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LUMBERTON — Five Lumberton police officers were recognized Monday for going beyond the call of duty.
Anthony Maynor, Joe Butler, Layton Bartley, Lt. Pete Monteiro and John Scott were each presented with Pride in Lumberton awards during the Lumberton City Council's regular meeting.
"Some people are made to be the police and some are made to call the police and these gentlemen have proven they were made to be the police," Chief Mike McNeill said after the meeting. "They're well-trained and they believe in doing what's right for any citizen."
Maynor, Butler, Bartley and Monteiro were honored for their efforts to save Julius Smith, who was shot to death on Chambers Street on July 17. The officers provided first aid to Smith until EMS arrived and kept a crowd leaving a nearby church calm.
"At a time in our nation where police are taking a lot of heat for a lot of things that are going on, these officers did not let that bother them. They did not see color, they did not say, 'well it's not my problem.' There was a citizen lying there bleeding. These officers went beyond the call of duty and they started to render first aid immediately," said Councilman John Cantey.
Councilman Chris Howard said the officers' conduct is a testament to the department's relationship with Lumberton residents.
"For the jobs that you do facing danger each and every day, thank you," Howard said.
Scott was recognized for his work to rescue Nathan Jenkins, who drowned in the lake at Luther Britt Park on July 9.
"Officer Scott, without regard for his own safety, dove into the murky waters of Luther Britt Park in an attempt to find Mr. Jenkins," Cantey said.
Councilman Leon Maynor, who arrived at the park as the rescue effort was underway, took the opportunity to thank Scott, who is his cousin, and other city and rescue personnel for coming to Jenkins' aid that day.
"They didn't even hesitate," Maynor said. "It was amazing how they responded."
Two city councilmen — Cantey and John Robinson — were also honored for their own service to the city. Cantey has represented Precinct 5 for 10 years and Robinson has represented Precinct 2 for five years.
At the start of the meeting, Mayor Bruce Davis proclaimed Aug. 8 in honor of the Lumberton 15U Dixie Belles softball team. The team recently won the Dixie Softball World Series after going undefeated.
In other business, the council:
— Scheduled a special meeting for Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. to discuss how to use a $94,340 grant from the state earmarked for downtown revitalization and to hear the Department of Transportation's landscaping proposals for Exit 22.
— Voted to award a $296,896 contract for the demolition of two warehouses on First and Town Commons streets to 4 Seasons Site and Demo. The council also authorized the Public Works Department to hold a hearing on whether to pursue a claim against the bond of the lowest bidder on the project, who has refused to sign paperwork required by the federal government.
— Ratified a July 26 telephone poll in which City Council members voted unanimously to continue a contract with Preservation North Carolina to market the former City Hall and fire station. Under the contract, the nonprofit is reimbursed for expenses associated with trying to sell the 1917 building.
— Voted to annex three lots in the Amberdale subdivision, which is off of Meadow Road.
— Referred to the Planning Board a request for a conditional-use permit from Justus 4 LLC, which is seeking to open a Woody's Bar-B-Q at 4880 Kahn Drive. The permit is needed so that alcohol can be served.
— Referred to the Planning Board four requests to rezone property that has been annexed into the city from county zoning districts to city zoning districts. The properties are 465 Kenric Road; Northeast Park, also called the Pennington Athletic Complex; 9020 U.S. 74; and agricultural property off of U.S. 301 North near Rennert Road.
— Directed the building instructor to demolish unsafe structures at 2108 and 2110 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and remove debris from demolished structures at 814 and 900 W. 24th St.
— Referred to the Planning Board a request to revise the city code limiting the height of buildings.
— Referred to the Planning Board a request to rezone property at 2300 N. Pine St. from Business Community to Business General Commercial.
— Referred to the Planning Board a request to rezone properties at 409 E. 19th St. and 406 E. 20th St. from Residential Single Family to Business Community for multi-family housing.
— Designated the following from Community Revitalization Funds: $500 to the B.B. Thompson Choir; $950 to Lumberton police Officer Joseph Frederick, who is getting ready to run the New York City Marathon for the third time; and $700 for the Redstone-Hayswood Alumni Association reunion, which was on Saturday.
— Approved permits needed for Southeastern Health to replace five signs on 27th Street.
— Authorized the city clerk to certify a petition for a ditch-tiling assessment at 2360 Oak St.
— Approved the June 2016 tax releases.
Sarah Willets can be reached at 910-816-1974 or on Twitter @Sarah_Willets.


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Daddy's More Than Home
For all the jaw dropping that surrounded the success of Scat Daddy's offspring at the Royal Ascot meet came a bit of head scratching about how this could have been predicted.
For all the jaw dropping that surrounded the success of Scat Daddy's offspring at the Royal Ascot meet came a bit of head scratching about how this could have been predicted.
California sire and son of Harlan's Holiday Boat Trip got his first three foals Feb. 21 at Running Horse Equine Center near San Francisco.
Two-thirds of Ambitious Brew's victories entering racing Sept. 30 came on Santa Anita Park's unique downhill turf course and the Pamela Ziebarth homebred thrived again during the trip Friday in the first of two Eddie D. Stakes (gr. IIIT) divisions.
With the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT) on the 6 1/2-furlong downhill course at Santa Anita coming up in early November, plenty of connections with top turf sprinters see the wisdom in prepping on the unique course in the Eddie D. (gr. IIIT).
The sire power lost when Scat Daddy collapsed and died suddenly Dec. 14, 2015, at age 11 was substantial, but he has six sons standing at stud.
Joe and Helen Barbazon's Pleasant Acres will inaugurate its new stallion facility in Morriston, Fla., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and gala from 6-10 p.m. (ET) Jan. 16.
West Point Thoroughbreds' multiple stakes winner Rock Me Baby has been retired from racing and has been adopted by one of the partners who raced the 6-year-old gelded son of Rock Hard Ten.
Boat Trip, a multiple stakes-winning son of Harlan's Holiday, will enter stud in 2016 at Running Horse Equine Center near Stevinson, Calif. The fee will be $2,500, with a no fee option.
