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The shiny, black Canon Pixma MG8120 color inkjet multifunction printer (which performs printing, copying, and scanning), is nothing if not cool-looking—the control panel integrated into the top lid is a must-see. But it also produces smooth text output at decent speeds, and its replacement ink costs are reasonable. Alas, up-front cost of the eye candy is far from negligible: The MG8120 retails for a whopping $300.
The Pixma MG8120's most unusual feature is the 3.5-inch, tiltable color LCD with touch-sensitive controls integrated seamlessly into the top lid. The controls light up when they're needed and disappear when they're not. The layout closely resembles Canon's regular control-panel design, including the three buttons for selecting choices shown on the display. We found them awkward to use in conjunction with the more traditional navigation/selection buttons (which are always lit).
Though we wish that Canon had included an automatic document feeder, the Pixma MG8120's features are otherwise plentiful. You get automatic duplexing, a 150-sheet undermounted tray for plain paper, and a 150-sheet rear vertical feed for all other media. A 50-sheet output tray opens automatically from the front when you start printing. And the scanner lid telescopes to accommodate thicker documents. Wireless setup worked well on the PC; on the Mac, however, the setup software recognized the printer, but the printer didn't work properly until we installed it with a USB cable attached. This might have been an aberration of our testbed; but if you experience a similar problem, using USB may solve it. USB and ethernet are on board. Canon's Solution Center EX software bundle helps with printing, scanning, and copying chores, and is quite easy to use.
In our tests, the Pixma MG8120 was fast and capable. Our text documents (ten pages of plain text, and a newsletter with a smattering of grayscale graphics) looked crisp and printed at a peppy 7.87 pages per minute (ppm) on the Mac and 8.27 ppm on the PC. The snapshot-size color photos in our PC-platform testing printed at just under 3 ppm to plain paper and about 2 ppm using Canon's own photo paper. The larger, higher-resolution photo that we use to test photo printing on the Mac took just over 2 minutes, a midrange speed. Also swift were monochrome copying (which took about 17 seconds) and color scans (20 seconds for a full-page photo at 600 dpi, and 55 seconds for a cropped section of that photo at 1200 dpi).
Color images and copies showed an orange tinge on plain paper (a common tendency of Canon MFPs), but this imperfection was less pronounced on photo paper. Simple monochrome text copy looked as good as the original, but color scans appeared somewhat dark.
The Pixma MG8120's ink costs are a little lower than the norm. The standard-size, 328-page black cartridge is $16, or 4.9 cents per page. The individual cyan, magenta, and yellow cartridges each cost $14, and last for around 450 pages, which works out to about 3.1 cents per color per page. A typical page with all four colors costs 14.2 cents. Also priced at $14 each are the dedicated photo-black and photo-gray cartridges, which make the darker areas of photos look smoother and more realistic. They add relatively little ink to a typical document, and Canon says that the photo-black cartridge should last for about 670 4-by-6-inch photos, and the photo-gray cartridge for about 171.


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Goals: Ranger 4 was equipped to collect data on interplanetary space, photograph the lunar surface and rough land a seismometer on the lunar surface.
Accomplishments: Ranger 4 was the first American spacecraft to reach another celestial body. Unfortunately, a power failure in its central computer made it incapable of carrying out its mission objectives. Ranger 4 crashed into the far side of the Moon at 15 degrees 30' south latitude and 130 degrees 42' west longitude.

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I am an indie game developer from Germany and i have published my first app on the AppStore two months ago. Sales numbers were rather average and i want to push the sales curve by placing ad banners on iPhone game sites and forums.
Before i place an offer for the banner ads, i have decided to focus on the three main characters of the game and ask outsiders for improved design suggestions. Of course, the designer of the main characters also has a good chance to get the project for the banner ads.
Micks is a wizard apprentice at a court of a noble, who has sent one of his knights to rescue a beautiful princess. Since Micks feels, that this Knight is a fool and much too old to marry the princess, he decides to go onto a rescue mission on his own.
Although Micks considers himself very clever, he is NOT Harry Potter. He is not that nice and innocent and has had an relationship with nearly every women of the court. He sees the mission as a perfect opportunity to win the heart of the princess.
Fans of fantasy and roleplaying games (computer and pen&paper) like HeroQuest, AD&D, Magic The Gathering, Munchkin, the Ultima series, Dragons Lair and others
The picture needs to be of size 100 x 100 and will be used as a picture for a trading-card-like widget in the computer game. You can use every style you want, although most other pictures of the ingame trading cards have the characteristics of paintings. The character on the picture might be included in the ad banners.
The theme of the game itself is a "raid". The player should have the feeling of breaking into this neat dungeon, significantly depleting its inhabitants, taking all the gold, and still be considered one of the good guys. If you listen to the soundtrack "the rogue" by daryl banner on audiojungle.com you get the idea.
There is a free version of the game on the App Store: Zans Mountain Lite.
You may also be interested in my launched projects for the evil dragon Zan, Knight Roland and the trading card design for the game.


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Sam Cassell
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The whispers first came from Ken Berger of CBS Sports in early July: Sam Cassell was being recruited by Doc Rivers after the Los Angeles Clippers lost assistant Tyronn Lue to...
Why Randy Wittman is the Right Seed for Washington's Soil
►Kyle Weidie | Jun 2, 2014
Randy Wittman will return to coach John Wall's Wizards… or Ernie Grunfeld's Wizards… or Ted Leonsis' Wizards. And that's OK. In fact, it's a good thing. Don't worry. I know the...
PROS & CONS: The Return of Randy Wittman to Coach The Wizards
►Kyle Weidie | May 28, 2014
[Editor's Note: It's true, the TAI staff has been on a bit of a hiatus, intentional or not. It was a long, great season, after which the need to decompress a...
