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    What Home Improvements Need a Certificate of Occupancy in the ...

    What Home Improvements Need a Certificate of Occupancy in the Town of Babylon?What Home Improvements Need a Certificate of Occupancy in the Town of Babylon?

    Anytime you change the footprint of your home, you need a certificate of occupancy or also known as a CO. You will also need building permits. The list below will help you determine when you need a CO and apply for building permits:

    • Room additions like adding a den/family room or any other type of room.
    • Erecting a garage.
    • Placing a shed on your property larger than 10' x 10'.
    • Kitchen and Bath remodeling - When you relocate plumbing then you will need a building permit.
    • Koi Pond
    • Decks
    • Porch addition.
    • Installing a wood burning stove or gas fireplace.
    • Gazebos
    • Hot Tubs

    The links below have more information about CO's and building permits:

    Building Permits for Non-Building Structures
    Building Permits
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    Rules for Sheds, Decks, Fences & Pools
    More Town of Babylon Forms

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    FASA Late Night (Asian Street Food Late Night) ? Wesleying

    From a member of FASA (Freeman Asian Students Association):

    Can?t get enough of Korean Late Night? Fear not, FASA LATE NIGHT is coming up on 11 Nov at Woodhead Lounge! We will be featuring lots of delicious food from various Asian countries at affordable prices. So, please turn up with cash to enjoy these awesome food delicately prepared with our hearts!

    Main Dish:
    Okonomiyaki (Japan) Japanese Pancake *VEGETARIAN
    Tom Yum Ramen (Thailand)
    B?nh m? (Vietnam) Vietnamese Sandwich *VEGETARIAN or Non-VEGETARIAN

    Dessert:
    Egg Tarts

    Drinks:
    Milk tea (Hong Kong) *HOT
    Iced tea (Thailand)

    p.s.? Do you frequent Typhoon, the Thai restaurant down on Main Street? Or Tandoor, the Indian restaurant serving great Indian delicacies? Are there any great Asian food experiences that you would like to share?
    We will be giving away 3 FREE set meals* to the 3 most popular experiences posted on our FB event page! This will be
    determined by the number of likes attributed to each experience. So what are you waiting for? Share your experience now, and get an even better experience with us at FASA LATE NIGHT!

    IMPT:? During the course of the event, we will be updating the quantities of each food/drink that we have left. Please check how much food we have left before making your way down! Enjoy!

    *Set meals consist of 1 main dish, 1 dessert and 1 drink.

    (The above event is proudly presented to you by Wesleyan?s Freeman Asian Scholars Association.)

    Date: November 11, November 12
    Time: 10 pm ? 1 am
    Place:?Woodhead Lounge (Exeley)

    Facebook event page.

    This entry was written by awei, posted on November 11, 2012 at 12:30 PM, filed under Campus Life, Culture, Events, Food, Student Groups and tagged Asian late Night, Culture, FASA, Food. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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    Congress wants answers on Petraeus affair

    WASHINGTON (AP) ? Members of Congress said Sunday they want to know more details about the FBI investigation that revealed an extramarital affair between ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, questioning when the retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner.

    "We received no advanced notice. It was like a lightning bolt," said Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee.

    The FBI was investigating harassing emails sent by Petraeus biographer and girlfriend Paula Broadwell to a second woman. That probe of Broadwell's emails revealed the affair between Broadwell and Petraeus. The FBI contacted Petraeus and other intelligence officials, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asked Petraeus to resign.

    A senior U.S. military official identified the second woman as Jill Kelley, 37, who lives in Tampa, Fla., and serves as an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, where the military's Central Command and Special Operations Command are located.

    Staffers for Petraeus said Kelley and her husband were regular guests at events he held at Central Command headquarters.

    In a statement Sunday evening, Kelley and her husband, Scott, said: "We and our family have been friends with Gen. Petraeus and his family for over five years. We respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children."

    A U.S. official said the coalition countries represented at Central Command gave Kelley an appreciation certificate on which she was referred to as an "honorary ambassador" to the coalition, but she has no official status and is not employed by the U.S. government.

    The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the case publicly, said Kelley is known to drop the "honorary" part and refer to herself as an ambassador.

    The military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation, said Kelley had received harassing emails from Broadwell, which led the FBI to examine her email account and eventually discover her relationship with Petraeus.

