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My husband has forced me to watch enough superhero movies to believe this could be possible: I am 100 percent human, but I gave birth to a shape-shifter.
Sort of like how my mom and dad have straight, wispy hair, but both my brother and I have dry hair made out of tightly wound spools of wire.
At first, I struggled when my 2 1/2-year-old, Bettie, turned into a frog for three full days -- with such commitment that she refused to talk, hopped everywhere and ate things only by flicking out her tongue. But when she turned into a puppy and I realized I could bribe her with imaginary treats to get her to do anything, I started to appreciate her magical craft. Two days ago, she was a baby bear that "hibanated" most of the day behind the chair (win!). And when she turned into a mermaid named Bigger Mermaid (in comparison to what was never clarified), things got very complicated, yet very clean.
Mermaid is my favorite of her incarnations, and not just because it accesses the hard-to-polish spots behind her ears. Bettie is a Pisces, a water sign, and although I don't understand a thing about astrology, I feel like her mermaid self -- euphorically splashing a tsunami of water out of the tub into the bathroom at large -- is her truest, most appropriate form. Well, other than human.
Bettie must be cut from the same water wings as Stephanie Summers. When she was a kid, Summers used to tie her ankles together with hair ties and pretend to be a mermaid.
Today, at age 26, her full-time job is a mermaid performer and maker of "fish butts." That's what her boyfriend calls the elaborate, custom latex and silicone mermaid tails Summers makes. She recently performed in a pool at the 1950s Voodoo Island Exotica Ball in Boulder.
Summers, who studied fashion design in college, was working customer service at a warehouse in February when she decided it'd be fun to pretend to be a mermaid at birthdays and pool parties. So she hired three models and made them tails, and when they posted the pics online, Summers' world was rocked by a surprising undercurrent.
The requests for personal tails spilled in from across the globe -- with such force that she had to quit her other job, start merring full time and form a waiting list. More than 80 realistic tails later, she has 15 fish butts to ship out this week alone -- with demand continuing to surge as Halloween approaches. One silicone tail ($1,500 and up) can take as long as three weeks to make. The hand-painted scales on latex tails ($230-$245) can need up to a week to cure.
Turns out, Summers discovered a hidden treasure -- right on time.
News outlets have called this the "summer of mermaids." Summers joins more than 25 companies that sell fabric to silicone tails. Last year, Vegas launched Mer-Con, a mermaid convention comparable to Comic-Con, but with more scales and hopping around. (Note: You can buy special "walking tails.") Orlando held a two-day Merpalooza last month. And even landlocked Colorado isn't scale-free. You can find local mermaids at Renaissance festivals and at the Denver Downtown Aquarium, in a tank in the "Under the Sea" exhibit.
Summers can name a long list of local mermaids, with names such as Saya and Bellatrix; Summers is known as Mermaid Noveli. They connect with other performers and fans through the popular mernetwork.com and the worldwide Mermaids and Mythology Magazine (themermaidmagazine.com).
Some say mermaids are the next big young adult fiction trend, replacing vampires (thank Poseidon!). The shelves are packed, including Orange-prize winning author Helen Dunmore's five YA books about mermaids. Many big-name fashion designers have recently exhibited an underwater influence. And Summers believes mainstream interest was largely fueled by Animal Planet's two-hour documentary, "Mermaids: The Body Found" this spring.
Hollywood might be leading (or reflecting) the trend, too, with Lady Gaga sporting scales in her "You and I" music video; Katy Perry in her own tail for a GHD hair products advertisement; and rapper Azealia Banks' "Fantasea" mixtape and her Mermaid Ball this summer.
"This summer alone has attracted more mermaid enthusiasts than any previous years," says Boulder's mermaid, Summer.
Few mermaids are covered in tattoos, as Summer is, although she recently started a Tattooed Mermaids Facebook page that has more than 120 fans. Most "real life" mermaids are vegan animal advocates, Summer says.
Sometimes when people get their new tails, they cry, she says.
"When you're a kid and you go to Disneyland and Vegas and you see them swimming around and it's all you can think about -- to be able to actually do it, you're living out a childhood dream," Summers says. "It's so magical. Once you put it on, you don't want to take it off. You want to live in it."
And once you learn the "mermaid kick," she says, it's even easier to swim in fins than without. Much easier than swimming with your ankles bound by scrunchies.


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The horn jumper wire on my '69 Mach 1 is different than the one in your pictures. My car was a Dearborn-built car (2/69). Your car is a very early San Jose–built car. I have enclosed a few pictures of the wire off of my car. The harness from my car is typical of Boss 429 cars as well. Note the engineering number stamped on the wire. It's hard to tell but it looks like the spade on your harness may have been soldered?
Taking a Breather
I have a '67 Shelby GT 500 Mustang. The car is original except for the smog system. I have purchased an original smog system to install in the near feature. This Shelby has only 37,000 miles with 100 percent original Wimbledon White paint. I'm also looking for the special flat-style breather cap for the valve cover that is used on cars with smog. What is the Ford part number? Was it used on other vehicles? I cannot get a lead on one of the breather caps.
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The Ford part number for the breather cap you are looking for is C7AZ-6766-A. This breather was also used on '67 427ci Fairlanes and Comets. Very early C7AZ-6766-A caps did not utilize the Autolite script. Most C7AZ-6766-A oil breather caps were Autolite script. The C7AZ-6766-A cap is a rather rare item. I've been told the same style cap was used on '66-'67 Lincolns. These caps, however are black not chrome. If you can find one it can be stripped and chromed.
