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New York City has publicly posted energy and water benchmarking data for 2,065 large commercial properties covering more than 530 million square feet. The data was gathered under the New York City Local Law 84 (LL84) benchmarking ordinance. The ordinance, which was passed in 2009 and is part of the city's Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP), requires owners of privately-owned properties with an individual building of over 50,000 square feet—or with multiple buildings with a combined square footage of over 100,000 square feet—to annually measure and report their energy and water use.
Buildings are responsible for 75 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the city, which is almost double the proportion in the U.S. as a whole (39 percent). To address this, the city passed the GGBP, which is comprised of four regulatory actions: LL84; Local Law 85, a New York City Energy Conservation Code; Local Law 87, addressing energy audits and retro-commissioning; and Local Law 88, addressing lighting in non-residential spaces.
Under LL84, building owners must submit energy and water usage data each year by May 1 each year. Starting in 2013, LL84 disclosures will apply to both residential and non-residential buildings.
Metrics for LL84 are collected via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Portfolio Manager tool and relies on self-reporting. Data collected includes energy use intensity (EUI), greenhouse gas emissions, Energy Star ratings, and water usage per square foot (or water use intensity). Approximately 75 percent of properties covered by LL84 complied with the benchmarking requirement by the Dec. 31, 2011 deadline. Of the 2,065 properties benchmarked in 2011, 1,298 are in Manhattan, 283 are in Queens, 281 are in Brooklyn, 153 are in the Bronx, and 50 are in Staten Island.
Key findings of the 2011 report include:
Property owners could achieve significant reductions in energy and greenhouse gas emissions by making cost-effective improvements to the most energy-intensive buildings, which use three to five times as much energy as the least energy-intensive buildings.
Bringing large buildings up to the median EUI in their building type category could reduce energy consumption by 18 percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent
On average, buildings in New York City are in line with Northeast United States averages but use less energy than national averages, with a median Energy Star score of 64 (out of 100).
Newer office buildings in New York City tend to use more energy per square foot than older ones.
Larger office buildings tend to be more energy intensive than smaller ones, but smaller multifamily buildings tend to be more energy intensive than larger ones.
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Hey folks, I spend most of my time in MSP land. But I have a few projects that have me diving in to jitter.
I am quickly realizing that it may take a long time to build a library of effects and performance techniques from scratch.
It would help to have a good third party application that can help me get work done. Either with content creation, effects, editing, etc. The end product is a video installation or collaborative visual performance.
If I were to invest in one application to enhance jitter what would you guys recommend?
Thanks, Anthony
i know this is not what you ask for and..i love max but: http://www.derivative.ca/
Derivative TouchDesigner looks nice! But at 2200, it is a little pricey. Any other suggestions?
You noticed that it's free for non commercial use up to a output resolution of 1280 x 720, right?
Ahhh I see. Too bad no mac version.
Any other suggestions?
Vizzie is a set of easy to use video performance oriented objects with Max 6. Mostly just link together and send some msp signals for fun. For static prerendered content, Abode After Effects is good. You can do a little of the same…kinda…with blender.
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Following its time-honored Yuletide tradition, the 122 year old Imperial Hotel in Tokyo will once again be offering for the enjoyment of its guests and the general public several festive performances of Christmas carols and seasonal music this month to Christmas Eve. The general public is invited to attend and to join in.
A performance will be held on Sunday Dec 23 in the hotel's Main Lobby, from 3 p.m. and again from 4:30 p.m. Both will feature the Tokyo FM Boys Choir of young sopranos. On Monday Dec 24, Christmas Eve, the annual performance of The Imperial's popular concerts of carols and Yuletide classics will start at 4 p.m. next to the Wall of Light in The Imperial's Main Lobby. A second show begins in the same location at 6 p.m. Both performances will feature the spirited sonorous voices of some 80 young men from the Waseda University Glee Club and the Keio University Wagner Society, chorus
groups from two leading and rival Tokyo universities.
This year's performances include many traditional Christmas carol favorites and each lasts some 30 minutes. The concerts are free of charge.
A variety of special Christmas dinners will be served on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at several of the hotel's restaurants, and the Gargantua food shop on the Lobby Floor of the Main Building will be offering an elegant and diverse selection of seasonal specialties for dining at home, including turkeys, canapes, luscious buche de noel and other festive Christmas cakes.
The hotel also offers numerous special Christmas and New Year season accommodation packages. For reservations or further details, call 03-3504-1111.


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Hometown: | Bowie, Md. |
High School: | Archbishop Spalding |
Position: | Sprints |
Background: Named to the All-Metro Second Team by the Baltimore Sun... Named to the All-Anne Arundel County Team by the Capital-Gazette... Earned gold in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, as well as a part of the first-place 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams at the 2010 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Championships... Captain of Archbishop Spalding's track team his senior year… Leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes… Was the secretary for the National Art Honor Society.
Personal: Son of Alex and Valeria Baker… Has a younger sister, Kendall (12)… Majoring in visual arts… Born May 9,1992.


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South Twin at 10,340 ft. is the second highest summit in the Salmon River Mountains of Idaho and sits between White Mountain (10,442 ft.), the highest peak in the range, and North Tiwn (10,196 ft.) another of the highest summits. When viewed from Challis, Idaho South Twin appears to be the highest of the three but this is only because of the angle it is viewed at. It really is only 98 ft. lower than White Mountain though.The peak is a loose pile of rust colored talus when viewed from the South. When seen from the North it shares the whiteish hue of its neighbor, White Mountain.
