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Also known as a scrolling desktop newsfeed, a Ticker allows the reader to scan headlines while working within other applications.
Tickers are created within the SnapComms Content Manager and can include text, hyperlinks and icons. They can be set to stay on screen permanently until clicked, or to reappear at scheduled intervals.
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The Manic Street Preachers bassist has been telling Radio X about the band's debut appearance at the festival, twenty years ago.
Nicky told Radio X Scotland's Jim Gellatly: "We did it as a three-piece, because Richey [Edwards] was in hospital. I think we were on below Blur. I remember it really well. It was hot, it was sweaty and we were full of mad energy."
The show came at a stressful time for the band - with Edwards hospitalised over alcohol problems and issues with self-harming, it was also rumoured that James Dean Bradfield was suffering from nervous exhaustion and the band's future was in doubt. But it wasn't to be the last time the band played T In The Park.
"When we headlined in 1999, that was just one of the greatest gigs ever. I ended up giving away Sean's drum kit away to the audience. And then I realised that Sean was staring at me with that kind of "I'm going to stab you with my drumstick" look.
"It's a pretty special festival, actually. You ask any band and noone will have a bad word to say about it. It's all down to the crowd, it's like a gigantic version of Barrowlands."
Manic Street Preachers play the King Tut's tent at T In The Park tonight (Friday 11 July).


