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During the summer vacation season, it's a challenge for parents to make sure kids stay engaged in the learning process, but there are summer learning tips to keep the kids sharp even if you're on the road.
The people at Charlottesville's LearningRx say you can make summer travel time both fun and educational. The trick is to look for learning opportunities that the kids will actually enjoy.
"Somewhere between 'Are we there yet?' and 'Don't make me pull over this car,' are some ideas that families can utilize that make that trip very pleasant and stimulating to their children," said Dargan Goggeshall, the executive director of Charlottesville's LearningRx.
Coggeshall said instead of putting in a DVD or giving your kids a smart device, play an audio book. That allows your child to visualize the story themselves, and you can ask questions throughout the story.
Another idea is to ask kids to make a movie in their head.
"While you're traveling ask them to start with a central character like a puppy," Coggeshall said. "Ask what does he look like, feel like, what setting, what is he doing, feeling? That is good for comprehension skills."
You can also quiz your kids while traveling by asking them about the billboards and signs they see. Other activities like memory games, rhyming and songs like the age old "99 bottles of beer on the wall" are also good.
The educational opportunities don't end once you get to your destination. Once you arrive at your vacation spot, Coggeshall said make sure you go on at least one educational outing to places like a nature center, library, or book store. The people there know vacationers will be coming, and they'll likely have expanded programming to accommodate families.
The number one rule for keeping your kids' brains stimulated over the summer is simple -- make sure to set aside time each day to read with them.
LearningRx is celebrating their three-year anniversary in Charlottesville with an open house May 20 from 8 to 11 a.m and 3 to 6 p.m. at the office located at 1441 Sachem Place #3.
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Blaine boy returns to his roots
new community planner Brent Baldwin has been on the job
just a couple of weeks but already knows Blaine quite
The son of retired Intalco worker Bill Baldwin and former Blaine elementary school teacher Patsy Baldwin, Brent is a returning native son, a member of the Blaine high school class of 1988 and the brother of local attorney Bill Baldwin.
is a step up," said Baldwin, "but
I also wanted to be in on the changes in Blaine as they
begin to develop. Things are happening, and there's
lots of potential." Baldwin worked for the city of
Bellingham for five years following undergraduate work
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"I like the smaller scale here," he said, "not that Bellingham is so big, but this is better."
Baldwin is married to Mitzi, "a Lynden girl, I went east to find someone," Baldwin laughed. They have two children, Aidan, four, and Miles, two.


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Rumor has is that Walmart is set to get a 4GB iPhone. Yes, the same one, well, not exactly the same one Apple discontinued, but a 3G version. Since the Walmart shoppers are bargain hunters, or just down right poor, it's a little more likely and at a price tag of just $99, half the price of the 8GB, it's not that far fetched, especially since Best Buy sells the iPhone.
Walmart or Costco, someones getting a cheaper iPhone if Apple wants to become the number one provider of smartphones in the US, or perhaps even China (this would only apply to a Walmart scenario).


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Summer term's book is The Pickwick Papers, aka The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens. The selection is to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. Bring your lunch and join us in the library for an engaging conversation about the book and the author on Thursday, August 23, at 12:20 p.m.
A free copy of The Pickwick Papers is available on the Project Gutenberg website.
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Two members of the Senate last week introduced bipartisan legislation that would limit contractor salaries paid by federal tax dollars to $400,000—the same as the president's salary.
The bill, dubbed the Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2012 (S. 2198), was introduced March 15 by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Under the current federal executive compensation benchmark, tax-funded salaries earned by a government contractor's top five executives are limited to $693,951—a cap the lawmakers say has almost doubled over the past 12 years. Moreover, according to a release from the two senators, "employees of government contractors outside of the top five can and do earn taxpayer-funded amounts in excess of the current benchmark."
S. 2198 would extend the $400,000 cap would to cover all contractor employees. The contractor compensation has been a point of contention for some time.
"The direct taxpayer-funded salaries of government contractors clearly need to be contained, and this legislation is designed to do so," Grassley said in a press statement. "There's no justification for these payments to be higher than the salary of the president of the United States."
While the bill would limit taxpayer-provided compensation, contractors would not be limited from paying employees additional amounts out of their own revenues, the lawmakers pointed out.
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Keep in mind this garbage comes from the same crooks who use their insider knowledge to make stock market purchases.
Congress also reduces veterans medical benefits while they increase their own benefit. This is a bill I highly recommend making noise about.
Government's role is clearly going big brother here.
Write you congress person and express your point of view if you care about the impacts this has!
Typical of Congress, the new American Royalty. Doing to others what they should do to themselves FIRST! Think they will ever reduce their own pay or benefits? What a bunch of hypocrites.
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BURBANK, Calif., July 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NYBD Holding, Inc. (OTC: NYBD), Pleasant Kids, Inc. (AQUA) America's premium supplier of naturally balanced alkaline water and all natural apple juice for children is proud to announce that our annual general meeting (AGM) will be held on August 15, 2014 in our offices in Burbank, CA.
The company at this time would like to update shareholders on business development and corporate updates. We are embarking on a national campaign ''WHERE HEALTHY BEGINS'' to date we have sold over 10 pallets, currently have over 30 pallets in potential Purchase Orders pending and sold over 120 plus cases online. We are in negotiation stages with major supermarket chains. As part of the expansion our brand we will be purchasing another 250,000 units/containers of BPA FREE bottles in the upcoming week. Our highly anticipated all natural juice is scheduled to hit supermarket shelves soon.
On July 2nd 2014 the SEC accepted our form 14C. To review the submission please visit www.edgar-online.com. We do not foresee any need for a reverse split in the next coming quarter and look for a authorize share reduction.
