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This section gives an overview of changes since Gramps version 3.4. These changes are also detailed later in this manual. Users of Gramps upgrading from version 3.4 are encouraged to review this section to be sure to take advantage of these new features when they start using version 4.0.
- 1 Before you upgrade
- 2 Visible changes to the core
- 3 Under the hood changes
- 4 Further information
Before you upgrade
Before you upgrade, make sure your family tree data is secure. The best way to do this is:
- Start Gramps 3.4
- Open your family tree
- Back up the family tree to the gramps xml format or the gramps xml package format (the gramps xml package includes your photographs and other media files associated with your family tree data). Backup your tree via menu Family Trees->Make Backup....
- Close this family tree and repeat the above steps for any other family trees you have
- Keep the resulting file(s) in a safe place
For more information, please review Backing up a Family Tree.
After properly safeguarding your data, proceed to install Gramps 4.0. Using your operating system's regular installation process to do this will in most cases ensure that the new Gramps 4.0 installation will not clash with your older version of Gramps. However, it may be safer to uninstall Gramps 3.4 before installing Gramps 4.0, or make sure you install Gramps 4.0 in a different location. This is always necessary if you are installing from the source code. For more information on installing Gramps 4.0, please see Downloading the latest Gramps
After you install Gramps 4.0, you can open your existing family trees and continue working. In case of problems (e.g., after a complete system upgrade), import the backup file(s) created above to recreate your family tree(s).
Visible changes to the core
The changes from Gramps 3.4 to Gramps 4.0 have been kept to a minimum as Gramps 4.0 is a technology upgrade release, not a user feature upgrade release. Family trees in 3.4 and 4.0 are the same, so (provided the same database software is used) a family tree can be opened in both versions without upgrade or downgrade needed.
Nevertheless, some changes are visible after the migration:
The Dashboard
The Gramplet view has been renamed Dashboard. This to avoid an overload of the word Gramplet, and to make it more clear to new users what can be expected in this view
New Look and Feel
Gramps now uses GTK 3 to create the interface, so you need to set a GTK theme with the GTK theme switcher that supports GTK 3. If Gramps looks ugly after installation, this is because you use an old GTK Theme. Try out some GTK 3 themes to see which one gives you a beautifull Gramps experience. See status GTK 3 for Gramps 4.0.
Scroll bar behavior
You may notice that when you click above or below the scroll bar slider, the view does not page up or page down, like you were used to see in earlier Gramps versions, but jumps to where you clicked. If you don't like that, you can restore the old behavior by editing ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
[Settings] gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false
You may have to create this file if it does not yet exist. Anything set here, will also affect other GTK 3 applications, like the file manager in Linux Mint.
Data Model
There are no changes to the data model. A .gramps xml file generated by Gramps 3.4 is identical to one generated by Gramps 4.0
See Database_Formats#Detailed_Changes for more details on internal database.
If there is more than one navigator mode installed, you can choose the navigator mode with the drop down. The navigator modes are "Category", "Drop-Down" and "Expander".
New wizards, help and bug report dialogs
Exporter, Help and Bug report dialogs have been rewritten according to Gtk3 migration.
Colors dialog
A new section on Preferences dialog, which let you set the colors used for boxes in the graphical views.
Plugins changes
The following are the changes made in the plugins: import/export, gramplets, views, reports, tools.
To Do Gramplets
Objects and the Dashboard now have a To Do gramplet, listing all the notes which have been indicated as with Note Type To Do. New To Do notes can be created directly from the gramplet. See ToDo Gramplet for more details.
- New columns on views (private records)
Fan Charts
In the Charts category (Previously called the Ancestry category), you will see two new core Charts: Fan Chart and Descendant Fan. These are two Charts that give you a good overview of a family tree. The Fan charts shows the principal parents of every individual. The Descendant Fan shows you all children, all their families, and then so on to see the entire descendant tree.
The Fan Charts are powerfull, use the Configure button in the toolbar to investigate some posibilities:
- colored filtering via filter sidebar
- Gradient coloring to give extra information
- Print to output (pdf, printer) from the toolbar
New tool for refreshing given name's statistics according to gender.
- More languages switcher into reports (draw, graph and textual reports), enhancements and consistency on this feature, in relation with new locales handling.
- More friendly way for accessing to book report via command line.
- Improvements on OpenDocument and PDF file formats support
A huge restructuring happened for narrative website (these changes might also happen in a point update on 3.4). It should overall be much more stable
Under the hood changes
Technical stuff
Python 3 support
Gramps supports Python 2.7+ and Python 3.2+ starting from 4.0. We advise to use python 3.2 if possible. To support both versions, some code now runs slower on python 2.x.
Code reogranization
Gramps now has completed the code reorganization, making the code structure of Gramps much more cleaner.
Python based install
Gramps has deprecated the use of autotools for installation, and now uses a python based installation. As a user you are advised to use a package installer to install Gramps. Those installing from source code can do so now with the commands :
python setup.py build python setup.py install
See the INSTALL and README file for details. This means that once you have installed gramps, you can use the code as a standard python module, eg:
from gramps.gen.lib.date import Date
to use the date computations as used by Gramps.
Locales handling
See Internationalization.
Command Line Interface
See code reorganization and python based installation.
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Book Review: Measured Home Performance
Measured Home Performance, by Rick Chitwood and Lew Harriman, is subtitled a "Guide to Best Practices for Home Energy Retrofits in California." The market for this book is even smaller than the subtitle implies—it focuses on middle income housing with forced air systems. Even more specifically, it features homes with air conditioning. The audience for this book is California-based home performance contractors, almost guaranteeing that it will never be found on any best-seller lists.
This 135-page book is based on research funded by the California Energy Commission indirectly, and the Gas Technology Institute directly. The primary author, Rick Chitwood, is well known to probably every home performance contractor in California. He has been teaching a variety of HVAC and building science classes, including Home Performance with Energy Star, for years. He is widely considered to be one of the most knowledgeable home performance professionals in the state.
