Orlando Sentinel (blog) | Evaluating Florida State's commits: A look at the OLs | VIDEO Orlando Sentinel (blog) Florida State got a commitment last week from Menelik Watson (right). Last winter, the 6-foot-8 England native was playing center at Marist College. Last fall, at more than 300 pounds, he was playing offensive tackle at a junior college in California. |
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Evaluating Florida State's commits: A look at the OLs | VIDEO - Orlando Sentinel (blog)
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
Centene closes on financing for HQ project - Phoenix Business Journal:
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A U.S. Bank-led consortium committed on June 5 to a constructionh loan forthe 17-story officre tower, which will house the corporate headquarters for one of St. Louis’ largesyt public companies, and , one of the area’se largest law firms. Construction began in October to demolisyh the former building on the site and startt work on the first two The project willhave 460,000 square feet of officde space and 28,125 square feet of retail space. The , led by chiecf executive Bill Koman, signed on as an equitu partner in the project earlieerthis year.
of Chicago, which had led developmen effortsfor Centene’s new headquarters, dropped out as an equitu partner but will still serve as a consultant. The equitty partners in the projectare Centene, and . Centenew Center will be Clayton’s first new office building in nearly a decade when it is completerd inJuly 2010. Centene Center, to be builyt at the heart of Clayton’s centrapl business district at Hanleyand Forsyth, is one of a few new, large-scalde developments to proceed in recent months. Retaining Centene, St. Louis’ 11th-largesyt public company, is also a boost for the regiomn asa whole, in light of job lossezs at and other top companies. Centene Corp.
’sw 2008 revenue was $3.4 billion and the companyg has more than 500local employees. Centene is led by President and CEOMichael Neidorff. Centene Center’s other main Armstrong Teasdale, the city’s third-largest law firm, is movingt its 200 local attorneys there from the Metropolitan Squarsbuilding downtown. Centene Corp., one of the nation’s largest provideras of managed care programs and related services to individualsunder Medicaid, firsgt sought in 2004 to build a replacemenyt building a block away from its existinyg headquarters at 7711 Carondelet Ave. That year, it bought a formet bookstore, Library Ltd.
, at Forsyth and Hanley from Summirt Development Group forabout $10 million. Centene then faced a two-yeart court battle with three commercialproperty owners, the late Dan David Danforth and Debbie Pyzyk, who resisted the city of Clayton’sa efforts to take their buildingsd on Forsyth through eminent domain to make way for the new , a development firm with projects aroune the world, conducted a nationwide search for possiblw sites for Centene’s headquarters, with proposals from Illinois and Colorado in the runninh for a potential relocation of the Centene abruptly changed course in September 2007 and announced its plans to be an anchor tenant in the proposefd Ballpark Village development downtown.
By March 2008, Centenee reversed course again and droppede its plans to move After the Missouri Supreme Courtf ruled in the Claytonproperty owners’ favor on the eminenty domain suit, Centene ultimatelyu bought the three Forsyth propertiees in early 2008 for $19 million. In the Clayton Board of Aldermen approveda scaled-downb version of the project from the original cost of $215 The planned office tower was reduced in size by several floors as Centene opted to initially leas e just 200,000 square feet of spaced instead of 300,000 square and the retail portion was minimized to 28,125 squard feet from 34,000 square Armstrong Teasdale has signer a lease for 125,000 squarew feet of space, making it one of the largest local office lease deals announcede in 2009.
A U.S. Bank-led consortium committed on June 5 to a constructionh loan forthe 17-story officre tower, which will house the corporate headquarters for one of St. Louis’ largesyt public companies, and , one of the area’se largest law firms. Construction began in October to demolisyh the former building on the site and startt work on the first two The project willhave 460,000 square feet of officde space and 28,125 square feet of retail space. The , led by chiecf executive Bill Koman, signed on as an equitu partner in the project earlieerthis year.
of Chicago, which had led developmen effortsfor Centene’s new headquarters, dropped out as an equitu partner but will still serve as a consultant. The equitty partners in the projectare Centene, and . Centenew Center will be Clayton’s first new office building in nearly a decade when it is completerd inJuly 2010. Centene Center, to be builyt at the heart of Clayton’s centrapl business district at Hanleyand Forsyth, is one of a few new, large-scalde developments to proceed in recent months. Retaining Centene, St. Louis’ 11th-largesyt public company, is also a boost for the regiomn asa whole, in light of job lossezs at and other top companies. Centene Corp.
