Kelly Scruggs: Secret Service Mistress (Photos)

Meet Kelly Scruggs, mistress to secret service agent Arthur Huntington. It seems as though his extramarital affairs started way before the sex scandal broke this year. It started during the Bush administration in 2007. Kellie Scruggs (see photo above) claims to have met Arthur at a Wild West club in Waco, Texas, in 2007, the spent a ton of time together, but once she introduced him to her mother he started backing off. Kelly just discovered the truth about her lover this year when he made international news with the Colombian prostitute scandal. Scruggs claims that Huntington told her he was divorced, btu she now knows the truth and finds him to be a total creep. She told the New York Daily News: ?I don?t feel sorry for (him). I think he?s a total creep now. A total jerk.? Now after coming forward, Scrugss is joined by another woman who met Arthur at the same club. 41 year old Holly Snow claims to have met Huntington around the time he and Kelly cooled things off. Meanwhile Huntington?s wife and two kinds were home in Maryland oblivious of the affairs. Until this year. How embarrassing and sad for her. This story [...]

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Lloyds Metals & Energy net profit rises 109.59% in the March 2012 quarter

Net profit of Lloyds Metals & Energy rose 109.59% to Rs 29.93 crore in the quarter ended March 2012 as against Rs 14.28 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2011. Sales rose 49.42% to Rs 304.75 crore in the quarter ended March 2012 as against Rs 203.96 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2011.

For the audited full year, net profit declined 79.95% to Rs 3.73 crore in the year ended March 2012 as against Rs 18.60 crore during the previous year ended March 2011. Sales rose 45.53% to Rs 997.22 crore in the year ended March 2012 as against Rs 685.24 crore during the previous year ended March 2011.

Particulars	Quarter Ended			Year Ended
?	Mar. 2012	Mar. 2011	% Var.	Mar. 2012	Mar. 2011	% Var.
Sales	304.75	203.96	49	997.22	685.24	46
OPM %	7.74	3.27	137	2.76	3.23	-15
PBDT	36.22	21.26	70	29.74	38.52	-23
PBT	29.93	14.28	110	3.73	18.60	-80
NP	29.93	14.28	110	3.73	18.60	-80

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Canon Vixia HF R300

With video-capable phones and cameras, consumer camcorders?are in a tough spot when it comes to balancing price and usefulness. The Canon Vixia HF M50?($649.99, 3 stars) captures great video, but at that price, you might as well get a high-end digital camera that also takes great still images. The Canon Vixia HF R300 ($349.99 direct) falls in the lower range of the company's consumer camcorder line, but offers a far more compelling combination of performance and value. It lacks some of the low-light prowess found in the M50, but takes the advantage with a wider angle lens and 32x optical zoom. The smaller sensor still produces some great looking high-definition video, making the R300 a solid choice for the weekend videographer looking for a no-frills, easy-to-use standalone camcorder.

Design and Features
The R300 looks a lot like the higher-end M50, measuring 2.2 by 2.1 by 4.5 inches (HWD) and weighing in at 8.8 ounces. It feels a bit flimsier than the M50 (2.5 by 2.7 by 4.8 inches / 10.9 ounces), but is still comfortable to hold and shoot for long periods. The control layout is nearly identical on the R300 and M50, with a Record button on the right side, where your thumb naturally sits, and a zoom rocker on top, within reach of your index finger. In the LCD recess are Video Snap, Home, and Playback buttons, as well as a 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack, mini HDMI out, and mini USB out. There is no built-in memory, only a single slot for an SD, SDHC, or SDXC card. The lens cover is engaged and disengaged by a small switch to its right, which is less convenient than the automatic cover on the M50.?

All controls are accessed with the 3-inch touch-screen LCD. It definitely gives the R300 a clean and minimalist look, but I found navigating the touch menus to be a bit cumbersome. Focus, white balance, and exposure are all buried in touch menus, and getting precise control is too difficult. With this type of camcorder, however, I expect most users will stick to the fully automatic mode, which I found to be fast and accurate in most situations. The 230k-dot LCD is the same as the one found on the M50, and is still a bit too grainy and dim for bright outdoor light.

