Texas Country Reporter @ Fossati's in Victoria, Texas
The Texas Country Reporter visits Fossati's Delicatessen in Victoria, Texas!
In memory of Catherine Cathy Fossati Wyatt.
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Quality Inn & Suites Victoria - Victoria Hotels, Texas
Quality Inn & Suites Victoria 3 Stars Victoria Hotels, Texas Within US Travel Directory One of our bestsellers in Victoria! Free WiFi and an outdoor pool are featured at this Victoria, Texas hotel. Museum of the Coastal Bend is 5 minutes' drive away.
A good night's sleepA flat-screen cable TV and a seating area are provided in each room at Hotel Victoria. Complete with a microwave, the rooms also have a refrigerator and a coffee machine. Free toiletries are included in the rooms' private bathrooms.More about the propertyStay active by exercising in the fitness centre.
A 24-hour front desk and a mini-market are available for your convenience.In and around the areaRiverside Golf Course is 12 minutes' drive from the property. The Texas Zoo is 5 miles away.
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24th Annual Stage Door Canteen USS Lexington Feb 17, 2017
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Presidio La Bahia, Goliad TX | Historic Fort | RV Texas
Take a Tour of Presidio La Bahia! The oldest standing fort west of the Mississippi River, still stands today in Goliad, Texas. Presidio La Bahia, built here in 1749, is so rich in Texas history, that you can feel that history as you walk its grounds.
This historic fort in Texas played a role in the American Revolution and, many historians believe that the events that took place here had a direct impact on the final outcome in the Texas fight for Independence during the 19th century. For more information on Presidio La Bahia visit
Presidio La Bahia is an absolute must visit destination for anyone interested in Texas history. It is located just south of Goliad State Park and Historic Site and the town of Goliad, Texas.
We (Tom & Stacie) are Native Texans who are all about exploring the Lone Star State in our weekend home on wheels. We're always looking for fun and interesting places to visit. Have you been to Presidio La Bahia? We'd love to hear about your visit. Please leave a comment and tell us about it.
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Goliad State Park and Historic Site (with bonus footage about the CCC!)
Texas Tidbits: The Man Behind Cinco de Mayo
Goliad Brewery
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Mount Shasta California Semi Truck Ride...
Mount Shasta California January 22 2013 near the town of Weed HWY 97 west bound 3:45pm
America's National Parks and Forests
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Now the magnificent beauty of the national park system is available on your TV or PC. This video includes stunning videos of America's great national parks, forests and historical monuments. The videos are indexed so you can quickly see each park.
Spectacular DVD videos - You'll see the breathtaking scenery of Yosemite and Yellowstone, activities such as snowmobiling, skiing, biking, horseback riding and climbing Mt. Rainier, wildlife such as bison, elk, swan, deer, and alligators, the quiet beauty of Acadia, the grand rock formations of Utah's parks, Alaska's parks, the Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains, Cape Cod, Mt. Rushmore, The Statute of Liberty, Crater Lake, Manassas Battlefield, the Everglades, Big Bend, Arches, Bryce Canyon, plus many other treasures.
A Special Bonus - Great World Sites - See the Great Barrier Reef, an African video safari, Disneyland, London, Venice and Hong Kong. We reveal the secret of the ancient city of Machu Picchu in Peru.
Incredible Travel Planner - See the videos, and then plan your trip. And it's educational for children.
Some of the topics and sites covered on the DVD -- This video provides an overview of America's national parks, monuments, and forests. It even includes a bonus tour of great sites around the world. Since this covers great sites in both the USA and the world you'll have to travel by plane, train, car bus and even hike or cross country ski to see some of these sites.
Yellowstone's volcanic past created its hot spring and geysers including old Faithful. It erupts roughly every 65 minutes for a couple of minutes.
On the east coast there are a number of parks or national forests you may want to explore such as Acadia National Park in Maine, or Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts. These parks provide many activities such as biking, hiking, swimming and even surfing. Washington DC has many famous monuments which are part of the national park system, such as the Lincoln memorial, the Washington Monument, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and civil war battlefields such as Manassas. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park provides panoramic views of both Tennessee and North Carolina.
