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Polystichum lemmonii the signature fern for serpentine soil
Arthur Kruckeberg: "Of the western ferns on serpentine, only Polystichum lemmonii is obligate,"
Source Hardy Fern Library
Dryopteridaceae
Fern
Lemmon's holly-fern, Shasta fern
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle.
The soils derived from ultramafic bedrock give rise to unusual and sparse associations of edaphic (and often endemic) plants that are tolerant of extreme soil conditions, including:
low calcium:magnesium ratio
lack of essential nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus and
high concentrations of the heavy metals (more common in ultramafic rocks)
These plants are commonly called serpentine endemics, if they grow only on these soils. (Serpentinite is composed of the mineral serpentine, but the two terms are often both used to mean the rock, not its mineral composition.)
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentine_soil accessed 14 Aug 2010
Iron Peak Washington 9 July 2006 ~4600 feet
In a crack on serpentine rock
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SPLENDOUR ON THE GREEN.
Last year on a Saturday evening we drove to Harrogate, a pleasant spa town to the south-east of the Yorkshire Dales, famous for its tea shops (like Betty’s), flower shows, Turkish baths, antique shops and gardens. A very 'oldy worldy' place with a particular atmosphere.
Once a year in this huge green, the rows of trees lining the paths explode in splendour, the cherry trees. They criss-cross the lovely grassy field.
The first time we came across them... we were too late.
The next year... some trees had been chopped because of disease, leaving huge gaps...
The next year we forgot...
The next year it was a dreadful Spring with late frost, the blossoms hardly came out, a merciless storm threw them to the ground...
The next year we kept hearing on the news that although the money had been raised and the young trees planted to restore this visual feast, some vandals came and cracked the saplings...
Last year we forgot again…
This year, WE MADE IT!!!
The sky had been a milky soft box the whole day, but I sensed a glimmer of 'more', as everyone went home, the 'sun' came out gently for a while.
It was wonderful, the tender full blossoms ever so gently swaying in the warm evening light, walking in wonderland, so beautiful… so fleeting.
The next day it was windy, across from our house; the neighbours have a Cherry tree… most of the petals now a pink carpet on the ground… grab it while it's there!
Just a few of the images I came home with, a flavour of the opulence with which I was surrounded, what a feast for all the senses.
Have a glorious day and thanx, M, (*_*)
My take on this unique location in the middle of nowhere...
Slow on Flickr these days, but catching up!
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Date: Taken on October 11, 2010 at 17:09 h / 5.09pm CEST
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A splendid Ah Tay bed with Dayap fruit motif
Estimate: PHP 800,000 - 850,000
Last Quarter, 19th century
Binondo, Manila
Narra, cane / solihiya
247 x 143 x 220 cm
(97 x 56 x 86 1/2 in)
Lot 451 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 21 September 2019. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more details.
Famous Chinese furniture maker, Ah Tay, and his iconic calabasa bed has remained one of the most coveted pieces of furniture in our history. Though instantly recognizable because of the obvious typical design elements, the scramble for genuine examples from the scores of reproductions continue to grow due to increasing demand from serious collectors. Calabasa bed – aptly named for the heavily gadrooned halved squash shape used for bed posts – is a juxtaposition of varied styles prevalent in Europe from the 1840s to 1880s: Gothic Revival, Rococo Revival and Renaissance Revival. This bed, in particular, has all the quintessential Ah Tay traits, crafted at the highest level – something that latter pieces will never be able to duplicate – that only the master himself can accomplish. Interestingly, there is age-appropriate numbering in Chinese characters on each calabasa support that matches with the corresponding post, thereby avoid mismatching the parts during assembly – a solid proof of Chinese hands in the making this bed. The lustrous patina and the unfeignable signs of usage accumulated over a long time are tactile testaments to its authenticity.
Ah Tay loved to incorporate tropical fruits in his beds. In this example, dayap fruits in varying degree of maturity are carved as decorative motif. Dayap (citrus aurantifolia) is a small tree native to Southeast Asia. Its most popular use in the Philippines is its rind added to leche flan or creme caramel for a distinct, sharp citrusy flavor. This is no coincidence as the original owners of the bed had a dayap farm in Pulupandan town in Negros, thus the sentimental association. They can be seen in the headboard bottom support, inside lyre posts, and from the canopy’s vaulted crests dangling gracefully. In a very good and sturdy condition. Found in a house in Mandaluyong.
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Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR). The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The auction will feature Vipp pedal bins re-imagined by 35 leading creative personalities.
Public viewing and bidding from October 15 - 28 at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am-7pm). Gala auction to be held October 28.
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VIPP 70TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION
Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR).
The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Thirty-five leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment have put their signature touch on the iconic Vipp bin for the occasion, including Yoko Ono, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren & David Stark.
From October 15 – 28, the 35 customized Vipp bins will be on display for public viewing and bidding at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am–7pm). Those who place bids on one or more of the customized Vipp bins, will be invited to a special gala auction on Wednesday, October 28, hosted by Veronica Webb, Vipp, DWR and DIFFA.
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For further information, please write to tsp@vipp.com or call DIFFA @ 212-727-3100
Participating designers:
Ami James, Avi Adler, Calvin Klein, Camilla StÊrk, Cole and Garrett, David Rockwell, David Stark, Evette Rios, Helena Christensen, Izhar Patkin, James Charles, Jes Gordon, John Baldessari, Jonas Hecksher/E-types, Lady Bunny, Lady Pink, Magnus Berger, Michael Aram, Mike Perry, Nigel Barker, Olaf Breuning, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Kiril Kirov/Razortooth, Richard Colman, Rikke Korff/The Furies, Robert Geller, Robert Verdi, Shelly Sabel, Sune Rose Wagner/The Raveonettes, Swathi Ghanta/Kidrobot, The Selby, Veronica Webb, Yoko Ono, Yves BÈhar/Fuseproject.
