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By Paolo Romero | The Philippine Star | December 17, 2014
MANILA, Philippines - The full audit report of the MTR Hong Kong on the MRT-3 was presented yesterday at a congressional hearing with railway experts warning that the continued operation of the commuter train could lead to "substantial casualties" among its passengers and crew.
The assessment was presented during the hearing of the House committee on Metro Manila development, which is conducting an inquiry into the series of accidents at the MRT-3 blamed to mismanagement and poor maintenance.
"It will be on the conscience of the DOTC (Department of Transportation and Communications) if something bad happens to the riding public who take the MRT-3. It's a catastrophe waiting to happen and we want to prevent that," Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo, chairman of the panel, said.
The report was commissioned by the MRT Corp., which earlier complained of the lack of cooperation from the DOTC when officials of the MTR came to the country to inspect the facilities of the MRT-3.
A portion of the summary report was presented to the panel by MRTH-II chief executive officer Robert Sobrepena but was cut short when Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, who joined the hearing, questioned his authority.
The MTR report said certain parts of the MRT-3 system are now unsafe for operations. The report especially mentioned the unsafe tracks and noted a four-fold increase in broken rails cases over the past three years, and now requires immediate attention.
Before the turnover from Sumitomo —the previous maintenance provider —there were only four cases of broken rails reported, which were immediately repaired.
In the past year alone, there have already been 22 cases of broken rails. Last Dec. 8, in one morning alone, there were three broken rails reported.
"A broken rail is a serious threat to the safe operation of a railway. It can potentially cause train derailment resulting in substantial casualties in a high usage system like MRT3," the report said.
"Trackworks" in the report, received a rating of "Poor," meaning it is unsafe for continuous operations.
"The track condition is found to be in a poor and unacceptable condition to allow continuous safe operation of the railway up to its designed standard. In fact, starting from Aug. 20, 2014, the running speed was restricted to 40 kilometers per hour from 65 kph to reduce the safety risk posed to the passenger. While it may help to reduce the chance of rail break in the short term, it does not obviate the need to put forward an immediate plan to correct the situation," it said.
"Station facilities were also rated "Poor" by MTR Hong Kong. While the MRT has 46 escalators provided by Mitsubishi and Schindler, as of Aug. 29, 2014, 10 were out of order due to lack of spare parts.
MRT-II, the private owners of the MRT urged that the present maintenance provider be replaced with one that can assume a "single point of responsibility," who will purchase spare parts, to ensure the safety of the riding public.
Lawmakers urged the DOTC to consider the offer of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) to rehabilitate and expand the MRT-3.
"The global trend now is to privatize, and the DOTC pushing for an equity buy-out is the reverse. Why should we spend a single centavo in taxpayers' money when private companies are offering to do the same, at no cost to the government?" Castelo said.
MPIC submitted its proposal to the DOTC on Jan. 17, 2011.
MPIC president and chief executive officer Jose Ma. Lim told lawmakers that under their proposal, they will complete the acquisition of the equity of MRT Corp., upon approval by the government of the transfer of ownership.
It will then spend P23.3 billion to cover the acquisition of 73 new light railway vehicles (LRVs); rehabilitation of existing assets, including 28 LRVs; and installation of a new signaling system.
MPIC will waive the government guaranteed return of 15 percent, assume market risks and assume the cost and responsibility for proper maintenance.
Lim said the company is willing to accept a tariff of P28 on average, which was the approved tariff of the National Economic and Development Authority and is even lower than the airconditioned bus fare for the same distance.
The MPIC official also said that the company is willing to reimburse the DOTC for the trains it bought from Dalian China.


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Emirates Designer Stone will invest US$220 million to set up a high-tech engineered quartz stone manufacturing plant in TechnoPark, the science and technology facilitator of Economic Zones World.
The company, which has exclusive rights to manufacture engineered quartz stones in the UAE using state of the art Italian Breton patented technology, will set up five Breton high-tech production plants in the next two years. The first of these technologically superior plants is being set up with an investment of US$46 million.
Under the Breton's high-tech production process, a mixture of 93% quartz and 7% polyester resin is pressed into slabs (or larger blocks) using Breton's 'vibrocompression vacuum process'. After curing, the slabs are cut into sheets, which then serve as an ideal substitute to natural stone in a variety of flooring, wall cladding and kitchen bench-top products. The investment is expected to generate over US$815 million in turnover within the next 5 years.
Speaking on the investment, Mr. Mohammed Rachid, Managing Partner Emirates Designer-Stone said: "Engineered quartz stone is a substitute for natural stone, with its exact appearance, but requires no maintenance, does not absorb water, is scratch resistant, and acid resistant. Our range of flooring, wall cladding and kitchen bench-top products are designed for high-profile development projects."
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Variability and drivers of extreme fire weather in fire-prone areas of south-eastern AustraliaSarah Harris A C , Graham Mills A and Timothy Brown B
A School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.
B Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89511, USA.
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International Journal of Wildland Fire 26(3) 177-190 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF16118
Submitted: 23 June 2016 Accepted: 25 December 2016 Published: 13 February 2017
Most of the life and property losses due to bushfires in south-eastern Australia occur under extreme fire weather conditions – strong winds, high temperatures, low relative humidity (RH) and extended drought. However, what constitutes extreme, and the values of the weather ingredients and their variability, differs regionally. Using a gridded dataset to identify the highest 10 fire weather days from 1972 to 2012, as defined by McArthur's Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), for 24 sites across Victoria and nearby, we analyse the extent and variability of these highest 10 FFDI days, and of the contributing temperature, RH, wind speed, wind direction and drought indices. We document the occurrence of these events by time of day, month of occurrence and inter-annual variability. We find there is considerable variability among regions in the highest FFDI days and also the contributing weather and drought parameters, with some regional groupings apparent. Many major fire events occurred on these highest 10 fire weather days; however there are also days in which extreme fire weather occurred yet no known major fires are recorded. The results from this study will be an additional valuable resource to fire agencies in fire risk planning by basing fire management decisions on site-specific extreme fire weather conditions.
