![]() Vulnerability Fix: Finds vulnerabilities in your current Window’s installation disable, enable, or repair these elements.ĭisk Check: Analyzes the performance of your hard drives, if they’re beginning to fail or contain errors, and corrects them if possible. IObit Advanced SystemCare Ultimate does this process ‘deeper’ than the free Advanced SystemCare and ensures the most Windows 10 optimization. Disables features Windows uses that could breach your privacy. Security Reinforce: Scans the system for weaknesses that hackers and viruses could exploit. This is helpful because not all antivirus programs focus on spyware. Spyware Removal: Detects and removes viruses and programs that spy on your computer/browser usage and data. Software Health: Detects and updates outdated software to prevent security risks and to ensure you’ve got the latest features. Hardware Health: Detects and updates hardware drivers to prevent crashes and poor performance as operating systems and software advances. Our IObit Advanced SystemCare review will take a closer look at their malware tool below.įirewall: Checks that your Windows Firewall is protecting you from outside threats and offers added tools for tougher security. This mirrors standard disk defragging you can do in Windows with some added prioritization of files.Īntivirus Protection: Protects your system from viruses and malware with its own program or check that your own software is installed and working. Registry Defrag: Optimizes the registry for better performance, but exactly how is a mystery beyond cleaning old keys.ĭisk Defrag: Optimizes your hard drives so that regularly used files/data/programs can be accessed faster. For the tech experts, it also adjusts data packet transmission to improve speed by optimizing TCP/IP parameters. Internet Boost: A Pro feature that stabilizes your network and accelerates internet speed in certain situations by prioritizing bandwidth and choosing the best channel for your area. Our Advanced SystemCare review found this mostly involves RAM prioritization and is easily turned off. System Optimization: A Pro feature that analyzes how you use your PC and focusses more resources on those tasks, including ‘Daily User’, ‘Office Work’, and ‘Server’. Whether this really affects speed is debatable but why keep around redundant data? It adds to your overall PC maintenance. Registry Clean: Deletes the Windows registry keys for uninstalled programs, redundant shortcuts, and virus remnants so the registry remains efficient. Shortcut Fix: Finds shortcuts to programs and files on your desktop and elsewhere that no longer exist and gets rid of them – perfect if you try a lot of programs and uninstall them. This will free up the majority of the space and is an invaluable part of the Advanced System Care Free and the Ultimate version. Junk File Clean: Deletes junk left behind by old uninstalled programs and Windows processes. A standard but useful option to keep your browsers lightweight. Privacy Sweep: Removes your browser and Windows history (i.e. Our IObit Advanced SystemCare review looks at the full list of options available: ![]() ![]() Anyway, we gave it a shot, and at best nothing negative happened, at worst it’s probably a bit of a gimmick. ![]() The Windows registry does not store data itself and thus a regular defrag would do all of the work. We were, for example, skeptical of the idea of a ‘ registry defrag ’ and whether such a thing can be possible. Under Manual Mode, you can hover over or click through each option to see more about what it does. The scan is part of the Advanced SystemCare Free version, but you won’t get access to many of the fixes it suggests unless you pay, so it’s not much of a performance enhancer for your PC unless you go premium. If at this stage you’re not too sure, the good news is nothing physically will be altered to your system until you give the okay after the scan is complete. You can let the program go the whole hog by itself or pick and choose exactly what it analyzes. System Scanīefore Advanced System Care Ultimate can work its magic it all starts with a system scan so it can get an overview of what needs to be tuned. IObit Advanced Systemcare Ultimate Featuresīelow you'll find everything the utility has to offer.