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En Genbeta os hemos hablado de lo que probablemente sea el futuro de la informática: la computación cuántica. Hemos visto como la superposición de estados y el entrelazamiento nos permiten hacer varias operaciones simultáneas sobre un único qubit, que es lo que da a la computación cuántica esa potencia exponencial.
Ahora bien, eso sólo es la teoría. ¿Cómo llevamos todo a la práctica? ¿Cómo hacemos un dispositivo capad de medir y modificar estados cuánticos? ¿Qué podemos lograr con computadores cuánticos? No son preguntas triviales. En este artículo vamos a ver cuáles son esos retos actuales de la computación cuántica..notamargen float: right; margin-left: -250px !important; position: relative; left: 280px; width: 250px; font-style: italic; font-size: small;
¿Qué usamos para los qubits?
En la computación tradicional, la electricidad es lo que representa los bits. Todavía no hay un equivalente definitivo para la computación cuántica. Fuente de la imagen.
La primera cuestión es qué cogemos para representar los qubits. Hasta ahora sólo hemos hablado de ellos como cosas abstractas, objetos matemáticos que pueden estar en varios estados. En la práctica, necesitamos escoger una partícula o elemento para que represente físicamente ese qubit, de la misma forma que en la computación tradicional los bits están representados por un cable por el que pasa o no electricidad.
La decisión no es fácil. Si queremos observar los efectos cuánticos necesitamos sistemas físicos pequeños, como moléculas, átomos o electrones. Pero manipular esos elementos no es fácil, como tampoco lo es obtener mediciones precisas de sus estados.
Hay muchísimas posibilidades que los científicos han estado explorando para implementar ordenadores cuánticos. Una de las que más éxito ha tenido ha sido la resonancia magnética nuclear (RMN), principalmente porque es una tecnología ya madura con la que es relativamente sencillo implementar un ordenador.
De hecho, fue con un ordenador RMN con el que se ejecutó por primera vez en 2001 el algoritmo cuántico de Shor para factorizar números. Pero como todo en la naturaleza, la facilidad por un lado viene con dificultades por otro.
La computación cuántica con RMN se basa en medir los estados de spin de ciertos átomos en una molécula. Por ejemplo, a veces se usa el spin de los átomos de carbono en la molécula de alanina, que tenéis en la imagen. Como hay tres átomos de carbono (los negros), tenemos un sistema de tres qubits.
Como podréis imaginar, esta técnica no nos sirve mucho para varios qubits. El problema es que en moléculas grandes hay muchas interferencias que van a modificar los qubits sin que nos demos cuenta, y las computaciones que hagamos serán incorrectas. Es el fenómeno del ruido, y uno de los mayores retos a superar en la computación cuántica.
A la escala a la que se producen efectos cuánticos, el ruido es un problema serio y complicado de resolver.
El ruido puede llegar incluso a desentrelazar las partículas en poco tiempo, de tal forma que en un sistema mal aislado ya no sólo tendríamos un qubit erróneo de vez en cuando, sino cálculos que si tardan más de un cierto tiempo dejan de ser válidos. El tema es complejo ya que el ruido puede venir de los propios elementos que usamos como qubits, fluctuaciones que hacen que acaben cambiando su estado cuando deberían mantenerse estables.
D-Wave, ordenadores con circuitos superconductores
Donde se han hecho más progresos es en la representación de qubits con circuitos superconductores. Según el tipo de circuito, lo que se mide es la carga o la dirección en la que los electrones se mueven en un bucle. Para que no haya pérdidas ni fluctuaciones debido a la temperatura (lo que comentábamos antes del ruido), hay que enfriar los circuitos a un punto muy cercano al cero absoluto (-273º).
Un procesador de DWave, basado en circuitos superconductores.
Con esa tecnología, en D-Wave han conseguido crear los primeros procesadores cuánticos “comerciales”, con aplicaciones prácticas reales (en Google tienen uno, por ejemplo). El problema es que al necesitar enfriarse tanto, parece difícil crear un procesador pequeño basado en la misma idea.
Los científicos siguen investigando las posibilidades a su alcance para crear un ordenador cuántico universal y manejable. Pero hay un problema más.
¿Seguro que eso es un ordenador cuántico?
Sonará raro, pero no todos los ordenadores hechos con qubits son cuánticos. Si recordamos la teoría, lo que hacía especial a la computación cuántica es el entrelazamiento, el hecho de que los estados de dos partículas estén fuertemente relacionados. Con eso llegábamos a que, con n partículas teníamos 2n estados, y era lo que daba la potencia exponencial a los ordenadores cuánticos. El entrelazamiento es lo que marca la diferencia.
Es difícil saber si hay o no entrelazamiento en un ordenador cuántico.
Pues bien, resulta que en muchos ordenadores supuestamente cuánticos, no se ha observado ese fenómeno con seguridad. Por ejemplo, en uno de los procesadores cuánticos más avanzados, el D-Wave Two, no se consiguió medir la mejora de velocidad teórica que debería haber.
Por supuesto, eso no descarta totalmente que el ordenador sea cuántico. Saber si las partículas están entrelazadas o no es difícil, y es el otro reto de la computación cuántica.
Y ahora que tengo un ordenador cuántico, ¿qué hago?
En Xataka hemos hablado ya de algunos avances hechos con ordenadores cuánticos, como por ejemplo Google usando uno para ayudar a Google Glass. Sin embargo, en Genbeta comentábamos que programar para un ordenador cuántico es muy distinto a hacerlo para un ordenador normal. Aclarémonos: ¿qué es lo que se puede hacer ahora mismo con un ordenador cuántico?
La inteligencia artificial y el aprendizaje automático son los principales beneficiados de la computación cuántica.
