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Poached pear (flavoured with star anise, bay leaf and cinnamon), under citrus/vanilla bean sauce. With Chocolate tuile at the side. Raspberry coulis, chocolate mousse quenelles, topped with milk chocolate/hazelnut waffer crumble. At the corner is a fruit salad of strawberry and mango with a chocolate butterfly tuile.
This portable bench is placed near the plating bench to hold a number items including finished parts from the day before.
The gray tube in the upper left is a plating dummy that is plated in the first run of the day to purify the solution. The hair dryer is used to blow dry the freshly finished parts at a medium heat.
The respirator has chemical cartridges and is worn anytime I'm working with the chemicals. I also wear eye protection and a full length lab apron. Other items include paper, pencil, calculator, copper wire for stringing parts together and paper shop towels.
"Christmas Wreath"
Smoked turkey, fried onions.
(Takazawa)
Twelve Days of Christmas
Day 7: Yoshiaki Takazawa
The Restaurant at Meadowood
St. Helena, California
(December 16, 2017)
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Number 1 benefit of Chrome plating your motorcycle:
Motorcycle owners are familiar with the term chrome plating. This is a process of applying a thin layer of chromium onto metallic or plastic parts of your motorcycle. “Chromed” motorcycles look really bright and shiny. If you pass by motorcycles and see some parts that seem to look like mirrors, you can bet that those are chrome plated. Aside from making a motorcycle look shiny, chrome plating motorcycle parts have a lot of benefits and advantages. Most owners are not even aware of these.
The first advantage is that chroming makes your motorcycle look cooler. Most of us tend to look and stare at attractive vehicles that we see. If you own a chromed motorcycle, you’ll get lots of stares and admirations at how shiny and beautiful your motorcycle is. Who wouldn’t want that? For some, this might be a great way to start conversations with random people. The best way to flatter motorcycle owners is to compliment their ride. When your motorcycle is chromed, looks of awe and admiration are on your way.
For other benefits of chrome plating your motorcycle check out: {Reference: classiccomponents.com/blog2/benefits-to-chrome-plating-yo...}
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background
The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault-Breguet of France. In the early 1960s, European air forces began to consider their requirements for the coming decades. One of the results was the emergence of a new generation of jet trainers. The British and French began a collaboration on development of what was supposed to be a supersonic jet aircraft in two versions: trainer and light attack aircraft. The result of this collaboration, the SEPECAT Jaguar, proved to be an excellent aircraft, but its definition had changed in the interim, and the type emerged as a full-sized, nuclear-capable strike fighter, which two-seat variants were used for operational conversion to the type, not for the general training.
This left the original requirement unfulfilled and so the French began discussions with West Germany for collaboration. A joint specification was produced in 1968. The trainer was now subsonic, supersonic trainers having proven something of a dead end. A joint development and production agreement was signed in July 1969 which indicated that the two nations would buy 200 machines, each assembled in their own country.
The Luftwaffe decided to use the Alpha Jet mainly in the light strike role, preferring to continue flight training in the United States on American trainer types instead of performing training in cloudy and crowded Germany. The first production German Alpha Jet performed its maiden flight on 12 April 1978, with deliveries beginning in March 1979. This version was designated the Alpha Jet A (the "A" standing for Appui Tactique or "Tactical Strike") or Alpha Jet Close Support variant. The Luftwaffe obtained 175 machines up to 1983, with the type replacing the Fiat G91R/3. Manufacture of Alpha Jet subassemblies was divided between France and Germany, with plants in each country performing final assembly and checkout. The different avionics fit made French and German Alpha Jets easy to tell apart, with French machines featuring a rounded-off nose and German machines featuring a sharp, pointed nose.
