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Kia's compact four-seater urban CUB concept
Kia's new CUB concept unveiled at the Seoul Auto Show has been designed with the trendy urban demographic in mind. Measuring just 13 feet (3.96 m) long, the concept vehicle still manages to provide space for four within its compact cabin.
Designed at Kia?s Seoul design studio under the direction of President and Chief Design Officer, Peter Schreyer, the CUB has rearward-opening rear doors and an "access-all-areas" interior concept. Essentially, the design team left the B-pillars out, hence the all access thing. Clever though, as it looks to significantly improve ingress and egress for the trend setters.
On the outside there are a number of personalized design cues going on. Side mirrors are almost non-existent, while strange little upturned winglets on the doors that Kia refers to as ?turning vanes? look to be more nautical than dry land effective. These aerodynamic vanes at sill level are designed to streamline and add definition to the CUB?s profile.
On the hood, recessed "wing treatments" similar to the CUB?s hood and door details can be found. From the front, the CUB?s distinctive snickering, mustachioed face reminds one of the infamous masks used by Anonymous. Headlights feature two-point LED lights, similar to those on the Kia Quoris, while big 19-inch alloy wheels fill out the stubby wheel arches.
With seating for four the CUB?s interior is trimmed in black leather with yellow seat accents around the armrests and steering wheel. Think Bumblebee with suicide doors and twin-turbochargers. Kia says the instrument panel was inspired by wild animal eyes ? although they look more robot-eyed than animal to us. The gauge cluster is deepset binnacle behind a thick, three-spoke steering wheel ? which, by the way, can monitor your biorhythms. The dash overall is a minimalist affair with air vents controlled by a touch sensor and a place for an iPhone.
A DIS (Driving Information System) controller, similar to Xbox?s Kinect system, is connected to a gesture camera. With what Kia calls ?well-defined motions,? drivers can scroll through and select menu items via the center display. So now you have people throwing about Dance Dance Fever like "motions" in an attempt to turn the AC down. I can?t see this being a problem ever.
Cute and urban trendy is nice but to ensure the CUB isn?t made fun of on the freeway, Kia has placed a new 1.6 liter engine with direct injection under the hood. This powerplant, recently confirmed for use in Kia?s ?pro_cee?d GT? and ?cee?d GT? in Europe, should provide ample power for most situations.
Fitted with twin-scroll turbochargers and beefed up internal bits, the CUB?s new engine generates 51 percent more power ? 204 hp (154 kW) ? and 60 percent more torque ? 195 lb. ft. (265 Nm) ? than the boring old 1.6 engine. In partner with six-speed manual gearbox, the wee CUB is reported to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) in a sort of quick 7.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 230 km/h (143 mph).
Looking to go head to head with the Mini, this turning-vaned, suicide-doored, turbocharged urban assault vehicle could be just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, there are no plans to put the Kia CUB concept into production as yet.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
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New technologies combat invasive species
Mar. 28, 2013 ? A new research paper by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Environmental Change Initiative (ECI) demonstrates how two cutting-edge technologies can provide a sensitive and real-time solution to screening real-world water samples for invasive species before they get into our country or before they cause significant damage.
"Aquatic invasive species cause ecological and economic damage worldwide, including the loss of native biodiversity and damage to the world's great fisheries," Scott Egan, a research assistant professor with Notre Dame's Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Initiative and a member of the research team, said. "This research combines two new, but proven technologies, environmental DNA (eDNA) and Light Transmission Spectroscopy (LTS), to address the growing problem of aquatic invasive species by increasing our ability to detect dangerous species in samples before they arrive or when they are still rare in their environment and have not yet caused significant damage."
Egan points out that eDNA is a species surveillance tool that recognizes a unique advantage of aquatic sampling: water often contains microscopic bits of tissue in suspension, including the scales of fish, the exoskeletons of insects, and the sloughed cells of and tissues of aquatic species. These tissue fragments can be filtered from water samples and then a standard DNA extraction is performed on the filtered matter. The new sampling method for invasive species was pioneered by members of the ND Environmental Change Initiative, including David Lodge and Chris Jerde, Central Michigan University's Andrew Mahon, and The Nature Conservancy's Lindsay Chadderton.
Egan explains that LTS, which was developed by Notre Dame physicists Steven Ruggiero and Carol Tanner, can measure the size of small particles on a nanometer scale (1 nanometer equals 1 billionth of a meter). LTS was used in the research for DNA-based species detection where the LTS device detects small shifts in the size of nanoparticles with short single-stranded DNA fragments on their surface that will only bind to the DNA of a specific species.