Dortmund pushed his record in Southern California to a perfect seven-for-seven Nov. 28 at Del Mar, taking the $150,000 Native Diver with ease in his first start at the seaside racetrack.
Scratched from the Clark Handicap (gr. I) because of a quarter-crack, Kaleem Shah's Dortmund will stay home for his next race, the $150,000 Native Diver (gr. III) Nov. 28 at Del Mar.
Multiple graded stakes winner Majestic City will stand the 2016 breeding season at Questroyal North in Stillwater, N.Y., for a $3,500 fee.
The son of Carson City will relocate from Florida to Mighty Acres near Pryor, Okla., according to Schumer Bloodstock and The Stallion Company, which brokered the move.
A field of 11 turf sprinters will compete in the Oct. 3 Eddie D Stakes (gr. IIIT) coming down the Santa Anita Park hillside turf course at about 6 1/2 furlongs.
With two straight stakes wins at Emerald Downs, local star Stryker Phd appears poised to defend his title in the $200,000 Longacres Mile Handicap (gr. III) Aug. 16.
Dialing back in distance proved to be the winning formula for Haras Santa Maria de Araras' Catch a Flight, who wore down longshot Appealing Tale in the final strides to take the $200,000 San Diego Handicap (gr. II) July 25.
Santa Anita Park's 2015 autumn meet will be highlighted by six grade I Breeders' Cup Challenge races, the Southern California track announced July 22.
Despite rainy weather, Lone Star Park registered increased attendance and total on-track wagering at its spring Thoroughbred meet, although all-sources handle declined 3.1% to $67.6 million.
Things have been working out for Victor Espinoza lately; the $500,000 Gold Cup (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park was the most recent example.
Finnegans Wake has found success running on grass late in his career, but trainer Peter Miller feels it is time to send him back to dirt for the $500,000 Gold Cup (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park June 27.
A field of 13 turf sprinters will line up at Belmont Park June 6 in the $300,000 Jaipur Invitational Stakes, which, at six furlongs on grass, should prove to be one of the most exciting races on the stakes-loaded card.
Bloom Racing Stable's Majestic City made his trip from California to Texas worthwhile with a wire-to-wire victory in the $200,000 Lone Star Handicap at Lone Star Park May 25.
After winning the Texas Mile (gr. III) May 1 at odds of 24-1, Paul Rigali Jr.'s homebred Texas Air will look to provide another upset in the $200,000 Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) May 25.
In the $300,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) at Oaklawn Park April 9, Alsvid recovered from a stumble at the start to catch Ivan Fallunovalot in the stretch and win by three-quarters of a length.
Multiple stakes winner Ivan Fallunovalot, who has won or placed in 12 of 16 starts, tops the eight-horse field of older horses entered in the $300,000 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (gr. III) April 9 at Oaklawn Park.
Wild Dude may not have fired his best shot against Conquest Two Step last time out, but he did so in the $250,000 San Carlos Stakes March 7 at Santa Anita Park.
|Breeder / Owner
|Boat Trip
|Michael Pender
|Michael Machowsky
|Chips All In
|Jeff Mullins
|El Mirage King
|Moon S. Han
|Et Tu Walker
|Doug F. O'Neill
|Handsome Mike
|Doug F. O'Neill
|Barry Abrams
|Majestic City
|Rock Me Baby
|Craig Dollase
|Julio C. Canani
|Sirocco Strike
|Jeff Mullins
|Snowday (FR)
|J. Willard Thompson
|Unbridled's Note
|Steven M. Asmussen
|Real Good Deal S.
|Prairie Gold Juvenile S.
|Curlin S.
|Duke City Sprint S.
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- Designers : Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby
- Year of Design : 2014
- Material : Solid Wood
- Dimensions : H: 45cm; W: 41cm; L: 200cm, 220cm, 240cm and 260cm
- Delivery: Made to order; 8-10 weeks
This Wood Bench, designed by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby for Vitra exudes an aura of subtle elegance. This is a robust and elegant bench made of solid wood, whose aesthetic and structural features correspond to their Wood Table. The two pieces make an ideal pairing, but thanks to the bench's archetypal form it can also be attractively combined with other tables or used as a solo object in a wide variety of interior settings.
The Wood Bench is 41 cm wide and 45cm high and available in several lengths (200, 220, 240, 260 cm) and different types of wood (natural oak, core smoked oak or American walnut). The rounded bottom edges of the seat are also found on the Wood Table.
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The agreement provided by the mediator is not legally binding, but if you would like it to be, a court can make an agreement about finances into a 'consent order'. This means you have a court order, but you have decided it rather than a judge. The court will need to check the arrangement is fair before they grant the order. The current fee for a consent order is £50, but if you're on a low income it may be reduced – you can ask at the court for more information on costs before you pay.
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Spices, India and Outsourcing
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NILF 2013:What is keeping the new age CIO excited and Awake
When one thinks of India, the aroma of spices is a natural association. Spices are not just about flavorsome food. It's also about the spice route that connected countries for trade in medieval times, often played a major role in the exchange of culture and art among the major civilizations of Europe and Asia. In fact, Vasco da Gama, the famous explorer, connected India with Portugal in 1498 via sea-route, in his search for spices that could preserve meat better! This became a game-changer in many ways as he found the maritime route connecting East with the West and this was to lead to a dramatic surge in commercial activities. This maritime innovation was a great shot in the arm for trade.
Today, we see a Vasco da Gama effect in IT services outsourcing. It all started with the GDM (Global Delivery Model), that digitally connected the West with the East to address the growing shortage of skilled programmers and escalating expenses of IT services. However, subsequent economic challenges, rapid technology changes and growing social unrest led to further innovation. Today, the forerunners in the industry are reinventing themselves. Exploring new sourcing destinations, moving from labor arbitrage cost saving options to business value delivery; shifting from data center operations to platform-based process outsourcing and engaging with the newer generation digitally - they are impacting business favorably.