Wizards Pre-NBA Draft Workouts: Sam Cassell vs. Hollis Thompson
►Kyle Weidie | Jun 19, 2012
Former Georgetown Hoya Hollis Thompson was all of two-years old when Sam Cassell made his NBA debut with the Houston Rockets in November of 1993. So, with Cassell serving as an...
Wizards Training Camp Day 5: Watch Out For That Sam Cassell
►Adam McGinnis | Dec 14, 2011
At the conclusion of an afternoon session on day five of training camp, Washington Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell cracked smiles while rebounding for John Wall, Jordan Crawford and Shelvin Mack...
Reunion Saturday: Nick The Quick & Sam I Am
►Kyle Weidie | Apr 9, 2011
It's a bit of a reunion Saturday here at the Verizon Center with Mo Evans, Jordan Crawford, Kirk Hinrich and Hilton Armstrong facing their respective former teams. But there is another...
Wizards Pre-Game In The Mecca of Basketball Ft. Knicks City Dancers & Blatche v. Cassell
►Kyle Weidie | Nov 7, 2010
From FreeDarko's Undisputed Guide To Pro Basketball History: "Madison Square Garden, the game's most hallowed arena, is the Mecca of Basketball. But this nickname had little to do with devotion to...
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From entertainment to education, there are a lot of benefits to having Sam Cassell on an NBA coaching staff, not to mention that he has relevancy to today's youthful players —...
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I've taken a bunch of pictures while at summer league. The more the merrier is what I say. And I'll have more to come soon, but the one below is my...
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After the Wizards' second day of mini-camp, young JaVale McGee messed around a bit with old Sam Cassell for a couple rounds of one-on-one. Let's check that real quick. Otherwise, Epic...
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►Kyle Weidie | Nov 13, 2009
On Thursday, the members of the media were treated to a spirited match of one-on-one between Sam Cassell and Nick Young … well, "spirited" only really reflects one side of the...
Arenas' Need For Balance and Screen Shots From Atlanta
►Kyle Weidie | Oct 31, 2009
Success of the Wizards is contingent upon the court leadership of Gilbert Arenas. This is not a ground-breaking concept. Despite looking "back" in Dallas, he's still rusty, and he and the...
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As the dust settles from the "it's a done deal" to the "it's official" phase of hiring Flip Saunders as the next coach of the Wizards, I find it hard to...
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►Kyle Weidie | May 13, 2008
LeBron James' words to his mother: "Sit yo ass down." Sure, she didn't have to be as involved in a LeBron-Paul Pierce off-the-court, wrap-up-foul scrum. And of course LeBron was in...
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Buying real property is unique. Real estate transactions are different in size, but not in nature, from other purchases. In dealing with real property, potential buyers need to consider more variables such as potential income growth, term of loan and area (as real property can't be relocated). Also, buying real property carries a longer responsibilities and commitments than most of other types of purchases. For most Americans, buying a real property is going to be the single highest transaction they will be involved in.
Here are potential steps for figuring out how to buy a real property:
Before looking at the outside, look at the inside. Examine your life style and the life styles of those you are responsible for. Hold a family meeting to ask of input and share thoughts among the household. Examine your financial capacity, and factor in costs for moving, basic renovation and change of a life style.
Now, you can look at the outside. Research how others enjoy their properties and what type of property matched their needs. Visit and talk to loan officers to understand how your mortgage qualification level. Next step, begin conducting online search to identify potential areas of interest. Also, you are advised to visit state department of real estate website as well as read financial news.
Compare your survey findings with your research results. You will find common grounds allowing for the creation of starting goals.
Physical Inspection:
Because real estate transactions are huge in dollar value, your efforts will need to match it. Once your real property goals are defined, visit areas of interest and conduct an inspection. It is recommended that you visit the same city during three different time periods (morning, afternoon and night) in order to get a sense of how the local community will affect your lifestyle.
Choose an Agent:
After knowing what you want, look for a real estate agent to represent you. Use the directory from the state real estate commissioner website to locate some local agents. After checking their credentials, contact at least three agents and visit their office. Ask each one to prepare a list of available real properties including a possible breakdown of costs and fees. After talking to each agent, compare and contrast what you heard, then make a choice. Remember, real estate transactions are complicated. By hiring a real estate agent, you are expanding the probability of bigger return. In addition, local real estate agents are connected to their communities allowing them to give you a more detailed assessment of available properties.
We will offer you tours of different homes. Make sure to go to as many as possible because those tours will allow you to understand the life style of your future will-to-be neighbors. In addition, you will gain a better idea of real property condition in your area of interest.
Again, real estate transactions are very multifaceted. You are advised to seek legal and accounting counsel form licensed professionals.
If all is ok, make a realistic offer. It is always a good practice to condition your purchase offer on a secondary physical inspection, appraisal value, and termite report.
Ironically, many home buyers ignore this last step. You found the perfect property and made an offer. After the appraisal and termite inspections had been completed, ask us to deliver you a copy (most likely will be in a PDF format). Examine and read those reports in addition to the title report. Remember, you paid for those reports and you hold the right to get a copy.
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Rocket Fuel Report: 100 Foods That Give You Energy
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People interested in losing weight and changing their metabolism. Slightly skewed toward women, the foods included in the report are raw goods that can be purchased at grocery store. Audience is age is 35+.
Use colors in logo that associated with both food and speed (as in revving up your metabolism). Logo will be used in both the cover of an ebook as well as for its future websites (www.rocketfuelreport.com and http://www.rocketfuelfoods.com)
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You can get a workout in a variety of ways including playing a fun game! Try playing the games below to give yourself a great workout!
Phillies Phitness tips and exercises were developed in conjunction with physical therapy professionals. Please check with your physician before beginning any physical activity program.
Batter's Box Tag
Great for working on walking lunges, this activity works your hamstrings and gluts. Position your hands on your hips and bend your knees as you take a big step. For each step, bring the next foot forward with the knees bent. Play tag, but instead of running, players lunge as they try not to get caught. The trick of this game is that there are 2 safe zones, the batter's boxes. Once you're in a batter's box, you can't be tagged.
