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This is a photograph from the first running of the Trim AC Bewley's 10 Mile Road Race which was held on Sunday 1st February 2015 at 12:00 in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland. This race also incorporated the 2015 Meath 10 Mile Road Championships. For the first staging of this event this was an incredible success with almost 800 runners, joggers and walkers talking to the start line. The weather was perfect for running despite the bitter cold temperatures with air temperature of 4C recorded at the start. Some beautiful Spring sunshine helped brighten the day and the roads were clear and dry for racing.
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The race started on the Trim Athboy Road (the R154) and headed towards the town before making a left turn onto the Trim Dunderry road. The one mile mark comes just after a Y-junction which the race joins back to before the final 600 meters to the finish. Heading north to Dunderry the route takes a left in the middle of the village and heads west for 2 miles on the Dunderry Athboy road. At the next major junction the race takes another left turning south towards Trim town again. One of the only significant hills/drags of the course happens at around the 6.5 mile marker. Miles 7 - 9 are ran on winding roads with nice hedgerows and shelter from any breeze. During these miles you will begin to see the spire of Trim church in the distance. At the Y-Junction from mile one you have 600 meters to go with a final right turn into the industrial estate and the finish line.
The success of today's race is not an accident. Trim AC, and their army of volunteers and help from other Meath athletic clubs, put in huge work to make this race a success.
Today's race adds significantly to Trim AC's reputation for top quality organisation of race events. The 10 mile road race today follows on from the Braveheart 5KM Trail Race which is held annually in June around the beautiful and historical fields of Porchfields and Trim Castle. Today's race could be the begining of one of the region's largest and most popular 10 mile road races.
Are there more photographs from this race? This photograph is part of a larger set of photographs from the Trim AC 10 Mile Road Race 2015. They are available on our Flickr photostream in the album set here www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157650166189770
Trim 10 Mile 2015 Event Page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/1519629891656513/?fref=ts (may require Facebook logon)
Trim Athletic Club on Twitter twitter.com/trimathletic
Trim Athletic Club Internet Homepage www.trimac.ie/
GPS Trace of the 10 Mile Route 2015 www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/590734250/
Boards.ie Athletics Forum Discussion Thread: www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057321634
Precision Timing Results from the Trim 10 Mile 2015: www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2381
Sponsors: Bewley's 1840: bewleys.com/
Read about Bewley's company on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bewley%27s
Trim Athletic Club on Facebook: www.facebook.com/trimathleticclub?fref=ts (may require Facebook logon)
Google Streetview - St. Loman's Hall Registration and Refreshments www.google.ie/maps/place/St+Loman%27s+St,+Trim,+Co.+Meath...
Our photographs from the Trim AC Braveheart 5KM 2014 www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157645195984413/
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
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Tina Kline, left, coordinator of the LVAD and heart transplant program, checks in with Sharon Favaloro, a two-year left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patient from Mt. Joy, during Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's annual LVAD celebration at the University Conference Center on Friday, April 27, 2018.
Woodcut printer's device of Johann Froben "featuring the caduceus ... displayed on a crest being held by cherubs, designed by Jacob Faber who relied on the work of Ambrosius Holbein."--Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
Established heading: Froben, Johann, ‡d d. 1527
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I shot the same scene with eight different imaging devices. Which device shot Adam best?
Each photo was shot in full-auto mode and I made no adjustments to the image afterward. All I did was crop and scale each one to a size of 2048 pixels to facilitate apples-to-apples side-by-side comparisons.
Click through the album to the full-sized images. Which "Adam" is your favorite?
(Edited to reveal: Shot with Nexus 5)
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This is an image of Paul, an individual with epilepsy, wearing standard issue protective headwear designed to prevent head injuries during seizures.
It is estimated that around 600,000 people in the UK live with epilepsy. The stigmatizing nature of the condition is known to have a significant impact on quality of life, and this is further exacerbated by aesthetically crude headwear that draws negative attention to the wearer.
Patient dignity is a core value within healthcare; it is embedded in our NHS Constitution. Understanding how medical devices can be designed to deliver patient dignity is, therefore, a fundamental aspect of healthcare delivery.
Through an empathic design lens and human-centred approach, researchers at the CHERISH Digital Economy Centre, Swansea University, are rethinking the design of protective headwear to go beyond functionality, to be aesthetically and technologically smart, and to appeal to the cognitive and emotional needs of the wearer.