The book focuses on the classic Home Performance with Energy Star "house as a system" process where a contractor with building science, HVAC, and combustion safety expertise does an initial assessment of a house, recommends a comprehensive set of upgrades to that house, and does the work. The point of the process is to lower utility bills and improve occupant comfort, while guaranteeing a safe operating environment. Typical projects described in the book are comprehensive. Unlike Energy Upgrade California patchwork projects, for instance, which might focus on just mechanical equipment upgrades, whole-house projects usually cost multiple tens of thousands of dollars. The authors claim that the monthly utility savings generally offset the cost of financing projects of that size.
The first three chapters of the book, suitable for all audiences (including homeowners), focus on defining and describing measured home performance. Subsequent chapters walk prospective home performance contractors through the test-in site visit, proposal preparation and homeowner presentation, and best practices for HVAC improvements, air sealing, and window replacement. The best practices include such tips as proper sizing of duct systems, smart equipment selection techniques, and cost-effective air sealing. The emphasis throughout is on best practices by competent (but not super star) crews that continually measure and test their work.
Although Measured Home Performance contains a wealth of practical information based on the author's years of experience, it is not a comprehensive guide to home performance contracting. For instance, there is no detailed discussion of choosing or properly installing insulation products. Although the authors discuss combustion testing in detail, they bypass specific common cases like multiple appliances venting into a common flue. Some topics, like refrigerant charge and windows, are discussed in too much detail. The overall content feels like it was guided by a research grant.
I've sat in many of Rick Chitwood's classes. He clearly is a dedicated professional with the highest standards. Those standards are reflected in the book's content, but not in its production*. Bottom line: B for content, C for presentation.
*Since the time of this book review, Measured Home Performance has undergone another revision and proofing process, which cleaned up much of its production errors.
Measured Home Performance is available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Steve Mann is a HERS rater, LEED AP+ Homes, Certified Energy Analyst, serial remodeler, and longtime software engineer.
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The block appears to be comprehensive, including torrents for illegal copyrighted content, Creative-Commons-licensed content, and even Linux distributions.
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Never mind that gold is posting year-to-date losses and never mind that gold mining stocks are already in a bear market. Is this the start of bad things to come for gold investors?
Gold volatility (^GVZ) spiked over 18.03% in trading on Feb. 20 and the bumpy ride in gold is getting even bumpier. Although gold registered its 12th consecutive yearly gain in 2012, it's actually been in correction mode since September 2011. Is there too much money chasing precious metals?
On the supply/demand side, the investment demand for gold has been declining. The 17% drop in demand for bars and coins was offset by a 51% gain in ETFs, but still resulted in a 10% demand reduction, according to the World Gold Council. India, the largest consumer of gold, experienced a 12% decline last year in gold demand to 864.2 tonnes.
One positive growth area was central bank purchases. In Q4 2013, global gold investments by bankers topped 145 tonnes, second only to the peak achieved toward the tail end of the credit crisis in Q2 2009.
Taxation on imported gold is another factor that's weighing on the precious metals sector. To reduce its account deficit, India wants to increase taxes on gold coming from outside its boundaries.
The current gold import tax is just 6% but that may go up. "There's a feeling that the government is looking at increasing the duty again, maybe to 8%," said Bachhraj Bamalwa, chairman of the All India Gem and Jewellery Trade Federation.
As the world's largest gold buyer, this may cut India's future demand for bullion in jewelry and investment. India's 2012 drop in gold demand was the second straight year of decline, after consumption was curbed by a jewelers' strike for three weeks to protest a 1% excise duty on non-branded ornaments. While the excise duty was later abandoned, the shutdown cost the industry $3.7 billion in revenue, according to the jewelers' federation.
Although gold gets most of the attention, other precious metals have recently outperformed it on a relative basis. Despite these short-term discrepancies, metals tend to imitate each other. And it's interesting to see how silver (SLV), palladium (PALL), and platinum (PPLT)—all areas of outperformance—have trended lower just like gold.
The trend of lower prices for metals is extremely problematic for one particular industry sector: Mining stocks. Since August 2012, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has fallen 19.75%. Conversely, inverse funds like the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares (DUST) have soared 44.15% in value.
Decelerating metal prices when the costs of mining are increasing make a bad combination.
Gold in Portfolios
"Commodities have done well over the past decade and gold gives a portfolio diversification," said Lawrence Carrel, author of ETFs for the Long Run (Wiley, 2008). "Physically backed gold ETFs give you liquidity and a good proxy for the spot price of gold."
But Carrel warns that gold is taxed at higher rates compared to equities, plus it doesn't generate any earnings. "Gold probably shouldn't be more than 15 or 20% in a portfolio," adds Carrel.
A new ETP called the Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (GLDI) attempts to generate cash flow on gold by selling covered call options.
"Gold is often criticized as a portfolio investment because of its lack of any yield," said Greg King, head of exchange-traded products in Credit Suisse's Investment Bank. "Covered call strategies however, are designed to enhance yield in exchange for sacrificing part of the upside of an investment position. GLDI seeks to provide investors and their advisors an interesting new way to introduce monthly cash flows into their portfolios."
Advisors that don't like the GLDI's ETN structure because of its credit risk have other choices. Selling covered call options on physically backed ETPs like the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) or the iShares Gold Trust (IAU) is another option.
In a covered call strategy, an investor holds a long position in an asset and sells call options on that same holding. Call options provide the seller with an upfront premium payment, but require the seller to deliver to the buyer any upside an asset experiences beyond a set level.
While holding possession of physical gold may have certain psychological comforts, it has its drawbacks. For instance, one of the disadvantages of owing physical gold as coins or bars is they can't be easily hedged against price declines. On the other hand, gold equity and physically backed gold ETPs can be protected with insurance or put options.
Purchasing a put option on GLD, for example, could minimize the impact of a severe downturn in gold. Any losses in the value of GLD would be offset by gains in GLD put options. It's this sort of financial flexibility that gives gold investors more choices versus holding physical bullion.