Additional keywords: McArthur's Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI), regional groupings of FFDI, Victorian FFDI variability, WRF gridded dataset.
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Surging Sydney FC chalked up a club record fourth straight win, with new striker Ranko Despotovic again finding the net in a 2-0 A-League home victory over Newcastle.
The 30 year-old Serbian striker, who scored the match-winner against Wellington last week after making his debut off the bench, produced a longer super sub cameo on Saturday. His match-clinching goal on the hour pushed Sydney up to second spot.
Despotovic entered the game at Allianz Stadium after 43 minutes, when skipper Alessandro Del Piero walked off with what appeared to be a hamstring issue.
Del Piero, who struggled to have any impact, was booked by referee Ben Williams for leaving the pitch before the officials were notified of any substitution.
Any frustration Sydney felt then dissipated two minutes later, when they took the lead on the stroke of half-time. Joel Chianese, who scored the opening goal of the season against the Jets seven weeks earlier, again ended a scoreless stalemate.
He pounced on a fine cross from left back Ali Abbas, controlled the ball with his first touch and drilled it past goalkeeper Mark Birighitti with his second.
The match tilted decisively towards Sydney in a three-minute period early in the second half. With Newcastle 1-0 down, an unmarked Nathan Burns blazed over from close range.
The Jets, who had been undefeated after round one, were made to pay for his profligacy on the hour, as Despotovic brushed past Taylor Regan and beat Birighitti inside his near post.
Sydney had the edge in possession in a frenetic and tightly contested first half, but they also had the busier goalkeeper. Vedran Janjetovic knocked down a stinging shot from in-from Jets striker Adam Taggart and he dealt comfortably with a weak effort from Scott Neville.
Sydney almost lost their lead in the first 30 seconds of the second half after midfielder Nick Carle lost possession in his own half. Taggart, who had scored six goals in the Jets' last three games, was right through, but his attempted chip over Janjetovic, was acrobatically headed clear by the Sydney shot stopper.
Former England striker Emile Heskey, who was making his first start of the season for the Jets, was replaced in the 58th minute, and Taggart shot wide from close range just before the end.
Sydney coach Frank Farina downplayed the significance of the record streak. "It's nice to get four in a row, but we're only eight rounds in so we've just got to keep going," Farina said.
"I didn't think we started that well again, the effort was there, but we turned over too much possession in the first 25 minutes for my liking. But we bounced back well."
He wasn't sure of the extent of Del Piero's injury but hoped he would be right to play Central Coast in Gosford next Saturday. "We don't know whether it's neural or he's done some damage but he said he had a tingling sensation," Farina said.
He revealed Despotovic was definitely getting closer to making his first start and it could happen next week.
Newcastle coach Gary van Egmond felt both of Sydney's goals came from Jets' errors and could have been prevented. "It's not only that side of it, the flip side is we had enough chances to win the game," Van Egmond said.


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Ironman in Extremis Armour.
Green Lantern.
Ironman in Extremis Armour.
Green Lantern.
Bow down before our new furry overlords!
Sai Akuto 100% mana manipulation super stegnth limitless magical power and BORN to kill gods.
Negi Springfield. Pure lightning form borderline immortal as well as semi demon forms.
Rahxephon a reality tuning unit able to alter reality at will.
I could go on and on. Also marvel comics kinda toned Thor down for their version. These guys could quite likely stop the norse one.
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Yeah pretty sure the hulk is.
And yeeeah if they won't listen AND have the power of gods or more then yeah even the doctor would have trouble.
Huskar (Dota 2)
Onyxia (WoW)
Lucian, the Divine (Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga)
Saxton Hale (Team Fortress 2)
Mehrunes Dagon (Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
Jimmy the guy who works at the 7 eleven because he always messes up orders and undercharges me.
An Australian goat born on exactly June 27th 2009
Simon Pegg
Random huge black dude as the muscle
Spotsworth from Team America
1) Richard Rahl from the Sword of Truth;
2) Commander Shepard (female version) from Mass Effect;
3) Saurfang the elder from World of Warcraft;
4) Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, with his apple, from Assassin's Creed 2 and the expansions;
5) the Pink Lady, my personal character from Saint's Row 3. A russian woman completely dressed in pink, with a pink tophat, a pink tuxedo, pink tall boots and a pink scarf in front of her face.
there, noone who is a god, but all who would kick ass.
Currently only reading the Funny Pictures Megathread because the rest of the forums is filled with piss, whiners and pissed whiners.
Want to take different people to most...
Matrim Cauthon (Wheel of Time books) - Battle Commander
Dante (Devil May Cry) - Mixture of melee and ranged damage.
The Rock (Wrestling) - To tank
Star Fox (Star Fox games) - Air superiority (this is as long as he's allowed his space ship/plane as well).
Pug (Raymond E. Feist books) - Magic support
The only comic book characters that I would bet could beat Franklin Richards are TOAA, The Living Tribunal, pre retcon Beyonder, pre retcon Molecule Man, Lucifer Morningstar, Michael Demiurgos, The Great Evil Beast, The Primal Monitor, The Presence, The Spectre when unbound at 100% power, The Cosmic Armor Thought Robot and Mandrakk. I'm probably missing a few, but those are probably the most important ones. Basically all of those are either multiversal cosmic entities or metaphors for the writer, or in the case of the Primal Monitor, the reader/comic book, because Grant Morrison must be baked while writing. Also, more than half of those are DC characters.
Oh, right, the thread topic...
