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Monastero di Khirbet ed-Deir
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Khirbet ed-Deir è uno degli esempi più interessanti di monastero bizantino nel deserto di Giuda ed esprime l’abilità dei monaci di creare un loro mondo e trasformare il deserto in una vera e propria città. La complessità dell’architettura, il lusso dei mosaici e di alcune strutture lascia trasparire un sostegno economico molto importante, una committenza se non imperiale, sicuramente nobile.
Inquadramento topografico del sito del monastero di Khirbet ed-Deir
Khirbet ed-Deir si trova nel Nahal ‘Arugot, zona che è conosciuta in arabo come Wadi el-Ghar. I resti del monastero si estendono al di sopra e intorno ad un’altura rocciosa che sorge a S del Wadi el-Ghar. La massima altezza che essa raggiunge è di circa 380m sul livello del mare. A S dell’altura scorre un piccolo corso d’acqua, le cui piene invernali hanno tagliato la roccia, creando una stretta gola, chiamata in arabo Shi’ib ed-Deir ( “la gola del monastero”), che entra nel Nahal ‘Arugot. Le strutture del monastero si trovano sull’altura e all’interno della gola, che contiene anche cave e insenature che furono incorporate nel monastero; nel suo letto ci sono terreni agricoli e sistemi idrici, che includono le cisterne, la più grande delle quali è conosciuta dai Beduini locali come Bir ed-Deir (“la cisterna del monastero”). Dal punto di vista geografico, Khirbet ed-Deir si trova nella fascia longitudinale centrale del Deserto di Giuda, area caratterizzata da un clima molto arido; infatti, i corsi d’acqua dell’area, compreso il Nahal ‘Arugot, sono tutti effimeri e si dirigono ad E, verso il Mar Morto.
Il suolo dell’area del monastero è molto arido, per la scarsità delle piogge; tuttavia, in epoca antica, parte del terreno era coltivabile, usato per la produzione di cereali ed ortaggi. L’area del monastero è oggi divisa tra due tribù di Beduini, che ancora ne utilizzano alcune strutture, quali le cisterne, mentre l’area della chiesa è adibita al pascolo degli animali.
Ok, so it doesn't look like much of a port these days, it's not much of a photo, and conditions for crossing the river mouth bar are good in this instance, but...
Back in the day, when small steamships tramped from port to port around the New Zealand coast, this port hummed...!
On the Grey River's left-hand bank are the remains of wharves where the ships were loaded with "Black Gold" aka COAL...! (Unfortunately, the upper half of the wharves - those closest to the camera - were replaced after two disastrous floods in 1988; those wharves were replaced with a major flood wall).
YESTERYEAR
It must have been a labour-intensify process. The cranes either
A. scooped the coal directly out of railway wagons and dropped it into the hold of the waiting ship, or
B. if it was a smaller railway wagon, the crane lifted the whole "container" (which was smaller than anything that might be used today), and dumped the contents into the ship's hold after which it returned the 'container' to the railway wagon.
These days, heavy Unit trains drag large wagons of coal over Arthur's Pass to the east coast port of Lyttleton.
NOW
Over the last 40 years or so, the Port Of Greymouth has languished, as have the nearby hotels, bars and accommodation houses, but
THE FUTURE
Things are looking up...! There are now plans on the drawing board to rebuild a replica crane (The base is already on the ground!), and to display some examples of the railway wagons used to move coal from the mines to the wharf; barges loaded with sand will call Greymouth "home", and a fleet of deep sea fishing boats already use the port as their base. (See westfleet.co.nz/)
The future of the Port Of Greymouth looks brighter...
BUT
Where the Grey River meets the Tasman Sea lies a notorious bar which makes leaving and entering the port at best 'exciting' and at worst: 'challenging'...! The cold hard crunch is that this Bar will always restrict the size of the vessels using Greymouth as their Home Base... (www.google.com/search?q=greymouth+bar+crossing+youtube&am...
