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The best illustration of how the world has changed likely will come sometime Saturday night. Whenever the Utah Utes take the lead against BYU, the ESPN.com scoreboard will post an "Upset Alert."
Whoa. How did this happen?
Entering the season, the question surrounding the Utes was not so much whether they would stand 4-0 after September, but how high they would be ranked in advance of USC's coming to town. Instead, BYU is No. 25 in this week's AP Poll and positioned for a big year, while the Utes are trying to avoid disaster.
That's why this game has become very important to Utah as critical as any rivalry contest in recent history, other than the 2004 and '08 games that sent the unbeaten Utes to the Bowl Championship Series.
It matters to BYU, for all of the usual reasons. With no conference championship to play for, the rivalry becomes more of a signature opportunity for the Cougars. A victory would bring the BCS into view, although BYU still would have to beat Boise State, Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and everybody else.
Winning the game would help Utah, obviously, but the real issue here is what losing would mean. The Utes have lost to both Utah State and BYU only once in the past 24 seasons (1996). Besides the loss of in-state credibility, another defeat already would bring bowl eligibility into question, with the Utes then having to go 5-4 in the Pac-12 just to qualify.
If they want to take any momentum into their opening stretch of the league schedule, which includes three road games and USC's visit, the Utes have to win Saturday. Even if the rivalry has lost some value as a nonconference game played in September, a season-saving element suddenly is in play at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
Unless the Utes want to perpetuate talk of a 1-6 start and let's face it, they'd be underdogs against any of their four subsequent opponents, as of today they'd better beat BYU.
The Utes do have a few things going for them, starting with how poorly they played in that 27-20 overtime loss to USU. In a weird way, that's comforting. Coach Kyle Whittingham's teams never have played uninspired football two games in a row, so they're bound to start better Saturday than they did in Logan.
There's also something about the way his teammates respond to quarterback Jon Hays, regardless of whatever talent dropoff exists between the injured Jordan Wynn and Hays. And while Brian Blechen's suspension and Eric Rowe's injury have created a makeshift secondary, the Ute defense held a good USU offense to 13 points in regulation (not counting a blocked punt for a touchdown).
Issues with the offensive line may resolve themselves with some personnel shuffling and Hays' scrambling ability.
If not, it is going to get interesting around here. Without naming names, Whittingham has been critical of line coach Dan Finn's work. If the offense struggles again, a lot of questions will be asked about Whittingham's choices of replacements for former offensive coordinator Norm Chow and line coach Tim Davis.
This group has all the makings of a great recruiting staff, but the actual coaching part is what matters here and now. Whittingham's crew will have to outcoach the BYU staff to earn a win that once appeared to be as routine for Utah as beating Utah State.
As strange as it sounds, the Utes have to hope there's another in-state upset. Otherwise, the biggest game around here in early October might be BYU vs. USU the day after Utah vs. USC.
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Curried Chicken with Raisins and Mushrooms
By 30 Minutes or Less
Savory chicken and mushrooms balanced with the sweetness of raisins and red bell peppers will make this curried one-pan recipe a family favorite.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
Main Dishes
Serves: 4
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1 1/2
1 1/2 tsp olive oil
2 (about 12 oz) chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, diced into 1-inch cubes
2 cups white mushrooms, sliced
2 cups cremini mushrooms, sliced
1/2 medium red bell pepper, but into 3/4-inch squares
2 cups (16 oz) chicken broth, low-sodium
1 cup Sun-Maid raisins
2 cups instant whole-grain rice
1 1/2 Tbsp curry powder
- Heat oil in large saute pan. With heat on medium-high, place chicken in pan and cover with lid. Cook chicken for about 5 minutes.
- Add mushrooms and peppers to pan and saute 3-4 minutes. Add chicken broth.
- Gently mix in raisins, rice, and curry powder. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer until rice is done. Fluff with fork and let sit 3-5 minutes before serving.
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 440
- Carbohydrates: 71g
- Total Fat: 6g
- Cholesterol: 55mg
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Dietary Fiber: 6g
- % of Calories from Fat: 12%
- Sodium: 410 mg
- Protein: 27g
- Recipe Credit
Recipe courtesy of the Mushroom Council & Sun-Maid.
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Bennington man involved in prank death sued by victim's family
In June, Nicholas D. Bell, 25, of Manchester, was sentenced to serve a year in prison for simple assault, and reckless endangerment, while a seven-year deferred sentence was placed on him for a manslaughter charge. Bell pleaded no contest to the charges in May.
According to police, on Thanksgiving Day two years ago, Bell and Jeffrey R. Charbonneau, 24, were at the home of the Goodwin family on Eagle Rise Road in Manchester where they were both staying for the holiday. Police said Bell took what he thought was an air rifle, but was actually a .22 caliber rifle, and shot Charbonneau with it as a prank. Charbonneau was killed.
According to a complaint filed in Bennington Superior Court Civil Division on Oct. 23 by Rutland attorney David L. Cleary, on behalf of Charbonneau's parents, Richard and Betty Charbonneau, Bell negligently caused the death of their son and is responsible for damages through a wrongful death claim.
The filing contains a response from Bell himself. In response to Cleary's claim "On or about November 25, 2010, defendant negligently caused the death of Jeffrey Charbonneau," Bell wrote "I accidentally caused the death of Jeffrey Charbonneau."
Bell is currently being held at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport.
Cleary filed a second complaint on Oct. 31, this one naming James Goodwin, Carolyn Goodwin, and James Goodwin Jr. as defendants. Cleary claims Charbonneau's death was a result of the Goodwins not keeping a loaded firearm in a safe and secure manner. "At that time and place, the defendants and each of them had the responsibility to maintain the firearm in a non-lethally dangerous condition by either containing it in an unloaded condition, or by maintaining it in a locked and inoperable condition," Cleary wrote.
Both suits request compensation for damages to the Charbonneaus.
John Paul Faigant, an attorney for the Goodwins, filed a response to the complaint on Nov. 29. In it, Faigant denies the Charbonneaus' claims and cites a number of defenses, one being that the Goodwins are not responsible for the shooting, as well as Chapter 1 Article 16 of the Vermont Constitution and the United States Constitution's Second Amendment, which grant the right to keep and bear arms.
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"The coordinator role is to stay with the foreign ministers"
Luxembourg, 13 October 2003 - Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner repeated in Luxembourg today that she did not agree with the Convention's proposal on the future composition of the EU Commission. "For us it is important that each Member State has full access to all the Union's bodies and hence also to the Commission. Each Member State must have a commissioner who is entitled to vote. If the commissioners no longer have equal rights, the principle of collegiality will no longer work and European equality will be undermined. The second-class commissioners at least will lose their interest in representing the interests of Europe as a whole, which, however, is their principal task. The Commission itself shares this view, and has clearly pointed out the problems involved in the Convention's proposal in its response to the questionnaire," Ferrero-Waldner said.
In the opinion of the Austrian Foreign Minister, an enlarged Commission can only function if "organised accordingly". For this reason we requested in Rome that the Commission should take these considerations further and think about what a balanced model for the distribution of these portfolios should look like while at the same time providing scope for the necessary flexibility. We are now waiting for the Commission to present this proposal," Ferrero-Waldner stated.
As regards the rotation of the EU Presidency, Ferrero-Waldner expressed her concern in several respects after the latest discussion of the issue in Rome: "First, we are becoming aware that our time schedule is very tight; second, it is not a satisfactory procedure if numerous delegations propose their models and than there is no opportunity to discuss them in a common forum. In my opinion a working group would provide a good forum for dealing with this issue, and for this reason I will again propose today that the handling of this issue be assigned to a working group. Third, I am open to the proposal and ready to convince myself of the advantages of a team presidency, provided that certain principles are observed: These are: equality of all Member States, practicability, continuity, cohesion and above all the identification of the populations of the different Member States with the Presidency."
In this context the Austrian Foreign Minister advocated in Luxembourg that the "present system should only be abandoned once a better alternative has been found." Moreover, Ferrero-Waldner pleaded for "economical changes" and said it would be conceivable to maintain the current rotating system at the political level while introducing a team presidency at the working level. "One thing is clear to me, and this is that coordination by the President of the European Council is out of the question. That would be an infringement of Europe's institutional equilibrium which I will not accept! My opinion, like that of other countries, is that the coordination role must stay with the foreign ministers in the future. Furthermore, the institutional system must be conceived as a system in overall equilibrium. The Convention has submitted something of a piecemeal draft, and it has simply failed to consider whether it makes sense if the chairs of the European Council, the Council of Ministers, the Eurogroup and the Council of External Affairs all have completely different terms in office, to cite only one example," the Foreign Minister said.