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![]() Tyler Chilton drew a bases-loaded walk and Wyatt Guy roped a two-run double. The first four batters of the game reached base with singles, and the Cards chased Walkertown starting pitcher Casey Wagoner out of the game.īryce McTeer came in and couldn’t limit the damage. We played pretty well today at times, but against a good ball club like Walkertown, you can’t make those mistakes and expect to win.”Įast Surry started the game off scorching hot. “It’s some physical errors and some mental errors. “It’s the little things,” East Surry coach Chad Freeman said. However, the next batter was Gatewood, whose game-winning single drove in his second run and was his third hit of the evening. Marion settled down, though, and got two straight outs. Robledo reached base when a harmless grounder to first resulted in an infield hit because no one covered first base. In the bottom of the inning, Ashbury and Robbie Robledo led things off with back-to-back singles against Jared Marion. Robledo fired home before his catcher whipped the ball to first for a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning and keep the score tied at 8. With the game tied, East Surry’s next two batters reached base with a walk.Īlex Eubanks came up to bat, but the East Surry center fielder grounded Josh Robledo’s pitch right back where it came from. The Wolfpack gave up an 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh when AJ Wilson scored Tyler Smith on a single to left field. There were moments where things looked grim for the hosts on Thursday. “We’re really happy for our seniors, and to have done it against East Surry is just great because, rightfully so, they’ve been the class of the conference.” ![]() “We’re glad we got to finish it at home,” Walkertown coach Bobby Smith said. East Surry had won the league title every season since the conference formed in 2012, but the one-run win for the Wolfpack clinched the regular season championship. Walkertown (16-3, 8-0) also officially dethroned the Northwest Conference kings on Thursday. An infield single by Brian Gatewood scored Austin Asbury with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to cap off the Wolfpack’s comeback win. WALKERTOWN - The East Surry baseball team got off to a dream start in Thursday’s conference showdown with Walkertown, but the Wolfpack bats eventually broke through.Īn early 7-0 lead for East Surry (12-9, 5-3) only lasted until the bottom of the fifth inning, and Walkertown eventually earned a walk-off 9-8 victory over the Cardinals. Blake Marion lays down a bunt for a base hit in the top of the first. ![]() Strain over ice into a glass with a salted rim. Then, combine all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until combined and chilled. To make a classic margarita, first salt the rim of a glass - run a lime wedge along the rim to wet it, then dip the rim in coarse salt. On the rocks with a salt rim," Assis says. ![]() "I make my margaritas the classic way, with just blanco tequila, triple sec, and lime juice. Originally, a margarita was simply called a 'tequila daisy,' until, over time, the Spanish word for "daisy" was adopted as its name and it became the margarita. Many have claimed to have invented the margarita, but it's really a variation on a classic style of cocktail called the daisy - a pre-prohibition-era drink that pairs your spirit of choice with Cointreau, lemon juice, and simple syrup. And a classic version is very simple - no blender or syrupy mixes required. To know tequila cocktails is to know a margarita. If you're going to master one tequila cocktail, it should be a classic margarita. Some recipes call for specific styles of tequila, but in many cases, you can just choose your favorite.Įveryone knows tequila tastes great when mixed with limes, chilis, and salt, but what else can you do with it? Here are 11 cocktail recipes ranging from old favorites to groundbreaking modern classics, assembled with help from Lucas Assis.
![]() This pass can be claimed once every six months, so you can keep going back to see if you change your mind about the gym every so often. Gold’s Gym offers people interested in their services a free one-day pass. (If you’re not happy with the free pass they’re offering, try negotiating for a better one!) Some locations also offer HydroMassages and tanning beds, so even if you only have a one-day pass, you can cram in all these amenities into a single session to see whether you can see yourself visiting this gym often enough to make a membership worth it. In addition to cardio equipment and weights, your pass also gives you access to classes. While some locations only give you a one-day pass, others give you up to seven days to check out all the things this chain has to offer.Įither way, you can sign up for your pass online and join a no-judgment environment. If they don’t, then you’re out of luck.Īccording to members, the length of free passes for Crunch Fitness can vary by location. You can enter your zip code online to see whether any of the locations in your area offer this. Still, a week is a long enough time to get a good sense of whether this gym chain is right for you.Īdditionally, only certain locations offer free trial passes. One downside to this pass compared to 24 Hour Fitness is that you can only get it once. That gives you a full week to check out the gym’s amenities, and you can begin the process by going to the gym’s website.Ī pass gives you access to all the basic amenities found at these gyms, which includes treadmills, bikes, and all kinds of weightlifting equipment. That means you can sign up for a three-day pass once and then again six months later in case you want to get some free workouts in once more.