And if you're still reading: well done!!! :-))
Thanks so much for the very kind and encouraging comments beneath this photo...! Your support is always greatly appreciated...!
Digging further into the dumping ground for withdrawn stock, here was another 100% Lancashire bus, and another refugee fro the Lancaster fleet, disguised by its re-issued plate.
102 UTF was a Leopard L1 / East Lancs, new in 1962, and kept back by Lancaster as a towing vehicle for a few years after withdrawal from service. Tom Hollis at Queensferry bought it at the end of 1984, but soon transferred the plate to one of his coaches, and Eynon acquired it in mid 1985. It only managed a few months on the road here, and probably needed a tow of its own at the end !
Depot, 19/6/86
Series of fireworks from the Singapore National Day Parade 2011, taken from the Marina Bay Sands skypark.
The Singapore National Day Parade (Abbreviation: NDP, simplified Chinese: 国庆庆典; traditional Chinese: 國慶慶典; pinyin: guóqìng qìngdiǎn, Malay: Perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan, Tamil: தேசிய தின அணிவகுப்பு) is a national ceremony in Singapore that, as its name implies, includes a parade on Singapore's National Day on August 9, in commemoration of Singapore's independence that is usually held at the Padang (1966 - 1974), the National Stadium, various decentalized venues all over Singapore or The Float@Marina Bay.
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Some information about singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is highly urbanised but almost half of the country is covered by greenery. More land is being created for development through land reclamation.
Singapore had been a part of various local empires since it was first inhabited in the second century AD. Modern Singapore was founded as a trading post of the East India Company by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 with permission from the Sultanate of Johor. The British obtained full sovereignty over the island in 1824 and Singapore became one of the British Straits Settlements in 1826. Singapore was occupied by the Japanese in World War II and reverted to British rule after the war. It became internally self-governing in 1959. Singapore united with other former British territories to form Malaysia in 1963 and became a fully independent state two years later after separation from Malaysia. Since then it has had a massive increase in wealth, and is one of the Four Asian Tigers. The economy depends heavily on the industry and service sectors. Singapore is a world leader in several areas: It is the world's fourth-leading financial centre, the world's second-biggest casino gambling market, and the world's third-largest oil refining centre. The port of Singapore is one of the five busiest ports in the world, most notable for being the busiest transshipment port in the world. The country is home to more US dollar millionaire households per capita than any other country. The World Bank notes Singapore as the easiest place in the world to do business. The country has the world's third highest GDP PPP per capita of US$59,936, making Singapore one of the world's wealthiest countries.
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Singapore Marina Bay is a bay near Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. Marina Bay is set to be a 24/7 destination with endless opportunities for people to “explore new living and lifestyle options, exchange new ideas and information for business, and be entertained by rich leisure and cultural experiences”.
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Unusual ECW-bodied Leyland Olympian ONLXB/1RH D822 UTF was numerically the first of a trio new to Alder Valley (North) in 1996 in Londonlink livery. Transferred from Berks Bucks to City of Oxford on 23.11.1990 with High Wycombe services, it is pictured as COMS 1822 in Reading in 1993.
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1995 Mitsubishi FTO GPX MIVEC.
Registered in April 2007.
Last MoT test expired on 31st May 2021 (taxed to January 2022).
I am glad to report that the latest stage of the 'AmsterS@m World Domination Plan' is in full effect and causing an International scandal :D
This is one of my Queensday photos from 2008.