Robert Rico, CEO of Pleasant Kids, commented, "This is an exciting time for Pleasant Kids. We are continuing with our effort to brand Pleasant Kids(TM) as the healthy brand of choice for children. We are updating our website and expanding our staff by adding territorial sales reps as well as beverage brokers and distributors.
We are look to increased our board membership and to bring on several seasoned business development members to assist Pleasant Kids as we further develop the company.
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We are seeking to develop additional revenue stream and have entered into negotiations with available Family Fun Centers in South Florida. We are working to acquire the controlled ownership shares and consolidated revenues. Our new business development team is in negations with other potential corporate partners to further expand the depth of our brand.
We will be adding a delivery truck to our inventory this Ford-350 box or extended van will be utilized as a delivery vehicle. We feel this is needed to increase our sales and service our growing demand.
We welcome & look forward to hearing your comments as we move forward in efforts to reach our corporate goals. We would like to sincerely thank our past, present, and future clients and shareholders.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho.--Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest is offering a cash reward for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect responsible for the robbery of Dutch Bros. Coffee on Monday.
The robbery happened around 9:45 p.m. at the Dutch Bros. on North West Boulevard. Two women that work at the coffee stand said a man approached the drive through window and threatened to shoot them and demanded money.
They said the man had a white plastic grocery sack from the Dollar Tree and he said there was a gun inside. They said the man then threw a reddish orange draw string bag inside to the employees. The employees gave an undisclosed amount of cash into the bag.
The suspect was last seen running eastbound on Mill Avenue.
He is being described as 5' 10" and 160-180 pounds. Police said he possibly has a dark complexion and was wearing a red ski mask with eye and mouth holes. They said the suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a black shirt underneath with white writing.
Anyone with information is asked to Call Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.


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Braves pitcher Tim Hudson's foundation held a bash Saturday night at the Loews Hotel in Midtown. The event featured a swank location, glamorous spread – everything, really, except Hudson himself.
He had a pretty valid excuse for missing his own party, though. He was on the mound that night in New York, where the Braves beat the Mets 4-0.
The party went on, with about 200 people attending, including young people who have benefited from the Hudson Family Foundation's scholarship programs.
Next up for the foundation, started by Hudson and his wife, Kim, is the second annual "Hudson's Honky Tonk Benefit Weekend," planned for Nov. 19 and 20 and featuring a concert at the Gwinnett Arena with Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean.
We hear a mechanical bull will be part of the festivities, and that Huddy himself will be there this time. For information see the Hudson foundation Web site.


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FRANKLIN-A Suffolk man is charged with the rape and abduction of a Franklin woman on New Year's night.
26-year-old Tremaine M. Porter was already in jail, accused of raping a juvenile and a 48-year-old woman in Franklin in July, police said.
Around 2:00 a.m. on January 1, the 55-year-old woman was walking home from a church service when a man pulled a gun, tried to rob her and then raped her. Police say Porter was the man was attacked her in the area of Armory Dr. and Gardner St.
Porter is now charged with rape, abduction with intent to defile, object sexual penetration, possession of a firearm by a violent convicted felon, and three counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony.


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The dark hue of the violet The snow white lily's bloom Are emblems of the virtues rare; That seal all failures' doom; That give us courage ever To dare to do the right: For Alma Mater dear they stand, All hail the Blue and White. O sing a song of love and praise From loyal hearts and pure, For her our Alma Mater dear And for her ideals true; For over a hundred years she's triumphed, As upward in her flight She's climbed to a beacon light- Passing onward greater opportunity Her banner Blue and White. Words and Music by William Augustine Perry, Class of 1902
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10 dividend payers for volatile times
A screening tool and the collective wisdom of an online community help identify companies that pay nice dividends.
This post comes from partner site The Motley Fool.
Investing in dividend stocks is a tried-and-true strategy for building long-term wealth. A study by Ned Davis Research found that from 1972 to 2006, dividend-paying stocks returned an average of 10% a year, while their stingier counterparts returned just 4% annually.
In other words, you can generate sizable investment returns, even during times of economic turmoil, if you can identify companies likely to maintain an even increase in their payouts to shareholders.
And many corporations, after paring costs to the bone to weather the recession, are awash in cash. Much of that money will be spent on meeting increased demand as the economy improves, but some will no doubt be allocated to stock buybacks and dividend payments.
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We looked for stocks expected to outperform the market by at least 100 CAPS All-Stars -- those members whose stock-picking acumen places them in the community's 20th percentile.
Each of these stocks had the highest possible five-star ratings by our All-Stars, and each has a dividend yield of at least 1%. Additionally, we screened for companies with market values of at least $1 billion.
Here's our list:
Valero Energy (VLO) is an oil refiner and marketer with a market cap of $9.4 billion. Its shares have a 3.6% dividend yield.
Penn West Energy Trust (PWE) is one of Canada's biggest oil and natural-gas investment trusts, with a market cap of $7.3 billion. Shares have a 9.8% dividend yield.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) is a maker of pharmaceuticals and nutritional products with a market value of $51 billion. Shares have a 4.8% dividend yield.
Huntsman (HUN) makes chemicals and has a market value of $2.6 billion. Shares have a dividend yield of 3.6%.
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is one of the world's biggest exchange operators, with exchanges in New York, Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and Amsterdam. Its market cap is $6.6 billion. Shares have a dividend yield of 4.6%.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is a diversified health care company with a market value of $178 billion. Shares have a dividend yield of 3%.
BP (BP) is one of the world's biggest oil and natural-gas companies, with a market capitalization of $175 billion. Its American depositary receipts have a dividend yield of 5.9%.
Genuine Parts (GPC), an auto-parts wholesaler, has a market value of $6 billion. Shares have a dividend yield of 4.1%.
France Telecom (FTE) is France's biggest telecommunications company, with a market value of $61 billion. Its American depositary receipts have a 6.6% dividend yield.