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The City of Richardson on Wednesday celebrated the grand opening of the new 16,000-square-foot, freestanding Richardson Gymnastics Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and building tours. The new facility was funded by the City's 2010 Bond Program, and the City hopes to achieve LEED certification for the center in the coming months.
The new Gymnastics Center, located at the southeast corner of Arapaho Road at Grove Road, features a full array of gymnastics equipment and sufficient space and amenities to accommodate regional and state-level gymnastics meets, as well as amateur and competitive gymnastics training and practice. It replaces the previous gymnastics facility, which was housed in the Heights Recreation Center and experienced strong demand for community participation in the City's gymnastics program.
"This facility is another demonstration of Richardson's commitment to sustainability, including our goal of having all our new City facilities constructed to the most environmentally sensitive and progressive standards possible," said Richardson Mayor Bob Townsend. "This project, and the currently under-construction Heights Recreation Center and Aquatics Center, both support the health of our residents and the vitality of our neighborhoods. We are pleased to be able to deliver such a facility and other Bond program projects for the benefit of our community."
The new Richardson Gymnastics Center was built to serve the need of the rapidly growing gymnastics program. The City partnered with Brinkley Sargent Architects and Richardson-based Hill & Wilkinson to design and build the new facility. Additionally, the same design-and-construction team is working to develop the new Heights Recreation Center and Aquatics Center, which will be completed later this spring. The project team is seeking Silver LEED certification for the Heights Recreation Center.
In addition to a more modern design, the new Gymnastics Center will offer a significant amount of space for equipment. The facility was also built with a large viewing area for parents, ample bleachers for gymnastics meets and events, and a multipurpose room for meetings, parties and private events, all of which are upgrades compared to the previous facility.
Features of the facility include: equipment padding, landing mats, skill cushions, spotting blocks, pre-school scaled-down equipment, loose foam pit, solid foam landing pit, in-ground trampolines, spotting belts and spring floors.
Richardson's Parks and Recreation Department created the award-winning gymnastics program more than 42 years ago, and today it has grown to become one of the finest in Texas for all levels of skill and ability. The program offers an 8:1 student-to- teacher ratio and helps to develop many upper-level gymnasts who are working to earn college scholarships. For more information, visit www.richardsongymnastics.com.
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James Darwin came home from Baltimore, Md. to hang out with his friends in Pittsburgh.
This week I visited I visited Pittsburgh Obama's Prom Line-Up, Kenny's Place in Uptown, Pittsburgh, Black Beauty Lounge in the Hill District and Savoy Restaurant and CJ's in the Strip District.
My first stop was at Kenny's Place in Uptown Pittsburgh where everyone came out to get their Karaoke on for the evening. The place was packed and everyone had a great time.
My next stop was Pittsburgh Obama's Prom Line-Up where all of the High School graduates were dressed to impress for the special occasion.
My next stop was at the Black Beauty Lounge in the Hill District where folks came together to listen to the great sounds DJ T-Luv on the 1's and2's.
My next stop was at Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District where a special event was held to raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis and there was also a concert on the lower level with Kevin Howard featuring Stacia Abbott.
My final destination was at CJ's in the Strip District where "The Roger Humphries Band" played to crowd of jazz music lovers including musicians from all over the city.
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Donna and the gang had a blast at Kenny's Place in Uptown Pittsburgh over the weekend.
Songstress "Charelle Unique" and musician "Kevin Howard" at the concert held at Savoy Restaurant.
The one and only Roger Humphries is doing his thing on the drums at CJ's in the Strip District.
Zan "The Man" and his mom Wanda representin' at Savoy Restaurant in the Strip District. The event was held to raise awareness for Cystic Fibrosis.
Everyone came out to show their support and raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis at Savoy Restaurant.
Wanda and the gang raising awareness for Cystic Fibrosis at Savoy.
Fletcher Jones Jr. was dressed to impress when he went to Pittsburgh Obama's prom and he is THIS WEEK'S BEST DRESSED MALE.
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Optimization of the Technology of Wire Drawing Based on Finite Element Modeling
The initiation and propagation rule of central flaw during wire drawing was modeled with the finite element method and theory of fracture mechanics. It is shown that: J-integral value increased with the increasing of the angle of drawing die, the friction coefficient between drawing die and wire and the initial dimension of the flaw. When friction coefficient equaled 0.1, J-integral value round the crack tip with the same flaw decreased with the decreasing of the angle of the die. J-integral value changed slightly and tended to be a constant value when the angle reached to 8°. The calculated results were then applied to improve the optimization of the technology for wire drawing.
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When I was in college back in Santa Cruz in the 1980s, there was a women's poetry collective known as Moonjuice that held poetry readings and self-published their own poetry anthologies. That is how I became acquainted with the wonderful Maude Meehan, whose book of poems Chipping Bone I loved. When I was looking for Ellen Bass's poem Then Call It Swimming to post here last year, I found it in one of the Moonjuice anthologies still on my shelves.
A couple years later, the Kensington Ladies' Erotica Society came out with their first book of erotic short stories. Around that same time, the Women's Songbook Project in Berkeley published the anthology Out Loud: A Collection of New Songs By Women. If I tried to recall all the grassroots women's publishing projects I have come across from that era to this, I could go on for pages. In fact, just a couple weeks ago a friend sent me an announcement for a new anthology of women writers she'd been published in.
During the 70s and 80s, the idea of ordinary women writers getting together and publishing their work when no one else would was no longer a groundbreaking thought. Now it is even less so, with desktop publishing, scores of vanity presses, millions of women blogging, and compilation sites such as BlogHer popping up all over the net.
Still, 'twas not ever thus. So when I had the opportunity to review Diana Robin's fascinating history Publishing Women: Salons, The Presses, and the Counter-Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Italy, I jumped at the chance. And I am here to tell you, women back then had way fewer options for publishing than we do today. Why, it turns out that in the 1500s there were no women's erotica anthologies at all!
Publishing Women is one of those rare works that investigates a previously overlooked subject with exhaustive, original research, and manages to synthesize the information in a way that is scholarly and coherent, with a narrative that is engaging for a general audience. Diana Robin highlights the vibrant groups of women writers that emerged in the Renaissance period across several Italian cities, and the network of publishers, printers and agents who had a hand in producing and selling their books.
Because of these women and their male colleagues, for the first time in Europe's history women's writing made it into the public sphere. Women established literary salons, published their own anthologies, and promoted religious reform in Naples, Rome, Florence, Vienna, and Siena. For anyone who is interested in book history, the appendices Robin includes are invaluable: an index of all the authors, editors, publishers and dedicatees of the anthologies; a physical description of the anthologies, many of which have not been published since the Renaissance; and a chronology of the key events in the history she describes.
Predictably, this movement provoked the ire of the Church. I won't give away the story, but let's just say the Council of Trent and piles of burning books were involved. But that was not the only problem that beset these literary women.
By the 1570s, war, plague, typhus, as well as Church-led persecutions left the Venetian publishing world a shadow of its former self. It would take a new generation of writers and publishers, working under very different social strictures in the 1580s and 90s, to revive the literary culture and in some instances reprint the writing of these early women writers.
This book illuminated for me a period of European history I knew nothing about, and ultimately left me feeling hopeful. Against all odds, creativity erupts. Groups coalesce, people figure out how to work together, movements form, cultures shift and change. Sure it all eventually dies, but even for movements such as these, left in tatters with only one or two copies remaining of many volumes, all it takes is one intrepid researcher with patience and a keen eye to make it live again.


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I was chatting with LA Weekly film critic Karina Longworth shortly after she saw Bonsai, the new film by Christian Jimemez. As she explained in a recent FilmLinc.com podcast, seeing the movie here in Cannes was an experience that deeply affected her. Based on the visceral reaction she described, I made a point of seeing the film at its next screening.
A low budget Chilean indie, Bonsai is an exciting discovery in the Un Certain Regard section here at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The second film by Jimenez, based on a novel by Alejandro Zambra, follows two 20-somethings who fall for each other. More specifically it's a look at what binds them: literature and loneliness.
Books and a little bonsai tree play important roles in the film.
"These are people who are in their early twenties and they are studying literature," Jimenez explained in a FilmLinc.com audio podcast this week in Cannes. "They are lacking a framework that gives them reference, they find shelter in books."
Jimenez explained that the loneliness he's exploring in Bonsai is not only someting he can relate to personally, but is unique to a generation of Chileans.
"It has to do with a certain kind of lonliness that was (specific) to our generation," Jimenez said during our conversation at the Chilean stand inside the Cannes Marché du Film, "People of our generation in Chile experienced a certain kind of loneliness that was new, it was not just new to us but it was new to our society in a way. It was something that our parents could not help us dael with us because they did not go through it."