This mountain is on the border of the Frank Church Wilderness as well as the boundary of Custer and Lemhi Counties. The most unique feature about this peak is the fire lookout and helipad atop its summit. At 10,340 ft. it is the highest active fire lookout in the Pacific Northwest and was built in 1913. (Here is a link with some cool historical pictures of the lookout.) The road leading to the lookout is also one of the highest roads in Idaho. Because of the road it is only a class 1 hike. The walk to the top is pleasant and the view from the top is absolutely amazing taking in everything from Mount Borah to the South, to the Bighorn Crags in the North and everything in between. In fact seven major mountain ranges (Pioneer, Boulder, White Cloud, Sawtooth, Salmon River, Beaverhead, Lemhi, and Lost River) are visible from its summit, all of them among Idaho's highest and wildest.
Getting There
From Challis take highway 93 East (towards Salmon) and turn left on Clinic Road. This will intersect with Challis Creek Road after curving around the town's medical clinic and assisted living center. Turn Right on Challis Creek Road which will eventually enter the Challis National Forest and turn to dirt. This road will split and the left fork will take you to the Challis Creek Lakes. The right fork will be labeled as Sleeping Deer Road and will take you up Bear Creek Canyon towards the pass between North and South Twin. Beyond the pass the road will continue for 24 miles into the heart of the Frank Church Wilderness, eventually ending near Sleeping Deer Mountain. Continue up Sleeping Deer road and eventually you will come to some houses. Just before the houses the road enters a pasture where a herd of horses and pack mules are kept. They like to stand on the road so you'll probably need to coax them out of the way. At the edge of the pasture the road is gated to keep the animals in. Open and pass through the gate and remember to close it as soon as you're through. Just beyond this the road splits again. Stay on Sleeping Deer Road which at this point has become a narrow two-track road. The farther up the road you go the better it will get though. Here it begins to parallel Bear Creek as it heads towards the 9,183 ft Twin Peaks Pass. Just before you get to the pass there will be some abandoned cabins where the road will split again. The left fork it the one that least to the lookout atop South Twin.This is a very narrow road with room enough only to park or turn around at the switchbacks. There is no room for error as the drop-off on the downhill side can be pretty scary.
Depending on your vehicle you may wish to park where the road splits and walk up the road to the summit. If you've got a high clearance outfit you could continue up to the summit or at least to the first major switchback and walk the remaining 500 vertical ft. up the road.
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Be aware that the lookout road is narrow and rough. While is 4WD is not essential it is a good idea. High clearance, though, is a must. Just pray you don't meet someone coming the other way.Also be advised that the forest on West side of the Twin Peaks and White Mountain burned recently and can be subject to flash floods and other rapidly changing conditions.
Also, as with all wilderness areas, motorized travel is restricted in the Frank Church Wilderness. You shouldn't need to worry about that though since you're coming to climb. Remember, pack it in, pack it out.
No permits of any kind are required.
There are several good camping spots along Bear Creek. There is one established site with a table and fire ring near the cabins where the road splits. If you continue up the Sleeping Deer Road to the pass there is a large area established on the wilderness boundary suitable for camping. This area has several fire rings and a VERY primitive toilet.[img:527011:aligncenter:medium:Amazing sunset from Twin Peaks pass.]External Links
Salmon-Challis National ForestThe Idaho Outdoors Forum is where you can talk to others interested in Idaho's mountains.
This is the website for Tom Lopez'sIdaho: A Climbing Guide, the premier guide to Idaho's mountains.
Some info about the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness
Some info about the Twin Peaks Lookout.


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Just about everyone, even your doctor, is in agreement that entertainment is the best medicine whether its watching your favorite medical show or movie, catching up on the latest jokes, blogs and magazines or playing video games including the latest health trend, exergames.
But following the lives of celebrities especially when they have to deal with the same day to day health challenges we face fascinates most of us.
Besides entertaining and disappointing at times celebrities can also inspire us...whether it's Alicia Keyes helping AIDS orphans in Africa, Bret Michaels dedicated to improving the lives of diabetics or Henry Winkler working with dyslexic kids, they all put a smile on our face.
Did you know Henry Winkler from Happy Days fame lived with a severe case of undiagnosed dyslexia for nearly half of his life. Despite all that he holds three degrees and has directed and starred in several TV shows, films, and plays. He also earned a master's degree in fine arts from Yale and is the co-author of a very popular children's book series called "Hank Zipzer - The Misadventures of The World's Greatest Underachiever."
Pretty impressive for a guy who can't read very well, can't spell, and can't figure out math. But, in the long run he made us laugh!
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My 3rd great-grandfather was Charles Harrison Richards. He is listed by The Daughters of the
When Charles was 32 years old he married the very young Polly Sapp, daughter of John Sapp and Elizabeth King. Polly was born in
I don't know when they made their way to the wilderness that was then the Mexican state of Coahuila
March the 27th 1837
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William Scurlock, Capt
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(In 1836 Thomas J. Rusk was serving as secretary of war for Texas.)
William Scurlock was with Colonel J. W. Fannin and his command when the slaughter took place that was called "Fannin's Massacre" in Goliad. "Of the whole number who were marched out for slaughter on that memorable Sunday, fifty-five only escaped." Scurlock was one of that number. In Baker's A Texas Scrapbook of 1875 a letter of Samuel T. Brown, a nephew of Colonel William Ward, first appeared in the Voice of Sumpter (an
According to Notes from an Unfinished Study of Fannin and His Men by Harbert Davenport, 1936, Scurlock "made his escape and returned home [San Augustine] to secure a company [of volunteers] and joined the command of Col. Thos. J. Rusk, under whom he served until the 4th October, 1836." It was this company and during this time that my 3rd great-grandfather joined the fight as indicated in the above document on file at the Texas State Archives in
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TSHA Online, s.v. "Notes from an Unfinished Study of Fannin and His Men" http://www.tshaonline.org/supsites/fannin/ (accessed March 13, 2009).