The R300 uses a smaller 1/4.85-inch HD CMOS sensor, but also packs a far more versatile lens. The 32x zoom lens features a 38.5-1232mm focal length (35mm equivalent) with an f/1.8-4.5 aperture, which is wider and longer than the M50's 10x zoom (43.4-436mm) with its f/1.8-3.0 aperture. Canon advertises a 51x zoom factor, using what it calls the Advanced Zoom feature, but really this is just a combination of optical and digital zoom.?

Performance and Conclusions
Though it lacks the "Pro" designation found on the M50, the R300 is a capable shooter, capturing crisp and clear high-definition video. You can choose from three shooting modes?Auto, Manual, and Cinema?with the latter simulating the look and frame rate of most film projects. Video format and quality can also be adjusted, with the highest setting, MXP, recording 1080i60 video in AVCHD format. Much like the M50, the R300 is limited to interlaced video as opposed to progressive, capturing 60 interlaced fields per second and encoding the video at 30 frames per second.

The resulting video is very similar to the M50, which is to say good, with sharp detail and fine textures. White balance is a bit less accurate with the R300, with colors skewing towards cooler hues. The smaller sensor means smaller pixels, which results in reduced low-light performance. The difference is most evident in the amount of image noise apparent in low-lighting situations. The M50 excelled, while the R300 showed noticeable grain in low-light. It didn't ruin the video by any means, but it is evident when playing back on large screen HDTVs.

Image stabilization is solid, helping steady shots at both the wide end and telephoto max. The 32x zoom is impressive, and could really come in handy if filming, say, a school play from the back row of a large auditorium. Obviously even powered image stabilization can only do so much, and when fully zoomed, video had the same dreamy wobble found on the M50, though it was a bit more noticeable on the R300. Autofocus was quick and accurate, and I actually encountered fewer instances where the focus would shift to the background inadvertently than on the M50. Audio quality was on par with the M50, with similar issues with picking up wind and other ambient room noises. And as with the M50, the R300 has a 3.5mm mic input for better audio capture with an external microphone.?

When compared with video captured by a point-and-shoot camera, like our Editors' Choice Canon PowerShot S100?($429.99, 4.5 stars), the R300's video lacked some of the saturation and vibrancy, but was able to achieve similar levels of detail and sharpness. The R300 does have an advantage in moving shots, like a slow pan, where the S100 turned in slightly choppy video. Still images, which are captured at 2-megapixel resolution, however, don't loook great on the R300, with too much image noise and loss of finer details.

The Canon Vixia HF R300 strikes a solid balance between performance, features, and price. At $349.99 it's less expensive than most digital cameras that shoot comparable video. It lacks the built-in memory, Wi-Fi, and low light performance of the M50, but also costs considerably less. A solid camera like the PowerShot S100 is more versatile, taking far better stills and capturing relatively sharp 1080p video. However, if you're sold on the traditional camcorder form-factor, the R300 is a solid, easy to use, and relatively affordable option for more casual shooters.

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House HHS Budget: Part 2 ? More Mental Health Beds, Cuts to ...

State lawmakers rolled out their health and human services budget Thursday, one that provides for more beds in state psychiatric institutions, while targeting Planned Parenthood and cutting not for profit service providers, such as a statewide adolescent pregnancy prevention program.

Part 2 of 2

By Rose Hoban

The House health and human services appropriations subcommittee, and panels for other areas of the state budget, met Thursday morning to present their spending plans for the next year. State lawmakers rolled out their budget for health and human services, one that would spend about $161 million more than what the legislature originally budgeted for the upcoming fiscal year.

Republicans seem intent on softening their image as budget cutters in preparation for the election in November, beefing up mental health and presenting a plan to augment education spending. However, many smaller programs will see their funding trimmed, if not eliminated.

The full appropriations committee will take up work on the entire budget Tuesday.

Mental health funding holds the line

Budget writers have asked for more money to provide beds in state psychiatric hospitals and for mental health beds in community hospitals for the upcoming year, in an effort to address the persistent problem of long wait times for mental health beds for people waiting in emergency departments.