Even though the Alpha Jet A was suitable in the ground attack role and had even been tested in aerial combat against helicopters in 1979, the German Luftwaffe decided in the mid-80ies that – facing the Cold War threat from the east – a more powerful but still economic plane for the close attack role, esp. against hardened ground targets and attack helicopters like the Mi-24 would be needed. Even though such "Alternate Close Support" versions of the Alpha Jet were available at that time, even though these were modified two-seaters. Such planes were bought by Cameroon and Egypt, but from the German Luftwaffe a specialized, more capable plane with a higher strike and survival potential was requested.
In 1986, Dornier developed a respective specialized version, called the Alpha Jet C (for "combat"). This plane was heavily modified, optimized for the ground attack role. It featured a new, single-seated nose section with an armoured cockpit in a much higher position than on the original two-seater. The Alpha jet C version's prominent, pointed nose quickly gave it among its test pilots the nickname "Nasenbär" (Coati).
The new space was used for avionics and an internal Oerlikon 35mm cannon – a variant of the same cannon used in the Gepard anti aircraft tank, firing armour piercing shells with a muzzle velocity of 1,440 m/s (4,700 ft/s) and a range of 5.500m. Avionics includecd SAGEM ULISS 81 INS, a Thomson-CSF VE-110 HUD, a TMV630 laser rangefinder in a modified nose and a TRT AHV 9 radio altimeter, with all avionics linked through a digital databus.
New wings were developed, with a thicker profile and less sweep, and non-jettisonable wing tip tanks as well as two more weapon hardpoints (for a total of six, plus one under the fuselage) added. The landing gear was reinforced for a higher TOW and operation on improvised runways. Fuselage and tail externally looked much the same as the original Alpha Jet A, but internally most structures were reinforced and technical modules placed in new positions.
The C version was from the start powered by two more powerful Larzac 04-C20 turbofans which would also be used in an update for the Luftwaffe’s Alpha Jet As. The hydraulic system was doubled, so that both engines could run separately, and kevlar and titanium armour plating added to vital areas around the lower hull.
The first prototype 98+52 made its maiden flight at Friedrichshafen on 1st of June 1988. It was officially allocated to the JaboG 43 in Oldenburg, but actually spent almost all the time at the Luftwaffe’s Waffentechnische Dienststelle (Flight test center) WTD 61 in Manching near Munich, where it underwent a thorough testing program. More than once the prototype was transferred to Beja, Portugal, for weapon tests and training, as well as direct comparison with the standard Alpha Jet A and other NATO planes. A second airframe was built in 1987 but only used for static tests, system integration and finally damage resilience tests, after which it was written off and scrapped.
While the Alpha Jet C showed high agility at low level and a high survival potential in a hostile battlefield environment, the prototype remained a one-off. In the end, the German Luftwaffe did not want to add another type to its arsenal, despite its similarity with the standard Alpha Jet. Export chances for such a specialized, yet light aircraft were considered as low, since modified Alpha Jet versions were already available and other planes like the AMX or BAe Hawk offered more versatility, and were simply more up to date.
Hence, further development was stopped in September 1989, also under the influence of political changes and the breakdown of the Eastern Block. Even though 98+52 was kept at Manching as a test aircraft for various tasks, the plane was eventually lost in a crash due to hydraulic failure on 3rd of March 1993 – the pilot escaped safely, but 98+52 totally written off.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 12.60 m (41 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 10.73 m (35 ft 2 1/2 in)
Height: 4.24 m (13 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 213.7 ft² (19.85 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 23015 (modified) at root, NACA 4412 (modified) at tip
Empty weight: 3.680 kg (8.105 lbs)
Loaded weight: 5.900 kg (13.000 lbs)
Max. takeoff weight: 8.200 kg (18.060 lbs)
Powerplant: 2 × SNECMA Turbomeca Larzac 04-C20 turbofans, 14,12 kN (3.176 lbs) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 860 km/h (465 knots, 536 mph)
Stall speed: 167 km/h (90 knots, 104 mph) (flaps and undercarriage down)
Combat radius: 610 km (329 nmi, 379 mi) lo-lo-lo profile, w. underwing weapons incl. two drop tanks
Ferry range: 2,940 km (1,586 nmi, 1,827 mi)
Service ceiling: 14,630 m (48,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 57 m/s (11,220 ft/min)
Armament
1× 35 mm (1.38 in) Oerlikon KDA cannon w/150 rds under the lower forward fuselage, offset to starport side.
