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At Satellite 2017, TMS Touts Expanding Satcom Offerings as Multiple Business Units Integrate Satcom Expertise – Business Wire (press release)

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week at Satellite 2017, Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS) is featuring a wide range of innovative Satcom offerings reflecting the companys ongoing integration of Satcom expertise across many business units.

Each of the business units of TMS have long had Satcom capabilities and engineering expertise, including Teledyne Cougar, Teledyne MEC, Teledyne Defence & Space, Teledyne Paradise Datacom, Teledyne Labtech, and the former Teledyne Microwave and Teledyne KW Microwave. As a result of the operational consolidation of those companies under the TMS roof, the company now has a very broad and expanding range of leading-edge Satcom products and offerings.

The TMS Satcom portfolio now covers applications for Air, Sea, Land and Space for all bands and power levels. Products and capabilities are available for both commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and Near COTS applications, but also for full Mil-Spec requirements. The deep and experienced engineering resources available across the company can also manage De-rating and Worst Case Circuit Analysis.

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ABOUT TELEDYNE MICROWAVE SOLUTIONS

Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS), your single source for microwave electronics, delivers the worlds most advanced microwave technologies for the most demanding aerospace, military, commercial, and industrial applications. Forged from the consolidation of seven leading microwave companies, TMS leverages its expansive R&D capabilities to research, design, develop, and manufacture products from RF through 220 GHz. http://www.teledynemicrowave.com. TMS is a business unit of Teledyne Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of sophisticated instrumentation, digital imaging products and software, aerospace and defense electronics, and engineered systems. http://www.teledyne.com.

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Stryker’s Spine Division To Feature Novel 3D-Printed Spinal Implants at AAOS Conference – OrthoSpineNews

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Allendale, N.J.March 8, 2017Strykers Spine division will feature its 3D-printed Tritanium Posterior Lumbar (PL) Cage and introduce a variety of new cage sizes at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting, March 15-18, 2017, in San Diego (booth No. 3133).

Strykers Tritanium PL Cage launch initially included four footprint options, eight height options, and two lordosis options. The company now offers several additional sizes based on surgeon needs and requests, including a hyper-lordotic (12) cage option, as well as two new footprints9 x 32 mm and 11 x 32 mm.

During the conference, Strykers proprietary Tritanium In-Growth Technology will be featured in a virtual reality tour, providing surgeons with a unique perspective on how 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, allows the company to produce highly porous implants that would be difficult or impossible to create using traditional manufacturing techniques.

Tritanium Technology allows for the creation of porous structures designed to mimic cancellous bone in pore size, level of porosity, and interconnectivity of the pores.1 This precise randomization1 of fully interconnected pores differs from other technologies featuring longitudinal channels and traverse windows that result in a uniform lattice structure, as well as cages offering porosity that is only present on the surface.

Stryker is a pioneer in 3D additive manufacturing, investing nearly 15 years in research and development, said Strykers Spine division President Bradley Paddock. Unlike traditional manufacturing techniques, the flexibility of our 3D additive manufacturing capabilities allows us to precisely engineer and produce porous Tritanium devices. We are excited to continue growing our unique suite of Tritanium spinal products.

Also at AAOS, results will be presented from a pre-clinical animal study that evaluated the biomechanical performance and bone in-growth potential of various lumbar interbody fusion implants utilizing different materials, including the Tritanium PL Cage. Preliminary results of the study were presented at the North American Spine Society conference in October 2016. (Click here to access the Tritanium pre-clinical study summary.)

The Tritanium PL Cage features fully interconnected pores that span endplate to endplate. Its large lateral windows and open architecture allow visualization of fusion on CT and X-ray,2 and its solid-tipped, precisely angled serrations are designed to allow for bidirectional fixation and to maximize surface area for endplate contact with the cage. Additional spinal implants based on Strykers Tritanium Technology are in development.

About StrykerStryker is one of the worlds leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. Stryker is active in over 100 countries around the world. For more information, visitwww.stryker.com or http://www.stryker.com/builttofuse.

Media ContactBarbara Sullivan, Sullivan & Associatesbsullivan@sullivanpr.com, 714/374-6174

Editors note: For images, video footage, or animation of the Tritanium PL Cage and Strykers 3D additive manufacturing process, contact Barbara Sullivan at bsullivan@sullivanpr.com or 714/374-6174.A backgrounder is available at http://www.stryker.com/builttofuse.