Continuing, he added, "I think the chacarters in the ebook when facing this new isolation (and) what they think can save them is books. Maybe it wont save them, but it allows them to keep going, for a while at least."
FilmLinc: Literature & Loneliness in "Bonsai" by FilmLinc
Eugene Hernandez is the Director of Digital Strategy at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and a founder of indieWIRE. Follow him on Twitter from Cannes (@eug) and follow the rest of FIlmLinc.com's Cannes coverage in our special section.


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Outfielder Soler impresses Sveum on video
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Theo Epstein, Cubs president of baseball operations, and general manager Jed Hoyer did watch Soler work out in the Dominican Republic earlier this year. Rumors about where the 20-year-old power-hitting outfielder is headed had quieted down until Saturday when FOX Sports reported he was now a free agent. Soler defected from Cuba last year.
"He's pretty strong," Sveum said Saturday. "On video, he looks pretty impressive. I don't know if he's as impressive as that kid the other day."
That "kid" was high school shortstop Carlos Correa, projected as a first-round pick in Monday's First-Year Player Draft. Sveum threw batting practice to Correa during a workout at Wrigley Field on Wednesday.
Epstein, Hoyer and Jason McLeod, the Cubs' scouting and player development director, have asked Sveum to look at video of some of the top Draft prospects. It's all part of due diligence.
"That's the way Theo does things," Sveum said. "When he makes a decision, he's done every piece of information you can get to make sure that decision is right."
Cubs put DeJesus third in batting order
SAN FRANCISCO -- David DeJesus, primarily the Cubs' leadoff man this season, was moved into the No. 3 spot in the Cubs lineup Saturday as manager Dale Sveum looked for some way to kick-start the offense.
DeJesus has hit third in 126 games in his career and has a .292 batting average there. He did so in 23 games last year with the Royals, batting .193 (17-for-88).
"Dale wants me to stay with the same plan, nothing new, and go out there and have good at-bats," DeJesus said. "That's how I'm going to take it. I'm not going to be this power guy all of a sudden. I'm just going to get my at-bats today and see what happens."
The outfielder's steady approach convinced Sveum to make the move.
"[DeJesus] said, 'I always hit the same. I've hit there before, and I've hit all over the place,'" Sveum said. "That's one reason I'm comfortable doing that is that he just has a [good] at-bat all the time, no matter where he hits in the lineup."
DeJesus has been one of the Cubs' most consistent hitters in recent weeks and was 11-for-33 in his last 10 games entering Saturday. He may not provide much pop but he can deliver doubles and triples. Joe Mather was 6-for-27 (.222) so far in the No. 3 spot.
Sveum also made the switch because Ian Stewart was not available because of a sore left wrist, which flared up again. The third baseman was available to pinch-hit Saturday and most likely would not start again until Monday.
Sveum said he came up with Saturday's lineup "after hours and hours of debating." The Cubs want Tony Campana at the top to take advantage of his speed, so he led off against the Giants.
"The way our lineup is, it's not going to be an everyday thing," Sveum said of having DeJesus hit third. "When Stewart comes back, we might change some things around a little bit."
DeJesus entered the game with one home run this season. He doubled his total by clubbing a solo shot in the fourth inning, the possibility of which he downplayed before the game.
"If it happens, yes, I'll take it," DeJesus said, laughing. "I'm not going to shy away from that. But that's not my game."
Castro expected to be smarter on basepaths
SAN FRANCISCO -- Starlin Castro still has the green light to steal despite his baserunning gaffe Friday.
Castro was easily thrown out in the third when he tried to run with one out, a 2-0 count to No. 3 hitter Joe Mather and the Cubs trailing, 2-0. The shortstop said after Friday's game he thought Mather had fouled the ball off, which is why he slowed up going into second and didn't slide.
"I wasn't too happy about that one for many reasons," said Cubs manager Dale Sveum, who spoke to Castro in the dugout after the incident happened.
"It was a complete mistake to be running in the first place and then not to know what the guy did and thinking he fouled it off and didn't know he swung when you're two runs down -- what if he hit a line drive to the outfielder and you got doubled up?" Sveum said. "That's not acceptable. He knew that. Sometimes you have these brain [cramps] or whatever you want to call them.
"That's a time and a place in the game when your third hitter is up and you've got a 2-0 count and you're down by two runs, if you are running, you better be 100 percent sure you're going to be safe and you better know the ball is going to be hit," Sveum said. "He failed on all of the above."
But Castro, who is second on the Cubs with 15 stolen bases, still is free to run.
"He is a good basestealer," Sveum said.
Hill has connection to Santana's no-hitter
SAN FRANCISCO -- When Johan Santana threw the Mets' first no-hitter Friday, catcher Josh Thole was using Koyie Hill's glove.
Here's the story: Hill gave Cubs bullpen catcher Andy Lane one of his All-Star model gloves last year. Lane and Thole worked out together this offseason, and Thole liked "The Koyie" so much, he switched with Lane.
Lane exchanged text messages with Thole and found out Saturday it was Hill's glove. Hill said he thought he recognized it watching highlights of Santana's game.
"Your stuff looks familiar to you," Hill said.
Hill does have a no-hitter to his credit, catching lefty Lindsay Gulin's no-no at Triple-A in 2004.
Extra bases
Ryan Dempster was not with the Cubs this weekend but was in Chicago, preparing for his next start Tuesday. Sveum said everything was fine, and the right-hander was home to take care of "some personal stuff."
Dempster, winless in his last 18 starts since Aug. 11, was to throw a bullpen in Chicago in preparation for his game in the series opener against the Brewers.
The Cubs wore throwback uniforms Saturday from the 1912 season. They did so twice last year. On May 4, they wore uniforms from 1944 while the Dodgers wore a model from the 1940s, and on May 21, the Cubs wore 1918 outfits against the Red Sox. The Cubs also wore throwback uniforms June 12, 2008, against the Braves when they had 1948 replica uniforms to celebrate WGN's 60th anniversary of televising Cubs baseball.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Going to try this today. already made up. will cook it before i go to the party. I doubled this recipe to make 2 - 9x11 pans.
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 Cup Thousand Island Dressings
16 oz sauerkraut, rinsed and squeezed dry
8 oz shredded corned beef (lunch meat with work)
16 oz shredded swiss cheese (you have to buy a brick,didn't see any pre shredded)
1. Preheat oven 350F (175C)
2. Mix cream cheese and dressing
3. Spread kraut into 9 x 11" pan.
Layer corned beef, swiss cheese and the dressing mix
4. Bake 20/25 minutes
Because i went ahead and doubled it, i thought the swiss would be kind of strong for most people, so i add 16 ounces of mozzrella to the shredded swiss.
i bought some of the party size rye and pumpernickle breads and also rye triscuits.
this can be done in the crock pot according to some comments at
will let you know it goes later tonight!


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Equine muscle injuries are often elusive, leading to frustration for the rider and a challenging diagnosis for the veterinarian. Since muscle injury can accompany and/or mimic skeletal problems, tendon or ligament injury, or neurological disease, diagnosis can be quite complicated. The best way to prevent muscle injury is to keep horses in regular exercise programs and avoid demanding more of them than their level of conditioning permits. It is also very important to maintain a consistent feeding program appropriate to each horse's level of fitness and energy requirements to avoid metabolic problems such as tying-up.
Assessment of suspected muscle damage should begin with a complete history, including any chronic or recent lameness problems, loss of condition, or attitude change, as well as any abnormalities under saddle noticed by the rider or trainer. A physical examination should follow--this includes listening to the heart and lungs, evaluating musculature symmetry, palpating major muscle groups to locate any focal areas of soreness, and palpating and assessing range of motion of the neck and legs. Depending on clinical signs, a complete blood count and/or serum chemistry might also be done to evaluate muscle enzyme levels and rule out systemic disease, which can secondarily cause discomfort or muscle injury.
A thorough lameness examination--and perhaps diagnostic imaging--will help rule out skeletal, tendon, and ligament injuries as the primary source of pain. The horse should be examined walking and trotting in hand on a straight line and on a circle. Observation under saddle might also be necessary, as discomfort might only be seen during specific movements or over fences.
At the time of examination, it is important for the veterinarian to look for signs of physical and/or dynamic (movement) asymmetry, including gluteal muscle atrophy, a "dropped hip," or variation in the swing phase between forelimbs and/or hindlimbs. Observation of how a horse tracks (the course by which he travels) might be helpful in isolating a muscle injury once other causes of lameness have been ruled out. Subtle alterations in tracking can be better evaluated with slow motion video, a technology readily available to most horse owners and veterinarians.
In many cases of muscle injury, thorough examination and palpation will not reveal a specific injury. Nuclear scintigraphy (bone scan) can be helpful in ruling out skeletal pathology as well as isolating an injury to muscle where it attaches to the bone. This technology is especially useful in evaluating muscle injuries in the back and pelvis regions, where clinical evaluation is more difficult.
