tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183679692011-04-21T12:13:25.999-07:00Clay K Carsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03326367915455818643noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18367969.post-32017366063630781952009-01-30T10:11:00.000-08:002009-01-30T10:27:51.151-08:00

I have been playing with the Gigapan for a while. For those not in the know, the Gigapan is a robot that lets you shoot extremely high resolution (gigapixel) photos. This is one I did at he car show last weekend. Enjoy function FlashProxy() {} FlashProxy.callJS = function() {}

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Kyle called the other day to let me know that the culinary school was hosting a bunch of young kids from a local day care and showing them how to cook. I let the photo guys know and they sent Stephen Thornton out to cover it.His pictures turned out great aand i made the Arkansas front so it was definitely worth the trip. Stephen sent me the photos and it was really nice to see how Kyle

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Margaret and Eldon celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary AND Eldon got his chair. Seriously, he actually got a chair you can sit in. Very cool.They threw a big party at Acadia. Lots of good food and drink. There were a lot of testimonials, remembrances, and toast. They tended to get longer and longer the more folks drank. It was a hell of a party.So Schulz's, congratulations. You guys

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I finally finished the Costa Rica video. I edited 12 hours of raw footage down to 40 minutes. The wildlife stuff came out pretty good. We had the party for the folks that went on the tour and everyone seemed to like it a lot. I am posting the short intro on YouTube. Let me know if ypu like it

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Janet's college roommate, Cindy, got married this weekend. We made the trip to Fort Worth and had a good time. The wedding was pretty hip and casual. I took pictures and really am just posting this now quick and dirty to provide a link.Cindy and Thomas, best wishes. You make a great couple.Now, off to Costa Rica...Wedding photos are her (Flash required)

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I have been doing a lot of video and am getting a bit better. Final Cut is very cool and the camera is awesome. Chris had a car show last weekend and I tried to do a project. I think it turned out OK. Take a look

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Someone left a little present for us. Apparently someone tried to burn our house down. Well, maybe not that bad, but it was suspicious. A bottle, broken and burned in the driveway. It had a rag stuck in it and looked like a molotive (sp?) cocktail. I called the police. They sent the fire department (sirens and everything), police and fire inspector. Pretty exciting. The fireman in charge

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I tried my hand at video production. Kip is in referee training and it seemed like a good sequel to the hardware store story. He did better than I did. After a dozen or so hours of editing, this is what I came up with. Enjoy

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A plus to having a burned foot. I got a chance to try out one of those sporty motorized shopping carts. Kip needed cereal and Toby wanted Granola bars so we headed off to Sam's. I have always seen people using those motorized beauties, and I was jealous. Today was my day. They are really sweet. Acceleration isn't bad and it really handles well. The upholstery wasn't great; my seat was torn,

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I have a whole new respect for those firewalkers you see on the National Geographic channel. I was smoking some butt this morning. I was going electric, but decided to do it the traditional way since I was going to be home all day. I started some charcoal in the chimney. When it was ready I carried the chimney over to the smoker.And the bottom of it fell out.And I was barefoot.The deck was

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The air conditioning went out. Again. It started like ti always does. In the middle of the afternoon it would not keep up and it ran pretty much 24/7. Janet, who is now lord of air handling, called around and got Muex (the folks who fixed the plumbing disaster) to come out. Of course they found a leak at the compressor and in the attic. As usual, they talked about what a bunch of dumb $%^&

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I have not seen Katie much recently. She hangs out with her friends most of the time. She also has a job working at McAllister's Deli. So we now see for for about 20 minutes a day. If we're lucky.So Monday night I tried something different. I called haer and asked if I could take her and her friends to dinner. She said they would talk about it and get back with me. I am pretty sure they

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It is 12:53 am and I am bored stiff. Janet is out of town and James is on vacation so I decided to cover the night shift. I got my iTunes synced between my laptop and desktop, watched the Godfatehr and played poker until I won $750,000, then lost it all in one hand. I tracked janet's flight to Phoenix real-time on Google Earth, played with some new iPhone apps and researched the best way to