"Thus, these nanoparticles grow in size in the presence of a target species, such as a dangerous invasive species, but don't in the presence of other species" Egan said. "In addition to the sensitivity of LTS, it is also advantageous because the device fits in a small suitcase and can operate off a car battery in the field, such as a point of entry at the border of the U.S."
The Notre Dame researchers demonstrated the work with manipulative experiments in the lab for five high-risk invasive species and also in the field, using lakes already infested with an invasive mussel, Dreissena polymorpha or the zebra mussel.
"Our work implies that eDNA sampling and LTS could enable rapid species detection in the field in the context of research, voluntary or regulatory surveillance and management actions to lower the risk of the introduction or spread of harmful species," Egan said. "In the Great Lakes alone, 180 nonindigenous species have been established since European settlement, with about 70 percent arriving through the ballast tanks of transoceanic ships. Ballast water monitoring is one of many potential applications for LTS with ramifications for environmental protection, public health and economic health."
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Palestinian journalist jailed for Abbas photo
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? A West Bank appeals court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison term for a Palestinian journalist who had a photo on his Facebook page that authorities claimed portrayed President Mahmoud Abbas as a traitor, rights activists said.
It was the second such case in two months, and Abbas' Palestinian Authority is facing mounting criticism for stifling dissent. In particular, Abbas' security forces have targeted supporters of the Islamic militant Hamas, which seized the Gaza Strip from him in 2007.
The defendant in Thursday's case was Mamdouh Hamamreh, a reporter for the Hamas-linked Al-Quds TV.
Nimer Hamad, an adviser to Abbas, said the Palestinian president would pardon Hamamreh, but declined further comment.
Prosecutors have alleged that a photo montage on his Facebook page back in 2010 showed Abbas next to a villain in a popular TV drama about French colonial rule in the Levant. The villain was an informer for the French and the photo caption read: "They're alike."
Hamamreh denied that he was the one who posted the photo, but last year a court sentenced him to a year in prison. An appeals court upheld the sentence Thursday, said Issam Abdeen of the Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq.
In February, a Palestinian court sentenced university student Anas Awwad, 26, to a year in jail for "cursing the president" on Facebook. The Palestinian judiciary applies a Jordanian law that criminalizes cursing the king.
Awwad's father said at the time that his son was being punished for what appeared to be a humorous caption under a picture showing Abbas kicking a soccer ball.
An appeals court overturned Awwad's sentence earlier this month and ordered a new trial, Abdeen said. Several other Palestinians face similar charges, he said.
Abbas and his Palestinian Authority, which administers 38 percent of the West Bank, have come under fire repeatedly for squashing dissent. Hamas, which rules Gaza, has faced similar accusations, including going after supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement.
The Palestinian political split of 2007 largely halted the work of democratic institutions. It paralyzed the parliament and prevented new parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Medics blamed for Morosini death during match
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PESCARA, Italy (AP) - An inquest into the death of Piermario Morosini during a Serie B match last year has blamed four medics for their inadequate treatment of the soccer player.
Morosini collapsed and died during Livorno's match at Pescara on April 14 because of a heart attack. Forensic tests later revealed he had a genetic heart disease.
The 25-year-old Morosini was on loan from Serie A team Udinese.
The three judges say the absence of a defibrillator had "a causal role in the death of Morosini." They criticize the doctors of both clubs, the paramedic and the first doctor to attend to Morosini upon his arrival at the hospital.
Most of the criticism has been directed at paramedic Vito Molfese, whom the judges say should have assumed the role of leader and immediately used a defibrillator.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Tiny blue-bellied fish discovered in the Rio Negro
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At only 17 millimetres long, this blue-bellied night wanderer won't break any angling records. But for the researchers who fished it out of the Rio Negro, the largest tributary of the Amazon, it must have been catch of the season.
The fish - since named Cyanogaster noctivaga - is not only a new species, but an entirely new genus. And it was found in a stretch of river that has been particularly well explored, making it even more of a surprise.
A member of the Characidae family, the fish is marked out from its relatives by an unusual mouth and teeth - including a single conical tooth in the outer row - and slightly different fins. It is fully transparent except for its head and striking blue belly.