Emerson Electric (EMR) makes electrical and electronics products and has a market cap of $31 billion. Shares have a 3.2% dividend yield.
Remember, this screen is only a starting point in the research process. When selecting dividend payers, savvy investors know it's important to make sure a company has sufficient free cash flow to sustain and grow its dividends for years to come.
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Finally, at MIRANDA DO DOURO, you arrive at an eastern Trás-os-Montes town with a certain presence. In part, this is due to its location – across from Spain, and set above a magnificent gorge of the Rio Douro – but there's also history and tradition here in abundance. The border town was always at the forefront of fights with the Spanish, and was fortified to the gills in earlier times – until an apocalyptic explosion in 1762 destroyed its castle, killed hundreds and sent Miranda into a gentle decline. After the explosion, Miranda remained a neglected outpost for two centuries – sufficiently remote for a distinct language, Mirandês, to flourish. It is still spoken today and even taught in schools: local street and town signs are usually in both Portuguese and the Mirandês equivalent.
Modern Miranda might be small – with just a couple of thousand inhabitants – but it still retains the status of a city and boasts an outsized sixteenth-century cathedral and a charming old-town area from its glory days. What changed the character of Miranda completely, however, was the building in 1955 of the huge Barragem de Miranda, just below town. With the dam wall and border just a couple of kilometres away, there's a constant stream of Spanish tourists, who come to view the staggering gorge scenery, take a river trip and wander briefly around town. Stay the night, and you can also see a bit more of the Douro river gorge by driving out to the magnificent local viewing point – or even hiking there on one of the region's finest one-day walks.Read More
Barragem de Miranda
Barragem de Miranda
Down the vertiginous hill below town lies the Barragem de Miranda hydroelectric dam and border – the road runs over the dam wall into Spain and on towards Zamora. It's one of the largest hydroelectric dams in the country and marks the point at which the Portuguese Rio Douro transforms itself into the Spanish Rio Duero. Boat trips through the gorge are an obvious attraction and they run year-round.
São João das Arribas gorge
São João das Arribas gorge
The circular walk (20km; 6hr) from Miranda to the gorge at São João das Arribas is the best use of a spare day, though you can also drive there (partly on dirt roads, in good condition) for a picnic. The walk is waymarked with red and yellow paint stripes, and though many are faded they are still all (mostly) visible, making route-finding fairly straightforward. There is also a leaflet available in the park office showing the route; be prepared for barking dogs at farms all the way round.
The route starts by the turismo, where you follow the brown "Castros de Vale de Águia e de Aldeia Nova" sign – the road through the shops and buildings soon turns to a dirt track and the waymarks begin. At Castro de Vale de Águia (2.5km) are the first amazing views over a double bend in the river; at the rustic-in-the-extreme hamlet of Vale de Águia (4.5km) follow the "Aldeia Nova" sign along a tarmac road to Aldeia Nova (6.5km), where there's a bar (probably closed) and a sign for "São João das Arribas" and "Castro". Down this track, at the small chapel of São João das Arribas (8km), are simply extraordinary views of the Douro gorge, plus remains of the Iron Age, later Roman, castro. It's a great place for a picnic.
The no-risk return is to go back the way you came, though the actual waymarked route runs west through Pena Branca (12km) and then south to the Fresno River where you cross the low bridge (16km) and then head up past farms until you crest a hill and see Miranda (20km) ahead.
Bagpipes and stick men
Bagpipes and stick men
Trás-os-Montes is the heartland of the Portuguese gaita-de-foles (bagpipes), the main melody instrument of Trás-os-Montes traditional music. It's similar to the Scottish Highland war-pipe in shape but closest to the gaitas of Spanish Galicia and Asturias, all of which are drawn from the Moorish tradition (ghaita being the Moroccan word for a pipe). The old tradition of the pipes survives principally in Miranda do Douro, kept alive by Mirandês gaiteiros who play regularly for the Pauliteiros, local men in traditional outfits who prance around clattering wooden sticks together rhythmically (rather like an English morris dance). Like many such manifestations in the north (the stone pigs, the bonfire celebrations, the masked revels), it probably dates back to Celtic times. It's a performance which is more often seen at large nationwide festivals than in their home town, though the Pauliteiros make a special appearance every year during the Santa Bárbara festa (starts the Sunday following August 15). At this time you will also hear the local folk music, a tradition maintained at the town's Casa da Música Mirandês (music institute), by the ruined castle on Largo do Castelo.


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For the majority of the Tico population, the Guanacaste Province, hemmed in by mountains to the east and the Pacific to the west, and bordered on the north by Nicaragua, is distinctly apart. Guanacastecos still sometimes refer to Valle Central inhabitants as "Cartagos", an archaic term dating back to the eighteenth century when Cartago was Costa Rica's capital. Though little tangible remains of the dance, music and folklore for which the region is distinct, there is undeniably something special about the place. Granted, much of the landscape has come about through the slaughter of tropical dry forest, but it's still some of the prettiest you'll see in the country, especially in the wet season, when wide-open spaces, stretching from the ocean across savannah grasses to the brooding humps of volcanoes, are awash in earth tones, blues, yellows and mauves.
The dry heat, relatively accessible terrain and panoramic views make Guanacaste the best place in the country for walking and horseriding, especially around the mud pots and stewing sulphur waters of the spectacular Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja and through the tropical dry forest cover of Parque Nacional Santa Rosa. Beyond Cañas, protected areas administered by the Area de Conservación Tempisque (ACT) encompass Parque Nacional Palo Verde, an important site for migratory birds, Reserva Biológica Lomas Barbudal, and the deep underground caves of Parque Nacional Barra Honda on the Nicoya Peninsula, just across the Río Tempisque.