Nola ... Nola ... Rhys!
Another name for 'Duck, Duck, Goose', all but one child sits in a circle. The standing child walks around the circle, patting each sitting child's head and saying, "Duck", until someone is tapped, "Goose." At that point, the tapped child chases the other child around the circle as they attempt to make it all the way back to the empty spot before being tagged.


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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - Detectives in Salt Lake City are requesting help from the public to identify a groping suspect who may have been injured in an attack on a jogger near Liberty Park.
The incident happened on the morning of Friday Nov. 10 in the area of 1700 South 500 East.
According to Salt Lake City Police Detective Greg Wilking, an adult male grabbed a female victim who then fought back.
"Apparently she carries with her a small knife, she had that in her hand ready to deploy," Wilking said.
Police believe the victim may have been able to stab the suspect several times in the assault.
The victim last reported seeing the suspect run in the direction of a bus stop near Liberty Park.
Wilking said officers have checked local hospitals for a person arriving with stab wounds.
Police have the knife and are looking for DNA from blood on the blade. Police say the woman carries the small knife while jogging in case she is attacked.
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Warhammer Online:The Chat Box
It's very weird, everything being so silent. There are plenty of other players around. And it's so unlike the other MMOs I've played. In WoW, you can't get people to shut up, especially in the Barrens. Even Age of Conan, people talked a lot, if only to complain that their systems couldn't handle the game. But people are always chatting or complaining about quests or classes or Chuck Norris, and it's extremely disconcerting not to have that. Heck, there's more talking in Wizard 101, and that game was trying to prevent conversation.
I think the problem resides solely with Mythic's implementation of the WAR chatbox. There are three main reasons why it fails:
1. The font is too large, and the box is too small
A large font means that less information can be conveyed. It means that fewer lines of text can be shown, and a smaller history of the conversation is preserved. It also means that a lot of messages which should only take up one line wrap into two lines, further wasting the limited chat space.
2. Too many useless messages
In particular, the NPCs talk a lot, and quite frankly spam your chat box. This is very annoying, especially those which have long speechs, or multiple NPCs interacting. I think you can turn this off, but it was a mistake to include it in the default settings.
(As a complete aside, ever notice that text in the NPC speech bubbles has quotation marks? That seems weird and redundant to me.)
The other big contributor to this problem is transaction messages when buying or selling items. Again, multiple lines are taken up with each item, making harder to have a conversation with people.
The golden rule of chat boxes is that chat boxes should be reserved for communicating with other players. If at all possible, messages from the game to the player should be handled by the rest of the UI. Only messages that absolutely have to be in the chat box history should show up. Otherwise players will quickly learn to ignore the chatbox, as nothing useful ever shows up.
A further problem here is that general chat appears to be the same colour as game messages, making it even easier to ignore.
3. Lack of feedback when changing channels
Load up WoW, and type "/1 " (with the space). See what happens? The chat channel immediately changes to General, so you know what channel you are sending your message to.
Do the same thing in WAR. Notice that nothing happens. There's no indication that you are sending your message to the right channel. If you keep typing, "/1 test", that will send the message "test" out on the general channel. But the lack of feedback, I think hampers people from figuring out how to talk, makes it less intuitive, especially since no one else is talking.
To my mind, this whole issue indicates the importance of the small stuff. The three concerns I've outlined are minor. The default chat box certainly looks functional on paper. But I think these small issues have kept people from talking, and have made the experience very different from other MMOs. As well, I think this silence is negative. We play MMOs to play with other people, and it's nice to see people talking. Many people have called MMOs "glorified chatrooms", and I think that's a part of their appeal.
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While certain elements of the WAR ui, including the chatbox, do need improvement, I don't think it's the reason for the lack of chatter.ReplyDelete
If you look at the size of chat zones, you'll notice they are ridiculously tiny. There are so very few people that it's often not worth attempting to use a general channel outside a hub area.
Also, the game is much busier than previous MMOs. You can fight almost constantly with very little downtime, when running you need to avoid mobs sometimes even on the roads, and even when I am running in a relatively safe area I'm always looking for clickable things. For me, I always chatted mostly during downtime. Long flights, sitting after fights, and so on.
No downtime + small zones = little chat.
The main reason why noone is chatting in WAR is because you cannot chat and move/fight at the same time.ReplyDelete
If u try to talk/chat you cannot control your character. If u try to control your character while you are writing a sentence, then you have to reclick the chat after you have turned right for instance, and so on and so forth...
Most probably the change of focus is intentional, to avoid 12311113333 situations, but I think what they came up with is antisocial.
So far (lvl 9) I have only seen 2 people chat, one asked a question about a quest and another complained about the lack of healing in a scenario.ReplyDelete
I thought maybe my chat was broken but i guess it's just very quiet
- Anonymous4:20 AM, September 29, 2008
Wow, a game with no chuck norris jokes or references to ANAL (fill in the talent)? You just might convince me to try warhammer.ReplyDelete
I could do a month of WAR if noone was chatting. That's my biggest complaint about the social part of WOW. Too many people won't shut up and you only have so many ignore slots.ReplyDelete
Great points! I've been talking about some of the same things (http://bravepidge.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/putting-the-polish-on-war/) and made sure to link your post (http://bravepidge.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/blessingsofkingswarchat/). Mythic has said that they're watching the community to see what issues are out there; hopefully they'll see your suggestions.ReplyDelete
I got tired of NPC chat filling up my Chat tab, so I made a new one and filtered NPC chat for that tab and turned it off for the default Chat tab. It's really easy to do and the filters are great. I still don't know how to filter out transaction events though.ReplyDelete
I also agree with Lyris, chat zones are very small and it seems pointless to ask for help where only 2 people may get the message. Maybe there's a chat channel for the entire zone?