Richards, Charles. Certification of Service, 1837. Copy.
Richards, Phillip Wade Hampton. Autobiography of Phillip Wade Hampton Richards.
The David Rumsey Map Collection, s.v. "A New Map of Texas, With The Contiguous American & Mexican States" http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~216~20055:A-New-Map-Of-Texas,-With-The-Contig (accessed March 13, 2009).


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Hello again fellow programmers! :)
As the title implies, I've coded a basic hangman game. It works as I want it to, well almost. I have used "random" numbers (I know that computers can't produce completely random numbers), but they're not enough random for me, because the game always chooses the same word! Which makes it quite a boring game, don't you think? Do you guys know how to code the program to choose words "randomly", or at least more randomly than before? If you do and would like to share that piece of knowledge with me, I would be very grateful! :)
Thanks in advance!
Code:import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Vector;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;
public class hej{
public static void main(String[] args){
Scanner hej = new Scanner(System.in);
Random generator = new Random(1000);
Vector<String> ord = new Vector<String>();
ord.addAll(Arrays.asList("EXCELLENT", "DIFFERENT", "PRESSURE"));
int wordSelector = generator.nextInt(3)+1, guesses = 0, maxGuesses = 7;
String word = ord.get(wordSelector), hiddenWord = "", guessedLetters = "";
char currentGuess;
for(int x=0;x<word.length();x++){
hiddenWord += "-";
boolean running = true;
System.out.print("-= Hangman =-\n\n");
System.out.print("Word: " + hiddenWord + "\nAmount of guesses left: " + (maxGuesses-guesses) + " out of " + maxGuesses + "\nGuessed letters: " + guessedLetters + "\n\nEnter a letter: ");
currentGuess = hej.next().charAt(0);
if(currentGuess >= 97 && currentGuess <= 122)
currentGuess -= 32;
guessedLetters += currentGuess;
if(word.indexOf(currentGuess) == -1){
System.out.println("Your guess was incorrect!");
System.out.println("Your guess was correct!");
char replacer1[] = word.toCharArray(), replacer2[] = hiddenWord.toCharArray();
for(int x=0;x<word.length();x++){
if(currentGuess == replacer1[x]){
replacer2[x] = currentGuess;
word = new String(replacer1); hiddenWord = new String(replacer2);
word.trim(); hiddenWord.trim();
if(hiddenWord.equals(word) || guesses == maxGuesses){
running = false;
System.out.print("Congratulations! You guessed the right word!");
else if(guesses == maxGuesses)
System.out.print("You lost due to too many incorrect guesses!");


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ShepHertz has swiftly enhanced its Push Notification service, which is a novel approach to re-engage the inactive users. Their commendable service allows Indies, game studios and developers to interact with the targeted set of customers who have downloaded the app but dont use it. As people tend to invest more of their precious time on apps, the very significance of push notifications also shoots up.
Push service of ShepHertz does not require any extra code or necessity to update the app or games and hence saves a lot of time. This also leads the developers to focus on the other vital areas of the App, which can prove out to be profitable for them. It is an imperative manner for the marketers because these alerts can help increase traffic, optimize app use and drive conversions. With the increase in the number of app users, the rendezvous with brand and organisation too raises.
Backed by the most competitive team of genius brains, ShepHertz has once again grounded a strong foothold in the world of technology.
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ShepHertz is a Cloud Ecosystem Provider for Apps i.e. Mobile, Web, Social, Gaming and TV Apps. Its endeavour is to make App developers successful on the Cloud, irrespective of the technology or platform on which they are developing. Their product line provides one-stop-shop ecosystem for developing Apps on the Cloud and it consists of App42 Cloud API BaaS (Backend as a Service), AppWarp- Multiplayer Gaming Engine, App42 PaaS with App42 BPaaS & GPaaS solutions.
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NEW YORK — Chris Petersen's departure for the University of Washington may cost Boise State University more than its football coach. It also has a $40,000-a-year payment from Nike on the line.
Boise State's sponsorship contract with Nike says the world's largest sporting goods maker can reduce cash payments to the school if Petersen is no longer with the team. Petersen, who finished the season with his team ranked in the top 20 six of the past seven years, left last week after eight years at Boise State to take over Washington's football program in the Pac-12 Conference.
The eight-year agreement with Nike gives Boise State $1.08 million in products and equipment this year and an additional $40,000 in cash. Nike can reduce that at its own discretion if it decides the brand value diminished with Petersen's departure, according to the contract.
"Coach Petersen was the face of our program and the face of the university in a lot of respects because athletics is the window to the school for so many," Max Corbet, a spokesman for Boise State's athletics department, said in a telephone interview. "We've had a great relationship with Nike and, even though we've lost Coach Petersen, I expect that to continue."
Boise State plays in the Mountain West Conference, which is not one of the leagues that automatically gets a bid to one of the most lucrative Bowl Championship Series postseason games. Under Petersen, the team — known for its bright blue artificial turf home field — qualified for two BCS games and won them both.
Corbet said the school hadn't heard from Nike about the contract. Brian Strong, a spokesman for Nike, said in a telephone interview that the company doesn't comment on its contracts with universities.
The next coach will determine the effect of Petersen's departure on the Broncos' athletic brand, said David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California.
"The brand is on the ascension and coaching candidates, as well as the footwear and apparel manufacturers, realize it," Carter said in an e-mail. "Before Nike considers any financial reductions they will certainly wait to see how they may be able to leverage the program under its new leadership."
Assistant Bob Gregory is in charge of the team until Petersen's replacement is hired, the school said last week.