For many travellers, however, Guanacaste means only one thing: beaches. Most are found where the Nicoya Peninsula joins the mainland. Roughly two-thirds of the mountainous peninsula is in Guanacaste, while the lower third belongs to the Puntarenas Province. Beaches range from simple hideaways such as quiet Nosara to large resorts aimed at the North American winter market. Several beaches are also nesting grounds for marine turtles – giant leatherbacks haul themselves up onto Playa Grande, near Tamarindo, while Parque Nacional Santa Rosa is the destination for olive ridley turtles. The only towns of any significance for travellers are the provincial capital of Liberia, and Nicoya, the main town on the peninsula. If you are overnighting on the way to Nicaragua, La Cruz makes a useful base.
Highlands Ticos tend to describe Guanacaste as a virtual desert, liberally applying the words caliente (hot) and seco (dry). Certainly it is dry, in comparison to the rest of the country: parts of it receive only 500mm of rain a year, ten times less than the Caribbean coast. To some extent irrigation has helped, but in summer (Dec–April), Guanacaste still experiences some drought. This is when you'll see an eerie landscape of bare, silver-limbed trees glinting in the sun, as many shed their leaves in order to conserve water. The province is significantly greener, and prettier, in the wet season (May–Nov), which is generally agreed to be the best time to come, with the added benefit of fewer travellers and lighter rainfall than the rest of the country receives during these months.
These days, Guanacaste is changing fast. An enormous number of hotels, some all-inclusive resorts, are being built on the Pacific coast, and with the opening of the Liberia airport to international traffic, winter charter tourism has truly arrived. Inland, mass tourism is less evident, and, despite the presence of McDonald's in its dignified streets, Liberia itself remains one of the most charming towns in the country. There seems to be no getting away from "progress", however, and the province may become many tourists' first, and perhaps only, glimpse of the country.
Brief history
Due to significant excavations in the area and some contemporaneous Spanish accounts, Guanacaste's pre-Columbian history is better documented than in the rest of Costa Rica. Archeologists have long been interested in the Chorotegas, considered to have been the most highly developed of all Costa Rica's scattered and isolated pre-Columbian peoples, but whose culture predictably went into swift decline after the Conquest. In archeological terms it belongs to the Greater Nicoya Sub-area, a pre-Columbian designation that includes some of western Nicaragua, and which continues to yield buried clues to the extent of communication between the Maya and Aztec cultures to the north and smaller groups inhabiting Mesoamerica from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries.
Following the Conquest, the region became part of the administrative entity known as the Capitanía General de Guatemala. Guanacaste was annexed by Nicaragua in 1787, but in 1812 the Spanish rulers about-turned and donated the province to Costa Rica, so that its territory became large enough for it to be officially represented in the Captaincy. When the modern-day Central American nations declared independence from Spain, and the Captaincy was dissolved in 1821, Guanacaste found itself in the sensitive position of being claimed by both Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In an 1824 vote the province's inhabitants made their allegiances clear: the Guanacastecos in the north, traditionally cattle ranchers with familial ties to Nicaragua, voted to join that country, while the inhabitants of the Nicoya Peninsula wished to maintain links with Costa Rica. The peninsular vote won out, by a slim margin.
As the nineteenth century progressed, cattle ranching began to dominate the landscape, providing the mainstay of the economy until well into the twentieth century. Despite the continuing presence of the cattle culture and the sabanero in Guanacaste, however, beef prices have been dropping in Costa Rica for some years now, after the boom years of the 1960s and 1970s when deforestation was rife. In contrast, as in the rest of the country, the tourist industry is becoming increasingly important to the local economy.Read More
Cowboy culture in Guanacaste
Cowboy culture in Guanacaste
Much of Guanacaste has long been turned into pasture for cattle ranching, and a huge part of the region's appeal is its sabanero (cowboy) culture. As in the US, the sabanero has acquired a mythical aura – industrious, free-spirited, monosyllabic, and a skilful handler of animals and the environment – and his rough, tough body, clad in jeans with leather accoutrements symbolizes "authenticity" (women get assigned a somewhat less exciting role in this rural mythology: the cocinera, or cook). In reality, however, the life of the sabaneros is hard; they often work in their own smallholdings or as peones (farmworkers) on large haciendas owned by relatively well-off ranchers.
To witness the often extraordinary skills of the sabaneros, head for the smaller towns – particularly on the Nicoya Peninsula – where during the months of January and February weekend fiestas are held in the local redondel de toros (bullring). More a rodeo than a bullfight, unlike in Spain, no gory kills are made: the spectacle comes from amazing feats of bull riding and roping. You'll see cowboys riding their horses alongside the Interamericana highway, too, often towing two or three horses behind them as big transport trucks steamroll past on their way to Nicaragua. This dependence on cattle culture has its downside. Much of Guanacaste is degraded pastureland, abandoned either because of its exhaustion by grazing or as a result of continually poor domestic and foreign markets for Costa Rican meat. Although impressive efforts to regenerate former tropical dry forest are under way – at Parque Nacional Santa Rosa and Parque Nacional Guanacaste, for example – it is unlikely that this rare life-zone will recover its original profile.
The flowering trees of Guanacaste
The flowering trees of Guanacaste
Guanacaste's many flowering trees dot the landscape with pastel puffs of colour. Trees blossom in a strange way in the dry lands of Guanacaste, flowering literally overnight and then, just as suddenly, shedding their petals to the ground, covering it in a carpet of confetti colours. The corteza amarilla bursts into a wild Van Gogh-like blaze in March, April and May, and is all the more dramatic being set against a landscape of burnt siennas, muted mauves and sallow yellows. The guanacaste tree itself, also called the "elephant ear", is a majestic wide-canopied specimen and an emblem of the nation. Its cream-coloured flowers appear in May, and its curious seed pods feed the cattle and horses.