Seven hardpoints (one under fuselage, three under each wing) for a total external load of up to 3.085 kg (6.800 lbs), including AGM-65 Maverick, Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each, a variety of bombs (such as the Hunting BL755 cluster bombs) or Drop tanks for extended range, and AIM-9 Sidewinder or ASRAAM for self-defence
The kit and its assembly
Yes, another whif, and a modern type, too. The idea came when I found a pair of vintage wings from a vintage Matchbox BAC Strikemaster in good shape and thought "Well, where could these fit...?" Being a fan of the Su-25 I considered building something similar from scratch und using these 30 year old parts.
The Alpha Jet has a basically similar layout, and the wings would match in size. Then, the "new" plane should become a dedicated single-seater, not simply a two-seater with a covered rear cockpit. Browsing through the kit stack I found a A-4F from Revell, and its nose section turned out to be an almost perfect fit for the Alpha Jet fuselage (the vintage Heller kit).
Fitting these parts together required some major surgery and putty work, but the result looks quite convincing. Other additions are a Matchbox pilot figure and some cockpit details, a nose cone from a Fiat G.91 R/3 as an integral laser rangefinder housing, the Strikemaster wings, a modified landing gear (main wheels from the Skyhawk, front wheel from an IAI Kfir) and the armament in the form of the gun, seven hardpoints and the mixed ordnance from the German Luftwaffe arsenal - everything collected from the junkyard.
Painting
While German Luftwaffe machines can look rather boring, various camouflage trials have been conducted during the 80ies and 90ies for the F-4F, Alpha Jet and Tornado fleet. Esp. Phantom IIs saw extensive experiments for air superiority and ground attack paint schemes - and these schemes carried inofficial names like "Milchkuh" (Dairy Cow), "Polizeimühle" (Police Jalopy) or "Disco Bomber".
The whiffy Alpha Jet was a nice opportunity to incorporate one of these experimental schemes, and I settled for something which was applied to F-4F '37+07' and inofficially dubbed "Wolkenmaus" (Cloud Mouse). The Alpha Jet is a good subject, since its stepped side structure with engine nacelles and its spine tunnel is similar to the Phantom II, so that the cammo concept could be easily copied.
Anyway, the authentic "Wolkenmaus" colours are supposed to be (and what I used on the kit)...
On the upper sides:
● RAL 6014 Gelboliv (~FS 34087; Olive Drab, Testors 1711)
● RAL 7012 Basaltgrau (~FS 36152; Humbrol 27)
● RAL 9005 Tiefschwarz, even though I rather believe it to be RAL 7021 Schwarzgrau (darker than FS 36081; Humbrol 182)
Flanks::
● Mix of 2/3 RAL 7035 Lichtgrau + 1/3 RAL 7000 Fehgrau (~FS36473; Aircraft Grey, Testors 1731)
Undersides:
● Mix of 5/6 RAL 7035 Lichtgrau + 1/6 RAL 7000 Fehgrau (~RLM 63; Lichtgrau, Testors 2077)
The tones are just approximations, since I did not want to get original tones just for one project. Hey, it's just a model kit!
The landing gear and its wells were painted in aluminum, the respective covers' inside with Humbrol 81 (Olive Yellow) in a primer finish for some contrast. Cockpit interior as well as the air intakes were kept in in Light Gull Grey (FS 36640, Humbrol 129). The complex paint scheme was applied, as per usual, by brush and hand. The kit received a light black ink wash and some dry painting with lighter tones - the model was not supposed to look dirty, only a bit used.