Apartment hunting can be a competitive sport in many cities, and in the throes of competition, you might forget to inspect a few key elements of your new pad.
Sure, you want the landlord to like you, but you also want to make sure that the faucets don't leak before you sign the lease. Fortunately, it's easy to become a pro apartment hunter with our checklist of things to look for in a new apartment.
Above all else, you want to make sure everything in the apartment is safe and in working order. It helps to check out the functionality of everything before you're stuck living in an apartment with suspicious smells and dead outlets.
You don't want to find out that you have no reception after you've moved in. While you're walking around the apartment, try sending a few texts and make a call.
It's not enough to have functional outlets — you have to have enough of them to fit your needs. And if the living room has outdated outlets, it's likely they won't work for modern electronics.
If you want to test functionality on the spot, take a plug-in nightlight or phone charger with you when you're seeing the apartment and try out the outlets. It's good to know what you're getting into.
Unfortunately, former tenants could include bedbugs. To get the scoop on any such problems in the past, check out bedbugregistry.com, a free public database where you can submit or read bedbug reports on homes and hotels throughout the U.S.
It's important to make sure your new apartment will house your belongings comfortably. Take careful measurements and map out where things will go before you're trapped with a moving van full of stuff that doesn't quite fit.
If there's already a stash of bug spray beneath the kitchen sink or the distinct odor of bug spray, it could pose a big problem. Likewise, water damage hints at a bigger issue. Water damage is often a sign of mold (which could pose a health risk) and mildew — things you shouldn't ignore.
Though you might be able to get reviews of the building and even your landlord online, it's always best to get it directly from a knowing source. If possible, knock on a neighbor's door and see if you can get an honest opinion about living in the building.
Let the water run in each sink, the shower, and bath tub — just to be sure that your water isn't a murky brown (it should always run clear) and that hot and cold both work. Make sure nothing leaks and that you have good water pressure.
The following are a list of wannabe must-haves, meaning you can function without these things, but they'll make your life easier (and depending on how and where you live, you may consider a few of them to be necessities).
You might love everything about the new apartment, but what about getting to and from work? It's a good idea to test out your daily commute firsthand, or at least map it out online so you're not surprised after moving.
If you can visit the apartment or even just drive around the neighborhood at night, it'll give you a reasonable preview of any potential noise or safety concerns you'll have to contend with.
If you drive often, this is incredibly important. Check nearby street signs to see if any permits are required for residential zones. Even if you only use public transportation, it's a nice bonus if you have easy parking for guests.
Unless you're living in a corner unit on the top floor with soundproofed walls, it's important to figure out which of your walls are shared with neighboring apartments. You might be able to live with your bedroom pressed against a neighbor's kitchen, but it's something you should know in advance.
Another way to be sure your new place and the stuff you'll be keeping there is safe and sound? Get a free quote for renters insurance. It's affordable, for starters, and it protects your personal items from a whole host of covered perils.
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According to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel supports the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people to reach their own state while viewing the Kurdish Workers' Party as a terrorist organization. An independence referendum is planned for September 25th.
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israel supports Kurdish efforts to create its own state, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan.
"While Israel rejects terrorism as a whole, it supports the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people to reach their own state," said Netanyahu on Tuesday, as quoted by the Haaretz newspaper.
At the same time, Israel rejects the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK )'s activities and views them as a terrorist organization, the Prime Minister added.
Netanyahu's speech took place just a few weeks before the Iraqi Kurdistan referendum, scheduled for September 25, aimed at creating an independent Kurdish state in what is now Iraq.
The Israeli leader's statement contradicts the positions of a number of countries, including Iran, Iraq, Turkey and the United States, which have already criticized plans to hold the independence vote in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Tuesday's speech was not Netanyahu's first statement in support of the Kurdish state, having made similar statements in 2004 and 2014.
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In January 2013, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services officially acknowledged that breastfeeding is "one of the most effective preventative measures mothers can take to protect their health and that of their children. One of the barriers for breastfeeding is the cost of purchasing or renting breast pumps and nursing-related supplies." As such, the government adopted legislation that requires health plans to cover specific women's health services, including breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling.
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6 Strategies Behind the Trend in B-to-B Client Conferences
By Ruth P. Stevens
Have you noticed how so many B-to-B companies seem to be running their own proprietary conferences these days? I can't turn around without another customer event popping up on the radar. AppNexus has its Summit, three years now. Quad/Graphics relaunched its Camp Quad last year. MeritDirect celebrated its 16th Co-op this year. This got me wondering: Producing an event is expensive and risky. What's the benefit? Should you launch a client conference of your own? In conversations with several marketers, I have identified six reasons to consider it.
Customer events are especially popular in the tech world. Kathleen Schaub, vice president of IDG's CMO Advisory Service, reports that customer events are twice as common (at 48 percent) as participation in trade shows (27 percent) among tech marketers. But the trend appears in financial services, manufacturing and business services as well. Here's why B-to-B companies are jumping into proprietary events.
Uninterrupted Face Time: What a great way to get your customer's full attention, especially compared with a trade show, where you have to compete with zillions of others. SiriusDecisions, the marketing consulting firm, views its popular Summit as a place to deliver fresh research to its clients, as part of its paid advisory service. The Summit brought a capacity crowd of 2,300 attendees to Nashville's Opryland complex for three and a half days, with 150 sessions. No distractions, just 100 percent client attention.
Efficient Prospecting: Although primarily for clients, many of these conferences are designed to include prospects, as well. Who better to sell for you than happy current customers? NewsCred deliberately added an extra day to its #ThinkContent Summit that would be open to non-customers, by invitation. "We worked with the sales team to identify target accounts, and we invited marketing leaders from those companies to bring their teams," says Jasmine Cortez, event marketing manager. These attendees were treated like leads, with post-event nurturing communications and sales follow-up.
Customer Retention:Events that are perceived as valuable translate into customer good will and loyalty. For NewsCred, the primary objective is to deepen customer relationships, says Melissa Blazejewski, B-to-B events manager. Client conferences also serve to deepen the host company's understanding of its customer needs and stimulate account penetration. Says Brad Gillespie, head of global marketing at SiriusDecisions, "Sifting through data about Summit attendees makes us smarter as marketers. But the primary benefit is in cross-buying. Attending the Summit is clearly associated with clients' subscribing to new service lines."
Brand Value Expansion: Quad/Graphics cleverly positioned its Camp Quad event to serve senior marketing people, although the typical day-to-day customer for the large printing company is a production specialist. The Camp Quad event was located near its network of Wisconsin printing plants, which showcase for their newer technologies and service offerings. So the attendees not only picked up new marketing ideas, they broadened their understanding of Quad's capabilities. Says Maura Packham, marketing and communications VP, "The post-event feedback shows that people feel differently about Quad's value proposition. This was our goal."
Content Production:Conference programming serves as a valuable source of new content for various uses throughout the year. "We advise our clients that the best B-to-B campaigns are centrally themed and extend over time. We practice what we preach, by using the Summit as the launch event for a year's communications," says Gillespie. For Quad/Graphics, the client event becomes a useful reason to call for the sales team, who follow up with non-attendees saying "Here's what you missed."
Make Money: Many client events, like Camp Quad, are hosted entirely by the organizer, with attendees paying only travel expenses. But some, like SiriusDecisions, are run like a profit center, with sponsors and exhibitors paying the freight. "Our value proposition is convenient access to useful information," says Gillespie. "Our sponsors deliver over 100 case studies, which are highly valued by attendees. We run the event as a business, but its main purpose is to educate and enrich our customers' experience."
Convinced? It's a challenge to organize your own event, but the payoff can be huge.
A version of this article appeared in Biznology, the digital marketing blog.
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Ruth is a guest blogger at Biznology, the digital marketing blog. Email Ruth at ruth@ruthstevens.com, follow her on Twitter at @RuthPStevens, or visit her website, www.ruthstevens.com.
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Yesterday I hosted an online video chat with Robert Geraci, the author of "Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality" (Oxford 2010) and "Virtually Sacred: Myth and Meaning in World of Warcraft and Second Life" (Oxford 2014). We discussed Robert's exploration of religion, science, and technology in contemporary India, and the prospect of "Akashic Engineering" as a fusion of East and West, science and religion. Full video and slides below.
Early next week I will host an online video chat with Robert Geraci, the author of "Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality" (Oxford 2010) and "Virtually Sacred: Myth and Meaning in World of Warcraft and Second Life" (Oxford 2014). We will discuss Robert's exploration of religion, science, and technology in contemporary India, and the prospect of "Akashic Engineering" as a fusion of East and West, science and religion.
The India Awakens Conference will explore the convergence of Eastern and Western science and spirituality, with speakers representing both geographic and thematic sides – East and West, science and spirituality, and the intersections thereof. The Conference will take place in Kolkata, India, on Sunday, February 12, 2017. Please note that the date is still tentative and subject to possible revision.