Lo cierto es que no hay muchos algoritmos cuánticos que exploten todas las posibilidades de un ordenador de este tipo. Uno de ellos y ha permitido avances importantes en aprendizaje automático.
Este campo de la inteligencia artificial, por muy glamouroso que pueda sonar, en realidad es más bien burdo. La mayoría de esos sistemas tan avanzados e inteligentes, capaces de reconocer caras o entender frases, en realidad han sido generados “aleatoriamente”: se crea una función con ciertos parámetros, se mira cuántas veces falla, se modifican los parámetros y se repite el proceso, hasta que al final acabas con algo que parece que funciona.
Resulta que los ordenadores cuánticos pueden resolver fácilmente ese tipo de problemas de optimización gracias al algoritmo de temple, que a grandes rasgos consiste en poner a los qubits en un estado determinado (los parámetros iniciales de la función) y esperar, aplicando una perturbación constante. Al final, los qubits llegan a unos parámetros que, con alta probabilidad, minimizan el número de errores.
El análogo en el mundo real sería tirar una canica por una colina: siempre tiende a ir al punto más bajo. Sin embargo igual tienes que darle una patada de vez en cuando para asegurarte de que no se queda en puntos intermedios. Esa patada sería el equivalente al fenómeno de “túnel cuántico”, que de forma simplificada consiste en pasar de un estado a otro aunque entre medias haya una “barrera” aparentemente imposible de saltar.
Enseñando a un ordenador
El temple cuántico es como tirar una canica en una colina: va hacia el punto más bajo. Así podría decidir un ordenador cuántico cuál es la mejor dosis de radiación para luchar contra un cáncer (ejemplo simplificado, obviamente).
Dicho de otra forma: una aplicación de los ordenadores cuánticos es crear sistemas de aprendizaje automático más rápidos y más precisos que los que se pueden crear con ordenadores tradicionales.
¿Y para qué usamos el aprendizaje automático? Pues para muchos procesos que no somos capaces de recrear en un ordenador. Por ejemplo, se pueden usar sistemas de aprendizaje automático para saber cuál es la mejor forma de aplicar radioterapia a un paciente, para detectar objetos en imágenes o para crear modelos estadísticos que predigan la evolución de la bolsa. En general, se usan para procesos que no somos capaces de modelar exactamente (nadie sabe explicarle a un ordenador en qué consiste exactamente una sonrisa, por poner un ejemplo tonto) pero para los que tenemos un montón de datos que el ordenador puede usar para aprender.
D-Wave Two, el segundo procesador cuántico comercial, está hecho para resolver problemas de optimización. Google y NASA tienen uno para investigar sus aplicaciones en inteligencia artificial.
La teoría dice que la computación cuántica también podría aplicarse a otros campos, como por ejemplo el de la seguridad. Como comentábamos en Genbeta, hay un algoritmo cuántico diseñado para factorizar números rápidamente, lo que dejaría a RSA en un chiste y permitiría romper gran parte de la seguridad de Internet. Sin embargo, todavía no se han llegado a crear ordenadores con suficiente capacidad para ello.
¿Qué nos depara el futuro?
Esa es una buena pregunta. Aunque hay avances (D-Wave es la empresa a la cabeza con su D-Wave Two, un procesador de 512 qubits), todavía estamos en una fase muy, muy temprana. Como decíamos antes, ni siquiera sabemos si los ordenadores son realmente cuánticos. Hay evidencias y de hecho los sistemas de D-Wave son más rápidos que el ordenador que puedas tener en tu casa, pero todavía no superan claramente a todos los ordenadores clásicos en todas las situaciones, que es lo que se esperaría.
Uno de los campos que más se vería afectados por el avance de la computación cuántica sería el de la criptografía. Los sistemas de clave pública se basan en problemas como el de la factorización de enteros, problemas que un ordenador clásico resolvería en años. Pero, tal y como os comentábamos antes, un ordenador cuántico podría resolverlo en un tiempo muchísimo menor y romper así la seguridad de muchísimos sistemas de Internet, como HTTPS. Por suerte, ya hay avances en lo que se llama criptografía post-cuántica, sistemas seguros incluso con ordenadores cuánticos.
Sea como sea, todavía nos queda mucho tiempo hasta que la computación cuántica llegue a un mínimo punto de madurez, y muchísimo más para que se convierta en una tecnología tan extendida como la computación actual, si es que en algún momento se consigue.
En Genbeta | Computación cuántica: así funciona lo que probablemente sea el futuro de la tecnología
– La noticia La computación cuántica en la práctica: los retos a superar para convertir teoría en realidad fue publicada originalmente en Xataka por Guillermo Julián.
Acciones QPM: Establecer como borrador | Mover a la papelera | Forzar el borrado | Editar | Gestionar | Configuraciones QPM - www.diariototal.com/2014/10/17/la-computacion-cuantica-en...
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Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
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Facebook Event: Pizza Tour NYC
Event Info
Name:Pizza Tour NYC
Tagline: for friends and family
Host:Vladimir Cole (Facebook / LinkedIn / Twitter)
Type:Other - Carnival
Time and Place
Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Time: 10:00am - 10:00pm
Location: NYC
City/Town: New York, NY
Description
Purpose: Tour some of the best Pizza in NYC. Now that I’m on the West Coast, this is a very important “keeping it real” event for me. I mustn’t forget what real pizza tastes like. Seattle’s pie sucks, for the most part.
Timing: Start at 10am and end at 10pm. Feel free to join in at any point by calling me (212.281.1090) for current location and next stop. Also, you can follow along via Twitter (twitter.com/vladcole).