Heh, I never figured out how to chat in general and didn't bother looking it up. Thanks for teaching me :).ReplyDelete
Some messages aren't in the filter list. I don't remember which, I think some loot and mail messages? I made a new window with everything unchecked but it was still showing a few messages.
I also get triple message spam from auctions. When someone buys an item of mine on the auction, I get the notification three times -.-
- TheBolshevik11:10 AM, September 29, 2008
I'm glad that a lot of other people have noticed this as well. When I first started playing WAR I thought that the game was in the process of tanking due to the almost overwhelming silence, or perhaps I was just losing my mind. I like WAR a lot, but do miss the chattiness of WoW a lot. It makes the world seem alive even if it is stupid jokes.ReplyDelete
I think another big part of this aside from the already stated reasons are the terrible default chat colors. All the social interactions are the same shade of brown which causes everything to be overwhelmed by the incessant NPC chatter.
Mythic did a lot right with WAR, but the NPC chatter is something they got very, very wrong. I guess it was an attempt to make the world feel packed full of people and alive. Instead it's god awful annoying, and since it drowns out the chatter of real people it makes the world feel desolate and empty.
The reason why War seems so quiet is that there is no channel for serverwide chat. I personally do not like serverwide chat, because it encourages a kind of childish chat that is a deterrent to playing games.ReplyDelete
Everyone knows the Trade channel is nearly a serverwide chat channel in WoW. Every childish commentator on a server gravitates to that channel so their nonsense can be spread to a wider audience. No one chats like that in the General channel because it is limited to a small zone of the server. In WoW, I have the feeling some people sit in a major city and chat for hours. Sometimes the chat gets so annoying I opt out of the Trade channel.
War is like playing WoW without a Trade channel. Personally, I like it better that way. But I enjoy playing the game, no matter what the game is.
The font thing is driving me a bit nuts. You can change the font size. In fact, you can change to a different font, from a list they have available. But none of them seem very suitable to the task at hand.ReplyDelete
Big enough to be legible means too little information is visible. Small enough to not worry about wrapping simple exchanges ends up with teeny-tiny-eye-strain-o-vision.
I have never thought, in playing WoW, about changing the font or size of the font for chat. It is just right. In WAR, it is just wrong and I cannot find a right.
- Anonymous4:48 AM, October 01, 2008
Another big problem are the gold spammers, they constantly bombard you and unlike WOW, you can't right click on name to either report or ignore. You have to manually type in the name to ignore(No report button I can find) but it appears that if you ignore one, a new gold spammer takes their place almost immediately.ReplyDelete
God, i just googled: "warhammer online general chat" cause i don't understand how come no one is talking. great article i figured i got stuck on some sad server haha. Guess it just sux. I mean if people don't chat, then how do you get groups for quests? i've tried inviting people without asking, but i usually get rejected or people are lvling with friends, it sux. I miss wow. Wow is much more colorful and happy. Warhammer is real looking. But still cheesy. I think wow did the write thing if you're going to make something look real but can't make it really fantastical. In this however your characters are a bad version of reality. They're not multi-dimensional like they are in Half-Life which portrays real people very accurately. anywho just my two cents!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:00 PM, October 02, 2008
"But people are always chatting or complaining about quests or classes or Chuck Norris, and it's extremely disconcerting not to have that."ReplyDelete
Lack of idiotic Chuck Norris jokes is disconcerting? It's one of the aspects of WAR I like most. People chat in /say more than anything. Or guild chat, or scenario chat, or warband chat..or.. etc etc
The only thing you can't filter (or at least, that I haven't been able to filter) is that "You get 35 brass coins" line. Everything else is filterable.
If you don't like NPC Chat, filter it out!
- Anonymous7:40 PM, October 14, 2008
I could care less about the NPC spamming. I just don't read it and am a happy camper. However, the lack of a serverwide chat and inability to see what local chat you're in is killing me. I tried talking in the /1 chat - and no feedback of whether or not I was in the channel left me thinking I wasn't even it it.ReplyDelete
The open party system was a good idea, but so far for me, it's failing miserably. I don't want to spend 3 hours sitting near a PQ with an open party tab, hoping somone joins it. And with some of the PQs taking 5-6 people on part III or IV makes it worthless.
Also, the lack of a serverwide general makes guild-forming impossible. I have been trying to get 5 people to group with me to do it for about 2 weeks now. And nothing.
I realize all the idle banter and childish rants in WoW general are a drawback, but the positives are just too great to do without.
- Toady (BO Karag Orrud)9:20 AM, October 28, 2008
I think people are too much focussed on what WoW did or didn't do. WAR has a lot more pace, fast respawn the middle of kill quests and multiple approaches (PQ, open RvR, Scenario, quests) to the game means people are never stuck for something to do. Open parties aren't way of starting groups, the new region chat channel might help with that.ReplyDelete
Usually when I zone I queue all scenarios, check out quest log & map, ask on /1 if there is any open RvR action and then have a quick look to see what open parties are in PQs or open RvR. While questing I migth come across a party or a PQ with something on. If I find an empty PQ near the end of Stage 1 I'll shout it out on /1.
All-in-all loads to do and mix it up. In fact sometimes I have to find a safe rock to stand on while I do a quick scenario and while waiting for my PQ group to turn up. Phew, I'm knackered.
- Anonymous10:11 AM, November 07, 2008
Something else to consider is that people that regularly group togheter usually get a voice communication program that allows them to totally ignore chat. I know I use it.ReplyDelete


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Why the End Does Not Justify the Means
It has become clear that many politicians and lawyers, and a few real people, don't understand what is meant by The End Does Not Justify the Means.
They act like people are saying the desire to have pancakes cannot justify making batter. But this is more specific. It's about good versus evil. In their unfortunate perspective, caring about what is right must seem insane.
But the truth is that this phrase sums up one of the most important principles of ethics and morality:
It means that there are certain fundamental principles that are "right", "good", et cetera, that are essential to those conditions…and you cannot justify violating them because you have some "right" or "good" goal in mind.
