid. The federal money has already been set aside to expand preventive and life-saving health care to hard-working Floridians.
The governor has shown real leadership on this issue. Washington is willing to finance the expansion 100 percent through 2016 and in 2017 it will cover no less than 90 percent of the cost.
This means the women and families I see would get the help they need to stay healthy, with little cost to the state. It would also save millions of dollars in taxpayer money here at home.
In the next weeks and months, the state Legislature has the opportunity to join the governor in making our state healthy and more financially secure. I sincerely hope they do, because frankly, this is too good an offer to pass up.
Sujatha Prabhakaran, M.D.
Vice President
of Medical Affairs,
Planned Parenthood
of Southwest and Central
Yes to Walmart
We should say thank you, Walmart, for selecting the Ringling Boulevard site and for agreeing to so many adjustments! Currently, the shopping center is decayed, obsolete, creepy and deserted.
Wishing something else is only that, whereas Walmart has a plan and it is not for a suburban big box. It is for a new, urban Walmart -- how innovative!
Is it perfect? No. Does everyone love Walmart? No. Is it the best we can do? No -- but it is a plan and, when completed, will be legions ahead of what is there now. It will be Ringling's clean, new and alive entrance to downtown -- a segue to our multimillion-dollar courthouse, beautiful housing and the bay.
Let's stop bickering or we will wind up with another empty lot that resulted from unrealistic dreams, pays close to nothing in taxes and serves no community purpose. Let's come to terms with Walmart and start looking forward to a new idea for downtown Sarasota -- one that will be thriving, safe and available to all -- at all times!
Joyce Mintzer
No to Walmart
As a resident of Paver Park, I urge the City Commission to uphold the vision of neighborhoods so eloquently stated in the city's own comprehensive plan. A planning board decision to allow a new Walmart supercenter at 2260 Ringling Blvd. violates clearly defined zoning regulations. The impact of a Walmart open for business 24 hours a day, seven days per week will be devastating to our way of life. The elected commissioners must exercise power to protect citizens from this proposed inappropriate construction.
If a new Walmart is built, surrounding affordable businesses may not be able to compete with the big box store. Traffic will increase. Access to our beloved Payne Park is in doubt. The neighborhood will get noisier and busier. Why jeopardize our safety with so much unwanted activity? Walmart's promise of low paying jobs is not a fair trade-off.
We embrace any new business that will enhance the area where we live but we are determined to retain the integrity of our neighborhoods by opposing Walmart.
Marilyn Eckberg
Raise minimum wage
To survive in America, minimum-wage workers below the poverty line -- many working for large corporations -- need food stamps, free school lunches and the use of emergency rooms for health care. All of these are paid for with taxpayer money. In other words, the taxpayers are supplementing wages of workers employed by large corporations who have just had a profitable year and whose CEOs earn millions.
Raising the minimum wage would shift the above cost from the taxpayers to where it belongs: on private enterprise, whose huge profits have come on the backs of its workers.
Small business will be hurt but that is remedied by giving it the same kind of tax breaks that we give to the oil companies, et al.
Raising wages does not necessarily raise prices. To stave off competition corporations will absorb the costs and still remain profitable, as they have done before.
As history has shown, getting money into the pockets of working Americans is the best, if not the only, way to end a recession. The resulting increase in revenues will eventually eliminate the deficit.
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Sequester sense
Why is the president misinforming the public by campaigning against $85 billion in spending cuts against a $3.6 trillion outlay? The amount to cut is no more than a period in the Obamacare Health law.
His and the Democrats' act is an embarrassment to the entire world.
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A 'wolf' too far
"Wolf!" cries the president. "Wolf!" cries Congress.
Over and over these leaders act more like characters in a child's fairytale than those elected by the people to enforce the laws of our land.
The debt ceiling will crash! The sequestration will destroy us all!
"No, it won't," insist pundits.
In unison our president and House leader Boehner point fingers at the other while insisting, "It's all his fault!"
When will the people get fed up enough with this baloney to toss all the old dogs out and bring in fresh pups with fresh ideas?