Nocturnal and only 7 millimetres longer than Paedocypris progenetica, the world's smallest fish, it wasn't easy to spot. But the team learned to look out for a sudden blue streak in their nets. To get pictures, they had to transfer specimens to a specially rigged photo tank quickly, without taking them out of the water, otherwise they died and turned white.
"It's a strange little animal," says Ralf Britz, a fish expert at the Natural History Museum in London, who took part in the Amazonian expedition in October 2011.
Journal reference: Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, vol 23, p 297
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Yes, on some level it's just a seven-year check-in with people maybe half-remembered, if that. Yet the films also serve as a kind of check-in with us, too.
What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else.
We feel good, refreshed and depressed in watching these people get older, also embarrassed in moments and cautioned about the passage of time.
Apted, himself now in his early 70s, says he hopes to continue the series further. Long may it live.
Watching "56 Up" gives you the wonderful feeling of seeing a sociological experiment blossom into something novelistically rich and humane.
Time has been neither kind nor cruel to the 13 men and women profiled in "56 UP." It has just been time, which is what this groundbreaking series is about.
Chances are that you'll come away from this long film feeling a sense of knowing its characters.
We might say that '56 Up' serves much the same function as 'Amour,' but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion, not dread.
What started as a crafty way of looking at the U.K.'s rigid class structure has grown into a portrait of melancholy middle age, with its heartbreaks and minor-key triumphs.
Those British kids are now 56
Watching the eighth film is intriguing but, in a way, disappointing. At this point in the game, it feels as if all the characters have determined their lots in life and are simply plodding through their interviews.
Quite simply one of the great documentary projects in the history of cinema, an engrossing sociological experiment on film; and though this mostly mellow installment isn't as revelatory as some earlier ones, it's still a remarkable document.
... feels like a retrospective and summation of the whole series, with ample quotation from the previous films, an approach that makes it interesting even for viewers who haven't seen the previous installments.
A completely unique and remarkable documentary project.
Apted skillfully weaves old footage with the new, and we become poignantly aware of another factor shaping their lives (and our own): biology, as the we watch the once-cute kids grow gray and heavy.
Perhaps the boldest and probably longest running sociological experiment on film.
I think the best thing about this movie (and the entire series) is that it forces the viewer to think about their own lives. It's kind of an awakening experience.
Once again, Apted assembles a captivating documentary that's profoundly educational, essential viewing to aid the understanding of the human experience.
"56 Up" is well worth seeing.
56 Up is still moving and philosophic, though not as exciting as earlier episodes, which had more drama.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Carnegie Mellon's Kevin Zollman earns NSF award to investigate economics of science
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PITTSBURGHCarnegie Mellon University's Kevin Zollman has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project "Incentives, Diversity and Scientific Problem Choice."
Zollman, an associate professor of philosophy in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, will use the five-year, $400,000 award to investigate the economics of science to further understand the relationship between scientists and the incentives they face to secure funding, publish papers and receive promotions. He will connect existing studies that use an economic methodology to understand problem choice in order to explore the effects of incentives in science. The results of his work will include tools developed to help scientific policymakers evaluate the effect of different incentive systems.
The CAREER Award is the NSF's most prestigious award designed to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through their outstanding research, excellent teaching and the integration of education and research within the context of their organization's missions.
"Kevin is without doubt one of the most talented young scholars in philosophy today and one of our most committed and effective teachers," said Richard Scheines, head of the Department of Philosophy. "I am delighted that the NSF has chosen to recognize him with such a prestigious award, and that the award will give him the time and resources needed to get deep into a great topic: how does the economic landscape within which science functions affect its ability to acquire knowledge efficiently."
Zollman joined the CMU faculty as the first Herbert Simon Postdoctoral Fellow of Scientific Philosophy in 2008. His research focuses on game theory, agent-based modeling and the philosophy of science. Currently, Zollman teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including courses on Rational Choice, Philosophy of Economics and Social Epistemology.
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PITTSBURGHCarnegie Mellon University's Kevin Zollman has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project "Incentives, Diversity and Scientific Problem Choice."
Zollman, an associate professor of philosophy in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, will use the five-year, $400,000 award to investigate the economics of science to further understand the relationship between scientists and the incentives they face to secure funding, publish papers and receive promotions. He will connect existing studies that use an economic methodology to understand problem choice in order to explore the effects of incentives in science. The results of his work will include tools developed to help scientific policymakers evaluate the effect of different incentive systems.