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การเชื่อมต่อ: บลูทูธ (Bluetooth)
ระบบปฏิบัติการที่รองรับ: แอนดรอยด์ (Android)
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“I sing the body electric” takes on new meaning in our brave new digital world, where devices let us monitor everything from our stress levels to our genetic sequences, and devices with 100 real-time biosensors loom on the horizon. Join moderator Arianna Huffington, @ariannahuff, as she leads Deepak Chopra, MD, @DeepakChopra, Founder of The Chopra Foundation and Chopra Center, Deepak Chopra LLC, David Daly, Head of Oncology, Life Technologies, @LIFECorporation, Andrew Thompson, President & CEO, Proteus Digital, @Proteusdh, Reed V. Tuckson, @DrReedTuckson, MD, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group, @CEShealth, and Sonny Vu, Co-Founder & CEO, Misfit Wearables, @MisfitWearables, in conversation on the latest innovations in the field, how those innovations have the potential to change lives, and what the digital revolution means for the body, mind, and soul.
The Digital Health Summit at the 2013 International CES®
bit.ly/DigitalHealthCES - Focuses on the latest products and consumers' growing demand for high-tech health services. See solutions for diagnosing, monitoring and treating a variety of illnesses - from obesity to ADHD, from poor vision to high blood pressure.
Learn about games that reinforce healthy behaviors, body sensors that let people take more responsibility for their own health, affordable gene sequencing, real-time medicine monitoring, and more. You'll gain an understanding of the digital health infrastructure and how your organization can capitalize on this hot market.
Official Hashtag: #DigiHealthCES News & Press Articles: #DigiHealthCESPress CES Hashtag: #2013CES
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Thank you! AARP bit.ly/AARP_DHS for sponsoring Digital Health Summit Live.
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Photos by Asa Mathat www.asamathat.com
At the Tank Park
Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois www.cantigny.org
December 2008
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Phmeter, oxymeter, spectrophotometer, somethingmeter, and various stuff... Now the real, big question is: WHAT THE F*** WILL I DO WITH IT ?
~Macro Mondays~
Theme: Smallest Devices
As well as having an obsession with tweezing my eyebrows, I am known to clean my ears more often then is required.
I know that the wax is there for a reason and it can become unhealthy to clean the ears frequently. I have cut down a lot but I used to have a daily (sometimes twice daily) obsession with jamming these little Q-tips in my ears.
I remember in grade four a girl in our class who never cleaned her ears. The orange wax caked her whole inner ear and this is what started my obsession, mostly in fear that my ears would end up in the same state. The vision plagued me for years. Later on it was just the "eargasms" that I craved.
I heart Q-tips
Device of Francesco Moscheni: a warrior with a spear and helmet and a scholar with an open book; above them, a fly.
Established heading: Moscheni, Francesco, ‡d fl. 1547-1566
Penn Libraries call number: IC5 N2160 552o
INDIAN OCEAN (July 27, 2015) U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Peter Pearson inspects a simulated improvised explosive device (IED) during an anti-terrorism force-protection IED scenario aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) July 27, 2015. Pearson is an explosive ordnance disposal technician with EOD detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Elements of the 15th MEU, based out of Camp Pendleton, California, and embarked aboard the Essex, are conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet areas of operation in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)
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De Sprengboje D is een toestel dat ontwikkeld is om het vegen van zeemijnen te hinderen.
Deze boeien worden samen met zeemijnen gelegd. Tijdens het uitbrengen zinkt de verankering naar de bodem en trekt de boei onder water als de ingestelde diepte is bereikt.
Als de verankeringsdraad door een mijnenveegtuig wordt gevangen, wordt de boei naar het veegtuig getrokken. Aan de onderzijde zit een ontstekingsmechanisme dat wordt geactiveerd zodra de boei het veegtuig raakt. Bij de explosie wordt het veegtuig vernietigd.
In het begin van de oorlog kwam de eilander Jouke Jelsma door de explosie van een object, dat hij op het strand had gevonden, om het leven.
Het is altijd een raadsel gebleven wat deze man om het strand had gevonden en naar zijn schuur had gebracht.
Het vermoeden is dat het een Sprengboje is geweest; het ziet er uit als een boei, maar is zwaarder omdat het gevuld is.
Wellicht heeft dat zijn nieuwsgierigheid gewekt en heeft hij geprobeerd de boei te openen en daarbij de ontsteker geactiveerd.
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The Sprengboje D is an anti-minesweep device, filled with explosives.
When a sweep hits the anchor line of the bouy it pulls the bouy onto the sweep and activates an igniter.