    A former associate of Petraeus confirmed the target of the emails was Kelley, but said there was no affair between the two, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the retired general's private life. The associate, who has been in touch with Petraeus since his resignation, says Kelley and her husband were longtime friends of Petraeus and wife, Holly.

    Attempts to reach Kelley were not immediately successful. Broadwell did not return phone calls or emails.

    Petraeus resigned while lawmakers still had questions about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate and CIA base in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Lawmakers said it's possible that Petraeus will still be asked to appear on Capitol Hill to testify about what he knew about the U.S. response to that incident.

    Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the circumstances of the FBI probe smacked of a cover-up by the White House.

    "It seems this (the investigation) has been going on for several months and, yet, now it appears that they're saying that the FBI didn't realize until Election Day that General Petraeus was involved. It just doesn't add up," said King, R-N.Y.

    Petraeus, 60, quit Friday after acknowledging an extramarital relationship. He has been married 38 years to Holly Petraeus, with whom he has two adult children, including a son who led an infantry platoon in Afghanistan as an Army lieutenant.

    Broadwell, a 40-year-old graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and an Army Reserve officer, is married with two young sons.

    Petraeus' affair with Broadwell will be the subject of meetings Wednesday involving congressional intelligence committee leaders, FBI deputy director Sean Joyce and CIA deputy director Michael Morell.

    Petraeus had been scheduled to appear before the committees on Thursday to testify on the attack in Benghazi. Republicans and some Democrats have questioned the U.S. response and protection of diplomats stationed overseas.

    Morell was expected to testify in place of Petraeus, and lawmakers said he should have the answers to their questions. But Feinstein and others didn't rule out the possibility that Congress will compel Petraeus to testify about Benghazi at a later date, even though he's relinquished his job.

    "I don't see how in the world you can find out what happened in Benghazi before, during and after the attack if General Petraeus doesn't testify," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

    Graham, who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wants to create a joint congressional committee to investigate the U.S. response to that attack.

    Feinstein said she first learned of Petraeus' affair from the media late last week, and confirmed it in a phone call Friday with Petraeus. She eventually was briefed by the FBI and said so far there was no indication that national security was breached.

    Still, Feinstein called the news "a heartbreak" for her personally and U.S. intelligence operations, and said she didn't understand why the FBI didn't give her a heads up as soon as Petraeus' name emerged in the investigation.

    "We are very much able to keep things in a classified setting," she said. "At least if you know, you can begin to think and then to plan. And, of course, we have not had that opportunity."

    Clapper was told by the Justice Department of the Petraeus investigation at about 5 p.m. on Election Day, and then called Petraeus and urged him to resign, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.

    FBI officials say the committees weren't informed until Friday, one official said, because the matter started as a criminal investigation into harassing emails sent by Broadwell to another woman.

    Concerned that the emails he exchanged with Broadwell raised the possibility of a security breach, the FBI brought the matter up with Petraeus directly, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.

    Petraeus decided to quit, though he was breaking no laws by having an affair, officials said.

    Feinstein said she has not been told the precise relationship between Petraeus and the woman who reported the harassing emails to the FBI.

    Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, called Petraeus "a great leader" who did right by stepping down and still deserves the nation's gratitude. He also didn't rule out calling Petraeus to testify on Benghazi at some point.

    "He's trying to put his life back together right now and that's what he needs to focus on," Chambliss said.

    King appeared on CNN's "State of the Union." Feinstein was on "Fox News Sunday," Graham spoke on CBS' "Face the Nation," and Chambliss was interviewed on ABC's "This Week."

    ___

    Associated Press writers Michele Salcedo, Pete Yost and Matthew Lee contributed to this report.

    Source: http://news.yahoo.com/congress-wants-answers-petraeus-affair-220023247--politics.html

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    Bad Boy, Bad Boy: ?Catch Me If You Can? Transforms Frank ...

    Stephen Anthony stars as legendary con man Frank Abagnale ? shown here impersonating a Pan Am pilot ? in ?Catch Me If You Can? on Nov. 6-11 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

    Stephen Anthony stars as legendary con man Frank Abagnale ? shown here impersonating a Pan Am pilot ? in ?Catch Me If You Can? on Nov. 6-11 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

    Troika Entertainment?s zesty national tour of the 2011 Tony Award nominated Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can ? which Broadway Series South and the North Carolina Theatre have jointly brought to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium for eight performances from Nov. 6th to Nov. 11th ? is a nimble and lighthearted romp through key episodes from the life and crimes of infamous teenage con man and forger Frank William Abagnale, Jr. ? all staged as a 1960s-style television variety show, with a lively script by Terrence McNally and a buoyant score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

    The visually striking contributions of scenic designer David Rockwell, lighting designer Kenneth Posner, and costume designer William Ivey Long underscore the variety-show format; and brisk musical staging by director Jack O?Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell heightens the show?s hilarity.