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By Cornelia Channing May 24, 2018
SCARCITY BREEDS FRANTIC DEMAND FOR A RARE PINOT NOIR. BUT ONCE YOU'VE GOTTEN YOUR HANDS ON A BOTTLE—WHAT TO EAT WITH IT? WHAT PAIRING BECOMES A LEGEND MOST?
The wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, or D.R.C. as it's known in sommeliers' parlance, are superstars, among the most sought after on the planet. The estate produces Pinot Noirs and a Chardonnay widely considered to be some of the world's finest — and, it follows, most expensive. D.R.C. is the only house in Burgundy to produce wine solely from Grand Cru vineyard parcels, and its wines' value accrues nearly daily. They are incredibly long-lived.
The Romanée-Conti is one of D.R.C.'s two "monopoles"— the other being La Tâche—meaning that only the family controlling the domaine owns vines in these vineyards. Vineyard history dates back to 1232. Centuries of bidding wars (and actual wars, including the French Revolution), acquisitions, and transfers led to the modern holdings co-owned by Aubert de Villaine and Henri Frédéric Roch.
The flagship Romanée-Conti monopole produces an average of just 450 cases per vintage, the smallest yield by far of the Pinot Noir producing vineyards. Compounding these tiny production numbers are challenges from Mother Nature in the form of late frost, freak hailstorms, and other weather-borne tragedies which, in the case of the pictured 2013 vintage, meant that an already tiny yield dropped precipitously. Scarcity translates to insane demand. "I sometimes used the words fight or adversity," de Villaine has said. "No year more than 2013 deserves to be described in this manner." He reported a yield of just 18 hectolitres/hectare from Romanée-Conti, with fewer than 200 cases of this wine produced.
With a wine this special, you shouldn't overdo it with the food pairing. While this wine won't be in its prime until sometime between 2024 and 2040, we suggest that when the time comes to finally pull the cork, you go for simplicity. Maybe complEment the bottle with a couple of carnitas tacos from La Fondita, the Mexican cantina in Amagansett. The savory, fatty, flavors of the pork will highlight the complex black-cherry and floral notes in the glass. And at $3.50 a pop for a tasty taco, they won't add extra stress to your poor, sore wallet.
2013 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Romanée-Conti, $13,500. Available at Wainscott Main Wine and Spirits, 354 Montauk Highway, Wainscott, 631-537-2800, wainscottmain.com. Photograph by New York 90 Photography, ny90mi.com.
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PHOTO DATE: 06/15/2020. LOCATION: Bldg. 8 Rm. 183. SUBJECT: SpaceX Crew-1 official crew portrait with NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi PHOTOGRAPHER: Norah Moran
NASA, SpaceX to Launch First Commercial Crew Rotation Mission to International Space Station
NASA and SpaceX are beginning a regular cadence of missions with astronauts launching on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 is the first crew rotation mission with four astronauts flying on a commercial spacecraft, and the first including an international partner.
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The SpaceX Crew-1 official crew portrait with (from left) NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Credits: NASA
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are set to launch to the space station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. The Crew-1 astronauts named the spacecraft Resilience, highlighting the dedication the teams involved with the mission have displayed and to demonstrate that when we work together, there is no limit to what we can achieve. They named it in honor of their families, colleagues, and fellow citizens.
Launch is targeted for Saturday, Oct. 31, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew is scheduled for a long duration stay aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting science and maintenance. The four astronauts are set to return in spring 2021.
NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 test flight completed earlier this year was the final demonstration flight of the Crew Dragon. The test flight, along with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, is helping validate SpaceX's crew transportation system, including the launch pad, rocket, spacecraft, and operational capabilities. NASA is working to complete the certification of the Crew Dragon system ahead of the Crew-1 mission.
Hopkins and Glover were assigned to the Crew-1 mission in 2018 and began working and training on SpaceX's next-generation human spacecraft. Walker and Noguchi joined the crew earlier this year.
Michael Hopkins is the commander of the Crew Dragon and the Crew-1 mission. Hopkins is responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. He will also serve as an Expedition 64 flight engineer aboard the station. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2009, Hopkins spent 166 days in space as a long-duration crew member of Expeditions 37 and 38 and completed two spacewalks totaling 12 hours and 58 minutes. Born in Lebanon, Missouri, Hopkins grew up on a farm outside Richland, Missouri. He has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois, and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Stanford University. Before joining NASA, Hopkins was a flight test engineer with the U.S. Air Force.
The SpaceX Crew-1 crew members (from left) NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Credits: SpaceX
Victor Glover is the pilot of the Crew Dragon and second-in-command for the mission. Glover is responsible for spacecraft systems and performance. He also will be a long-duration space station crew member. Selected as an astronaut in 2013, this will be his first spaceflight. The California native holds a Bachelor of Science degree in general engineering, a Master of Science degree in flight test engineering, a Master of Science degree in systems engineering, and a master's degree military operational art and science. Glover is a naval aviator and was a test pilot in the F/A‐18 Hornet, Super Hornet, and EA‐18G Growler aircraft.
Shannon Walker is a mission specialist for Crew-1. As a mission specialist, she will work closely with the commander and pilot to monitor the vehicle during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of flight. She will also be responsible for monitoring timelines, telemetry, and consumables, like fuel and atmosphere levels. Once aboard the station, Walker will become a flight engineer for Expedition 64. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 2004, Walker launched to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft as the co-pilot, and spent 161 days aboard the orbiting laboratory. More than 130 microgravity experiments were conducted during her stay in areas such as human research, biology, and materials science. A Houston native, Walker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Rice University in 1987, as well as a Master of Science degree and a doctorate in space physics, both from Rice University, in 1992 and 1993, respectively.
Soichi Noguchi will also be a mission specialist for Crew-1, working with the commander and pilot to monitor the vehicle during the dynamic launch and re-entry phases of flight, and keeping watch on timelines, telemetry and consumables. Noguchi will also become a long duration crew member aboard the space station. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA, currently the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) in May 1996. Noguchi is a veteran of two spaceflights. During space shuttle mission STS-114 in 2005, Noguchi became the first Japanese astronaut to perform a spacewalk outside the space station. He performed a total of three spacewalks during the mission, accumulating 20 hours and 5 minutes of spacewalking time. He launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in 2009 to return to the station as a long duration crew member. The Crew Dragon will be the third spacecraft that Noguchi has flown to the orbiting laboratory.
Lifting off from Launch Pad 39A on a Falcon 9 rocket, Crew Dragon will accelerate its four passengers to approximately 17,000 mph and put it on an intercept course with the International Space Station. Once in orbit, the crew and SpaceX mission control will monitor a series of automatic maneuvers that will guide the Crew-1 astronauts to their new home in orbit. After approximately one day in orbit, Crew Dragon will be in position to rendezvous and dock with the space station. The spacecraft is designed to dock autonomously with the ability for astronauts aboard the spacecraft to take control and pilot manually, if necessary.
The SpaceX Crew Dragon is pictured docked to the International Space Station on July 1, 2020
After successfully docking, the astronauts of Crew-1 will be welcomed aboard station by NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. For the first time, the space station's crew will expand to seven people with Expedition 64, increasing the amount of crew time available for research.
The Crew Dragon being used for this flight will remain docked to the station for the full length of a long duration space station expedition, lasting approximately six months. The Crew-1 astronauts will spend their time aboard the International Space Station conducting new and exciting scientific research in areas, such as botany, cancer, and technology.