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I had the feeling something was wrong, a little off, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then, through a fat fingered accident, I found it.claycarson.netYep, there is another Clay Carson. I was pretty sure he is just a cheap imitation of the original, but I decided to take a look at his site. He is 19 years old from Arlington, Texas and lives with his parents. He likes Mac's and his blog site

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I should never try to fix things. Kip and JT were swapping the motherboard on a Dell server that bit the bullet in the power event yesterday. They were working on trying to get the heat sink off. It was a little plastic lever and tab that locked the sink on top of the CPU. They were being very careful but having some problems. I decided it was my turn. I got it off very easily, changed the

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About 10:00 am we heard a boom and the lights blinked in the storage room.... and the phone started to ring.I am not sure where it hit, but it was close. It is a small, but distinguished list of casualties:Classified SwitchWEHCO switch3 jet direct cardsSecurity system PC (a real pain)My bosses PCMy Mac (at least the network adapter)Telephone operator consoleCall reporting serverData Features

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I finally had a squirrel take the merry-go-round ride. It ws pretty funny. He (or she) leaped on the perch and hung on for dear life. It made two and a half revolutions before he lost hs grip. He headed for the chain link fence. The deck is high enough that he almost made the neighbor's yard. I didn't see him again for an hour.Of course, I missed the picture. I had been lulled into

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I did some home improvement this weekend. Hung vinyl siding on the shop.I planned ahead, thinking it would be nice to wait until the hottest weekend of the year, and it was not a dry heat. I had sweat literally dripping off of my nose and took three showers a day. It was not as hard as I thought. The gable end was tricky. I am not good at the angle cuts. The trick was driving the nails.

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I have not written about this because I did not want to face it, but Kyle is seriously thinking of joining the military. He is leaning towards the Navy and wants to do special forces. I know part of the draw is the excitement, but he seems to have realistic expectations. I am not trying to imply that I am happy about the idea, but it will definately help him move on with his life. I like the

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We did a repeat supper club tonight. A few years ago we had a shrimp boil. I have a 60 quart pot I filled with water. It took forever to boil. We ate all the appetizers, drank al the wine and considered ordering pizza before it got hot, We ate at about 10:00pm.Today went better. I started the water 4 hours before dinner. We had potatoes, corn, sausage (Alex brought them from New Orleans)

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Yes, I did get my iPhone. I got in line about 3:00 and I was number 16 in line. Everyone else was a fanboy like me so it was entertaining. The guy at the front of the line had been there since 2:30 am. By 6:00, there were about 60 people waiting. Things went pretty fast. I was home by 6:45. the activation, number porting and syncing went perfectly and I was up and running in a half hour.The

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I now hate squirrels. I used to think they were kind of cool. Sure, they make a mess at the bird feeder and go through the seed pretty fast. But they are acrobatic and clever. For years I have been wanting the Yankee Flipper bird feeder. For the uninformed, this feeder has a motor driven perch. Birds have no problem, but the weight of the squirrels engage a switch, maing the perch spin,

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I was watching the late local news. At the end, they did a promo that said something like "You might have camped out overnight for concert tickets, but would you camp out for this" and the video showed about 100 people with tents and coolers on a parking lot.I thought "I can't believe they are already camping out for the iPhone in Little Rock!!" I actually, for a very brief moment considered

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I dare you to watch this and not laugh out loud. Not a chuckle or smile, but loud enough to disturb everyone around. Not possible. I don't think Janet would go for this, but I'll ask World Championship Wife Carrying

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If you just can't wait for the 29th or dig up a spare $600, but don't want to be left out of the fun, a guy at buymeaniphone.com has a solution. Just download this file. Then a sharp knife, a lot of patience and a little fold, bend, spindle and mutilating later, you will be in business.

