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Automobiles Ettore Bugatti was a French car manufacturer of high-performance automobiles, founded in 1909 in the then German city of Molsheim,Alsace by Italian-born Ettore Bugatti. Bugatti cars were known for their design beauty (Ettore Bugatti was from a family of artists and considered himself to be both an artist and constructor) and for their many race victories. The death of Ettore Bugatti in 1947 proved to be the end for the marque, and the death of his son Jean Bugatti in 1939 ensured there was not a successor to lead the factory. No more than about 8000 cars were made. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s. In the 1990s, an Italian entrepreneur revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars. Today, the name is owned by German automobile manufacturing group Volkswagen.

Bugatti entered their year old Type 59 model, seen here without its engine cover. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Ettore Bugatti arrives in Vienna, III. International Car Expo Deutsch: Ettore Bugatti trifft in Wien ein, III. Internationale Automobilausstellung, Wien (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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The Land Rover has been a common sight both on and off roads around the world for more than half a century. Equally adept at handling urban, rural and outback terrain, it’s not hard to see why the Land Rover has been such an enduring success. Land Rover designs over the years have prioritised simplicity and durability, although the firm has diversified somewhat as the decades have progressed. With little sign of any slowdown in the enduring popularity of the Land Rover, it’s worth taking a look back at its history to find out more about just how Land Rovers have come to prominence over such a lengthy period of time.

According to Land Rover’s own history, the first Land Rover made its debut in 1948, and even now it is estimated that two-thirds of these vehicles are still in working order – testament to their durability and subsequent longevity. Designed for strength and the ability to work in often inhospitable environments, the original Land Rover featured characteristics including short front and rear overhangs as well as a generally robust constitution. The vehicle was an instant success, and further adjustments were made to its design as the 1950s and 1960s progressed. The vehicle’s stability and turning circle were both tweaked and improved.

Land Rover soon emerged as the leading supplier of four-wheeled utility vehicles, and they were adopted by a range of organisations – from military groups to charities working in the African outback. Indeed, the vehicles continue to be used for a wide variety of purposes today. But in 1970, Land Rover unleashed a new innovation – the first-ever Range Rover. Combining the durability of the Land Rover with the comfort and performance of an on-road car, the Range Rover was similarly successful and again has been an enduring presence both on and off road ever since.

It’s also worth noting that although the idea of buying Land Rovers as family cars has only really taken in urban Britain over the last couple of decades or so, this has long been the case for families living in harder-to-reach areas, as they often find themselves having to make longer journeys over considerably tougher terrain. Indeed, families in rural Britain and Australia have been buying Land Rovers as family cars for decades. It’s only relatively recently that they’ve started to become increasingly popular among drivers living in urban areas.

As an article from eHow.com observes, the Land Rover itself has now come to be seen as a desirable sports utility vehicle – not unlike the Hummer or the Lincoln Navigator – among middle-class families, as well as a practical and durable vehicle suitable for use in challenging environments, capable of providing decades of reliable service. In total, six separate series of Land Rover vehicles have emerged since the first edition arrived in 1948, although the Series 1 model remains perhaps the best-known and most iconic of all Land Rovers. The bodywork of the various Land Rover vehicles was pretty much identical, however, until the debut of the Defender in 1983.

Lá nos primórdios deste blog um dos primeiros textos publicados abordava o uso da palavra “ain’t“. Afinal, muita gente sempre se pergunta “qual o significado de ain’t?” ou “como é que devemos usar ain’t em inglês?“. O título do post é “Ma aunt ain’t an ant!“, uma brincadeira com a pronúncia das três palavras: aunt,ain’t e ant.Hoje quero apenas dar mais algumas expressões com esta palavrinha que professores insistem em não comentar a respeito nas salas de aula. Ou pior, dizem que não deve ser usada por que é coisa de gente sem cultura e sem educação escolar [e sabe se lá mais o que!].