The explosion destroys the minesweep gear.
These bouys also washed ashore and made several casualties.
They were not recognized as a mine, and thus as a danger.
A Vlielander got killed probably by a Sprenboje; he found 'something' on the beach, took it home, and tried to dismantel it in his shed, an explosion followed which killed the man.
Today Warrington remembered.
Twenty years ago the IRA planted an explosive device in a busy shopping street, which when detonated ripped the heart out of our town, injured dozens of innocent people, took the life of Johnathan Ball a 3 year old boy and fatally injured Tim Parry a popular, fun loving 12 year old boy who died in his fathers arms 5 days later.
Today was full of sad memories of that fateful day, but also a time to reflect on the happy times I got to spend with Tim, playing football, climbing trees and roller skating around the street in which we lived.
Strength can only be taken from Tim's inspirational parents who have worked tirelessly in his name to try to bring peace to Northern Ireland and beyond. The Peace Centre (www.foundation4peace.org/) they set up in memory of the boys works to help victims of conflict and terrorism ... Good can come from evil.
During today's ceremony twenty doves were released as a symbol of peace.
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Students who face challenges accessing essential digital devices at home are at a disadvantage for academic achievement compared to peers with access. Students who attended the Academy received a newly refurbished laptop computer, a mobile hotspot, and participated in digital literacy training alongside a parent/guardian. Sessions included Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Learning and Family Engagement Resources, Online Financial Empowerment, and Navigating University City Community Resources. Presenting partners included VHS faculty, Woodforest Bank, and University City Connect.
University City Regional Library attended to share essential community resources with Vance High School students and their families to build a brighter future and demonstrate the power of community.
E2D, Inc. (Eliminate the Digital Divide) obtains laptop donations from generous corporations and refurbishes them to distribute to students, helps source low-cost access to broadband solutions, and provides digital literacy training to families. E2D is also committed to exposing workforce development opportunities and IT skill training to CMS youth.
University City Partners invests resources in shaping public spaces and planning for a better-built environment that influences the way our community lives, works, plays, and learns. University City Partners also invites others to invest in the University City community to build relationships and build a better community.
Photo courtesy: Everett Blackmon
Fifteen Iraqi police officers successfully complete IED Defeat course
Baghdad, 16 February 2017 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the Government of Japan and the Ministry of Interior in Iraq held a certification ceremony for fifteen Iraqi police officers who have successfully completed the Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) Defeat Course (basic). This project is funded by a generous contribution from the Government of Japan and directly supports the development of national capacity to respond to explosive threats in recently retaken areas.
The four-week training course plus follow-up mentoring was held at Salman Pak Police EOD training centre. The specifically designed training course includes numerous practical scenario exercises with the aim of building the confidence of the students to mitigate the threat of explosive hazards including IEDs. Local police officers were selected from Al Anbar, Diyala, Ninawa and Salah Ad Din governorates.
Maj. Gen. Abdulkarim Hatim, Head of Training Department, Ministry of Interior, stated that “training courses in Iraq are contributing to the return of displaced families to their homes paving the way for necessary reconstruction and development projects.”
H.E. Mr. Fumio Iwai, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Iraq, said in his statement that “it must be a daunting task for us all to consolidate peace and stability in the liberated areas after the liberation of Mosul including the expected liberation of Western side in the coming period by the brave Iraqi Security Forces.” He added that “however, we hope that the liberation of Mosul gives us, especially for Iraqi people, a golden opportunity to strive as one not only for its reconstruction but also for national reconciliation.”
Mr. Pierre Lemelin, Senior Programme Manager, UNMAS Iraq, highlighted that “UNMAS has trained 45 participants since 2016 to enhance a national capacity to respond to and mitigate explosive hazard threats including IEDs in retaken areas.”
Photos by UNAMI PIO.
What is it?
I'm not sure what this old piece of equipment is, couldn't get close enough for a good look because it's behind a fenced portion of the Ormond Beach Wetlands that's owned by the Nature Conservancy. It's near the end of a line of bare of utility poles leading to the east from the old Reliant Energy plant, and it obviously hasn't been in use for a long time. For reference, the post is about the diameter of a normal utility pole. There are two warning tags visible on the box -- the black one says "CAUTION: HOT TEMPERATURE IS NORMAL" and the red one reads "CAUTION TO AVOID POSSIBLE INJURY USE HANDLE, NOT PANEL EDGES WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING TILT OUT PANEL." Obviously can't see what units are measured or indicated by the detached and dangling dial.