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Day two of Father's Day. Grandpa came over for dinner. Katie was here but Kyle had to work. We had a great meal, shrimp, corn on the cob, fruit salad. Really excellent. Janet's fathers' favorite desert is banana coconut cream pie. I believe that was Gilligan's favorite as well. I usually make it but was feeling very lazy so Janet had the honors. I only did the meringue. She did a great

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Father's Day was sweet. I woke up late, then went to brunch with Janet and Katie. Kyle had to work and Grandpa was out of town. We went to Imagine. Service ws very slow (even Janet was imaptient) but my eggs Benadict was perfect. Katie's eggs were disgusting but she liked her pancakes. Then we went to Fresh Market and I dropped by the Cingular store to see what my monthly service package

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This is kind of funny. When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January, it was way cool but looked a bit large. Lately, I have been impressed with how small it looked. Apple has some really nice photos on it's site and it looked not much larger than a Razr.Apparenlty a bit of trickery took place. MacRumors posted January photos and June photos of the iPhone. It looks a bit different now.

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Definition: A relatively permanent disorder of the mind orUnrelenting obsessive pursuit of a device that is unproven, lacking in features, ridiculoulsy expensive and guaranteed to be obsoloete in just a few days.I give you, the iPhoneUnless you have been living in a cave with Osama Bin Laden for the past several months, you have seen or heard about this phone. And you want one. If you are

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My psoriasis is back. Janet is freaking out because she is scared I will get some horrible infection in Costa Rica. I think she is also embarased. So to keep peace (and relieve the pain because it really hurts), I went to the dermatologist. He is going to try "biologics". This is a T-cell inhibitor and is the new rage. It has very few side effects. The only issue is it cost $1400 per month

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Today Katie graduates from High School. It seems like just yesterday she was starting school. What a wonderful person she is. She is independent, hard working, sweet and tougher than nails. I think the future is bright for her. I wish her good luck and happiness. We are always here for you.Pictures from her Graduation party are here

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So I was happy and secure in my Macintosh world yesterday, when I noticed that there was a small black box around anything I selected. Odd, but no big deal. I did some surfing and noticed an article in my CNet feed that looked cool. Followed the link and...Safari crash.I could go to other sites, but everytime I went to CNet Safari would crash. I decided to restart and noticed that the restart

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Katie is taking photography in school this semester. I think it is a pretty good class. I have helped her a bit and listening to her talk about what they are doing has brought back fond memories. Camera Obscura, photograms, film, fixer, and my favorite, pinhole cameras. She had to go buy some printing paper and shoot a picture with a pinhole camera. She told about how it all worked and

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I haven't written here since March. I'm still taking pictures, mainly football. I still shoot High School on Fridays and have been to most of the UA games. Kyle and I even traveled to Auburn last week. We had a great time and saw the biggest upset so far this year. It was nice traveling with him. We don't see enough of each other. Some day that weekend will mean a lot to both of us. We

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Grandma has been complaining about her back hurting for a while now. She spends a lot of time on the couch. It is very soft and she sinks into it. I made the comment that the couch was “awful for her posture” and probably the cause of the pain. By the next day, my comment had been translated into “our couch is awful”. No harm done, Grandpa has been wanting a new couch anyway, so off to the

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I went to the implosion of the old UAMS dorm this morning. I was supposed to be there by 7:00 am, but didn't make it until 8:00. The temperature was 19 degrees. Charles and Hannah were there. Charles was wrapped in his Granny blanket and drew a lot of attention from the gathered media. They all shot video of him, and when they found out he used to live in the dorm, they all got sound bites.