1. Dante. (DMC 2)
2. Canabulum. (D&D)
3. Reed Richards. (Marvel)
4. War. (Darksiders)
5. Deathstroke. (DC)
My strategy: Dante and War are my team's tanky heavy hitters. These guys can massacre basically any battle without much effort. Their expertise in fighting demons will also help considerably. Canabulum and Reed Richards are the brains of the operation. They both have a lot of experience dealing with aliens and demons. Canabulum is a wizard and is the magical side of things, while Reed can deal with any tech. Their job is to research an effective weapon of mass destruction to use against the alien/demon army that won't harm the Earth or its people. If necessary Canabulum can destroy a metric fuck ton of stuff before he runs out of juice. (Canabulum is a 64th level wizard) Deathstroke may seem like the weak link of my team, (For those that don't know him, he's basically just a super enhanced mercenary with some alien tech. Many people probably best know him as Slade from the Teen Titans TV show, or from Arrow as the guy that tortured Green Arrow on the island, but he was nerfed to oblivion in both of those) but he's not there as a front line fighter, he's there as a bodyguard for Reed and Canabulum. He's a master assassin so he knows better than anyone what would be the most efficient ways to try and take out the other team members, and he's just tough enough that I would bet on him against most aliens and demons. He can also think on his feet, probably better than anyone else on my team. He's there more for his battle experience and tactical knowledge than his raw power.
If I was going to make an ultra god-mode team for shits and giggles, I'd use the following.
1. SS4 Goku, post time skip and Dragon Ball absorption. (DBZ)
2. Cosmic Armor Thought Robot. (DC)
3. The Living Tribunal. (Marvel)
4. Siberys. (D&D)
5. Asura. (Asura's Wrath)
They all play rock paper scissors to decide who gets to blink the enemy army out of existence.
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If Goku's power level increases at the same rate till the end of DBGT as it does till the end of the Frieza saga, as a SS4 Goku would have a PL of roughly 939 Quinoctogintillion. For reference that is a 260 digit number. A PL of 14,600 is required to destroy an earth sized planet. There are about 2 nonillion earths worth of mass in the universe. That means SS4 Goku can destroy the universe about 32 Octosexagintillion times over. There's a reason they made Goku a god at the end of GT.
If Goku's power level increases at the same rate till the end of DBGT as it does till the end of the Frieza saga, as a SS4 Goku would have a PL of roughly 939 Quinoctogintillion. For reference that is a 260 digit number. A PL of 14,600 is required to destroy an earth sized planet. There are about 2 nonillion earths worth of mass in the universe. That means SS4 Goku can destroy the universe about 32 Octosexagintillion times over. There's a reason they made Goku a god at the end of GT.
red hulk"theres a reason him over green hulk lol"
prof. paradox
wolverine...with a jet pack
a magikarp.
my friend code...
5241-1925-7760 name toasty
up for battles ...after 10/18/2013
A serious list... if I had to change it, wise mentor would probably be Joseph Joestar.
I did something similar in another thread before, this is what turned up:
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Lelouch - code geass
Light - Death Note
Ryuk - Deathnote
Alucard - hellsing
Castiel - Supernatural ( Healer / Resurrector)
All 5 of these have saved cities, galaxies etc. without a problem. I would without doubt pick these guys.
Deadpool, why he isn't on every list is a SHAME.
Mugen (samurai champloo)
Death (darksiders)
the Elric brothers (full metal alchemist)
Optimus Prime (gen 1 or movies)
starscream (unicron trilogy)
God(hehehe)zilla (GOJRA!)
Random Luchador wrestler. el fuente?(street fighter)
subject Delta (bioshock 2)
chen stormstout...for the beer.
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from marvel/dc universe
-the hulk
-green lantern
from anime/manga related stuff
-whitebeard (one piece)
-Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (bleach)
-oga tatsumi (beelzebub)
-master roshi (dragon ball)
-makarov (fairy tail)
someone else might have gotten it wrong.
I am gonna be "that guy" only because I am gonna go through the loophole you placed there. Since we can't take someone with godlike abilities I will take God himself, he doesn't have godlike abilities because he is a God. Godlike abilities is a word to describe people (or beings) that have the characteristics of a god.


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For those who have done an overseas cycle, how did you get your drugs?
I am doing a cycle in Czech Republic.
I am supposed to begin taking estradiol, Diphereline or Decapeptyl. My OB/GYN said he does not prescribe these drugs.
So, my DH thinks my General Practitioner can prescribe these drugs. He doesn't wish to get them from an RE, because we are paying out of pocket, and if we get them from a GP, they would be more likely covered by our insurance. He also seems to think a GP can do the sonogram scams that I need of the uterine lining. I have never heard of a GP who did sonograms in their office. I thought it was only done in an RE or OB/GYN's office.
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It is not yet uhuru for Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to late Head of State, Gen Sani Abacha, over his acquittal by the Court of Appeal as Lagos State government on Monday, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge the court's decision that set him and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan free over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola. Shofolahan was Kudirat's aide.
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ade Ipaye, who disclosed this, said the state government took the decision after one month of thorough evaluation of the judgment and found out "there are enough and very good grounds for appeal."
Ipaye told journalists in Lagos: "The step by the state government was to ensure that all issues were fully and well articulated and that the victim's family, the defendants and the society were not deprived of the last window of opportunity provided by the constitution for the resolution of the case". He added, "Government was committed to ensuring that law abiding residents and visitors continued to live, work and pursue their various aspirations in a safe and secure environment in the state."
The Commissioner argued that the state would be encouraging impunity by not challenging the judgment of the Appeal Court, especially when it stated that the delay in the criminal trial of Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan and others earlier freed were deliberately ochestrated to frustrate their trial.
He said: "I can report that we have indeed appealed the judgments, one in respect of Al-Mustapha and the other in respect of Lateef Shofolahan. Both have been studied closely and we came to the conclusion that there were good grounds for appeal and we have since filed all the necessary papers. We did that yesterday (Monday).