The lovely people of the 'I Amsterdam' organization asked if they could use it for their campaign to promote this years 'Queensday' and naturally I agreed since the motto is 'The best Party in the World', which goes very well with my own motto&campaign 'Amsterdam, the best City in the World', and from the moment their own edited version (since I am too dumb for Photoshop, I clearly did not add those heads of Mr.O and Mr.P :) was released, a media storm gathered and unleashed its furry over the little city that could, forcing the mayor to outlaw&destroy the offending postcards&posters featuring Mr.O and Mr.P, mhuahahaha ;-D
According to the folks at 'I Amsterdam', so far this whole media outrage has brought them free publicity worth over 4 million (!) euros :D
You've seen the previous stages of my ambitious plan to take over control of the planet in little, innocent seeming steps that, when viewed from Outer Space, combine and add up to puzzle pieces of a grand picture of a total, overwhelming, yet loving&caring state of utter control...you will be assimilated, resistance is futile...and unnecessary, as I just said, I will be the loving&caring kind of absolute ruler&planet dominator, hehehe ;)
For those unlucky few that have missed the previously implemented 'AWDP' steps, here's a short summary:
-AmsterS@m The Videos
-AmsterS@m The Postcards
-AmsterS@m The Shop
-AmsterS@m The Book
-AmsterS@m The Interview 1, The Interview 2 and The Interview 3
-AmsterS@m The Time Out
-AmsterS@m The Sleeveface
-AmsterS@m The (Sch)map
-AmsterS@m The Attitude
-AmsterS@m The Hurrican
-AmsterS@m The Contest
If you don't hear from me anymore in the future, you can probably find me in Gitmo on Cuba or some Siberian Gulag ;-P
Have a wicked weekend!
Soldaten vom Logistikbataillon 171 führen das Ungeschützte Transportfahrzeug (UTF) auf einem Übungsplatz in Burg vor, am 02.03.2021.
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This was shot on my way to Wrights Cove which is on the eastern Shore of Bedford Basin. This are is home to National Gypsums deep water shipping facility. This is also a resticted area but it's nice to have friend in the right places. Check It Out Here This is a salt water marsh and if you look where I put the note there are three herons catching their dinners.
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Long story short: The 85 1.2L II was shot wide open in broad day light (to really push it) on a film SLR and a 5D Mk II DSLR to see which medium created images with less purple fringes. Film clearly wins in this sense. The sudden appearance of fringes in overexposed areas (in digital) and not in other areas also suggest this is not lateral chromatic aberration (e.g. see white text on flag vs. SUV)
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Introduction
First, this test does not attempt to compare resolution or the exposure latitude of film and digital. The interest is purely in understanding the appearance (scale) and behaviour of colour fringes (a.k.a. purple fringes) that plague fast lenses, noticeably on digital cameras. Therefore scanning the images any better to improve resolution, shadows, etc. will not help us understand this behaviour any better.
Both the film and the digital versions of the scene were captured few seconds apart. Here are the details:
Cameras: Canon EOS 3 (+ Epson V700 & custom calibrated holders), Canon 5D Mark II
Resolution: 21MP for digital, film scanned @ 54MP then scaled to 21MP. No sharpening applied to either image. 100% crops shown.
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II @ f/1.2 (And no focus changes)
Film/Digital contrast profile: Fuji Velvia RVP 100F, 'Standard' DPP on raw
Sensitivity: ISO100
Shutter speed: 1/3200s
Support: Gitzo GT2541 + Manfrotto 405
Results and Analysis (left: film, right: digital)
Crops 1: The differences here are minimal. It is not certain whether this is because the crops are from the exact center of the image circle (r=0%). Some purple fringing is visible in both.
Crops 2: This set clearly shows the purple "ghost" of the street light in the digital image. The film image barely shows any fringing and its image quality is obviously very high.
Crops 3: These crops are from essentially the same position (r=36% vs. r=35%) on the image circle as the previous (street light) set of crops. However, both shots show some purple fringing on the open car door's glass. The glass here is obviously more reflective than the street light's metal and this could be the reason. So, looking at only these two images, we can see that the film image is not completely fringe-proof but it is more resistant than the digital sensor.
Crops 4: In this set, we hardly see any differences. This was also the case in most parts of the image. I.e. where there were no blown highlights against a dark background, the image quality differences were minimal.