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I have a BFGoodrich F78-14 Space Saver Spare that has a double valve stem, I assume it's from a '71 or '72 model year. Can the double valve stem be removed and replaced with an original-style 1¼-inch Dill-style rubber valve stem? The base of the double valve stem appears larger then a single stem? Can the Goodyear tire store near me compress the tire valve stem side enough to remove and put in the new stem without damaging the tire? Any information on this would be helpful. Am I correct in assuming that the single valve stem is correct? Many on the Boss 302 website believe the double is correct?
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After hearing from victims of the deadly Metrolink crash in Chatsworth, the Los Angeles City Council vowed Wednesday to look into a $160-million city contract awarded to a transportation company linked to the rail disaster.
The crash killed 25 people, including commuters from Burbank and Glendale.
Council members said they would direct the city's Department of Transportation to review the contract given earlier this month to Veolia Transportation Inc. to operate part of the city's popular DASH shuttle bus system.
The company is a subsidiary of Veolia Environment, an international conglomerate that owned Connex, a railroad management firm that supplied engineers to the Metrolink commuter service. Connex was a division of Veolia Transportation.
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4 September 2013
Scientists in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have received a major research grant to continue their work in the rapidly expanding field of membrane technology.
Dr Ali Abbas is leading a research team at Sydney that is developing mathematical models to simulate gas separation membranes used in the oil and gas, petrochemical and biofuel industries. They are working on process designs for applications in future green and sustainable energy processes and in clean technologies such as carbon dioxide separation and capture.
In collaboration with partners at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia and Jilin University in China, the researchers have just received a three-year competitive funding grant of $1.36 million from KAUST to enable the project to go ahead.
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5mill a year. I guess they pay him to hold!
5mill a year. I guess they pay him to hold!
DD need to replace him and not Foster.
Three holdings before half.
4 holding calls, I stand by my statement. He need to be cut...
Willie Colon is a CLASSIC example of the entitled/complacent athlete. He has let himself go physically, and now we've seen him breaking down. You would think, after missing the last two seasons due to injury, he would be in tip-top shape this season (TO PROVE HIMSELF). But no. He reports to camp at 492 pounds, and is down to a svelte 390. It's a slap in the face of the fans.
And I thought his arms were too short to hold.
He kept getting beat on the snap by quickness and got stood up and knocked off-balance by the smaller player.
The good news --- no false starts today (but then they are only 5 yard penalties).
We know Willie isn't getting cut but at this point, when Decastro comes back Foster needs to move over to his spot.
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Record audio? There's an app for that. An iOS app (Part 1)
What is the best app for recording a conversation? If you're a family historian and have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, keep reading. This is the first of a multi-part series looking at iOS apps — apps that just record audio, and more complex apps to help the family storycatcher ask questions and record stories for family history.
At the iTunes store, there are so many apps to choose from. How do you know which one to use? What app can you trust to help you collect important stories from your family?
Before I get into evaluation of specific apps (which will come in Part 2, Part 3, Part n…), I'll lay the groundwork here for the criteria I use to make that evaluation. You may find that I touch on some of your pet peeves about why you don't like some apps as well as others.
Two flavors of apps
Audio recording apps for the family historian come in two major flavors: apps to record audio only, and special-purpose story-catching apps. Both of these work for face-to-face conversations. (A third type of app, to record phone calls, won't be covered in this series. It's on my To Do list, though.)
Flavor 1: Record audio only. All audio, all the time.
This category of ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on January 31, 2014 in
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• Audio: Software
• Interviewing
• iOS
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Question from the mailbag: Can I use my iPhone charger with Zoom Handy H1?
An excellent question from Clint leads to this test and solution to give a Zoom Handy H1 a power supply with a standard USB cable and an iPhone charger.
Clint asked,
Question about the power supply. It looks to be a pretty standard setup, do you think an iphone wall plug-in power supply paired with the proper USB cord would work just the same?
Clint figured if he could do without the power supply, he'd be fine.
I grabbed my iPhone plug, a USB cable, and tried it out.
I'm thrilled to report that it works!
Of course, in this picture, I have the Zoom H1 Handy set on the tripod that also comes with the Accessory Kit (mostly so it would be easier to photograph both the Zoom Handy H1 recorder and my wall socket.)
No one paid me to write about these products. Any purchase made through my Affiliate links support my ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on October 09, 2013 in
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• iOS
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Setting up Easy Voice Recorder to prepare for recording on your Android device
Do you have an Android phone or tablet? Easy Voice Recorder is a good app for recording audio. Before you make your first recording, though, there are some essential things to set up. This is a recap of the setup walk-through I gave at Rootstech when I presented on using Android (and iPhone + iPad + iPod touch) to record family interviews.
If you haven't done so already, download Easy Voice Recorder at the Google Play store. It's free. You can get the Pro version for $3.99. (Go ahead, give the developer some love and coin. I definitely recommend the Pro version if you'll be using an external microphone like the Edutige EIM-001, because you can adjust the gain [volume] setting in the Pro version.)
What steps are covered here
- Change all the audio settings to CD-audio quality WAV files. Must. Do.
If you're going to the trouble of recording an interview, you (and your family member, and posterity) deserve to have the best sounding audio you can get.
- Change the display of the record button to from white red. Nice to ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 25, 2013 in
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This Friday! #GenChat on Twitter. Topic: Oral Histories and Interviewing.
[Updated] There's a Friendly (every other) Friday Free-for-all on Twitter called #GenChat. Squee! I'm delighted to be a special guest for this event.
(Gen as in Genealogy. Chat as in, well, free-for-all, Q & A). This Friday's topic is Oral Histories and Interviewing.
April showers bring May flowers. May flowers bring on travel season. If you'll be visiting family, put Interviewing on your To Do list.
(Mother's Day, Graduation Day, Father's Day, 4th of July, Vacation time. Reunions. You know, family visits.)