Officially, we have put in our indication that we want to contest the judgment of the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court.
"This step will also ensure that all issues are fully articulated and the victim's family, the defendants and the society are not deprived of the last window of opportunity provided by the Constitution for the
resolution of the case."
Answering question on the admissibility of loopholes in a paid advert, Ipaye denied this, but stated, "What we said was that the accused persons deliberately delayed the trial and this may have affected the case, because justice delayed is justice denied.
This is one of the major reasons we are challenging the judgment of the Honorable Justices of the Appeal Court. It will discourage sense of impunity that if someone can deliberately delayed his own case, he may eventually escape justice. This will not be good for justice delivery, our democracy and the nation."
Also, the Commissioner addressed several issues including the controversial relocation of some Igbo indigenes from Lagos State, detention of some minors in Kirikiri prisons and the Amnesty International's report on Badia area of Lagos State. Kudirat Abiola was murdered on June 4, 1996 by gunmen suspected to be government's agents following which Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan were charged.
Three other persons-Mr James Danbaba, an ex-Lagos police boss, Lt Col. Jibrin Bala Yakubu, former military administrator of Zamfara State and commander of Mopol in the Presidential Villa, and CSP Mohammed Rabo Lawal also stood trial in the case before they were freed.
In the appeal, Lagos State government formulated14 issues before the Supreme Court to justify why the apex court should set aside the decision of the Appeal Court.In separate motions on notice filed against the judgement of the appellate court, the state formulated eight and six issues against Shofolahan and Al-Mustapha respectively. The motion was brought pursuant to section 233(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), Section 27(2 and 3) of the Supreme Court Act, Cap S15, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, Order 7 Rule 1 of the Court of Appeal Rules 2011 and under the inherent jurisdiction of the court.
It prayed the apex court to set aside the judgement of the Appeal court, which upturned the conviction of the respondents by a lower court presided by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos High Court on January 30, 2012. The lower court sentenced Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan to death by hanging for the murder of Kudirat.
The state argued that the appellate court erred in law by discharging and acquitting the two men when the evidence linking them to the crime was not materially challenged.
According to the state, the contradictions in the testimonies of the prosecution's star witnesses, Barnabas Jabila (Sgt. Rogers) and Abdul Mohammed (Katako), were not sufficiently substantial to warrant the acquittal of both Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan, arguing that the testimonies of PW2 (Jabila) and PW3 ( Mohammed), were detailed, graphic and consistent.
It contended that there was evidence on the record of appeal that the second prosecution witness (Jabila) explained the immaterial differences in his evidence made under examination-in-chief and under cross-examination.
The state added: "PW2 (Rogers) gave detailed and consistent evuidence of the consipracy to murder; and murder of the deceased. These detailed facts were not materially controverted even under cross-examination. "There was evidence on record of Appeal that PW2 explained the immaterial differences in his evidence made under examination-in-chief and confirmed under cross-examination and in spite of the detailed consistent evidence of PW2 and the detasiled explanation of the immaterial differences, the Court below still went ahead to impeach and disregard the whole evidence."
On the second ground, the government stated that the court erred in law when it held that there were material contradictions that rendered the testimony of the third prosecution witness, (Abdul Katako) unreliable and asserted that the witness gave graphic and detailed evidence of conspiracy to and murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, adding that his testimony was neither denied nor discredited in cross-examination.
It said: "Section seven of the Criminal Code identifies circumstances where a person may be held liable for commission of offence", adding, "there was concrete evidence (both oral and documentary) before the trial court indicating the participation of the second and third prosecution witnesses and the respondent in the alleged crimes."
The government further stated that both witnesses had testified how they participated in the killing of Kudirat under the instruction given by Al-Mustapha with Shofolahan's assistance as an informant but later denied and recanted the incriminating testimonies during cross-examination.
It stated: "The Court of Appeal gave overriding credence to a statement made under-cross examination by PW3 that he was in Azare on June 4, 1996 (day Kudirat was murdered) when the Defence did not show through the witness that even if the accusation was true, he could not have committed the offence and then proceeded to Azare, Bauchi State."
It added: "DW1 (Al-Mustapha) provided the logistics for killing the deceased in Lagos. PW3 (Mohammed) was assigned as driver to PW2 (Jabila) because of his knowledge of Lagos and PW3 gave graphic evidence of how he drove PW2 to the scene of the crime and how PW2 shot the deceased severally.
On conspiracy, the stated government stated: "PW2 (prosecution witness) admitted meeting DW2 (Shofolahan) and the killing of the deceased and testified that DW2 took them to the deceased's house and provided information about the identification and movement of the deceased. "The statements of PW2, PW3 and even DW1 tendered and admitted by the trial court showed that these three witnesses indeed met and had common intention to commit a crime.
It was an undisputed fact that Alhaja Kudirat Abiola was shot and died on June 4, 1996. PW2 (Rogers) admitted he severally shot the deceased on June 4, 1996. "It was unchallenged that DW1 gave his gun to PW2 for killing the deceased and the insistence of PW2 that he would be surprised that he used 5.6mm gun instead of 9mm to kill the deceased.
There was circumstantial evidence establishing the fact that DW1 and DW2 participated and aided the elimination of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola." Ipaye, in the appeal notices, said the contradictions were immaterial and urged the Supreme Court to affirm the death penalty.
On ground four of the appeal, the state argued: "The Court below erred in law by substituting its own assessment and evaluation of the evidence with that of the Trial Court in its judgment in circumstances of this case, when it held that there was no creduible and reliable evidence in the entire record to justify the conviction of the Respondents."
It pointed out that the the Appeal Court "did not properly evaluate the evidence on the printed record which the Trial Court considered in arriving at its conclusion before setting aside the conviction of the Respondents.