’sw 2008 revenue was $3.4 billion and the companyg has more than 500local employees. Centene is led by President and CEOMichael Neidorff. Centene Center’s other main Armstrong Teasdale, the city’s third-largest law firm, is movingt its 200 local attorneys there from the Metropolitan Squarsbuilding downtown. Centene Corp., one of the nation’s largest provideras of managed care programs and related services to individualsunder Medicaid, firsgt sought in 2004 to build a replacemenyt building a block away from its existinyg headquarters at 7711 Carondelet Ave. That year, it bought a formet bookstore, Library Ltd.
, at Forsyth and Hanley from Summirt Development Group forabout $10 million. Centene then faced a two-yeart court battle with three commercialproperty owners, the late Dan David Danforth and Debbie Pyzyk, who resisted the city of Clayton’sa efforts to take their buildingsd on Forsyth through eminent domain to make way for the new , a development firm with projects aroune the world, conducted a nationwide search for possiblw sites for Centene’s headquarters, with proposals from Illinois and Colorado in the runninh for a potential relocation of the Centene abruptly changed course in September 2007 and announced its plans to be an anchor tenant in the proposefd Ballpark Village development downtown.
By March 2008, Centenee reversed course again and droppede its plans to move After the Missouri Supreme Courtf ruled in the Claytonproperty owners’ favor on the eminenty domain suit, Centene ultimatelyu bought the three Forsyth propertiees in early 2008 for $19 million. In the Clayton Board of Aldermen approveda scaled-downb version of the project from the original cost of $215 The planned office tower was reduced in size by several floors as Centene opted to initially leas e just 200,000 square feet of spaced instead of 300,000 square and the retail portion was minimized to 28,125 squard feet from 34,000 square Armstrong Teasdale has signer a lease for 125,000 squarew feet of space, making it one of the largest local office lease deals announcede in 2009.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Review: Pops overcomes glitches to thrill audience - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Review: Pops overcomes glitches to thrill audience Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Hollywood soundtracks are recorded by superb musicians, but there is an extra thrill to the music when played with sonority of a great orchestra live. The first selection provided a microcosm of the well defined contrasts that filled the program. |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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percent combined revenue decreasein June, driven by ’sz 11.7 percent revenue and the casinos’ combined customer counft fell less than 1 percent compare with the same month last year, the said Friday. The Kansaws City market as a whole reported revenuedof $57.3 million in June, down from $58.88 million last year. The markert had 868,889 customers in June, down from 873,941 last Ameristar Casino & Hotel Kansas City reportesd revenueof $19 million, down from $21.r million last year. The casino had 294,77q customers in June, down from 323,592 last year. The area’s threew other riverboat casinos reported higher revenue and customer countsd in June compared withlast year.
postedf revenue of $6.8 million, up 5.4 percen from $6.4 million last The casino has 128,959 customers, up from 125,219 last year. reportedx revenue of $15.6 million, up 3.4 percent from $15.1 millionh last year. The casino had 214,907 customers, up from 204,33 last year. posted revenue of $15.9 up 1 percent from $15.8 million last The casino had 230,252 customers, up from 220,792 last
percent combined revenue decreasein June, driven by ’sz 11.7 percent revenue and the casinos’ combined customer counft fell less than 1 percent compare with the same month last year, the said Friday. The Kansaws City market as a whole reported revenuedof $57.3 million in June, down from $58.88 million last year. The markert had 868,889 customers in June, down from 873,941 last Ameristar Casino & Hotel Kansas City reportesd revenueof $19 million, down from $21.r million last year. The casino had 294,77q customers in June, down from 323,592 last year. The area’s threew other riverboat casinos reported higher revenue and customer countsd in June compared withlast year.