Radishes will be grown in space. This model plant is nutritious, grows quickly, and is genetically similar to Arabidopsis, a plant frequently studied in microgravity. Findings could help optimize growth of the plants in space as well as provide an assessment of their nutrition and taste. Scientists are leveraging microgravity to tests drugs based on messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNA) for treating leukemia. A new toilet headed to the space station has a number of features that improve on current space toilet operations and help us prepare for future missions, including those to the Moon and Mars.
During their stay on the orbiting laboratory, astronauts of Crew-1 will see a range of unpiloted spacecraft including the Northrop Grumman Cygnus, the next generation of SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft, and the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on its uncrewed flight test to the station. They also will conduct a variety of spacewalks and welcome crews of the Russian Soyuz vehicle and the next SpaceX Crew Dragon in 2021.
At the conclusion of the mission, Crew Dragon will autonomously undock with the four astronauts on board, depart the space station and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. After splashdown just off Florida's coast, the crew will be picked up at sea by a SpaceX recovery vessel and will be brought to shore to board a plane for return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Crew-1 mission is a major step for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Operational, long-duration commercial crew rotation missions will enable NASA to continue the important research and technology investigations taking place onboard the station. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future exploration of the Moon and Mars starting with the agency's Artemis program, which will land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface in 2024.
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Reflections on "A life so noble," The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers launch event
Posted by admin on 3 December 2008, 11:57 am
The following is a guest post from Michelle Lanier, curator of cultural history with the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties. Along with Historic Edenton Site Manager Linda Jordan Eure, Lanier helped to organize the launching of The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers (edited by Jean Fagan Yellin) on November 22, 2008. Photos and podcast links follow her essay.
"I never would consent to give my past life to any one for I would not do it with out giving the whole truth."–Harriet Jacobs
"We just didn't have that story before; and now we do." –Jean Fagan Yellin
One of my goals as a public historian is to help create spaces where visitors can experience emotional impacts, discover connections to the past, or have epiphanies of historic relevance. In such moments, an internal bell rings out in the face of human experience preserved in the amber of historic preservation. I've had my share of these moments. I have them at Stagville, when I touch my fingertips to the indentation left by the hand of a slave as he made a brick. I have them when I walk up the chipped, granite steps of the North Carolina State Capitol, knowing that in the span of less than a decade, both enslaved black men and free black legislators surmounted the worn yet elegant path I can climb today. These touchstones stay with us.
The story of Harriet Jacobs has also served as a touchstone to the history of my state and nation. As an African American woman and writer, I hold fast to a notion of legacy, and the charge to rise to literary and historic heights with an eye towards community responsibility and service.
I first read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, at Spelman College, an historically black college for women that challenges students to "Enter to learn, go forth to serve." My English professor, Dr. Gloria Wade-Gayles, held up Incidents as an example of dignified truth-speaking as a form of survival and activism. For me, in this early reading, the dénouement occurred when Harriet Jacobs chose to "escape" from slavery by hiding in an attic for nearly seven years. That was it for me; the finale to the argument that slavery was not just peculiar, but inhumane to the extent that one would seek to be stored away, like a trunk of fine linen, rather than breathe the air of a land that held one captive.
Years later, graced with the further unfolding of Jean Fagan Yellin's meticulous scholarship at the Harriet Jacobs Conference in 2006, I slowly began to have my own historic epiphany. It went something like this.
"Excuse me; did you say that Jacobs returned to Edenton to help formerly enslaved African Americans?
"And did you say that Jacobs supported and cheered on the efforts of U.S. Colored Troops and wrote about the conditions of refugees during the war?
"And am I to understand that this woman, who spent nearly seven years in an attic, also had the fortitude to create schools for black children in Virginia and Georgia?"
The answers were all "yes," "yes," and "yes" again. Jacobs for me, in that moment of clarity, became the link in the landscape of communal memory, between Harriet Tubman and Anne Frank.
The works and words came home
As the Curator of Cultural History with the North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties, I have the opportunity to work with Historic Edenton, one of twenty-seven sites in the division. Edenton: the town where truths, as documented in Incidents, unfolded on its streets, in its prison, from its bay, and in its courthouse. And so, when on November 22, 2008, we launched the comprehensive treasures found in The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers, the clarity and enlightenment and emotional impact of Jacobs's life and Yellin's historic offering came full circle. There was a certain lightness and hopefulness to the day as we looked around to see scholars of all hues and ages in the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse, where Jacobs's grandmother received her freedom. There was a certain gravitas to the day, as we bore witness to the image of U.S. Colored Troops re-enactors bearing the American flag. In the balance, at the nexus of documented oppressions and liberations, were the ringing out of Jacobs's works and words, from one woman writer to another, but offered to all of us present.
Michelle Lanier
North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources has more media features available if you'd like to learn more. You can listen to an interview with Jean Fagan Yellin by Fay Mitchell, listen to an excerpt from the Papers, and read an article from Humanities magazine about the project Jean Fagan Yellin undertook to publish The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers.
What follows are photographs from the launch event in Edenton, NC, on November 22, 2008.
Jean Fagan Yellin, editor of The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers
Historical marker of the maritime underground railroad at Edenton harbor. Harriet Jacobs spent seven years in hiding in a cramped attic before her eventual escape from slavery in 1842 on a schooner bound for Philadelphia.
Honor Guard, North Carolina U.S. Colored Troops Re-enactors
1767 Chowan County Courthouse, National Historic Landmark, Edenton, NC. Harriet Jacobs's grandmother, Molly Horniblow, was freed from slavery here.
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Michelle Lanier has so eloquently and honestly expressed the essence of the spiritual impact of this very special program at the historic Chowan County Courthouse. We are indebted to her for organizing such a superb, intellectually and spiritually stimulating historical event. Although it was my first visit to Edenton, I felt a special kinship with the town and its people as the remarkable story of Harriet Jacobs' life unfolded though the words and writings of her famous biographer, Jean Fagan Yellin. For me, the culminating event that brought the day's activities into sharp focus was the emotional blessing offered at the programs conclusion. The minister blessed the program and thanked God for blessing our country in its evolution of democratic principles and human relations from the demeaning system of inhumane slavery and Jim Crow to the election of this country's first African American president. For millions of disenfranchised Americans, it gives new meaning to the words of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, "I too am American."
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Q: Creating a UIbutton from an already defined Bezier Path? I have a range of defined Bezier Paths within one View Controller (the default). However specifically, I want to make one of them a UIButton (It doesn't have to lead anywhere yet but it would be great if it could print something on touch).
By looking at some similar questions, I have been able to define the Bezier Path I want and the UIButton separately on the simulator, but haven't been able to splice them together.
import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    override func viewDidLoad() {
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    let circlePath = UIBezierPath(arcCenter: CGPoint(x: 200, y: 350), radius: CGFloat(150), startAngle: CGFloat(0), endAngle:CGFloat(Double.pi * 2), clockwise: true)