The state?s newly rebuilt Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro is expected to come online in April, 2013, with more beds than the old facility. House legislators also asked for an additional $18 million to pay for psychiatric beds at local hospitals around the state, bringing the number of contracted beds in community hospitals up to 232 from 141.

Broughton Hospital, Image courtesy of polydor03, Wikimedia Creative Commons

Lawmakers also said they would allocate money to renovate an unused wing at Broughton Hospital, a state psychiatric facility in Morganton, to provide for 19 more beds to serve the western part of the state.

?For those who represent that area, we hear about wait times for beds,? said Rep. Justin Burr (R-Albemarle). ?The idea is to beef up Broughton Hospital so there?s not as long a wait time for those people in that catchment area.?

The House budget made no mention of a completed U.S. Department of Justice investigation that found North Carolina in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act for the way the state uses adult care homes to house people with mental illness. Negotiations over the case have been ongoing since last summer, and advocates and mental health officials expect a settlement will be announced soon.

House Republicans also added a special provision to the budget creating an oversight committee to monitor the state?s mental health system. For the past decade, Democratic legislators had run a similar committee to oversee the mental health reform process, that committee was disbanded when the new majority replaced Democrats after the 2010 election.

Meanwhile advocates for services to kids with developmental and intellectual disabilities were trying to figure out the meaning of a provision mandating them to raise ten percent of their budgets to match state dollars (see below).

Planned Parenthood in the crosshairs

Lawmakers added a special provision to the House HHS budget to prohibit local health departments from contracting with outside agencies to provide family planning or pregnancy prevention services, a measure aimed at Planned Parenthood. The provision would mean the loss of $343,000 to the organization.

Planned Parenthood Logo

Although Planned Parenthood was not named specifically in the provision, the organization is the only one in the state providing contracted family planning services to supplement what health departments provide.

Diane Parfitt (D-Fayetteville) proposed an amendment to repeal the provision.

?The reason the health departments go with contracting services is because they don?t have capability of providing those services in a timely fashion,? Parfitt told the subcommittee. ?As of today, to get an appointment in the Wake County public health department for family planning services, you would have to wait is until August. So, they are currently referring people to Planned Parenthood for those services. These contract clinics have the ability to use a little bit of money because they are already providing the services.?

Republican Rep. Marilyn Avila (R-Raleigh) responded that her intention was to provide more services to local public health departments. ?I grew up in a time when they were the center for a lot of people getting their health care, and I feel like? over time, we have sort of diminished their role in the community,? Avila said.

Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Paige Johnson said she didn?t buy that explanation.

Last year?s budget specifically targeted Planned Parenthood for defunding. The agency sued, saying the state violated federal law by singling out a single organization for defunding. A federal judge ruled against the state, agreeing it was illegal for the legislature to target a specific organization for punishment.

?If they press this and give additional dollars to health departments, that won?t expand their capacity to serve these women, because we can do it more efficiently? Johnson said. ?It?s pure politics. There?s no other reason to do this, there?s no savings to the state, not one dime.?

?They?re trying to shield themselves by not naming us,? she said. ?Today they didn?t name us, but they did before. It?s obvious what they?re trying to do.?

Parfitt?s amendment to repeal the budget provision was defeated on a party-line vote.

Cuts to teen pregnancy prevention

Many health and social service programs are funded via the mechanism of federal block grants. Block grants are given to states with the instruction the money be used for specific areas, but the block grant program also give states leeway to distribute funds as local leaders see fit.

Teen pregnancy prevention campaign image. Image courtesy Polina Sergeeva, Flickr Creative Commons

As a result of the Congressional debt ceiling deal last summer, many federal social service block grants will see deep cuts that aren?t immediately evident in the state?s budget proposals. Those documents only detail how much money is going to specific programs, not the difference in funding between last year and this year.

One area taking a hit is teen pregnancy prevention, which will see a funding cut of about $450,000, down from about $1.1 million last year.

According to Kay Phillips, head of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina, the cuts would be to community organizations running programs for pregnancy prevention, and to help pregnant and parenting teens. Phillips? organization provides advice and support to most of the state?s programs.

?There was a time when North Carolina had 71 teen pregnancy prevention programs,? Phillips said. ?If this $450,000 is not funded, we will lose about nine of them, bringing us down to about 50 projects.?