Īnytime Fitness provides prospective members with seven-day passes. ![]() ![]() ![]() Specialty classes and personal training is available with the pass for an extra fee, so you’re going to have to spend some money if you want to see what classes you may want to sign up for.įinally, you can sign up for this pass as long as you have not been a member or guest for six months. The pass gives you access to all the basic equipment the gym has to offer.Īt 24 Hour Fitness, you’ll find amenities like cardio equipment, resistance machines, power racks, and so much more. It’s important to consider that amenities may differ by location.īy being able to check out several different locations, you can see first-hand what gear each gym has as well as how busy each location gets. That means for three days in a row, you can check out three separate 24 Hour Fitness gym locations to see if one is better for your needs. You can sign up for it online and use it at multiple locations. You can even get a few passes concurrently to compare and contrast the different options out there to figure out which gym is best for you.Ģ4 Hour Fitness offers a three-day free pass to potential members. Not all free passes are the same, so it helps to know what you’re getting into before signing up for a free pass. Here are some popular gym chains you can look into that offer free passes. However, you may just find the gym of your dreams in the process. If by the end of the trial you’re not into it, then you can always look elsewhere. Many gyms will get new members in the door by giving you a limited window where you can try out all of the place’s amenities without paying a dime. Regardless of the type of gym you want to join, you should first see if it offers any kind of free pass so you can try it out for a day, week, month, or even more. You also shouldn’t sign up for a gym without knowing what you’re getting into. You wouldn’t buy a car without taking it for a test first. Vi) Rinse it off with cool/lukewarm water.ĭon't miss: Get A Gorgeous Glow On Your Face With This Natural Beauty Product 3. Iv) Combine all the ingredients until you get a smooth mixture. Ii) Add one tablespoon of turmeric powder. I) Take two tablespoons of Multani mitti. You can apply this mixture 2-3 times a week. When you combine this ingredient with the goodness of Multani mitti, you’ll achieve your goal of clear skin! Also, you can add honey to this pack which helps fade scars with its bleaching properties. It has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties that work fabulously for treating acne. Turmericis one of the best ingredients you can find in your kitchen for getting rid of that acne and scars. ![]() ![]() Vi) Rinse it off with cool/lukewarm water and apply moisturizer. V) Apply the mixture onto your face and leave it on for about 15-20 minutes. Iv) Combine all the ingredients until you get a paste-like consistency. I) Take two tablespoons of Multani Mitti. You can prepare this neem-multani mitti face pack in just 2 minutes! Also, for best results, you can apply the mixture twice a week. It has strong anti-microbial properties which fight off infections and get rid of the bacteria while making the skin radiant. Neem is regarded as the flag-bearer to curb oiliness in your skin. You might be wondering that how does it work? Then, keep reading on to find out. But do you know the best part about all those Multani Mitti benefits? You can mix it with different ingredients from your kitchen to target that stubborn acne! Multani Mitti has been long used in face masks to help you achieve clear and healthy skin. With its exfoliating qualities, it also helps in removing the dead skin cell build-up and revealing new skin underneath.ĭon't miss: Here’s How Multani Mitti Can Be Your Beauty Elixir How to use Multani Mitti to treat your acne? iii) Lightening Of Scars And Removing Dead SkinĪpart from mattifying, Multani mitti can gently exfoliate your skin to fade away the hyperpigmentation, dark marks on the skin, and acne scars. Multani mitti is also a fabulous clearing agent as it unclogs the pores, hence, making your skin clearer. It can have a clarifying effect on your skin with its rich content of minerals that help eliminate dirt and grime that is there on your skin. ![]() Multani mitti is a great mattifying agent. Here is a deeper look at how this clay helps treat acne: i) Eliminating Dirt And Grime From Your Skin Multani mitti is used in a myriad of remedies and can cure an array of skin issues. Benefits Of Multani Mitti For Acne-Prone SkinĪs we have written some of the benefits above, but the list of benefits of Multani Mitti surely doesn’t end here! It further helps in fading acne scars and skin pigmentation resulting from acne with its skin lightening properties. It is gentle on the face but also removes dead cells from the top layers of your skin while increasing circulation under the skin.