This Friday's GenChat will be devoted to what to do.
Want to do some story catching during a family visit? Join us. Ask questions. Tell about your experiences. Share tips.
(One of my college professors wrote exam questions that began, "Succinctly describe…" That was prep for Twitter. 140 characters at a time.)
I'm practicing my succinctness. Each paragraph here has no more than 140 characters. Plus, all the words are spelled out. ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 24, 2013 in
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My Rootstech Session made it into Deseret News! Plus: a few links n tidbits
Thrilled. Pleased. Proud: My Rootstech session was written up in a story by Alexis Jones in the Deseret News. Welcome, Deseret News readers! Here are a few additional pointers, links, and tidbits.
Think Like an Interviewer
My Rootstech 2013 landing page for Rootstech attendees, with links to all my articles on interviewing.
Rootstech Session Syllabus
The session syllabus, on the Rootstech site. LOTS of detail there. Lots. Just go download the PDF right now. And hey, it links to the Rootstech 2013 page, mentioned above.
Audio-In on the iOS
The mother of all posts with all the audio-in compabitility for each and every iOS device since Apple introduced the iPhone and iPod Touch in 2007.
Still to come: A summary of my slides of the process of setting up Easy Voice Recorder on Android.
Apps! We gotcher Apps right here
Recommended Apps for iOS devices (these links will ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 01, 2013 in
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• Audio: Software
• Genealogy
• Interviewing
• iOS
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Getting Audio into your iOS Device (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad): Hardware Compatibility Guide
[Updated] If you want to get an external microphone to go with your iOS device, which one do you get? This guide will tell you everything you need to know.
In the world of iOS devices—iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad—there are three possible ways to capture sound for audio recording: The dock, headphone+mic port, and built-in microphone. Not every device has all three (especially the earliest generations of iOS devices). Plus, microphones that "fit" into the same 30-pin dock may or may not work. It's a compability thing. All—and I mean all—your compatibility confusion is cleared up here.
First, identify the model of your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. I present them here based on when they were manufactured (early—pre-iPad era, middle, and most recent—late 2012-2013).
After you find your model, look immediately below for a table showing what ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on March 19, 2013 in
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Android Tips for older Android OS and File transfer to Macs
Got an Android phone? Does it have an operating system lower than 4 (2.x or 3.x)? Got a Mac? Now that you've used your Android to record a family interview, how do you connect it to your Mac just like any ole USB drive? This tutorial shows you how.
This technique may seem a tad geeky, but the end result is that you will be able to plug in your Android phone or tablet to your Mac and it will show up as a disk drive.
Prepare your Android to mount as a USB drive
There are two settings items to configure in order to connect your older Android device to your Mac.
USB debugging
It sounds geekier than it really is. This is a setting that Android put in for you in case you were doing software development on an Android. You're not, but you'll take advantage of this back door entry to access your device from your Mac via USB.
- Begin at the home screen. Tap the Menu button on your Android.
- The menu appears at the bottom of your ...Read More
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After two decades, the conversation that changed EVERYTHING
21 years later, I learned about a conversation that changed everything – everything – I thought about what happened on March 8, 1986. Over two decades after that harrowing event, knowing about that conversation has made all the difference.
I've written about this March 8 day before, in 2007 in a post "Why International Women's Day is Hard."
The kernel of the story is hard: Early that morning, my grandmother woke up. Fell. Pain. Broken hip. (this, some three months after falling and breaking her hip. The first time.) What we know comes from grandpa's phone call. She fell. Broke her hip. She's gone and by the time you get here, I'll be gone, too. Gunshot wounds. Police tape. News stories, and shock.
The new revelation came to me a few months after I wrote the above blog post. I re-read it again, and thought, My perspective on this has completely changed. (If you want to, go read it. I'll wait.)
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Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on March 08, 2013 in
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Transcription or Dictation: Will HAL Open the Pod Bay Doors?
"Is there some way to automatically transcribe a recording?" That's a question I recently received from this site. Automatically? What does that mean? In my mind's eye, I see that this automatic transcription software should closely resemble the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A computer that talks and can understand human speech. It's a high ideal, but there are still technicalities involved. My conclusion, a while back, was, "I'm sorry, Dave, I just can't do that."
Is Automatic Speech Transcription HAL getting any closer to opening the Pod Bay Doors?
I conduct some tests using some speech-to-text tech I have on hand, and see how it stacks up against standard transcription. In this post: the test results, lessons learned, and best practices for each technique.
The current state of HAL 9000:
There are many devices, services and software that act like Hal: Siri on iOS, the Android Google Voice, or any number of corporate voice address systems that say "speak your request and I'll get you to the right department."
With my 3rd generation iPad (March 2012 Retina Display, running the iOS version 5.x), I use the Dictation feature ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on February 13, 2013 in
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• Audio
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Lots of change looks just the same
Things look the same on the outside, but they're different on the inside. I've just done a major update to the software that runs this site.
If you see gremlins and weird behavior, I'd love to know about it. Otherwise, please stand by. I'll be checking things over some more, and performance should improve.
Of course, now that a lotta good stuff happened under the hood, it's possible to make some pretty changes to how things look on the outside.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on November 30, 2012 in
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More Kodak Moments of Closure: Kodak Gallery, Ektachrome
The Death of Kodak announcements, they keep rolling in. No sooner do I post about America's Storyteller, Kodak, shedding parts of their photo businesses, and they announce a couple more endings. Kodak Gallery to be sold to Shutterfly, and Ektrachrome will go the way of Kodachrome: Away. Dead. Finis.
Kodak Gallery: In which I say something and am immediately proven wrong
I had this IM conversation last week. A friend read the previous entry and said
Friend: "I didn't realize Kodak was going out of business. That's unbelievable."