Itinerary (in rough order):
DONE .... Rose & Joe's Bakery (31st St near Ditmars Blvd, Astoria)
DONE .... Rosario's (31st St near Ditmars Blvd, Astoria)
DONE .... Joe’s (7 Carmine Street, West Village) … walk to:
DONE .... Grandaisy Bakery (73 Sullivan St., SoHo) … walk to:
DONE .... Lombardi’s (32 Spring St., SoHo) … walk to:
DONE .... Luzzo's (1st Ave. & 12th St.) …
DONE .... Fornino (187 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn)
DONE .... Franny’s (295 Flatbush Ave., Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)
Google Maps: Brooklyn Section: Pizza Crawl by Brian Carp (Facebook)
Franny's Guests
+ Dr Sam
+ Jane Doe
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Manifestation à Paris le 29 Novembre 2007 contre la réforme de la carte judiciaire par Rachida Dati. L'accès à la Place Vendôme (où se trouve le Ministère de la Justice) étant complètement verrouillé, les manifestants se réunissent rue de la Paix dans une ambiance animée. Devant les camions munis de grilles anti-émeute, des barrières ont été disposées que quelques-uns franchiront, mais sans heurt particulier avec les forces de l'ordre.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Non à la carte judiciaire ! (Recommended as a slideshow)
From My Blog
I had a series of about 8 shots of this Itsukushima Shrine scene and all I had to do was layer the 0 EV exposure onto the +2 EV exposure and paint the bright areas through on the left side of the photograph and I would have had a quick shot that was natural and pleasing to my senses… No, I had to go and create an HDR version on top of the two other exposures, create a couple of other layers for different colors, LucisArt, and a few filters so I could selectively add them to each area. I seriously spent 2 hours trying to figure out were I was going with this and completely hated it, I was about to just trash it when I found the perfect Nik filter that suddenly created a look that I was happy with.
Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926
Detail from: The Doge’s Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore, 1908
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated (lower right): Claude Monet 1908
Monet visited Venice for the first time in autumn 1908 and was captivated by the city’s unique light . He began a large number of paintings that he hoped to finish the following year: It’s so beautiful, I console myself with the thought of returning next year, for I have only been able to make attempts, beginnings.. He returned in 1909, but most of the paintings remained unfinished, and he continued to work on them in Giverny. He completed them from memory in 1912, and twenty-nine were exhibited as the Bernheim-Jeune gallery that spring. This painting was apparently one of the five views of the Doge’s palace included in the show.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, 1959
59.188.1
From the placard: Metropolitan Museum of Art
View On Black vue sur fond noir (recommandé)
This is the fourth time that the open-air cinema festival "une toile sous les étoiles" "a movie under the stars" takes place in the royal courtyard of the Vincennes castle. The frequent changes of the lighting set of the medieval dungeon are also part of the show.
C’est la quatrième fois que le festival Une toile sous les étoiles s’installe dans la cour d’honneur du château de Vincennes, preuve que, depuis sa réouverture en 2007 après 11 ans de fermeture pour travaux, le monument revit et reprend la place qui lui revient en matière culturelle.
Tout savoir sur le château de Vincennes, actualité, programmation, évènements, histoire, personnages célèbres : www.arcv.fr/
All about the castle of Vincennes : news, programmes, events, history, famous characters... (in french)
Same Ground Tour
Hollywood, CA
2006
I like her version of the song Ligaya (originally by Eraserhead)
Ilang awit pa ba ang aawitin o giliw ko?
Ilang ulit pa ba ang uulitin o giliw ko?
Tatlong oras na akong nagpapa-cute sa 'yo
'Di mo man lang napapansin ang bagong t-shirt ko
Ilang isaw pa ba ang kakainin o giliw ko?
Ilang tansan pa ba ang iipunin o giliw ko?
Gagawin ko ang lahat pati ang thesis mo
Huwag mo lang ipagkait ang hinahanap ko
Sagutin mo lang ako aking sinta'y
Walang humapy na ligaya
Aasahang iibigin ka
Sa tangahali sa gabi at umaga
Huwag ka sanang magtanong at magduda
Dahil ang puso ko'y walang pangamba
Lahat tayo'y mabubuhay ng tahamik at buong
Ligaya
Ilang ahit pa ba ang aahitin o giliw ko?
Ilang hirit pa ba ang hihiritin o giliw ko?
'Di naman ako manyakis tulad ng iba
Pinapangako ko sa 'yo na igagalang ka
Sagutin mo lang ako aking sinta'y
Walang humapy na ligaya
Aasahang iibigin ka
Sa tangahali sa gabi at umaga
Huwag ka sanang magtanong at magduda
Dahil ang puso ko'y walang pangamba
Lahat tayo'y mabubuhay ng tahamik at buong
Ligaya
Sagutin mo lang ako aking sinta'y
Walang humapy na ligaya
Aasahang iibigin ka
Sa tangahali sa gabi at umaga
Huwag ka sanang magtanong at magduda
Dahil ang puso ko'y walang pangamba
Lahat tayo'y mabubuhay ng tahamik at buong
Ligaya
ALM Service of Authoirisation and Commissiioning at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes Sunday September 25, 2022.
Coulée Verte, Saint-Lambert, Québec
- Saint-Lambert, Québec, Canada
- June 4, 2009 / Le 4 juin, 2009
- Ce sentier très court tout près de chez moi est un parc linéaire nommé Coulée Verte. D'un côté, il y a un petit parc et ensuite un petit terrain de golf. Au côté opposé, il y a un terrain pour des activités sportives et communautaires, ensuite des maisons privées dans des culs-de-sacs et puis une grande cour d'école en pelouse. Les citoyens de Saint-Lambert se débattent sans cesse avec la ville pour préserver ces espaces verts mais on les perd petit-à petit.
- This very short trail near my home is a linear park called Coulée Verte. To one side, there is a small park and then a small golf course. On the opposite side, there is land for sports and community activities, then some private homes on dead-end streets (cul-de-sac, the l is not pronounced) and a large grassed school yard. Saint-Lambert citizens are endlessly fighting the city to preserve these green spaces but we are slowly losing them.