Decals were scrapped together. JaboG 43 emblems and warning signs were taken from the original Heller decal sheet. The national insignia were taken from a Revell PAH-2 kit, the registration '98+52' was puzzled together with single digits from an aftermarket decal sheet from TL Modellbau. AFAIK, '98+52' has not been used yet by the Luftwaffe, which designates its test aircraft in the 98+XX and 99+XX range. A "true" and active Alpha Jet would have received a 40+XX or 41+XX.
Finally, everything was sealed under a water-based/acryllic matte coat - the Testors colours proved to be very touchy to the Humbrol varnish I normally use.
In the end, I achieved what I wanted, even though not truly perfect. But the kit looks like an 'analogue' Su-25, and actually the whiffy Alpha Jet C reminds much of the pre-Su-25 concepts: the SPB and subsequent LSSh/T-8 attack aircraft?
Number 1 benefit of Chrome plating your motorcycle:
Motorcycle owners are familiar with the term chrome plating. This is a process of applying a thin layer of chromium onto metallic or plastic parts of your motorcycle. “Chromed” motorcycles look really bright and shiny. If you pass by motorcycles and see some parts that seem to look like mirrors, you can bet that those are chrome plated. Aside from making a motorcycle look shiny, chrome plating motorcycle parts have a lot of benefits and advantages. Most owners are not even aware of these.
The first advantage is that chroming makes your motorcycle look cooler. Most of us tend to look and stare at attractive vehicles that we see. If you own a chromed motorcycle, you’ll get lots of stares and admirations at how shiny and beautiful your motorcycle is. Who wouldn’t want that? For some, this might be a great way to start conversations with random people. The best way to flatter motorcycle owners is to compliment their ride. When your motorcycle is chromed, looks of awe and admiration are on your way.
For other benefits of chrome plating your motorcycle check out: {Reference: classiccomponents.com/blog2/benefits-to-chrome-plating-yo...}
Jorge Vallejo
Twelve Days of Christmas
Day 3: Christian Puglisi
The Restaurant at Meadowood
Meadowood Napa Valley
St. Helena, California
(December 8, 2015)
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Cortney Burns
Twelve Days of Christmas: Nicolaus Balla & Cortney Burns
The Restaurant at Meadowood
Meadowood Napa Valley
St. Helena, California
(December 19, 2013)
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Joshua Skenes
Saison
San Francisco, California
(August 8, 2013)
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Another texture for your Photoshop layering fun -- this is a bit of the stern of the Gold Rush ship Niantic -- seen at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (in the "Bathhouse Building").
Uploaded for free use under the terms of a Creative Commons license. If you use this texture in subsequent works, please link back to this image's Flickr page, and put a thumbnail of your creation in the comments here (so everybody else can see what you've done with it). Thanks!
Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Edouardo Jordan of Seattle’s Salare, shows us how a professional (who trained at The French Laundry, Herbfarm, Per Se and Lincoln) plates his food.
Terroir Rural Retreat 2016
Hosted by Durham Region and Feast ON
Location: Ocala Orchards and Winery
Date: April 26, 2016
The Chefs:
Albert Ponzo, Le Select Bistro, Toronto
Ryan Crawford, Backhouse, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Jesse Vallins, Maple Leaf Tavern, Toronto
Binh An, PORT, Pickering
Travis Barron, Northwinds Brewhouse, Collingwood
Shaun Edmonstone, Bruce Wine Bar, Thornbury
Benjamin Leblanc, Iron Kettle Bed & Breakfast, Comber
Ricky Casipe, Hawthorne Food & Drink, Toronto
Owen Steinberg, Harvest Kitchen, Toronto
Peter Shambrook, Detour Cafe, Dundas
Ryan O'Donnell, Mercer Hall, Stratford
Nick Benniger, Nick & Nat's/Taco Farm, Waterloo
Jason Bangerter, Langdon Hall, Cambridge
The participants: presenters and guests of Terroir 2016
Summary on TorontoLife: torontolife.com/food/terroir-2016-tenth-anniversary-rural...