Keeping Perspective
Precious metals have the historical tendency to go through long periods of boom and bust. After peaking in 1980 at $850 per ounce, physical gold was dead money for 20 years. Then, just as it seemed gold would continue to lifelessly linger, it began a streak of 12 consecutive yearly gains in 2000.
Gold education is an important aspect of the equation. Income oriented investors, particularly retirees, should have a very small amount of their money allocated to precious metals. Some advisors forgo exposure to metals altogether, opting instead for commodity focused equity sectors like basic materials (XLB) that pay a small dividend. Ultimately, advisors will have to decide what's best on a client by client basis.
"I believe that exposure to gold should play a part in the alternative investment bucket of a well-diversified investment portfolio for most long-term investors," said Christopher Tasik, CFP, with Tasik Financial Strategies in New York. "When appropriate I utilize gold ETFs in my client portfolios." •


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The highest-altitude sulphur spring in Germany, clear water and the purest mountain air: a holiday in Bad Hindelang is sheer delight for body and mind.
Bad Hindelang is situated in the south of the Allgäu region at an altitude of 850 to 1,200 metres. It is one of six villages which together form a district, the others being Bad Oberdorf, Oberjoch, Unterjoch, Vorderhindelang and Hinterstein. All of these holiday destinations share the same glorious, health-enhancing countryside and the same climate of clear water, natural majesty and pure air.
Climatic health resort and hydrotherapy spa
No wonder the German Meteorological Service's bio-climate map shows a grade 1 air quality rating for this gem of a health resort. The air here has extremely low levels of pollen and mould spores and is free of dust mites. In addition to its exceptionally healthy climate, Bad Hindelang also has a reputation as a Kneipp hydrotherapy centre with a balanced and comprehensive portfolio covering everything from an alpine allergy station to a sleep laboratory. The existing range of Kneipp treatments has been continually developed and fine-tuned in keeping with Kneipp philosophy and as a natural complement to the climatic therapies available locally. One of the key reasons for Bad Hindelang's success as a health resort is its different climate zones. Because the six villages are all at different altitudes, visitors can gradually adjust to the stimulating highland climate.
Bad Hindelang in the Allgäu is already certified as allergy-friendly commune.
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Raymond James (RJF) said late Thursday that client assets under management totaled $55 billion as of July 31, a jump of 34.4% over last July and 5.3% over June. This growth outpaced the 25% 12-month and 4.95% July performance of the S&P 500.
Client assets under administration hit $418 billion, up 11.7% from July 2012 and up 3% from June 2013. These growth levels, however, did not keep up with the S&P 500.
Overall, client asset growth was the result of both an increase in the S&P 500 and net inflows in assets, according to the company, which is led by Paul Reilly.
Total securities commissions and fees of $241 million were up 4.4% over last July, but down slightly from that June. Fees and commissions in the Private Client Group, which includes about 6,300 financial advisors, were up in the U.S. but offset by a decrease in Canada.
"Equity Capital Markets had a lackluster July as both underwriting and M&A activity were muted," the company said in a press release. "Fixed Income had improved trading results as July nearly made up for the June monthly loss. However, commission volumes continued to be challenged. August is showing improvement so far for both of our Capital Markets businesses."
Outstanding loans at Raymond James Bank totaled $8.7 billion, flat compared with June, though the company says loan demand seems to be increasing.
"Recent declines in the S&P 500 coupled with a traditional seasonal weakness in August may make the latter part of the current month challenging for certain of our businesses," it noted. "We continue to focus on growth initiatives and our cost structure. We believe our businesses are well positioned to compete in any economic environment."
Last week, Raymond James said that advisors affiliated with its Investment Advisors Division – its RIA platform – would be able to access a wide range of alternative investments for their clients, starting Sept. 1. The announcement comes on the heels of several enhancements to the firm's RIA platform.
"I am pleased to inform our registered investment advisors they will now have access to the Raymond James Alternative Investment Group," said Bill Van Law, president of Raymond James IAD, in a statement. "The AIG team of 22 experienced professionals carefully review and select what they believe are high-quality, nontraditional investments to serve the more extensive financial needs of higher-net-worth clients.
Schwab, TD Ameritrade
Charles Schwab (SCHW) and TD Ameritrade (AMTD) released their July trading data recently, as well.
Schwab said its July daily average trades were 498,900, down 3.7% from June, but up 26% from a year ago. Revenue trades decreased 8% sequentially vs. a 6% decline at TD Ameritrade, according to a report by equity analysts Jason Weyeneth, CFA, and Alex Levine of Sterne Agee.
Schwab's core net new client assets were $8.8 billion, up from $8.4 billion in June (after adjusting for mutual fund clearing outflows). "The July result is tracking well compared to the $24 billion of core net new assets embedded in our 3Q13 estimate…" the analysts wrote in a report.
With solid core net new asset growth and market gains, total client assets rose to $2.122 trillion, $12.2 billion higher than the previous record set in May, they note.
TD Ameritrade's daily average revenue trades were 373,000 in July, up 12% year over year (but down 6% from June), the analysts say. Its average insured deposit account (IDA) assets grew 0.8% from June to $71.8 billion in July.
Total client assets were $544.2 billion on July 31, up 21% year over year and 4% month over month. "Client asset growth was likely driven by a combination of favorable equity market performance and continued organic growth," according to the Stern Agee analysts.
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"Slowing and rebalancing in China might hurt some but the effects should not be exaggerated. When China started to grow at 10% a year in the early 1980s, its expansion was as valuable for the world economy as the U.S. growing at 1 per cent. It was nice to have but easy to ignore. Over a quarter century of phenomenal Chinese growth, if its economy expands by 8% today, it is the equivalent of the U.S. growing 4%."
So at a 7.5% clip, China's contribution to global demand is second to none, he argues.