North Carolina?s teen pregnancy rate hit a low of 49.7 pregnancies per thousand girls in 2010, down from a high of 105.4 pregnancies per thousand in 1990.

One Greensboro-based program Phillips described as being under threat supports teenaged girls who are pregnant or parenting.

?The idea is to give the girls life skills,? Phillips said, ?keep them in school, help them get jobs, and help them become self-sufficient. A lot of the girls in this program go on to college.?

But she said the program depends on foundation money that won?t be forthcoming if there are not state dollars to match.

Public Private Partnerships

A number of not for profit providers of health, mental health and social services would also see cuts across the board in the upcoming year in this budget. A range of organizations, from the North Carolina Senior Games to the ARC of North Carolina, will see a requirement to raise funds to match ten percent of total state allocations each year.

Representatives from many of the organizations were present at Thursday?s meeting and the requirement had them scratching their heads.

?We don?t know exactly what it will mean for us, it?s such a vague provision,? said Jennifer Mahan from the Autism Society of North Carolina. ?Is it a rate cut? Or do we have to show that we raise money for those services??

Mahan said that private fundraising for her organization fluctuates greatly from year to year.

?Some years, we get lots of dollars from private foundations and donations, some years no,? she said. ?Everyone?s been under stress with the economy, and the foundations are no different, and they?ve got more people asking them for help.?

A similar provision also affects the North Carolina Partnership for Children, the not for profit entity that manages the state?s Smart Start early childhood program.

?It?s supposed to be a public private partnership,? said Rep. Burr, ?but it?s been more public than private.?

Burr said the budget includes some money for the NCPC to hire someone to write grants and do fundraising.

?Obviously the state is tapped out in a lot of regards,? Burr said. ?This is to give them tools to raise more dollars, which they?re doing in some counties.?

Tagged Autism Society of North Carolina, block grants, Broughton Hospital, Diane Parfill, Justin Burr, Marilyn Avila, North Carolina Partnership for Children, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy prevention, teen pregnancy, Verla Insko

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McClymonds High students learn about their family histories with ...

McClymonds High sophomore Dontarion Layne shares his ancestral history project on Wednesday afternoon.

Dontarion Layne hopped on stage as the crowd cheered and raised both arms above his head, the McClymonds High School sophomore full of youthful energy. Someone in the crowd of about 60 people yelled, ?We love you, Terry!? Without missing a beat he responded, ?I know you do, girl!? as the crowd broke into laughter.

Layne then introduced his ancestral history project?a study of his maternal ancestral line?and told the story of his family. ?It started off with John in Memphis, and John married Maddie,? Layne said, as his fingers traced the family tree he?d written on a poster display. ?Then they had Emma Hazel, which is my great-grandmother.?

On Wednesday afternoon, five students presented ancestral research projects as part of an event entitled ?Remembering Our Past, Moving Toward Our Futures.? For three months, students had conducted ancestral research on their families by interviewing relatives and using genealogical search tools with help from volunteers from the African American Geological Society of California (AAGSC). Students even took a DNA test to find out about where their lineage originated.

The McClymonds students participating in the project are a part of Alternatives in Action Culture Keepers, a mentorship program that pairs students from Mack with students from Hoover Elementary. Students from Hoover Elementary also took part in the ancestral history project, as did teenagers from the Alameda County Probation Department Weekend Training Academy, which is an alternative program to detention. The idea is to teach kids about their family history, while also connecting them to their elders and training them on how to use research tools.

At Wednesday?s event, students shared their family histories through video presentations, song, poetry and, like Layne, on poster board, in front of an audience that included their parents, grandparents, teachers, students and other community members. Students also participated in an African dance presentation. The event was sponsored by Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson?s office, and Alternatives in Action, an East Bay nonprofit that organizes youth leadership programs.

Carson came up with the idea for the project, which is in its second year, because he said he recently realized he and a lot of people he knew didn?t know much about their own family lineage. ?I thought, ?Why not start with kids in school to see if we can get them to take this as a project they?d be engaged in??? Carson said.