For example, you cannot have justice, unless you adhere to the principles of justice; It's not OK to do unjust things to people simply because you have a just goal in mind.
This is a basic philosophical rule that is ignored or denied by almost all evil people you will find out there, and supported by almost all good ones. Marxists coined the modern use of the phrase "the end justifies the means", and naturally they and their socialist spinoffs were responsible for the vast majority of all great evils, for the past century.
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Joseph Stalin, for example, justified the deaths of tens of millions of his own people, by saying that the population was too large for (relatively inefficient) Communism to support. The mass death left Soviet society more sustainable. Did the betterment of millions of peoples' lives justify the murder of millions of other people? According to Consequentialist socialists; yes.
Previously, the Dominican order of Catholicism was an advocate of the idea that the end justifies the means (in spirit), and it just so happens that they went on to conduct, among other great evils, the Inquisition. It was literally claimed that you may be saving the soul of the man you tortured or murdered in the name of God, so it was OK. All the ways the current Pope is less popular than his predecessor appear to center around his being of that Dominican mindset. In fact, the position he held before becoming pontiff was the Head of the Office of Inquisition, I kid you not…it had simply changed its name for PR reasons.
Likewise, when Machiavelli used that phrase in his satirical indictment of the evils and abuses of Feudal government, The Prince, he succeeded in hitting the nail on the head as to what is most wrong and unjust.
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In reality, the end does not justify the means, in part because the long-term outcome of ignoring principles in order to buy short-term results is a failure of your own goals.
The idea that the wise principles override the short-sighted goal (a form of Deontology, if you like them thar fancified words) is why courts will overturn convictions on technicalities, one of the few good and just things remaining in the US legal system. Any honest — or as close as they get –prosecutor will tell you that the reason they hate that condition is how it keeps them from breaking rules and simply gambling punishment, in order to convict people they think are guilty. They are restrained from unjust acts, by this absolute enforcement of the principles of justice, even though it may let a guilty man walk in the short term.
When you have a principle, like "do not violate someone else's property", it cannot be overridden because you have some end in mind like "but the wealth I steal from his safe will benefit several other people who deserve it more".
Like setting aside money for bills and emergencies instead of partying all of your paycheck away, sticking to the principles of what is good, right, and just produces the best outcome in the long run. You are investing in your ultimate goal by sticking to it when the going gets tough. When you panic and abandon your principles for a short-term benefit, you end up making things worse in the end.
THAT is why the end does not justify the means.
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Lately, I share a lot of kanji, words, and phrases from Japanese in my twitter stream, but today's word demands a bit more of an explanation. Plus it has one of my favorite units of time built into it: the kalpa.
How long is a kalpa, you ask? In Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, they explain it this way sometimes: Imagine an immense block of stone. Every century, an angel descends from heaven to give the stone a brief wipe with a silky cloth. That stone will be worn down a little at a time by this process. But the stone will be gone long before a kalpa can finish.
Less poetically, some clock a kalpa at 4.32 billion years.
Anyways, looking at today's word, 億劫 okku, meaning troublesome or annoying, we can see the kanji 億 (100 million) and 劫 (a kalpa). So it refers to a task that would take 100 million kalpas, or 4.32x10^17 years. Very troublesome indeed.
Bonus kalpa fun: A webcomic. The kalpa part comes around panel 31.
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|This document outlines the current usage of OpenPGP for messaging and presence.
|Thomas Muldowney
|© 1999 – 2018 XMPP Standards Foundation. SEE LEGAL NOTICES.
|Last Updated:
WARNING: This document has been obsoleted by the XMPP Standards Foundation. Implementation of the protocol described herein is not recommended. Developers desiring similar functionality are advised to implement the protocol that supersedes this on (if any).
1. Introduction
2. Signing
3. Encrypting
4. Security Considerations
5. Other Known Issues
6. IANA Considerations
7. XMPP Registrar Considerations
8. XML Schemas
8.1. jabber:x:encrypted
8.2. jabber:x:signed
A: Document Information
B: Author Information
C: Legal Notices
D: Relation to XMPP
E: Discussion Venue
F: Requirements Conformance
G: Notes
H: Revision History
The Jabber community has long acknowledged the need for privacy and security features in a well-rounded instant messaging system. Unfortunately, finding a consensus solution to the problem of end-to-end encryption during the community's younger days was not easy. Eventually, early contributors created a quick solution using OpenPGP (RFC 4880 [1]). This specification documents the OpenPGP solution as it is used today, so that others may interoperate with clients that support it. This document is not intended to present a standard, because more complete solutions are being investigated.
All operations described here are done with standard OpenPGP software such as GnuPG. All program output is US-ASCII armored output with the headers removed. This allows for easy transportation of the program output directly in the XML. All keys are exchanged using OpenPGP key servers, and usually are retrieved when a signed <presence/> stanza is received (key retrieval does not happen in-band).
Signing enables a sender to verify that they sent a certain block of text. In Jabber, signing uses the 'jabber:x:signed' namespace, and is primarily used with <presence/>, but may also be used with <message/>. The text that is signed MAY be the empty string. When signing presence, the sender SHOULD sign the XML character data of the <status> element. The sender SHOULD sign presence using the private key whose KeyID corresponds to the public key to be used in encrypting messages (see below).
<presence firstname.lastname@example.com/wj_dev2' email@example.com'> <status>Online</status> <x xmlns='jabber:x:signed'> iQA/AwUBOjU5dnol3d88qZ77EQI2JACfRngLJ045brNnaCX78ykKNUZaTIoAoPHI 2uJxPMGR73EBIvEpcv0LRSy+ =45f8 </x> </presence>
Encryption enables the sender to encrypt a message to a specific recipient. This is accomplished using the 'jabber:x:encrypted' namespace in conjunction with <message/> stanzas. Because a block of text is necessary in order to have something to encrypt, <message/> stanzas intended to be encrypted have the same restrictions as signing (see above). The data encrypted MUST be the XML character data of the <body> element. The sender SHOULD encrypt the message body using the public key whose KeyID corresponds to the private key used in signing presence (see above).