Susan: "I don't think kodakgallery is on the chopping block…"
I said that because I'd read from the ending-of-digital-camera announcement that Kodak would be concentrating on their printing business. After all Kodak Gallery is a printing business, right? Upload photos, and get them printed. Alas, no. It looks as though Kodak will sell its Kodak Gallery site to Shutterfly. (The "printing business" is digital printers and inks) It's a good thing I ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on March 04, 2012 in
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Kodak: From "Remember The Day In Pictures" to "Remember using a Kodak camera?"
For nearly 125 years Kodak's reason for existence has been to provide the tools for people to create memories.
"Remember the day in pictures."
"Keep 'Family History' in snapshots."
"Remember the visit with snapshots."
"For over 100 years people have trusted their memories to Kodak film."
Kodak, the company that started in 1880 and popularized the film camera and invented the digital camera, recently announced that they're no longer going to manufacture digital cameras and photo frames. How does one think of a dying behemoth? And not just any corporate behemoth, but a company that has been integral to capturing and storing our memories? Their 1970s ad said, "We're America's storyteller celebrating life with you –picturing the stories of everything you do." Now Kodak is transforming into a memory.
There are three ways to consider this transformation.
The "Wow. Just wow." factor
Most of the stories I've seen fit in this category . Wow. Kodak is no longer making digital cameras. Wow. Kodak is the company that invented the digital camera. The company has been around, like, forever. Look at that. Such a change. Wow. It just takes your breath away.
Over my lifetime, I've shot pictures with an Instamatic camera, and a Pocket Instamatic (using Kodak film, of course.) When I got a 35mm Single Lens Reflex, I kept using Kodak film—lots of Kodak film. When I took a photography class, I bought Kodak chemicals and photo paper. I got a Kodak slide carousel projector ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on February 29, 2012 in
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• Obsolecence
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Interviewing Family: Joan Miller of Luxegen
Genealogy Conference Junkie gets buttonholed for "have you interviewed your family" discussion. Result: Breakthrough. Joan Miller, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, blogs at Luxegen. She says she's a "genealogy conference junkie" – which is how she came to be in Southern California for the June 2011 Genealogy Jamboree. I asked Joan about her experience conducting family interviews, this is the result. Well, no, the results are better than this, because our discussion helped get Joan through a
brick wall human will wall.
(Two notes—One about editing, one about timing.
Editing: These transcribed interviews are lightly edited for clarity and to remove a few spoken-word ums and things like that. There are also places in the interviews where I withhold information at the request of the person interviewed.
Timing: As I was working on this post, I came down with a baaaad case of wintery flu+bronchitis cough-a-palooza and took an unscheduled and unannounced break from posting here at Family Oral History. By the time I emerged from my haze of it all, I saw that Joan Miller's taking a blogging break to heal from an illness. Get well, Joan.)
A Tale of Two Relatives
Joan Miller: I have two stories. My ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on February 09, 2012 in
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Interviewing Family At Thanksgiving: What Happened Last Year & This Year's Plans (Updated)
What can you do to interview family and collect histories and memories of elders and relatives when you get together with family at Thanksgiving or for the National Day of Listening?
I wrote about this last year, with a collection of ideas I culled from the internets. I adapted one of those for our family gathering last year. I'll describe what we did, what I learned, how this year will be different, and brainstorm some variations on a theme.
I started with Beth Lamie's idea, Draw From A Hat. Put a set of questions in a hat and draw one out and ask. Repeat. That was the inspiration: That, and "Get the kids involved."
But of course, somebody has to think up the questions that get placed into the hat. I focused on this with my nieces—two girls, aged 9 (nearly 10) and 4. Let them be the ones to come up with questions for everyone.
What we did to prepare for Dinner Conversation
I arrived at their house, got them to step away from the computer and the Tee vee (sigh. yes. true.) with an aunt-ish scheme: Think of some questions to ask people at the dinner table. Instead of generic questions that would apply to anybody, I ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on November 22, 2011 in
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Interviewing Family: Kim von Aspern-Parker of Le Maison Duchamps, Part 2
In this second half of my interview with Kim von Aspern-Parker (Kim von Aspern-Parker, Part 1) about interviewing family, Kim talks about her approaches to get permission from people for her interviews, describes her hardest interview (and why it's hard), and she gives her final morsels of advice (plus, I put all her advice in one handy list).
Kim is one of the four people I interviewed about interviewing family at the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree this past June. (Series introduction)
Kim von Aspern-Parker blogs at Le Maison Duchamp. Highlights of Part 1: For Dad to start talking, he had to be in an altered state. Using a genealogy chart to interview? Surprise! Advice for interviewing: remember to listen for the stories, don't interrupt people, and work from photo albums.
Disclosure and Permissions
In the first half, while Kim talked about her visit with her 90-year old aunt and the misunderstanding over the genealogy chart, she described putting her recorder out on the table with a bunch of other items (keys, phone, etc.), and interviewing her aunt, and letting her know after the fact. We revisit a bit of that conversation for this later section on disclosure ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on November 16, 2011 in
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Israel approved the construction of 1,500 housing units in East Jerusalem and plans to OK another 5,000 units by the week's end, officials said.
The Jerusalem District Building and Planning Committee on Monday gave preliminary approval to build 1,500 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo.
The committee reduced the initial number of housing units in the neighborhood from 1,700, Haaretz said.
The decision comes almost three years after a diplomatic crisis with the United States, when Jerusalem approved the construction of housing units in the neighborhood during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel. Israel was harshly condemned for the plans.