Other potentially useful imaging modalities include ultrasonography and thermography. Radiography can help identify areas of mineralization in muscle and assess primary skeletal injuries that can lead to altered locomotion and secondary muscle pain.
We'll divide muscle problems into these categories:
- Muscle wasting secondary to illness or systemic disease;
- Traumatic/concussive;
- Performance/stress-related; and
- Exertional rhabdomyolysis, also called tying-up.
Muscle Wasting, Systemic Disease
Loss of muscle mass can result from any number of systemic diseases or simply from inadequate nutrition or conditioning. Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidney, or endocrine system (e.g., Cushing's disease) can cause generalized weight loss as well as reduced muscle mass. Certain neurologic diseases such as equine degenerative myelopathy (EDM), equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM), or localized nerve damage can also present with distinct muscle atrophy. In these cases, the initial clinical signs might be indicative of a muscle disorder, but a thorough physical and laboratory examination will often reveal an underlying disease process. Treatment of the primary condition (where possible) might result in partial or complete resolution of the muscular signs.
Muscular Trauma
Causes of traumatic muscle injuries can include falling down, being cast for a prolonged period, colliding with another horse, hitting rails or standards while racing or jumping, and trailer accidents. Another type of muscle damage sometimes included in the traumatic category is injection site myopathy, when a horse develops mild to severe swelling at the site of a vaccine or other intramuscular injection. The reaction might be due to infection, but more commonly, the swelling is a sterile inflammation.
Muscle injury due to trauma will present with pain on palpation, local swelling, and elevation of muscle enzymes. Other signs can include lacerations and/or hematoma (bruise) formation. Such injuries are best treated with anti-inflammatories and application of cold to injured muscles during the acute phase of injury (two to three days), followed by heat over the affected muscles during the chronic phase of treatment. Of course, any wounds should be appropriately treated as well.
Performance-Related Injury
While traumatic injuries generally involve direct impact, stress-related injuries result from acute or chronic overuse of a muscle or muscle group.
Performance- or stress-related muscle injuries include back soreness, isolated acute muscle strains, and chronic repetitive muscle strains. In any horse with back pain, it's important to have saddle fit professionally evaluated. Horses with unusual conformation might need a custom-made saddle to avoid saddle-related back pain, while other horses might just need padding adjustment.
It is the authors' experience, however, that primary injury of the musculature of the back is rare. Lumbar (lower back) muscle soreness is most commonly secondary to hind end lameness such as degenerative joint disease (arthritis) of the hocks. Joint pain or sacroiliac subluxation can cause a horse to track abnormally with his hind legs, leading to strain of lumbar musculature (muscles of the back behind the saddle area). The sacroiliac joint is the joint between the sacrum (five fused vertebrae between the lumbar vertebrae and tail) and the ilium (the largest part of the pelvis).
Another common cause of back soreness is impingement (rubbing together) of the dorsal spinous processes of the thoracolumbar vertebrae, also known as "kissing spines." This chronic condition resulting from abnormal conformation of two or more adjacent vertebrae can cause skeletal pain and secondary muscle spasm.
If clinical examination along with radiography does not isolate a reason for back soreness, nuclear scintigraphy is indicated to look for any areas of bone remodeling.
Various treatments for back muscle pain have been successful. The standard therapeutic regime of rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs, e.g., phenylbutazone, flunixin meglumine, ketoprofen, naproxen, meclofenamic acid, or carprofen), and muscle relaxants (methocarbamol) is often effective. Therapy options thought to provide additional relief include local anti-inflammatory injections into back muscles, alternating hot and cold compresses, and alternative medicine such as acupuncture, massage, magnetic blankets, and/or chiropractic manipulation. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is a recently developed technology that has also shown promise.
Chronic muscle strains involve repeated bouts of inflammation and lead to scarring and/or mineralization (calcium deposition) in the affected muscle and its tendinous and ligamentous attachments. This condition--fibrotic myopathy--is most common in hind end muscles (particularly the semitendinosus muscle, which extends the hip and hock). The scarring eventually results in a gait dysfunction featuring a shortened cranial swing phase (with the leg not moving as far forward as usual). Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation and palpation or with ultrasonography and/or radiography. Suggested treatment includes surgical transection (cutting) of the semitendinosus tendon or of the scarred muscle tissue. Physical therapy should follow surgery to stretch muscle fibers and reduce scarring recurrence.
Acute muscle strains can be identified by physical examination. However, if the affected muscle or muscle group is not accessible to palpation, it could be hard to identify. Depending on the severity of the strain, muscle enzyme levels might not be elevated. In such cases, specific diagnosis is nearly impossible, and symptomatic treatment might be the only option. If treatment with anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants doesn't relieve the pain, nuclear scintigraphy might help focus treatment on a specific muscle group. Although scintigraphy is usually used to diagnose bone problems, it can also show a distinctive pattern in deep muscle injury of the back or gluteal muscles.
The clinical appearance of a "tied-up" horse is marked firmness or cramping of the gluteal muscles, gait stiffness, mild to severe pain on palpation of hind end muscles, profuse sweating, elevated heart and respiratory rates, and in severe cases, inability to move. Due to muscle cell injury, certain contents of these cells such as myoglobin (a protein found in high concentration in muscle) and muscle enzymes including creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) will be released into circulation. The elevated muscle enzymes can be detected on a serum chemistry profile, while myoglobin is readily detected when it is excreted in the urine, giving it a brown-tinged appearance. Horses which have tied up are often clinically dehydrated.
Treatment of an acutely tied-up horse involves restoring normal hydration and electrolyte balance, improving muscle perfusion (blood flow), controlling pain, and avoiding further muscle damage. In order to reduce the risk of further muscle damage, it's important to move an affected horse as little as possible and to keep him quiet. This can be done by keeping the horse in a stall until clinical signs improve and giving tranquilizers if he is panicky. Acepromazine can help increase circulation to affected muscle groups in addition to its calming effects.
Most horses get adequate rehydration by nasogastric intubation with an electrolyte solution. However, in severely dehydrated horses, intravenous fluids are indicated. Flunixin meglumine (Banamine) along with other NSAIDs provides good pain relief, although it should be used carefully in severely dehydrated horses due to potentially harmful kidney effects. Dantrolene, a muscle relaxant, has also been used with some success in reducing the pain of tying-up.
There are several known causes of tying-up; some aren't fully understood. A common scenario involves an under-conditioned horse asked to work vigorously. A combination of overexertion, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances can lead to tying-up. Generally, treatment followed by rest and appropriate conditioning will reduce the risk of recurrence in this type of horse.
Some bloodlines of Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds, and Arabians might be genetically predisposed to tying-up. Despite good conditioning, these horses might have chronically elevated muscle enzyme levels in their blood and display chronic intermittent exercise intolerance. This condition is seen most often in excitable Thoroughbred fillies. Long-term management involves a regular exercise routine and attempts to reduce sources of anxiety in addition to providing salt or electrolytes daily. Reducing carbohydrates in the diet and replacing calories with fat has also been helpful in some cases.
Heavy breeds of horses, such as drafts and warmbloods, are prone to a metabolic abnormality known as polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM). These horses tend to demonstrate recurrent bouts of tying-up, especially when worked after a few days of rest without a decreased grain ration (thus the nickname Monday morning syndrome). With PSSM horses, carbohydrates are stored in muscle cells as glycogen, but the normal mechanism of breaking down the glycogen is defective. Consequently, glycogen accumulates in muscle cells, and their usual energy source is inaccessible. This results in the same clinical signs as described previously. Definitive diagnosis of PSSM is made based on muscle biopsy. Management involves providing less of the affected horse's caloric requirements as carbohydrates and more with fats, such as by reducing grain and adding corn oil. Replacing some feed with rice bran or other high-fat grains has also been successful.
In conclusion, muscle injury in the horse is often difficult to diagnose and challenging to both the owner and veterinarian. Excellent communication between owner, trainer, and veterinarian is paramount, and patience throughout the treatment and recovery phase is necessary. Proper conditioning and appropriate nutrition are critical for preventing muscle injury and reducing the risk of recurrence. Once a diagnosis is made, rehabilitation should include rest followed by an extensive formal period of controlled exercise agreed upon by the owner, trainer, and veterinarian.
See the Lameness and Ailments and Syndromes sections at www.TheHorse.com.
About the Author
Scott J. Swerdlin, DVM, MRCVS; Shana E. Chase, DVM
Scott J. Swerdlin, DVM, MRCVS, is President of Palm Beach Equine Clinic, where he has practiced since 1983. Swerdlin has an extensive sport horse practice including dressage, jumpers, and polo ponies, and he has been in the performance horse practice for [Scott Swerdlin] over 20 years. Dr. Swerdlin enjoys playing polo and watching his wife Amy compete in Dressage. Shana E. Chase, DVM, is a former associate veterinarian with Palm Beach Equine Clinic.