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BESAME MUCHO www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/0/Ikz2bVuTBr4
LATIN JAZZ 1 www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/1/awXHoNKes_s
TIRANDOTE FLORES www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/2/-VhapSFvNuw
LATIN JAZZ 2 www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/4/pBW9WRLTYOg
LATIN JAZZ 3 www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/3/rEvV_p1ayHw
LLORARAS www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/5/kKZf-ghogRw
EL BOHIO www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/6/mzkP1VcAxMQ
EL CURTO DE TULA www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/7/DZtm6-mSi70
BRUJERIA www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/8/fWevNSA5Nn0
BILONGO www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/9/4eGA7795wlQ
SANDUNGUERA www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/10/GVoDl3Oc5wU
GUAJIRA www.youtube.com/user/RANiEL1963#p/search/11/Gj5XfcLdGGs
ji..ba..ro n. A Puerto Rican native peasant worker whose blood has derived from the colonial Spanish, local Indigenous, and African slave.
cos..mic adj. Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast.
Cosmic Jibaros have redefined the Latin rock band, building from Latin and Caribbean rhythms, adding funked up guitars and accordion flourishes to achieve a sound both cross-cultural and highly danceable.
The emphasis is on structured songs that build to pulsing, sweaty heights, performed by skilled musicians drawing on backgrounds as diverse as: gospel (drummer Christopher Stanley); latin pop and jazz (timbale/percussionist Tony Cintron); rock (bassist Juan Carlos Vega); funk (conga player Johnny Durkin); pop-rock (keyboard player/accordionist Tony Senes); and afro-beat, soul and jazz (guitarist Darian Cunning).
Laced with social and political overtones, the songs are primarily in Spanish. As lead singer, charismatic front man Ricardo Reyes performs with sincerity and tremendous stage presence, pouring his emotions into the songs to make the heart beat faster.
The irresistible pull of traditional bomba beats, inter-played between the congas and timbales, are mixed with modern deep drum and bass and effects-laden guitar. Accented by passionate vocals, stirring lyrics and floor-shaking percussion, the beats and grooves draw audiences forward to move their hips, whatever their age or ethnicity. The seven-piece group is equally at home performing in a rock venue, a festival stage or an intimate club in Spanish Harlem club.
..Still grounded in rock, but with a hypnotic rhythm, partially sung in English and part in Spanish, The Cosmic Jibaros appeal to a wide audience who wants to feel, and not just hear, their music...
- Brita Brundage, Fairfield County Weekly
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Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, John Fawcett, Head of Collection Development, Buswell Library, Wheaton College, Illinois. A man of great soul, mighty laughter, profound depth of faith, a counselor of others, a musician, and, in his long battle with cancer, an inspiration and amazement to us all. For Margie, Charlotte, and Josiah, may you find yourselves wrapped in the tender love of family and friends, as you suffer this great loss.
For my double portrait of John & Margie, and tribute to them both, see also:
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While the doctors thought John would die the night before this poem was written, in his great fortitude, he pressed on until the end of May, defying all possible expectations, and inspired many in the intervening months. Such was John!
John Fawcett's funeral was a three-hour epic of music and celebration for a life richly lived and devoted to the worship and service of the God he loved. It was masterfully crafted and composed--in all its parts--around a dazzlingly rich array of musical sound and acclaimed Word of God--that took all present through a full gamut of emotions, from the grieving of our loss, to the joyful celebration of the resurrection, the latter aspect of which included all the many children dancing in the aisles--something I have never seen at a funeral. It was a fitting culmination to his long recent months (and years) of battle with cancer, and the tone of the service was triumphal, while not escapist, nor pretending that death is not anything but our last and worst enemy. I have never experienced anything like it, and I presume that John himself orchestrated the entire musical production, which included a piece composed and performed especially for the event, by his friend, professional pianist, Danial Paul Horn, also of Wheaton College.
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>Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my permission. Thanks.My apologies for image quality - the old Sigma 18 - 35mm always flares if the sun isn't behind you - Hope I've got the vibe of it ?
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. Basically it was a grab shot which I'd sort of planned ....the idea was to do the Deltic just behind the traffic sign front on then swing the camera out & use the curve ...came out better than I thought it would .
PRESERVATION LINKS
www.thedps.co.uk/ ( The Deltic Preservation Society )
www.gordonhighlander.co.uk/ ( DRS now own D9016 / 55016 " Gordon Highlander "
www.55002koyli.com/ ( NRM fund to restore D9002 / 55002 " Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to working order )
www.nrm.co.uk ( National Railway Museum )
www.beaversports.co.uk ( Martin Walker's family business - RSG's Napier Engines are being rebuilt in Huddersfield )
▶ VANNES, a town of western France, capital of the department of Morbihan, 84 m. N.W. of Nantes on the railway to Brest. ◉ View it, Large On Black.
▶ Once inside the ramparts, the old centre of chaotic streets – crammed around the cathedral, and enclosed by gardens and a tiny stream – is largely pedestrianized, in refreshing contrast to the somewhat insane road system beyond.
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Image Processing : The image is a pseudo-HDR using digital blending of multiple copy layers of a single image. Adaptive sharpening using in photoshop (Tutorial coming very soon!) .
Taken on a chilling winter evening in December. I took a lot of shots. This one in particular is one of my favorites. I like the way houses are arranged. It looks efficient to me!
© 2008 Ayush Bhandari
This is my second xkcd re-creation. Here is my first.
This one is also for TRP - Photos With Speech Bubbles. (I know, I know - they're not bubbles persay... But I figure it's the same thing.)
Day one-hundred and twenty-nine of my 365 Days challenge.