Īs acne is majorly caused by oil secretion, Multani Mitti can also help in eliminating excessive production of oil in your skin, keeping your pores from clogging. ![]() In the desert sections, you're going faster and the notes often felt too late (It's say "Right 6" and as you do the right 6 it'll go "into right 3" and you'll be going way too fast for a right 3 but it's too late because you're mid-turn), while in the forest you're much slower and the notes can be two or three turns ahead of where you are, which is not exactly useful when you usually can only keep track of one or two turns at a time. It was most noticeable for me on Australia when transitioning between forest and outback desert parts of stages. Some will be way too late, others way too early. They don't feel nearly as well timed as the ones in Dirt Rally. ![]() The only other issue I have is that some of the codriver pacenote calls for the generated stages can be kinda iffy. I did that and the game felt a million times better and I went from getting near last to winning almost everything on hardest difficulty without any assists (I usually placed in the top 200 on Dirt Dailies in Dirt Rally so I didn't expect to be getting last all the time). It also made doing turns consistently nigh impossible.Ī Steam forum post gave a recommendation to turn off wheel friction, tire slip, and steering force and then turn down all the other settings to 70-80 under the Vibration and Feedback menu for force feedback. The opposite can also occur on straights, where it feels like you are going fine and the wheel is resisting like normal then all of a sudden you'll spin because you were supposed to correct the car but didn't feel anything. By default it gives you a lot of bizarre feedback that makes it feel like your car is about to spin when it isn't, causing you to overcorrect and run off the road. I turned off a couple of settings and backed off a few things and now it's as good as Dirt Rally's feedback was. The default settings are way overboard for feedback and turn every car into an unpredictable, twitchy mess (especially the group B cars like the 205 T16, which was my favourite car in Dirt Rally). ![]() I dig it so far but be warned, you're gonna have to do some tweaking of the force feedback if you use a wheel. So far, the preliminary reviews have made me excited to get this game! Needless to say, that did nothing for me, and, at times, almost made me want to quit playing all together because I never fully grasped the drifting gameplay mechanic.Īs far as DIRT 4 goes, I'll most likely end up buying this on day 1 because I enjoy all of the DIRT games in some way. I love all forms of motorsports (F1, IRL, NASCAR, Rally, MotoGP, etc.), but drifting is one of the few I just cannot get in to. Where it lost me, personally, was all of the gymkhana events that involved any type of drifting. I have no problem with the arcade-y feel of that game. I recently replayed some of DIRT 3 after it was being offered free for download. That game was so difficult, exhilarating, frustrating, rewarding, upsetting, and gratifying all at the same time - it was an incredibly torrid love affair to say the least. As someone who spent his teens playing simulation racing games with other people and recently re-invested in a high-end racing wheel, I had a love/hate relationship with DIRT Rally. Pulmonary surfactant is produced in the lungs in order to facilitate breathing by increasing total lung capacity, and lung compliance. The human body produces diverse surfactants. Shown in red – choline and phosphate group black – glycerol green – monounsaturated fatty acid blue – saturated fatty acid. Phosphatidylcholine, found in lecithin, is a pervasive biological surfactant. Surface rheology can be characterized by the oscillating drop method or shear surface rheometers such as double-cone, double-ring or magnetic rod shear surface rheometer. The structure of surfactant layers can be studied by ellipsometry or X-ray reflectivity. surface tension as a function of time, can be obtained by the maximum bubble pressure apparatus ![]() Interfacial and surface tension can be characterized by classical methods such as theĭynamic surface tensions, i.e. The surface rheology of surfactant layers, including the elasticity and viscosity of the layer, play an important role in the stability of foams and emulsions.Ĭharacterization of interfaces and surfactant layers Such energy barriers can be due to steric or electrostatic repulsions. If such a barrier limits the adsorption rate, the dynamics are said to be ‘kinetically limited'. In some cases, there can exist an energetic barrier to adsorption or desorption of the surfactant. As the interface is created, the adsorption is limited by the diffusion of the surfactant to the interface. The dynamics of absorption depend on the diffusion coefficient of the surfactant. The dynamics of surfactant adsorption is of great importance for practical applications such as in foaming, emulsifying or coating processes, where bubbles or drops are rapidly generated and need to be stabilized. The relation that links the surface tension and the surface excess is known as the Gibbs isotherm.