Frankly, I don't believe anyone in Washington, D.C., at this time. They have yelled "Wolf!" so often, if and when the real one shows itself, no one will react and we will all perish from the childishness of the president and Congress.
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NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — In a somber, tear-filled ceremony, the Navy on Monday remembered a sailor who was fatally shot aboard a destroyer as a selfless hero who saved the lives of others.
A memorial service for 24-year-old Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark A. Mayo was held at a 1,200-seat theater at Naval Station Norfolk, where Mayo was a master-at-arms who provided security for the base.
Mayo was shot March 24 aboard the USS Mahan while it was moored at a pier at the base. The Navy has said Mayo was shot when he rushed to the defense of another sailor after a civilian truck driver disarmed her and took her gun.
The gunman, Jeffrey Savage, was killed by Navy security forces responding to the scene. The Navy has said Savage didn't have a legitimate reason to be on base the night of the shooting. The circumstances surrounding how he gained access and why he was there are still under investigation.
Cmdr. Zoah Scheneman, the Mahan's commanding officer, said Mayo died protecting people he didn't know by facing evil head on. He said that his ship's crew would honor his memory by also not ceding ground to evil.
A slideshow of personal photos of Mayo hanging out with friends and family - and even a camel - were displayed upon a movie screen as the theater filled with sailors wearing their dress blue uniforms. Many cried throughout the service. Before arriving in Norfolk in 2011, Mayo was also stationed in Bahrain and Spain.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Virgil Savage, a master-at-arms and one of Mayo's good friends, said that although the Hagerstown, Md., native wasn't big, he carried himself like a giant and always stood up for other people. Mayo wanted to be a police officer his entire life.
Friends said Mayo loved to talk about football. Seemingly against all odds, Mayo ended up as a Dallas Cowboys fan, despite spending nearly all his life in Washington Redskins territory. But Mayo wasn't afraid to speak his mind. Friends joked that was the case even when he knew he was wrong. "But, but, but, what I'm saying ... ," friends recalled Mayo saying on several occasions.
Friends and colleagues repeatedly referred to Mayo as someone who was a hero. Capt. Robert Clark, Naval Station Norfolk's commanding officer, said Mayo was someone who was unquestionably brave and didn't hesitate to act when others may have watched from the sidelines.
Mayo enlisted in the Navy in October 2007 after graduating from Williamsport High School, where he was a noted wrestler.
A funeral is scheduled April 11 in Washington, D.C., where his family lived before moving to Hagerstown in 1998. The Navy said during the service that Mayo will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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In this Jan. 4, 2013, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, walks to a strategy session with GOP members, on Capitol Hill in Washington at the start of the first full day of business for the new 113th Congress.
Throughout the 2012 presidential campaign, President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress confidently predicted that the re-election of the president would break the partisan "fever" they claimed had enveloped Washington and the Republican Party.
But the weeks since the election have found Republicans as dogged as ever in their resistance to Obama, whose initiatives – including gun control, immigration reform and efforts to boost renewable energy – still face an uncertain path forward, particularly in an unruly House of Representatives still controlled by a Republican majority. Republicans are signaling a willingness to go to great lengths to bend coming battles in their favor, especially versus a White House whom they view as just as unflinching in its views, if not more so.
"I believe if we're successful – when we're successful in this election – the fever may break. My hope and my expectation is that after the election, now that it turns out the goal of beating Obama doesn't make much sense because I'm not running again," Obama said at an event on June 1. "We can start getting some cooperation again, and we're not going to have people raising their hands and saying – or refusing to accept a deal where there's $10 of cuts for every dollar of tax increases, but that people will accept a balanced plan for deficit reduction."
That was an expectation the Obama administration carried all the way through the campaign; Vice President Joe Biden said on MSNBC just days before Election Day: "I think you're going to see the fever break."
President Obama nominated Chuck Hagel to defense secretary on Monday, January 7, 2013. The Morning Joe panel -- including the Council on Foreign Relations' Richard Haass and Dan Senor -- discusses why several top GOP lawmakers are having a tough time with the president's nomination.