The Israeli prime minister's office issued a statement saying the building approved in Ramat Shlomo isn't the beginning of construction but another stage in the existing project, Haaretz said. But Israeli politicians and Palestinian officials slammed the decision.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas aide Nabil Abu Rudaineh called the decision a "blatant challenge" to the international community and declared it would further isolate Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Abbas, who also criticized the decision, instructed Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian envoy at the United Nations, to contact the U.N. Security Council concerning the settlement-building issue in East Jerusalem, the Ma'an News Agency reported.
The committee is expected to approve the construction of about 6,500 units over the 1967 Green Line in Israel by the end of the week, the Post said.
The committee is expected to approve stages B and C for the construction of 1,363 housing units at Givat Hamatos, a Jewish neighborhood near Beit Safafa in East Jerusalem, and then approve stage A, which calls for the building of 2,610 units in the neighborhood.
Israeli officials told the Hebrew language daily Ma'ariv that half of the planned units are for Arab families in Beit Safafa.
On Thursday, final approval for the building of 1,000 units in Gilo is expected to be given, the Post said.
The Green Line marks the area between Israel and the Palestinian Territories, land captured by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War, and includes the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip.


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While Allix B. and I were with Jessica last weekend, we had about a 15 minute window of opportunity to take portraits of her!
And here are mine :D.
She's such a sweetheart :).
And she luuuuvs her parents. Hehe ;D. (Her parents are pretty awesome! ).
Jessica, you're so pretty :).
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And she loves to laugh :D.
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Jessica, you are a sweet, fun lovin' soul and I'm so glad I know you :).
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96,000 Square feet of new playing surface.
613,514 Pieces of rebar used on the project.
175,000 Hours worked on the project.
6,595 Cubic yards of concrete used in the renovation.
800 Tons of steel to complete the renovation.
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Already steeped in sports and entertainment history, Providence Park underwent a $40 million renovation, making it the most intimate, exciting and authentic soccer facility in the United States. The renovation elevated Providence Park's facilities to Major League Soccer standards and enhanced the fan experience of attending an event at the stadium by increasing the functionality of the venue and introducing new amenities.
Some of these features include, but are not limited to, the new east side KeyBank Club, an expanded Adidas Team Store, new concession stands and more group and family viewing decks. Additionally, the renovation was able to preserve Providence Park's ability to be a year-round community center and play host to more than 250 events annually, including Portland State football and an array of youth sports and community-based events.
Renovation Project Details
1. Field
The playing surface has shifted to the West and the North making for a more intimate and closer-to-the-action feel. It also affords more space on the East and South sides of the stadium that allowed for new seating areas described below. New FieldTurf was installed as part of the renovation in advance of the 2011 MLS season and again heading into the 2014 season.
2. New Seating Areas
A new seating area along the east side of the stadium was installed that runs parallel to the side line of the field and 18th Avenue. The top of the new stands begins at the widened public concourse that is at street level and extends to the field.
These new seats have industry-leading leg room and width, with a majority of the new seats covered by a new roof. Approximately 1,144 of the new seats will be premium club seats, with the highest level of fan amenities, including a separate entrance and access to the new KeyBank Club restaurant described below.
3. East Side Amenities and Public Areas
In conjunction with the construction of the new east side seating area several other new public areas were built, including:
Public Plaza
At the 18th Avenue and Morrison Street corner of Providence Park the existing open plaza was extended in to the stadium towards the field. During non-event times this area is open to the public, with views of the field.
adidas Team Store
A new 1,000 square-foot team store was constructed adjacent to the newly extended public plaza at 18th Avenue and SW Morrison. The store is open to the public during non-event hours.
Concession Stands/Restrooms
New concession stands and restrooms have been added on the east side concourse to service the new seating areas.
KeyBank Club
As part of the new east side seating area the new KeyBank Club was built to service the 1,144 midfield club seats. This 5,200 square-foot club has views to the field, private entrances and has become the first sit-down restaurant at Providence Park. The club space is also available for rental for private functions during non-event times.
Community Room
A new 2,200 square-foot community meeting room was built adjacent to the new KeyBank Club. This multi-purpose space is used extensively for a variety of community and corporate events both during non-event hours and during events.
Group and Family Decks
Integrated in to the design of the new east side seating areas are several new open-viewing decks providing excellent views to the field for groups attending events. This includes the Budweiser Balcony and the Widmer Brothers Southern Front.
4. Views
The renovation design achieves the imperative of preserving substantial views in to the stadium from 18th Avenue and to the city from within Providence Park.
5. South End
Contiguous to the new East side seating areas, the new Widmer Brothers Southern Front seating/staging platform was built at the South end of Providence Park. During events the Widmer Brothers Southern Front serves as a group picnic area and/or performance area. This area was built to accommodate concert staging, increasing Providence Park's ability to efficiently and cost effectively host concerts.
6. Seating Capacity
Capacity for soccer and football is approximately 19,000 including the aforementioned group decks.
7. Access Road
The access road that connects 18th Avenue to the playing field on the south end of Providence Park was widened and improved as part of the renovation, increasing the stadium's ability to host concerts and other non-sporting events by greatly increasing the speed and cost efficiency of event load-in and load-out.
8. Providence Sports Care Center
Integrated in to the new east side seating area is the new Providence Sports Care Center. Completely privately funded, this 12,000 square-foot facility serves the neighborhood and provides daily activity on a year-round basis to the east side of the stadium.
9. Large Format Video/Broadcast Facilities
To meet Major League Soccer requirements and industry standards, new video and broadcast facilities were included in the renovation. These include new camera positions and new permanent broadcast cabling. To enhance the fan experience, a new video scoreboard was installed at the south end of the stadium, new LED video "ribbon" boards were placed at various areas of the seating bowl and new television monitors were installed in the concourse serving the new seating areas.