    let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
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    //change the fill color
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    //you can change the stroke color
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    //you can change the line width
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    view.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)

  let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(x: 100, y: 100, width: 100, height: 50))
        button.backgroundColor = .green
        button.setTitle("Test Button", for: .normal)
        button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(buttonAction), for: .touchUpInside)

        self.view.addSubview(button)
    }

    @objc func buttonAction(sender: UIButton!) {
        print("Button tapped")
    }

}

How can I pass circlePath as a UIButton?.

A: A UIButton is a UIView so you can add the layer you created to the button in just the same way as you did the view:
button.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)

Note that this layer will then cover the label of the UIButton, but an easy way to solve this is to change the z-position of the layer:
shapeLayer.zPosition = -1

E.g. if you want to add a circular layer to a button:
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(ovalIn: button.bounds)
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = circlePath.cgPath
shapeLayer.zPosition = -1
button.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)

Or, matching the circle in your example but creating the button before the shape:
// define circle parameters
let radius: CGFloat = 150
let center = CGPoint(x: 200, y: 350)

// create the button
let button = UIButton(frame: CGRect(origin: center.applying(CGAffineTransform(translationX: -radius, y: -radius)),
                                        size: CGSize(width: 2 * radius, height: 2 * radius)))

// create the circle layer
let circlePath = UIBezierPath(ovalIn: button.bounds)
let shapeLayer = CAShapeLayer()
shapeLayer.path = circlePath.cgPath
shapeLayer.zPosition = -1

// add the circle layer to the button
button.layer.addSublayer(shapeLayer)

view.addSubview(button)