Petersen was 92-12 in eight years with the Broncos, helping the team develop into a top program. In addition to the BCS games, Boise State won five conference titles under Petersen.
The Broncos are 8-4 this year and unranked in the current Associated Press writers' poll. The team didn't qualify for last weekend's Mountain West title game and will play Oregon State (6-6) in the Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24.
The Nike contract, which covers all 18 athletic programs and was extended in October, provides the school $1.08 million in products next year, $1.15 million in 2015-16 and $1.23 million over the final three years. The cash compensation also rises in the final four years of the deal, to $50,000.
The contract includes performance bonuses for the Boise State football team and both men's and women's basketball teams and stipulates that if the school chooses to redesign its logo, the job must first be offered to Nike who can accept or decline.. There is no language that says Nike can change the terms if any Broncos team's on-field performance suffers.
"I feel like I needed to take a step out of Boise to grow and improve," Petersen, 49, said when he was introduced in Washington. "It was very comfortable for me to be there, very easy to be there."
Petersen will replace Steve Sarkisian, who was hired at the University of Southern California after five seasons with the Huskies. A two-time winner of the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award as college football's national coach of the year, Petersen will earn $3.2 million in base compensation next year, the school said on its website. That would have made him the highest-paid coach in the Pac-12 this year, according to USA Today.


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Words cannot fully describe the horror we felt reading Richmond Magazine editor Richard Nye's comments that 'the only good cyclist is a dead one'.
Our customers and staff are all cyclists and it is utterly reprehensible that the editor of a magazine which should be supporting the local community and businesses can write such offensive comments. We were not aware of the editorial content when we booked our advert. We sent a complaint to the magazine on Monday. To date we have received no response. Where is their accountability? It goes without saying that we will not be advertising in this magazine whilst Richard Nye remains editor.
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Your dog will love this mix of great tasting healthy biscuits. Each pack of Beneful Healthy Choice contains 4 different types of appetising healthy biscuits. Your dog will not get bored with these delicious healthy snacks from Beneful. Each packet of Beneful Healthy Choice contains Heart shape Soft little treats with premium protein to help build up muscles Fish shape Crunchy biscuits with grain antioxidants and omega 3 & 6 to support the immune system Pea shape Soft treats with pea fibre and vitamins for a healthy digestive system and general good health Brush shape Tasty low fat treats with calcium for healthy teeth and strong bones Beneful make great snacks for every day. Your dog knows how to tug at your heartstrings and you know which tasty reward is best for your pet. There is a Beneful snack to suit every time of day whether for breakfast or last thing at night. They are made with vitamins minerals and protein to keep your dog healthy. They help to make sure that you enjoy your life together and thats a reward in itself.
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A Relatively Simple Trading Methodology
Potentially Profitable
Approach to Trading
Commodities Futures
& Forex Markets...
We have been using this sound trading method to trade the commodity markets for some time now. The trading method is basically simple and easy and can be consistently profitable.
. . . This simple but powerful commodity futures trading methodology involves buying higher swing-lows and selling lower swing-highs. Also known as swings or pivot-points.
A definition of these swing-highs and swing-lows is appropriate here:
- A swing-high is a high bar with lower bars on both sides of it.
- A swing-low is a low bar with higher bars on both sides of it.
- The more lower bars to the left of a swing-high the better.
- The more higher bars to the left of the swing-low the better.
That makes the swing-highs and swing-lows even more significant and presumably more powerful swing points. However, only one bar on either side is acceptable (but two or more bars to the left are typically stronger signals).
How To Make Money Trading
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Regarding All Money Matters
Including Real Estate & Loans
This interesting trading methodology requires two (or more) consecutive swings, with the second one being a higher swing-low than the preceding one for a buy. Alternately, the second swing-high must be a lower swing-high than the preceding one for a sell.
The long trade entry takes place when your commodity broker enters the market for you on a buy-stop, which gets triggered two ticks above the high price of the last bar (the bar following the swing-low pivot bar), for a buy.
The short trade takes place on a sell-stop at two-ticks under the low price of the last bar (the bar following the swing-high pivot bar), for a sell.
Your stop-loss order is placed 6-ticks under the lowest price of the last swing-low bar on a long trade.
The short trade stop goes 6-ticks above the highest price of the last swing-high bar. You can make some really outstanding money using this simple, but very effective trading methodology.
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What does everyone else know?
July 9th, 2009A lot, actually.
How ironic that I call this blog "What does John know?". I never meant it to be a pretentious thing. I'm sorry if you interpreted it that way. In fact, it seems the older I get, the more I realize how little I really know. (Or maybe I'm just beginning to forget more?)
Either way, I feel that my calling in the whisky world has always been to bring people together to share a common passion, not to be the definitive authority on the subject. To this end, I have started to establish links under the category "What does everyone else know?" You'll find it on the right hand column of this blog. (Scroll down.) I just started today, so the list is small. But I will continue growing it in the future. There's some great stuff going on out there. Don't miss out on it.
So, I ask two favors of you:
1) Check out the sites in my links and learn more than I alone can share with you.
2) If you see a good whisky blog that I don't have a link to, let me know. I'll do what I can to add them to my list of links.
To start, I'm focusing primarily on blogs. There are a couple of forums and podcasts I check out on a regular basis, and I am including them too.
I'll still let you know, on a nearly daily basis, what I know. But please take a look at what the others are doing too. You'll learn a lot.
31 Responses to "What does everyone else know?"
Whisky For Everyone would be a good one to add. In addition to being very active, they have great background information about the distillery and/or expression they're talking about at the beginning of each blog post: http://whiskyforeveryone.blogspot.com/
John, while I can't speak for everyone, I can say this: you come off as anything but pretentious. You're humble, unobtrusive, and eloquent.