Franklin Hysten, the senior director of programs at McClymonds, said he thought the project was important because ?so many times, older adults do not have conversations with youth, or connect in a way to converse about something meaningful.?

?Some people today feel that young people are a lost generation,? Hysten said, ?and this really provided some meat for the youth and adults to have a conversation about what?s connecting them, the connections between them. You have Dontarion going home and having conversations with his grandparents that he otherwise would not have had, and some of us may not have had even in our twenties or thirties.?

The students began looking into their family histories in February with the help of AAGSC volunteers. Nica Smith, the group?s outreach and education chair, said that to reconstruct the past of a family, the students conducted oral interviews with family members and sought out census information, birth, death and marriage certificates, obituaries, land documents, and newspaper clippings. Students also took field trips to conduct research at the Mormon Church?s Oakland Family Research Center and looked through online ancestry sites.

From those different pieces, students were able to reconstruct much the past of their families, she said. ?Just living your everyday life, even if you try to be incognito, you are still leaving these ?little bitty crumbs,? I say,? Smith said. ?And those crumbs come together to make a big cookie, and that ends up being your family history.?

While the students learned where their relatives came from, and how they came to live in West Oakland, they also learned details about their families that even members from older generations didn?t know much about. Tyisha Stills said she discovered the name of her great-grandfather by looking through old census records. ?My nana did not know that,? she said.

During his presentation, Layne shared that both his parents and grandparents met while attending McClymonds, and cracked jokes. (?It doesn?t get any better than me,? he said, indicating his timeline when he stopped at the date of his birth.) After he was finished, he said he was proud to learn about his family?s strong ties to West Oakland, a connection he said he plans to continue.

?To know that it?s a tradition,? he said. ?The West Oakland community is small, so everybody pretty much knows everybody. I learned that pretty much everyone in West Oakland back in the day went to this school. I plan on having my kids come here if it?s still up and running.?

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PUBLIC SPEAKING Part 3 - Academic and Creative Writing Journal ...

PUBLIC SPEAKING Part 3

HOW TO DELIVER A GOOD LECTURE

The Four Aspects of an Effective Lecture

By

VIKRAM KARVE

The lecture is still the most frequently used method of instruction.?

Even if you are not a teacher, in your everyday work you may be constantly using the medium of speech to convey a message or instruction or for informal training or motivational purposes.?

How well you put across your ideas depends to a large extent on now well you have mastered the elements of good public speaking.

An important pre-requisite of a good lecture is that it must be carefully prepared to the extent that you have a firm mastery of the topic you are going to discuss and a clear conception in your mind of how you are going to present the subject.

A good lecture has four simple requirements:

1.?MESSAGE

The first characteristic of a good lecture is that it must have a message. The lecturer must have something to say and what the lecturer says must be worth saying and worth listening to.?

You must clearly bring out the importance of the topic and why the audience needs to hear you and unambiguously state your message so that the audience understands what you want to say.

You may have heard Aristotle?s dictum on?rhetoric:

"Tell them what you are going to say,?say it,?and then tell them what you told them."

So, to get your message across, thus is what you must do:

1. Tell the audience what you are going to tell them

2. Tell them what you want to tell them

3. Tell them what you have told them

2.?NATURALNESS

The second attribute of a good talk is naturalness.?

Remember, the audience wants to hear?YOU?so make it your own lecture, your very own talk ? speak in your very own natural style, don?t try to copy someone else.

3.?SINCERITY

The third feature of an effective lecture is that it must be sincere.?

The audience must be convinced that you believe in what you say, so make sure you talk sincerely and clearly demonstrate that you believe in what you are saying.?

Remember, you cannot fake sincerity so the only way to succeed in giving an impression of sincerity is to be sincere. Don't try to ham, act or pretend - the audience will easily catch on that you do not yourself believe in what you are saying.?

And suppose you do not believe in something or are not fully convinced about a topic.?

Well, why talk about something you do not believe in??

As a Teacher or Speaker you must be true to your conscience and you must not live a lie and say something you do not believe in.?

Remember the saying of Mahatma Gandhi:

What you?think,?

what you?say,?

and what you?do?

must be in?harmony.

This must be evident to the audience.