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After a last-minute delay led to the cancellation of the Parker solar probe's first launch window, the shuttle managed to successfully leave Earth's orbit this Sunday morning.
After a last-minute delay on Saturday, the Parker solar probe has successfully taken off and is already on its way toward the sun.
Initially, NASA's Parker Solar Probe was slated to leave Earth on Saturday morning, but a hitch about two minutes before the launch countdown kept the rocket nailed to the tarmac of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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Mr Ngiam Tong Dow, adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, said it was the responsibility of the upper management to improve waning productivity.
The day-long conference concluded with a dialogue with former Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hosted by DBS chief executive Piyush Gupta.
Dr Yudhoyono said Asian economies had emerged as engines of global growth and remained particularly resilient through the global financial crisis in 2009. But he pointed to the geopolitical challenges posed by the rising tensions from territorial disputes in the South China and East China seas as factors that could disrupt the progress of Asia's increasingly interconnected economies.
"Despite the economic linkages among countries, this region is still fragile and vulnerable to facing conflict." To ensure that Asia remains on the path of stability and growth, he said, countries in the region should further strengthen their economic cooperation and integration.
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Iggy Pop: David Bowie 'Salvaged' Me From Professional Annihilation
"A lot of people were curious about me, but only he was the one who had enough truly in common with me," Stooges singer says
Iggy Pop, one of David Bowie's greatest collaborators, remembered the rock legend who "resurrected" him in a new interview
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Iggy Pop, one of David Bowie's greatest collaborators whose first two solo albums were produced by the late singer, remembered the rock legend in a new interview where the Stooges singer thanked Bowie for saving his music career. "He resurrected me," Pop told the New York Times.
"The friendship was basically that this guy salvaged me from certain professional and maybe personal annihilation — simple as that," Pop said. "A lot of people were curious about me, but only he was the one who had enough truly in common with me, and who actually really liked what I did and could get on board with it, and who also had decent enough intentions to help me out. He did a good thing."
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Bowie first met Pop in 1971; six years later, Bowie would serve as producer and co-writer on Pop's debut solo album The Idiot, followed five months later by Lust for Life. In his Bowie tribute, Pop spoke about making those albums, including how The Idiot track "Nightclubbing" was recorded using a cheap keyboard and a drum machine. "[Bowie] said, 'I can't put out a record with that," Pop said. "I said, 'But I can.'" The singer described how the beat for "Lust of Life" was inspired from a call signal on the Arms Force Network while the two rockers lived in Berlin.
"[Bowie] saw me sometimes, when he wanted to voice it that way, as a modern Beat or a modern Dostoyevsky character or a modern van Gogh," Pop said. "But he also knew I'm a hick from the sticks at heart." Pop added that Bowie went out of his way on one tour to visit Pop's parents in a Detroit trailer park.
"David's friendship was the light of my life," Pop said in a statement following Bowie's death January 10th. "I never met such a brilliant person. He was the best there is."
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Pollution Appears to Ease in Beijing Amid China's Drive to Clear the Air
By STEVEN LEE MYERS, New York Times
BEIJING — Winters in Beijing have long been choked by thick, dusty, toxic smog. But this winter, the sky has taken on a once seemingly unthinkable hue: blue.
Now, an analysis of government data by Greenpeace has confirmed what many people could see but that nonetheless seemed too good to be true.
Pollution in Beijing and in 27 other cities in northeastern China has fallen precipitously, dropping 33 percent on average compared with the last three months of 2016.
In Beijing, pollution fell 53 percent. Greenpeace estimated that lower pollution levels resulted in 160,000 fewer premature deaths across China in 2017.
The drop indicated that the government's antipollution campaign — first announced in 2013 but accelerated last year for regions around the capital — has begun to show results.
Even so, pollution levels fell less precipitously or rose elsewhere, suggesting that a concerted effort last fall to shift heating to natural gas from coal may have simply shifted the harmful effects to regions far from the capital.
In the northern province of Heilongjiang, on the border with Russia, pollution levels rose 10 percent. In a statement with its analysis, Greenpeace argued that the results demonstrated the need for more government action, noting that nationwide the drop in pollutants was only 4 percent.
"China's national air pollution action plan has brought massive reductions in pollution levels and associated health risks, but policies favoring coal and heavy industry are holding back progress," Huang Wei, one of the organization's campaigners, said in the statement.
But in Beijing, where pollution levels are tracked as closely as property prices are in Hong Kong, London or New York, the respite from eye-watering, throat-scratching smog has nonetheless been welcomed. Only a year ago the pollution was so bad on some days that schools were closed and flights were canceled.
Air quality is measured by the concentration of PM2.5, or particulate matter of a size deemed especially harmful; such pollutants contribute to a variety of health conditions. Anything under 50 is considered good.
For a couple of days at the end of December, levels nearly reached 300, which is considered hazardous, but those were, for this winter so far at least, the exceptions. (On Thursday evening, the level was 29, according to the China Environmental Monitoring Station index.)
But beyond the health risks, pollution also poses a political risk for the government of President Xi Jinping as he moves to promote the country's rise on the world stage.
The government does not seem to be resting on its laurels in the fight against pollution. The Ministry of Environmental Protection warned in a statement Wednesday that clearer skies were caused in part by favorable weather conditions, and that conditions could worsen in late January and early February.
"Local governments need to strengthen pollution controls to further cut emissions and make sure they reach their goals on air quality improvement," the ministry was quoted as saying in China Daily.
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Cookie Run (Hangul: 쿠키런; RR Kukileon) (also known as Cookie Run: Classic) is an online mobile endless running game in the Cookie Run series created by Devsisters. The game is motivated by The Gingerbread Man, a famous fairy tale. The game was released on 2 April 2013 for Kakao, and 29 January 2014 for LINE.

There is a difference between LINE and Kakao versions of the game. The Kakao version is available only in South Korea with only Korean language supported, while the LINE version is available globally with 4 languages available: English, Thai, Japanese and Traditional Chinese. On 5 June 2018, the LINE version of Cookie Run discontinued and shut down. It was also removed from the Google Play Store and the App Store.

In Cookie Run, players have to help a cookie run as far from the starting point as they can, avoiding obstacles, jumping through holes, and collecting coins and "Jellies".

Gameplay

Cookie Run is an endless running game and so the player runs automatically. There are two control buttons on the screen: Jump and Slide. Cookies can perform a Double Jump if the Jump button is tapped twice. The goal is to earn as many points as possible in the form of coins and jellies until the cookie fails to obstacles, enemies, or time. You can earn a "Bonus Time" to earn a lot more points by collecting the alphabet of those letters. The characters used are cookies, which can be upgraded and given power-ups to do better. The player can only play with the cookie for a certain amount of time before losing all their hearts. Once the cookie runs out of hearts, the player must wait for their hearts to regenerate, invite others to play the game, or pay for hearts.

Reception

Thanks to the vast user base of Kakao and LINE messengers, Cookie Run has become immensely popular not only in its home country of South Korea, but also in Thailand and Taiwan. It received over 10 million downloads in just a month in its LINE release and was the top-grossing game in South Korea on Kakao for 11 months.