At Mt. Rushmore see the faces of four great American Presidents; Lincoln, Washington, Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt are chiseled into the mountainside. Some other parks covered include Big Bend, in Texas, Bryce Canyon and Arches National Park in Utah, Lake Powell, Crater Lake, Mt Lassen, Yosemite National Park with magnificent rock formations including the Half Dome and El Captain, plus the parks in Alaska, such as Denali and glaciers including Columbia Glacier near Prince William Sound.
This video also covers great sites around the world including: Banff National Park, in Canada with the stunning Lake Louise, Niagara Falls, Montreal with its canals which are preserved as historical sites by the Canadian government, St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Britain, London, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Kensington Gardens, which is next to Kensington Palace, Princess Diana 's former home, Stonehenge, the Lake District, Paris, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dam, the Arc de Triumph, the French Alps which offer great hiking and skiing, Mount Blanc which at almost 16,000 feet is the highest peak in the Alps. Disneyland Paris with Main Street its shops and parades, Switzerland with its majestic snow covered mountains, including Zermatt a famous ski resort at the base of Matter horn, Geneva, Venice Italy with its spectacular Cathedrals, museums, canals and gondolas, St. Mark's square, the Grand Canal, Lake Como, one of the most scenic spots in Italy where you can play golf, sail or fish, Heidelberg Germnay, Baden Baden, a health resort, with mineral spas, and gambling, the famous black forest, The Alps which extend for almost 500 miles cutting through France, Switzerland, Germany Italy and Austria, an African video safari, with Mandrills, Lemurs, wildebeast, rhinoceros, Zebras, giraffes and Gorillas, the great wall of China, Hong Kong and Victoria Peak for a great view of the city, the Marble Boat at the Summer Palace a former vacation home of royal families, Giant Pandas, Sydney, Australia, unusual wildlife such as this Kangaroo and the cute Koala, the noisy Kookaburra, the Great Barrier Reef - the largest coral reef in the world, South America, llamas in the Andes Mountains, Machu Picchu the ancient Incas, nestled high in the peaks of South America.
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Out West & Back 2010 (4/4)
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These videos are a compilation of the rail fanning we did on our road trip from central Ontario to Vancouver Island, British Columbia and back through Colorado from August 26th to September 7th, 2010. The full version of every clip you see is available in my library.
Road trips are an awesome way to spend a vacation. It's all about the journey and not just one destination. We have enjoyed visiting every continental US state including Alaska. If you are thinking of road tripping, drop me a line, I would be glad to help.
Route sorta: Road Trip Railfanning Parry Sound Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie United States Michigan Superior Minnesota Duluth Grand Rapids North Dakota Minot Montana Malta Havre Browning Glacier National Park Eureka British Columbia Ossoyos Okanagan Valley Chilliwack Abbotsford Burnaby North Vancouver Island Nanaimo Parksville Tofino Victoria Washington Port Angeles Black Ball Ferry Olympic NP Columbia River Oregon Astoria Trolley Rockaway Beach Tillamook Salem Portland Mount Hood The Dalles Idaho Boise Twin Falls Nevada Wells Wendover Utah Bonneville Salt Flats Salt Lake City Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Denver Nebraska Gothenburg Grand Island Lincoln Omaha Iowa City Des Moines Illinois Joliet Indiana Gary South Bend Elkhart Lansing Flint Port Huron Canada Sarnia London Mississauga
DMC Board Of Regents - February 13, 2018
The Del Mar College Board of Regents regular meeting of February 13, 2018.
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Great Race - Longview, WA - June 29, 2019
The Great Race at Longview, WA on June 29, 2019
The 2019 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty will start in Riverside, Calif., on Saturday, June 22, and finish is Tacoma, Wash., on Sunday, June 30, race organizers have announced.
This marks the first time the Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will start and finish on the West Coast. The 9-day, 2,300-mile adventure will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to 18 cities in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. More than $150,000 will be awarded to top finishers in multiple divisions.
“We are excited to start the 2019 Great Race in Riverside,” director Jeff Stumb said. “Especially with Riverside’s great connection and long history of racing at the old Riverside Raceway.” It will be the first time the event has been to Riverside since a 2001 overnight stop.
“We are also pleased to be working with our friends at LeMay – America’s Car Museum to host the finish of the 2019 Great Race. We have started in Tacoma in 1996 and 1998 and we finished there in 2005, but this will be the first time we have had the honor of holding the race in conjunction with America’s Car Museum.”