But the just-finished fight over the fiscal cliff suggested that, if anything, Republicans are more entrenched than ever before. While Obama ultimately won the income tax rate increases on the wealthy, on which the president campaigned, it wasn't until Republicans had exhausted every feasible move that they relented to Obama's demand. And even then, it wasn't until the U.S. had gone over the fiscal cliff – if only for a matter of hours – that Congress agreed to act, passing the bill in the House with mostly Democratic votes.
Debt limit a 'point of leverage'
But Obama might be mistaken to assume his toughest fights with congressional Republicans are behind him. While Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's vow to make Obama a one-term president is now moot, Republicans appear as emboldened as ever to both battle with the administration and keep true to their the ideological conservatism that a large number in the party represent.
The temporary fiscal cliff deal sets up a series of potentially more contentious battles this spring over continuing government funding and authorizing more borrowing authority for the government. And top Republicans are now openly discussing options, like a government shutdown, that they had taken every pain to disavow in 2011.
"It may be necessary to partially shut down the government in order to secure the long-term fiscal well being of our country," Texas Sen. John Cornyn, Republicans' No. 2 in the Senate, wrote last week in the Houston Chronicle. "President Obama needs to take note of this reality and put forward a plan to avoid it immediately."
The government will reach its debt limit next month, and unless Congress raises the debt ceiling, the U.S. will default on 40 percent of its obligations. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., explains what will happen to the economy, if the U.S. defaults.
And House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, called the debt limit fight "one point of leverage" in an interview with the Wall Street Journal; a Politico report, also published Monday, suggested the House speaker was more circumspect about the possibility of defaulting on the national debt. In 2011, Boehner stressed at every turn that defaulting on the U.S. debt was not an option.
Senate Republicans' budget chief was more explicit: "I think it should be a firm principle that we should not raise the debt ceiling until we have a plan on how the new borrowed money will be spent," Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
If Obama was hoping there were more deals to be had on taxes, too, Republicans all but tried to slam the door on such an idea.
"We've resolved the tax issue now. It's over. It's behind us," McConnell said Sunday on "Meet the Press."
Fight over defense secretary
And those are only the spending fights; other clashes are already taking shape.
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., whom Obama nominated to be the next secretary of defense, appears likely to face strong Republican resistance in the Senate.
Obama has also suggested that he's willing to dive headlong – and quickly – into battles over comprehensive immigration reform and gun control, fights which could only threaten to intensify hostilities between the White House and congressional Republicans (and put some moderate Democrats in a tough spot politically in the meanwhile).
The president's second-term initiatives could fall victim to the same fever that killed the DREAM Act, cap-and-trade legislation, the Employee Free Choice Act and the "public option" in health care reform during his first term.
"There will be plenty of time to take a look at their recommendations once they come forward," McConnell said Sunday of Obama's hope for quick action on curbing gun violence. "What's going to dominate Washington for the next three months here is going to be spending and debt."


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|2012-10-22, 03:35
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You see there's this process in converting hand-drawn cels to the actual animated thing that is broadcast. F21 is claiming that Nippon animation messed-up either in the converting or the film masters or something to that affect, making it duller than Furuhashi+Nippon Animation+Shueishia+Fuji TV intended (as in it was something they did not anticipate; after all, it was a "fuck-up").
It is because of this "fuck-up" that the auction attack and Danchou vs Zaoldyecks in 1999 were inferior (compared to 2011) because you couldn't "see what was happening".
I hope I was fair in summarizing the issue. You're welcome.
|2012-10-22, 03:41
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|2012-10-22, 03:51
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Hmm I can't see my (really long) post. Probably something wrong with my internet connection. Good thing I saved a copy. Reposting:
- I gave examples of cels from other animes that aired around those times and showed that they are also brighter compared to the actual broadcast product (if you have watched those animes you will know what I mean).