Most vulnerable to the slowdown are commodity-exporting countries like Australia. Yet while China's rapid growth and insatiable demand led to a commodities "supercycle" that saw its share of demand for nickel, for example, rise from 6% to 45% of global demand between 2000 and 2010, slower growth still means supply will have to increase to meet demand.
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What's more, not all commodities will face the same slowdown. China's ambition to boost its people's consumption away from its previous investment focus should be good news for oil producers (as Chinese buy more cars) and meat suppliers (as the Chinese progress toward a richer diet).
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- Komeil Saeedabadi
- 12/03/2019
A Story that Fills the Heart with Hope
There are two unique features to this awe-inspiring biography that kept me engaged to every word, first the extraordinary resilience of Zamperini and his wonderful life journey and secondly, the way every word was masterfully selected by the writer to further immortalize his account.
- Janice
- 01/12/2010
This is one of the best told stories I have encountered either in print or as an audible offering. Hillenbrand goes beyond a strict narrative of wartime experiences and transports us into the lives of people we will never know, but feel that we do. Over and over I found myself literally praying for the safety and rescue of Louis and his colleagues, even though obviously the outcomes were decided over 60 years ago - the sense of immediacy was ever present. Intensively researched, the attention to detail successfully avoids the sense of being drowned in statistics, but allows the awareness of "Man, I never knew that". Adding to the story telling experience is Edward Herrmann's flawless reading. I have been strongly recommending this book to all of my friends - one does not have to be a history buff or a fan of war stories to recognize and appreciate the humanity at the center of the story. Anyone who can be inspired by personal courage and perserverance will enjoy this book.
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- R. T. Warner
- 18/11/2010
Intoxicating book, I couldn't stop listening
What an amazing tale- unbelievable at times. The spirit and endurance is truly stuff of legends. Well written and captivating, I flew through the book though, admittedly, it was hard at times to continue. I had not listened to many historical war pieces but am very glad I purchased this audiobook. I already have plans to buy at least 2 copies as Christmas gifts for family members.
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- Annie M.
- 01/12/2010
Hillenbrand could make even laundry fascinating!
This beautifully written, un-put-downable book proves that SEABISCUIT was no fluke: Laura Hillenbrand is simply a fine writer. In her capable hands, drying laundry could no doubt be turned into a Pulitzer Prize-winning tome. Thank the heavens that her prodigious talent found such a compelling tale. You cannothelp but love this beautifully written, wonderfully narrated tale of an American fighter pilot who sruvives--and thrives--under the worst that World War II can throw at him. I also had my eyes opened to the grim realities faced by American POWs in Japan. It inspired in me an enormous new respect for my dad and his generation. "Unbreakable" is the perfect name for this brilliant book--I could not take a break from devouring this incredible story.
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- Richard
- 21/11/2010
Epic war saga
This is a good book about WW2 and some of the experiences of downed pilots and POW's of the Japanese. It is well told and I put it right there with Bridge over the river Kwai. Can be depressing at times as it deals with POW's and brutality to them. Worth a credit though if you have an interest in this genre.
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- 20eagle16
- 26/11/2010
The author of the book Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand), once again, delivers a great read (or in this case, listen). The narrator, Edward Hermann, turns in a world-class performance.
Like another reviewer, Jeffrey from Georgia, I found myself wondering why I had not heard about Louie Zamperini before now. After listening to this saga, it truly seems impossible.
The book relates how Mr. Zamperini when asked about his ordeal responded (and I paraphrase), ..."if I knew then what I know now, I would have killed myself". The story truly leaves one wondering how he ever got through it all. And, if you ever had any doubt in your mind as to whether or not we should have dropped the atomic bomb, as awful as it was, your doubts, I believe, will be gone after listening to this book.
I do not understand the one and two star ratings. Most of the reviews on the internet are far and away five-star ratings, and the book is deserving of same. I found that the book at times left me angry and my stomach tied in knots because of what Louie Zamperini and the other POWs had to suffer through, but that speaks of the strength of this author. This book is easily a candidate for an epic movie.
Do yourself a favor: purchase and listen to this audio book.
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- JerryL
- 16/11/2010
The best audiobook I have ever heard
I bought this book on a whim, as it turns out, it has been the best audiobook purchase I have ever made. The writing is absolutely incredible. Edward Herrmann's reading is absolutely flawless.
This book is a must, I give it a 10 star rating!
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- Andy
- 09/03/2011
i cried
The combination of words and wonderful narration of this book made me feel as if I was there. While this was a heartbreaking story, it was a real reminder of the brutality of war.
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- Michael
- 22/11/2010
Unbroken by Laura Hillendbrand
Excellent book but better people than I already said it was.
It is obvious that the author did a great deal of research making the imminence details of the people in the book. Story kept me interested the entire time I was listening to it. At times it made me feel that I was almost right there partaking in events. A great deal of emotion was brought out especially describing the time in prison camps and how it effected the prisoners some for the remainder of their lives regretfully.
My Dad was in the Navy in WWII he made it home but as a broken man and used alcoholic to deal with his demons. Thank you for a surreal look into these young mens lives and the details of terrible effect the War had on them. At age 13 in 1961, I can remember my Dad waking from a sound sleep in the middle of the night, yelling help get those guys out of there. Very sad, I am sure his life would have been much different if he had not his experiences in the War. Even today, I find it difficult to believe people refuse to respect and try to understand how the horrific events that happened to these young men coming from a War Theater of today.
124 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- 24/11/2010
Wow! It's all I can say....
Inspiring and horrific - captivating and devastating. It brought me to tears so many times and as I listened I actually found myself wincing in sympathetic pain and smiling at the little victories. God Bless Louie and all the brave souls that sacrificed so much. This isn't a book to just listen to, it's an experience that shouldn't be passed up.
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- Jeffrey Wieseman
- 23/11/2010
Great book
This book has helped me realize, I don't read enough non-fiction. I had to remind myself at times that this was a true story. Makes one wonder how the story of Louie Zamperini???s dramatic life was not already told.