Friday, 13th March, 2009
William Goodrum
Signalman
Aged 60
Lost his life at Kingsland Road Bridge in saving a workman from death under the approaching train from Kew.
February 28 1880
According to Wikipedia:
Postman's Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. It is located between King Edward Street, Little Britain and Angel Street. It was created in 1880 from the churchyards of St Leonard, Foster Lane and St Botolph-without-Aldersgate together with the graveyard of Christ Church Greyfriars. St Leonard's had been a ruin since the Great Fire and was probably demolished at the time of the creation of the park. St Botolph's is still open and stands at the north east corner of the park. Christ Church was detached from its graveyard and is now a ruin on the other side of King Edward Street.
The park was the idea of the painter George Frederick Watts who wanted to celebrate people who may otherwise have been forgotten. Its name celebrates the postmen who work in the principal London post office and the former sorting office in King Edward Street.
A wall in the park has 34 hand-painted tiles paying tribute to everyday people who sacrificed their lives helping others. The hand-lettered tiles were made by Royal Doulton.
The park features in the film Closer - Natalie Portman's character takes her pseudonym 'Alice Ayres' from one of the painted tiles, as Jude Law's character discovers at the end of the film.
View On Black Photo © 2009, 2010 Angela A. Stanton, All rights reserved. Contact: angela@stantonphotostudios.com for further information.
It was raining in Southern California today and daily high did not pass 20C! What in the world is happening to our weather? Normally, this time of the year, we have extremely hot 40C+ temps, no rain for 8-10 months out of the year... and it is what? Raining? Here????
In any case, this picture I am dedicating to my friend John since he and I have been debating the "value" of black and white.. I dislike black and white. yet, I must admit, this picture of the tiny puddle and the rain falling from the sky looked nothing worthy of flickr posting until I converted it to black and white!
So thanks John for pushing me! I actually like this one so perhaps there is hope.. this is my second black and white on flickr... so keep on pushing me my friend and I might some day become a black and white advocate! =)
I used Nik's Silver effects exclusively from within Lightroom 3.
Fue el conde de Cedillo quien al estudiar y casi descubrir este templo a principios del siglo XX le calificó de «enigma arqueológico» con sobrados motivos, sin argamasa, tiene también características románicas, visigodas y aún árabes. Desde que se llegó a la conclusión de que la iglesia de Melque fue construida en el siglo VII y que es, por consiguiente, el templo visigodo más antiguo que se conserva en la provincia de Toledo, la Diputación adoptó su silueta como reverso de su medalla oficial y adquirió el edificio evitando su ruina total.
La iglesia, construida en la primera mitad del siglo VIII, es el templo altomedieval mejor conservado de la Península Ibérica en el panorama de la arquitectura de estos años en Europa occidental. Su aparejo y su técnica constructiva son una clara herencia de la tradición arquitectónica tardorromana.
Construida a base de sillares de granito de tamaño irregular, de muros lisos y coronados por una cornisa que discurre por lo más alto de los muros, tiene una gran similitud con las sencillas formas de los capiteles de los huecos de las ventanas.
Sin embargo su planta y algunos de los escasos elementos decorativos que aún se conservan en el propío monumento, hay que vincularlos con algunos ejemplos conocidos en el mundo oriental, en concreto con las primeras expresiones que conocemos del cristianismo en lugares como Siria o Jordania.
Ordination service for new priests at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday June 22, 2019.
Find the cost of freedom
Buried in the ground
Mother Earth will swallow you
Lay your body down
Neil Young - Find The Cost Of Freedom
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"Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again."
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Corro de Lucha Leonesa en Liegos, organizado por el Club San Pelayo, que tuvo lugar el 14 de agosto´14.
by ©narrow-G
Nama Tempatan:Ulat Bulu
Nama Saintifik:Passiflora foetida
Nama Lain:Letup-letup, letup letup kelambu,Foetid Passion Flower,Stinking Passion Flower,Wild Maracuja,
Famili:Passifloraceae
Lokasi dijumpai:Lokasi gambar: Seberang Takir, Kuala Terengganu
Asal:Amerika selatan dan Barat India
Keterangan:
pokok ulat bulu ini merupakan sejenis tumbuhan yang begitu mudah dijumpai di kawasan-kawasan yang terbiar.Kadar pertumbuhannya begitu cepat sehingga ia dapat menguasai sesuatu kawasan dalam tempoh yang singkat.Tumbuhan ini juga adakalanya menjadi tumbuhan tutup bumi di kawasan-kawasan seperti ladang getah. Ia merupakan sejenis tumbuhan menjalar. Ia mempunyai batang yang kecil dan keras seperti wayar.Permukaan batangnya di litupi oleh rerambut halus yang pendek dan melekit.Daunnya mempunyai 3 cabang seperti daun anggur. daunnya berbau kuat dan agak busuk jika dihancurkan. Tumbuhan ini menjalar dengan menggunakan sulur paut.Bunganya berwarna putih. Buahnya berwarna hijau ketika muda dan menjadi oren kemerahan apabila masak.Tampuk buah/bunga berbentuk seperti jaring yang melindungi buah/bunga dan berwarna hijau. ia seolah-olah perangkap kepada serangga, namun tiada fakta yang membuktikan ia menghadamkan serangga yang terperangkap didalamnya. Tumbuhan ini masih belum dikelaskan kedalam kategori tumbuhan karnivor ,tetapi banyak kajian yang sedang dijalankan keatasnya.buahnya mengandungi banyak biji benih berwarna hitam.Biji benih ini dilitupi oleh isi buah yang berwarna putih, lembut berair dan manis.Buah ini boleh dimakan.
