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by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  May 1, 20185:00 am| 11 Comments

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Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

First day of the month, let’s hope it’s a good one! To start things out right, some neat pix from a great Austin event.

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Today, pictures from valued commenter Matt Smith (no, not that Matt Smith).

This past weekend was the Hill Country Ride for AIDS, a day of biking, hills, wildflowers, and lovely people coming together for a noble cause. The Ride benefits 9 Austin-area nonprofits that do HIV- and AIDS-related work. I always ride for allgo, a queer people of color organization, whose programs include cultural arts, health & wellness, and social justice.

Taken on 2018-04-28

The Ride goes through the beautiful Texas Hill Country, very peaceful. There are wildflowers along some stretches. I wasn’t stopping to take pictures as I rode. But right at the top of the highest hill there was a pit stop, where I took this one. (I rode the 45-mile route, but there are also shorter/easier and longer/harder routes.)

This is the same pit stop, looking back at where I rode up it. Getting up there is a stretch for some folks. So there are volunteers placed along the hill, and if you need help, they run up behind you and start pushing, taking turns until you reach the top. And at the top was a Sound of Music-themed pit stop, with music playing, people dressed as nuns and lonely goatherds, and snacks/drinks. People involved with the Ride like bringing some silliness to it, so all the pit stops have funny themes, decorations, costumes, music… and some riders get silly too, like what I did to my helmet.

And here I am just reaching the top of that hill. This photo was taken by Scott Van Osdol, who spent the day taking pictures of us riding and hanging out at the pit stops. He took so many beautiful shots of people riding and hanging out, I can’t share them all here… but if you want to see more, there’s a big album at the Hill Country Ride for AIDS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hillcountryrideforaids/

I love the sense of friendship and community among all the riders, volunteers, and everyone else involved. Maybe the best part is, together we raised $561,000 and counting for those 9 nonprofit beneficiaries! I used to work for one of those nonprofits, and I’ve volunteered with another… so I know how much that money means for their work.

 

Thank you so much Matt Smith, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 30, 20185:00 am| 32 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

Last day of the month, and now Spring should really be in bloom!

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Today, pictures from valued commenter J R in WV.

This is a set of photos of Arizona cactus. Some were taken at Saguaro National Park just east of Tucson, AZ, and the rest were taken on our tiny ranchette SE of Tucson near the ghost town of Gleeson AZ

Stagnorn Cholla cactus aka Cylindropuntia versicolor

Taken on 2009-02-15

Saguaro National Park, Tucson AZ

Purple staghorn cholla cactus, very prickley, dangerously sharp. At this time of year, though, they bear sweet fruit, if you dare reach into that sharpest of places!

f/13.0 for 1/800th sec. at 27mm
Nikon D70s

Young round barrel cactus

Taken on 2009-02-15

Saguaro National Park, Tucson AZ

Barrel cactus – legend tells us there is potable water inside – but not how to get to it!

f/13.0 for 1/800th sec at 27mm
Nikon D70s

Variety of cactus on a cliff

Taken on 2009-02-15

Saguaro National Park

Ocotillo cactus on the upper left, with many Saguaro cacti on and down the cliff.

f/13.0 for 1/640 sec at 57mm

Manzanita blooming at Cochise Stronghold National Monument

Taken on 2009-02-17

Cochise Stronghold National Monument, Dragoon National Forest, Cochise County, AZ

A common and beautiful bushy plant in the Sonoran Desert. Cochise Stronghold is where the Apache held off the US Army for years. As he died, Cochise told his tribe to surrender because they could not sustain their way of life in their Stronghold. He was buried in a secret place in the Dragoon Mountains and the Apache horses were allowed to graze to disguise his grave. It is a beautiful opening in an otherwise inhospitable mountain range. Our place in the the SE foothills of the Dragoons.

f/13.0 1/800th sec. 27mm Nikon D70s

Tiny cactus about to bloom

Taken on 2009-03-12

Foothills of the Dragoon Mountains, just NW of Gleeson AZ

This cactus is smaller than a baseball, and is about to show it’s colorful blooms for about 36 hours.

f/8.0 for 1/4000 sec at 90mm (macro)
Nikon D70s

Blooming Cactus

Taken on 2009-03-12

Foothills of the Dragoon Mountains, just NW of Gleeson AZ

This tiny cactus is growing at about 5500 feet in the foothills of the Dragoon Mountains in far SE AZ.

f/8.0 for 1/5000 sec at 90mm
Nikon D70s

Tiny Barrel Cactus

Taken on 2009-03-13

Foothills of the Dragoon Mountains, just NW of Gleeson AZ ghost town

Very mature tiny barrel cactus, less than a foot tall. Probably 20 years old in this harsh climate, under drought conditions at 5500 feet in the foothills of the Dragoons.

f/4.2 for 1/2500 sec at 51mm Nikon D70s

 

Thank you so much J R in WV, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 27, 20185:00 am| 23 Comments

This post is in: Albatrossity, On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

 

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Today, pictures from valued commenter Albatrossity.