Teams and cars from Japan, England, Australia, Canada and every corner of the United States will converge in Riverside in mid-June with vintage automobiles dating back as far as 1916.
“There are more than 450 people just in our entourage from all around the world,” Stumb said. “And along the route they will see amazing sites, including Lake Tahoe, Redwood National Park, Northern California’s coastline, Crater Lake, Mount Hood and Mount Rainer.”
Overnight cities along the 2019 route are scheduled to include Lancaster, Calif.; Gardnerville, Nev.; Chico, Calif.; Eureka, Calif.; Grants Pass, Ore.; Bend, Ore.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Olympia, Wash. Lunch cities are scheduled to include Victorville, Calif.; Bishop, Calif.; Grass Valley, Calif.; Ukiah, Calif.; Brookings, Ore.; Crater Lake, Ore.; Hood River, Ore.; and Longview, Wash.
The Great Race, which began 36 years ago, is not a speed race, but a time/speed/distance rally. The vehicles, each with a driver and navigator, are given precise instructions each day that detail every move down to the second. They are scored at secret check points along the way and are penalized one second for each second either early or late. As in golf, the lowest score wins.
Cars start – and hopefully finish – one minute apart if all goes according to plan. The biggest part of the challenge other than staying on time and following the instructions is getting an old car to the finish line each day, organizers say.
Each stop on the Great Race is free to the public and spectators will be able to visit with the participants and to look at the cars for several hours. It is common for kids to climb in the cars for a first-hand look.
Cars built in 1974 and earlier are eligible, with most entries having been manufactured before World War II. In the 2017 Great Race a 1932 Ford won the event from Florida to northern Michigan. The 2019 winners will again receive $50,000 of the $150,000 total purse.
A 1916 Hudson Pikes Peak Hillclimber, a 1916 Chevrolet Phaeton, a 1917 Peerless Racer and a chain-driven 1918 American LaFrance Speedster are the oldest cars scheduled to be in the 2018 Great Race from Buffalo, N.Y., to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Over the decades, the Great Race has stopped in hundreds of cities big and small, from tiny Austin, Nev., to New York City.
“When the Great Race pulls into a city it becomes an instant festival,” Stumb said. “Last year we had five overnight stops with more than 10,000 spectators on our way to having 250,000 people see the Great Race during the event.”
The event was started in 1983 by Tom McRae and it takes its name from the 1965 movie, The Great Race, which starred Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood and Peter Falk. The movie is a comedy based on the real life 1908 automobile race from New York to Paris. In 2004, Tony Curtis was the guest of the Great Race and rode in his car from the movie, the Leslie Special.
The Great Race gained a huge following from late night showings on ESPN when the network was just starting out in the early 1980s. The first entrant, Curtis Graf of Irving, Texas, is still a participant today.
The event’s main sponsors are Hemmings Motor News, Hagerty, Coker Tire and Reliable Carriers.
George H.W. Bush's complete train ride from Spring to College Station
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87th Winter Meeting: Honoring Leadership in the Arts Breakfast
African Americans and Utopia: Visions of a Better Life
Lyman Tower Sargent discussed the many ways that African Americans contributed to visions of a better life in the U.S. in literature, by establishing communities and by contributing to the dialogue around betterment throughout U.S. history. While there have been studies of individual African American writers and authors of science fiction, there has been no attempt to examine the many ways that African Americans contributed to American utopianism. This resulted in a substantial gap in the history of American political thought.
- Lyman Tower Sargent is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is also an author and scholar in the area of utopian studies.
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Manufacturing plywood boards: then and now
Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough in its production came in the early 1800s with the development of steam-powered machines that could cut veneers cheaply. The most influential of these was the rotary veneer cutter.
The cutter rotates a log against a wide, horizontal blade, causing it to ‘peel’ into a continuous sheet of wood. This enables the creation of longer, wider sheets of veneer than previously possible and with little waste. Using these machines meant that plywood could be manufactured quickly and inexpensively on a large scale.
This film shows the stages in manufacturing plywood boards in the mid-20th century and today. The process remains essentially unchanged, although today many of the machines are much faster and computer controlled.