-But F21 replies that 1999's composition cannot be attributed to this industry norm back then. Even considering this, F21 says NA's HxH is unusually dark for its day and that again and that this was a "fuck-up" by 1999. I ask how she can say this was a fuck-up rather than a stylistic choice. She replies, "Because you are not able to see what's happening."
a. How can she generalize the composition of the entire series as being a fuck-up because of two scenes that happened only much later in the series (auction attack, Danchou vs Zaoldyecks)? (But in response, I expect her to point-out how earlier scenes like the Manhunt exam is "too dark". Heh.)
b. Not to mention that this is just her view and that 99% of viewers do not find a problem with the lighting of those scenes?
c. And even if she holds that suspicion (nothing wrong with it, your own life), how can she responsibly state the "fuck-up" being a fact rather than a stylistic choice? What is her basis for making the claim? Did she read any interview/article that alluded to this? Is she an expert that she can immediately spot a "fucked-up" conversion? She already said that she's not an expert but that the fuck-up is "easy" to deduce. How is it easy to deduce when 99% of viewers don't have any problem with the lighting, much less think it is a fuck-up?
d. What is too dark for the 90s anyway? It can range from Akazukin Cha Cha to Rurouni Kenshin OVA1. Is 1999 unusually dark that it is a fuck-up? As a non-expert, I can't tell. I mean, I find Rurouni Kenshin OVA darker than 1999 so does this mean that RK's conversion is also a fuck-up? How can an average person like me tell for sure that I am so confident to parade it as fact? Is it when you can't see what's happening on the screen? But what if most viewers report seeing what's happening just fine?
e. Furuhashi, Nippon Animation, Shueishia, Fuji TV and other experienced staff members involved and they "fuck-up" something as basic as series composition. They did not also bother correcting it midway through the series, in fact it got even darker as it went along.
f. Which makes the transition from OVA 1 to GI being an "evidence" for F21's claim even more amusing. Was 1999's composition really a mistake? Was GI the true intended outcome? Then why wasn't it corrected in OVA 1? OVA 1 is just as dark, maybe even darker.
The simple solution is that we take the more rational explanation that there was a different staff working on it, there was a change in ballgame from handdrawn to digital, that the brighter scheme was a shift in stylistic choice by (again) a different staff with the view that GI is an arc about a game. Consequently, the 1999 and OVA 1 staff did their job well as good professionals do. Yes, there's a difference between cel quality and actual broadcast quality, but that was due to the technological limitations of the time, something that other companies and series were also subject to.
Simple really, so why do we still have to resort to spouting this nonsense against the 1999 series? I don't even care about how bright the room is in episode 52 FFS.
Anyway that was long-winded, but Dengar, my point is that the supposed poor quality of conversion being a fuck-up by NA is something I've heard before and continue to dispute. What is new to me that the 1999 was so dark "it was so hard to see what was happening" during the fight and the auction attack. Add to that the "seizure-inducing effects" and "animation stuttering." Also, unlike the post above, this is not really a factual claim but one of impression. Were the scenes truly too dark for the viewers to see? Were the bright lights really so jarring that they can be considered seizure-inducing if you had epilepsy? I've said it over and over again, but in my 10 years as an HxH fan I've never heard of this complaint. It's a "problem" that was just invented now.
But sheesh, that was tiring. Calling it a day.
>cel = brighter than broadcast quality
>nippon animation fucked-up
By the way F21, I finally got to see the videos. So you meant the actual clips, I already compared them yesterday. Anyway, can you edit your link for the 1999 version? This video has waaay better quality:
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|2012-10-22, 04:38
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How can you call a scene so dark you can't tell what's going on a stylistic choice? Or a scene that's blurry and grainy? Or animation with stuttering flashes that have no place being there?
These are not features.
At around 2:37 - 2:38, the entire scene starts flashing
And again between 6:02 - 6:04.
|2012-10-22, 04:52
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When I said "It's a 'problem' that was just invented now", I meant that a month (hey, let's even say a week) before episode 52 was aired I have heard NO ONE make this complaint. After all, wasn't the crux of your argument that the "poor quality" of 1999 easy to deduce? You're not an expert after all, just like me. So this observation does not need an expert eye.
So no, I'm not referring to scene itself. Of course what you see there will always "have been there" because as far as I can tell, the video has not changed since it was first uploaded to the internet perhaps 9 years ago.