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Home / Books / Talk to Me – Book, Second Edition
SKU: TTM-2NDED. Category: Books. Tags: artificial intelligence, robotic cat, sentient, time travel.
Talk to Me (First Edition)
Sonia Ellis
Seven-year-old Maddie Reyes can talk to Mom, Dad, and 14-year-old Sadina, her sister and protector. But with the rest of the world — except for Bella, her robotic cat — she's too terrified to speak a word. Maddie wakes one night to find an intruder in the house, and now she's the only one who can identify him and save Mom from being arrested. Sadina suspects her best friend, Rio — especially now that Rio has started paying attention to another girl. With Mom in trouble and Rio acting like a stranger, Sadina's world is collapsing. And that's when her friends join together to help transform Bella into Chattercat, a talking robot that just might get some answers from Maddie.
Filled with beautiful watercolor illustrations, this captivating mystery, geared toward readers in grades 4 to 8, covers a range of important issues: friendship, teamwork, trust, making hard choices, and continuing to pursue goals, even in the face of overwhelming odds. With its key plot device involving artificial intelligence, the story contributes to student interest in STEM fields.
Tumblehome Learning has taken over the publishing rights to "Talk to Me" from FastPencil/Wavecrest Books, and is now on its second edition. For a limited time only, first edition books may still be purchased here.
JUVENILE FICTION, AGES 9-12
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PRICING: $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $11.95)
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Sonia Ellis is a children's book author and former engineer living in western Massachusetts. TALK TO ME is her first book. If you would like to get to know me better, please read on.
Q&A With Sonia
Who's your favorite character in Talk to Me?
"That's a tough one. Catalina was fun to write—all that sarcasm! But I think Monica is my favorite. She's me as a little kid, when I was very much about sitting in the front row of the classroom and always coloring inside the lines."
Have you ever had other jobs, besides being a writer?
"I started out as an engineer. My family is full of engineers who have done amazingly different things: making people safer during earthquakes, figuring out how to keep mosquitos from spreading disease, and helping to make better gas masks. Engineering is not just about building bridges—although there's an engineer in the family who did that too!"
Why did you write Talk to Me?
"The book is meant to be enjoyed, all on its own, as a story about a girl who figures out how to face the troubles in her world—by drawing on her own hidden strengths, as well as pulling together with her friends. At the same time, the things Sadina has to face—deciding whether to tell on a best friend who might be a thief, figuring out how a robot could communicate with her sister—all relate to the very real lives of engineers, who actually face the same sorts of problems that kids do. So I hope readers begin to see that engineering is something they can do too.
"The story is also tied to a much bigger world that you can be a part of at www.throughmywindow.org. Please check it out to join Sadina and her friends in more adventures!"
What's the first story you ever wrote?
"The first story I remember writing was when I was 11 years old. It was about a girl named Laura who gets two cocker spaniel puppies as a Christmas present (that was a hint to my parents…). Laura trains the puppies to do incredible tricks and they end up joining the circus."
Do you have a secret super power?
"Funny you should ask…My neighbors once had a donkey that got loose—I saw him jump the fence from my kitchen window. So I ran around the house looking for things you could use to catch donkeys. I came up with carrots and a dog leash. It worked—I caught him! So that's my super power—catching runaway donkeys. I imagine I'll get calls from all over the world now, from people who need my help."
What makes you laugh?
"When my dogs make funny faces."
What hobbies do you have?
"I read all the time. I like taking pictures of things that tend to get overlooked. I love playing music and singing—I think each moment of life should have a soundtrack."
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Fans Are Creeped Out By The Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Trailer.
By @jimchandler1075 May 1, 2019
People are freakin out, and not in a good way, because the Sonic The Hedgehog movie is giving them the creeps.
It's his teeth. In this combo live action-cgi movie about Sonic from the classic video game, Sonic has human teeth. And people say it's unsettling. There's something creepy about human teeth in an animal. Just Google "sharks with human teeth" and see if you don't have the heebie jeebies.
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Developing nations seek IMF reform
Expert says monetary groups most in need of change should have attended Doha forum.
A member of a Pakistani NGO holds up a sign protesting against IMF loans [EPA]
The top executives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – both Bretton Woods Institutions (BWIs) – have conspicuously decided not to attend the much-vaunted UN-sponsored Doha conference on financing for development.
The absence is all the more startling because there remains a clear need for a swift and broad-based response to the financial crisis.
Their failure to attend the summit certainly undermines both institutions' claims to leadership.
Some observers have interpreted this as a show of disinterest regarding the issues the poorest countries – especially those who did not participate in the G20 Summit on November 15 – may raise about international financial reform.
Elitism?
Bretton Woods Institutions
In 1944, as World War II appeared to be nearing its end, 730 delegates representing 44 countries signed the Bretton Woods system of monetary management.
This set rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states which were to be applied in the post-war period.
Bretton Woods established the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, a precursor to the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF became the principle body entrusted to set up rules and guidelines for public international financial management.
Each signatory was obliged to enact a monetary policy and system of exchange dependent on gold value. In 1971, the US dollar replaced the gold value system.
Those who have studied the history of the World Bank and the IMF will understand that their absence from the summit fits into a framework that favours elitism and "club-based" decision-making over inclusive processes.
In the IMF for example, 23 developed countries carry slightly below 40 per cent of the vote; the same number carry some 42 per cent of the vote at the World Bank.
Some 60 or so per cent of the vote is shared by the remaining 160 developing countries.
However, because of the way votes are cast, board directors from developed countries effectively carry nearly 75 per cent of the vote, whereas developing country directors carry the rest, making the imbalance even more acute.
In the Financing for Development Conference held in Monterrey in 2002 (the Doha conference is to review the outcome of this conference), the BWIs were called on to increase the representation of developing countries on their governing bodies.
In mid-2008, the IMF made a decision to transfer 2.7 per cent of voting power from developed to developing countries, while the World Bank is currently undergoing a process that is expected to yield some reforms to their governance structures in 2009.
Problems persist
However, there are several problems in the way the IMF says it has addressed the issue of governance imbalance.
While conventional wisdom holds that voting power at the institution depends on how much countries contribute to the fund, the reality is more complex.
Voting power is determined by a formula that is supposed to reflect the weight of members in the world economy.
However, the quota formula developed at the time of the foundation of the institutions in the 1940s followed the political logic that the greatest voting power be awarded to victors of World War II.
Over time, further distortions to the quota formula have resulted in countries such as the Netherlands or Belgium receiving greater quotas than larger economies such as Brazil or Mexico.
Low income countries, the ones that are most affected and influenced by the IMF's policies, actually saw their voting shares over that time reduced.
Tinkered, not reformed
The IMF's internal process of reform merely tinkered with the quota formula rather than fundamentally overhauling it.
This should not come as any surprise since the reforms were approved by the same voting system which was at the heart of the need for transformation.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF managing director, did not attend the Doha summit [AFP]
However, the BWIs' decision-making flaws would not have been so pronounced had these insitutions adhered to their original, limited mandates.
But since the early 1980s, they began to get involved in domestic economic policy choices, leaning on the "power of the purse" and their role as "gatekeepers" for the money from the bilateral donors.
The ideological pursuit of a one-size-fits-all economic reform model became a trademark of the BWIs' joint approach to development, which they initially described as stabilisation and structural adjustment programmes.
This model was based on the belief in the logic of unrestrained market forces; accordingly, states were urged to resist planning or intervention activity in the markets.
In time, the model has been discredited by empirical evidence about its poverty reduction and development results, and by the words of prominent economists.
Infrastructure lending
The BWIs have also used their skewed decision-making structure to promote reforms that substantially altered the social contracts which form the backbone of the relationship between the private and public sectors.
In 2002, the World Bank adopted a strategy for private sector development that would not only fundamentally reshape its programmes, but would also strongly influence the behaviour of regional development banks.
The strategy promoted participation of private sector providers in infrastructure, especially through private-public partnerships (PPPs) and a deregulatory approach towards foreign investment.
The new approach emphasised the role of public sector funding in supporting the private sector, and reducing its risks.
Paradoxically, this contradicts the logic used to justify the initial implementation of structural adjustments.
The 1980s model of reforms called for freeing the private sector from the state so it could engage in innovation and risk-taking as the engines of growth and wealth-creation.
Such reforms, it was argued, were necessary to avoid the inefficiency of a subsidised and deficit-creating government provision and protect public resources.
However, the 2002 strategy favoured subsidising the private sector at the expense of the public sector; these subsidies were usually allocated to the same services that the public sector used to provide.
Reform accountability
Without the Monterrey Summit in 2002, it is unlikely that the BWIs would have made even the limited reforms that they have achieved so far.
In the same fashion, the Doha Summit has the mandate and the responsibility to pinpoint where progress has been absent, or insufficient.
One can understand, then, that with so little to show, the leaders of the institutions may have compelling reasons to simply avoid the conference altogether.
Aldo Caliari is the director of the Rethinking Bretton Woods Project at the Center of Concern in Washington DC. His project focuses on issues of international financial reform including debt and linkages between trade and finance.
The views of the author are not necessarily those of Al Jazeera.