10. Press Box
The existing press box has been brought up to league requirements. New furniture, fixtures and equipment ("FF&E"), improved broadcast booths and press working areas, introduction of air conditioning/heat, windows that open were all part of the plan to bring the press area up to industry standards.
11. Team Areas
The home locker room and training areas, and to a lesser extent the visiting areas, were updated and improved to meet league requirements and major league standards.
12. Project Timeline
Foundation work for the new east and south side seating structures and other preparatory work commenced in January of 2010. Construction work ceased during the Timbers' 2010 season and began again in September of 2010. All work was completed in time for the opening of the Major League Soccer season in April of 2011.


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Special essays that can be e-mailed to you!
"Civil Society: Moral Arguments for Limiting Government": The Overton Window model suggests that the key to changing government policy lies in changing the views of the public. This, however, takes more than facts and logic. As Mackinac Center President Joseph G. Lehman argues in this essay, winning the battle for people's hearts and minds through "economic analysis alone is like bringing a knife to a gun fight." E-mail me free copies of this and the other special essays!
"The Inspiring Story of Thomas Clarkson": There may be no greater example of shifting the Overton Window than the story of the man most responsible for ending slavery in the British Empire: Thomas Clarkson. Dedicating himself to abolition in 1785 and triumphing against impossible odds, Clarkson toiled for decades to organize a nationwide citizens' movement that transformed public opinion through books, pamphlets, research, petitions, lawsuits, mailings, gatherings and commercial art. In this moving monograph, Mackinac Center President Emeritus Lawrence W. Reed brings Clarkson's story to life. E-mail me free copies of this and the other special essays!
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By Joseph Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
You've probably had this experience at some point: You've read about a great new idea for reforming government policy and thought, "This makes so much sense; why don't lawmakers just do it?" But months pass, and you don't hear politicians even discuss the idea, let alone act on it.
There's a reason: Ideas take time to produce changes in policy. This can be frustrating, but it also means that ideas policymakers refuse to countenance now may yet — with patience — become law.
Overton Window of Political Possibility
You can conceptualize changes in public opinion and political acceptability with this interactive gadget. Move the window by clicking inside the blue box; resize the window by clicking on the edge of the blue box.Least government interventionUp
Most freedomDown
- No government schools
- Parents pay for only the education they choose
- Private and home schools monitored, not regulated
- Tuition tax credits
- Tuition vouchers
- Private and home schooling moderately regulated
- Charter schools
- Public‐school choice
- State‐mandated curricula
- Private and home schooling highly regulated;
parents pay twice
- Home schooling illegal
- Private schools illegal
- Compulsory indoctrination in government schoolsMost government intervention
Least freedom
You can conceptualize changes in public opinion and political acceptability with this interactive gadget. Move the window by clicking inside the blue box; resize the window by clicking on the edge of the blue box.Least government interventionUp
Most freedomDown
- No government ownership, control
or monitoring of energy markets
- Government monitors open competition in energy markets
- Energy firms somewhat regulated; no subsidies
- Energy firms highly regulated; "alternative energy" subsidized
- Government allows only a few market competitors, approves rates
- Government protects monopoly energy suppliers, sets rates
- Government-protected energy monopolies highly regulated;
alternative energy mandated and subsidized
- Government controls "private" energy firms; consumption rationed
- All energy provided by government;
"over-consumption" criminalizedMost government intervention
Least freedom
You can conceptualize changes in public opinion and political acceptability with this interactive gadget. Move the window by clicking inside the blue box; resize the window by clicking on the edge of the blue box.Least government interventionUp
Most freedomDown
- Anyone can own, trade, and use any weapon
- Only very powerful weapons restricted,
very dangerous people restricted
- Most people can carry a weapon without permission
- Governments "shall issue" concealed weapons permits
- Governments "may issue" concealed weapons permits;
tight restrictions
- Only dealers are regulated and registered,
not individuals or weapons
- Certain broad classes of weapons, like handguns,
registered with government
- All weapons registered with government
- Lots of regulations on possession, trade, and use of weapons
- Heavy regulations on new guns and owners;
current guns and owners grandfathered in
- Small number of government-approved people may own weapons
- All gun trade operated and controlled by government
- Only government can own and use weapons;
private ownership and use is illegalMost government intervention
Least freedom
You can conceptualize changes in public opinion and political acceptability with this interactive gadget. Move the window by clicking inside the blue box; resize the window by clicking on the edge of the blue box.Least government interventionUp
Most freedomDown
- All welfare assistance is private—
families, religious organizations, charitable associations
- Government welfare is generous,
but strict requirements for recipients
- Government welfare is generous,
but lax requirements for recipients
- Government provides safety net of last resort—
temporary, limited assistance
- Government welfare is entitlement with few limits or restrictions
- Government more generous;
starts to crowd out private assistance
- Private assistance highly regulated
- Private assistance outlawedMost government intervention
Least freedom
The migration from mere ideas to the law of the land can be described by a model called the Overton Window. This is the term my colleagues and I gave to a theory of change developed by the Mackinac Center's late vice president, Joseph Overton. After Joe died in 2003, I built a presentation around his idea, and I still use it to show how think tanks can shift public policy.
Joe shared his abstract concept with me in the mid-1990s. He observed that any collection of public policies within a policy area, such as education, can be arranged in order from more free to less free (or from less government intervention to more). To avoid comparison with the left-right political spectrum, he arranged the policies from bottom (less free) to top (more free).
At any one time, some group of adjacent policies along the freedom spectrum fall into a "window of political possibility." Policies inside the window are politically acceptable, meaning officeholders believe they can support the policies and survive the next election. Policies outside the window, either higher or lower, are politically unacceptable at the moment. If you shift the position or size of the window, you change what is politically possible.