Crops 5: This set shows some odd behaviour. Here, we see no purple fringing on the digital image where we really expect to see some. The pole is dark enough to show the fringes but it does not. Only difference from the previous sets is, here the dark bit (the pole) is in front of the blown highlight.
Crops 6: Another example of the digital image falling apart with fringes. The problem does exist as you go towards the outside of the image circle. Also we don't see the fringes getting on to the dark/black car on the side that is closer to the camera. This is consistent with what we saw in the previous set of crops (with the pole).
Conclusions
Without the need for much explanation, it is obvious that film is much less susceptible to colour/purple fringing than a typical digital camera.
This brings us to the next question: Is this caused by the lens or the imaging medium? From what we have seen, it is easy to think it is the medium that is responsible. But it is difficult to conclude this with full confidence as we have also seen fringes in the film image (crop set 3) but in much lower magnitudes. So from the analysis we have done here, all we can say is that it is possibly a combination of both (the lens and the imaging medium).
As a side note, it is worth mentioning that fringes, aberrations and artifacts cannot be "corrected" although modern camera and popular image editing software claim to do so. Simply put, what is lost is lost. You cannot create information that was never captured. So these "lens correction" software merely hide the appearance of these nasties and in the process, even further resolution and hue losses are possible. Same goes for sensor noise and noise reduction.
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Sadly, the sun didn't last long at all in Bolton, so it was soon back to dreary shots like this, of a Ribble Leopard on a service that had me stumped, as I had no recollection of it. After a bit of research - and a lot of luck - it turns out that the X33 ran from Great Harwood to Blackburn, Darwen, Bolton and Manchester, returning to G.H. via Bury and Accrington, so effectively a circular route, with the X23 performing the reverse trip. I have no idea of their frequency, or how long those services lasted, but it can't have been very long.
1043 stayed with Ribble for just over another year, before passing to the Brewer's fleet in south Wales for its final 2-year stint.
Blackhorse Street, Bolton, 24 January 1987
Our Daily Challenge 5-11 January : Stars
Starfish or more correctly, sea stars, are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea.
I think these may be Echinaster spinulosus, the small spine sea star.
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The new tactical Logistic Truck by the German Armed Forces in 6x6 Configuration. Presented by a Openday at the SanReg 2 Rennerod , Germany
Last one for tonight's session, and the last one taken at this spot, as the sun started to cause more shadow problems. It is also a bit of a head-scratcher, as I can't remember just what was going on with this coach at the time.
First up, this short Leopard was back on home turf, having been new to Ribble as their 1008 (NCK 108J). It left Lancashire in 1977, when it was transferred down to the National Travel (Midlands) fleet, and stayed there until disposal in 1980. Tom Hollis bought it in 1984, and later gave it the plate from a Lancaster Leopard bus, 102 UTF, but it became ALG 163J at the end of 1992, when the firm was winding down. It then passed to Lofty's at Chester in 1993, but still shows Hollis Tours names over a year later. I don't know if there was an 'arrangement' for the Hollis name to be retained for use on some of his old work, or if he still owned this, and did his own work on Lofty's licence after surrendering his own.
Another fact to remember is that Tom's partner in the business in later years was Gillian Lofthouse, who must have been part of the family of the same name who owned Lofty's Tours. Someone will have a better memory of the fine detail than I now have - I just hope they are reading this !
Lofty / Hollis sold the Leopard in 1996, and it had a final few years in the north-east, almost reaching its 30th birthday in the process.
Central coach park, Blackpool, 8/10/94
The new tactical Logistic Truck by the German Armed Forces in 6x6 Configuration. Presented by a Openday at the SanReg 2 Rennerod , Germany
Immagini relative a Eugene Smith
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William Eugene Smith (Wichita, Kansas, 30 dicembre 1918 – Tucson, Arizona, 15 ottobre 1978) è stato un fotografo documentarista statunitense.