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RBC Capital Markets Boosts Stryker Co. (SYK) Price Target to $135.00 – Chaffey Breeze

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RBC Capital Markets Boosts Stryker Co. (SYK) Price Target to $135.00
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The Company offers a range of medical technologies, including orthopedic, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products. The Company's segments include Orthopaedics; MedSurg; Neurotechnology and Spine, and Corporate and Other.

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Is It Time to go for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), The Gap, Inc. (GPS)? – StockNewsJournal

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Is It Time to go for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF), The Gap, Inc. (GPS)?
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (CF) have shown a high EPS growth of -17.80% in the last 5 years and has earnings decline of -140.10% yoy. Analysts have a mean recommendation of 2.70 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, hold within the 3 ...

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Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH to Open at CF Markville in Markham … – Business Wire (press release)

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH is pleased to announce plans to open a new store at CF Markville in Markham, Ontario. The approximately 27,000 square foot store is scheduled to open in 2018.

Ontario is a key market for Saks OFF 5TH in Canada and were excited to continue to grow our presence there, commented Jonathan Greller, President, Saks OFF 5TH and Gilt. Our new Markham location will provide area shoppers convenient access to on-trend, designer fashion finds at an exceptional value.

We are proud to welcome Saks OFF 5TH to CF Markville, commented Sal Iacono, Executive Vice President, Operations, Cadillac Fairview. At Cadillac Fairview, we are constantly looking for exciting opportunities to refresh the offerings for our guests, and we believe Saks OFF 5TH will resonate strongly with our shoppers in Markham and surrounding regions.

Saks OFF 5TH features an ever-evolving selection of luxury designer fashion, accessories, and footwear from more than 800 leading brandsfor men, women and childrenall at up to 60% off. The new store will feature an open, modern layout and playful graphic elements in an easy-to-shop environment.

For updates on store openings, marketing events and career opportunities, please visit saksoff5th.ca.

ABOUT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE OFF 5TH

As part of the Hudsons Bay Company brand portfolio, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH is a world-class destination for top designer brands at extraordinary value. The retailers 117 stores and e-commerce division, saksoff5th.com, combine the two great joys of shopping: the delight of discovering the best in luxury and the thrill of finding a deal. A modern shopping experience of carefully curated off-the-runway trends, exceptional service, and savings on the biggest names in fashion, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH leads the market as the premier luxury-value destination.

ABOUT CADILLAC FAIRVIEW

Cadillac Fairview is one of the largest owners, operators and developers of best-in-class office, retail and mixed-use properties in North America. The company also invests in retail, mixed-use and industrial real estate in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

Valued at more than $29 billion, Cadillac Fairview owns over 38 million square feet of leasable space at 73 properties in Canada, including landmark developments, such as Toronto-Dominion Centre, CF Toronto Eaton Centre, CF Pacific Centre and CF Chinook Centre.

Cadillac Fairview has been wholly owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan since 2000. Ontario Teachers is a diversified global investor and administers the pensions of more than 300,000 active and retired school teachers.

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Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Morata strike as Real Madrid CF crush SSC Napoli – Hindustan Times

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Real Madrid C.F. eclipsed a dismal first half to end S.S.C. Napolis Champions League quarterfinal hopes with a clinical 3-1 win at the San Paolo in Naples on Tuesday

Captain Sergio Ramos and Alvaro Morata struck one apiece as 11-time winners Real Madrid C.F. secured a seventh successive Champions League quarterfinal berth with a clinical 3-1 win over a spirited S.S.C. Napoli on Tuesday.

Were happy to have won, said Real coach Zinedine Zidane. We suffered a lot in the opening half when they had us under a lot of pressure.

But after a good talk about what we had to do in the second half, we were much better.

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Real, who took a commanding 3-1 first leg lead at the Santiago Bernabeu last month, looked to be facing a tough night in Naples after Dries Mertens finished off a great attacking move to give the hosts a 24th minute lead.

But Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri had warned of the threat from the worlds richest club, with the best players a day earlier.

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And Zidanes Galacticos emerged from the half-time interval in far more clinical fashion.

Ramos rose to head Real level six minutes after the restart and a second header which deflected off Mertens at Pepe Reinas near post gave the Spaniards a 2-1 lead by the 57th minute.