ĭynamics of surfactants at interfaces Surfactants reduce the surface tension of water by adsorbing at the liquid-air interface. A measure of this is the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB). The shape of the aggregates depends on the chemical structure of the surfactants, namely the balance in size between the hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tail. Other types of aggregates can also be formed, such as spherical or cylindrical micelles or lipid bilayers. In the bulk aqueous phase, surfactants form aggregates, such as micelles, where the hydrophobic tails form the core of the aggregate and the hydrophilic heads are in contact with the surrounding liquid. Other surfactants produced on a particularly large scale are linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (1.7 million tons/y), lignin sulfonates (600,000 tons/y), fatty alcohol ethoxylates (700,000 tons/y), and alkylphenol ethoxylates (500,000 tons/y). World production of surfactants is estimated at 15 million tons per year, of which about half are soaps. Hydrocarbon groups are usually lipophilic, for use in soaps and detergents, while fluorocarbon groups are lipophobic, for use in repelling stains or reducing surface tension. The hydrophobic tail may be either lipophilic ("oil-seeking") or lipophobic ("oil-avoiding") depending on its chemistry. ![]() The water-insoluble hydrophobic group may extend out of the bulk water phase into a non-water phase such as air or oil phase, while the water-soluble head group remains bound in the water phase. Surfactants diffuse in water and get adsorbed at interfaces between air and water, or at the interface between oil and water in the case where water is mixed with oil. As a result, a surfactant contains both a water-soluble component and a water-insoluble component. Surfactants are usually organic compounds that are akin to amphiphilic, which means that this molecule, being as double-agent, each contains a hydrophilic "water-seeking" group (the head), and a hydrophobic "water-avoiding" group (the tail). When the droplet is aprotic it is sometimes known as a reverse micelle. The compounds that coat a micelle are typically amphiphilic in nature, meaning that micelles may be stable either as droplets of aprotic solvents such as oil in water, or as protic solvents such as water in oil. This inhibits the oil droplets, the hydrophobic cores of micelles, from merging into fewer, larger droplets ("emulsion breaking") of the micelle. The polar "heads" of the surfactant molecules coating the micelle interact more strongly with water, so they form a hydrophilic outer layer that forms a barrier between micelles. ![]() Schematic diagram of a micelle – the lipophilic tails of the surfactant ions remain inside the oil because they interact more strongly with oil than with water. ![]() Paul Winchell - Chinese Cat (archive footage).Robin Williams - Genie (archival footage).Laura Williams - Young Nala (archival footage).Richard White - Gaston (archival footage).Jason Weaver - Young Simba (archival footage).Carmen Twillie - singer for "Circle of Life".Vito Scotti - Italian Cat (archive footage).Thurl Ravenscroft - Russian Cat (archive footage).Paige O'Hara - Belle (archival footage).Jason Marin - Flounder (archive footage).Lord Tim Hudson - Hit Cat (archive footage).Phil Harris - Thomas O'Malley (archive footage).Cliff Edwards - Jiminy Cricket (singing) (archive footage).Gary Dubin - Toulouse (archive footage).Scatman Crothers - Scat Cat (archive footage). ![]() ![]() Rowan Atkinson - Zazu (archival footage).The Jungle Rhythm ( The Jungle Book 2)^.The Lion Sleeps Tonight ( Timon & Pumbaa)^.Everybody Wants to Be a Cat ( The Aristocats).I Just Can't Wait to Be King ( The Lion King).Part of Your World ( The Little Mermaid).Disney Sing Along Songs Theme Song (Remixed).But there's even more to sing about! The circle of sing-along fun includes unforgettable songs from The Aristocats, Aladdin, Pinocchio, and others! Songs Sing, dance, and play along with your favorite Disney songs! It's fun and easy as you read the on-screen lyrics and join your favorite characters in their most memorable musical moments!ĭisney presents two show-stopping songs from the smash hit movie, The Lion King-the endearing "Circle of Life" and the rip-roaring "I Just Can't Wait to Be King". Adjust the focus until the lights are completely out of focus and bam! Great bokeh! Tip: If you don’t want to photograph a subject but just want a photo of only bokeh (they make great desktop wallpapers), switch to manual focus. (Remember, too, whether you have a Canon, Nikon or Sony, a camera lens with longer focal lengths will increase the depth of field even when the distance between the camera and the subject doesn’t change.). The more shallow depth-of-field, or further away your background is, the more blurred it will be. For smaller circles, put even more distance between the subject and the