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1. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 22.214.171.124(Exadata)Marcus Rangel Dec 3, 2012 5:47 PM (in response to DBA)I have imported a similar sized database (600GB) into an Exadata (X2-2 half rack) with data pump. Using parallel=8, it took me 1h50min to finish.
2. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 126.96.36.199(Exadata)DBA Dec 3, 2012 6:08 PM (in response to Marcus Rangel)Hi,
thanks a lot for your inputs. Did you followed any specific document to change the parameters...like memory management etc...
3. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 220.127.116.11(Exadata)tychos Dec 3, 2012 7:56 PM (in response to DBA)Hi,
I did a datapump import on a 2.5 TB database in 6 hours.
I used oltp compression on pre created tables so had to create indexes and triggers separately but ended with only a 1TB database.
If you can, do a dry run.
On Exadata dbm you can create a database using a dbca template (oltp or dwh) the parameters will most of the time be sufficient.
Still balancing these settings with your current 10g parameters using common sense is a reasonable option.
4. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 126.96.36.199(Exadata)971904 Dec 9, 2012 6:30 AM (in response to tychos)Hi,
You can use impdp with network link. This will reduce your migration time even more. I went for that approach when doing the same exercise as you are planning.
5. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 126.96.36.199(Exadata)DBA Dec 9, 2012 1:06 PM (in response to 971904)Hi,
Thanks a lot for your updates on this. we are going ahead with impdp.
6. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 188.8.131.52(Exadata)robinsc Dec 10, 2012 12:35 PM (in response to DBA)using impdp over db link you can also change some of the storage parameters to optimize your data . check the help of impdp for the exact syntax. Remember Exadata bets practice has extents in multiples of 4 mb.
7. Re: Migration of 10.2.0.5 to 22.214.171.124(Exadata)DBA Dec 11, 2012 9:42 AM (in response to robinsc)Hi,
One more doubt i have here. In the source timezone version 4 and target timezone version is 14. any specific action do i need to perform for this or simply datapump export/import will take care of this.
Just summary:-
1) soruce DB is 10.2.0.5 on linux 64 bit.
2) target DB is 18.104.22.168 on Linux 64 bit.
Approach is :- datapump.
DB size is 900 GB.


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Boxee Thrusts with App Update, HULU Paries…again.
Date: Friday, March 6th, 2009, 18:05
Category: Apple TV, Desktop Mac, Software
Earlier today, Boxee pushed out an update to their popular online media streaming application for Mac, Apple TV, and Windows. Most notable 'was' updated support for RSS feeds from HULU which brought most of HULU's content back to the popular media software.
Many users of Boxee are painfully aware that almost 2 weeks ago, HULU stated that it would be pulling it's feeds from Boxee due to a request from it's content providers (don't get me started about this). Jake Marsh, programmer and blogger, rushed out a work-around to allow the majority of HULU's content to be streamed through Boxee via RSS feed. HULU promptly blocked this after about a week in the wild.
Now, less than 24 hours after the Boxee update returned HULU streams (without their permission), HULU has yet again blocked their feeds from reaching Boxee users. The battle still wages while the ball is back in Boxee's court to weave and dodge their way around the diligent HULU programming staff. Kind of reminds you of the iPhone jailbreak community doesn't it?
Come on HULU, can't we all just be friends?! Or at least let us pick the way we soften our brains for your consumption.


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Like it or not, summer's almost here. And that's something to keep in mind as you plan your crafting inventory. So what's more likely to sell this time of year?
Think Beachy
What says summer more than sea shells? You see them everywhere these days, from Pottery Barn's home accessories to Anthropologie's jewelry. Shells are easily crafted onto many items such as mirrors, candleholders and picture frames. Just use your imagination. Both shell and nautical-themed jewelry are always hot-selling summer items. I make nautical-themed charm bracelets every summer and I'm always glad I did.
We've all seen those recycled wood pallet signs with various trendy/seasonal/pinnable sayings on them. So why not sell beach and lake house-themed signs? The more rustic, the better. Turns out I'm going to be spending a bit of time on Lake Michigan this summer, so I already went ahead and painted my own sign: "Go Jump in the Lake!" I mean, how cute is that? Another popular saying (and one of my personal favorites) is "Life is Better at the Lake." Have fun with it.
Think Garden
Always remember the beauty of the garden, and those garden-themed items that sell like hotcakes in the summer! Garden-themed booths at craft shows are filled with everything from actual gardening supplies like wellies, shovels and flower pots to more ethereal garden-themed items like tchotchkes, accessories and home decor. Think outside the box with decorated pots and watering cans, painted plant stands and handmade bird feeders.
Flower arrangements and summery wreaths are popular, too.
Anything garden-related is fair game!
Think Patriotic
4th of July-themed items also sell well. Even jewelry can be Old-Glorified with some red, white and blue!
Patriotic T's are popular items, as well other patriotic textiles including aprons, tablecloths, placemats and napkins. How about a picnic basket filled with red, white and blue picnic supplies?
The sky's the limit when it comes to selling summer crafts. Using beachy, garden and patriotic-themed creations, your summer sales will soar.
What's your best selling summer craft?


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Take a moment and introduce yourself to the members of this forum. Use appropriate Internet safety rules like not giving out your exact name and exact address, but fill us in with some of the following:
How did I pick your screen name? That's simple and quite obvious. Take everything you know of Jacob, his determination, his pride, his loyalty, his rash and impulsive decision-making. Fueled by what's important to him and his own wild emotions, Jacob Black is a lot of things, depending on how you look at him, doesn't matter to me. The point is if you're a Twilight fan, you understand him in one form or another. So, in turn, you understand me for the most part. If Jacob had feminine parts and a slightly less fever, you'd get me, "Brooke." Brooke is the name I write under for a character I produced based on the Twilight Universe. She is essentially a female version of the famous Jacob. If you'd like to know more about her and my writing adventures, hit me up and I'll be sure to inform you. But here, I'll try not to bore you with it.
How did I come to read Twilight and which book is my favorite? I actually read Twilight as an escape, as is a lot of cases for us all. But, mine was different than the common. We all know what Bella went through in New Moon, when Edward left, she went 'zombie' for four months and woke out of it like she'd been in a coma. The same thing happened to me, oddly enough. I won't go into the whole back story, because I'm sure you don't care. The point is, four months of my life I can't recall, the counslers call it "repressed memories" and whatnot, and it is. I was alone, desperate, in agony and so, I shut down. I went on auto pilot, driving everyone away from me and growing dark and hatred-filled. Suddenly, a friend of mine that suffered through it, started throwing books at me. "Read this, stop going zombie on me and read." It was a lat ditch effort to keep me awake, reading books. The first, was "Sweet Blood" and I threw it back at her. The characters weren't real vampires, it was a lie. I was infuriated that she'd given it to me to help. I began sinking back quickly. And one morning, she sets down a book with hands and an apple on the cover. "I don't want to read about apples." She glared and pushed it forward. "Try it, it's slow at first, but when he finally gets into the picture, you won't put it down." So, I tried. Slow, yes, for someone who had no patience and was on a binge for hatred toward the world. But I read on, she kept pushing me to trust her and keep reading. And sure enough, when Edward was in the picture, I was simply unable to put away my intrigue. New Moon came quickly to me but in the first hard time of the book, and I realized where Bella's pain was headed, I couldn't be reminded of my pain. It sent me over the edge. I threw the book at her and swore I wouldn't read it, couldnt' read it. She nodded, understanding, and began flipping through it. "You have to trust me," she'd said. "You'll understand, it gets better, I promise it gets better." She said I hadn't missed anything and gave me back the book to start reading at the cliff scene. I was more and more confused until she said "Oh, by the way, Jacob's a werewolf." 0.0 And so, I was hooked.
Who do I like best: Edward, Bella, or Jacob? I love them all in my own way. Liking is a strange question I feel when it comes to this. Yes, I like them all, they all matter to me and I see them as real people out there somewhere. But, because I understand him the most and I feel what he had done and is still doing is the best way to handle things, I love my Jacob dearly. I'll always have a special place in my heart for him because I've shared his pain.
Who is my favorite minor character? I guess that depends on what you mean by 'minor.' I love Alice. Weirdly enough, when I got married this past January to my Edward, his sister, Amanda, was the spitting image of Alice in the sense of personality. And I love her more than anything next to Edward. Alice has always been a riot to read about. She's hilarious, ironic, sly and witty and plays by her own rules. She's essential to the family and to the series. I love how she acts and the way she carries out her beliefs.