77 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
- 14/05/2011
Schöne Geschichte.....
.....die vielleicht etwas zu langatmig geworden ist. Trotzdem auch für nicht militärisch vorgebildete Hörer geeignet, auch wenn eine gewisse Affinität zu Kriegsgeschichten das Interesse an der Thematik möglicherweise noch erhöht. 1-2 Stunden kürzer hätten dem Buch sicher gut getan, aber trotzdem ist vor allem der zweite Teil spannend und in Teilen auch sehr mitreißend.
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- Bodo
- 23/01/2017
Nur empfehlenswert.
Ich habe nichts auszusetzen. Bis zum Ende spannend und ich konnte gar nicht aufhören. 5/5


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Nanny Jean Knits - 1st place Amberwell
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Roaming Knitter - 2nd place Skein of Geese Shawl
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2012 continues to be an exciting year. I'm happy to introduce the second new knitwear designer to join Sandrasingh.com this year, Judy Marples. Marples is the creative force behind the Purl Bumps' Pattern Shop which she began two years ago when she aimed her needles at design work. She was ready for a new challenge and happily discovered a fresh passion that has taken over her knitting life. She likes to craft her love for literature together with her knitting skills to create unique designs that are influenced by her favorite authors, characters, settings and lives.
Meet Judy Marples: Marples is a knitwear designer who was born and raised and still happily lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada, near Vancouver. Her favorite place to knit is on the Ferry going to Vancouver Island.
After a career in the financial industry she decided that she would rather calculate gauge than mortgages. She now works at her LYS and teaches knitting classes there to eager students. She began designing knitting patterns in 2010 when she opened her pattern shop Purl Bumps on Ravelry. She likes her patterns to be intuitive for the knitter and spends a lot of her time fussing over the details.
You can find her on Ravelry as spinnyknitter and at her blog www.purlbumps.wordpress.com
After seeing Marples entire collection I just had to ask her, "How does literature influence your work?" Judith confided..."I love books as much as I love knitting!" And she added..."I love collecting books, reading books, visiting bookstores, well, you get the picture. It was always a toss up when I had time to spare, do I read or do I knit. A few years ago I discovered audio books and began listening to books while knitting. The best of both worlds. And because I was knitting while "reading" books they began to influence each other. Certain passages in books would inspire me with a knitting design and sometimes, became the setting for the design, as in Amberwell. Nothing nicer than designing and knitting a gift for your favorite literary character!"
Marples has very generously donated 3 patterns for this giveaway, and Sandrasingh.com added the yarn! Instructions to enter are listed below.
1st place Amberwell and 2 skeins of Shibui Knits' Sock
2nd place Skein of Geese Shawl and 1 skein of Malabrigo Sock
3rd place Mercy Bay Cowl and 2 skeins of Malabrigo Silky Merino
Knitting a Purl Bumps' shawl or accessory pattern is to experience poetry in motion. Her beautiful textures come to life knit in the exquisite hand painted fibers of Malabrigo, Madelinetosh and Shibui Knits. Her well written patterns often include both charted and written instructions. Everyone could use a dash of poetry to liven up their day, begin with her elegant lace fingerless gloves Poetry, these easy to knit, practical gloves are done in the round and the only stitches used are knit, purl, yarn over, k2tog and ssk and are knit in Madelinetosh Tosh Sock.
Inspired by the novel of the same name by DE Stevenson Amberwell is an easy lace shawl project worked in one piece from the top down. Designed to be knit in a fingering weight yarn Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light, Malabrigo Sock or Shibui Knits Sock do this pattern justice. The pattern includes instructions on working the edging as deep as your yarn quantity allows.
If you like interesting construction and feminine styling you will love knitting and wearing the uniquely shaped shawl Waldenwood. The top border and central lace pattern are knit simultaneously, from the top down, the right border is then continued sideways across the bottom of the shawl, casting off as you go, making for a relaxing knit and no grafting required. The stitch patterns for the body and the pretty border are simple and quick, allowing you to follow the pattern on the needles easily. The curved shape hugs the shoulder line perfectly. You can easily adjust the sizing by working more or fewer main pattern repeats and 1 skein of Malabrigo Sock is all you need for this summery wrap.
Dover Castle Shawl is an easy relaxing knit that becomes very rhythmic, the stitch pattern is easy to memorize and your knitting will be easy to read. The shawl can be knit with only one skein of Malabrigo Sock, but can be easily expanded to a larger size with more yarn. It is top down construction beginning at the neck edge with just a few stitches.
Did you know that geese flying in a V formation are called a skein of geese? Look at my cute little stitches flying north for the summer. They are dreaming of wading in the warm Pacific along a sandy beach. Who can blame them? The Skein of Geese Shawl is an easy top down knit with a quick to memorize stitch pattern and its also knit in Malabrigo Sock.
Malabrigo Silky Merino creates the beautiful fabric of the top down lace shawl Daylily. The sample shown is scarf/shawlette size and has five repeats of the lace pattern. You may easily alter the size by working more repeats of the main lace pattern, you will require more yardage for a larger size.
The Mercy Bay Cowl is knit in the round and is an easy lace pattern suitable for all levels. The pattern includes instructions for the sewn bind off and knits up fast in Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn.
The Sunshadow Tam and Gloves set are delightful The hat is ever so slightly slouchy with an interesting texture stitch. Block it flat as a tam or block it rounded for a cute little hat. The matching fingerless gloves come in two sizes, ladies small and medium/large. The texture stitch features a twisted stitch, no cabling required.
And its all in the details, Sweet Details is an easy, top down girl's cardigan that features a textured yoke and fine finishing details. Knit in one piece with no seaming whatsoever in Malabrigo's buttery soft merino wool yarn Rios. Tutorials are included for all the techniques used in the pattern. You will want to make more than one of these for the little girls in your life!
There will be 3 winners for this giveaway and they'll be announced on Friday March 2nd. All 3 patterns will be emailed to the winners as PDFs.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission and state regulators Thursday that the alphabet soup of "senior designations"—more than 50 of them—confuse older Americans and that a three-pronged approach is needed to protect the elderly from fraud.