Destination plays a crucial role in the outsourcing world. Various social, economic, technology and political factors trigger shifts in both "from where" services are offered and "to where" services are delivered. This is forcing outsourcing partners to quickly adapt and embrace near-shoring, global-shoring, captive-shoring or other models that benefit clients. Putting the client at the center of every decision is key. We see this phenomenon extending to user-centric application development through responsive web design, and in focus shifting to the business problems (rather than the technology challenge) and the associated business value in resolving these. In fact, clients are increasingly sourcing for measurable business success and outcome. And IT partners are evolving continuously to align with these expectations. In fact, business platforms do precisely that - deliver pre-agreed business results. Build-buy-rent options of applications are giving way to the assembly-of-components paradigm; the simple form of time and material pricing is shifting to outcome based pricing; IT SLAs are increasingly being replaced by business SLAs; so the race is on - not just to build and run - but modernize and revolutionize!
While IT chases cost savings, business is crying for faster time-to-market, end-users are looking for an "Apple-like" experience and the outsourcer must deliver all this, while delivering maximum value for IT investments.
At one time, the spice route had India at its center. Today it's IT services. And, even today those spices and curries continue to add pleasure to the business luncheon discussions - globally!


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Re: [icons-rpg] Re: Field Guide to Superheroes Vol. 2 released for ICONS
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- I'd much prefer to have an actual printed book myself. And I remember there was talk about doing this for the Field Guide. I can't recall if it was confirmed for certain or not, though.On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Steve Zieser <szieser@...> wrote:
So, the field guide is hitting print once all three volumes are out, is that right? I have been holding out for that, but after peeking at the preview pages for Vol 2 I may have to rethink this strategem.--On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Chris McGuire <christmcguire@...> wrote:
I apologize. That was my fault for derailing it....just saw the comment about the Villainomicon and decided to respond.On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:53 PM, dirkgentry2000 <dirkgentry2000@...> wrote:
I think we can all agree that we're eagerly looking forward to Villainomicon.
Perhaps we can start a thread just about that and maybe leave this one for questions about the Field Guide? Pretty please with sugar on top? :)
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> The thing with Gareth and Adamant is: he/they are awesome. Everything I've
> ever bought from him has been fantastic and always worth the wait. When
> it's out, it's out and I'll be happy to have it. But life will not crash
> down because I had to wait.
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> As you might expect from Adamant -- we're not approaching this idea inOoo! Cool! Hodge-Podge City! ;)
> the usual fashion.
> What we're considering is something like what Open Design is doing
> with Midgard: http://www.robotviking.com/2011/01/09/build-a-new-world-with-open-designs-midgard-project/
Well, actually when I first read ICONS it reminded me of 'Fair City'. A really interesting article about "Animated Champions" in EZ Hero #9.
I don't know if you've seen it.
Something like that - fully fleshed out - would be both interesting and different.
But unless it's something that unique, I just can't imagine that superhero players don't already have their own or some commercial product already done.
We'll see I guess.
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Montevideo, Uruguay (UPI) Oct 22, 2013
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica is pushing the country's deepwater port project as a multibillion-dollar regional undertaking, built on Uruguayan soil, leased to neighboring countries and operated by their state enterprises or private business.
Original estimates for La Paloma port's development cited $1 billion in costs but that figure isn't realistic any more, industry sources and published data indicate.
Landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay are interested because La Paloma offers their exports a potentially cost-effective outlet. Regional trade giant Brazil sees Uruguay's entire port network, not just the deep water port, as a welcome alternative to its clogged ports.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has got private business involved in removing bottlenecks for Brazilian exports. More important, Rousseff wants a greater role in Uruguay's port development.
Mujica says he wants regional cash invested in the project.
Mujica and Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes will meet in Montevideo Friday to explore ways of working together on a joint business development program, officials said.
The port development project has allowed Cartes to bury differences with Mujica over the country's suspension from Mercosur trade bloc after political turmoil that brought Cartes to power.
Paraguayan congress impeached former President Fernando Lugo over deaths in a riot last year and installed a caretaker government that then organized elections that won millionaire businessman Cartes the presidency.
Construction of the deepwater port was considered for a few years before it was set aside in response to the economic downturn. Mujica revived the plan when he took office in 2010, surprising economists who thought the former guerrilla fighter an unlikely pioneer of a daring capital-based project.
Mujica visited China in May and a Chinese participation on both port and railroad development in Uruguay is in the cards. Chinese President Xi Jinping promised greater investments. How much of that will go toward developing Uruguay's deep water port isn't clear yet.
A five-year plan for extensive collaboration in infrastructure, industry, automobile manufacture and telecommunications is already in place. In return for Chinese investments, Mujica has promised to act as a facilitator for building China's diplomatic and economic ties in Latin America.
Meanwhile, Brazil is increasing investments in Uruguayan ports and will likely play a major part in the deepwater port project.
Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and External Market Fernando Pimentel said his country will support the Port of La Paloma because Brazil regarded it as "a strategic regional project" and one that could help lower Brazil's regional transportation costs dramatically.
Brazilian officials see La Paloma as a complementary facility to their existing deep water port in Rio Grande do Sul.
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May 27, 2017
Beyonces Rockn Breaks Track Record at Northfield Park
Beyonces Rockn crossed the finish line faster than any other mare in the history of Northfield Park when she won the $14,000 F&M Open Handicap in 1:51 on Saturday (May 27). The clocking formally broke the 1:52 record for five and up pacing mares, which was held by three different horses: Hidden Land (Don Irvine Jr.) from 2015, and Devil Child (David Miller) and Love Forbidden (Aaron Merriman) in 2016.
The partnership of Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, M1 Stable LLC and RTC Stables Inc. own Beyonces Rockn. Ron Burke is her conditioner and Ryan Stahl was in the sulky for the winning drive.