    Recent college graduate Stephen Anthony plays Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. as a lovable scamp, who ran away from his divorcing parents? soon-to-be-broken home at age 16 and commenced a life of crime to keep from being returned to live with one of them. Abagnale started out as a penniless high school kid with the gift of gab, but quickly learned how to lie convincingly. Indeed, Abagnale estimates that he passed more than $2.5 million in bad checks in 26 countries before his arrest and imprisonment in France, Sweden, and the United States, for a total of approximately five years, at age 21.

    Stephen Anthony?s personable Frank W. Abagnale, Jr. is the perfect foil for Merritt David Janes, who creates a prickly portrait of FBI agent Carl Hanratty, who is hot on Abagnale?s trail and ? in Les Mis?rables terms ? plays the implacable Inspector Javert to Abagnale?s Jean Valjean.

    Stephen Anthony stars as legendary con man Frank Abagnale ? shown here impersonating a doctor ? in ?Catch Me If You Can? on Nov. 6-11 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

    Aubrey Mae Davis adds a charming characterization of Abagnale?s fianc?e, Atlanta, GA nurse Brenda Strong; and D. Scott Withers and Amy Burgmaier hover nervously over the happy couple as Brenda?s aristocratic Old South parents Roger and Carol Strong. Caitlin Maloney and especially Dominic Fortuna add a note of melodrama as Frank?s bickering mother and father Paula Abagnale and the original Smooth Operator, Frank Abagnale, Sr.; and Travis Mitchell, Ben Laxton, and Derrick Parks are amusing as stumbling, bumbling, fumbling FBI Agents Branton, Dollar, and Cod. Crime has never been so much fun.

    SECOND OPINION: Nov. 10th Raleigh, NC BroadwayWorld.com Raleigh article by Larissa Mount: http://raleigh.broadwayworld.com/article/Frank-Abagnale-Jr-Visits-Raleigh-to-Talk-CATCH-ME-IF-YOU-CAN-20121110 and Nov. 8th review by Larissa Mount: http://raleigh.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Reviews-CATCH-ME-IF-YOU-CAN-Flies-Into-Raleigh-20121108; Nov. 9th Durham, NC Independent Weekly review by Byron Woods (who awards the show 3.5 of 5 stars): http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2012/11/09/catch-me-if-you-can-soars-on-live-jumping-jivebefore-a-bumpy-landing; and Nov. 7th Raleigh, NC News & Observer review by Roy C. Dicks: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/07/2468285/review-catch-me-if-you-can-is.html. (Note: To read Triangle Arts & Entertainment?s online version of the Triangle Theater Review?s Nov. 5th preview by Robert W. McDowell, click http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2012/11/tony-award-nominee-catch-me-if-you-can-tells-the-story-of-legendary-con-man-frank-abagnale/.)

    Broadway Series South and the North Carolina Theatre present CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 and 11 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., Raleigh, North Carolina 27601.

    TICKETS: $30.10-$89.35 (including fees).

    BOX OFFICE:

    Ticketmaster: 800-745-3000 or http://www.ticketmaster.com/venueartist/115203/1515546.

    SHOW: http://www.progressenergycenter.com/event/catchmeifyoucan-2639 and http://nctheatre.com/shows/catch-me-if-you-can.

    VIDEO PREVIEWS: http://www.youtube.com/catchmethemusical (YouTube channel).

    PRESENTERS:

    Broadway Series South: http://www.progressenergycenter.com/broadway-series-south.

    North Carolina Theatre: http://nctheatre.com/.

    VENUE: http://www.progressenergycenter.com/venue/memorial-auditorium.

    DIRECTIONS: http://www.progressenergycenter.com/directions.

    PARKING: http://www.progressenergycenter.com/parking.

    NOTE: Arts Access, Inc. of Raleigh (http://www.artsaccessinc.org/) will audio describe the 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10th, performance.

    OTHER LINKS:

    The 1980 Book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_if_You_Can_(book) (Wikipedia).