background. So, if you want larger orbs of light, you’ll need to place the subject a little bit closer to the light source. Outside of using distance to blur the background, the distance will affect how big those light orbs appear. The CreativeLive class Composition Basics will arm you with effective techniques for composing better photos, including the rule of thirds, frame-within-a-frame and more. ![]() If you don’t have a camera with manual modes (which we’re talking about next), you’ll want to get even further away. To create good bokeh, the background needs to be blurry, so make sure to position your subject at least a few feet in front ahead of the light source. But, the farther your subject is from the background, the blurrier the background will be. Novice photographers often put their subject directly in front of the background, or even leaning up against it. Step 2: Position your subject…far from the light source. Outside of finding small light sources, keep in mind the color of the light source will show up in your photos too. The sun won’t create a bokeh effect itself, but small patches of sunlight coming through leaves will. The best light sources to create bokeh are small, and it’s usually best to have a few of them. You can even crinkle up some tinfoil and put a light in front of it for some great bokeh. A cityscape at night or evening sun filtering through some trees works too. Christmas lights are an easy way to achieve that out-of-focus blur and add good bokeh to an image any time of the year, but they certainly aren’t the only option. Naturally, that means you have to find a light source. ![]() Get actionable tips for photography beginners in Khara Plicanic’s top selling Crash Course! $19 Today Only (exp. ![]() ![]() The true definition of bokeh isn’t just a blurred background, but blurred lights. Here’s a quick three-step bokeh effect tutorial that will help you create beautiful bokeh effects (and hopefully help you stop calling it “that one blurry effect”. Also, if you need a more complete guide to create the bokeh effect, check out our Ultimate Resource Guide here).Īlthough you can create the bokeh effect in post-processing with software like Photoshop or apps like Bokeh Lens, here are a few tips to achieve those out-of-focus highlights (or pleasing bokeh affects) with your camera. More specifically, bokeh is the photography term used to define out of focus light sources that simply look like neat circles in the background of the photograph, like this:īokeh originates from the Japanese word boke which means ‘blur.’ While bokeh looks (and sounds) like a complex task, creating the bokeh effect is actually pretty simple to do. That’s aesthetic quality is called bokeh effect. That background blur effect you see in photographs? You know, the one where the background is smooth blobs and the subject is in sharp focus? ![]() ![]() Since nitro cold brew is so strong and bold, I expected the notes of almond milk to take the backseat, but they sat right up front with the coffee. The curdling was barely noticeable when I drank the coffee, but the almond milk taste was surprisingly detectable. Despite having less acidity than iced coffee, I noticed right away that nitro cold brew will still make almond milk curdle. Since this is a smooth, creamy coffee on its own, I figured adding almond milk could only make it better. It's super satisfying and strong - it's not even sold as a venti because there's so much caffeine in it. The nitrogen gas bubbles give the coffee a distinctly rich, creamy texture and a thick, frothy layer of foam. The cold brew is brewed with nitrogen gas, which might sound kind of scary, but it's actually pretty cool. Starbucks' Nitro Cold Brew is a coffee fanatic's dream. Trying Almond Milk in Starbucks Beverages: 1. I've tried 13 Starbucks beverages with their Califia Farms Barista Blend Almond Milk, and I'm here to tell you which ones to skip and which are worth sipping. Surely, some drinks simply aren't meant to be made with nut-based milk, right? We're about to find out. The chain had introduced coconut milk the year prior, but almond milk is a much more versatile and viable alternative to dairy milk.įor those of us who live for our morning coffees, this news was huge - we didn't have to pretend to like soy milk anymore! We could try all the fun-flavored signature drinks! We might enjoy the taste of coffee again!Īlmond milk has been so popular that Starbucks now releases almond milk-based drinks alongside their other seasonal promotional beverages, including almond milk macchiatos, Frappuccinos, and lattes.Īs a shameless Starbucks stan with a shamelessly sensitive stomach, I take full advantage of the fact that I can make almost any beverage safely dairy-free with almond milk. ![]() After being left with only ho-hum soy milk as a non-dairy option for years, Starbucks fans loosened their grip on their Lactaid pills when Starbucks began offering almond milk back in 2016. |
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