Walwyns Castle Community Council consists of three parishes, Walwyns Castle, Robeston West and Hasguard.
The first reference to Walwyns Castle Church was in 1291. Walwyns Castle was built within an Iron Age Hill fort by the Normans, and the Church was rebuilt around 1869 to 1878. Today the Church is in good repair with services held there every Sunday. The Village Hall was previously the Village School, which closed in the late 50' s. The Hall is now well used after being substantially renovated in 2004. There is an historic rath overlooking Walwyns Castle. A geo-phys survey was carried out in 2011.
There are pleasant walks in the area around Syke Woods and Rosemoor lake, which normally has wild ducks and Swans making their home there.
Robeston West Church is situated in a rural location, surrounded by mainly agricultural land, the earliest recorded weddings,births and deaths are 1731.
St Peter's Church Hasguard is of medival origin, the Chancel was built in the C19th, the Church closed in 1979, and is now unfortunately a ruin.
Walwyns Castle Community Council meets by-monthly. on the first Wednesday of the month.
Walwyns Castle have a vacancy for the office of Councillor.
Any TEN local government electors for the area of Walwyns Castle Community Council may, within FOURTEEN DAYS (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays) of the date of this Notice, make a written request to the Returning Officer, Electoral Services, at the following address, to hold an election to fill the vacancy.
Returning Officer, Electoral Services, Pembrokeshire County Council, Cherry Grove, Haverfordwest, SA61 2NZ.
If no request for an election is received within the period stated above The Havens Community Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.
By law any interested person has the right to inspect the Council's accounts. If you are entitled and registered to vote in local council elections then you also have the right to ask the Auditor General questions about them or challenge an item of account contained within them.
To request a copy of the Council's Annual Return and Auditor's Report please contact the Clerk/Responsible Finance Officer whose details you will find in the Contacts link. A copy of the current year end accounts can be found in the View all Documents link.


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