    The 2002 Film: http://www.dreamworks.com/catchthem/jump2.html (official website), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can (Wikipedia), and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/ (Internet Movie Database).

    The 2011 Broadway Musical: http://www.catchmethemusical.com/ (official Broadway website), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can_(musical) (Wikipedia), and http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=488875 (Internet Broadway Database).

    The Tour: http://www.CatchMeOnTour.com/ (official website) and https://www.facebook.com/catchmethemusical (Facebook).

    Frank W. Abagnale, Jr.: http://www.abagnale.com/ (official website) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale (Wikipedia).

    EDITOR?S NOTE:

    Robert W. McDowell is editor and publisher of Triangle Theater Review, a FREE weekly e-mail theatrical newsletter that provides more comprehensive, in-depth coverage of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill theater than all of the other news media combined. This review is reprinted with permission from Triangle Theater Review.

    To start your FREE subscription to this newsletter, e-mail RobertM748@aol.com and type SUBSCRIBE TTR in the Subject: line.

    To read all of Robert W. McDowell?s Triangle Theater Review previews and reviews online at Triangle Arts & Entertainment, click http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/author/robert-w-mcdowell/.

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    Source: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/2012/11/bad-boy-bad-boy-catch-me-if-you-can-transforms-frank-abagnales-crimes-into-a-1960s-variety-show/

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    Petraeus' biographer a military reservist, scholar - NewsOn6.com ...

    WASHINGTON (AP) - Paula Broadwell first met fellow West Point graduate David Petraeus in the spring of 2006, when she was a graduate student at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

    He was a lieutenant general working on a counterinsurgency manual that would be tested during his command in Iraq. The university had invited him to give a speech.

    Broadwell was in the Army Reserve after being recalled three times to active duty since the Sept. 11 attacks to work on counterterrorism issues and intended to return to active duty or get into the policy world, according to the preface of the Petraeus biography she would later write with a Washington Post editor.

    Petraeus, who held much-praised military commands in Iraq and Afghanistan, resigned Friday after admitting he had an extramarital affair, a disclosure that ended the retired four-star general's civilian career as director of the CIA.

    He carried on the affair with Broadwell, now 40, according to several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation. The officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to discuss publicly the investigation that led to the resignation. The FBI discovered the relationship by monitoring Petraeus' emails, after investigators were alerted that Broadwell may have had access to his personal email account, two of the officials said.

    Broadwell wrote in the preface to "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus," published by Penguin in January, that while at Harvard, Petraeus passed along his card and offered to help her academic work on leadership. The book's ranking on Amazon.com jumped from 76,792 on Friday to 111 by midday Saturday.

    "I later discovered that he was famous for this type of mentoring and networking, especially with aspiring soldier-scholars," Broadwell wrote, adding that "I took full advantage of his open-door policy to seek insight and share perspectives."

    Broadwell is a research associate at Harvard's Center for Public Leadership and a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, according to her biography on Penguin's website. According to The Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune, she grew up in North Dakota and moved to Charlotte, N.C., more than three years ago with her husband, a radiologist, and their two young sons.

    The book began as research for her dissertation, a case study of Petraeus' leadership. It evolved into an authorized biography written with Washington Post editor Vernon Loeb after President Barack Obama put Petraeus in charge of Afghanistan in 2010.

    Two years earlier, she wrote in the book's preface, while visiting Washington he had invited her to join him and his team for a run along the Potomac River.

    "I'd earned varsity letters in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track and finished at the top of my class for athletics at West Point; I wanted to see if he could keep stride during an interview. Instead it became a test for me," she wrote. He eventually increased the pace "until the talk turned to heavy breathing, and we reached a 6-minute-per-mile pace. It was a signature Petraeus move. I think I passed the test, but I didn't bother to transcribe the interview."

    In the Army Reserve, she specialized in military intelligence, spending time at the U.S. Special Operations Command and the FBI Counterterrorism Task Forces before pursuing an academic career, according to her Penguin bio. She "lived, worked, or traveled in more than 60 countries during more than 15 years of military service and work in geopolitical analysis and counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations," her bio states.

    Broadwell made multiple trips to Afghanistan, with unprecedented access to Petraeus, and also spent time with his commanders across the country.

    When Petraeus left the military and took the job at the CIA, Broadwell kept in contact with him and sometimes was invited to his office for events such as his meeting with actress Angelina Jolie.