<message email@example.com/jarl' email@example.com/wj_dev2'> <body>This message is encrypted.</body> <x xmlns='jabber:x:encrypted'> qANQR1DBwU4DX7jmYZnncmUQB/9KuKBddzQH+tZ1ZywKK0yHKnq57kWq+RFtQdCJ WpdWpR0uQsuJe7+vh3NWn59/gTc5MDlX8dS9p0ovStmNcyLhxVgmqS8ZKhsblVeu IpQ0JgavABqibJolc3BKrVtVV1igKiX/N7Pi8RtY1K18toaMDhdEfhBRzO/XB0+P AQhYlRjNacGcslkhXqNjK5Va4tuOAPy2n1Q8UUrHbUd0g+xJ9Bm0G0LZXyvCWyKH kuNEHFQiLuCY6Iv0myq6iX6tjuHehZlFSh80b5BVV9tNLwNR5Eqz1klxMhoghJOA w7R61cCPt8KSd8Vcl8K+StqOMZ5wkhosVjUqvEu8uJ9RupdpB/4m9E3gOQZCBsmq OsX4/jJhn2wIsfYYWdqkbNKnuYoKCnwrlmn6I+wX72p0R8tTv8peNCwK9bEtL/XS mhn4bCxoUkCITv3k8a+Jdvbov9ucduKSFuCBq4/l0fpHmPhHQjkFofxmaWJveFfF 619NXyYyCfoLTmWk2AaTHVCjtKdf1WmwcTa0vFfk8BuFHkdah6kJJiJ7w/yNwa/E O6CMymuZTr/LpcKKWrWCt+SErxqmq8ekPI8h7oNwMxZBYAa7OJ1rXWKNgL9pDtNI 824Mf0mXj7q5N1eMHvX1QEoKLAda/Ae3TTEevOyeUK1DEgvxfM2KRZ11RzU+XtIE My/bJk7EycAw8P/QKyeNlO1fxP58VEd6Gb8NCPqKOYn/LKh1O+c20ZNVEPFM4bNV XA4hB4UtFF7Ao8kpdlrUqdKyw4lEtnmdemYQ6+iIIVPEarWl9PxOMY90KAnZrSAq bt9uRY/1rPgelRaWblMKvxgpRO8++Y8VjdEyGgMOXxOiE851Ve72ftGzkSxDH8mW TgY3pf2aATmBp3lagQ1COkGS/xupovT5AQPA3RzbCxDvc6s6eGYKmVVQVj5vmSj1 WULad5MB9KT1DzCm6FOSy063nWGBYYMWiejRvGLpo1j4eAnj0qOt7rTWmgv3RkYF Oin0vDOhW7aC =CvnG</x> </message>
It is considered polite to include an unencrypted message <body/> explaining that the actual message body is encrypted. This helps if the client experiences an error while decrypting the message, or if the user's a client that does not support encryption (although generally this should not happen, since the signed presence can be used to indicate that a client accepts encrypted messages).
The method defined herein has the following security issues:
In addition to the security considerations listed above, there are several other known issues with this method:
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [2].
The XMPP Registrar [3] shall register the 'jabber:x:encrypted' and 'jabber:x:signed' namespaces as a result of this document.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' targetNamespace='jabber:x:encrypted' xmlns='jabber:x:encrypted' elementFormDefault='qualified'> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation> The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0027: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0027.html </xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> <xs:element name='x' type='xs:string'/> </xs:schema>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' targetNamespace='jabber:x:signed' xmlns='jabber:x:signed' elementFormDefault='qualified'> <xs:annotation> <xs:documentation> The protocol documented by this schema is defined in XEP-0027: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0027.html </xs:documentation> </xs:annotation> <xs:element name='x' type='xs:string'/> </xs:schema>
Series: XEP
Number: 0027
Publisher: XMPP Standards Foundation
Status: Obsolete
Type: Historical
Version: 1.4
Last Updated: 2014-03-14
Approving Body: XMPP Council
Dependencies: XMPP Core, RFC 4880
Supersedes: None
Superseded By: None
Short Name: openpgp
XML Schema for the 'jabber:x:encrypted' namespace: <http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/x-encrypted.xsd>
XML Schema for the 'jabber:x:signed' namespace: <http://www.xmpp.org/schemas/x-signed.xsd>
Source Control: HTML
This document in other formats: XML PDF
JabberID: email@example.com
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is defined in the XMPP Core (RFC 6120) and XMPP IM (RFC 6121) specifications contributed by the XMPP Standards Foundation to the Internet Standards Process, which is managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force in accordance with RFC 2026. Any protocol defined in this document has been developed outside the Internet Standards Process and is to be understood as an extension to XMPP rather than as an evolution, development, or modification of XMPP itself.
The primary venue for discussion of XMPP Extension Protocols is the <firstname.lastname@example.com> discussion list.
Discussion on other xmpp.org discussion lists might also be appropriate; see <http://xmpp.org/about/discuss.shtml> for a complete list.
Given that this XMPP Extension Protocol normatively references IETF technologies, discussion on the <email@example.com> list might also be appropriate.
Errata can be sent to <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
The following requirements keywords as used in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119: "MUST", "SHALL", "REQUIRED"; "MUST NOT", "SHALL NOT"; "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED"; "SHOULD NOT", "NOT RECOMMENDED"; "MAY", "OPTIONAL".
1. RFC 4880: OpenPGP Message Format <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4880>.
2. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
3. The XMPP Registrar maintains a list of reserved protocol namespaces as well as registries of parameters used in the context of XMPP extension protocols approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation. For further information, see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/>.