Beyonces Rockn (Rock N Roll Heaven-Im Betting On You-Bettor's Delight) started from post seven. She left from the gate and sat fourth through the initial :27.1 quarter. Stahl moved her coming to the half. She brushed to the front and never looked back through times of :56.1, 1:23 and 1:51, besting her competition by 12 ¾-lengths.
Beyonces Rockn now has seven wins in 19 starts this year. Saturday's victory represents her 16th career score and bolstered her bankroll to $178,492. She was heavily favored and returned $2.60 to win.
May 23, 2017
Iron Maiden Late Closers Return to Northfield Park
Northfield Park has announced the dates of four Iron Maiden Late Closing Series. These series offer increased racing opportunities for younger horses to start their seasons.
All of the late closers carry a condition of: Non-winners of One Pari-Mutuel Race (Ohio Breds N/W Two) or Non-Winners of $7,500 Lifetime (Through 5/14/2017).
The series are divided into filly and mare pacers, colt and gelding pacers, filly and mare trotters, and colt and gelding trotters. However, the trotters will be combined if at least 12 horses do not pay into each event.
A one-time $200 payment will be required of each entrant to be eligible. Payments are due by May 26.
Conditions for the series can be found at www.northfieldpark.com. The link is located on Northfield's homepage.
April 5, 2017
Wind Surfer Posts 50th Career Win at Northfield Park
Wind Surfer trotted home for his 50th career victory, winning the 10th race at Northfield Park on Wednesday (April 5). The 12 year-old veteran, with 277 career starts, also has 44 seconds and 40 third place finishes.
Wind Surfer (Muscles Yankee-Windsurfing VC-Balanced Image) has career earnings of $946,612 with a lifetime mark of 1:53.4 at The Meadows at age four. The trotter's richest win was in a $52,000 Open Trot at Yonkers Raceway in 2011. Wind Surfer is a well-traveled campaigner -- his 50 wins have been spread across six different racing surfaces in four states.
Wind Surfer started from the post-5. He was content near the back while his competition posted fractions of :28.3, :57.4 and 1:27.3, before rallying in the stretch to best his nearest competitor by 1 ½-lenths in 1:58. He returned $7.00 to win.
Kent Sherman trains Wind Surfer for owner Betty Sherman of Elmore, Ohio. Ryan Stahl was aboard for the winning drive.
March 20, 2017
Ryan Stahl Scores 4,000th Win Monday at Northfield Park
Ryan Stahl scored the 4,000th win of his career aboard This Baby Rocks in Northfield Park's sixth race on Monday (March 20) by firing off the gate and fending off all challengers. This Baby Rocks maintained a nose advantage over his closest rival at the wire, successfully pacing his mile in 1:54.2.
Stahl's richest win came in a $100,000 Ohio Sire Stakes Final and he has won six Sire Stakes Finals. The native of Republic, Ohio rates the most exciting horse he has ever driven as being Hypnotic Blue Chip, in the 2011 Battle of Lake Erie.
"It was an honor to drive a world-class horse like him," said Stahl.
The 39-year-old Stahl remembers his first win as being aboard a trotting filly named Lojos Sharp Baby, at the Oak Harbor (Ohio) Fairgrounds.
"That win came about a week after I got my license," Stahl recalled.
With 4,000 to choose from, Stahl says that his most memorable win came aboard Podges Lady, in the 2012 edition of the Courageous Lady.
"It is a signature race here at Northfield and it really meant a lot," offered Stahl.
Ryan started driving at the age of 14 and appreciates his success so far; accomplishing the 4,000-win milestone and having driven the winners of nearly $15.5 million.
Stahl has been married for almost two years to Nichole. The couple has two children, a son Owen, and daughter Sonny. The family resides on an 80-acre farm in Republic, Ohio and trains a stable of 12 horses.
"Nichole is simply the best and does so much to keep our family, horses and farm going," explained Stahl. "I am only able to come to the track and drive on a nightly basis because of what she does to manage everything with our stable and family."
January 17, 2017
Arrow Pays Big Tuesday at Northfield Park
Longshot bettors were ecstatic while the horses crossed the finish of Northfield Park's 10th race on Tuesday (January 17) when #8 Arrow rocketed from the back to win at odds of 60-1.
Growth Opportunities, LLC of North Canton, Ohio owns the five year-old pacer. Dean Santantonio trains Arrow and called upon Sam Schillaci for the winning drive. Tuesday's triumph was Arrow's first win this year in three starts and represents his eighth lifetime score.
Arrow was followed across the wire by #6 Village Jackson (2-1), #2 Battle Call (2-1) and #4 Moreland Flash (50-1).
Arrow returned $123.00 to win; the 8-6 Exacta paid $502.00; the 8-6-2 Trifecta returned $1,831.60; and the 8-6-2-4 20¢ Superfecta paid $695.65. Arrow's win came as the third leg of the evening's $1 Pick 4 which returned a whopping $13,854.50.
Although his horse was scratched from race 10 and did not compete against the evening's richest winner, driver Jason Merriman made six trips to the winner's circle on Tuesday's 15-race program.
Jason 's triumphs were with Lion Image ($17.20) in race one, Talladega Hanover ($5.80) in race three, Urlacker ($18.80) in race five, Wheres The Clicker ($6.60) in race seven, High Blue ($10.60) in race nine and Albert A' Scootin ($12.20) in race 13.
Merriman won his first race in 2003, a $4,900 condition event in 1:59.3, at Pompano Park aboard I C U Talkin.
Since breaking his maiden, Jason has scored 2,236 more times with purse earnings approaching $11 million.
January 4, 2017
Wrenn and Loney Repeat in 2016 for Northfield Park Dash Titles
Ronnie Wrenn Jr. again topped the local driving ranks in 2016, winning 612 races over the Flying Turns. His nearest competitor, Aaron Merriman, drove 533 winners. Kurt Sugg (305), Jason Merriman (291) and Ryan Stahl (275) completed the top five reinsmen.
Wrenn, 30, resides in Stow, Ohio and now has five driving titles under his belt. He won the dash titles at Northfield Park in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He also won the Northville Downs title in 2013.