Napoli saw late claims for a penalty waved away when Mertens tumbled in the box and suffered more woe in the first minute of added-on time when ex-Juventus striker Alvaro Morata came off the bench to hit their third for a 6-2 aggregate score.

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The second goal took away practically any chance we had of trying to qualify, we probably need a little bit more aggression at the corner to try and put him off, said Sarri.

It leaves us with a bitter taste because for the opening 55 minutes we were far superior.

But thats mostly because our fans had so much expectations on us. Were sorry for our public, because we feel they deserved a lot more.

But this (Real) is a team with great talent that, physically, were superior to us.

Napoli required nothing short of a miracle if they were to reach the last eight for the first time -- although a bright opening reflected a growing belief in the football-mad southern city the Azzurri could cause an upset.

Maurizio Sarris men had 11 shots in the opening period, the most Real had seen in a Champions League game since facing 15 against Juventus in 2013.

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But neither Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne or Hamsik got shots past Reina in a busy opening period that had most of the 56,695 crowd in full voice.

On Reals first real foray, Luka Modric outmanoeuvred Kalidou Koulibaly to deliver a back-post cross that Reina collected after a mix-up between Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.

Gareth Bale then escaped down the right to deliver a cross that Kroos, from the edge of the area, volleyed straight at Reina.

But Real were left ball-watching on 24 minutes after a slick passing move between Hamsik and Mertens that saw the Belgian run in to beat Keylor Navas at his bottom left corner.

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The San Paolo erupted, but relief reigned moments later when Ronaldo rounded Reina to see his low drive come off the base of the post.

Napoli could have had a second but Hamsik fired high and wide before seeing a shot from the right byeline blocked by Navas.

When Hamsik gave away possession minutes after the restart, Krooss dangerous cross to the back post was cleared by the head of Mertens.

The danger of Hamsiks error became apparent when Ramos rose to meet Krooss corner to stretch the back of the Napoli net.

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Sarri added on Ramos: Hes world class at dead ball situations. He scores seven or eight goals a year like that.

After Allan was cautioned for a challenge on Casemiro, the Brazilian was replaced by Marko Rog.

But Napolis dream died a minute later. Kroos delivered again from the corner flag and Ramoss glancing header at the near post came off Mertens to leave Reina rooted to the spot.

Napoli hit back, Rog setting up Hamsik for a cross that Navas got down low to smother.

But as Napoli tired in the closing minutes, Morata ran in to meet the rebound after Reina spilled a Ronaldo strike.

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This man is cloning old-growth redwoods and planting them in safe places (video) – Treehugger

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David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and largest living things; he may be saving the planet along the way.

There is nothing like a coast redwood. Sequoia sempervirens is the planets tallest tree, soaring to heights of more than 320 feet into the sky. They have trunks of more than 27 feet wide and can live for over 2,000 years. Some of the arboreal gentle giants living today were alive during the time of the Roman Empire.

Before the mid-19th century, coast redwoods spread throughout a range of some 2 million acres along the California coast, starting at Big Sur and stretching all the way into southern Oregon. People had been peacefully co-existing with the forests forever. But with the gold rush came the logging; today only 5 percent of the original old-growth coast redwood forest remains along a 450-mile strip of coast. And as the planet warms up, the specific conditions required by the redwoods change; their future doesn't look so great. Animals can migrate north to escape the south's warming temperatures and consequential habitat change; trees, not so much.

But with David Milarch on the case, maybe they can.

In 1991, Milarch, an arborist from Michigan, literally died from renal failure, before being revived and springing back to life. There's nothing like a near-death experience to inspire a new course in life, as was the case with Milarch. His new quest? To harvest the genetics of the coast redwoods and give them an assist in migration.

"I feel tremendous sorrow that 95 percent of them were killed and we didnt even know what they do to anchor our ability as human beings to live on this planet," says Milarch. "We killed them. Thats the bad news. Its my job when I walk through there [the forest] to yell out to those trees, to hold those trees, and say Im here to do everything in my power on Earth to bring all the human beings and all the help that I can to put this back. To put back every single tree that was cut down and killed. And Im going to do it."

By cloning and replanting them in places where they once thrived but were lost, he is not only increasing their numbers but planting them in locations where they have a better chance of longevity. And the result is two-fold: Save the trees and save the planet (for humankind, at least, the planet will go on with or without us, but you know what I mean). Redwood trees are among the most effective carbon sequestration tools in the world, notes Moving the Giants, Milarch takes part in a global effort to use one of natures most impressive achievements to re-chart a positive course for humanity.