Cominciò a fotografare giovanissimo, ma degli scatti dell'allora quattordicenne Smith non rimase traccia: fu lui stesso distruggerli anni dopo, giudicandoli troppo scarsi. Qualche anno dopo iniziò a collaborare con il giornale della sua cittadina e, nel 1936, fu ammesso alla Notre Dame University dove un corso di fotografia fu istituito appositamente per il promettente giovane fotografo.
Abbandonata l'università, inizio a collaborare con il settimanale Newsweek, da cui fu allontanato per aver rifiutato di lavorare con le macchine Graphic 4x5.
Nel 1939 viene contattato dalla rivista Life, con cui inizia una collaborazione che lo porterà, nel corso degli anni successivi, a coprire come fotografo di guerra il teatro bellico del Pacifico: alcune delle immagini scattate durante queste operazioni divennero vere e proprie icone della seconda guerra mondiale, e dimostrarono la capacità di Smith di raccontare la storia in fotografia.
Il 23 maggio 1945 venne ferito al volto dall'esplosione di una granata: nei due anni successivi fu costretto a dolorosi interventi e ad una lunga riabilitazione, in un periodo in cui si domandò più volte se avrebbe mai ripreso a fotografare. La fotografia "A walk to Paradise Garden" fu la prima realizzata dopo la malattia, e simboleggiò perfettamente la rinascita dell'autore unita alla speranza del mondo dopo il termine del secondo conflitto mondiale.
Negli anni successivi Smith toprna a collaborare con Life e realizza alcuni dei reportage più celebri pubblicati dalla rivista americana: su tutti "Spanish Village", in cui è raccontata una cittadina spagnola in pieno franchismo, e "Country Doctor", narrazione fotografica dell'attività di un medico generico nella campagna americana.
Il rapporto con Life finì per deteriorarsi, e con esso - più in generale - crollò la fiducia di Smith verso il sistema dell'informazione americano. Nonostante questo, nel 1971 realizzò uno dei suoi reportage più riusciti, "Minamata", in cui fotografò i tragici effetti dell'inquinamento da mercurio in Giappone.
Grazie all'interessamento di Ansel Adams, ottenne nel 1976 una cattedra all'Università dell'Arizona, ma una grave forma di diabete lo portò prima al coma e successivamente alla morte, che lo colse nel 1978.
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Registered in December 2007 with the colour showing as blue.
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Unedited shot of the restaurant 'De Waag' on the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam, reflected in a puddle. Shot with my Panasonic DMC-FZ8, no editing, no tricks, no Photoshop :)
I like the area around the Nieuwmarkt, it's just around the corner from the world-famous Red Light District and our very own Chinatown, there are regular markets on the square with delicious (overprized!) healthy food and manymanymany bars, coffeeshops and restaurants surrounding the big open space, including my favorite Thai restaurant, a tinytiny place with 3 tables and an always smiling staff that makes such excellent, spicy-hot food that I wish I could live above the place and enjoy their meals every day :-P
On New Years Eve, there are usually big Fireworks going on that often resemble war scenes with people running for their lifes while being bombarded with rockets, firecrackers and any burning object that is suitable for being thrown in the air by drunk folks, it's fun to watch if you manage to find a safe'ish spot :)
Which reminds me, in 8 weeks it's Christmas again, don't forget to start looking for nice presents for your loved ones already, so you don't have to do it in December together with the rest of the world population, hehe :)
Thank God it's Friday :))))
On October the 4th a new Art exhibition started at the 'ABC Treehouse' in Amsterdam, featuring 10 of my wicked puddle reflections :D
The theme is "AMS * NYC * AMS an artistic look at a 400 year affair". Exhibition and Special Events, 4 October – 29 November 2009. At the ABC Treehouse, Voetboogstraat 11, 1012XK Amsterdam (the link goes to Google Maps)
Public viewing hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Time 13h00 to 18h00. Free admission.