Ronnie's 2016 total victory tally was 690, which ranked him second among all drivers in North America. Only Aaron Merriman (891) had more total wins in 2016 than Wrenn.
Wrenn began driving in 2008 and has since won 3,658 races and purses in excess of $19 million. Wrenn's fasted win ever came in the 2015 edition of the $225,000 Jim Ewart Memorial at Scioto Downs aboard Doo Wop Hanover in 1:49.2. His richest was with Whataboy in last year's $250,000 Ohio Sires Stake Final for sophomore colt pacers at Northfield Park in 1:51.3.
Northfield Park's 2016 leading trainer Brian Loney won 30 more races than any other local conditioner. He garnered 136 victories throughout last year. Michael Dowdall finished second with 106 wins. Sam Schillaci (105), Jessica Millner (85) and Sue Stockwell (69) rounded out the top five Northfield Park trainers for 2016.
Brian, originally from Hager Hill, Kentucky, now lives in Northfield, Ohio. He and wife Harla Renae have three children: 16 year-old son Gannun, 12 year-old son Payton and seven year-old daughter Polly.
Loney, 38, scored his first training win with the gelding pacer Stealth Fighter at Fairmount Park in 1996. To date, he has 1,476 career victories and purse earnings over $4 million. The 2016 Northfield title is the fifth local dash victory for Brian. He has also won titles at Bluegrass Downs, Fairmount Park, The Red Mile and Thunder Ridge.
Wrenn and Loney will each be presented with a plaque and dining gift certificate to the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park in a winner's circle ceremony later in January.
January 1, 2017
Aaron Merriman Continues Winning Into 2017 at Northfield Park
Aaron Merriman is harness racing's dash winning driver for both 2015 and 2016. Flipping the calendar to 2017 has not changed his winning ways. In fact, Merriman won eight races on Sunday (January 1) at Northfield Park.
Aaron's triumphs were with King Muscles ($2.40) in race 1, Jude Hall ($2.60) in race three, Ewald Hanover ($3.60) in race five, Beauty Chip ($2.20) in race six, Stevie Diamonds ($3.20) in race eight, Doc Betts' Buckeye ($2.40) in race 10, SR Radar ($3.00) in race 12 and Avanza ($2.60) in race 14.
Merriman won his first race in 1998, a $2,200 condition event in 1:58.3, at the former Raceway Park in Toledo, Ohio aboard Albert's Filly.
Since breaking his maiden, Aaron has scored 8,737 more times with purse earnings approaching $53 million.
December 29, 2016
222 Race Dates in 2017 for Northfield Park
Northfield Park, Ohio's leading racetrack in pari-mutuel handle, both on-track and export, is offering live harness racing four nights a week to start the 2017 racing year. January through September racing is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. The exceptions to this schedule are the addition of three Sundays, January 1, May 28 and September 3. There is no live racing on Memorial Day or Labor Day Mondays.
Beginning in October Northfield adds Sunday evenings and will race five nights a week until the end of the ear. Friday (December 22) will replace Christmas Eve Sunday, while Friday (December 29) will replace racing on Christmas Monday.
Northfield Park's marquee racing events are as follows: $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie Saturday, June 3; $175,000 Cleveland Trotting Classic Saturday, July 1; $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial and $50,000 Myron Charna President's Pace Saturday, August 12; and $125,000 Courageous Lady Saturday, October 14.
The $125,000 (est.) Summit County Fair Stakes, featuring many of Ohio's best freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers, will be held on Saturday, July 29.
Each of the 222 live racing nights carries a first race post time of 6:00 p.m. Northfield Park is open daily from noon until after midnight for simulcasting action from tracks across the United States, Canada and Australia.


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She posted a snap of herself standing in her hotel room strewn with open cases of luggage while attired in her evening getup.
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Privileged view: Miley posted a snap of herself in her hotel room strewn with her open baggage
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The singer wrote: 'We can't stop has gone platinum in Australia'.
She also advertised her sense of place in the world with a cheerful brag: 'Ain't worrrrrriieddd bout nothin but my my #bizzzznassss'.
The self-boosting missive was accompanied by a snap of herself clutching her inner thigh in a white crop top and skin tight trousers as she sported frighteningly high stilettos.
The confident tweeting may also be due to the newly stable relationship she is in, as the former teen idol is currently engaged to actor Liam Hemsworth, who she has been spending time with after a brief hiatus.
Love birds: Miley flew to Philadelphia to see her fiance Liam Hemsworth who was on set of his new film Paranoia, on Wednesday
Confident showing: The singer posted a snap of herself with an MTV VMA astronaut award in a slightly humorous position
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A Saundersfoot mum is taking on one of the biggest challenges in her life.
Twenty-eight-year-old recruitment consultant Leah Uka (pictured) is running The London Marathon in April in memory of her two baby brothers, Aaron and Taylor, who sadly passed away from SIDS (otherwise known as cot death syndrome).
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0. phoneArena posted on 09 Nov 2012, 22:54
The Google Nexus 7 has had a meltdown and according to the original story, the tablet was being recharged using the OEM charger for three hours before it became a smores manufacturing facility as you can see from the photos...
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19. Hammerfest (Posts: 384; Member since: 12 May 2012)
I have had 2 phones (old feature phones) blow up when I left them in my office plugged in...
They also happened to be sitting on my old desk (in my old apartment) which is under a rather large window where the sun rises slightly to my left but still right onto my desk... (had a shrowd on my LCD at the time, just didnt think my LG work feature phone would die from the sun so fast)....
Anyway. Good stuff, ASUS to the rescue
20. Xquisite (Posts: 87; Member since: 23 Apr 2012)
If it was an iPad the comments would be like.
"iBURNT LOLOLOL"
"Apple is trying to get people to buy the new iPad 4"
And a whole bunch of other ignorant things.
22. nwright94 (unregistered)
That's exactly what I'm saying too haha.