"In the circumstances of this case where the Court below could not assess the witnesses, consider their demeanour, the nuances of the process before the court, including specific conducts, or attitudes of the witnesses in relation to specific, critical, vital; and material evidence, oral or otherwise; the Court did not disclose sufficient reasons for substituting its own views for those of the Trial Court", it added.
Bribe, inducement
On the argument that Rogers was bribed or induced, Lagos State government submitted: "The Court below erred in law by misconstruing what the appellant characterised lawful "Witness Protection"measure as "Promise" and on one hand ignored it but on the other hand attached so much weight to the Respondent's characterisation as promise."
Pointing on the error, the state said, "A court both trial and appellate is not allowed to approbate and rebrobate at the same time; PW2 confirmed that he had agreed before the "promise" to give evidence against the defendants as part of his duties to the State ten years before his oral testimony.
It said further: "In his later attempt to resile from his testimony, PW2 (Rogers) categorically stated that it was human to react that way because his family members were attacked and the prosecution could not help them.
The Court below, even in the face of credible and uncontroverted testimony about witnesses' fear or concern, and aspiration for safety for themselves and their families, failed to recognize the purpose and value of such evidence in its assessment of the evidence before it."
It added that the Appeal Court ignored relevant materials and gave weight to irrelevant materials and misconstrued the Witness Protection programme for PW2 and PW3 as inducement and discredited their entire evidence.
It concluded that there was no controverted evidence of PW2 (Rogers)concurrence of DW1 (Al-Mustapha) that he is the leader of the Strike Force constituted under the military regime of Late General Sanni Abacha and that DW1 provided logistics for the killing of the deceased (Kudirat) and that PW3 (Abdul) was assigned as driver to PW2 because of his knowledge of Lagos and he gave graphic evidence of how he drove Rogers to the scene of the crime and how he shot the deceased severally.
The state therefore prayed the apex court to allow the appeal as well as setting "aside the judgment of the Court below delivered on 12th July, 2013 which set aside the conviction of the Respondents for offence of conspiracy to commit murder and murder."
The Court of Appeal in its judgment, had stated that there was a "gaping hole" in the prosecution's case. Highlighting the default, the appellate court said the prosecution first witness, Dr. Ore Falomo, testified that the bullet extracted from Alhaja Kudirat Abiola's skull was a "special bullet" that could have come "only" from the Presidency.
The victim, according to the witness, died after a three-hour surgery to remove the bullet and after suffering a second heart attack. Falomo said that the police took away the bullet "for investigation"and never returned it.
The appellate court noted that the prosecution failed to state the whereabouts of the bullet, get a ballistician to examine the bullet or tender it as an exhibit before the court."The prosecution failed to produce the bullet, and there was no explanation as to why it was not available," the court held.
Again, Mr. Jabila, during his testimony, according to the court, gave a vivid account of how they, acting on the orders of Al-Mustapha, trailed their victim from her Ikeja home to Lagos-Ibadan expressway where they sprayed her white Mercedes Benz with bullets.
However, under cross-examination, the witness said he was in Abuja on June 4 but was asked to give such testimony as part of an agreement with the Federal Government and Lagos State government. Jabila said that he was promised a job, house, and security.
His wife had been on a N15, 000 monthly salary which was later increased to N20, 000. He also said that Professor Yemi Osibajo, the then Lagos State Attorney General and the late Bola Ige, then Attorney General of the Federation, paid him repeated visits while in detention, with the latter giving him N100,000 on one occasion.
Mr. Abdul, who had admitted being Mr. Jabila's driver when the murder was committed, said he was made the same offers by the authorities including a promise that he would not be brought to court – but they reneged on their promise. When he recanted, Mr. Abdul said that he was in Azare, Bauchi State, on the day of the murder.
"There was no explanation for this somersault," Justice Pemu who read the judgment said. No date has been fixed for the hearing of the case. However, the judgment of the Supreme Court will determine whether or not the joy and the reunion of Al-Mustapha and Shofolahan with their loved ones will endure.


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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The 33% plunge in U.S. new-home sales in May and Lennar Corp. blaming its entire quarterly decline in orders on the month are signs that the housing market has softened in the wake of expiring tax credits for buyers.
Home-builder stocks, seen as a leading indicator for housing, have fallen 24% since peaking in late April.
On Wednesday, the Commerce Department said sales of new homes fell by a third in May to a record low. See earlier article on new-home sales.
"The new-home sales data, which show year-to-date actual new-home sales up 7% versus last year, are certainly disappointing, given the existence of the tax credit through April," said Megan McGrath at Barclays Capital.
"We believe that this slow growth rate illustrates that the tax credit stimulated housing demand less than some would have expected and was likely in reality a simple pull-forward of demand," she said. The data "highlight that the true housing stimulus will need to come from improvements in the employment environment and overall consumer confidence."
Exchange-traded funds tracking housing stocks have been in a steady decline over the past two months. SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF XHB, +1.07% and iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund ITB, +1.64% have seen trading volume pick up this week on the reports on new and existing home sales. See related story on housing ETFs.
On Thursday, home builder Lennar LEN, +1.75% said new sales orders for the quarter ended May 31 fell 10% from the year-ago period, with the entire decline coming in the month of May.
"While we were disappointed with the slow down in new orders in May, we believe that this will be temporary and that the market will improve in the second half of 2010," Lennar said in the earnings release.
Lennar shares have slumped along with the builder sector, shedding nearly 15% so far in June through Wednesday's close. The stock rose fractionally early Thursday.
For investors, the question is whether builder stocks have already priced in the weakness, or if another leg down looms this summer.
"The heavy hand of federal incentives left its fingerprints all over the housing market in May as sales of new homes plunged to a new all-time low rate of just 300,000 units," PNC economists said in a research note this week.