Produced as part of the V&A exhibition Plywood: Material of the Modern World (15 July – 12 November 2017)
Sponsored by MADE.COM. Supported by the American Friends of the V&A
Find out more about plywood with our fascinating exhibition book, Plywood: A Material Story
Iceland with Cameron Hewitt | Rick Steves Travel Talks
In this travel talk, Cameron Hewitt shares tips for traveling in Iceland — whether for 24 hours or 2 weeks. From the user-friendly capital, Reykjavík, we'll day-trip to the Blue Lagoon lava-rock spa, the Golden Circle, and the volcanic South Coast. Then we'll drive around the country's perimeter on the 800-mile Ring Road, which links bubbling thermal springs, jagged volcanic peaks, fjordside towns, and dreamy glacial lagoons. Visit for more European travel information.
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Recorded on March 17, 2018 • Rick Steves' Europe Travel Center
Written, Presented, and Produced by Cameron Hewitt
Filmed and Edited by Zen Wolfang • Second Camera by Ariana David
Graphics by Heather Locke and Rhonda Pelikan
Photography by Cameron Hewitt, Ian Watson, Dave Hoerlein, Trish Feaster, and others
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Matt Andersen - One Good Song - 2016 Tour Time-Lapse
Capturing time-lapses out the front window of the bus during the 2016 Canada/United States tour for Matt Andersen's Honest Man album.
Feb 16 2016 Duncan, BC @ Cowichan Performing Arts Centre Feb 17 2016 Victoria, BC Farquhar Auditorium
Feb 18 2016 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Feb 19 2016Kelowna, BC @ Kelowna Community Theatre
Feb 20 2016Banff, AB @ The Banff Centre - Eric Harvie Theatre
Feb 21 2016 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Feb 22 2016 Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Feb 24 2016 Saskatoon, SK @ Broadway Theatre
Feb 25 2016 Regina, SK @ University of Regina - Darke Hall
Feb 26 2016 Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings
Feb 27 2016 Guelph, ON @ River Run Centre
Feb 28 2016 London, ON @ Centennial Hall
Mar 1 2016 Kitchener, ON @ Centre in the Square
Mar 2 2016 St. Catharines, ON @ FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Mar 3 2016 Owen Sound, ON @ Roxy Theatre
Mar 4 2016 Burlington, ON @ Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Mar 5 2016 Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
Mar 6 2016 Orillia, ON @ Orillia Opera House
Mar 8 2016 Port Hope, ON @ Cameco Capitol Arts Centre
Mar 9 2016 Markham, ON @ Flato Markham Theatre
Mar 10 2016 Kingston, ON @ Grand Theatre - Rosen Auditorium
Mar 11 2016 Burlington, VT @ Club Metronome
Mar 12 2016 Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim
Mar 12 2016 Boston, MA @ Club Passim
Mar 13 2016 Bethlehem, PA @ Blast Furnace Blues Festival
Mar 14 2016 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
Mar 15 2016 New London, CT @ Garde Arts
Mar 16 2016 Portsmouth, NH @ Birdseye
Mar 18 2016 New York City, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
Mar 19 2016 Philadelphia, PA @ Tin Angel
Mar 20 2016 Fall River, MA @ Narrows Center for the Arts
Mar 23 2016 Quebec, QC @ District Saint Joseph
Mar 24 2016 Ottawa, ON @ National Arts Centre - Southam Hall
Mar 25 2016 Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
Mar. 26th Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios - Midnight Ramble
April 11 2016 Fredericton, NB @ Playhouse
April 12 2016 Fredericton, NB @ Playhouse
Apr 13 2016 Moncton, NB @ Capitol Theatre
Apr 14 2016 Saint John, NB @ Imperial Theatre
Apr 15 2016 Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Apr 16 2016 Halifax, NS @ Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Apr 27 2016 Chicago, IL @ Audio Tree Studios
Apr 28 2016 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
Apr 29 2016 Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
Apr 30 2016 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
May 1 2016 Cedar Rapids, IA @ CSPS Hall
May 2 2016 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
May 3 2016 Kansas City, MO @ Elvis Lounge at Knuckleheads
May 4 2016 Salina, KS @ Stiefel On Stage
May 5 2016 Dallas, TX @ Kessler Theater
May 6 2016 Austin, TX @ Cactus Café
May 7 2016 Conroe (Houston), TX @ Dosey Doe
May 8 2016 San Antonio, TX @ Sam's
May 9 2016 Albuquerque, NM @ The Cooperage
May 10 2016 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
May 11 2016 Phoenix, AZ @ Musical Instrument Museum
May 12 2016 San Diego, CA @ Winstons
May 13 2016 Los Angeles, CA @ The Mint
May 14 2016 San Francisco, CA @ Bricks and Mortar
May 15 2016 Santa Cruz, CA@ Moe's
May 17 2016 Eugene, OR @ Hi Fi Music Lounge
May 18 2016 Bend, OR @ Volcanic Pub
May 19 2016 Portland, OR @ White Eagle
May 20 2016 Seattle, WA @Tripple Door
May 21 2016 Electric City, WA @ Sunbanks
National Youth Poet Laureate Commencement
2019 Regional Youth Poets Laureate Kara Jackson (Chicago), Haviland Nona Gai Whiting (Nashville), Jackson Neal (Houston) Azura Tyabji (Seattle) and Maren Wright-Kerr (Baltimore) read in an event hosted by Mahogany L. Browne and featuring Washington, D.C./Prince George's County Youth Poets Laureate.