24. lyndon420 (Posts: 4954; Member since: 11 Jul 2012)
As tragic as this may be to the owner and the rest of us Android fanatics, at least this does little to nothing in regards to ruining Google's and Android's good name. This falls into the lap of the manufacturer and their hardware suppliers.
28. almostdone (Posts: 237; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)
Even if this was true, this is only 1 in the multi-millions of N7's sold. To put this in context you probably have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting a melting N7.
29. djstammo (Posts: 16; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
Showed this news a month ago at the "Nexus 7 already the best selling tablet ever in the UK" news comment. Why took so long?
30. pikapowerize (banned) (Posts: 1869; Member since: 03 May 2012)
this is the consumer's fault acually!
"The owner of the tablet says that the slate was in his office overnight when the incident occurred"
so he forgot to unplug his tablet! its his fault! human error! not company's error!
32. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
faulty wiring, or did he microwave it?
37. darkkjedii (Posts: 24403; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Uh ohhhhhhh... This simply proves, that the nexus 7 like any device can have issues. The iPad, nexus, surface, galaxy tab, and the rest r prone to problems. It's still a great tablet though.
39. rusticguy (Posts: 2828; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
Years back there was case of Nokia phonesw exploding dureing charge and that time it came out to be battery issue as a result opf which certain serial numbers of battery lot were given free repalcement.
40. dukefawcett (Posts: 2; Member since: 11 Nov 2012)
either used the wrong charger, or carged it was it was in the microwave


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The hiring of the first director of the Athens-Clarke County Economic Development Director left some local officials optimistic about the new department.
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One of the literary elements in Beowulf is kennings, which are compound words that have figurative meanings. An example is "whale-road," which means "ocean" in line 10 and "swan-road" (also meaning "sea") in line 200. Other kennings include "sea-wood" (for "ship" in line 208) and "foamy-necked frother" (meaning "ship") in line 218. "Foamy-necked frother" is also an example of alliteration.
Another literary element is the use of allusions. For example, Grendel is associated with the "kin of Cain," (line 107). This is an allusion to the Bible, in which God curses Cain and his descendants for slaying Abel.
The poem also uses symbolism. For example, Heorot (in line 78), the mead-hall in which Hrothgar and his people celebrate, is a symbol of communal life and of the advancements of civilization. The hall is described as "high and horn-gabled" (line 82), a symbol of God and the glory of Christian civilization. There, bards sing of the glories of God, and people celebrate together. Another symbol is Grendel's cave (Grendel is referred to as "he who dwelt in darkness" in line 87). The cave is a symbol of darkness, of loneliness, and of evil, as it is where Grendel, the descendant of Cain, dwells.
Three typical literary elements that readers identify in Anglo-Saxon literature are: kennings, alliteration, and caesuras. Kennings are phrases which are used in place of the thing they represent in order to serve as a memory device for the poet. For example, "bling-bling" is a modern Kenning for "shiny jewelry". Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in a line of poetry. It serves the poem for rhythm and sometimes for tone or mood. Caesuras are breaks in the line of poetry, and are not usually found outside of Anglo-Saxon literature. It serves as the unifying element in Anglo-Saxon poetry instead of rhyme.
Examples of kennings in the poem are abundant. Some of them include "blood ember" for axe, "battle-sweat" for blood, and "whale-road" for sea.
Alliteration examples include, "He slipped through the door and there in the silence snatched up thirty men, smashed them..." line 36-37. Generally, there should be two or more words with the same consonant sound repeated to be considered alliteration. (Note that alliteration depends on the translator: though there is alliteration throughout the Old English version, it is up to the translator to decide where to create alliteration in modern translations.)
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This is set sometime after the end of Season 1. While it doesn't break canon to my knowledge, it is definitely AU. John's getting ready to see the boys.
Disclaimer: The Winchester boys aren't mine. The Colt isn't mine. Wish the car was mine. But I can only blame myself for the Circle of Enoch.
Characters: Sam Winchester, John Winchester, Ellen Harvelle
Rating: PG (Angst, mostly.)
Summary: The oldest secrets are the hardest to tell.
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Miscellaneous: As always, this would not have been possible without the brilliance of JMM0001, who helped me ensure that the epilogue was, indeed, the epilogue. Much thanks to wenchpixie, who always manages to make me smile…even when my writing is not. The good parts are because of them. The bad parts are all me.
Epilogue: Carry That Weight
His cell phone buzzed against his hip the moment he picked up the shot glass. "Hello?"
"Hey, Dad." It was Sam. He sounded tired as hell, but nothing like the description Missouri had given him the day before. John tried to picture what his son looked like now – how Sam walked into her house like a veteran, she said, as hollow inside as any soldier who sacrificed everything for his duty. Covered in healing wounds and week-old bruises. A swollen eye that he claimed had been ripped out by a demon. "Are you there?" his little boy asked, and John felt the catch in his throat.
It was always the little boy in Sam's voice that got him.
"Where's Dean?" It was the first question John could think to ask. The last thing he wanted was to fight with the boy.
Sam sucked in a breath, not expecting the question. "He's…in the gas station. Buying some lunch," his youngest son returned, and he wasn't trying to hide something but he wasn't telling the whole truth. Suddenly, Sam sighed. "Dean said you wanted us to call when we got to Nebraska and – " Sam coughed. "There's some stuff I need to talk to you about, Dad."
"Been getting Dean's messages. I know what's going on, son."
"No, Dad. You really don't." And that's when Sam sounded so empty inside, John wished he were standing in front of him – he'd say all the things he should have, before Sam went to Stanford. About the Prophecy. About how much his mother loved him, was willing to sacrifice her friends – some as close as family – so that Sam could be hidden from the Circle. Maybe he'd have stayed if I did.
"It can wait until you get here." John tried to smile. Someone had told him once that you could hear a smile over the phone. "I want you boys to get here before the Roadhouse opens. We need some time to talk before there's a crowd. You tell Dean. No later than 7:30, Sam." His boys didn't need to know why. They'd figure it out soon enough when they got there.