The CFPB in its report, "Senior Designations for Financial Advisers: Reducing Consumer Confusion and Risks," recommended lawmakers and regulators take the following three steps to protect older Americans:
- Implement rigorous training standards to obtain senior designations: The bureau recommends that state and federal regulators implement rigorous criteria for acquiring senior designations, including specific standards for education, training and accreditation.
- Set strict standards of conduct for those using senior designations: The bureau recommends that state and federal regulators set consistent and strict standards of conduct for those using senior designations. Such standards could includeprohibiting senior designees from characterizing sales events as educational seminars, and selling financial products and services at events that are advertised or described as educational or informational events.
- Increase supervision and enforcement: The bureau recommends that federal and state regulatorsconsider increasing existing supervision of and enforcement authority against misleading conduct by a holder of a senior designation.
"With such a bewildering array of titles and acronyms, it is no wonder that older Americans are confused and misled by these titles," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray, in a statement. "Today's report underscores the need for consistent high-level standards of training and conduct for those advisors who want to acquire a bona fide senior designation."
SEC spokesman John Nester said that the SEC "appreciates the Dodd-Frank-required report and [we] look forward to reviewing the recommendations as we continue our collective efforts with Congress, fellow regulators and the states to protect our nation's senior investors." He added that the SEC has long had a focus on "protecting seniors from financial scams and pursuing those who prey on the elderly," noting the examination sweeps the agency has conducted in such areas as free lunch sales seminars.
The SEC, Nester said, "regularly reaches out to older Americans through seminars and investor alerts, and maintains an investor hotline for those with questions or complaints."
The more than 50 different senior designations currently used by advisors are recommending or selling a variety of products, the report said, such as securities, investment opportunities, financial products, and insurance products like annuities and long-term care insurance.
Kevin Keller, CEO of the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, said in a statement that the CFPB's recommendations were "an important step toward addressing the proliferation of designations, certifications and titles used to mislead, confuse and deceive America's seniors." CFP Board "fully supports the Bureau in its efforts to shine a light on this significant problem and hope policymakers and regulators will quickly implement these common sense recommendations to better protect older Americans."
CFPB requested information on senior financial exploitation in June 2012. The CFPB says that it conducted "extensive outreach to outside stakeholders, and, in addition, held roundtable listening sessions on the topic of senior designations in late 2012." The report was informed by financial planners, insurance and securities professionals, consumer advocates, social workers and other industry stakeholders.
Dodd-Frank directed the CFPB's Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans to make recommendations to help older consumers identify the most appropriate financial advisor and verify a financial advisor's credentials.
CFPB noted that some troubling findings from the report include:
- The names and acronyms of senior designations confuse consumers. Titles and acronyms for the numerous designations can appear quite similar, and consumers have no simple, clear means to distinguish among these designations. Similar sounding designations can have very different requirements for earning the designation.
- There is a wide variety of required training, qualifying exams and oversight associated with different designations. Some senior designations may require rigorous college-level coursework while others may be acquired by attending a weekend seminar.
- There is a lack of comprehensive supervision and enforcement. No single authority is responsible for ensuring that those who use senior designations do not mislead or harm consumers.
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In her own words: living with carpal tunnel syndrome
Holly, age 42, lives in Southern California and is the mother of two children. A few years ago, she began to have tingling and pain in her right arm. The pain got progressively worse, and she ended up needing surgery. She works as a secretary at the police department in her city. She is actively involved in the Police Association and organizes the police department's employee picnic every year.
What was the first sign that something was wrong? What symptoms did you experience?
It began as pain on my right side, mostly in my arm. But it progressed from my wrist, to my elbow, up my shoulders, and into my neck. My fingers tingled and felt numb. I would feel okay at the start of the day, but by later in the day, it felt terrible!
Before I had surgery, it would hurt all the time.
What was the diagnosis experience like?
As soon as my fingers started tingling, I went to the doctor. He performed a nerve-conduction test. They put pins in my arm and sent an electrical impulse through my arm. They can determine the amount of blockage by how you react to the shock. After my test, the doctor said I had carpal tunnel.
What was your initial and then longer-term reaction to the diagnosis?
At first, I almost felt relieved. I actually did have something wrong with me—it wasn't just in my head. And because I had a diagnosis, they could do something about it and I wouldn't have to live with the pain.
But I have to admit, after that, then came the feelings of depression. I knew this was going to require major medical intervention and I wasn't sure I was ready to deal with that.
How is carpal tunnel syndrome treated?
First, they tried physical therapy and exercise. I also had medications—anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxants. I did hot and cold treatments. I had a brace to wear at work. None of this helped, so my doctor recommended surgery.
In my upper palm, I had a muscle band that was pushing down and constricting blood vessels. During surgery, the doctor severed the band so that it wouldn't press on the blood vessels.
Did you have to make any lifestyle or dietary changes in response to carpal tunnel syndrome?
Not really. Except I really had to learn to pace myself. If I tried to do too much at once the pain would get unbearable. So I learned to just do a little at a time. And also, to recognize when the pain was starting to kick in and to stop and rest.
Did you seek any type of emotional support?
Not through any type of support group. But my husband was great; he pitched in and helped out around the house. My two children were very good about understanding when mommy was in too much pain to do things.
Does carpal tunnel syndrome have an impact on your family?
When I was diagnosed, I could not go back to work for a year. This was very hard on me and it affected my family. And when I was first dealing with my diagnosis, and felt really depressed, this affected them too. But now, I am back at work and things feel back to normal.
What advice would you give to anyone living with carpal tunnel syndrome?
Most importantly, get several opinions from several different doctors. And be aware of your condition, take the time you need to feel better. And pace yourself when you have a lot to do.
Although this hasn't been proven, I am sure that for me, resting the phone between my ear and my shoulder made my condition worse. My advice is to not do this!