Another fancy title and another zippy livery 'The Bee Line' was the name given to the former Alder Valley by the Berks-Bucks-bus company. Former Alder Valley Leyland National TPE 164S is keeping company with ex Alder Valley north Carlyle bodied Ford Transit D831 UTF. The company had garages at High Wycombe, Reading and Newbury.
Peter Shoesmith*
*on SupaSnaps film, I hope there are not to many more...grain like an explosion in a mothball factory.
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Kampong Glam (Chinese: 甘榜格南; Pinyin: Gānbǎnggénán; Malay: Kampong Gelam; Tamil: கம்ப்பொங் கிலாம்) is a neighbourhood in Singapore. It is located north of the Singapore River, in the urban planning areas of Kallang and Rochor.
The area's name is derived from two Malay words, Kampong, meaning "village" or "settlement", and Glam (or Gelam) referring to a variety of eucalyptus (Melaleuca leucadendra) or paperbark tree, which used to grow abundantly in the area. Its naturally peeling bark was used by boat builders in the village to caulk boats, while its leaves provided cajuput oil (from Malay: minyak kayu puteh, or white wood oil) which could be used to treat muscular aches and pains, as well as respiratory problems.
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The Changi Boardwalk (Chinese: 樟宜木板路), also known as Changi Point Coastal Walk (樟宜尾沿岸木板路), is a 1.2 km boardwalk at Changi Point, Singapore.....
The Changi Boardwalk was conceptualised by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as part of the Singapore Green Plan 2012 to enhance Changi point. The first phase construction of the boardwalk, comprising the western sections of the boardwalk, started on 29 October 2001 and was completed on 15 August 2003, costing S$3.5 million. The second phase construction of the boardwalk, comprising the eastern sections, was completed in five stages from 2004 to 2006. The total cost of environmental improvement works for Changi Point – including the S$5.4 million boardwalks and S$8 million improvements to the Changi Point Ferry Terminal – was about S$16.7 million..
The boardwalk is located on the western part of Changi Point in Singapore.......... The boardwalk faces north-northwest to northeast for much of its length. It connects Changi Beach Club in the western end to the Changi Sailing Club at its mid-point and the Changi Point Ferry Terminal in the eastern end. The boardwalk is accessible from four entry points, namely Changi Village, Changi Sailing Club, Changi Beach and Changi Beach Park. The walk, with footpaths as wide as 2.4 metres, replaces mud tracks and trails that led from the road towards the rocky coastline. Night-lighting, tuned to a romantic glow, and rest points along the waterfront are among a host of amenities that the URA has put in place for visitors.
The area also offers a glimpse of giant heritage trees, such as the Damar Gajah Hitam, Tampines tree and the Malayan Rengas – all signposted – in the Netheravon Road area, which is connected to the coastal walk by a 1.5-km long park connector. The new park connector from Netheravon Road to Changi Village, completed in early 2005, links Changi Point to Pasir Ris and Changi Beach Park at a cost of $2.3 million. It includes a jogging and cycling track, fitness corners , rest areas and a surface car park for visitors.
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O Big Ben faz parte do sítio Palácio de Westminster, Abadia de Westminster e Igreja de Santa Margarida, Património Mundial da UNESCO.
Big Ben, ao contrário do que muitos pensam, não é o famoso relógio do Parlamento Britânico, nem tão pouco a sua torre. É o nome do sino, que pesa 13 toneladas e que foi instalado no Palácio de Westminster durante a gestão de sir Benjamin Hall, ministro de Obras Públicas da Inglaterra, em 1859. Por ser um sujeito alto e corpulento, Benjamim tinha o apelido de Big Ben. Todos os dias, a rádio BBC transmite as badaladas do sino. O sino foi fundido por George Mears em 1858, media quase 3 metros de diâmetro e pesava 13, 5 toneladas.
O nome do relógio é Tower Clock, ou Clock Tower (Torre do Relógio), e é muito conhecido pela sua precisão e tamanho. Certa vez uma família de pássaros pousou no seu ponteiro e o desregulou em cinco minutos
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