What are my hobbies? I'm a lot of things besides a full-time Jacob. I'm a writer, an artist, an actress and a wife. Art means everything to me and I use it for everything in my life. Journaling to keep me sane, painting to earn money and sketching to give story and expression to the scenes in my head. Writing is a second-nature to me, it gets the things in my head out on paper so I can understand them better. And I'm a reader, because how the heck can I not be?
Where am I from? Indiana. Well, technically Ohio, but I moved to Indiana when I got with my Edward. I've lived here for the past two years and I love it. Though, it's not Forks, haha.
How old are you? I'm 20. Though my soul is much, much older than that.
Anything else you would like to share. -shrugs- I like having new friends, writing with fellow fans of different series' and I'm always looking forward to what I'll be doing tomorrow. Hope to see you there.


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Ties are a rarity in a sport decided by hundredths of a second.
But that's exactly what happened in Wednesday's women's downhill on Day 5 of the Sochi Games. For the first time in Olympic history, two skiers clocked the same time to win gold.
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin and Slovenia's Tina Maze shared the top spot, both hitting the finish line with an identical time of 1 minute, 41.57 seconds on Sochi's undulating Rosa Khutor course.
And that's where the similarities stop.
The soft-spoken Gisin crashed out in Vancouver's downhill four years ago and hasn't won an international ski race since 2010. Meanwhile, the vivacious Maze — considered one of Alpine's glamour girls — is a double World Champion who broke all kinds of ski racing records during her historic 2013 World Cup campaign.
One needn't look further than both skiers's disparate finish line reactions to understand the key differences between them. As soon as the reality had sunk in, dark horse Gisin quietly cried into her cellphone. Maze, on the other hand, relished the spotlight upon finishing her run, immediately kissing the ground, throwing snow and unleashing a slew of celebratory f-bombs (not sure if the latter should be considered the "Olympic Spirit," but we'll give the newly-minted gold medalist a free pass).
As for the race itself, it was as atypical as the result.
After skiing to an early lead from bib No. 8, Gisin (never considered a favorite) seemed happy to occupy the provisional top spot until better seeded skiers kicked out of the start house. But as temperatures soared to nearly 50 degrees, the Russian snow started to wither under a relentless sun. Instead of remaining firm and slick, the track became soft and choppy, forcing racers to make critical line adjustments to avoid getting rattled and thrown off course by the deteriorating conditions.
By the time the favorites hit the hill, it appeared that a rutted slope wouldn't allow the world's fastest women to make a fair run at gold. Racers like Julia Mancuso of America and Maria Höfl-Riesch of Germany scrambled to find the quickest route around the gates only to fall short (finishing 8th and 13th respectively), while other hotly touted contenders like Austria's Anna Fenninger simply failed to complete their runs.
Only Gisin's teammate Lara Gut — one of the fastest skiers on this season's World Cup Alpine Tour with five wins — seemed poised to challenge, setting the quickest split times with powerful, beautifully executed turns and a tactical line. But by the time Gut tucked through the finish, she'd somehow slipped to 0.10 behind Gisin on the course's slushy lower-third (she'd eventually settle for bronze). All the popular Swiss skier could do was clasp her helmet and shake her head, forced to lament what might have been.
Given the inconsistent conditions, it seemed that a surprise victory was all but sewn up. And no one looked more stunned than Gisin, who breathlessly watched as racer after racer failed to top her time.
Running bib No. 20, Maze was the only skier left with a remote shot at taking over first place, and the Slovenian quickly made good on her favorite status, setting the fastest first split. Her lead increased over the next three intermediate times, and as she reached for the line to stop the clock, a new best time seemed inevitable. The crowd held their collective breath and Gisin went wide-eyed as Maze hit the line in the exact same time as the Swiss leader, right down to the hundredth of a second.
Though two gold medals have never been issued for the same event in Olympic Alpine skiing history, there have been three ties for silver and one for bronze. The most recent came in 1998, when Switzerland's Didier Cuche and Austria's Hans Knaus split the silver medal position in the men's super-g.
Ties sometimes happen on Alpine skiing's World Cup Tour, though they still can't be considered typical. In fact, Gisin's first World Cup win also happened to be a tie — she notched the same time as Swedish great Anja Pärson at a downhill in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria in 2009.
Next up for the women is Saturday's super-g, the final speed event of these Olympics before switching to the technical giant slalom and slalom races. It'll be another showdown between specialists Maze and Gisin as they square off against Mancuso, and the other favorites, not to mention the unseasonably balmy temperatures, which could give us another surprise result.


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I have a 2007 R1200RT. I would like to install a Centech fuse block. Can anyone explain in detail what a "trigger wire" is and how to hook it up to either the accessory port or parking light? Photos would be nice.
I have a 2007 R1200RT. I would like to install a Centech fuse block. Can anyone explain in detail what a "trigger wire" is and how to hook it up to either the accessory port or parking light? Photos would be nice.
No matter where you go, there you are.
If you're not savvy with wring, the Twisted Throttle fuze panel or identical Fuzeblock are the easiest and most flexible to install because all the parts are on the panel, including the relay needed.
To do a Centech correctly on a BMW, you first need all the right parts- that includes the AP-1 or AP-2 as you prefer, plus the harness with the relay.
Right now I'm removing a kludge install done by some previous owner of a bike I bought who simply tied the fuse panel direct to the bike wiring without a relay setup.
Th trigger wire is the wire you install to serve as the signal to the relay to turn that power to the fuse panel on/off when the bike is on/off. It can be connected to the following locations.
1) Parking light
2) Rear accesory outlet wiring
3) Diagnostic plug wiring
4) Starter relay wiring
There are threads on the site you can find by search, many with pics.
Yeah... what Racer7 said. He knows his stuff.
The only thing I would add is that, in my case, I did not want to have a delay off function on my switched power. The main reason is that I want the Zumo to ask as soon as I power the bike off if I want the Zumo to remain on (via internal battery) or switch off. Some power sources on the bike remain on for a minute or more.
I used the front parking light to trigger my FuzeBlock.
My Blog: http://www.swriding.blogspot.com
This Best of Forum should help. I'm also a fan of the ready to go trigger wire that plugs into the parking light from Twisted Throttle. OM
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Thanks for the help. I guess my question really boils down to the actual connection for the relay. Do you clip the power wire to the parking light and then solder or wire nut the trigger wire and both cut ends of the parking light power wire all together? Visualize a "Y" where all three ends are tied together.
I don't know what the actual connecting device looks like. Do you jam both the parking light power wire and the trigger wire into the same place in the parking light plug...or are there parallel openings in the plug, like this ::: ? I wish there was a way here to draw a sketch.
Remember, I'm a mechanical guy...electrics and electronics are mysteries to me.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Terminal 85... the trigger... wired to your parking light (or in my case, the headlight).
Terminal 86... ground.
Terminal 30... power input... wired directly to your battery (fused close to the battery).
Terminal 87... switched output... wired to your centech.
The other terminal is 87A. It is the opposite of 87. Leave it disconnected.
Does that answer your question?
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MarchyMan...thanks for the schematics, that should do it for me. Thanks to all who replied. Maybe someone can add the schematics or a photo showing this to the already great information on the sub-forum.
No matter where you go, there you are.
No insults intended- just a warning and caution.
Your questions make clear you don't understand how the setup really works and a wrong power connection short has the potential to damage your bike or burn up some wire...
So pay very careful attention to marchymans note and diagram and don't make any errors- you might want to get some help from a buddy who does this stuff regularly...
Some additional info for a good job- with a little repetition.
If you buy the Centech relay harness and socket, the wires are color coded (as is the Twistd Throttle stuff). Color codes make it easier to ID wires and get them in the right place and relay sockets have an important purpose beside holding the relay- they ensure that wires go on (and back on if removed for work) only the correct relay terminal- avoiding accidental wire swaps after an installation. They also help ensure against connectors vibrating lose- the mtliple connectors in the socket make a very secure connection.
Good commecial harnesses hae a fuse in the power lead close to the battery- if you make your own harness you need to include a fuse in the circuit.
The biggest nuisance to doing this type of work is getting panels off the bike and taking the time to make an install neat and safe by properly looming and tieing down wires so you don't have a birds nest of junk when you're done. Once you've done one- well, any future ones are about the same and will go a bunch faster. (Just be aware that while the relay terminal number system noted by marchyman is in common use, not all relays have the same number pin in the same location so repairs, relays swaps, etc always need to verify pin numbers. Numbers are typically stamped on the relay case as are other symbols or part numbers identifying the type, function, power capacity, etc)
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Thanks for the additional cautions Racer. I'm really hard to insult so of course I didn't take any offense.