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San Antonio | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:09 1 History
00:13:58 2 Geography
00:15:33 2.1 Neighborhoods
00:15:42 2.1.1 Downtown
00:16:21 2.1.2 North Central
00:16:50 2.1.3 Northwest Side
00:17:27 2.1.4 South Side
00:17:52 2.1.5 East Side
00:18:07 2.1.6 West Side
00:18:43 2.2 Vegetation
00:19:13 2.3 Climate
00:22:36 3 Demographics
00:27:20 3.1 Religion
00:28:59 4 Economy
00:32:15 4.1 Military installations
00:32:55 4.2 Relocation losses
00:33:27 5 Culture
00:33:36 5.1 Attractions
00:38:22 6 Sports
00:38:31 6.1 Professional sports
00:42:13 6.2 College sports
00:44:18 7 Crime
00:46:27 8 Government
00:49:01 8.1 Growth policy
00:51:42 8.2 State and federal representation
00:52:27 9 Education
00:54:57 10 Media and entertainment
00:55:07 10.1 Print
00:57:00 10.2 Radio
01:00:39 10.3 Television
01:02:10 10.4 Annual events
01:02:54 11 Transportation
01:03:04 11.1 Air
01:04:01 11.2 Mass transit
01:06:13 11.3 Rail
01:07:29 11.4 Road
01:14:52 11.5 Bicycle paths
01:15:33 11.6 Bicycle sharing
01:16:19 11.7 Walkability
01:16:46 12 In popular culture
01:17:29 13 International relations
01:17:39 13.1 Sister cities
01:18:44 13.2 Friendship cities
01:19:04 14 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
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Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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San Antonio (; from Spanish, Saint Anthony), officially the City of San Antonio, has more than 1.5 million residents. It is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731. The area was still part of the Spanish Empire, and later of the Mexican Republic. Today it is the state's oldest municipality.The city's deep history is contrasted with its rapid recent growth during the past few decades: it was the fastest-growing of the top ten largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. Straddling the regional divide between South and Central Texas, San Antonio anchors the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion colloquially known as the Texas Triangle.
San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County; recent annexations have extended the city's boundaries into Medina County and, for a tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County. Since San Antonio was founded during the Spanish Colonial Era, it has a church (San Fernando Cathedral) in its center, on the main civic plaza in front, a characteristic of many Spanish-founded cities, towns, and villages in Spain and Latin America. As with many other urban centers in the Southwestern United States, areas outside the city limits are sparsely populated.
San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Commonly called Greater San Antonio, the metro area has a population of 2,473,974 based on the 2017 U.S. census estimate, making it the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States and third-largest in Texas. Growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand.
San Antonio was named by a 1691 Spanish expedition for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is June 13. The city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which together were designated UNESCO World Heritage sites in 2015. Other notable attractions include the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, SeaWorld, the Alamo Bowl, and Marriage Island. Commercial entertainment includes Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Morgan's Wonderland amusement parks. According to the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, the city is visited by about 32 million tourists a year. It is hom ...
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