The CAREER Award is the NSF's most prestigious award designed to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through their outstanding research, excellent teaching and the integration of education and research within the context of their organization's missions.
"Kevin is without doubt one of the most talented young scholars in philosophy today and one of our most committed and effective teachers," said Richard Scheines, head of the Department of Philosophy. "I am delighted that the NSF has chosen to recognize him with such a prestigious award, and that the award will give him the time and resources needed to get deep into a great topic: how does the economic landscape within which science functions affect its ability to acquire knowledge efficiently."
Zollman joined the CMU faculty as the first Herbert Simon Postdoctoral Fellow of Scientific Philosophy in 2008. His research focuses on game theory, agent-based modeling and the philosophy of science. Currently, Zollman teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including courses on Rational Choice, Philosophy of Economics and Social Epistemology.
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Sherpa Gets $1.1M From Google Ventures, A16Z, & More For Location-Aware Predictive Intelligence iOS App
Sherpa, a stealthy startup that has built a personalized predictive intelligence app for the iPhone that's powered by your location data and other personal information, is announcing today that it has raised $1.1 million in seed funding from Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Google Ventures, InterWest Partners, Merus Capital, Innovation Endeavors and AngelPad. While Sherpa is not yet ready for a full public debut, the company is opening up the private beta of its iOS app today to a wider number of users -- you can sign up for that at GetSherpa.com.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/X9wSoDSNJGQ/
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
How to Stay Sane When Your Whole Family Shares One Computer
Shaun Chatman
In 2009, more than half of US households had just one computer. In 2013, most American households have more gadgets than people. However, if you're still struggling to keep everyone in the family happy with just one computer, here are some smart strategies that you can carry out to encourage peace and harmony with family tech use.
Create Separate User Accounts
You can do this with both PC and Mac computers. Creating separate accounts for each family member provides a sense of individuality and control. Users can have different backgrounds, desktop icons, and folders. These accounts may have passwords for privacy as well. Consider allowing passwords to keep nosy siblings out, while requiring that all passwords be reported to parents for supervision.
Keep Individual Cubbies by the Computer
While you may share a single computer, this doesn't mean that you have to share all your gadgets. Assign each family member a cubby near the computer desk. This is ideal for storing a portable external hard drive, USB drives, Bluetooth devices, a special mouse pad, USB toys, and game discs.
Make Clear Rules for Computer Use
You can stop arguments in their early stages by setting clear rules for all computer use. Assign each family member a set amount of time each day and be specific about when this allotment will take place. Cover all contingencies such as whether computer minutes roll over to the next day, and if you will let one child to give her minutes to another. Discuss how you'll handle exceptions if a child has a special school project that requires use of the computer, so these issues are always handled fairly for every child.
Place a Clock in a Prominent Location Near the Computer
To avoid arguments about when a user's time is up, keep a specially designated clock in the computer area. This will always be the official clock for mediating computer disputes, regardless of what the user's watch or desktop may read. A clock with an alarm is ideal for setting a five-minute warning before computer time is up.
Specify Where Laptops Can be Used
Desktop computers make it easy to appoint a family computer desk. With notebooks, the rules for use are not so clear-cut. Discuss the rules for where laptops can and cannot be used both in and outside the house. Children are less likely to take part in inappropriate behavior online when computer use takes place in a family room or other common area.
Allow Computer Use Outside the Home as Needed
If one computer just isn't enough to give each child online study time at the end of the semester, you may temporarily need the use of an extra computer. Consider taking the family to the library or a computer caf? where you can get access to other computers without having to buy a whole new device.
Keeping everyone in the family on a single computer is tricky, but there's no need to write this off as impossible. Sharing the computer may limit inappropriate use in teens and foster important values such as sharing in younger children.
Shaun Chatman is a well published author on many authority sites. He lives in Dunedin, FL, and spends his free time playing with his kids or advising friends on tech, gadgets, finance, and travel. Follow him on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/shaun_chatman.
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#1 Flitchit ?
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Hey guys, im trying to use a my.setting setting as an object (I hope thats correct). What I want is to use it, like this:
Dim mysetting As Object = My.Settings.setting 'Now, the setting will be changed to something like Form1.Button1 'And I want to use mysetting instead of form1.Button1, like; mysetting.Backgroundimage.fromfile ("C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\pic1.png")
This doesn't work, sadly. So im wondering if its possible, because it would cut my code down by quite a few lines.