I recently spent some time in Southern California, visiting an old friend from grad school days in Riverside and environs. The main focus was bird photography, so we went to the coast, to the mountains, to the desert, and to the Salton Sea. Here are a few of the shots from that trip

California Thrasher

Taken on 2018-04-17

Big Morongo Preserve

Not usually so cooperative, these birds generally skulk in the shadows.

Dulzura Kangaroo Rat

Taken on 2018-04-18

Motte Reserve, Riverside County

Yeah, I know that this is not a bird. But k-rats are cute and fuzzy, and a challenge to photograph since they are strictly nocturnal, so I thought I’d include this shot.

Rufous Hummingbird

Taken on 2018-04-16

Riverside CA

Male Rufous Hummingbird, in a backyard in Riverside which hosted all 5 of the expected SoCal hummer species (Rufous, Anna’s, Allen’s, Black-chinned, and Costa’s)

Male Costa’s Hummingbird

Taken on 2018-04-16

Riverside CA

Another flashy male hummer from that backyard in Riverside

Western Sandpiper

Taken on 2018-04-15

Salton Sea, CA

Shorebirds are the main attraction for birders at the Salton Sea this time of year, and there were plenty of these Western Sandpipers to see and photograph

Surfbird

Taken on 2018-04-14

Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County CA

Not a bird that I usually see in my home state of Kansas, so it was nice to find a flock of these guys foraging on some rocks as the tide came in one morning

Female Vermilion Flycatcher

Taken on 2018-04-17

Big Morongo Reserve

The ruby-red male that this bird was paired with was being a royal pain in the ass, refusing to pose for any decent pictures. But this bird was very cooperative, and perched in a low cottonwood branch for this pastel portrait

 

Thank you so much Albatrossity, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

One again, to submit pictures: Use the Form or Send an Email

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 26, 20185:00 am| 11 Comments

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Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

Sorry about Wednesday, folks. I had a lot going on and spaced it until mid-morning.
I’m excited for today’s post, the first of many I hope.  JR asked me if I thought it might be interesting to photo/study some pond life and critters and I thought it sounded neat. So far, it’s quite neat. Enjoy!

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Today, pictures from valued commenter J R in WV.

This is a set of spring photos from our tiny drainage control pond between the rock face and the front door of our house. It is NOT a landscape pond now, it just catches the spring which appeared in the rock face not long after we moved into the new house back in the mid 1990s.

This is amphibian wildlife of the mountain forest floor, here we have frogs in their tadpole larval stage and several species of salamander, which often live in the forest floor but must have a wet pool to reproduce. Shock: there is a cat interested in the pond life!!! No cats or tadpoles were harmed in this photo shoot!

Spike, Intent on Tadpole Movement

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front porch

Spike is young in this photo, barely a cat rather than a kitten, and it’s her first look at pond life. She doesn’t like to get wet and so never attempted to catch one, no matter how interesting they were.

f/9.0 at 1/500 sec. 165 mm flash fired Nikon D70s

Salamander 1

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front Porch

A Salamander, one of dozens, but they’re very hard to catch on the surface. I couldn’t do it with my CoolPix because it had a pause between pushing the shutter button and the exposure, during which .7 seconds the salamander submerged after taking a breath.

f/9.0 for 1/250 sec. at 210mm Nikon D70s

Salamander up Close!

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front Porch

Same species, lucky closeup.

f/9.0 for 1/160th sec at 210mm

Salamander 3 – a different species

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front Porch

This species looks more aquatic than the first one. But I’m not a biologist.

f/9.0 for 1/400 sec. 210mm flash
Nikon D70s

Tiger Salamander Escaping

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front porch

The back of a Tiger Salamander escaping, these are very shy and are up to the size of a banana. They live on the forest floor under the leaf litter in burrows. The first time I saw one was when I picked up some old firewood, on the bottom of the pile, and under the loose bark was a monster lizard! I put the wood back as it was still winter, and when spring sprang I went back and it was gone into the woods.

f/9.0 for 1/400th at 138mm flash
Nikon D70s

Full Frontal Tiger Salamander

Taken on 2008-04-06

Later on I caught a good portrait of the same guy!

f/9.0 for 1/250th sec at 210mm
Nikon D70s

Another salamander

Taken on 2008-04-06

Front porch. I can hear frogs reproducing in the pond as I submit this photo set!

f/9.0 1/500th 180mm Nikon D70s

 

Thank you so much J R in WV, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

One again, to submit pictures: Use the Form or Send an Email

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 24, 20185:00 am| 7 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

Today – lots of flowers! :)

 

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Today, pictures from valued commenter Jeff.

4.3.18

Took these shots Monday. The daffodils liked this past winter. The third
shot is of species daffodils. They are 4 inches tall and come up same time
as the crocus. Will plant more this coming fall.

 

And then….