Many believe that politicians move the window, but that's actually rare. In our understanding, politicians typically don't determine what is politically acceptable; more often they react to it and validate it. Generally speaking, policy change follows political change, which itself follows social change. The most durable policy changes are those that are undergirded by strong social movements.
For example, Prohibition was a policy change driven by a social movement that did not prove strong enough to sustain the policy. Certain environmental policies that have proven durable are backed by strong social movements that favor those policies — or at least the idea they represent.
When social and political forces bring about change, the window of political possibility shifts up or down the spectrum and can also expand to include more policy options or shrink to include fewer. The window presents a menu of policy choices to politicians: From their point of view, relatively safe choices are inside the window and politically riskier choices (or bolder ones, if you prefer) are outside.
Lawmakers who support policies outside the window are one of two kinds — true leaders who have the rare ability to shift the window by themselves, or politicians who risk electoral defeat because they are perceived as out of touch. This explains why key lawmakers in 2009 and 2010 were reluctant to support a massive federal health care bill seen as unpopular with the people. Officeholders knew a vote outside the window would subject them to the political Furies, as in fact it has.
The Overton Window doesn't describe everything, but it describes one big thing: Politicians will rarely support whatever policy they choose whenever they choose; rather, they will do what they feel they can do without risking electoral defeat, given the current political environment shaped by ideas, social movements and societal sensibilities.
That's why it's important for the Mackinac Center and others to educate citizens on the nation's founding principles of limited government and free markets. Public policies rooted in those ideas produced freedom and prosperity unmatched by any other society in history. The same policies can return us to prosperity now. A people animated by our nation's founding principles will shift the window of political possibility toward greater freedom.
The politicians will ultimately follow.
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Q: What is the Overton Window?
A: The Overton Window of Political Possibility is a model developed to explain public policy change. When public policies in a given area, such as education or labor, are arranged from freest to least free, only a relatively narrow window of options will be considered politically acceptable. This window of politically acceptable policies is not defined primarily by what politicians would prefer; rather, it is defined by what they believe they can support and still win re-election. Hence, the window shifts to include new policies or exclude old ones not when ideas change among politicians, but when ideas change in the society that elects them.
The Overton Window is described in more detail at the top of this page and in an article here.
Q: Who created the concept of the Overton Window?
A: The Overton Window was developed in the mid-1990s by the late Joseph P. Overton, who was senior vice president at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy at the time of his death in 2003. (For a brief biography and a comprehensive list of Overton's commentaries and studies, click here.) Following Overton's passing, the Mackinac Center's current president, Joseph Lehman, built a presentation around Overton's idea and shared it with other leaders of state-based free-market think tanks.
Q: Can the Overton Window be shifted by lies, distortions or misunderstandings?
A: Yes, but it's obviously wrong to intentionally disseminate misleading information. The Overton Window reflects what society believes, which can be as easily influenced by truth and facts as it can be by inaccurate or deceptive information. Even mistakes can shift the window. The massive underestimate of Medicare costs probably contributed to the program's creation in the 1960s. The false belief that weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq contributed to support for that war.
Q: What is the Mackinac Center for Public Policy?
A: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to improving the quality of life for all Michigan citizens by promoting sound solutions to state and local policy questions. The Mackinac Center assists policymakers, scholars, business people, the media and the public by providing objective analysis of Michigan issues. The goal of all Center reports, commentaries and educational programs is to equip Michigan citizens and other decision makers to better evaluate policy options. For more information, please click here.
Q: What is the connection between the Mackinac Center and Glenn Beck's new book, "The Overton Window"?
A: The book is based on Beck's adaptation of the Overton Window concept developed by the Mackinac Center, a Michigan think tank. A character in the book reveals the origin of the concept to be a think tank in the Midwest. The Mackinac Center was not involved in the creation of the book. Beck's "The Overton Window" is a work of fiction scheduled for release on June 15, 2010. Beck has discussed the Overton Window concept on his television show, however, just as others have discussed the idea. It is a testament to the vitality of Overton's ideas that years after Overton's passing, a nationally syndicated talk show host would find the Overton Window compelling and want to share the idea with an audience of millions.
Q: How can I help the Mackinac Center promote better public policy in Michigan and reach as many people as possible?
A: The Mackinac Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that depends on thousands of generous contributors like you. For more information on how you can become a member, please click here.
Joe Lehman Discusses the Overton Window on Glenn Beck's TV Show
Joe Lehman Explains How the Overton Window Shifts
Joe Lehman, Glenn Beck and the History of the Overton Window
Lehman Discusses the Overton Window on Glenn Beck's Radio Show
An Introduction to the Overton Window of Political Possibilities
The Overton Window Opens to Another Audience (audio)
Don't Look Now: Right-to-Work Is in the Overton Window
Overton wasn't just another Joe - Detroit Free Press
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Paris Hilton sympathises with Lindsay Lohan over legal troubles
PARIS HILTON sympathises with LINDSAY LOHAN as her former pal begins her latest stint in rehab because the socialite is convinced the actress lacks the support system she had when she struggled through her own legal troubles.
The embattled Mean Girls star checked in to the Betty Ford Clinic in California on Friday (03May13) to start her 90-day court-ordered stay after a headline-grabbing 24 hours, during which Lohan switched treatment programmes from an approved New York facility to one in Los Angeles, and risked arrest after leaving the centre less than an hour after signing in.
Her mother Dina and estranged father Michael have already started blaming one another for their daughter's issues, and Hilton fears their bickering could be hampering Lohan's recovery - because she relied heavily on her mum and dad when she was battling her past drug problems.
She says, "I think it all comes down to family. I'm very lucky to have such an amazing family and I think some people aren't that fortunate."