4.?ENTHUSIASM

Finally, last but not the least, a good lecturer or speaker must radiate enthusiasm and energy.?

An enthusiastic speaker is one who displays great eagerness to have his or her ideas understood, believed and put into practice.?

You should be passionate about what you are speaking about and you must yourself believe in what you are saying.?

If you want your audience to be enthusiastic about listening to you, radiate enthusiasm yourself while speaking.

So, in a nutshell, before you deliver your next lecture, keep these basic four principles in mind (message,?naturalness,?sincerity,?enthusiasm) and you will deliver a great lecture ? you can take my word for it.

All the Best ? May you become an effective communicator and deliver excellent lectures and speeches.

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Pointers for Prepping Your Deck and Backyard for Summer Fun

Warm weather is here to stay, which means people everywhere are spending more time outdoors. If the sunshine, gentle breeze and chirping birds are calling your family outside to enjoy some fresh air, it's time to get your outdoor space ready for fun activities. With some smart home improvements, you can easily prep your patio and deck for a full season of enjoyment.
1: Tricks for properly cleaning patio furniture
Today's patio furniture can be as comfortable and stylish as indoor options, and similarly, it needs to be periodically cleaned. Resin, resin wicker or metal furniture can typically be cleaned with mild soap, water and a sponge or nonabrasive brush. Metal pieces can be polished with a light coat of car wax to bring back shine and protect it from rusting. Insider tip: If you live in an area with a lot of pollen, you may want to wait to clean outdoor furniture until it is done dropping.

Wood pieces can benefit from a quick cleaning also. For finished wood, use an oil-based soap and a soft brush or cloth. If you have a treated wood deck, picnic table or Adirondack chairs, use a pressure washer and deck cleaner to remove dirt. Remember to use the low-pressure tip so you don't damage the wood. If you have questions, visit www.lowescreativeideas.com for educational articles, videos and additional tips.

2: Get the grill ready for a season of tasty treats
Every warm day is better when you enjoy the succulent flavors of food cooked on the grill, but to keep the food tasting its best, the grill needs to be kept clean. At the start of the season, it's wise to do a thorough, deep cleaning on your grill. If you have a gas grill, remove the propane tank, flame guards and disconnect the igniter wires, removing the igniters. Move the grill over a drop cloth and clean the inside with dish soap, water and a scrub brush. Grates may need to soak in a bucket before getting scrubbed. Once dry, reassemble and get cooking.

In addition to the deep cleaning, remember each time you cook to scrape the grates to get rid of any food residue from previous uses. Simply light the grill and after a few minutes, the heat will have loosened the residue and you can do a quick scraping with a wire brush before putting on your tasty meats and vegetables.

3. Prep the deck in half the time
Staining and sealing your deck is an important maintenance step so its beauty and integrity last for many years, but it's also something most homeowners dread because it can be a lot of work. The good news is there are some new innovations that are making the process much easier.

Before you start this project, look for new products that both stain and seal at the same time, simplifying the project and saving you a lot of time. Staining and sealing simultaneously waterproofs, protects and beautifies your wood. Plus, if you do encounter unplanned precipitation in the middle of the project, your deck is still protected.

4. How to grow beautiful plants to enhance your space
With your deck prepped and your patio furniture and grill clean, now it's time to dress the area up with some plants. You can easily incorporate splashes of color by adding containers full of your favorite varieties. Why not make it a family activity and visit your local Lowe's nursery to pick out plants and supplies together? When shopping, keep in mind the color of your deck and furniture and pick plants in a complementary color scheme. You might also want to plant some fruits, vegetables or herbs for your own family garden. Ask a Lowe's garden specialist for advice on what varieties thrive in a container environment.

Once home, spread out your supplies and let your entire family's green thumb come alive. After your plants are nestled into pots and containers, place around your outdoor living space in clusters which provide a better visual look than a single plant standing alone. Remember to water regularly and monitor sun exposure so the plants aren't getting too much or too little.

These few steps can help get your deck or patio ready and beautiful for months of enjoyment. From playing outdoor games to grilling traditional summer fare to relaxing as the sun sets, you'll get a lot of use out of your outdoor space.

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