"The home buyers' tax credit heavily distorted housing data last fall and winter, and is doing so again this spring and summer. The home buyers' tax credit obviously pulled sales forward in a big way, and near-term demand is now spent out," they wrote.
Deutsche Bank analyst Nishu Sood said the markets expected weak demand in May so the muted reaction to Wednesday's new-home sales report doesn't come as a complete surprise although it "does provide some confirmation of how fragile underlying demand remains."
June and July "will provide more conclusive evidence on whether economic strengthening has been sufficient to truly boost organic demand," he said in a note to clients. "So far in June, early indicators have been flat from May; in other words, not encouraging."


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Some Fire Restrictions Lifted
Officials are lifting some fire restrictions in southern Utah and northern Arizona after monsoon rainfall has reduced the threat of wildfires.
As of Friday, visitors will be allowed to build campfires and use charcoal grills in the Color Country area.That area includes: Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Dixie National Forest, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon and Zion National parks, Bureau of Indian Affairs Southern Paiute Agency's land, and unincorporated state and private lands in Washington, Kane (east of U.S. 89), and Garfield (east of U.S. 89) counties.
Although the restriction has been lifted, Color Country fire officials urged visitors to exercise caution in using open flames in these areas.
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Stankovic, Milan and Rowe, Matthew and Laublet, Philippe (2012) Finding co-solvers on Twitter, with a little help from linked data. In: The semantic web. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 39-55. ISBN 978-3-642-30283-1Full text not available from this repository.
In this paper we propose a method for suggesting potential collaborators for solving innovation challenges online, based on their competence, similarity of interests and social proximity with the user. We rely on Linked Data to derive a measure of semantic relatedness that we use to enrich both user profiles and innovation problems with additional relevant topics, thereby improving the performance of co-solver recommendation. We evaluate this approach against state of the art methods for query enrichment based on the distribution of topics in user profiles, and demonstrate its usefulness in recommending collaborators that are both complementary in competence and compatible with the user. Our experiments are grounded using data from the social networking service Twitter.com.
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AirBaltic will start four-times-weekly Riga-Kaliningrad flights on July 2 using F50s, codesharing with Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise. AirBaltic said it carried 119,389 passengers in May, 32% more than in the year-ago month. Load factor rose 5 points to 56%.
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WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – Warren Harding topped East 79-64 Wednesday night in boys' high school basketball action.
The Raiders placed five players in double-figures in the win.
Lynn Bowden led the way with 19 points, while Marlin Richardson added 17 points. Tiryn Frank added 12, while Kemon'Dre Muhammad finished with 11. Mike Hughes also reached double-figures with 10 in the win.
Ce'andre Backus led East with a team-high 21 points. Terrell Weaver Sr. also reached double figures with 13 points.
Warren Harding improves to 5-6 overall on the season.
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On a rainy night a young woman rides with her boyfriend and a friend in search of a place to bury her dog.
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Apple Snails are fairly common and edible. Being snails, they are easy to catch and don't pose and real challenges in capturing... other than probably getting wet.
They have about 12 grams of protein per 100 grams of snail meat. They also have substantial mineral content. You can read about their nutritional value here.
You'll only want to eat the 'foot'. Remove the body and internal organs. The eggs are probably edible, but taste horrible.
If eaten raw or if undercooked, you are putting yourself at risk of ingesting Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworms). They cause Eosinophilic meningitis.
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Taro protein information
Taro and other plants in the Colocasia family (Araceae) are quite common in this region. They also contain all of the essential amino acids and in the proper usable proportions. Your body stores non-essential amino acids, so eating other wild plants in a survival situation would provide you with a complete protein. You DO NOT have to eat these amino acids in the same meal... again, your body stores the amino acids to be combine when needed.
Some wild fruits would provide some of the missing aminos. The legumes from the Sataw (สะตอ) tree seeds (Parkia speciosa) are the perfect compliment to Taro.
In addition to having protein, Taro offers a host of other nutrients. See the nutritional information on this site... http://nutritiondata.self.com/…/vegetables-and-veget…/2674/2
Some wild fruits would provide some of the missing aminos. The legumes from the Sataw (สะตอ) tree seeds (Parkia speciosa) are the perfect compliment to Taro.
In addition to having protein, Taro offers a host of other nutrients. See the nutritional information on this site... http://nutritiondata.self.com/…/vegetables-and-veget…/2674/2
|Colocasia... all edible and very common in this region
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Plant-based Protein in the wild
|Dark green 'River Cabbage' has the essential amino acids
While he was basically starving, the woman went out and found food... food that didn't run away and didn't fight back. In this image, she is offering him 'River Cabbage'. I'm not exactly sure of the actual species as I'm not up on my South American wild edible plants. However, a dark green broad leaf like that would certainly be packed with nutrients, such as Vitamins A, C, K, B (specifically Folic Acid), and minerals like potassium and calcium. The calcium can have less bio-availability in some dark green leaves due to oxalates. This slight problem is solved by heat.
Many dark green leafy plants contain all of the essential amino acids: tryptophan, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine and tend to have some of the non-essential amino acids as well.
The human body stores amino acids. You do NOT have to have a complete protein in every meal in order to get the protein you need.
Plus, she found fruits, edible flowers, and other plants, so even if River Cabbage is slightly low in one of the essential amino acids, there is a good chance that should would have gotten it elsewhere.
As expected, his energy petered out and though she felt a bit weak, she had no energy issues like he had.
I do get thoroughly tired of every survival show preaching about protein. It's really NOT that difficult to get what you need and 21 days is not long enough to do permanent bodily damage if you didn't get any... period.
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The old dog got off his haunches, and his tail, close-curled over his back, began a feeble, excited fluttering; he came waddling forward, gathered momentum, and disappeared over the edge of the fernery.
None had the eye-catching northern fairness, but none had the round features and close-curled hair that in some Maidens hinted of Black Kingdoms blood.