Anyone out there have an idea what it is (or might have been)?
Kia shows new forward-looking technology, Mobile Device Wireless Charging System, which lets drivers charge their mobile by placing it on a pad which then uses magnetic induction to power the device at CES 2014.
Check the links below for more details.
Phidippus audax taking facial hair tips from his photographer rather than his stylist. (Naturally, I'm biased, but approve.)
This is a "winter" junper, in that I photographed it during the winter. Last January, to be more precise.Already one winter jumper spotted this past week, but it's been hanging up on high, on the walls near the ceiling. In the holiday spirit, I've left it to his own devices rather than relocate it for a photo shoot.
Ever since I bought my first generation Flip HD Mino, I felt in love with this wonderful device.
Yesterday Cisco - the owner of Pure Digital - has announced that it would ditch the popular Flip video. What a big waste!
The so-called reason is that HD camera capabilities of current mobile and smart phones have made the tiny Flip video device redundant. At least that's what the "analysts" say. Of course this is not the real reason. Analysts are right to state that moving into the highly competitive consumer business was a bad idea for a company like Cisco whose core business is networking. So yesterday the logic and dictate of the stock exchange killed a remarkable industrial product that - even with the rise of the smart phone - still had a bright future ahead.
Single purpose vs. multi purpose
What makes the Flip remarkable is its single purpose. It has only one purpose: shoot! Basically it has only one big red button. The big easy…
The world of smart phones is the world of Swiss Army knives. You name a function and there's a tool (App) for that! That's cool. Yeah, I do love my iPhone too…
But when I need to cut my sandwich, what knife is the best? A random kitchen knife or a Swiss Army knife?
Does everything need to be multi-purpose? That is the question. Does every digital piece of hardware need to merge into a mobile phone? From usability pov a single purpose device is a lot easier to understand use and manage. For this reason I think the Flip has the right to exist.
What is the better video camera? The Flip Mino HD or the iPhone4? The reality is that the Flip outsmarts the iPhone on both video quality and usability. The Flip lacks mobile sharing capabilities that's right but most of the time video requires editing which is done best on a computer with a wide screen!
What also appeals to most Flip users is its ruggedness. It's almost unbreakable. Would you tape your iPhone4 on your mountain bike to capture the feeling you have on your wildest rides? I would not. There's a Flip for that!
I am curious if this really will be the end of Flip video? I wonder what the millions of Flip users are going to do. I know one thing… when production really stops I will keep my eye on the stocks and buy a couple of these wonderful single purpose - no it's no insult, it's a quality - devices.
© 2011 Kristof Van Brussel
Left to my own devices on Friday morning, I thought I'd attempt a little bit of independence + use my tripod for the first time! I'm proud that I did, because it means that I can post this entry + I've finally taught myself how to use it! So, if the boy isn't around to lend me his photography skills, I can just whip out the tripod + give it a whirl myself, yay for me!
I spent Friday hanging out with my dad: wandering in the sunshine,looking through antique stores + unintentionally doing a bit of shopping! I picked up some fabulous things that really fit in well with my wardrobe, so I'll post my haul in a new 'recent purchases' entry soon! Oh, I also found a 1967 copy of 'Flair' magazine in one of the antique stores - I was so excited + it is ridiculously rad! I plan on scanning in the best parts to share with you all for a bit of 60's fashion nostalgia, it was worth every penny!
Cardigan: Witchery
Dress: Pashin
Shoes, Belt, Bag + Jewellery: Vintage
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We all use phones on the toilet. Just don't sit more than 10 minutes.
Let's get this out of the way upfront: Plenty of people use portable devices - phones, chiefly, but also mobile gaming consoles like the Nintendo Switch and the Steam Deck - while on the toilet. There's a good chance, in fact, that you're reading this article on the toilet.
Incredibly, a few surveys have been conducted on the subject. In one conducted by NordVPN earlier this year, 65 percent of respondents (of 9,800 adults surveyed) said they used their phones in the bathroom. But it also just feels anecdotally true. The habit isn't a new one; people have kept books and magazines by the porcelain throne for decades. With ever-smaller and more portable devices in our pockets, it seems intuitive that we would turn to those devices in a quiet moment.
"Look, there are two types of people in the world," said Nir Eyal, an author and lecturer who writes about habits, focus and human behavior. "People who check their phone in the bathroom, and people who lie about checking their phone in the bathroom."