Good to see some links to other good resources, though.
John, many thanks for the link to the TWE Blog. I hope your readers enjoy it.
Great, and I noticed you added whiskynotes.be as well, which is what I was just going to recommend. Ruben is also very active with that blog, with new tasting notes/scores almost daily. Great stuff.
Much thanks for the link to Whisky Party. That's a great vote of confidence and we're honored to be in such excellent company.
And no, the blog name is not pretentious. If anything I read it as questioning and humble.
John, in addition to the sites you have listed (Serge's Whisky Fun and the Straightbourbon sites), the Malt Maniacs site contains a wealth of information, with good coverage of malts available worldwide as well as single malts available in continental Europe and the UK at http://www.maltmaniacs.org/ The organization of the MM site is a bit obtuse, but has very high information content and tends to on the money for scoring whiskies (in reference to a recent post on this blog, note the MMs scores on the Macallan Fine Oaks, mostly in the mid-70s to low 80s except for the two oldest expressions at 25 and 30 yo).
Gordon's Spirit of Islay site is a gem for the peat lover at http://www.spiritofislay.net/
SOI covers cutting edge topics like bottling codes as a means to decipher when a malt was bottled and often has the first scoop on new Islay releases. -
caskstrength.net springs to mind, right away.
Laddieblog.com from Mark Reynier.
Sometimes funny but always the voice of the independent distiller and other ramblings.
Another nice blog, from Raymond Armstrong of Bladnoch fame.
On the Bladnoch.co.uk site is a forum and hidden in the forum is a " A day in the life…" blog of the day to day goings on of a distiller. -
Hi John,
I can only reiterate what others have said. Your blog is refreshingly informative and pretension-free.
Any fans of Irish whiskey I would direct towards David Havelin's excellent Irish whiskey notes blog – http://www.irishwhiskeynotes.com/
Just as interesting is the forum of the recently launched Irish Whiskey Society (but as PRO of the society, I would say that!)
Their tastings and meetings are probably only of interest to those resident in Ireland who can attend.
But the fascinating forum has some excellent and informed discussions about Irish whiskey, past, present and future from some real aficionados as well as us mere mortal drammers.
The forum can be found here – http://forum.irishwhiskeysociety.com/ -
I think Jean-Marie's page at http://www.whisky-distilleries.info
is a great one for all those who like to have another deep and thoughtful tasting-review-site. It's a true alternative to Jim Murray an Co.!! -
John, thank you for linking to my blog. I had already done the same with your website.
I'd like to suggest Whisky Reviews by Ralfy: http://whiskyreviews.blogspot.com – a video blog with a twist!
Thanks a million for the Edinburgh Whisky Blog link, John! You're a gentleman.
Another one industry blog I visit regularly is the Glenglassaugh blog from Stuart Nickerson at http://blog.glenglassaugh.com/
Here are some blogs I visited some times.
Had to dig through my collection of whisk[e]y links to get them out:http://www.whiskygrotto.com/
I would not mind if you had my website (www.whisky-news.com) 🙂
I'm not sure if this fits what you are looking for, but http://www.lawhiskeysociety.com/ does a nice job with rating, tasting notes, organization, and they source bottles from LA where they are based, overseas, and the big national stores i.e. Binny's. They also list pricing information.
While not at all affiliated (a Chicagoan) they are a good refernce -
There's also these;
http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/ -
Thanks for the link, John. Much appreciated and I'm glad you enjoy the forum. You've reminded me that I really need to get some links up too!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the link to Seen Through A Glass. I don't know much…but I do try to share what I know!
Oh, and also Nonjatta, the best English language site for Japanese whiskey.
Howdy John,
This is a terrific thread/spot. What a wonderful reference resource!
Any thoughts about a list of places to taste in addition to your growing list of places to read about whisky? Or is that too commercial?
Thanks for the link, John! And thanks DavidG for the props.


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The likeness to Sir Alec is amazing. The head is an entirely new sculpt. It is very similar to the POTJ Ben, which I have close to hand for reference; but the head on the VOTC Ben is narrower. The paint app is perfect on mine; no sloppiness about the hair at all, and he is not cross-eyed.
Interestingly, the hands actually look like an old man's hands: bony, and a little withered. And though I cannot see the tips of his fingers, he does have thumbnails.
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The heat and humidity here is ridiculous today (but I know temp in celsius and not farhenheit so I can't convert for you)...37 with humidex making it feels like 47. I am hiding inside in a/c but definitely feel my body temp is higher than usual. This week has been bad for headaches, I think it has to do with the pressure systems (low or high, not sure which). I am not sure if I am affected by heat as well as the sun but I don't have as much tolerance for any of it as I used to ...and when humidity is high, I feel like there is pressure on my chest...but don't have difficulty breathing normally so I don't know if this is lupie related or not.
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Nod. This is my issue. Lately the high has moved off of us and drifted into the center and northern parts of the US. leaving circulation and fluctuation to go on right around us down here on the Gulf Coast. I've been achy and grumpy as a result. When I was in my 20s, before I knew WHY I was a walking barometer, I would call my mom and ask, "Is there a front in North Texas?" I never watched the news. (What 20-something gives a flying rat's patootie about the news? Especially when she's got a 2 y.o. child.) But inevitably, mom would say, "Yep. Are you hurting?" "Yep. You too?" After all the "yeps" were exchanged and the "Love yous" we'd hang up and go about our days. Mom has mild arthritis and Sjogrens (we now know) and of course I was on my way into AI disease and was completely unaware. If it stays steady one way or the other I'm fine. If it starts shifting, I'm miserable.