To learn more about Milarch and the work he is doing, watch this wonderful short film. It might make you wonder if one can become an angel from a near-death experience alone.

For more on the project and how to help, visit Archangel Ancient Tree Archive.

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Evolution and aging – Plattsburgh Press Republican

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PLATTSBURGH The true definition of aging, according toPlattsburgh State Associate Biology Professor Dr. Joel Parker,is determined by a populations overall mortality rate.

Humans develop as children, then the mortality rate flatlines in their 20s and 30s.

This age is as mortal as you are ever going to get," Parker shared inDeath and Darwin: Why Evolution Does Not Save Us From Agingat the firstScience@30City event of the season at the Champlain Wine Company in Plattsburgh.

Once a human sees his or her 30s, they begin the aging process, he later explained.

I dont think everyone knows that really, lecture attendee Dina Hurwitz said. They didnt even here, so I thought that was pretty interesting.

Parker, who was there to discussthe impacts genetics and evolution have on aging,began his talk by stumping the audience with questions about the aging process. He presented a time-lapsed photo of a child changing into a middle-aged and then elderly woman, asking the audience at which stage of the photos the aging process began.

Parker aScience@30Cityco-founder continued his talk by outlining the different elements of aging and the impact of studies perfected by Charles Darwin, such as natural selection. Parker said the selection process only works on the living.

Something is going to get you, he said of inevitable death; human civilization has moved the selective shadow, but evolution has not yet caught up.

He also demonstrated geologic time, or the clock analogy by creating a proportional timeline of Earths lifespan relative to the development of civilization. Of the 316 miles from the present day Champlain Wine Company to the beginning of time, Ellis Island humans only developed, relative to the timeline, a few blocks away on Oak Street.

Parker discussed various theories on aging and evolution as well, such as the free radical theory, which Parker claimed has ironically died, or been proven inaccurate, and the Telomere Theory of Aging, which explains the shortening and dividing of telomeres found in DNA.

I kicked this off with aging last year, and I think its something that happens to everybody, so it relates to people and so I thought it was a really good one, Parker said of the lecture.

Science@30City is a series of scientific lectures open to the local community; thisfirst lecture of the spring sessions attracted around two-dozen local residents and students of various ages.

The program began in fall 2015after Parker and friend and Champlain Wine Company co-owner Colin Read noticed a disconnect between the SUNY Plattsburgh campus and the city. Parker said these lectures are beneficial for both the college and surrounding area because it brings them together for real conversations in an off-campus environment.

The project turned into a collaborative effort between Parker, his wife, Karen, and Read and his wife, Natalie Peck.

Peck, who co-owns Champlain Wine Company, said the crowds have been more interested in listening to and speaking at the lectures since the series began.

As a part of our community focus at the Champlain Wine Company, its something that weve really been looking to do to bring not just people from the college but other experts in the area in and just talk about things that they know about for interested people."

IF YOU GO

Each lecture is free and open to the public. Sessions are held at 30 City Hall Place. Most sessions are on the first and third Monday of each month. All begin at 5:30 p.m.

The next four sessions this semester are:

Monday, March 20: Astronomy and Cosmology at 30 City with Herb Carpenter, lecturer in the School of Business and Economics.

Monday, April 3: Danger and Research in a Mexican Sulfur Cave, with Dr. Kathleen Lavoie, professor, biological sciences.

Monday, April 17: How the Sioux Holy Man Black Elk Taught the Science of Electromagnetism, with Jeff Cochran.

Monday, May 1: Dementia Caregiver Support in the North Country, with Dr. Richard Durant, director, Center for Neurobehavioral Health.

For more information, contact Dr. Joel Parker, associate professor of biology, at 564-5279 or joel.parker@plattsburgh.edu.

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Wonders robotics takes 1st at state – Independent Tribune

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For their first competition in school history, the A.L. Brown robotics team hit the high seas and took top honors.

Six students teamed together to create a daring nautical map for their pirate ship robot to navigate, braving turbulent waters, escaping a whirl pool and battling enemies along the way.

Though the project took weeks of preparationand a six-hour cram session the Saturday beforethe effort paid off in a first-place victory at the statewide N.C. Beta Club Robotics Team competition with the opportunity now to compete at nationals.