But now it turns out that I "refuse" to see it? What if I tell you that 99% of those who have seen 1999 do not see it as well? What if I tell you that you are the only one who did, and you "saw" it probably just a month ago (a week ago?) after the series has been in existence for more than a decade now?
And did you just seriously call 2:37 - 2:38 and 6:02 - 6:04 as seizure-inducing flashing that have no place being there? Uhm, okay.
I have made many other points as well by the way. The scope of the discussion that is worth more the effort replying to than my refusal "to see the problems" of 1999. It will be a shame for the discussion to be oversimplified to this personal attack.
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|2012-10-22, 05:01
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|2012-10-22, 05:25
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And no, referring to parts of the video and declare the stuttering of a frame and as a mistake is not an "evidence." I have seen the same scene over 50 times already and in my view it's a stylistic choice. I haven't heard anyone say that the stuttering was a mistake either for the past 10 years. Your word is no more credible than ours; just because you declare something to be so, doesn't mean it is. So really, what evidence?
Anyway this is obviously a done issue. F21 hasn't even replied to my other more relevant arguments. She made a big claim and the burden is on her to prove it. So far nothing.
Back to living my life.
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|2012-10-22, 05:34
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Final post on the matter
Look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqHObo1yvyg
Look at the flashing at 4-10 seconds. It is much worse than in episode 62's. Is this a mistake too? Is the entire series a mistake? Did Furuhashi, Fuji TV and Studio Gallop fuck-up? Derp.
Absurd claim is absurd, and unfortunately this isn't the first time such claims have been made against the 1999 series.
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|2012-10-22, 06:00
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Ugh..You're right about one thing - this is a done issue. I wish I hadn't brought it up at all.
You disregard everything I have to say under the pretense that I'm using an assumed identity and handwave any evidence I provide.
But you might be right; maybe Nippon Animation did this intentionally:
Case closed, right?
|2012-10-22, 06:45
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But here's an example of unnecessary change. They made the room dark so they can make Killua "hide" in the dark instead of adapting the scene as it is and show Rythm Echo.
Kurapika's main mission was to hunt the Spiders, but that changed to protecting Neon after her gambit. The guards didn't allow the ambulance to pass at first but they had to as ordered by Nostrade. And since there was a Spider on the loose in the same building he couldn't afford to leave her for a long time.
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|2012-10-22, 08:19
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I have no time currently for more shenanigans. I will reply to you this weekend.
The only thing I missed was this single screenshot. But don't worry, I will deal with the screenshot you posted as well as the others Shinobi posted this weekend, wait for it.
It's also funny how you are making a big deal out of a single screenshot when you ignored much of my arguments in this post:
Edit: Wait wait, I disregarded everything you said because I presumed your identity? I just threw the Toto = F21 thing once as an offhand comment and never referred back to it again. I don't care if you're Toto or not, it has nothing to do with my response. I think you are, but it doesn't really matter to me.
And it's funny how quick you were to relating Goty's post ("And glad to see more and more people are onto "him". I just hope they won't punish anyone else for it.") to my offhand comment. I myself didn't make the connection and pretty much just ignored Goty's statement, since I thought it was pretty vague and I wasn't sure what Goty was trying to say. You're pretty sharp for someone who just joined this month and who had only five posts then. (And let me remind you that it is you who brought this topic up.)
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|2012-10-22, 17:55
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I think people who want a honest comparison should just do it themselves - watch the two versions and if possible, read the manga. That's better than relying on unfair views.
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|2012-10-22, 19:56
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Look, I HAVE read the manga, and the NA version left me a little mixed, let's not talk about the characterization of the characters. On the other hand, I have thoroughly enjoyed the MH version, in despite of its flaws, and because the pacing is better to me. There is also the fact that some of my favorite seiyuus, namely Sawashiro and Fujiwara, are in this one.
|2012-10-23, 10:13
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Also, since people seem to be unaware of what 'facts' we are talking about.
Spoiler for Repetitiveness:
Can you tell me what's happening in this picture? Because I sure can't.