The latest Secret Pickle Supper Club was held on March 26th at Loft404
This Pickle’s theme was spring and each course included elements of a spring festival held around the world.
Spring Pickle Menu
La Mugnaia made with aperol, gin, orange, tonic (the custom cocktail we designed to align with Carnivale de Ivrea, the Battle of the Oranges held every year in Ivrea)
King Crab served with gelee made out of coconut and condensed milk, a basil leave and granadilla. (Hansik the Korean Cold Food Festival)
Bass crudo with lemon juice, coffee oil, sel gris and a beer-bread sauce made with oak aged ale and garnish is puffed farro. (Starkbierzeit - the German festival of strong beer)
Jumbo sea scallop butter poached served with hen of the woods mushrooms, artichoke and served with a meyer-lemon foie vinaigrette. (Cuaresma - Lent in Spain)
Halibut sous vide in olive oil served with a ragout of white asparagus, purple potato and fennel. Garnished with pea shoots and pea marshmallows. (Ostara - the Pagan and Wiccan celebration of the Vernal Equinox)
Confit of rabbit leg, pulled and served with goat cheese gnocchi a la parisianne, with garlic scapes. Finished w/ parmigiano reggiano. (Bacchanal of Gnocco - Verona’s festival of gnocchi)
Lamb sous vide then seared and served with basmati granita, chickpea puree, slice radish, micro radish and olive powder (Nowruz - Persian New Year)
Deconstructed carrot cake served with carrot puree, nutmeg crumbs and mousse of cream cheese. (Holi - Hindu festival of colour)
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2014 Harvesters Chefs Classic
The American Restaurant
Kansas City, Missouri
(June 29, 2014)
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The American Restaurant remains one of the most amazing venues I've ever photographed.
Friends of James Beard Foundation Dinner
The American Restaurant
Kansas City, Missouri
(September 28, 2014)
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Christopher Kostow
The Restaurant at Meadowood
St. Helena, California
(February 18, 2015)
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From left to right: bright nickel, dull nickel, bright chrome, dull chrome.
If I were a better photographer, I could probably get a better representation of the actual finish on these, but here's a brief description to help visualize the different finishes. The bright chrome is the shiny-est silvery finish--just like the chrome parts you'd see on a motorcycle. The bright nickel is similarly shiny, but it's a darker finish. It almost looks like it has a brownish tinge compared to the chrome. The dull chrome has a satin finish that looks light blue compared to the others. The dull nickel is most similar to titanium, but still a little more silver than grey.
The chrome is actually a second layer over the nickel. The platers say that the chrome is the most durable. The nickel will tarnish over time in a way that the chrome won't.
Laurent Gras plating his Kanpachi dish.
Saison (Laurent Gras Guest Chef Dinner)
San Francisco, California
(October 8, 2013)
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Laurent Gras and Marielle Fabie.
Saison (Laurent Gras Guest Chef Dinner)
San Francisco, California
(October 8, 2013)
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This is a photo of the former Superchrome Plating in Los Angeles, CA. Superchrome specialized in plating industrial parts primarily for the aerospace industry. I don't know when this picture was taken or who took it. Based on the vehicles just barely visible on the right hand side of the building I would guess it was taken in the 1950's or earlier. The building and tower were demolished around 1995 as part of a CERCLA Superfund removal by the U.S. EPA. I was a Response Manager for the contractor that conducted the cleanup and demolition of the buildings. I don't remember where I got this photo, it may have been salvaged from the office in the building before we demolished it.
The 100' tower was used to hoist long parts that were dipped into a 45' deep chrome vat below it. Unfortunately that vat as well as others leaked chromium contamination into the ground. We had to excavate a lot of soil that was then treated and disposed of at a hazardous waste landfill. You can see the bank of 3 large transformers just over the right side of the Superchrome sign, these plating shops used a lot of electricity in their process.