This is the very first year Beta Club has had this competition at convention, Robotics Club advisor and A.L. Brown science and engineering teacher Jason Stegall said. This will be a were learning as we go. We had a small taste at the state level, and the national level will be same rules, same guidelines, but obviously the competition gets a lot stiffer. So well have to have a better understanding of what our true goals are for moving, shaking, creatingwhich is so wide open.

N.C. Beta Club holds a statewide convention each year with a host of competitions, and this year the group added a robotics component. Eight schools, including A.L. Brown, signed up. And this particular contest took a bit of a different approach.

In a lot of competitions, it is a scoring of how many balls you can put in the hoop, how quickly can you move this to there, Stegall said. This one was purely a theme. Make a robot that is autonomous, which means theres no remote controlit is sensor driven, that can demonstrate moving, shaking, creating. That was the entire competition that you were trying to fulfill.

Teams earned points for how well they worked together, whether the robot was truly autonomous, and how it demonstrated the moving and shaking and creating aspects.

And, of course, each team had to devise a theme.

The Wonders in the end settled on pirates, though it was not the first idea the team tried.

We got started, and we had to just scrap it and start again, which again is one of the reasons you do these things, Stegall said. You realize that not all things worth doing are as simple as we do it this way and it all works. We let them know, yeah, a lot of times you fail at your first attempts, or you realize you need to make drastic changes and move on. They learned that quite well.

As part of the competition, each team could bring a floor for their robot, since the devices tend to behave differently on different surfaces. The A.L. Brown groupself-dubbed The Seven Seasran with the pirate theme and decided to create a giant nautical map, complete with a compass, sea monsters, islands, coastlines and an enemy fort.

The robot, a pirate ship, was programmed to follow a line, so the map created a path for it to follow through rough waterswith raised patches to simulate rockingand into a whirl pool, where a different sensor told the ship to twirl.

When it came upon another ship, the robot knew to fire, or play recorded sounds of cannons, and when it came upon a fort, it turned to aim at the structure.

It would continue on the path and would come onto a fort, and again it would fire on the fortification, but for that it had to make a different turn, so we could represent when it sees this, a different sensor, Stegall said. So instead of following a line and seeing whats on the floor, this sensor can read distance to objects in front, so it read that the fort was in front and would stop and turn and fire. So it gave us another way to demonstrate our robot as autonomous and using its sensors.

And all of the work, the teacher said, came in the weeks and months leading up to the competition, fine tuning the project and working together to get things done.

Getting the students to work as a big group, having them diligently and efficiently work, work as a team, that is what is actually all of the effort and all of the reason that you do these things, he said. Theyre learning things about robotics, but theyre also learning team and collaboration and being responsible. When someone says Im going to bring this tomorrow, and then they dont, that peer pressure makes them realize, oh, I do have to keep up with this.

The students themselves recognized the importance of this having gone through it once and said they were eager to apply at the next level.

I learned, I think, teamwork is a really excellent skill to have, Jesse Peterson said. I think it really helped us win states.

Communication is also crucial, the students said, and something they need to improve next time around.

I would say learn from your mistakes because it didnt go 100 percent the first time, and now we know how to fix everything and make it better, Jackson Holsclaw said. Im looking forward to working on it and doing a whole new project again and a new robot, change it up.

The Seven Seas have decided to brainstorm a different theme for the national competition, which will feature the top three winners from each state Beta Club conventionthat can make the tripand takes place June 29 at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Stegall said if the school can raise the money, the team intends to go, and go to win.

We have every intent to place, so were not just going to Disney, he said. Were going to compete because it takes too much time. Theres no reason to take this much time and then not have the students focus on it.

The team has already begun, going back to the drawing board and trying to up the ante for what they anticipate to be a much more rigorous field.

Looking at what we did and thinking that the national competition will be much more competitive, I believe were going to do an entire overhaul of how were going about the competition, Stegall said. What we realized is once the students get to the point of its working, we have most of the props made, we have everything fully operational, there is still lots of time necessary to make it right. That is where we learned where time is truly valuable.

So we need to be at that point where everything is mostly working, we need to have time to finesse and fix, and that takes weeks. We need more time since were trying to do more for nationals.

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Budget 2017: Robotics, driverless cars and 5G to get UK funds – BBC News

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