Note: Older versions of this specification might be available at http://xmpp.org/extensions/attic/


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Our Moment of Truth?: A New Understanding of Midwifery Care is the American College of Nurse-Midwives' (ACNM) new public awareness initiative. Through this long-awaited truth-telling campaign, ACNM aims to re-introduce midwives and midwifery care as important options that should be the norm for women?s health care services in the United States. This multiyear initiative kicked off with a new Web site and national media outreach unveiling new survey findings around women?s health care perceptions.
This major strategic communications initiative has been one of ACNM's top priorities and is a multiyear project. Our overarching goal is to create a clear public image of who midwives are and what we do. Below is background information on how and why Our Moment of Truth? was created.
During the first phase of the project, ACNM leadership and members examined and updated the core identity statements for our organization?how we express who we are and what we are about as an organization and a profession. The outcomes of this phase were new ACNM identity statements, including a vision, mission, and core values.
View the new vision, mission, and core values
Read the announcement letter to ACNM members
The second phase involves developing a long-term public relations campaign that will compel US women to understand and value midwifery. We are in the process of creating new consumer-focused messages and an effective PR campaign to deliver them.
Updates on the ACNM PR project are published regularly in ACNM newsletters and e-mails to ACNM members. Browse the following resources for more project details.
Members-only webinar archive (View market research and specific campaign tactics)
Marketing Midwifery with Confidence and Clarity (Front Page, Quickening, Winter 2012)
Time for a Makeover (Leaders' Forum, Quickening, Winter 2012)
ACNM Unveils New Vision, Enhanced Mission, and Core Values (Leaders' Forum, Quickening, Spring 2012)


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City of Hillsboro, ORHome Menu
Pool Schedule and Information
Summer Hours effective September 17 - January 1.
Recreation Swim (Warm Water Pool, Main Indoor Pool)
|Monday - Friday:
|7 - 9 pm
|Saturday & Sunday:
|1 - 5 pm
Open Swim/Preschool Swim (Warm Water Pool Only)
|Monday - Friday
5:30 am - 8 am
|Monday, Wednesday, Friday:
|8 am - 11 am
|7 am - 8:45 am
|8 am - 1 pm
Lap Swim Times (Indoor Pool)
|Monday - Friday:
|5:30 am - 11 am*
|Monday - Friday:
|11 am - 3 pm*
|Monday - Friday:
|5:30 pm - 6:50 pm
|Monday - Thursday:
|8 pm - 9 pm (maximum of 2 lanes)
|7 am - 12:50 pm
|8 am - 12:50 pm
|*Lap Swim has a minimum of 2 lap lanes, minimum of 1 lane on no school days.
Adult Swim (Warm Water Pool ONLY)
|Monday - Friday:
|6 - 7 pm*
|12 - 1 pm
SHARC sponsored activities have first priority in the pools. Some space not available at all times.
*Shared space with Swim Lessons
Swim Descriptions
|Open Swim:
|Exercise, relax, and recreate independently or with children in our Warm Water Pool. The Yellow Tea Cup is only turned on during Recreation Swim. Children age seven years and under must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older in the water at all times.
|Preschool Swim:
|Open to children up to seven years accompanied by an adult in the water in our Warm Water Pool. The Yellow Tea Cup is only turned on during Recreation Swim.
|Adult Swim:
|Open to adults 18 years and older to exercise and relax in the warm water pool. Space is shared with swim lessons and other programs.
|Lap Swim:
|Swimming continuous laps in the lap lanes of the Main Indoor Pool. Circle swimming is required with three or more swimmers in a lane.
|Recreation Swim:
|Open to people of all ages in the Main Pool, Warm Water Pool, and Outdoor Pool (summer only). Children age seven years and under must be accompanied by an adult in the water at all times.
|Water Therapy:
|Rehabilitate injuries, develop flexibility, and/or perform exercises to protect joints. All participants must have doctor's approval before attending. Please register through Tuality Healthcare Therapy Department by calling 503-681-4238.
|Water Exercise Class
SHARC sponsored activities have first priority in the pools.
Appropriate Swimming Attire
All persons using the pools and spa must wear a swimsuit.
Cotton T-shirts, shorts, cut-offs, tank tops and undergarments are not allowed in the pools or spa.
Infants and toddlers who are not potty trained must wear a swim diaper covered by a vinyl diaper cover or swim suit with a liner.
Only Coast Guard Approved life jackets are allowed as flotation devices.
Water wings, inflatable tubes, or swimsuits with integrated flotation devices (whether sewn in or not) and similar devices are not allowed in the pools.
WEX Circuit Jam
- Date: 02/06/2018 7:00 am - 7:50 am
- Location: SHARC
953 SE Maple
Hillsboro, Oregon 97123
This class will take place in the shallow and deep water, but options for only shallow or only deep will be provided. Workout will include cardio circuits, strength building circuits, core strengthening, Tabata's and some choreographed routines done to a variety of music. The class will be easily modified for the beginner as well as the more athletic participant.
Class is Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 - 7:50 am. Instructor is Janie, subject to change.


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Saints tight end Jimmy Graham has spent the last couple of years not complaining at all about the team's failure to reward his stellar play with a long-term extension. Even as players like Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, drafted the same year as Graham, received their rewards after only two seasons, Graham didn't say a word.
With his rookie contract completed and the franchise tag looming, Graham has broken his silence.
"I'm not keen on the franchise tag," Graham recently told NFL Network, via ESPN.com. "That would be really unfortunate, but that is really all I have to say about that one."
Graham shouldn't be surprised. Two years ago, the Saints used the franchise tag on franchise quarterback Drew Brees, declining to sign him to a long-term deal until only days before the July deadline for working out a multi-year contract.
Graham has played it out this far, and barring the outcome of the Pro Bowl he has managed to make it to free agency at full health. He simply needs to let his agent navigate the process, fighting the tight end version of the tag if need be, and remain patient.