    "History has yet to fully judge Petraeus' service in Iraq and Afghanistan, his impact on the U.S. military and his rank among America's wartime leaders," Broadwell wrote in the preface. "But there is no denying that he achieved a great deal during his 37-year Army career, not the least of which was regaining the strategic initiative in both wars" after Sept. 11, 2001.

    "His critics fault him for ambition and self-promotion. I will note in the pages that follow that he is driven and goal-oriented, but his energy, optimism and will to win stand out more for me than the qualities seized on by his critics."

    In an interview with The Bismarck Tribune shortly after the biography was published, Broadwell said Petraeus was a motivational force not only for organizations but individuals as well.

    "He inspires people of all ages to improve themselves. On that note, I would conclude that his sheer energy whether applied to soldiering, scholarly pursuits, public outreach or mentoring can be equally empowering for an organization or an individual subordinate," Broadwell said.

    With the book done, Broadwell told friends she was returning to her dissertation, using part of her research on Petraeus to complete her doctorate.

    Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

    Source: http://www.newson6.com/story/20061676/petraeus-biographer-a-military-reservist-scholar

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    Cung Le vs. Rich Franklin official, but opening bout of UFC Macau canceled

    Before UFC Macau weigh-ins, main eventer Rich Franklin tempted his opponent, Cung Le, with chocolates. Nonetheless, both men made weight for Saturday's fights. However, one of the fights was canceled hours before the weigh-in.

    According to MMA Weekly, medical issues related to Hong Gyu Lim's weight cut forced doctors to keep him from fighting David Mitchell. Mitchell was paid his show money for the bout. Complete weigh-in results from MMA Junkie below:

    MAIN CARD (FUEL TV, 9 a.m. ET)
    ??? ?Rich Franklin?(185)?vs. Cung Le (186)
    ??? ?Stanislav Nedkov?(203)?vs. Thiago Silva?(205)
    ??? ?Dong Hyum Kim?(170.5)?vs. Paulo Thiago?(169.5)
    ??? ?Mac Danzig?(155)?vs. Takanori Gomi?(155)
    ??? ?Jon Tuck?(156)?vs. Tiequan Zhang?(155)
    ??? ?Jeff Hougland?(135)?vs. Takeya Mizugaki?(135.5)
    PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook, 7:15 a.m. ET)
    ??? ?Alex Caceres?(136)?vs. Motonobu Tezuka?(135.5)
    ??? ?John Lineker?(126)?vs. Yasuhiro Urushitani?(125.5)
    ??? ?Tom DeBlass?(185)?vs. Riki Fukuda?(186)

    Consider this your open post to discuss Saturday's fights. Any predictions?

    Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/cung-le-vs-rich-franklin-official-opening-bout-155956882--mma.html

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    Ashley Judd doesn't rule out run for US Senate

    (AP) ? Actress Ashley Judd isn't ruling out a run for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.

    The former Kentuckian is an active supporter of Tennessee Democrats. She said in a statement Friday that she's honored to be mentioned as a potential candidate, but she sidestepped the question of whether she would get into the race.

    "I cherish Kentucky, heart and soul, and while I'm very honored by the consideration, we have just finished an election, so let's focus on coming together to keep moving America's families, and especially our kids, forward," she said.

    Judd lives in Tennessee and would have to re-establish a residence in Kentucky before she could challenge Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell in his 2014 re-election bid.

    No Democrats have stepped forward to challenge McConnell, a political powerhouse who already has $6.8 million in the bank for his re-election.

    In 2008, McConnell won re-election to a fifth term and became Kentucky's longest serving senator. McConnell spent some $20 million on his last election, beating Democrat Bruce Lunsford, a wealthy Kentucky businessman, by 6 percentage points.

    "Sen. McConnell and his wife are big fans of Ashley Judd's movies and appreciate her energy, especially when it comes to bringing young people into the political process," said McConnell campaign manager Jesse Benton. He held his criticism for those who are pushing her candidacy.

    Judd is a regular at University of Kentucky basketball games and the Kentucky Derby and has starred in such movies as "Kiss the Girls," ''Double Jeopardy," ''Where the Heart Is," and "High Crimes." She is married to three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti and is an annual spectator at the race.

    Associated Press

    Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2012-11-09-Ashley%20Judd-Politics/id-42443355104e4635942ef377ee782501

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