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Despite wearing multiple hats and dealing with an onslaught of new regulations, compliance officers' paychecks are dwindling and their budgets are being slashed.
A just-released survey by National Regulatory Services, Moving in the Wrong Direction: Compliance Spending and Compensation in an Era of Enhanced Regulation, which polled 432 compliance professionals working for investment advisory and other financial services firms, found that compliance pros are getting paid less while being tasked with increasing amounts of non-compliance-related work.
The survey results are "quite alarming," John Gebauer, managing director of NRS, told ThinkAdvisor in an email message. "The compliance officer is charged with very important tasks, such as spotting risk and pursuing the policies and procedures that bring such exposures to acceptable levels as deemed by agency regulations and local and federal laws."
When asked about their daily duties, 48% of the respondents said they spent less than 50% of their time on actual compliance issues.
The fact that compliance officers are "being tasked with non-compliance roles and considering the lack of compensation growth in the space during this time of increasing regulation, the industry seems to be moving in the wrong direction," Gebauer says.
The majority of those polled — who have been working in the compliance field for an average of 11 years, and have been in their current role for an average of seven years — were full-time employees, with 55% serving as chief compliance officers, a decrease from the 66% polled in 2011 who classified themselves as CCOs. Sixty-eight percent of the respondents work for investment advisory firms.
The average current compliance officer's salary is $119,710, down slightly from the average pay of $119,783 reported in 2011, the survey found.
But compliance officers working in small firms — usually the ones juggling the most duties — earned significantly less per year ($91,674) than those employed in medium-size firms ($133,439) or larger firms ($127,745).
Regionally, compliance officers in New York earn the most at $177,895, while those in Michigan earn the least at $83,684.
Compliance officers' budgets are being chopped as well. The average overall compliance budget dropped in 2012, down to $133,226 in 2012 from $139,931 in 2011.
But how compliance officers are allocating those resources remained much the same in 2012 as the previous year, the survey found, with technology and software outlays totaling around 35%, education and training about 25%, consulting about 25% and outsourcing making up the difference at approximately 15%.
The survey also found that compliance officers are seeing a "significant drop" in incentive program participation, with involvement in monetary bonus, profit sharing and stock option programs dropping from 60% in 2011 to 51% in 2012.
Check out SEC Sanctions Portfolio Manager for Lying to Chief Compliance Officer on ThinkAdvisor.


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Hugin Main window
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Although there are many other uses, hugin is primarily a tool for assembling multiple photos and creating a 'seamless' panorama.
Hugin is a program that is 'tab' based. Below you see a partial example screen of Hugin showing the tabs.
This process of assembling multiple photos and creating a 'seamless' panorama is completely automatic if you use the hugin Assistant tab, which is the default tab, but hugin also allows full manual control of every stage. For this hugin provides three user interface options: Simple, Advanced and Expert. The hugin simple mode consists of the hugin Assistant tab and a few other tabs (as displayed above) that give you simple but effective control on what you are doing.
This is a quick overview of this tab system for the Simple interface. It isn't a step by step tutorial. You can find these tutorials on the hugin website.
For this same overview regarding the "old" user interface (but still the user interface of the current stable release) you can start with Hugin Main window old gui.
The hugin Assistant tab is the fully automatic part of hugin, here you can load images, align them and stitch them into a panorama without having to use any of the other tabs. The hugin Assistant tab also consists of a panoramic overview and a preview. This overview and preview are visible on the other tabs as well be it with different functionality and sometimes slightly modified layout.
Alternatively, you can use this Assistant as the first step in creating a project that can involve the use of some or all of the other tabs. You can also switch to one of the other user interface modes Advanced and Expert if you want or need to.
In the hugin Preview tab you have options to check your images and positions, the white balance, control points (equal points in two overlapping images), etcetera. Changes will immediately be displayed in this preview. This hugin Preview tab is the same preview as displayed in the Hugin Assistant tab and all other tabs in the Simple User Interface.
The Layout tab shows the entire project as a diagram with colour-coded lines connecting each of the photographs.
Green lines connecting images show the control points have a small error, red lines show a large error. Grey lines show no control points connecting the images.
You can see where the project is OK and where there are problems if it isn't quite right. Just click on any connection and Hugin jumps to the Control Points tab to edit that pair of photos.
Use the Scale slider to change the size of the photo thumbnails. This only effects the Layout display and won't change the final panorama.
The Hugin Projection tab is for adjusting the projection of the panorama, some projections have adjustable parameters which will appear when selected.
The Hugin Move/Drag tab is used to recentre the panorama interactively (or place it for whatever reason off centre).
The hugin Crop tab displays a rectangle over your preview. By dragging the edges of this rectangle you can adjust the output area of the panorama.
- New, discard the current project and start a new empty project.
- Open an existing hugin, PTGUI, PTAssembler, autopano or autopano-sift project file.
- Save the current project as a hugin pto file.
- Save as a pto file with a different name.
- Most recently used projects, shows a list of recent Hugin projects.
- Run Batch Processor, launches the Hugin Batch Processor GUI queue manager, note that the queue won't be processed unless this queue manager is running.
- Preferences opens the hugin Preferences window.
- Quit hugin.
- Undo, undoes the most recent change to the current project.
- Redo, redoes an undo.
- Panorama Editor opens the Editor window where you have control over the various states a workflow is going through from a set of source images to the panorama.
- Full Screen shows this Hugin Main window using as much screen space as possible without any window decorations. Note that the Hugin Fast Preview window can also be set as full screen.
- Overview checkbox: Shows or hides the (docked) overview in the screen.
- Grid checkbox: Shows or hides the grid in the overview and preview canvas. (see Hugin Assistant tab).
- Simple, this is the user interface this introduction is written for. It consists of all basic functionality to create a program and will suffice in 90% of all cases.
- Advanced, this user interface that starts hugin in the Panorama Editor screen. The simple interface is available in the background.