Unless Graham wants to leave — and some think there's a chance another team may be willing to give up a pair of first-round picks to sign him away from the Saints — there's no reason to get antsy now, not after playing two full seasons since the moment the 2010 rookie became eligible for a new contract he's yet to get.


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Isn't Princess Grace by far the most beautiful woman ever???? The oil painting on top is not of the lovely lady, but it is very representative of her impeccable, unmatched style...ít hangs like a tribute to Grace, in the lobby of the Hotel de Paris in Monaco
So, another IPL rolls to a finish.... with a bang?
This season of the IPL will be remembered for several side shows, most of them deliciously sleazy. But the women of India will certainly mark it as the year in which they asked themselves whether or not they qualified as 'Future Wives'. How I love Sid Mallya's phrase. I have been using it constantly, and have spun out three columns on wives , past, present and future...
Let me end this post on a cricket note. I met Nita Ambani at a private dinner a couple of nights back, days after the Mumbai Indians had lost the match and were out of the Finals.She told me her son tried to cheer her up after the dramatic game. And this is what he said, "Mama.... obviously for one team to win, another team has to lose,na?" It gets better... after Dhoni's spectacular knock, her son wore a T-shirt that said, "I watched Dhoni LIVE!" I guess our kids remain our best teachers. Amen to that
An open letter to all 'Future Wives'...
Dear Future Wife,
If you know what's good for you, you shall pay close attention to the sage words of young Siddhartha Mallya and not indulge in behaviour that may adversely impact your chances of being a worthy 'Future Wife'. This is serious stuff. Look at what happened to an unknown blond from America called Zohal Hamid, when Sid thought she stepped out of line and did not behave like a Future Wife. Not only was her Future Husband beaten up by Luke Pomersbach, a naughty Australian cricketer who had strayed into their plush suite looking for a drink (at dawn), but the rogue dared to follow the Future Wife into the bedroom when all she'd wanted to do was lie down and catch up on some sleep.It gets worse - this brute, clearly not clued in to the ways of Future Wives from India ( awww, okay, of Indian origin), and how they are expected to behave with foreign cricketers who barge into their bedrooms, was bold enough to make a pass at the distraught lady, who was clearly unaccustomed to such behaviour. Hearing the cries for help from his Future Wife, Sahil ( it could also be Sajid) Peerzada, the Future Husband, rushed in to save her honour. Exactly what any protective Future Husband would do under the circumstances. Instead of apologising to both Future Spouses, the rude cricketer punched the boyfriend / fiancé / Future Husband. He punched him so hard, there was blood on the plush carpet and a shattered ear drum that required surgery. Naturally, the Future Wife had to swing into action and do what any loyal Future Wife would – summon the press. Summon the cops. Summon an ambulance. Not necessarily in that order. As an American, she knew her rights, and she wasn't about to take any of this nonsense lying down. Especially not after Mallya Jr. tweeted about her social behaviour the previous night, right before the frisky cricketer "tagged along'' to her suite like a puppy following a juicy bone.The telling tweet turned out to be a huge mistake. But the Future Wife had proved her point. You don't mess with ladies like that and think you can get away with it. Not even if you are The Prince of Good Times. By now, there was a registered police complaint, plus a demand for an immediate apology from Sid Mallya. Or else. Future Wife was not just on the war path, she meant business.
Well, as things stand right now, there has been a great deal of public hand-shaking ( after the hand wringing). And all the aggrieved parties have decided to put this incident behind them. Sid has not exactly apologised but termed his unfortunate comment as being "the product of stressful circumstances." The Future Wife's lawyer confirmed a settlement ( minus any financial considerations)has been reached since "all petitioners are young and have a long life ahead of them" Amen.
But, you, dear Future Wife, may not be as lucky with your Future Husband. What if the guy is not as enlightened and progressive as Sahil? What if he really, really minds if a hunky cricketer at a glamourous , boozy party fancies you, and then follows you like Mary's little lamb, all the way to the bedroom? Worse, what happens if a celeb's tweet accuses you of conduct unbecoming of a Future Wife? Be honest. It's a tough call. There ought to be a detailed Handybook for Future Wives in India. How are the poor things supposed to know what to do, how to behave, if rules are not in place? How could any attractive young woman imagine an attractive young cricketer would have the guts to try and kiss her, when her Future Husband was just a few feet away? Marriage is serious business. In the case of Zohal, there are several wonderful men, including a raakhi brother, who are ready to defend her honour. But not all Future Wives are as lucky. The moral of the story is abundantly clear : As a Future Wife, stay away from IPL parties. Make sure nobody follows you. Look over your shoulders at all times, in case there is an Aussie bloke looking for a drink from your mini-bar. If you do decide to take a catnap in the middle of a party, ensure you lock the bedroom door first.And it is always a good idea to have an attorney on speed dial, just in case your Future Husband gets bashed up.


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Making News in the Big Appleby Steve Charles • March 25, 2004 Share:
While members of the New York Association of Wabash men gathered at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, owned by Alton Amsterdam III '71 and his wife, other Wabash alumni were making news in the Big Apple.
Wabash Trustee Fred Wilson '69 took a new turn in his distinguished 30-year career in retailing, moving from his position as president and CEO of Donna Karan to become president and CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Bill Wheeler '83 was named the chief financial officer of MetLife, one of the world's largest providers of insurance and financial services.
And filmmaker Ted Steeg '52 made the New York Times, lauded as "the Steven Speilberg of Civic Duty" for his documentary that is seen by more than a million prospective jurors a year in New York courtrooms. Your Turn, completed in 1997, is narrated by television personalities Diane Sawyer and Ed Bradley and "jumps from re-enactments of ancient practices to mock courtroom scenes, all designed to explain the historical importance of the jury system while laying out the rules of the game."
The film was so successful that Ted was asked to make a sequel for grand jury members.


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