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I went to the hardware store the other day with the guys. I had to buy some teflon tape and some batteries. While checking out, Chris asked me to buy his drink so he would not have to check out. I told James I would buy him some ice cream to save some time in line, and to be funny, said, "Hell I'll buy everyone ice cream."To my amazement, the guy behind the counter ran over to the ice cream

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Football season is over, at least it is for me. I set a few goals this year. They were:1. Pay attention to the light.2. Pay attention to the bench.3. Look for something different.4. Shoot tight and get good "faces"5. Try to get something with the second body.6. Work on field management.I shot just over 7000 frames. Most were at High School games. They are really the most fun. I also went to

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Our niece, Lauren, turned 19 last week. She is a freshman at the College of the Ozarks in Clarksville. Janet, Katie and I drove up there after work Tuesday. We got to see her dorm room and meet her roommate. Her room is very clean. We took them to dinner at a restaurant in Altus (about 15 miles away) called CJ's. It was very upscale and we had coconut fried string beans. They were very

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I had my flu shot today. I am now protected so bring on that Chinese avian flu. I never had a flu shot at the office before. Every year there is a sign-up sheet, but since I have a fear of needles, I never took the chance. I was afraid I would pass out. But this year I cowboyed up. Chris, Kip, and I marched up to personnel and did our department proud. It did not hurt a bit. I feel like a

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Darren McFadden is the real deal. Definitely a Sunday afternoon player. Today he rushed for better than a buck fifty and went over 1000 yards for the season. This is the first time an Arkansas freshman rushed for over 1000. He went over on a beautiful 69 yard run in the fourth quarter. The light was beautiful and it made a great shot.

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One of Kyle's roommates, Shane, has a pit bull that had puppies. Thirteen puppies. Two have already died and Janet found out (Kyle calls every 20 minutes with updates) that another was not doing well. Kyle and Shane brought it by for her to see. Janet went into "Janet mode". Within 2 minutes, the puppy was being fed, covered in blankets and had his own box by the fire.I think the dog already

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I bought a new camera. It is the Canon SD550, a 7 megapixel point and shoot. It seems pretty nice. The photo of Chris is the first frame from the camera. This is appropriate because Chris is the reason I have a new camera. I loaned him my old one to take to Cancun. It was one on the Wilma casualties.A full review of the camera can be found on the DP Review website here

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Margaret Schulz had her Birthday this week. She is a great gal. Chris had a surprise party for her. i missed the surprise part. There wer a lot of people there. I stayed and took a few pictures, but was not feeling well.For her birthday, she is going to see Oprah live we a couple of her friends. What a hoot.Happy Birthday, Margaret.

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Kyle and I hired ourselves out to be Cheerleader photographers for an outfit called LightSpeed Photos. The event was at the Hot Springs convention center. Basically, we sat near a stage and shot everything that moved. During a two minute routine, I would shoot 100 frames. A guy would run by, take our card and give us another one. We would then do it again.About 1000 times!!!The girls were

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Charles Feild had invited me for dinner to celebrate my birthday. It was a great evening. Lots of good food and drink. It reminded me how lucky I am to have such good friends. My thanks to all of them, Charles, Greg, Barry, Tom, Lewis, Manuel, Buzz, Gary, and Eldon. Let's do it again.

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I made it, 46 years old. All in all it has been a good run. I have a terrific family, good friends, good job and pretty good health. janet went out of town today for a few days to some date that starts with an "M", but she made eggs benedict this morning and I got cool gifts from her and Katie. I even had a little cake. I am going out to dinner tonight with Kristie and my kids to BeneVita.

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We have been installing a new version of Production Manager Pro (PMP). This is the software form Harris Baseview that allows us to build ads for the newspaper. Essentially, this is how we make money.The new version works pretty well, but there are some bugs. While we were installing yet another version with a crippling bug, I came across this article on the worst computer bugs in history .It

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I have shot football for many years. It is definitely my favorite thing to shoot. I always carry an "around the neck" camera. For those who do not know what that is, let me explain. You normally use long lenses to shoot with, but sometimes things happen right in front of you and the telephotos are just too tight and you only get a hand or the top of the head. You see this happen all of the