Pucuknya yang muda serta sulurnya boleh dijadikan sayur.Ia boleh digoreng, dimasak lemak atau sup.
tumbuhan ini membiak melalui biji benih
kegunaan:
Digunakan dalam perubatan tradisional untuk merawat penyakit kulit seperti gatal-gatal. juga untuk merawat luka dan batuk.Untuk merawat gatal-gatal kulit, keseluruhan pokok ini diambil dan dibersihkan. Kemudian rebus hingga mendidih dan sejukkan air rebusan hingga suam. Air digunakan gunakan untuk membasuh bahagian yang terlibat.Air rebusan ini juga boleh diminum untuk melegakan batuk.
Untuk luka pula, caranya begitu mudah iaitu dengan melumatkan daunnya dan diletakkan pada bahagian yang luka.
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Edited NASA image of colorful gas over Virginia (perhaps from Congress). Color/processing variant.
Image source: visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=90497
Original caption: After several launch attempts since May that were often scrubbed because of weather, the skies were finally clear enough for a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket to blast off at 4:25 a.m. Eastern Time on June 29, 2017.
Soon after the launch from Wallops Flight Facility (Virginia), puffs of color emerged high in the night sky over the Mid-Atlantic coast. These artificial clouds glowed momentarily red-green and then faded into blue and violet as they drifted in the ionosphere. This upper layer of Earth’s atmosphere extends from 80 to 600 kilometers (50 to 360 miles) above the surface, and it is full of charged particles that get bombarded by solar and cosmic radiation.
In the course of the eight-minute flight, the sounding rocket ejected ten canisters about the size of a soft drink can as part of a test of a new multi-canister ejection system. Once separated from the sounding rocket by several miles, the canisters released blue-green and red vapor that formed the aurora-like clouds seen in the photograph above. Interactions between barium, strontium, and cupric-oxide gave the clouds their color.
The second image is a time-lapse photograph that shows the fire trail from the rocket pushing upward into the night sky. The smaller streak of light is the second stage of the rocket falling back toward the ocean.
Sounding rockets have been used since the 1950s to study the upper atmosphere and ionosphere and to aid in understanding the Earth’s near-space environment. The rockets follow parabolic or “U-shaped” trajectories. In this case, the sounding rocket flew to an altitude of about 118 miles (190 kilometers).
NASA Wallops received nearly 2,000 reports and photos of cloud sightings from areas as far as New York and North Carolina, and inland across Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Photos submitted by the public can be viewed on the Wallops facebook page.
References
NASA About Vapor Trails. Accessed June 29, 2017.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility NASA Wallops Rocket Launch Lights up the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Accessed June 29, 2017.
NASA Wallops Flight Facility (Facebook) Submitted Photos. Accessed June 29, 2017.
La joven de 16 años Amina Filali - violada, golpeada y obligada a casarse con su violador, se suicidó porque fue la única manera que encontró de saltarse las leyes marroquíes y escapar de su marido. Nuestra comunidad se ha unido a los activistas de Marruecos que llevan años luchando para anular la norma, y por primera vez tenemos la victoria al alcance de la mano. Esta misma semana, una última votación podría lograrlo.
Verse obligada a casarse con su agresor es la peor de las pesadillas para cualquier mujer que haya sido violada. Pero para Amina se convirtió en una realidad gracias al artículo 475 del código penal marroquí, según el cual, un violador puede ahorrarse el juicio y una larga condena si acepta casarse con su víctima siempre que sea menor de edad. Pero ha llegado nuestro momento, cientos de miles de nosotros hemos ayudado a hacer presión ante el Parlamento, y por fin la votación final para revocar la ley está a nuestro alcance. Si conseguimos que se vote, nuestros informantes dicen que el éxito está asegurado. Hagásmolo.
Ahora mismo, apenas existe cobertura informativa ni presión sobre los legisladores para que hagan lo correcto; pero cuando nuestro llamamiento alcance 1 millón de firmas, publicaremos anuncios en los periódicos que leen los diputados, y apoyaremos a los activistas marroquíes desde fuera del Parlamento con un mar de globos rosas que les haga sentir que el mundo entero les está mirando. Rindamos tributo a la memoria de Amina asegurándonos de que su tragedia no vuelva a repetirse.
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So here is a older image that i have had in my to edit folder. One of my biggest problems with it was that i cut off the top of the trees on the right, which i did not seem to realize when i took the photo. I think the main reason i came back to it today was that i have been feeling rather down in the past few days and i looked at this and thought hmmm this slightly goes along with my mood, a dreary depressing day.
This was taken on a foothill that faces Mount Bachelor in Bend Oregon, it was a very cold and rainy day but we were not going to let that stop us from a great photo trip. It was great to be able to see snow in person again as i have not seen it in over six years since i moved to Florida from Mass, so no mater how old and rainy it was i was very much enjoying my time.
Well hopefully i will have some good photo's for you guys tomorrow evening or the next morning as i am heading south to Jupiter's Blowing Rocks which is a fantastic place to shoot during a larger swell which we are having right now, its a large reef that is on the beach and with larger swells the water shoots up through the reefs creating the blowing affect.
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Despertar os sentidos
A concepção do jardim assenta na especificidade da maioria dos seus criadores e na dos destinatários: é um jardim feito por crianças a pensar nas crianças.
A melhor forma encontrada para abordar o tema dos sentidos de um prisma essencialmente infantil baseou-se num desenho da Laura, na altura com 4 anos. Considerando que o rosto humano encerra em si a quase totalidade das janelas para os sentidos, e que é no rosto que temos os órgãos receptores de uma série de estímulos, foi também opção dos autores conceber a exploração do espaço de jardim num duplo propósito: o esteticamente aprazível tem de conviver com o ludicamente atractivo.
É sugerido ao visitante um percurso que também encerra uma dupla valência. Ao mesmo tempo que se exploram os espaços do jardim, é dada a primazia ao sentido que o rosto recebe mas não protagoniza. Com efeito, ao propor aos visitantes que se descalcem, os criadores remetem ao longo de todo o jardim para o tacto. É a pé e com os pés que se deve usufruir do espaço, experimentando as várias texturas.