Taking in Philadelphia 4/14/18. Every year I do a pot of tulips to put on
the front step. Attached is this year’s pot. The hot weather forced their
blooming. Now that the cold has rolled back in they will last longer.

 

And a little 4/20 action, man:

4.20.18

Attached photo of the pot of orange clivias for this year. This morning I
notice cobwebs on it. Turns out the garden spiders had hatched out due to
being warm enough in the house. Had to vacuum the plant to get them off. I
have more than enough spiders in here spinning webs everywhere.

 

Wow, thank you so very much Jeff! Happy Spring, indeed!

Do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

One again, to submit pictures: Use the Form or Send an Email

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 23, 20185:00 am| 32 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

And now the long-awaited return of BillinGlendaleCA to get this week started out right!

My apologies to whomever I bumped; your pictures run Tuesday.

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Today, pictures from valued commenter ?BillinGlendaleCA.

Until recently the tallest building in Los Angeles(and west of Chicago) was the US Bank tower(formerly the First Interstate Bank tower). The new Wilshire Grand building is now technically taller due to a spire on it. A couple of years ago a company opened up what’s called SkySpace on the 69th and 70th floors that even includes a plexiglass slide on the outside of the building between the two floors. I’ve been wanting to go up there but the cost was a bit prohibitive when the first opened(about $35), but they do have an annual pass that makes it much more affordable. So I finally bought the annual pass on-line and took the train downtown to visit. You take two elevators up to the 70th floor and walk down stairs to the 69th floor(or you could take the skyslide). They have two open patios(lined in plexiglass) on the east and west side of the building and windows that allow for a 360 degree view. Shooting through windows(or the plexiglass) does present some problems with reflections, but I shot close and straight to eliminate them, but that does lead to a bit less flexibility as far a composition.

Echo Park

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

I’ve shot pictures of Downtown LA from Echo Park fairly often, but I’ve never really been able to shoot a picture of Echo Park from above since it’s usually behind a hill. A very short historical note: LA had planned for 4 reservoirs north, south, east and west of the young city. The east(Eastlake in Lincoln Park), west(the lake in MacArthur Park) and north(the lake in Echo Park) were built, but the south lake never was.

SkySlide

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

The aforementioned skyslide, I’m not taking it.

Tourists

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

This is the east patio, the skyslide is behind me.

Dodger Stadium

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

This picture looks north with Dodger Stadium in the foreground(and the top of the Bank of America tower(formerly the ARCO/bp tower)) and Eagle Rock and the San Gabriels in the background.

Glendale

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

This is Downtown Glendale which is about 10 miles away(this was shot with my 50-200mm zoom lens @ 200mm). It wasn’t the clearest day, but I’ve managed to clear away a bit of the haze.

Looking north.

Taken on 2018-04-11

OUE Skyspace LA

This was taken with the fisheye lens looking north. In the foreground are the building on Bunker Hill with City Hall behind them. The background stretches from Glendale to Pasadena.

 

Thank you so much ?BillinGlendaleCA, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

One again, to submit pictures: Use the Form or Send an Email

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On the Road and In Your Backyard

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  April 20, 20185:00 am| 12 Comments

This post is in: On The Road, Open Threads, Readership Capture

Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into their world, whether they’re far away or close to home – pictures with a story, with context, with meaning, sometimes just beauty. By concentrating travel updates and tips here, it’s easier for all of us to keep up or find them later.

So please, speak up and share some of your adventures and travel news here, and submit your pictures using our speedy, secure form. You can submit up to 7 pictures at a time, with an overall description and one for each picture.

You can, of course, send an email with pictures if the form gives you trouble, or if you are trying to submit something special, like a zipped archive or a movie. If your pictures are already hosted online, then please email the links with your descriptions.

For each picture, it’s best to provide your commenter screenname, description, where it was taken, and date. It’s tough to keep everyone’s email address and screenname straight, so don’t assume that I remember it “from last time”. More and more, the first photo before the fold will be from a commenter, so making it easy to locate the screenname when I’ve found a compelling photo is crucial.

Have a wonderful day, and enjoy the pictures!

If it’s Friday, we hope…and are rewarded!

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Today, pictures from valued commenter otmar.

Here are two snapshots from April 7th: we were visiting a theme park about 50km SE of Vienna and then went for dinner in a Heurigen in Rust.

A Heurigen is a basic restaurant run by a winery which is only allowed to serve locally produced food. These vary from *very* basic family-run establishments up to very good kitchens doing interesting combinations.

Rust is situated at lake Neusiedl, a rather large, but very shallow lake, parts of which are already in Hungary. That area is home to a population of storks, for which nest on the rooftops of old houses.

Houses in the old center of Rust. Can you spot the stork?

The other side: a view towards the parish church.

 

Thank you so much otmar, do send us more when you can.

 

Travel safely everybody, and do share some stories in the comments, even if you’re joining the conversation late. Many folks confide that they go back and read old threads, one reason these are available on the Quick Links menu.

 

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