I am not dissing the old series. I -LIKE- the old series. But I'm getting kind of tired of people pretending certain flaws don't exist.
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|2012-10-23, 15:29
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Doing so would make quite clear why one's filler is better than another.
|2012-10-23, 15:59
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Might be better than another. It's still an opinion which may differ from person to person.
Here's a thought, though, why don't you add stuff that seems to be missing. Because Shinobi's comparisons, although in terms of comments not devoid of bias, is pretty extensive and covers most aspects of both series AND the manga and makes it PERFECTLY possible to form your own opinion about them.
|2012-10-23, 18:57
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By Molly Theobald
Usually a conversation about world hunger conjures images of starving children in Africa. But while sub-Saharan Africa may be the epicenter of world hunger, the U.S. has a lot to learn from the agricultural practices in use there.
Right now there are countless organizations working on the ground to improve access to food, increase incomes, and provide nutritional education. And their successes hold lessons that we can benefit from right here at home.
Abalimi Bezekhaya is helping to end hunger in Cape Town, South Africa (Photo Credit: Marie Viljoen)
The organization Abalimi Bezekhaya, for example, a non-profit organization working in the informal settlements outside Cape Town, South Africa, is just one of many organizations that has found its own way to reduce local hunger in Africa. Abalimi Bezekhaya is helping to turn the settlements into areas that produce food—and money—which in turn generates green spaces in order to alleviate poverty and protect the fragile surrounding ecosystem. Providing training and materials, Abalimi Bezekhaya helps people to turn school yards and empty plots of land into gardens. Each garden is run by 6 to 8 farmers who, with support and time, are soon able to produce enough food to feed their families.
But while Abalimi Bezekhaya is bringing agriculture and food into the townships, it is also helping the townships to bring fresh produce into the city. With support from the Ackerman Pick n' Pay Foundation, and in partnership with the South African Institute of Entrepreneurship (SAIE) and the Business Place Philippi, Abalimi Bezekhaya founded Harvest of Hope (HoH) in 2008. HoH purchases the surplus crops from 14 groups of farmers working in Abalimi Bezekhaya's community plots, packages them in boxes and delivers them to selected schools where parents can purchase them to take home.
For families in Cape Town, HoH means fresh vegetables instead of the older, and often imported, produce at the grocery store. And for families of the farmers working with Hope of Harvest, it means a source of food, income, and improved quality of life.
There are similar projects in the Bay Area of the United States. Since 2001, for example, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) has been helping to coordinate relationships between school cafeterias and local food producers. These relationships bring nutritious meals to students who might not otherwise be able to afford them, and provide a consistent source of income for local small-scale farmers who are struggling to make a living in the face of a national agricultural system that increasingly favors large, industrial farming operations. The Veggielution Community Farm is working with volunteers and youth to create a more sustainable food system in the Santa Clara Valley and in East San Jose.
Other cities are taking notice. In Washington, D.C., for example, the local farm to school program spent almost a year looking at programs all over the United States, including those in Portland, Oregon and others on the West Coast, as models to follow. "There are so many people and organizations involved that it takes a lot of care and trial runs and screwing up to develop a successful farm to school program," said Andrea Northrup, the Program Coordinator for the Farm to School Network in DC. "But it's so valuable for the students, the farmers, and the entire community that we really wanted to get it right. So we looked to other cities and other programs for guidance."
The DC program has learned valuable lessons and experienced success. Founded in 2008, it has already held a Farm to School Week in order to introduce farmers to schools and parents, and students to local food producers. This year the Farm to School Week plans to engage all 123 city public schools and all 70 charter schools and has plans for a more permanent program that would bring 60,000 meals containing fresh produce to the DC public school system every day during the school year.
In Cape Town, Washington, D.C., California, and all over the United States, successful programs are working on the ground to alleviate global hunger and poverty, improve livelihoods, and teach children healthy eating habits. Instead of viewing world hunger as a distant problem with no solution, we should pay attention to those fighting it all over the world. We just might learn a thing or two.
Molly Theobald is a Food and Agriculture research fellow at the Worldwatch Institute.
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