"I will." Sam sighed, and John heard his mouth open. Another intake of breath, like Sam was trying to figure out how to say something else without arguing. "I know this hasn't been easy on you. Keeping Mom's secret." John almost chuckled as Sam coughed nervously – he should have known the boy would put all the pieces together. "I'm the one you should be worried about now; one day, I'm going to wake up and it won't be the demon in my belly. It'll be the other way around."
Sam waited but John couldn't say anything. There was no entry in Dr. Spock about how to talk to your son when he was telling you about the demon inside of him, the one that crawled deep in his bowels while it ate him alive. Not even a paragraph. Even Jim would have been hard pressed to come up with a response to that bald admission. Sam swallowed and added, "But we've got a plan. Dean and I. So the thing won't Ascend."
"A plan?" It was something to focus on that made sense. Winchesters always had a plan.
"The Twelve. We're going to find the rest of them before the Circle of Enoch does." Sam was matter-of-fact – just like when he was explaining to his friends how to fight with a sword. "Charlotte's coming with us. But Ellie…" He could almost see Sam shaking his shaggy hair, wearing that perplexed expression he'd been sporting since the age of two. "We can't take her with us. We want to leave her at this place you've got set up, but we need to know it's safe for her. She's special, Dad." Sam's voice was soft, but it was almost a warning. "They both are."
That was an understatement. Ellie Jenkins was so powerful, Missouri Mosely was scared to have her in the guest room, and Charlotte Anne Webb was Circle-trained – and they were both part of the Twelve. Mothers of Legions. John had read enough to know what that meant. Looking for the rest of them was the dumbest thing he'd ever heard. John coughed. "They'll both be safe here, son. It's hallowed ground."
"This isn't about safe. It never was." Sam's voice was steely, and it got that edge that John remembered so well. "But we're not letting Ellie fight until the end of this thing." John heard voices in the background. Dean. His oldest son sounded like he was singing some song with a bad Japanese accent, and other voices were laughing – which only made Dean sing louder. "So, we'll see you when we get there. Okay?" Sam added.
It was the end of the conversation.
John wouldn't ask to speak to Dean. Even muffled by the distance between himself and Sam's cell phone, the boy sounded happy – John couldn't even remember how long it had been since that had happened. Not since Azazeal attacked them in that shack.
But his oldest son wasn't a fool. "That Dad?" Dean asked. "Let me talk to him!" John knew he couldn't do that, because then he'd have to tell Dean that his mother knew he was Gifted all along. That Dean's Gift was hidden to keep him safe. How many times had John caught Dean crying because he felt someone, some poor kid in the playground but usually Sam with a skinned knee or a lost toy, and John told him it was all in his head?
John Winchester told that lie so well, Dean sealed himself off completely.
John swallowed. "And we'll talk more then, son." He closed the phone and set it on the bar. He didn't even give Sam a chance to say goodbye, heard Dean's angry voice and hung up right when Dean called out 'Dad, wait!'
John slammed the shot of Jack Daniels into the back of his throat, and swallowed. The boys might never forgive him for what he'd done, all the secrets he had kept from them once they knew the truth; probably wouldn't forgive him for what he was going to do – but John Winchester had to know. Two decades of fighting the Circle of Enoch made a man cautious. Those girls were a threat to his boys that he could not ignore.
Jo was getting ready for the night, pulling chairs off tables and wiping them down, and some of the boys were giving her a hard time – watching her as she worked while they finished up their lunch. Colin and Pat liked to give her crap, tell her what they'd do to her if she took them down into the store room. Jo never did; just gave them crap right back. He used to wonder what his sons would make of her; Jo was as much of a con artist as Dean with an attention for detail that rivaled Sam's.
And no self-respecting Winchester could ever turn down a blonde.
John didn't even have to close his eyes to see her, eyes laughing as her hair swirled around her in the wind and the sunshine. Mary would always smile when he called her his angel, brushing his hair backwards as he lay on her stomach – listening to the small heartbeat inside that was his oldest son. He already knew about her, at least what she believed about her family for all that she had left it, and John wasn't about to call the woman he loved a liar regardless. If Mary said she could feel people's emotions, there was nothing she had ever done that showed otherwise.
She took a man broken by war, suffering from the flashbacks and the horror, and turned him into a functional human being again. John Winchester would have loved her for that alone.
When Mary started getting visions – slamming into the ground, arms covering her eyes as her entire body writhed in pain – about a war that was coming, John knew he'd always be at her side. He was a soldier. It's what he was trained to do. He might not have any fancy God-given gift, might not be able to fight with a sword like Michael or inspire people like Aaron, but John Winchester would fight for the woman he loved and the toddler she carried in her arms.
John remembered that night as though it were yesterday, sitting next to Aaron when that KISS song came on – how Aaron thought that was funny, but his laugh was heartbreaking. Aaron knew better than anyone that they'd never speak to each other again, after the bombs tore down the Repository and decimated the Circle's archives. But eight children would be saved, scattered to the winds, with those who were Called and those who were Chosen to protect them until they were strong enough to save the world.
John wasn't Beata. Protecting the world wasn't his sacred duty, a trust passed down for generations, but he stood by their side all the same. For his wife. For his son. And for the boy who was coming.
That never kept him from being Called, all the same.
Except John's Call didn't come from God; it was a scream from Mary. The night those bastards pinned her to the ceiling, gutted and then burned her, was the night the Circle of Enoch Chose John Winchester as the agent of their downfall. He knew exactly who it was; couldn't be anyone else with the children unharmed – even Dean, just as Blessed as Sam with no one the wiser. And Sam could spin the mobile above his crib just by giggling and smiling at it.
He didn't know when Missouri showed up in Lawrence, whether it happened before Mary died or if the Beata had somehow figured out that something was coming. John hadn't tried to call or contact any of them, even though he suspected Aaron was always living at that big old farmhouse of his and Mary made him memorize the number just in case he needed it some day. John was just going down the list of psychics in the phone book, finding someone who would give him a place to start, and he showed up on her white porch with the boys in tow.