I had to remove all the plastic on the throttle side to change the air filter and that was pretty simple. The photos in the Tech Sub-Forum piece "R1200RT - Nacelle (fairing) Removal and Accessory Wire Run" were really helpful in that respect, but they didn't really get into how the green wire in the photos was connected to a switched power receptacle.
I have always installed a fused pigtail harness directly to the battery on any of the bikes I've had in order to use for connecting a battery tender or heated jacket or DC air compressor...that procedure is darned hard to mess up. However, I've never wired into any existing receptacle in order to add any accessories so any and all advice from the good folks on this forum is really appreciated.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Please read: http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=46055 - imagine how many more people might open the thread who own RT's with that info in the thread title. And picking a trigger wire is very much model specific..
I'm adding it to your title - please do so yourself in future posts to the tech forums!
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Sorry if this is covered in some of the links but if you haven't used it already, you probably have a plug available for the trigger circuit in the harness that BMW installs to power their GPS. You can buy a pigtail with a BMW connector that will plug into it without having to splice into it. Another poster mentioned it as the one that shuts off after a minute delay or so. Look up near the steering head for it.
Will this CycleNutz harness do the trick? It seems to be the simplest and most straight forward way to connect a trigger wire.
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That's almost $30 just to make a wire connection that can be done with any piece of wire and quick connect. Easy, yes, but not exactly necessary...
Were I doing this (and I am, replacing a poor Centech install on a K1200) using parts from CycleNutz, I'd buy the Fuzebock and its optional harness or just get the same item from Twisted Throttle. All you need to do then is connect the coded harness in the right places while protecting with your favorite type of connectors.
Do you have your fuse panel and harness needed yet? It will be easiest to use harness and panel from same maker, with matching instructions...Centech harnesses are specific to whether you have an AP-1 or AP-2 re their current limit though the heavier duty one can be swapped for the lighter duty one.


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Rumors about Rick Perry's love of sausage have been a ubiquitous feature of the Texas gossip scene for some 25 years, but this ad confirms it. It's an ad he ran for his reelection as Texas' agriculture commissioner in 1995. This sausage company in some small town, the narrator tells us, "is what's important about being agriculture commissioner" to Rick Perry. Meaning... he must get plenty of free samples? Let's not get carried away with message and simply appreciate the theatrics. Watch as that sausage tray rolls by, and then a big door to another sausage chamber opens, and then voila, Rick Perry appears! That single moment locks this in as Campaign Ad Hall of Fame worthy. Or at least it would make for a decent animated .gif.


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I actually watched the game, go figure.
"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."
It's always fucking hot in Miami! (except for 3 days of the year)
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There was some sort of football game last night? Hm. I was a judge at our church's annual chili cookoff. I spent the evening sampling chili. This morning I laid a hurtin' on my office restroom.
Pitchers and catchers report in 8 days. Woo!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
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Morning. Won't say it's a good one but not too bad, considering.
I may be slow but I never quit.
Bet there was some good chili Mike.
Morning. I have a full day of teletraining scheduled. Oi, going to need some coffee for this one.
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Hey everyone. Yes the event was a success I think. Had to shake the legs out this am on my run. Hips were sore from running on all the uneven surfaces and cambered sidewalks that is our downtown. At least they loosened up.
Drink up moho's!!
Call me anti American but I honestly couldn't care less about the Superbowl.
Well we had it on the TV but that is about it. We have an annual Super Bowl party that most in attendance are not football followers. Super Bowl is actually the only game all season that I watch.
Now come February 24, 2013; THAT is when my sports watching starts. BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY!!!!!!!
I am a gear head so if it goes fast and has 4 wheels then its all good.
Training hell. Yes, that's where I'm at. Ok, back to the grind.
Between home and work I'm not sure ill ever get Thrift Shop out of my head.
You may be right
Love me some baseball! :O)
Pitchers and catchers report in 8 days. Woo!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Don't believe everything you think.
Tired. Needing a caffeine boost to get my run in this evening after 10 hour workday.
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I was reminded at work last night that sometimes shitty things happen to nice people and there's not a goddamm thing I can do about it except try to help them through it.
Relentless forward progress
Having a meeting with the bitch, the boss, and the mentor about the ISSUE was very uncomfortable. Ugh.
Worse part? I don't think the bitch gets it.
Some folks are just...obtuse, yeah?
Sounds like it.
Weirdest thing too: She asked me whether we could do lunch today. Awkward.
Some folks are just...obtuse, yeah?
Sounds like it.
Weirdest thing too: She asked me whether we could do lunch today. Awkward.
I'd take her up on it. You never know what could come of it, yes? Embrace opportunity when and where presented. I often like to quote a good man who once said "Forgive them, for they know not what they do."
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The only way Andrea is moved is if he is a total flop next year with Casey. I'm actually rooting for his success because if Casey can get through to him in the other well known areas (effort, rebounding, help) and solid (or at least average) team defense can be achieved with him on the court, Bargnani is a definite asset and piece moving forward. Keep in mind while I am rooting for success that doesn't necessarily mean I believe it will happen - but I really would like to be proven wrong.
One other player that has been forgotten is Alabi. He is a true C - something Amir and ED are not. Casey told him before the lockout he could end up being the starting C for the Raps this year.
Yes ... I completely forgot about Alabi. At worst, he's our 4th Big. As we found out last year, 4 Bigs is an absolute minimum. A guy like JJ or Kleiza could provide additional support (in a limited capacity), if we ever experience what we did last year.One other player that has been forgotten is Alabi. He is a true C - something Amir and ED are not. Casey told him before the lockout he could end up being the starting C for the Raps this year.
If Alabi should leap to the Starting role - in a reasonably effective way - Davis will end up being moved faster than we think. Or at least I had thought.
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Besides, I think you vastly underestimate Amir's impact on the offensive end. While he will never be a great scorer, and isn't very good at creating his own shot, he doesn't have to. What he does well is play off others. And he scores efficiently and he moves very well without the ball and that makes him very dangerous. Now, I'm not saying he's an All-Star, and I think he's best suited to a bench role, but I can definitely see him being a starter on a contender.
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Besides, there's no reason, from what I've seen, to believe that Valanciunas WON'T be a good scorer in the NBA. He's showed much better offensive skills when given the chance than previously thought.
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Amir's biggest strength is that he helps you win. While he's not a lockdown defender or much of a scorer, when he's on the floor, he is incredibly productive and simply helps your team win. And, in the end, it's not how multi-faceted or how much a player can score that's important. It's the effect he has when he's on the court.
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Not every GM can swing a KG steal. If you can, all the better I guess.
Besides, last time I checked, Dwight Howard, Tim Duncan (if you count him as a center), David Robinson, Hakeem, Ewing, Abdul-Jabar, among others, were all All-Defensive centers who also scored 20+ ppg.
Bargnani, for all his offensive skills, has never shown he actually helps your team win. Not in five years. Davis is the type of player that usually ends up winning a Championship. It's not a difficult choice to me.
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However to me, that's putting some serious hope onto a player, that really hasn't played an NBA level of competition. I'd hate to see fans expect far more from him, than what I'd hope he can be. Otherwise he'll get run out of town.
My preference is to develop a core and hope we snag that elusive player from amongst the existing picks, coming picks, lucky picks, a trade (long shot), free agency (even longer shot), or wherever else we can find him.
Waiting for that Star is what we did with Bosh - although I'd argue he isn't the kind of Star I want. If we have a competitive team (with some good players - even inflated players), other teams will notice, and our odds of snagging someone (or a potential draft pick) will increase. I completely disagree with Star first, team second. How's that got us, or Cleveland.
In some ways, I'd ask why we can't attempt another Detroit style team. People argue it was a rare occurrence, but if one reviews the past Championship teams, winning is a rarity for most of the league.
But I digress - plus I don't want this to be about Andrea. Haven't we talked ad nausea about him.
What I believe, is that talent begets talent. It's how you arrange it, that makes one successful. You can't argue that Raptors have most of their talent in Bigs. So it stands to reason that one has to be moved (when Jonas gets here), and the most productive means (in getting good return), is the guy who you'd probably wish could stay. That's how sports work - even though it sucks. I've always felt we move our draft picks out (too soon), but sometimes you have to bite the bullet, if you're hoping to continue that build.
To me, teams would salivate over Ed Davis. If BC can jump on some drooling GM, and make the team more balanced .... I say - why not?
I'm tired of building .... and building ... and building. Last I heard, building meant you were moving up - not lateral. You think that doesn't include Andrea. I don't agree.
But I do agree I like debating with you. lol
A lesser center who was a great defensive player but also scored 20+ ppg was Alonzo Mourning.
And what the Detroit-style backers never seem to realize is that you've got a better chance of drafting an elite player than you do of winning a Championship without one.