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It's not the two-way TV wristwatch I have been patiently waiting for since I was six, but it is pretty cool. At last, for just under $1800.00, you can own your very own 500 Joule pulse laser gun. You can order the plans, the parts, or the fully assembled unit. You have to sign an agreement not to burn a hole in anyone, but I am sure no one would ever do that. The best part, it runs on AA

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Janet's Mom is a bit under the weather today. She ran a fever last night and the doctor wanted to see her. Everyone was out of town so I picked her up and to her to Dr. Patel. He is a cool guy. Her white count was up and he wanted to give her IV antibiotics. They do this at the chemotherapy lab. It is kind of cool. There is a big glassed in room with about 30 reclines. All of the chairs

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I recently switched to a Mac laptop. I love it but have been bothered by how fragile the power plug is. It just sticks out on the side and looks like it could break off very easily. According to this article it is fragile and very costly to fix. So be careful so you do not have to go through what this guy did.

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We received a call from the Alcohol Beverage Control board.As you may have read here earlier, we recently traveled to Napa, California. Janet did a story for the newspaper and in it she admitted to having transported alcoholic beverages from California to Arkansas. This of course, is illegal. I am sure people do this all the time, but admitting to it in print alerted our government officials.

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Chris and Toby are back. Chris was impressed with his desk (see photo). He could just feel the love. We did not do anything to Toby's desk because we don't love him as much (kidding) and we did not have time. I am really cranky today. It is just the way I am. Chris broke my camera and destroyed a 2 gig card. Sigh..... I am amazed at how much I do not know. In the old days, I pretty much

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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published the story we did on the wine country. For those who do not know, Janet and I went to Napa, CA recently. I attended a conference and Janet toured the area. She decided to do a general interest story on the area and I took some pictures. It turned out to be a pretty nice package. If you want to see the pictures from the trip, they can be seen here.

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After my previous post I have to admit, this was the best supper club we have had at our house. Janet did a great job and was proud of her roast. It looked and tasted great. Menu and Recipes

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Tonight is Supper Club. At our house.This is Janet's favorite thing to do . She scurries around for weeks, going over recipes and describing them in agoninzig detail. I pretend to be disinterested and refuse to partcipate. She always cooks "dainty food" that is a little overbearing for my taste. Once I got to be in charge and made meatlof and all of the fixin's. It was "da'bomb". Tonight

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Katie turned 17 years old this week. She has some new friends that are very mobile. She spends a lot of time on the phone in "Teenage wasteland" dealing with their new millennium Peyton Place. It is very disturbing to me, the man who has the role of being the protector. It is exciting and terrifying to see her go through her paces.But she is a great girl, turning into a young woman and every

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Chris and Tammy returned yesterday. For those who do not know, they were trapped in Cancun during Hurricane Wilma. Leave it to Chris to schedule vacation 9 months in advance to coincide with the largest hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin.I think he should have bought a lottery ticket instead.Chris said it was one of the worst experiences he has been through. I have joked that this is

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Since I take a lot of pictures (hobby number 1) I need to learn how to post them. This picture is one I liked that I shot at one of the Razorback games a few weeks ago. If the post works, you are saying, "Hey, nice shot !".If you cannot see it, you are saying, "Man, what an idiot !"Time will tell.

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I got the new telescope working last night. It took three days of dis-assembly and re-assembly with various mods, but it is now perfect.As always, I am obsessing.I had high hopes of viewing from my front yard, but that is going to be tough. I can only se a half dozen or so bright stars. I did see M57, the ring nebula and could make out a bit of color. Nebuleas and galaxies are out of the

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Yes, a BLOG. I am always a little behind what is cool and a little in front of the norm. A true born semi-leader, semi-follower. Anyway, I was encouraged by Toby to start a BLOG. I really don't have much to say at this point. i am just typing this to see what it looks like when I hit the go button. In the future I inted to talk about the various money pit projects i am involved in. I

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