In November the deciduous guachipelín tree blooms, with its delicate fern-like leaves; in January it's time for the pastel-pink floss of the poui, followed in March by the equally pretty tabebuia rosea. By the end of the dry season the red flowers of the malinche explode into colour.
Pre-Columbian Guanacaste
Pre-Columbian Guanacaste
Greater Nicoya (modern-day Guanacaste) was an archeological and cultural buffer zone between the complex cultures of the Aztecs and the Maya to the north, and the simpler agrarian cultures to the south, who had more in common with the prehistoric peoples of the Amazon basin. Greater Nicoya was occupied from an indeterminate date by the Nicoyans, about whom little is known, but most of the historical and archeological facts discovered about the region relate to the peoples known as the Chorotegas, who arrived in Nicoya in 800 AD, though some sources date their arrival as later, fleeing social and political upheavals far to the north.
The central Mexican empire of Teotihuacán, near the Mexico City of today, had fallen into disorganization by about 650 AD, and was abandoned about one hundred years later, at the same time that the Classic Maya civilizations of modern-day Yucatán and northern Guatemala also collapsed. New fragmented groups were created, some of whom forged migratory, militaristic bands. In the eighth century, harassed by their territorial enemies the Olmecs, groups of Maya and Aztecs migrated south. Among them were the people who would become known as Chorotegas. The word Chorotega derives from either their place of origin, Cholula, or from two words in the Chorotegan language: cholol (to run or escape) and teca (people) – "the people who escaped".
Evidence of immediate and long-term cultural upheaval in the area after 800 AD includes a significant increase in the number of Nicoyan burial sites found dating from around this time. The use of objects associated with elites – like ceremonial skulls, jades and elaborate metates – suddenly declined almost to the point of disappearing completely, and populations seem to have migrated from the interior toward the coasts. While this evidence could suggest a natural disaster (a volcanic eruption, perhaps) it also bears the hallmarks of what could be termed an invasion.
The Chorotegas' first contact with the Spanish was calamitous. The 1522 Spanish expedition from Panamá up the Pacific coast to Nicaragua brought smallpox, the plague and influenza to the indigenous people of Greater Nicoya. Imprisonment and slavery followed, with coastal peoples raided, branded and sold into slavery in Panamá and Peru. The demise of the Chorotegas from the sixteenth century was rapid and unreversed.
Excavations in Guanacaste and the Nicoya Peninsula reveal something of the Chorotegas' belief systems and social arrangements. Near Bahía Culebra, anthropologists unearthed pottery shards, utensils and the remains of hearths, along with a burial ground holding twenty females, children and infants. Chorotega villages were made up of longhouse-type structures – common to many indigenous cultures of the Americas – inhabited by entire extended families, and centred on a large square, site of religious ceremonies and meetings.
Like the Maya and Aztecs, the Chorotegas had a belief system built around blood-letting and the sacrifice of animals and humans. Although it is not known if beating hearts were ripped from chests, virgins were definitely thrown into volcano craters to appease their gods, about whom little is known. Chorotegas also believed in yulios, the spirit alter ego that escaped from their mouths at the moment of death to roam the world forever. Although pagan, Chorotega priests shared a number of duties and functions with the Catholic priests who worked to destroy their culture. Celibate, they may also have heard confessions and meted out punishments for sins.
Few Chorotega rituals are documented. One known practice was the formation of a kind of human maypole, consisting of voladores, or men suspended "flying" (actually roped) from a post, twirling themselves round and round while descending to the ground. Originating with the Aztecs, the ritual was dedicated to the Morning Star, considered to be a deity; the four voladores represented the cardinal points. While no longer displayed in Costa Rica, it is still performed in the Mexican state of Veracruz and in certain villages in Guatemala.
The Chorotega economy was based on maize (corn). They also cultivated tobacco, fruit, beans and cotton, using cacao beans as currency, and the marketplace was run by women. All land was held communally, as was everything that was cultivated and harvested, which was then distributed throughout the settlement. This plurality did not extend to social prestige, however. Three strata characterized Chorotega society: at the upper echelon were chieftains (caciques), warriors and priests; in the middle were the commoners, and at the bottom were the slaves and prisoners of war. The Chorotegas were the only indigenous peoples in Costa Rica to have a written language, comprising hieroglyphs similar to those used by the Maya. They were also skilled artisans, producing ornamental jewellery and jade, and colouring cotton fabrics with animal and vegetable dye. It was the Chorotegas who made the bulk of the distinctive ceramics so celebrated in the country today, many of which can be seen in San José's Museo Nacional (for more on Chorotega pottery).
La cocina Guanacasteca: corn cooking
La cocina Guanacasteca: corn cooking
Corn is still integral to the regional cuisine of Guanacaste, thanks to the Chorotegas, who cultivated maize (corn) to use in many inventive ways. One pre-Columbian corn concoction involved roasting and grinding the maize, and then combining the meal-like paste with water and chocolate to make the drink chicha. Although you can't find this version of chicha any more you can still get grain-based drinks in Guanacaste, such as horchata (made with rice or corn and spiced with cinnamon), or pinolillo (made with roasted corn), both milky and sweet, with an unmistakeably grainy texture.
Corn also shows up in traditional Guanacastecan snacks such as tanelas (like a cheese scone, but made with cornflour) and rosquillas, small rings of cornflour that taste like a combination between tortillas and doughnuts. You can buy these at roadside stalls and small shops in Liberia. Served throughout the country, chorreados crop up most often on menus in Guanacaste: they're a kind of pancake made (again) with cornflour and served with natilla, the local version of sour cream.


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The Columbus man accused of threatening to kill another man with a hand ax will remain behind bars.
News Leader 9 was in the courtroom Tuesday morning when Brent Watson made his first appearance in front of a judge and pleaded not guilty.