Thanks in advance
.Aidan
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Re: Using My.Settings.setting as Object
Posted Today, 05:01 PM
Why not store all the object properties as an XML string and then store that string in the my.settings? Then, when you need it, you can pop out the XML, cycle through the nodes, and create the object?
#3 Flitchit ?
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Re: Using My.Settings.setting as Object
Posted Today, 05:17 PM
modi123_1, on 24 March 2013 - 05:01 PM, said:
Why not store all the object properties as an XML string and then store that string in the my.settings? Then, when you need it, you can pop out the XML, cycle through the nodes, and create the object?
Well, 3 reasons
1. I have no idea what you're talking about cause im a newb
2. I have no idea what you're talking about cause im a newb
3. I have no idea what you're talking about cause im a newb
But im sure my method would work with a bit of tweaking.
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Re: Using My.Settings.setting as Object
Posted Today, 05:25 PM
GUI objects are quite big.. but if you must - drill down the 'type' to 'browse'.. then drill down to the windows forms until you find the GUI control you want and there you go.Typically my objects are all types across the board so I just save their important bits in XML and then save that XML string in the my.settings under 'string'.
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Curve Appeal: Do Men Know Something About Women's Bodies ...
I?ll be the first to admit it: I am sort of a sucker for consumer-friendly psychology magazines. Publications like Psychology Today are full of articles I either enjoy reading or using as fire kindling. Or, when I am really irritated by the content, writing articles on the topic. Like this one.
The article, published in Psychology Today, is titled ?Ahead of the Curves? and the brilliant tagline? ?Men know something vital about women?s body shapes that women don?t. Plus: How big hips make wise women.?
It is six pages long and features illustrations of women who look more like playmates than the women who have the aforementioned ?big hips? and are ?wise? because of it. One of the illustrations boasts a sexy blonde wearing a pastel-pretty bra and tight briefs. She is pursing her red lips ? ready to kiss! She is rather revolting and her hips, well, they certainly are not wise.
That alone is irritating but this is the part that really makes me question my taste in literature: This lengthy article is written by two men.
Their respective names and impressive education are listed in very small font. I wondered: How can these two men possibly educate and enlighten women on their sex appeal and bodies? Well, they certainly gave it a good shot. But not good enough.
The first paragraph states that ?American males, it has been calculated, spend some $3 billion a year to gaze at women with hourglass figures, those whose small waists blossom into sinuously curvy hips.?
My first thought? Where does this ?calculation? come from? Furthermore, how does gazing at women connect to ?$3 billion a year?? They don?t explain this. Maybe men take time off work to gawk at women? Unlikely.
I have to give credit where credit is due: They do include research done by the late Deborah Sing ? 20 years ago. This is the only mention of a female contribution to the piece and does not extend past one measly paragraph which tells the eager reader: ?. . .Men all around the world. . .Prefer a similar shape.?
We are then told that when men view a curvy woman their brains respond in a similar fashion to cocaine and heroin. Hmm. That?s a strange statement with no research provided to the reader.
Even so, the following paragraph takes the cake:
Even a thin woman carries an astonishing amount of fat in her legs and hips?about a third of her body weight. Men everywhere admire the fat located here. . .Only bears ready to hibernate, penguins facing a sunless winter without food, or whales swimming in the arctic waters have fat percentages that approach those in normal, healthy, trim young women.
Well, that?s lovely! Female readers have now been compared to bears, penguins and whales. Furthermore, the word ?astonishing? used in relation to our apparent ?fat? probably does not make us smile. I am currently grimacing.
For diversity?s sake (or perhaps the editor was concerned about backlash from readers) a few paragraphs are devoted to explaining that American women are in dire need of more omega-3s.
Unfortunately, I believe more women have read this article than men. The pages are laced with bright pink script. I kid you not. Literature like this confuses both genders and, in my humble and currently sarcastic opinion, the size of my hips does not make me ?wise.? And neither did reading this article.
Reference
Lassek, W. & Gaulin, S. (2012, August). Ahead of the curves. Psychology Today, 45(4), 74-77.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Foundation Capital's Young Entrepreneur Program Lets Students Become VCs
We sat down Foundation Capital General Partner Paul Holland and one of participants in the firm's Young Entrepreneurs Program, which offers MBA hopefuls and graduate students an opportunity to essentially act as a VC. We were lucky to meet Theresa Johnson, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/soi6dIBImAI/
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Step-by-step guide to install Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update on Galaxy S2 I9100G with SlimBean Build 2 ROM ...
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