Her eyes had widened when she saw him, one hand brushing Sam's forehead the way that Mary always did, and she ushered them all inside – a different name, but the same Eugenia who smacked her brother on the back of the head or argued with Delilah when they were making plans. And they talked. She listened to him ramble and made Dean eat pie, and John started to get a glimmer of hope – not that he could win, but that he would shove his war down the Circle of Enoch's throat anyway.
There was no way in hell they were getting Sam.
So he started running, teaching his boys what he could so they could protect themselves – making contacts across the country, finding like-minded people who knew something was coming and would help him make that stand. Jim. Bobby. Caleb. Bill. And when he learned that Harvelle's Roadhouse was built on consecrated ground, John knew he had his base of operations – a place sanctified against darkness, proof against the demonic things the Circle could throw at them. And when that wasn't enough, there was an army built out of people who lost something, who were willing to lay down their lives for a cause bigger than everything if it saved the world.
And that's exactly what John raised his sons to do, all the while burying the reasons why deep inside – buried under whiskey and the occasional lay – as he watched his boys become men.
He planned on telling them someday, when the prophecy began unfolding. Sam had other plans, and Stanford was part of that. And Stanford was probably how the Circle found him. John always wondered why they waited until last year to strike, except he remembered something Missouri had told him once about discipline being important and how a college education helped with that mindset. But John had a feeling the Circle would move, so he went into hiding – hoping the Circle would think he was deeper on Azazeal's trail than he really was, hoping the Circle would chase him and leave the boy alone.
He'd been played. Days after he went into hiding, Sam became the Circle's target. It was Dean – his smart-mouthed broken son, cursed with a Gift no one could teach him how to use – who managed to keep his family together.
Azazeal didn't throw Dean up on the ceiling when it caught up with his boys, but it sliced into Dean all the same – making his son bleed while the thing taunted him with the voice of his own father. John shuddered, remembering that touch – however briefly – inside him. Like a stone pressing into his chest, the fire burning in his brain. He still felt unclean, oily as all hell. Like years had been taken off his life during those minutes, and not a day went by where he didn't try to scour the stink of brimstone out of his hair.
"Little early to be drinking, Winchester." Ellen picked up the bottle of whiskey and poured another shot in John's glass, and then she slammed another shot glass beside his and poured one of her own. The sound brought him back to himself, and he snorted. "You've barely finished your lunch," she added, inclining her head to the half-eaten sandwich on the plate in front of him.
Her daughter was selecting another song on the jukebox, and Jo certainly had a gift for choosing the one song a man didn't want to hear on the goddamn thing.
you gotta carry that weight
Carry that weight a long time
"Your daughter is perverse," John said finally, clinking his glass with Ellen's before they both drank them down.
"Takes after her father," Ellen laughed in her husky voice. Blonde hair, darker than Mary's, and eyes that shone all the same. John wondered if she knew why he kept coming back after Bill died, why he never pushed, besides the obvious. But Ellen never asked and he never pressed. "I'm guessing your sons don't fall far from the tree."
"Sam fell farther than Dean," John acknowledged. He looked Ellen in the eyes, sighed. "I should have been the one to tell them, Ellen. They found out about the Circle from a stranger."
"Maybe so," she replied, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear – just like Mary used to when they took Dean to the park. "But they know now." She grinned at him. "And it's not like you've got long to wait to clear the air. They'll be here in a couple hours."
But they weren't coming alone and, no matter how he tried, John couldn't look the other way.
Missouri had warned him that things wouldn't be how he expected, warned him about the girls that his sons had picked up along the way – how the shock of both would cut him to the quick. The little girl who was barely six but glowed with such power, almost as bright as Sam – not that John would see it, but he took Missouri's word. And Charlotte Webb; there was a secret there that even Missouri wouldn't tell. His sons were willingly traveling with the daughter of that woman.
John Winchester would just see about that.
They were going to test them both, make certain they were exactly what they said they were. Missouri believed their story – even if the idea of two of the Twelve walking around like normal people scared the hell out of her – but the Beata had been fooled before. If they were infallible, the Circle would not have fallen and John wouldn't be fighting the damn war in the first place. "We should go over the plan again," he said. "I don't want any mistakes once those girls get here. If they're the threat I think they are, we're all dead."
Ellen's eyes widened. "You actually think a six-year-old is a threat, John?"
"What better way to make us drop our guard than to send a child here?" he retorted. "And don't even get me started on the other one. Circle-trained?" John snorted. "That means she's got a psychic Gift, and years of martial arts training. And they're both part of the Twelve? That's too much of a coincidence, El."
"Doesn't feel right telling those boys this is a safe place, and then setting a trap." Ellen could be damn stubborn, but suddenly she shook her head. "No, you're right." She raised her voice. "Jo, honey, round up the boys and get some beer from the store room." Jo made a face, but started calling out names all the same. Ellen's eyes focused on John's face. "But what if those girls are innocent?"
It was the million dollar question, but he couldn't take their story on face value. He'd do whatever it took to keep his boys safe. No matter how much it would hurt seeing their faces when the plan went down. But if those girls were from the Circle, John would know and he'd deal with them; they wouldn't be the boys' problem anymore. But what if those girls are innocent? John sighed. He'd figure something out. He knew Dean would toe the line; it was the first lesson. The only lesson. Keeping Sam safe was all that mattered.
I'm the one you should be worried about now; one day, I'm going to wake up and it won't be the demon in my belly. It'll be the other way around.
Ellen poured him another shot.
John's reference to Mary healing him was, indeed, meant to be taken as a nod to PTSD. I haven't decided how much of an impact this will have on the overall story.
The title of the chapter is a song by The Beatles.
And because this can never be said enough: This little romp through the world of Apocryphal prophecy would not have been possible without the fabulous J and my brain-twin wenchpixie. I am a much better writer for having met these ladies. I'd also like to thank the folks who took the time to read this; it's a little out there, and I appreciated the time taken to do so.
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