Watson's mother says she believes this all started after her son's home was burglarized, and this was his way of retaliation. She says the charges, however, are outlandish and that this is not like her son.
Watson has been charged with aggravated assault, burglary, criminal damage, false imprisonment and disorderly conduct. This comes after he allegedly threatened to kill a man with an ax in the victim's home on 12th Avenue in Columbus.
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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Hundreds of postal workers rallied at several locations in Wisconsin Sunday, as part of a nationwide campaign to save Saturday mail delivery.
In Madison, the state's newest congressman – House Democrat Mark Pocan – promoted a bill he's co-sponsoring to maintain six day a week service, and find other ways to save money. Madison's postal union says it could lose around 70 employees if Saturday delivery ends.
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In Green Bay, postal workers said lots of people need Saturday deliveries to handle bills, among other things – because not everyone uses the Internet.
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Will Wolf, a student at Tabor College, was one of 18 contestants selected nationwide to participate in the 2014 PEAK Stock Car Dream Challenge 2. Wolf survived the first round of elimination, but was cut the following evening. Tabor College student and race-car driver Will Wolf is on track for success. The second-semester sophomore from Lenexa was one of 18 […]Read more ›
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The Goessel school board heard at its Sept. 8 meeting that the district has a head count of 287 students for this school year, an increase of 31 students since 2009. Superintendent John Fast said Goessel has seen steady growth the past five years. "I'm pleased to see this trend," Fast said. "It is everyone's responsibility to promote our school […]Read more ›
Carnival raises $6,500 for playground improvements
Yoder Hillsboro Elementary School Principal Evan Yoder waits with good humor for the next person to drop him in the dunk tank during the Back To School Carnival organized by the HES Site Council Friday at the fairgrounds. The fundraiser, which drew between 300 and 400 people, raised around $6,500 for playground improvements at the school, according to Erin Beavers, […]Read more ›
Guitarist to perform at Tabor
Charles David Smart will perform his free concert at Tabor at 7 p.m. Sept. 4. Acoustic guitarist Charles David Smart will be performing a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, in the chapel located inside the H.W. Lohrenz building on the Tabor College campus. Smart will also be teaching a master class for all Tabor music majors at […]Read more ›
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Hamm Rod Hamm, an alumnus of Tabor College from Hillsboro, has been named the college's director of alumni relations. "I am very excited to be coming back to Tabor College as the director of alumni relations," Hamm said. "I look forward to the opportunity of connecting with alumni and friends of the college and sharing with them what is happening […]Read more ›
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Kliewer Miriam (Klassen) Kliewer has been named the new coordinator for its Lifelong Learning program. She succeeds Connie Isaac, who retired in May after serving in the position for 20 years. "Miriam is filling some big shoes," said Jules Glanzer, president of Tabor College. "I am confident she will bring creativity and energy in offering excellent educational programs for the […]Read more ›
Durham High School classmates mark 60 years
Class of 1954 Holding their commemorative T-shirts, seven members of the Durham High School Class of 1954 marked 60 years since graduation during the DHS all-school reunion July 19. The reunion gathers every three years. Pictured are (from left) Jean (Unruh) McCeel of Paola, Evelyn (Laubhan) Cherry of Haysville, Joyce (Decker) Ginder of Smithville, Texas, Rose (Johnson) Goossen of Newton, […]Read more ›
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Five new classroom teachers are starting their first year at USD 397-Centre with primary responsibilities in the junior high and high school. Coirier • Ashley Coirier is teaching business at the high school. Coirier grew up near Topeka and graduated from Seaman High School. She went on to earn an agriculture education degree at Kansas State University. Coirier taught ag […]Read more ›
USD 411 welcomes five new teachers
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Goessel budget reduces levy by 6.27 mills
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A breakout game from Tony Gonzalez and a late 10-point surge wasn't enough Sunday night. The Atlanta Falcons fell to the New England Patriots 30-23. The Falcons now sit at 1-3 in the NFC South. That lands them in third place, just in front of the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Gonzalez did his part. Matt Ryan's trusty tight end led all receivers with 12 grabs for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Ryan threw for more than 400 yards himself. But the Falcons only mustered 58 yards on the ground. Ryan missed wide receiver Roddy White in the endzone on 4th down with less than a minute left to end it.
The game played out the same way the two teams' seasons have so far.
The Patriots found another way to win.
The Falcons faltered late, and couldn't pull it out.
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"This is another estate where the second wine has become better than the grand vin was 30 or 40 years ago. Administrator Thomas Duroux is especially proud of the 2005 Alter Ego de Palmer, which boasts abundant amounts of sweet berry fruit intermixed with notions of chocolate, charcoal, and black fruits. Soft tannins and a heady, opulent finish offer immediate appeal. Enjoy it over the next decade."
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The Society Of Pediatric Psychology has drawn links between children bullied during physical activity and a general aversion to exercise.
The study was conducted with 108 grade school children who reported that they were ridiculed during gym class. It then looked at them a year later. The study included both overweight and healthy-sized young people.
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Four-year-old Dane McMullin slipped into a pool earlier this summer and nearly lost his life. Dane's mother, Krissy, calls 9-year-old Lilly Wessel an "angel."
"He was on the bottom of the pool," Lilly Wessel said."I swam down and grabbed under him. Then, I couldn't get up, so I pulled on the rail and got up."
Lilly pulled Dane from the deep end of the pool to the shallow end. She called for the adults and at that point, he was unconscious.
"I really didn't think he was alive," Krissy McMullin, Dane's mom, said. "They were trying to hold me back from him because I guess they didn't know and that made me think even worse. They couldn't get him to wake up."
Nurses and an EMT happened to be at the same gathering at a friend's backyard pool party. McMullin said they did CPR on little Dane until the ambulance arrived. He spent about 24 hours in the hospital, with his mom by his side.