That's funny because I always have been able to tell when fronts were coming in. I have a rod in my right leg and it has been more intense since that was put in back in 98 but I have always been able to tell. I can tell the difference between a cold front or a rainy front too. My daughter makes fun of me about it
Speaking of summer in Chicago-this hot spell is really not that unusual we always get a couple of hot weeks,but usually not until a little later. August can certainly be hot,so my question is why does the il chapter of LFA schedule lupus awareness walks for august and sept.
The last thing I want to do is go for a long walk on a blistering hot day. A nice walk in october amongst the leaves changing colors is more to my liking!
There was a walk in our area recently as well. And we get hot in late May on so you can bet June/July/August and often even into September are going to be unpleasant. I can only guess that the idea is that it won't be rained out and that people will more likely be on summer break. Still...
Well since i posted earlier...i've read member's comments and all i can say to members abroad all the best with the heat and severe heat changes.
It's surposed to be summer here and the weather is dull with no winds, which with me suits me to a T but for other UK member's it's terrible for the time of year.
Both my parents were from Ireland -I believe my father had undiagnosed lupus. He was fond of saying that it wasn't that the irish liked to drink -they were just ducking into the pub to get out of the sun and heat!
Record heat up here in lobsterland too. It's in the 70's now and there's a nice cool breeze coming off the water, but earlier today it was 90f with about 90% humidity. The average daily temp this time of year is around 65f, so 90 is quite hot for here. I don't do well with hot weather.
Sorry to hear about all you other folks who are dealing with temps of 100 degress plus. Bad stuff. Stay cool.


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Wild Crawdad/crawfish project I was wondering...is it possible to keep crawdads in an aquarium? I was talking about the spawning area near here and thought I might do a little project for the kids next Summer and get a few of the youngsters to raise. I have four tanks, a five gallon, ten gallon(which is the one I'd like to use since it's older, well planted and has a sandy bottom), a twenty gallon and a 55 gallon tank, all are freshwater. When I was a kid I had kept one in a ten gallon for about a year, but then Goliath(He was huge, probably NOT right for a small tank), got loose in the house. LOL I was only about six years old, and I knew how to feed them and stuff, I'd catch him minnows from the creek he came from. He ended up back in the creek where I initially found him after he got loose in the house, he was out for two days, we thought the dog got him. Turns out he was tormenting the dog at the bottom of the stairs when we found him, and I didn't want to risk him getting out again and dying so I released him, but he got big and happy while I had him. He was the size of a small lobster, I'd say he was about 6+ inches long with HUGE claws. Anywho, I was thinking about raising some baby ones so the kids could watch for a year maybe and releasing them next Summer and starting over if it goes well. I doubt they will get more than a few inches long in that time, Goliath was big when I got him. I'm not sure if that would work out or even be healthy for the animals, so I was hoping to know if it's do-able(like if Goliath was just lucky or something, he got so big and fat on minnows and possibly the plants I had in there, I intend to research how to properly feed and maintain their homes before doing anything this time) safely and letting them live off of foods and stuff they'd find in the creeks they came from. Under the bridge by the creek here, there are usually hundreds+ babies in there in the summers, I assumed it was a spawning pool, I like visiting it and watching them. But I thought it'd be fun for the kids to watch one or two grow and then be released later, or possibly keeping them. Would there be any reasons not to? Is there a risk to them living in a freshwater tank usually frequented by fish and frogs(which I do not intend to have in there to be eaten. lol)? It sounds like a fun project for both myself and the kids. I'll be doing all the care of course, not the kids. But I will teach them a bit as we go. If you think it's an ok idea, what should I look into besides all around care and maintaining the tank properly? Any tips? Yay's and Nay's on it, I'd like to know what I'm getting into. xD Goliath may have just been a lucky temporary pet for a mischievous kid. lol The time for it is still 4-6 months away. Yeah, I sound like an idiot who doesn't know what they're doing, and probably am, but I have time to research and plan properly if I go with it. Has anyone else done it before and been successful? |
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The Orthodox Church in America Bulgarian Diocese is one of three ethnic dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in six states in the United States, as well as one province in Canada – California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, and Washington, D.C. Until his repose on June 17, 2007, the archbishop of the Bulgarian Diocese was the Most Reverend Kyrill (Yonchev), who also served as the Bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.
Begun in 1965 as the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile, the diocese was originally under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. It had its origins in the decision of Metropolitan Andrei (Petkov), then head of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia (named at that time the Bulgarian Diocese of North and South America and Australia), to regularize his relations with his mother church, with whom he had broken after World War II and subsequently was elected to the rank of metropolitan.
In the late 1950s, Andrei petitioned to be accepted into the Russian Metropolia but had been rebuffed by them for unclear reasons, so in 1964 he petitioned and was approved by the Holy Synod of the Church of Bulgaria to be readmitted to the Bulgarian episcopacy and continued to lead Bulgarian Orthodoxy in America. One of his clergy, Archimandrite Kyrill (Yonchev), disagreed with his decision and was consecrated by the bishops of the ROCOR to serve as head of the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile. He had "considerable success in persuading several Bulgarian parishes to accept his authority, due in part to Metr. Andrei's advanced age" (Surrency, p. 95).
In 1976, Bp. Kyrill and his diocese broke from the ROCOR and joined the OCA, thus creating its Bulgarian Diocese.
- Liberovsky, Alexis. Synopsis of the 5th All-American Council
- Surrency, Archim. Serafim. The Quest for Orthodox Church Unity in North America, 1973


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United States Capitol Visitor Center | |
Location within Washington, D.C.