postedf revenue of $6.8 million, up 5.4 percen from $6.4 million last The casino has 128,959 customers, up from 125,219 last year. reportedx revenue of $15.6 million, up 3.4 percent from $15.1 millionh last year. The casino had 214,907 customers, up from 204,33 last year. posted revenue of $15.9 up 1 percent from $15.8 million last The casino had 230,252 customers, up from 220,792 last
Sunday, January 22, 2012
UTMB receives cardiology training endowment - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Dr. John C. Price created the Melvin L. Pricre M.D. and Charles A. Pricew D.D.S. Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Trainingy to supportyoung doctors’ education as they learn the nuances of treating heart disease, the leading caused of death in the United States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovascular Price said he wanted to establisbh the endowment to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologists who will be skille at helping patients with heart problems make full The value of the endowment wasnot “The twin goals are to provide more effectivr therapy for those with heart disease and to encourage early identificatiomn of individuals at risk for subsequenty intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiadc and vascular disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent endowment, Pric has contributed to cardiology research at the university to aid the developmenft of new treatments and procedures that reduce functional impairment and death from cardiovascular
Dr. John C. Price created the Melvin L. Pricre M.D. and Charles A. Pricew D.D.S. Endowment for Cardiology Fellowship Trainingy to supportyoung doctors’ education as they learn the nuances of treating heart disease, the leading caused of death in the United States. Price’s brothers both died of cardiovascular Price said he wanted to establisbh the endowment to ensure that UTMB can train more cardiologists who will be skille at helping patients with heart problems make full The value of the endowment wasnot “The twin goals are to provide more effectivr therapy for those with heart disease and to encourage early identificatiomn of individuals at risk for subsequenty intervention to modify and ultimately prevent the morbidity of cardiadc and vascular disease,” said Price, a head and neck In addition to his recent endowment, Pric has contributed to cardiology research at the university to aid the developmenft of new treatments and procedures that reduce functional impairment and death from cardiovascular
Friday, January 20, 2012
Campaign finance protest draws about 100 in Minneapolis - Post-Bulletin
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Central Florida News 13 | Campaign finance protest draws about 100 in Minneapolis Post-Bulletin AP MINNEAPOLIS â€" About 100 people demonstrated outside the federal courthouse in Minneapolis on Friday, r » |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Central banks curb their appetite for Treasuries - Financial Times
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Central banks curb their appetite for Treasuries Financial Times A fall in the value of emerging market currencies against the US dollar has reduced the need for their central banks to recycle foreign exchange reserves back into US bonds. “The decline in custody holdings with the concurrent rise in the dollar ... |
Monday, January 16, 2012
Quick Hits: Alex Smith Trusts His Arm - New York Times (blog)
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Quick Hits: Alex Smith Trusts His Arm New York Times (blog) By ANDY BENOIT Andy Benoit, a regular contributor of film analysis to the Fifth Down, takes a look at Niners-Saints, Broncos-Patriots and Ravens-Texans. The most impressive thing about Alex Smith's game-winning (and image-changing) touchdown strike to ... |
Saturday, January 14, 2012
CoBiz posts $16M Q2 loss, begins stock sale - South Florida Business Journal:
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million, or 72 cents per share, in the secondf quarter, as the weak economyt continued to exact a toll on the officialssaid Monday. The loss compares with a profigof $4.2 million, or 18 cents per share, in the same quarte a year earlier. Denver-based CoBiz (NASDAQ: owns and Arizona Business Bank. The latest quarter’s results include a $35. 1 million pre-tax provision for loan and credit losses, or 150 percentf of net charge-offs — which were $23.
4 million — for the “We continue to take a conservativew posture in our provisioning forloan losses,” Chairmah and CEO Steve Bangert said in a “Our second quarter provision bringd our allowance to loan ratiok to nearly 3.9 percent, one of the strongesft in the industry. While I remain confident in oursenior management’x ability to effectively respond to the current credit obstacles, we felt it was prudenf to continue building the allowance given the uncertainty in the Nonperforming assets ended the quarte at $93.9 million, or 3.7 percent of totap assets, up from $52.5 million or 2 percenty of total assets on March 31.
Separately on Monday, CoBizx said it had begun a sale ofabout $45 millionm of its common stock. It will use the proceedd for generalcorporate purposes, including supportingg the capital needs of its bank expanding operations, possible acquisitions and working capital Last week, CoBiz announcede it had hired Colorado and Arizona market , to oversee banking operationas in each market. “We remaib focused on building our franchise during theses challenging times and want to ensur e we are positioned to take advantage of unique marketr opportunities that we expect will present Bangert said.
“To that end, we recentlyu announced the hiring of Colorado and Arizonas market presidents who will oversewe all banking operations in their respective provide direction for future growtyh and free up some of our existing resources to focus on high qualityu businessdevelopment opportunities. We will also continued to dedicate appropriate resource s through our Special Assets Groul to address resolution ofproblem loans.
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million, or 72 cents per share, in the secondf quarter, as the weak economyt continued to exact a toll on the officialssaid Monday. The loss compares with a profigof $4.2 million, or 18 cents per share, in the same quarte a year earlier. Denver-based CoBiz (NASDAQ: owns and Arizona Business Bank. The latest quarter’s results include a $35. 1 million pre-tax provision for loan and credit losses, or 150 percentf of net charge-offs — which were $23.
4 million — for the “We continue to take a conservativew posture in our provisioning forloan losses,” Chairmah and CEO Steve Bangert said in a “Our second quarter provision bringd our allowance to loan ratiok to nearly 3.9 percent, one of the strongesft in the industry. While I remain confident in oursenior management’x ability to effectively respond to the current credit obstacles, we felt it was prudenf to continue building the allowance given the uncertainty in the Nonperforming assets ended the quarte at $93.9 million, or 3.7 percent of totap assets, up from $52.5 million or 2 percenty of total assets on March 31.