"I asked him if he was scared, he said he wasn't scared," Krissy McMullin said. "He said he knew I'd come and get him, which broke my heart that I didn't even know he was in there but, thank God, Lilly did."
Lilly's parents are proud of what their daughter did. They say they didn't know the whole story until the day after the incident.
"She goes, 'Well, I went under the water to get him.'" Steve Wessel, Lilly's dad, said. "When she said that, my wife just completely lost it."
Krissy McMullin says she will never forget that day, or what Lilly did to save her son's life.
"I keep thinking about how different things could have turned out, I think about that every day, every time I look at him." McMullin said.
Dane says he still likes to swim and his mom says he is now taking swimming lessons.
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Doherty a one test wonder according to RGD Willis. Thoughts?
Doherty a one test wonder according to RGD Willis. Thoughts?
Cricket Web's 2013/14 Premier League Tipping Champion
- As featured in The Independent.
"as much a news event as an actual footballer, a worthy stop-start centre forward, but an all-time hyper-galactico when it comes to doing funny things with cars and hats, a player whose signing proves once again that the Premier League is still undoubtedly the best in the world when it comes to doing things with cars and hats."
- Barney Ronay on Mario Balotelli
Doubt he has done badly enough to get dropped, will get the next test at least.
Yes North is not a bad bowler. As Warne says he's better than a part-timer, don't think you could go into a Test with him as your frontline spinner though, unless it is indeed a seamers paradise and he'll play little part in proceedings.
http://batallday.blogspot.com/ - Cricket blog dedicated to domestic cricket.
There's not much Australia can blame on Doherty, they knew he'd be defensive when they picked him, plus they don't have another spinner really pushing him. He'd have to get carted on the last day to get dropped after one Test. On the other hand, the Aussie selectors have hardly been consistent with their bowlers lately.
Every 5 years we have an election and have to decide who are the least obnoxious out of all the men. Then one gets in and they age really quickly. Which is always fun to watch.
Our best wicket-taking attack at present:
- Winner of the 2011 and 2012 CricketWeb AFL tipping competition
- Winner of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 CricketWeb NRL tipping competition
Any news on Rhino's fitness?
I'm not for a moment knocking either Hussey or Haddin, btw. Both played utterly outstanding innings.
Khawaja > Clarke injured
Bollinger > Johnson
Harris > Hilfenhaus
Smith > North
Watson Katich Ponting Khawaja Hussey Haddin Smith OKeefe Harris Siddle Bollinger.
I'm only quarter serious but I think the selectors will e considering these 5 options but obviously will not change all 5.
If they drop Johnson then O'Keefe's batting becomes an important factor, I just don't see them ditching Doherty after one game.
What are the chances of Johnson getting dropped? Think he would have to perform awfully for at least another test personally.
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is reminding motorists that it will be closing the Pontiac Avenue Bridge in Cranston on Monday, July 19, 2010. The bridge will remain closed to all traffic for approximately one month in order to repair damage to the bridge and erosion of the river bottom caused by the intense flooding in March.
The bridge, which carries Pontiac Avenue over the Pocasset River, carries a weight limit of 10 tons, which causes delays in truck and bus traffic in Cranston. While the bridge is closed, RIDOT will conduct repairs that will allow the weight limit to be removed.
Detour maps can be found online at: http://www.dot.ri.gov/travelri/detourmaps.asp. The detours with turn-by-turn directions are as follows:
Pontiac Avenue North:
Turn left onto Sockanosset Cross Road. Turn right onto Midway Road. Turn right onto Garden City Drive and follow to end to return to Pontiac Avenue.
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Turn right onto Garden City Drive. Turn left onto Midway Road. Turn left onto Sockanosset Cross Road and follow to end to return to Pontiac Avenue.
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Motorists with questions can contact RIDOTs Customer Service office at 401-222-2450 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additional information will be available on RIDOTs website (www.dot.ri.gov) and its social media sites on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and Blogger.
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Kevin Jacobson is a comedic performer and writer all the way from Manalapan New Jersey. He is a regular performer at The New Movement, belonging to the house troupe DJ Danger Dad. Kevin has also performed in and written for several sketch shows at The New Movement, and is a regular player in the Anthology series. Also, along with Milo Harkness-Smith and Aaron Walther, Kevin took part in The New Movement's fall 2010 tour performing in Houston, Dallas, and Oklahoma City.


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The best part about drawing a line in the sand is that it can always be erased and redrawn. Case in point, new Bentley boss, Wolfgang Durheimer has revealed that an even more powerful version of the Bentley Continental is in the works. The model will be called the Continental GT2 and will be about 441 lbs lighter than the current GT (5,115 lbs) with extra ponies to boot.
Durheimer didn't want to spill the beans about what will be found under the hood, but it will either be the current W12 engine or the new twin turbo V8. Either way, the GT2 will be pushing out 650 HP making it even more powerful than the 621 HP Supersports model (pictured above). It will also be the first Continental model to feature a four-wheel-drive system.
The Bentley Continental GT2 will be built as a limited edition only and has been described by sources as "the fastest, most spectacular and most powerful road car Bentley has ever built."
"I definitely think there is room for a car with more power than the Supersport," Durheimer said. "I also think some of what we did with the Supersport in the past wasn't quite right. For example, it should not be a two-seater. That layout should be reserved for the top-line cars."


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There's usually more than one way to do a job, and
installing prehung interior doors is no exception. I've
developed a systematic approach that ensures an efficient,
durable, topnotch installation. It takes me about 30 minutes on
average to install a prehung door and another 20 minutes to
trim it out — handy information when giving a
First, I prep the opening by trimming drywall edges back to the
studs and hammering any high-riding fasteners flush. To make
sure the jack and trimmer studs don't move as they dry, I
supplement the framing nails with 3-inch screws. I check the
floor for level across the opening (1) and along the
door's swing arc (2), noting any deviation in relation to
the hinge side. I apply this difference when cutting the jambs
to finished length.