General information | |
Type | Underground visitor's center |
Location | United States Capitol Complex |
Town or city | Washington, D.C. |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 38°53′20.4″N 77°0′25.92″W / 38.889000°N 77.0072000°WCoordinates: 38°53′20.4″N 77°0′25.92″W / 38.889000°N 77.0072000°W |
Construction started | June 20, 2000 |
Opened | December 2, 2008 |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Type I – Fire Resistive (Steel and Concrete) |
Floor count | Three floors |
Design and construction | |
Architect | RTKL Associates Inc. |
Structural engineer | Balfour Beatty (formerly Centex Construction) |
Main contractor | Manhattan Construction Company |
The United States Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) is a large underground addition to the United States Capitol complex which serves as a gathering point for up to 4,000 tourists[1] and an expansion space for the US Congress.[2] It is located below the East Front of the Capitol and its plaza, between the Capitol building and 1st Street East. The complex contains 580,000 square feet (54,000 m2) of space below ground on three floors.[3] The overall project's budget was $621 million.[4]
The CVC has space for use by the Congress, including multiple new meeting and conference rooms. On the House side, there is a large room which will most likely be used by a committee. The new Congressional Auditorium, a 450-seat theater, will be available for use by members of Congress or for either House of Congress should their respective chamber be unavailable.[5]
The CVC officially opened on December 2, 2008. This date was selected to coincide with the 145th anniversary of placing Thomas Crawford's Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol building in 1863, signifying the completion of construction of its dome.[6]
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The CVC contains three under-ground levels: a balcony level entrance, the Emancipation Hall (second) level and a third restricted level for new Congressional offices and meeting rooms. The construction of the CVC represents the largest-ever expansion of the United States Capitol[7] and more than doubles the footprint of the US Capitol building complex.[8]
The American Institute of Architects awarded RTKL Associates Inc. with the Award of Excellence in Historic Resources for their work on the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. The award was presented at the Architecture Week Closing Party & Design Awards Gala on September 30, 2010, in Washington, D.C.
Construction history[edit]
Construction of the CVC was supervised by the Architect of the Capitol. That post was held by Alan Hantman, FAIA until his term expired on February 4, 2007; construction was then continued by then Acting Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, AIA, LEED AP.
The ceremonial ground breaking for the CVC took place on June 20, 2000.[1] Although originally planned to be completed by January 2004, the final completion date (not including the Senate and House expansion space) was extended to December 2, 2008.[9] The proposed cost was originally $71 million, but it has risen to $621 million.[10] The CVC has caused controversy for being over budget and behind schedule. Much of this is blamed on the rising cost of fuel, post-9/11 security measures, and inclement weather. At a hearing on the CVC cost-overruns Representative Jack Kingston called it "a monument to government inefficiency, ineptitude and excessiveness."[10]
The first major construction contract, worth nearly $100 million, was awarded to Balfour Beatty (formerly Centex Construction), in the spring of 2002.[3] This contract involved site demolition, slurry wall construction, excavation, construction of columns, installation of site utilities, construction of the concrete and structural steel, waterproofing, and construction of a new service tunnel. By July 2005, Balfour Beatty Construction completed all excavation and structural activities, and the roof deck covered the entire CVC structure.
Manhattan Construction Company was responsible for the build-out including, installation of electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems, coordination with existing Capitol building systems where the center connects within the Capitol building, and completion of the above ground East Front Plaza, with related site work and security elements.
Operations and features[edit]
The space is mainly designed for use as a holding zone for visitors waiting to take tours of the Capitol. The number of annual visitors to the Capitol has tripled from 1,000,000 in 1970 to nearly 3,000,000 as of recent times, and it has become difficult to deal with the congestion caused by such crowds.[1] In the past, visitors were required to line up on the Capitol's east stairs, sometimes stretching all the way to 1st Street East. This wait could last hours and no protection was offered against inclement weather. Tickets were not timed and were on a first-come, first-served basis.[3]
With the addition of the CVC, visitors now have a secure, handicap-accessible, and educational place to wait before their Capitol tours commence. Visitors are free to explore the CVC, which houses an exhibition hall, two gift shops, and a 530-seat food court.[11] Visiting the CVC and the Capitol are free. Tickets for Capitol tours are also free and are available online for order ahead of time.[1]
Emancipation Hall[edit]
Emancipation Hall is the main hall of the CVC and measures in at 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).[12] It was originally designated the Great Hall, but this was changed to Emancipation Hall when a bill cosponsored by Congressmen Zach Wamp and Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. was passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush in January 2008.[12][13] Emancipation Hall contains two large skylights, which each measure 30 feet (9.1 m) by 70 feet (21 m) and allow for a view of the Capitol dome never before seen.[6] The skylights allow a significant amount of natural light into the hall and are surrounded by pools of water and seating on the roof deck.
The Hall displays the original plaster cast of the Statue of Freedom, the bronze statue that stands atop the Capitol dome. Since January 1993, the plaster cast has been on display in the basement rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building, across Constitution Avenue from the Capitol.[14]
The Hall is also a display space for 24 statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.[15] The complete collection is made up of two statues from each state. The statues are donated by their respective state to honor notable residents. In the past years, all 100 statues have been housed in the Capitol, many in Statuary Hall. This has led to overcrowding of statues and relocating some of them to Emancipation Hall has allowed for some space to be reclaimed. According to the Acting Architect of the Capitol Steven T. Ayers, more-recently added statues have been given preference for a move to Emancipation Hall.[6]
On April 28, 2009, a bust of Sojourner Truth was dedicated in Emancipation Hall; this makes her the first black woman honored with a bust in the Capitol.[16][17]
Exhibition Hall[edit]
The Exhibition Hall includes an 11-foot (3.4 m) high tactile polyurethane model of the Capitol dome. The hall is dominated by a pair of curving 93-foot (28 m) marble walls lined with artifacts and interactive touch-screen displays. Included in the collection are documents signed by George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Six scale models of the complete Capitol illustrate how the building expanded over time.[10] Two alcoves off the main Exhibition Hall hold large flat screen televisions to allow viewers to watch live telecasts of the House and Senate floor proceedings. A third alcove located behind the tactile dome model on the main axis of the Capitol holds the Lincoln catafalque, which used to be displayed in the basement beneath the crypt.