Antryg had been in bed under a gray satin comforter, his hair close-curled still with the dampness of washing, profoundly asleep.
Antryg had been waiting for them, his graying hair close-curled with dampness, resplendent in a much-mended shirt of ruffled lawn that was far too big for him and a rusty black court coat whose silver bullion embroidery had long since been picked out.
A great ship sailed turbulently across his massive chest, her sails and rigging blackened ludicrously by the mat of close-curled hair that flourished on the human background.
'Sir, it is granted,' replied a little, thick-set man with a round face, arch looks, and close-curled wig, surmounted by a small three-cornered hat put very knowingly on one side, not unlike Hogarth's head in his print of the 'Gates of Calais.'
Reynolds painted a portrait of her, showing a bright-eyed, smiling lady, with close-curled hair, of girlish appearance.
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But Gillian would no more have thought of trying to hasten matters than she would have tried to force open the close-curled petals of a flower in bud.
This individual, whose name was Muff, was a rather small-sized one, of the pure Kentish blood; liver-colored, with a white ring on his neck, and white paws; close-curled, wicked-eyed, deep-chested, and remarkably powerful for his size.
He remembered her chiefly for the incongruity of her close-curled, carefully-tended head, her daintily-trimmed eyebrows and her carefully-manicured hands, in contrast with the terrific speed with which she took the steepest slopes when sliding on a pair of skis.


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Colorado Springs star Reggie Jackson returns with OKC
Thunder guard among several familiar faces in Northwest showdown
The last time Reggie Jackson played at Pepsi Center, he walked away with an MVP award. That was during The Show, a high school showcase featuring Colorado's top players.
Four years later, Jackson really is in The Show.
Jackson, who played at Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, will return to Pepsi Center on Thursday when the Oklahoma City Thunder face the Denver Nuggets. His high school coach Jimmy Grantz will be there to support his former player.
"My wife got my sons and I seats for the game," Grantz said. "We'll be just a few rows behind (Nuggets coach) George Karl wearing our Oklahoma City gear. It should be pretty interesting."
Jackson, the 24th overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft, is one of only four Colorado high school products currently in the NBA. The others are Louis Amundson (Monarch) of the Indiana Pacers, Chauncey Billups (George Washington) of the Los Angeles Clippers and Jason Smith (Platte Valley) of the New Orleans Hornets.
In 36 games, Jackson is averaging 3.5 points, 1.7 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 11.9 minutes for the top team in the Western Conference.
Even before Jackson started contributing for the Thunder, Grantz has been one of his biggest fans.
"I was coming from Mitchell (High School) and was told that if I took the job coaching at Palmer, I'd inherit the best player in the state," said Grantz, who just completed his eighth season at Palmer. "That was pretty enticing."
Jackson lived up to the hype.
As a senior, he averaged nearly 30 points per game and was named the Gatorade Player of the Year after leading the Terrors to the state championship game. Jackson then went on to play three years at Boston College, where he started 92 games. He averaged 18.2 points in his final season and helped the Eagles to a 21-13 overall record before leaving for the NBA.
Though Jackson's schedule is full during the season, he and Grantz still maintain a close relationship and spend time together when Jackson is in Colorado Springs.
"During the All-Star Break, we opened up the gym for Reggie to come work out and he showed our team some of what he's been learning in Oklahoma City," said Grantz.
The Grantz family watches Jackson on television as much as possible and love what he has done for the sport of basketball in Colorado and for the way he represents the state.
"I've grown up in Colorado and have coached here for over 20 years," says Grantz. "I remember Chauncey and Pat Garrity. For Reggie's name to be mentioned in the same sentence as them is pretty awesome."
Jackson won't be the only familiar face when the Thunder make their only Denver appearance of the season.
Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks was an assistant on Karl's staff for two seasons, while Thunder assistant Rex Kalamian spent one year under Karl in Denver.
In addition, the Nuggets and Thunder squared off in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs last spring.
"I think it's a pride game," Karl said. "You're playing one of the two top teams in basketball record-wise. A couple of their coaches have been here and (the playoffs) last year. They're getting all the ink of the great young team. We want to steal some of that ink."
Notes: For the first time since Jan. 2, the Nuggets have nobody listed on their injury report … Denver has won seven of the past eight regular-season meetings against the Thunder …. The Nuggets have played two overtime games on their current nine-game homestand and seven on the season (5-2). Denver played just one OT game in 2010-11 … The Nuggets are undefeated in the seven career games in which Ty Lawson has recorded at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists. He had 21 points, six rebounds and seven assists Tuesday.


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The top 5 is an exact inverse between the two programs. Funny.
In terms of the overall rankings I would put Oda ahead of Lysacek, but only slightly.
Weir and Abbott would only be slightly below both of them in 3rd and 4th as well.
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Prairies opening round opponent in the state football playoffs this Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Kibbie Dome will be the Raft River Trojans from Malta, which is south and east of Burley.
Raft River is the third seed from Districts 4-5-6 and plays in the same league as last years state championship opponent Oakley.
Raft River brings a 7-2 record into the state playoffs having lost to Castleford 22-32 in their season opener and to Oakley 14-16. Castleford lost to Oakley 20-48 last Friday in what amounted to their league championship game.
Raft Rivers wins were over Hagerman 58-12, Hansen 62-14, Lighthouse Christian 30-20, North Gem 44-8, Shoshone 50-0, Sho-Ban 76-0 and Challis 52-8.
That they were able to hold Oakley to just 16 points when Oakley scored at least 46 in every other game they played says that the Trojans have a solid defense, maybe better than anything the Pirates have seen so far this season.
If Prairie gets past Raft River their second round opponent would be the winner of the Wallace-Potlatch game, which will be played at Wallace this weekend.