However, Hilton insists she is rooting for Lohan to overcome her personal demons: "I've known her (Lohan) for a long time. I haven't seen her in a while but I wish her the best... Hopefully this (rehab stint) helps her."
The hotel heiress appears to have turned her life around after a string of drug and alcohol-related arrests in recent years, which included a stint behind bars in 2007. Her last arrest for cocaine possession in 2010 landed her 200 hours of community service, £1,250 in fines, and an order to complete a substance abuse programme. The case was closed in 2011.


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Designers' Favorite Quilting Notions
My design wall. (a design wall, pictured) —Valori Wells
Electric Quilt 6 has changed the way I plan quilts. I love that you can scan fabrics into your fabric library so that you can play with the placement of fabrics before you start cutting and sewing. —Tammy Johnson
I always use the little green reducer. It helps me balance all of those colors and textures that I use. —Linda Lum DeBono
My iPod Nano - whether I listen to music or books on CD, my iPod keeps me focused and happy. —Mary Sorensen
My favorite iron—one of those Rowenta Steam Generators (pictured)—allows me to press dry and then set the piece with a shot of steam. —Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Co.
I have a Rowenta tank steam iron...another best thing that I bought! —Avis Shirer of Joined at the Hip
A wooden iron (pictured), I use it for paper piecing because I don't like to get up to iron every little seam when paper piecing. —Cori Derksen of Blue Meadow Designs
I could never live without my iron. I even travel with one! I press every step of the way. There is no way you can end up with perfect piecing, great appliqué, or a nice flat quilt top with out pressing each step of the way. I could live without my sewing machine but never my iron! —Cynthia Tomaszewski of Simple Pleasures
Niagara spray starch (pictured) in the green bottle (not the can). It's great. —Alice Berg
I love the Bias Tool (pictured). It gives me the confidence to cut stripe fabric for binding. —Roseann Meehan Kermes
I wish I'd known about template stamps (pictured) 30 years ago. I wouldn't hand piece without them, now. —Cindy Blackberg
Putting a loop of tape or double-faced tape on the back of a template. It's helped us to cut more precisely without the template slipping. —Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle of FunQuilts
Freezer paper—It's inexpensive, accessible and perfect for making templates and pattern pieces. —Amy Butler
Freezer paper—It can be used in so many ways. —Alex Anderson
Bias Tape Makers
We love the Clover Bias Tape maker tool (pictured) which we use to make binding. The Clover Binding Tool helps us bind totally by machine. Our quilts are machine washed and dried and the binding has to be very durable so the machine stitching aids in that. —Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle of FunQuilts
The fastest and easiest way to make bias vines for appliqué. —Cynthia Tomaszewski of Simple Pleasures
You can make bias tape with this tool in less than 30 seconds! —Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts
Marking Tools
Chalk marker—I usually mark lines as I quilt, then dust them away. —Alice Berg
I really like the Clover marking pen that you can use on dark fabric. —Mabeth Oxenreider
Needles & Pins
Clover Needle Threader (pictured)—My eyes don't work like they used to and it saves time and frustration when threading my little needles. —Mary Lou Wiedman
With a needle threader, I can thread ANYTHING! —Pat Sloan
I love my magnetic pincushion. I don't have to even glance at putting my pins away. I simply toss my pins in the general direction of the pincushion, and it grabs them every time. —Myra Harder of Blue Meadow Designs
Toothpick-turn appliqué (pictured): I learned this great appliqué method from my dear friend, Laurene Sinema. Use a round toothpick to turn the ends under rather than a slick needle. Let the toothpick rest between your lips to gather a little moisture - that's the magic of this technique. Try it I think you will like stitching with a toothpick too! —Renée Plains
YLI silk thread is so thin (yet strong!) that it sinks into the fabric hides the stitches. —Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree Quilts
Seams and Binding
Fork pins (pictured) have changed the way I join seams. —Roseann Meehan Kermes
I use hair clips to hold binding when I am hand sewing it down to the back of the quilt. No more pins sticking me. I only use three—one where I begin which stays on the quilt until the last stitch of binding is ready to be done. Two holding the binding where I'm sewing. As I remove one, I put it back on beyond the other one. —Lila Taylor Scott
My Binding Miter Tool because I can cut separate binding for each side of my quilt, insuring that parallel sides are the same length and THEN miter perfect corners on my bindings. —Jackie Robinson of Animas Quilts


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If you are part of the RBW Owners Bunch or visited our Flickr page, you've already caught a sniff of this. Here is the official "letting the cat out of the bag".
Soma is working on a road frame project with Rivendell Bicycle Works. We have admired Rivendell's amazing frames and their work with Nitto for years and are excited to have a chance to collaborate on this project. We shared with Grant Petersen that we wanted a "road sport" frame, but he was free to interpret what that meant.Specifications we like to share with you at this stage ---
- Project name: San Marcos (named after a lovely place in Guatemala where our main warehouse guy was born)
- Full Rivendell lug set
- Tange Prestige heat treated tubing
- Threaded fork with flat crown (1")
- Original geometry from Grant (not a clone of anything Rivendell has in its stable)
- Two of the smaller sizes may be 650B
While we are letting Grant do much of the design work, the frame will follow Soma's philosophy by being tough and reliable and by being affordable to most cycling enthusiasts. We have just received the first prototype and will probably doing a second before this gets green-lighted. Graphics and paint are subject to change, but this prototype does show an alternative graphic scheme we are introducing on some 2010 frames (more news on those later).
As for the question "When can we get one?" Our reply to that is, "It will be ready when it is ready. We want to do it right and 'right' takes time." We are planning a 2011 release, but if it is ready earlier, then we'll release it earlier.


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