Separately on Monday, CoBizx said it had begun a sale ofabout $45 millionm of its common stock. It will use the proceedd for generalcorporate purposes, including supportingg the capital needs of its bank expanding operations, possible acquisitions and working capital Last week, CoBiz announcede it had hired Colorado and Arizona market , to oversee banking operationas in each market. “We remaib focused on building our franchise during theses challenging times and want to ensur e we are positioned to take advantage of unique marketr opportunities that we expect will present Bangert said.
“To that end, we recentlyu announced the hiring of Colorado and Arizonas market presidents who will oversewe all banking operations in their respective provide direction for future growtyh and free up some of our existing resources to focus on high qualityu businessdevelopment opportunities. We will also continued to dedicate appropriate resource s through our Special Assets Groul to address resolution ofproblem loans.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Enterprise Rent-A-Car continues tree-planting - Memphis Business Journal:
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The new trees also will help protect lessen the risk of infestationj by invasive plants and restore wildlife habitat in the the car rental giantsaid Monday. The projecft is part of the 50 MillionTree Pledge, a partnershilp of Enterprise, the and the . Enterprise is over the next 50 yearss to plant 50 million trees in honor ofthe company’s 50th birthda y in 2007. That’s the equivalent of planting all the trees inNew York’a Central Park every 10 days. Read more about Enterprise’s green initiativezs St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest privately held companyin St. Louis with more than $13.1q billion in 2008 sales, employs more than 4,000 people in St.
Louias and more than 75,000 employeezs worldwide, including the Enterprise, Alamo and National brands.
The new trees also will help protect lessen the risk of infestationj by invasive plants and restore wildlife habitat in the the car rental giantsaid Monday. The projecft is part of the 50 MillionTree Pledge, a partnershilp of Enterprise, the and the . Enterprise is over the next 50 yearss to plant 50 million trees in honor ofthe company’s 50th birthda y in 2007. That’s the equivalent of planting all the trees inNew York’a Central Park every 10 days. Read more about Enterprise’s green initiativezs St. Louis-based Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest privately held companyin St. Louis with more than $13.1q billion in 2008 sales, employs more than 4,000 people in St.
Louias and more than 75,000 employeezs worldwide, including the Enterprise, Alamo and National brands.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Gulf Coast Green Energy test project seeking to generate electricity from inactive gas well - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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will extract geo-fluid — essentially hot saltwater — from a nonproducing natural gas well and run it througg a heat exchanger before dumping it back into a disposal creating electricity inthe process. The projectg is part of a series of federal contracts awarded through the Researc h Partnership to Secure Energygfor America, a Sugar Land nonprofit dedicated in part to advancingb technology in maturing oil and gas RPSEA will chip in about $150,000 to match a similarr amount put up by the company for a three-yeatr test on a nonproducing Loy Sneary, president and CEO of Gulf Coastg Green, says bringing a dead well back to life serves a dual purpos e by providing electric power and sparking a new revenue “It’s very attractive for owners of well that are nonproducing,” Sneary says.
“If a well produce s electricity for 15 to 20 years that just reduces your If you hit adry well, it reducesa your risk.” Mike Ming, president of RPSEA, says the system could help offset operating costs. “Wellws that are somewhat marginal are very susceptible tooperatinf costs,” says Ming. “If you want to increaser recovery from wells and increase well life you can do that by lowerinhg your baselineoperating cost. This offsets purchases of electricity fromexternalp sources, so it effectively lowers your operating Excess electricity from a well close enough to transmissiojn infrastructure could be sold back to the grid.
“Ifc you generate electricity on-site you’r e negating the need to buy electricityfrom elsewhere,” says He says the contract, which would mark the firstr commercial application of exotherkm technology, is expected to be finalized withijn a month or so. “It’s a high-potential he says. “It’s one of the more appliesd areas of geothermalenergy capture.” He notes the project was one of the few that met almost all of RPSEA’s Says Ming: “Our selection committee was reallty enthusiastic about this particular project.” Sneary says the test project will likely take placd in Mississippi.
The Gulf Coast regionm has a lot of wellse that match the water temperatureand flow-rate qualifications between 180 and 200 gallonsx per minute — to run the Inside the heat exchanger, the saltwater, which must be a minimumm of 180 degrees, is run throughj a tube that abuts anotheer tube containing the “working fluid,” a refrigeranf that boils off at a low temperature. “Ther high-pressure vapor turns a twin screw says Sneary. “It’s very similar to a steak turbine, but it operates at about one-tentgh the speed, and we use working fluis insteadof steam.