Next, I check the hinge side of the rough opening for plumb. If
the top leans in, I start by tacking a pair of tapered,
opposing shims there, 3 inches from the top. If it's the
bottom that's strong, shimming begins there. I apply a
thickness of at least 1/8 inch to make sure the shim
doesn't disintegrate when nailed. Then I insert a second
pair of opposing shims at the opposite end of a 4-foot level
until plumb (3). From that location, I shift the level to the
other end of the opening and shim it plumb (4).
To finish, I add a fourth set of shims at the end of the level,
midjamb (5). The middle shims will neatly bracket the center
hinge of any standard prehung unit. When cutting the jambs to
length, I like to leave a clearance of about 1/4 inch between
the floor and the bottom of the door. I establish the clearance
at the highest floor point and add the difference to the
opposite jamb accordingly, ensuring that the head jamb will be
I place the unit in the opening with the door swung open and
align the hinge jamb with the wall surface. Then I nail it at
each shim location (6). (If the wall's seriously out of
plumb, I have to apply extension jambs and plane them flush
with the wall, which slows the installation considerably.) I
shoot three 15-gauge 21/2-inch finish nails at opposing angles
to resist pullout. If the door is a solid unit — rather
than a lightweight hollow-core one — I replace the middle
screw of the top hinge with a 21/2-inch screw, fastened through
the jamb into the framing. This prevents the door from sagging
over time. (The technique can also be used to remedy an
existing sagging door.)
Next, I set the latch jamb using opposing shims in
approximately the same locations as on the hinge jamb. With the
door closed and the immovable gap at the top of the latch jamb
serving as my reference, I work down, setting the space between
the door and the latch jamb (7). There's no measuring
here; I work by eye. To finish up, I shim and nail the center
of the head jamb (8), making sure the gap remains even.
When installing a houseful of doors, I typically set up a cut
station, take casing measurements throughout the house, and do
all the cutting at once. I then preassemble the casings on the
floor in front of the door, using Titebond glue and Collins
spring clamps (888/838-8988, collinstool .com) to ensure tight
miters (9). I use at least two pins on each side of the miter,
allow the glue to dry for about 15 minutes, and position the
casing assembly on the door jamb with the spring clamps still
in place. When nailing the casing, I keep the 2-inch trim nails
back from the miters so they won't compete with the glue
and brads as the framing dries and shrinks.
I'll often apply painter's tape to already-painted
walls before installing the door trim (10). That way, the trim
can be painted quickly, and the tape cut away when the paint
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This is me on Sunday roaming about Prenzlauer Berg with previous night's party hair, 5 hours of sleep and Christian from The Styleograph, wearing lilac minimalism and sleek lines. The whole dandy style has taken over and it's currently hard to get me out of a pair of brogues and suit trousers. The Celine purse only causes me to delve further into my Marlene Dietrich style obsession. It fits so perfectly with outfits a la Chloé.
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One of the major gateways to downtown Waynesboro is about to shut down for the next nine months.
Crews will be renovating the Broad Street Bridge that runs over the South River. The project will have a big impact on businesses and traffic.
An overhaul of Waynesboro's Broad Street Bridge has been in the plans for years. The plan dates back to the Eisenhower White House, and the Virginia Department of Transportation's most recent safety inspection gave it a score of just 33 out of 100.
The work will create downtown detours directing cars and trucks to the nearby Main Street Bridge beginning Tuesday morning. Crews have been working all week to prepare the bridge for a $2.5 million upgrade. Neighboring McCoy's Furniture is bracing for the project, which will block access to the store's only loading dock.
"There will be a period of time we're taking freight in through the front door. We'll probably lose about half of our parking lot to equipment. So it will make things complicated," said Pete McCoy, owner of McCoy's Furniture.
The job of making things a little simpler falls to Waynesboro Downtown Development, Inc., which will keep drivers and businesses informed through weekly emails and face-to-face visits. Its first message is the simplest: businesses will remain open.
"While the Broad Street Bridge project is happening, our businesses are still open – businesses on Broad and on Main. So it's not going to be much of a detour to get around the project," said Kimberly Watters, with Waynesboro Downtown Development.
That detour will send drivers onto Main Street, which has a parallel bridge just 100 yards away. The city sees a benefit to the temporary change.
"We think that will be a positive thing, for people that are traveling through downtown and may not necessarily go through Main Street will see what Main Street has to offer," said Greg Hitchin, Waynesboro's economic director.
McCoy's is trying to make the best of it with what it calls an "inventory elimination," but the 69-year-old store is not closing.
"We've never really encountered anything like this before. It's kind of out of our hands, and we're just trying to make the best out of lemons," McCoy said.
The Broad Street Bridge work should be finished in early November. It's a revenue-sharing project, with about $2 million coming from the city of Waynesboro and $1 million from VDOT.


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Youth Farm Olympics at Scotts Bluff Co. Fair
The Scotts Bluff County Fair gets into full swing this week. Youth are invited participate in the "Farm Olympics" presented by the Western Nebraska Agri-Women.
In a interview with KNEB/Rural Radio Network, President Kelly Downer says this a new venture for the group. The Farm Olympics will be open to youth from 0 - 10 years old. Youth will compete in a wide variety of competitions. This ranges from barrel racing stick horses to pedal tractor races, dummy roping and sack races.
Youth will compete in three age divisions - 0-3, 4-6 and 7-10 years old. The Farm Olympics will take place this Thursday afternoon.
The Farm Olympics will take place this Thursday at the Scotts Bluff County Fair at 4pm. The event will be held on the north side of the Event Center.
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