On a side note, one of my laborers rescued a kitten from inside the building before we demolished it. It followed my crew around the site for a while walking through the chromium contamination. I remember its paws were yellow from the chromium. I told my wife about the kitten and she said "don't come home without it". I live near Seattle so that meant taking it to the vet, getting a pet carrier and putting it on a plane. The cat (Hank) lived to be 16 years old and had a very good life.
On Saturday August 13th, the Secret Pickle Supper Club descended upon Bobbette and Belle for what has been described as "... the best Pickle ever!"
If you missed out, take a look through the photos for a small taste of how much fun we had at the #PastryPickle.
Pastry Pickle Menu
Caviar, white chocolate mousse, curry blini
Beet and goat cheesecake salad with tarragon and pistachio
Swordfish, parsley, blueberries, passion fruit, and baby chanterelle
Peach and Pork Belly Pie - peach and bacon tart, sour cream pie dough, Benedictin blue cheese-sour cream-star anise base cream, roasted vidalia onion ice cream
Pineapple, cucumber+mint granita, candied peanut, smoked paprika
Cocoa + ricotta gnocchi, eggplant, cherry tomatoes, basil
Slow braised lamb shoulder; apricot dice poached in vanilla, cinnamon and white wine; hazelnut-crusted turnips cooked in honey and butter, honey-coffee tuiles.
Tacos de Mole - chocolate cake, chipotle marshmallow, cilantro-lime curd, corn parfait + chorizo soil
Big thanks to Allyson & Sarah for use of Bobbette and Belle for sharing their space and being a part of the Pastry Pickle; and to the hard working and fantastic Secret Pickle Crew: Matt, Marichka, Simon, Gerry and Wade.
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Putting a thin coating of aluminum and aluminum oxide on the inside of bubbles, by coating a CD with gel and then microwaving it.When the electricity arcs through the aluminum of the CD , it vaporizes and is trapped by the gel (KY, actually), where it condenses on the inside of the trapped bubbles.
I'm pretty certain no one else in town is doing this at 1 a.m. on a Sunday morning.
Laurent Gras
Saison (Laurent Gras Guest Chef Dinner)
San Francisco, California
(October 8, 2013)
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This photo was originally uploaded to GuessWhereUK flickr group/pool
(main point for location, further bonus points for any other relevent information you might be able to find about the subject of this picture)
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Plating from a British WW1 Torpedo boat destroyer, Lelant, Cornwall.
Grid Reference: SW 5500 3777
see multimap
also google maps (aerial view)
looking in "Lost Ships of the West Country" by Martin Langley and Edwina Small, published by "Stanford Maritime" in 1988
This is a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, parts of the port side and superstructure built into the bank around 1920, at that time TW Ward (based in Essex) had a shipbreaking yard here (they had another 12 nationwide) and were breaking redundent vessels from WW1. The identity of this ship is unknown.
the book suggests this ship could be a veteren of Jutland.
For more of my photos of this location see the main photo and comment below at: www.flickr.com/photos/hamishfenton/3552048707
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in the photographs where the plating has collapsed you can see the fill of material behind, this includes a lot of reinforced concrete lamp posts, which I think are post 1945, it is suggested that these plates were built in the bank in 1920 to help reduce erosion, which makes me wonder why there is a later fill. I think it possible, although I have no evidence, that it could be the side of a wharf with a wooden floor on the top built to quickly expand the size of the wharfs here where they were ship breaking, these later became unsafe and some time after the second world war the space behind the plates was backfilled -all in my imagination unless someone can find some evidence.
Catina and Kyle Connaughton, with Justin Cogley.
Rediscovering Coastal Cuisine
Aubergine
l'Auberge Carmel
Carmel-By-The-Sea, California
(March 22, 2014)
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Oliver Antunes and Will King-Smith.
Twelve Days of Christmas: Rasmus Kofoed
The Restaurant at Meadowood
Meadowood Napa Valley
St. Helena, California
(December 18, 2013)
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