The other half of the state bracket features Castleford against Cascade and Oakley against Notus. Notus won a 3-way Kansas tiebreaker on Monday to determine the second place team from District 3.
Front from left: David Sigler, Conner Rieman, Devin Schmidt, Marcus Higgins, Branden Waller, Beau Schlader, Troy Lorentz, Brock Heath, Tim Frei and Kyle Holthaus. Row 2 from left are Tyrell Langston, Andrew Gabica, Levi Lustig, Justin Schmidt, J.C. Enriquez, Torin Dalgliesh, Ryan Dalgliesh, Chris Schmidt, Cody Schumacher, Derek VanderPas and Joe Schumacher. Row 3 from left: Garrett Schmidt, Cody Tillinghast, Josh Roeper, Tyler Latimer, Seth Chaffee, Brandon Lockhart, Rafael Eziaga, Frank Spencer, Josh Zigler and Colton Nuxoll. Row 4 from left are coaches Nick Ackerman, Robert Nau, Robin Krol, Kaden Perrin, Kyle Marker, Derek Schaeffer, Garrett Roush and Kyler Shumway. Back row from left are coaches Paul Schmidt, Ryan Hasselstrom, Travis Mader, Ron Sigler, Teel Bruner and Kenny Mader. Not shown, Seth Guyer and Chris Hoene.


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Insecure Anita "Needy" Lesnicki and popular flag girl Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) have been best friends since childhood, despite having little in common. A fellow student accused Needy of being gay, despiste having a boyfriend (whom she has made love with), as it's the only logical explanation for Needy even staying in contact with a bitch like Jennifer. However, Needy firmly believed it was their childhood freindship.
One night, Jennifer takes Needy to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder. A suspicious fire engulfs the bar, killing several spectators, and Jennifer is taken by the band despite Needy's attempts to stop her. Later that evening, Jennifer, covered in blood, appears in Needy's kitchen and proceeds to eat chicken from the refrigerator. Unable to digest the matter, she vomits a trail of black fluid and then leaves in a hurry as Needy calls after her.
The next morning at school, Jennifer appears fine and shrugs off Needy's concerns. While the small town is devastated by the numerous deaths caused by the fire, Jennifer seduces the school's football captain, jonas, and then attacks him in the woods, naked, where his bloodied corpse is found later by a teacher. The band gains popularity due to their rumored heroism during the fire.
A month later, Jennifer is beginning to look pale and accepts a date with Colin (Kyle Gallner), only to brutally kill him that night. While Needy and her boyfriend, Chip (Johnny Simmons), proceed to have sex, Needy senses something dreadful has happened to Jennifer. She leaves in a panic and almost runs over Jennifer, covered in blood. She rushes home and finds Jennifer in her bed, receiving a kiss to both her lips and a French kiss. Seemingly entranced, Needy begins making out with Jennifer on her bed. Though extremely pleasurable to both of them, Needy's mind soon realizes the lesbian action between them and backs off. Jennifer then explains what happened after the fire: Low Shoulder took her into the woods, and offered her as a virgin sacrifice to Satan in exchange for fame and fortune. However, although the exchange was a success, Jennifer was not a virgin, resulting in a demonic spirit possessing over her body.
The next day at school, as the town is stunned by Colin's death, Needy goes to the school library's occult section and surmises that Jennifer is a Succubus; she is weakest when she is hungry, and must eat flesh in order to sustain her life and appearance. Needy tells Chip about what happened to jennifer, some facts from the book and warns him not to attend the dance. He does not believe her and she subsequently breaks up with him in order to protect him.
Chip goes to the dance, hoping to meet with Needy, but he is intercepted by Jennifer, who seduces him and takes him to an abandoned pool house. Needy arrives there and finds Jennifer bit into his neck; this makes Needy wonder if Jennifer did this to piss her off or because she was afraid of being abandoned by her only friend. Needy tries to drown Jennifer and then helps Chip out of the pool. Jennifer, hovering in the air, attacks Needy but is later stabbed by Chip with a pool skimmer. Jennifer escapes while Needy watches her boyfriend die.
Needy goes to Jennifer's home, enters through the window and attacks her with a boxcutter. Stabbing her in the heart, she kills her. Jennifer's mother (Carrie Genzel) comes in and finds Needy with the boxcutter on top of her daughter's body. Soon after, Needy is committed to an asylum. As she was bitten by Jennifer, she has obtained some of Jennifer's supernatural abilities. Set upon revenge, she escapes the facility and hitchhikes a ride to the hotel where Low Shoulder is staying; she makes her way to their room and butchers them all.
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As a half-succubus, she has advanced strength, speed, limitless stamina, levitation, seduction capabilities, regenerative powers, eternal youth, enhanced aggression & advanced beauty.
- "I recommend you shut the fuck up!"
- "What the FUCK is happening?"
- "You killed my fucking boyfriend! You goddamn monster! You dumb BITCH!!"
- Needy is the the first character to be raised by a (possible) single parent, counting Jennifer, who was also raised by a single mom.
- Due to her improved looks, Needy wont likely be recognized by those who knew her; also what she plans to do after avenging everyone killed indirectly by Low Shoulder is unknown. Its possible that Needy may take her own life, rather than live as a monster that feeds on innocent vives.
- Needy is the first character to harbor a hidden romantic interest on a character of the same sex, given that unbeknownst to her, she harbor's a lesbian infatuation on Jennifer Check. Perhaps this is what kept them friends; this would make her bisexual.
- Its up to debate whether Jennifer's kiss hypnotised her into a lustful state or actualy brought Needy's lesbian feelings to the surface and they overwhelmed her.
- She's the first character to kiss someone of the same sex, due to finding Jennifer in her room and makes out with her before coming to her senses and stops the situation.
- She's the first character to lose a love interest, due to Chip being killed by Jennifer.


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