” The test project, a 50-kilowatt-per-houtr unit will be run with assistance from in the geothermal lab at in Dallasx and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in The manufacturer, of Carson City, has a 500 kilowatt-per-hour unit as well. Gulf Coast Green is the exclusive regional distributor for the The average home operates on 42 to 45 kilowattesper hour. Sneary says the cost of electricity need to stay above about 8 centds per kilowatt for the system to make financia sense and pay foritself in, at three years. But that scenario doesn’t include any carbon credits or green tax breaks that might be cominvg out of Washington to further benefit thebusines model.
will extract geo-fluid — essentially hot saltwater — from a nonproducing natural gas well and run it througg a heat exchanger before dumping it back into a disposal creating electricity inthe process. The projectg is part of a series of federal contracts awarded through the Researc h Partnership to Secure Energygfor America, a Sugar Land nonprofit dedicated in part to advancingb technology in maturing oil and gas RPSEA will chip in about $150,000 to match a similarr amount put up by the company for a three-yeatr test on a nonproducing Loy Sneary, president and CEO of Gulf Coastg Green, says bringing a dead well back to life serves a dual purpos e by providing electric power and sparking a new revenue “It’s very attractive for owners of well that are nonproducing,” Sneary says.
“If a well produce s electricity for 15 to 20 years that just reduces your If you hit adry well, it reducesa your risk.” Mike Ming, president of RPSEA, says the system could help offset operating costs. “Wellws that are somewhat marginal are very susceptible tooperatinf costs,” says Ming. “If you want to increaser recovery from wells and increase well life you can do that by lowerinhg your baselineoperating cost. This offsets purchases of electricity fromexternalp sources, so it effectively lowers your operating Excess electricity from a well close enough to transmissiojn infrastructure could be sold back to the grid.
“Ifc you generate electricity on-site you’r e negating the need to buy electricityfrom elsewhere,” says He says the contract, which would mark the firstr commercial application of exotherkm technology, is expected to be finalized withijn a month or so. “It’s a high-potential he says. “It’s one of the more appliesd areas of geothermalenergy capture.” He notes the project was one of the few that met almost all of RPSEA’s Says Ming: “Our selection committee was reallty enthusiastic about this particular project.” Sneary says the test project will likely take placd in Mississippi.
The Gulf Coast regionm has a lot of wellse that match the water temperatureand flow-rate qualifications between 180 and 200 gallonsx per minute — to run the Inside the heat exchanger, the saltwater, which must be a minimumm of 180 degrees, is run throughj a tube that abuts anotheer tube containing the “working fluid,” a refrigeranf that boils off at a low temperature. “Ther high-pressure vapor turns a twin screw says Sneary. “It’s very similar to a steak turbine, but it operates at about one-tentgh the speed, and we use working fluis insteadof steam.
” The test project, a 50-kilowatt-per-houtr unit will be run with assistance from in the geothermal lab at in Dallasx and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in The manufacturer, of Carson City, has a 500 kilowatt-per-hour unit as well. Gulf Coast Green is the exclusive regional distributor for the The average home operates on 42 to 45 kilowattesper hour. Sneary says the cost of electricity need to stay above about 8 centds per kilowatt for the system to make financia sense and pay foritself in, at three years. But that scenario doesn’t include any carbon credits or green tax breaks that might be cominvg out of Washington to further benefit thebusines model.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles Hits the ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles Hits the ... MarketWatch (press release) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Armed with smart phones, members of the Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles and hundreds of community supporters launched a grassroots City-wide campaign today to document ... |
USA TODAY | Bob Anderson, fencing master and coach to Hollywood actors, dies at 89 Washington Post Bob Anderson, 89, a fencing master who coached British Olympians before becoming Hollywood's premier choreographer of sword-fighting, tutoring the likes of Sean Connery, Errol Flynn and Lindsay Lohan in the art of the blade, died Jan. ... Olympic fencer who played Darth Vader dies at 89 British Darth Vader fighter dies aged 89 Force flickers out |
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Final days of campaigning in Iowa - USA TODAY
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New York Daily News | Final days of campaigning in Iowa USA TODAY Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who has surged in polls in recent days, speaks to reporters following a hunting excursion in Adel, Iowa, on Dec. 26. Campaign buttons are displayed for sale outside a campaign event for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. ... Three days out from Iowa caucuses: The Des Moines Register poll cometh 3 Days Out: Good Morning Iowa Romney Leads Iowa Poll 2 Days Before Caucus |
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