Other facilities and spaces[edit]
Two theaters located above the Exhibition Hall continuously show a 13-minute video on the history of Congress and the Capitol Complex. Visitors enter the theaters at the Emancipation Hall (lower) level and exit at the staging (upper) level. The theaters will show the same film, but on a staggered schedule to allow a smooth flow of tourists into the Capitol.[citation needed]
Off of Emancipation Hall are two gift shops, one at the north end of the Hall and on at the south end.[18] These replace the single gift shop previously located in the Capitol Crypt.[19]
The CVC includes a 530-seat food court, which is expected to alleviate overcrowding in the cafeterias in the Congressional office buildings.[20]
Congressional space[edit]
About 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2) has been reserved for use by Congress. Much of the space is for a new Congressional Auditorium. Most of the rest of the space will be made into committee meeting rooms.[4]
Service space[edit]
A number of tunnels were constructed as part of the CVC project. The first is a 1,000-foot (300 m) long truck service tunnel, whose entrance is located north of Constitution Avenue near the underground Senate parking garage. Its goal is to alleviate traffic on the plaza and to enhance security by checking delivery and service trucks at a safe distance from the Capitol itself.[3][21] A second tunnel was constructed to connect the CVC to the Library of Congress. Part of East Capitol Street was closed during construction and the tunnel was completed in the winter of 2005.[22]
The high cost of the Capitol Visitor Center and the largest of its facilities is an ongoing source of controversy for the project. Time magazine projected the total cost to be nearly $600 million.[23] Critics cited its three auditoriums, the largest cafeteria in Washington, and a tunnel that links the Capitol Visitor Center to the Library of Congress as a symbol of federal and Congressional overspending.
Religious criticism[edit]
In addition to the controversy attendant upon the repeated delays and cost overruns, Republicans have criticized the center for what they view as insufficient coverage of American religious heritage. Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina said that the CVC fails to "appropriately honor our religious heritage that has been critical to America's success." Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has begun a petition seeking to more prominently recognize religion at the Center. At the time of its construction, the CVC had a plaque which declared the national motto to be "E Pluribus Unum," a traditionally used motto, but not the official United States motto. It has since been changed to the official motto, "In God We Trust."[24] However, as of March 2014, "E Pluribus Unum" is still repeated throughout the introduction film shown to Capitol Tour visitors, and the official motto is not mentioned in the film or subsequent part of the Capitol Tour.
See also[edit]
- United States Capitol
- Architect of the Capitol
- United States Congress
- Frederick Law Olmsted
- National Visitor Center
- Visitor center
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(help) - ^ Philip Kopper "A Capitol Attraction," American Heritage, Spring 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Capitol Visitor Center: Project Information". Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ a b "Capitol Visitor Center Fact Sheet" (PDF). Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. Spring 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14. External link in
(help) - ^ Hsu, Spencer S.; Christopher Lee (2004-11-29). "Delays for Capitol Visitor Center". Washington Post. pp. A17. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ a b c Steven T. Ayers (Acting Architect of the Capitol) (2008). Preview of New Visitor Center (Television). United States Capitol: Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN).
- ^ "Congressional Leaders Announce Opening Date for Capitol Visitor Center" (PDF) (Press release). Architect of the Capitol. 2008-07-10. Retrieved 2008-11-19. External link in
(help) - ^ "About the Capitol Visitor Center". Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved 2008-11-19. External link in
(help) - ^ "Congressional Leaders Announce Opening Date for Capitol Visitor Center" (PDF) (Press release). Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. July 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ a b c Halsey, Ashley (December 1, 2008). "6 Years Later Captol Visitor Center Puts Out Long-Awaited Welcome Mat". Washington Post. p. A1. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ^ "United States Capitol Visitor Center: Frequently Asked Questions". Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ a b "Congressman Jackson Calls Emancipation Hall a New Chapter in America's Unfolding Story" (Press release). Office of Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ "United States Capitol Visitor Center: Weekly Construction Summary (7 January 2008)". Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ "AOC To Begin Move of Statue of Freedom Model into Capitol Visitor Center" (Press release). Architect of the Capitol. 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2008-11-10. External link in
(help) - ^ "Visitor Center Selections". Washington Post. 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
- ^ http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-28-2009/0005014813&EDATE=
- ^ 39 min 41 sec ago (2009-04-28). "Photograph Downloads | U.S. Capitol Visitor Center". Visitthecapitol.gov. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
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(help) - ^ "United States Capitol Visitor Center: Weekly Construction Summary (2003-08-18)". Capitol Visitor Center, Architect of the Capitol. 2003-08-18. Retrieved 2008-11-19. External link in
(help) - ^ "Government: U.S. Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), Sequence 1 – Washington, DC". Balfour Beatty Construction. Archived from the original on 2008-07-31. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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(help) - ^ "A Costly Welcome for Capitol Visitors" Times Article, Accessed 4/6/11, Posted 5/12/10
- ^ Pershing, Ben (2008-12-05). "Is the Capitol Visitor Center 'Left-Leaning'?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-12-07.
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Clergy used to rank near the top in polls asking Americans to rate the honesty and ethics of people in various professions. This year, for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1977, fewer than half of those polled said clergy have "high" or "very high" moral standards.
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