You also have to realize that Detroit got to where they did by having a great defensive core. They didn't have any weak links on the defensive end. So if you're going to pick players on the Raptors who should become core players on a Detroit-style team, Bargnani certainly cannot be included. In fact the only two teams in the last 30 years (or probably more) that didn't have a First Team All-NBA player on it were the last two Champions from Detroit. And they both won by having great defensive players.
To me, there are 4 players that I would try to hold onto if I could. In order, Valanciunas, Davis, Amir and DeRozan (who must show improvement on the defensive end this year to remain on the list). Now if a better option at their position comes along (like if the Raptors drafted Anthony Davis or Andre Drummond, for example) then they become expendable.
Bargnani is certainly not going to fetch as much as Davis will, but with a trio of Davis, Valanciunas and Amir, you're not going to have any big questions about your front line. Teams aren't going to be able to take advantage of a weakness in that lineup. While neither Davis nor Amir will probably end up being big scorers, they're not going to hurt you on that end. Teams daring them to score (a la Ben Wallace) are going to pay for it.
With Bargnani in your lineup, you're always going to be at a disadvantage on the defensive end. Always. And you're always going to have to try and figure out how to cover him up. And there's always going to be a good chance that teams will take advantage of that weakness in the playoffs, making you less likely to have playoff success.
And Bargnani's contract only gets bigger, making him harder and harder to try and move. The smart thing is to move him now, while you can still (presumably) get a decent return for him, and feel secure that your front line is set for (hopefully) the next 10 years.
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Keith Bogans started in Chicago last season for number one seed in the playoffs. DeShawn Stevenson in Dallas. Zaza Pachulia in Atlanta. Tony Allen in Memphis. And those are just off the top of my head from last season. I'd lump Amir in with a group like that because he's shown a willingness to do the dirty work, doesn't need plays run for him on O, crashes the boards, sets screens, etc. He's even showing his ability to knock down the elbow jumper. Personally I think he'd be most valuable on a contending team because he'd be able to stick to his strengths and not asked to do too much on the offensive end.
I'd actually argue that Detroit did have a superstar... Ben Wallace (while in his prime ofcourse). Ofcourse he probably doesn't fit the typical definition of a superstar as he isn't a great scorer.winning a Championship without an elite player is like planning for your retirement by buying lottery tickets. In many ways, Detroit winning a Championship was a fluke that probably won't be repeated.
He was one of the best, if not the best, defensive players in NBA history during his years in Detroit.
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Hakeem Olajuwon, drafted 1st overall.
Dwight Howard, drafted 1st overall immediately out of high school.
Tim Duncan, drafted 1st overall.
David Robinson, drafted 1st overall.
Patrick Ewing, drafted first overall.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, drafted 1st overall.
Jonas Valanciunas, drafted 5th overall.
With the exception of the intruder, all the other centers were certain to go 1st overall with another exception: Hakeem. To Hakeem's defense, 3 other Hall of Famers were drafted in his class, including one which many consider to be the best player to ever play the game.
Was the intruder drafted lower because it was very doubtful he could play in the NBA in th eimmediate future? I doubt it as San Antonio has already proven that if a player is good enough, they can draft 1st overall knowing he has first honor a two year commitment to the Navy.
Will be intruder be a Hall of Famer? I don't think even his strongest supporters suggest it.
A better question would be: will the intruder be a quality starting center? The intruder has show glimpses of being of very useful player but as he has not dominated his competition in Europe, the jury is still out as to how good he will be in the NBA.
This craziness about stating he will be a very good starting centers for the Raptors as a fait accompli is just setting yourselves up for further disappointment if he does not measure up to your high expectations.
Alonzo Mourining played at all star level until injuries and a very serious medical problem took thier tolls.
A great player who would rank no lower than 2 if we were to compare him against today's centers.
Giving how high you were on Kanter, another unproven center, are you saying that you envision him and JV to be the 2nd and 3rd best centers in the NBA for years to come? And that includes Drummond, another unproven center who is generally accepted as much better center prospect as either of them?
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To be honest I agree with arguements on both sides of this debate. However, we are in a full-out rebuild now. So that means that we keep the most promising players at each position and trade for either draft picks or young developing players. That means that Amir is the odd man out at PF. He is not as good as Bargs, and ED likely will surpass him in 1-2 years.
As a fan, I love the way Amir plays. I love watching his hustle, his slow-mo J, and his 2-man game with Jose. But if we have to trade a PF to continue the re-build, than its got to be Amir.
IMO, Amir is the most expendable from the group of Valanciunas, Davis, Barganani and Amir, from the Raptors' long-term perspective.
I have lots of rationale behind this, which I've gone into great detail about it several other threads. Basically, I prefer the individual strengths and overall balance a Val/Ed/Bargnani three-headed monster brings to the table the most, long-term. This is not a knock against Amir.
Val - rookie with very high ceiling, could be a stud at both ends of the court (#1 of 4 - potential for great offense & defense)
Ed - young/cheap player with higher ceiling than Amir, could become defensive anchor and effective garbage man on offense, with as much hustle (intangibles) as Amir (#2a of 4 - great defense, improving offense)
Bargnani - best pure offensive big, can play both positions more effectively than Amir/Ed at this point and just needs a kick in the ass to improve help-defense & rebounding (#2b of 4 - great offense, should improve defense under Casey)
Amir - although I think he has good value, I think Val/Ed provide everything he does (both tangible & intangible), at a fraction of the cost; although he is young, his body has taken a beating and he looks like a man much older (in body, not effort); his offensive game is not close to Bargnani's and should be eclipsed by Ed/Val quite soon; fouling is still an issue; basically I think he is the easiest of the four to replace (essentially Val/Ed will replace him internally, without needing to pickup another big)... I would look to trade him now, while his value is at its highest, to help address weaknesses at other positions by acquiring a player and/or draft pick(s) (#4 of 4 - good at offense & defense, but not great at either, with least potential for long-term improvement)
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Coming off the heels of the succesful canoli for Paolo Tornaghi's birthday last month, we at the Fire presented Pavel with a piñata before training this morning.
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My Gen light flashed on today for just a second. I took a look at my brushes and they are about 1/8th -3/16th into the holder.
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How difficult are they to change out? Is the soldering precise?
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California Law Supports School Gardens
The National Gardening Association has been supporting and promoting school gardens for more than 30 years. We recognize that school gardens help kids in many ways. Children who have been through a school gardening program do better academically, develop better social skills and healthy eating habits, and have a better appreciation for the environment. Fortunately, influential people, such as California?s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, are starting to agree with us.
Schwarzenegger recently signed into law a bill to promote healthy eating for kids and to fight obesity. The bill offers grants and staff support to develop and maintain instructional gardens at California schools. "School gardens create opportunities for children to learn to make healthier food choices and teach fundamental concepts about nutrition and obesity prevention," says Schwarzenegger.
This bill encourages schools to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a three-year grant in order to develop and maintain an instructional garden program.
To find out more about this landmark bill, go to: California Office of the Governor.
New Tree for the Edible Landscape
It?s not often that something new comes along in the world of yard trees, but a recently introduced tree native to northern China is not only widely adapted to American growing conditions, it produces edible nuts, too.
The yellowhorn or Chinese flowering chestnut (Xanthoceras sorbifolia) grows to 20 feet tall and 25 feet wide at maturity, producing dark green, deciduous leaves. The spring show of white flower clusters with red eyes is magnificent. The flowers give way to 2-inch-long seedpods that contain edible pea-like nuts, making this an excellent wildlife plant as well as a highly desirable yard tree. Yellowhorn grows best in full sun and tolerates a wide range of soil types. It's hardy in USDA zones 5 to 8.
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Gardeners are natural recyclers. They love to recycle pots, stakes, and even plants. If you?re a thrifty gardener and you garden organically, this plant food made from earthworm castings may be for you. Using earthworm castings as fertilizer is not new, but the story behind TerraCycle is unique. The product was created by two Princeton University students who started their composting operation by feeding their earthworms food scraps from the campus dining hall. What started as a small, entrepreneurial venture has blossomed into a thriving business with products sold across the country in stores such as Wal-Mart and Home Depot.
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|ET Influence in Popular Music
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|Thursday, 20 March 2014 03:54
In the last few months I have done a lot of radio shows and lectures where I look at the possible influence by aliens in popular music. This research after both experiencers Chris Bledsoe and researcher Colin Andrews indicated to me that aliens were influencing some of the most famous musicians in modern western society to raise consciousness on an ET presence, and messages related to the environment, social causes, the ONENESS or the Universe, and the concept of replacing fear with love.
Of all the interviews I have done the one with experiencer Suzanne Chancellor who hosts the podcast Random Alien Brain Droppings was one of the best.
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