Quanto aos outros sentidos, as propostas são variadas: a simulação de um lago no lugar da boca como ilustração da metáfora “água na boca”; os instrumentos musicais como a vocalarpa ou o tubobidonofone (este no local de uma das orelhas “forrado” por canas que emitem sons com o soprar do vento); a instalação da audeólica, os últimos para ilustrarem a audição. Na visão, os canteiros em forma de olhos e o apelo às mais variadas sugestões cromáticas nas variações de piso, nas cores da vegetação com tanto de mimético como de metafórico, ou através de vários artifícios, como as garrafas e as mangueiras pintadas no local dos cabelos, são alguns dos pontos a destacar. No que respeita ao olfacto, inevitavelmente centrado no nariz, são os odores florais e de plantas aromáticas que detêm a primazia.
Para além da ilustração dos sentidos, a sugestão do percurso não se pretende meramente contemplativa. Foram criadas áreas de lazer para o público infantil, onde para além dos instrumentos musicais, o visitante poderá encontrar um espaço de leitura, a VocaBolaRis, e outro para brincar. Este último inclui, na orelha esquerda do rosto, a espiralbola, ilustrativa da vertigem do tímpano. Ao lado, todos poderão jogar à macaca, numa área concebida e pensada para o efeito.
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This 19th century cottage was recommended for local heritage listing in the City of Campbelltown Heritage Survey 1996. Council did not undertake the registration process for this cottage and for other places recommended in the survey. The cottage was demolished some time between approximately 2006 and 2008. The last few years have seen several of the handful of remaining old cottages and houses demolished in the Athelstone area. It is a pity I didn't get a better photo with a proper camera. Extract from the heritage survey:
House
49 Burton Road, Athelstone 5076
Description
Timber framed two roomed cottage clad with corrugated iron with pressed metal to front wall. Hipped corrugated iron roof with brick chimney. Bullnosed verandah on simple timber posts. Leanto addition to rear.
Statement of heritage value
Of simple timber framed and iron construction, this house was originally the residence for a market garden. Subsequently owned by labourers, gardeners and farmers, the house represents the horticultural and agricultural development of the area in the early part of this century.
Relevant criteria (under section 23(4) of the Development Act 1993)
(a) it displays historical, economic or social themes that are of importance to the local area.
(b) it represents customs or ways of life that are characteristic of the local area.
(c) it displays aesthetic merit, design characteristics or construction techniques of significance to the local area.
History
It is likely that this house ws built by John Russell, a farmer, who owned a property of over nine acres in 1893. The house remained in Russell's ownership until his death in August 1918. In December of that year the property was sold to Isabella Marchant. On 27 October 1919 Alfred Amber (the elder), a gardener, paid £210 for the property which then comprised seven acres.
In October 1923 the property was transferred to Arthur Amber (jun). Several people owned the house in the following years, including B.L. Hockley, a labourer, J. Crocker, poultry farmer, and D.M. Amber, a carter. In July 1957 the house was bought by Victor R. Cramer, a gardener, who sold it to Avis M. Hill in 1965. Claude T. Bennett, an accountant, owned the house between 1966 and 1976.
The Qolsarif mosque located in Kazan Kremlin is the largest mosque in Russia and, reputedly, in Europe.
Originally, the mosque was built in Kazan Kremlin in the 16th century. It was named after Qolsarif who served there. Qolsharif died with his numerous students while defending Kazan from Russian forces in 1552. It is believed that the building featured minarets, both in the form of cupolas and tents. Its design was traditional for Volga Bulgaria, although elements of early Renaissance and Ottoman architecture could have been used as well. In 1552, during the storm of Kazan it was destroyed by Ivan The Terrible.
Tatar scholars speculate as to whether some elements of Qolsarif mosque can be seen in Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow (8 minarets, a central cupola, not typical for Russian architecture). Since 1996 the mosque has been rebuilt in Kazan Kremlin, although its look is decisively modern. Its inauguration on July 24, 2005 marked the beginning of celebrations dedicated to the Millennium of Kazan.
Several countries contributed to the fund that was set up to build Qolsharif mosque. Namely, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Qolsharif is considered to be one of the most important symbols of Tatar aspiration to independence and liberty. Nowadays the mosque predominantly serves as Museum of Islam. At the same time during the major Muslim celebrations thousands of people gather there to pray.
The Qolsharif complex was envisioned to be an important cornerstone of Kazan architectural landscape. Besides the main mosque building it includes the library, publishing house and Imam's office.
Although it was rumoured by the automotive press since the announcement of the production R8 in 2006, it was only in August 2008 that spy shots of a convertible R8 'Spider' from filming scenes of the movie Iron Man 2 were published online, which included a "soft-top" roof is clearly visible, and the unique sideblade has been removed.[22] The vehicle was unveiled in 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. Compared with the coupé model, the convertible has extra chassis support, a pair of roll-over safety bars, as well as minor changes such as the location of the fuel tank filler. It is powered by a 5.2 FSI V10 engine.
On July 1, 2010 Autocar reported that Audi has added the 4.2 FSI V8 engine to the R8 Spyder range. The 434 PS (319 kW; 428 bhp) (up 14 bhp on coupé), 430 newton metres (317 ft·lbf) unit now completes the R8 Spyder range alongside the launch V10 powerplant. It has a 0-62 mph (0–100 km/h) time of 4.8sec and will go on to reach a top speed of 185 mph (299 km/h). The engine is available with Audi's R tronic sequential manual gearbox. Like the V10 model, the V8 Spyder features an aluminium spaceframe with carbon composites and an automatic retractable folding cloth roof. The Spyder is making its North American Debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show.
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