- Expert, this user interface also start hugin in the Panorama Editor screen and unleashes all the power and options of hugin.
- Help opens the hugin manual.
- Tip of the day
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- FAQ, hugin Frequently asked questions.
- About shows the Hugin About window.
- Donate opens the Hugin donation page, there is no obligation to donate. Any donations are used for travel and promotion costs related to Hugin development.


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Salil wrote:David Lole wrote:My first try of a W. Schaefer wine and what a revelation it was. If all of his portfolio was as good as this, I would buy on a regular basis.
I'd say his portfolio's usually better. I was not thrilled by his 2007s, and found them a little on the soft side and lacking the cut and raciness his wines normally show. They're very good wines, but my usual expectation for Schaefer is nothing short of jawdropping. More often than not, the wines reach those expectations at EVERY pradikat level.
I promise you, Salil, this was a most gorgeous example with excellent cut and raciness and no shortage of thirst quenching acidity - and no discernible softness I detected.


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If you want to feel like you're buying an iMac but you don't want to drop the cash (or if you're waiting for the 27-inch version), we've got you covered today: first we told you what it was like to try to get one early this morning, and now that we've succeeded in our quest, we're going to walk you through taking the new computer out of its box.
Apple is known for paying close attention to the packaging of its products, and while other computer makers have improved their own boxes quite a bit in the last few years, new Apple boxes are still noteworthy enough for a picture tour.
The first thing you'll notice is that the new iMac's box is thinner than the old one, but not quite in the way you'd think. The old box was perfectly rectangular, but the new box is trapezoidal, with a wider base and narrower top. This seems like it would make the computers difficult to stack up if you've got a lot of them.
Cut the tape and open the lid, and you'll be greeted with a styrofoam block that both protects the top half of the computer and houses most of the accessories.
Remove the styrofoam block and you'll get your first glimpse at the computer. Older iMacs would need to be yanked upward out of their boxes at this point, an annoying process especially for the large, heavy 27-inch models. Not so anymore: the new box has a front face that falls completely open.
The styrofoam in the bottom of the box is also a bit different than it was before. Previously, there were two big chunks of foam that grabbed at the base of the iMacs and didn't want to let you pull it out of the box; now, you can easily lift the iMac off of the styrofoam bases and then pull the remaining foam off from the left and right. Much easier.
The first thing you notice once you've actually extricated the iMac from its various wrappings is that it is indeed much slimmer than previous models. It's not uniformly thin throughout as some of Apple's product photos would have you believe, but it is much thinner and much less boxy. The non-reflective screen is also immediately apparent; when I photograph most gadgets, I need to take great pains not to appear reflected in their super-glossy screens. You can't see me in the picture of the iMac despite the fact that I'm sitting right in front of it. Some reflections, especially light sources, still appear, but the situation is much improved over every iMac since the 2007 model introduced the aluminum-and-glass aesthetic to the line.
We have yet to turn the system on, so we'll leave further observations for our full review. One final thing to note is the iMac's complement of ports. The 21.5-inch iMac picks up a second Thunderbolt port for the first time, and the SD card slot has been moved to the rear—in older iMacs the SD card slot was adjacent to the optical drive, and we've heard some horror stories about people who have inserted their cards into the wrong slot by mistake.


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Consider two financial planners, both of whom specialize in working with doctors, making their "elevator speeches" at a cocktail party after a medical conference.
The two planners are talking about the day's sessions when a doctor walks up to them, recognizes that they're not wearing the usual attendee's badge, and asks them what they do.
Here's how The Power of Practice Management, a new book from Genworth Financial Wealth Management's Matt Matrisian (left) and published by Bloomberg Press, describes the scene:
The first advisor says, "I am a financial planner." The doctor nods politely, smiles and turns to the second advisor. The advisor smiles on cue and says with confidence, "I help doctors develop an RX for their retirement and make sure they can enjoy it fully by solving the three most common problems they typically face as they retire."
If you were the doctor, which advisor would you want to pull aside later to discuss your financial future?
Simply saying, "I am a financial planner," is a conversation killer for most people. Although it's an important profession, we've never heard anyone within earshot respond, "That is so interesting! Please, won't you tell me more?" More often than not, the interest generated by the first example is a quest for free financial advice, and that's not the conversation we are looking to initiate.
Matrisian, Genworth Financial Wealth Management's director of practice management, intends The Power of Practice Management to provide independent financial advisors with "how–tos" for improving their businesses. The book covers everything from "the four essential disciplines" of business strategy and planning, business development, human capital and operations optimization to elevator pitches, niche markets and more.
In an interview in Manhattan on Wednesday, Matrisian described the process of writing the book as a "collaboration" that drew from his years of experience working with financial advisors first at Raymond James and then at Genworth, and also from the "intellectual property" of predecessor firms AssetMark Investment Services and Quantuvis Consulting.
Ultimately, the collaboration resulted in what amounts to a roadmap for turning good businesses into better ones, Matrisian said, including best practices that have evolved from changes in the financial services industry. "We suggest that advisors start with personal goals," he said. "Whatever their key goals are, we try to help identify them."
Gurinder S. Ahluwalia, CEO and president of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, said in a statement that the book fits into the firm's philosophy of helping advisors build great businesses.
"At Genworth, we help advisors navigate their practices with confidence," Ahluwalia (right) said. "Our purpose is helping them make positive differences in both their clients' lives and their own businesses. This book is a natural step in our commitment to advisors' success."
In March 2013, parent company Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) entered into an agreement to sell its wealth management business, including Genworth Financial Wealth Management and alternative solutions provider, the Altegris companies, to a private equity partnership of Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital.
The sale price is expected to be approximately $412.5 million and the company will record an after-tax loss of approximately $40 million related to the sale with approximately $35 million recorded in the first quarter of 2013 and the remainder upon closing, according to a Genworth news release. The sale is expected to close in the second half of 2013.
Matrisian said the deal will close in September, at which point the wealth management business will announce a name change as part of a new branding initiative.
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