The practice is normally kept behind locked bathroom doors and left politely undiscussed. But in October, there was a vibe shift, brought about by the release of "Marvel Snap," a new card game available on phones and tablets. "Marvel Snap is the best game to play on the toilet currently," tweeted popular streamer and content creator Saqib "Lirik" Zahid to his almost 650,000 followers. "I hate Marvel Snap and so does my toilet seat," blared a headline on the video game website VG247. And although full disclosure may not be desired by readers of an article like this one, I feel compelled to say: I too play "Marvel Snap" on the toilet. I'm Spartacus!
Which prompted the question: Is it healthy to sit on the toilet with a phone? I turned to a gastroenterologist for answers.
"You generally don't want to spend more than about on average about 10 minutes," said Dr. Roshini Raj, a gastroenterologist at NYU Langone, and the author of "Gut Renovation," a book about digestive health. Though Raj acknowledged that - like with many things in medicine - there's not a one size fits all answer, she pointed to three potential pain points for preoccupied poopers.
First, sitting for prolonged periods of time could lead to hemorrhoids, sometimes-painful swollen veins in the anal area. Some of that comes down to the unique functional design of the toilet.
"There's a hole in the middle," Raj said. "And so the actual anal rectal area is hanging a little bit lower than the part that's supported - your thighs. Just by that position, gravity is causing everything to hang a bit, and that is causing pressure on the veins. So even if you're not straining, if you're just sitting there thinking of something else, doing something else, there is some pressure being applied to those veins."
More subtly, there's also the risk of your body starting to ignore its own signals. Peristalsis is the name for the progressive contractions that move stool through the intestine to the rectum. But sitting on the toilet for long periods of time not doing anything can hinder that process.
"If you're sitting for too long and not going to the bathroom, that kind of process actually stops," Raj said. "Your body can start to not recognize those signals as well, so it can lead to constipation if you're sitting for prolonged periods of time on the toilet without actually having a bowel movement." This risk, Raj noted, is more likely to be one of many factors in issues like constipation, rather than the driving force.
Then there's the most obvious factor: bathrooms can be gross. Research shows that a toilet flush can aerosolize pathogens, spreading them to nearby surfaces. That can include your phone, if you rest it on a sink by the toilet, for example. But even beyond aerosolized bacteria, there are risks posed by plain old bad hygiene.
"I see a lot of people who get food poisoning or catch different things by not having good hygiene practices in the bathroom," Raj said. If you're playing video games or using your phone on the toilet, you're probably touching a lot of things you might not want on your device. "I just think generally speaking, if you're on the toilet having a bowel movement or trying to have a movement, you shouldn't be using your fingers on anything else."
If you're staying within healthy time limits and - crucially - always maintaining good personal hygiene, your behavior probably doesn't need to change. But if you'd like to make a change, there are some simple ways to go about it.
For starters, don't assign a moral valence to staying in the bathroom for too long, cautioned Eyal, the author and lecturer. The rumination on the behavior can be "more mentally damaging for our mental health than the behavior itself," he said. Just be intentional about your behavior, setting plans for what you do in certain settings.
"There's nothing wrong with taking your phone to the bathroom for a few minutes and doing your business and then coming out," Eyal said. "But if you said, 'Oh, I planned to be with my kids, but now I stayed in the bathroom for 30 minutes scrolling on TikTok or Instagram,' well, now you're distracted, because you planned to do something and now you're not doing it. So that's the best piece of advice: to know what you wanted to do with your time so that you have a priority to spend your time doing that thing, rather than wasting it in the bathroom."
It's also important to remember: phones and other mobile devices aren't inherently bad, nor are they insurmountably distracting. If you find yourself perpetually losing track of time, consider whether you're attuned to bigger stressors in your life, and to how you're feeling in general.
"90% of the time that we get distracted by our phones in particular is because of what's happening inside of us," Eyal said. "Boredom, loneliness, fatigue, uncertainty, stress, anxiety. These sensations lead us to look for escape from our present reality. And so one of the important things to do with this problem, just like any distractions, is to ask ourselves: What am I escaping when I go to the bathroom for 30 minutes? What feeling am I trying to not feel by hanging out on my phone[?] . . . Is it my kids are driving me crazy? Is it work is too hard? Is it that I'm bored, I'm listless, I'm stressed, and now I can take my mind off of those problems?
"The fact of the matter is, if we don't deal with that, if we don't know how to deal with that in a healthy manner, I think we will always find a distraction."
So remember: Think about how you're spending your time, and wash your hands. And if you're playing "Marvel Snap," do no more than two matches if you're doing number two.
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