Embora haja esse preconceito, é curioso notar que no inglês do dia a dia há uma série de expressões nas quais “ain’t” é usada sem problemas. É usada por gente bonita e gente feia! Por gente pobre e gente rica! Por gente negra! Gente parda! Gente indía! Gente branca! Enfim, praticamente todo mundo.

Seguem abaixo algumas expressões que você poderá usar e abusar à vontade desde que esteja em um contexto informal. São expressões tão comuns em inglês que muita gente nem liga mais para o fato da pessoa estar usando “ain’t” nelas. Veja,

• You ain’t seen nothing yet. [Você ainda não viu nada.]
• You ain’t heard nothing yet. [Você ainda não ouviu nada.]
• Say it ain’t so. [Me diz que não é isto; me diz que não é verdade]
• Ain’t that the truth! [Não é verdade!]
• It ain’t funny. [Não tem graça nenhuma; não tem nada de engraçado]
• That just ain’t so. [Isto não é bem assim.]
• Two out of three ain’t bad. [Dois de três não está nada mal.]
• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. [Em time que está ganhando, não se mexe.]

Preste atenção em filmes e músicas para notar como há ainda outras expressões nas quais o “ain’t” aparece. Embora, muita gente diga que isso não deve ser usado pois é coisa de gente se estudo, vale a pena saber e notar que e;a é comum em contextos informais e, portanto, ninguém precisa ter medo de usá-la. É preciso apenas ter cuidado e saber quando e como usar corretamente.

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Dúvida  de muitos estudantes de inglês: onde e como usar “either” e “neither”, especialmente em respostas curtas?  Estude os exemplos com explicações abaixo, and if you either have questions or want to practice by building your own sentences, you’re welcome to send them to LEP!

 

==> Neither   Am./’nɪːðər/    Brit. /’naɪðə/

•  in  AFFIRMATIVE construction, significando  ”nenhuma das opções; nem uma coisa, nem outra“: 

  “Do you want  pie or cake?”
  “Neither  !”   (nem uma coisa, nem outra) 

  “Which car would  you rather buy ?”
  “Neither of those! They are all ugly!”
  
  “I love  pastel and caipirinha. Neither  of them can be easily found in the US.”
  
  “It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.” (Thomas Jefferson)

 

• in   AFFIRMATIVE construction, significando “nem; também não; tampouco“, AFTER a NEGATIVE statement:
  
  “I don’t  know how to speak Chinese.”
  “Neither do   I“ (nem eu [sei])“Carl can’t come to the party, neither can   Sue.”
  (nem Sue; Sue também não pode.)

  “I won’t  go swimming. The water is too cold!”
  “Ok, neither will  I !” 

  This is the construction:
  neither + affirmative auxiliary or modal verb + subject
   neither do I
  neither can Sue
  neither will I
  
  Neste caso “neither”   pode ser substituído por “nor”:
  (nor do I; nor can Sue, nor will I…”).
  

==>  Either     Am./’ɪːðər/ Brit. / ‘aɪðə/

• in NEGATIVE construction, significando “(nem) um, e (nem) outro“:
  
  “I didn’t argue with either   Paul or Jonh.” (não discuti com um, nem com outro)“I don’t want either  coffee or tea. I want juice. (não quero nem um nem outro, quero algo diferente.)

 

• in AFFIRMATIVE construction, significando “qualquer uma das opções serve“:“I want either tea or coffee. Either one is good!”

“Do you want to go to the movies or to a pizzaria?”
“Either  one!”   (qualquer um está bem; tanto faz)

“Do you prefer chocolate or strawberry flavor?”
“Either! / Either one! / Either chocolate or strawberry is good for me!”

“Country or beach?”
“Either!”  I enjoy both!”

“Bring what you want for the barbecue. Either   meat or beer will do it.” (tanto carne como cerveja serve/está bom.)

NOTE que either não tem a mesma conotação que both. Both é ”um E outro” – é uma soma. Either  é um OU outro; qualquer um dos dois, mas não os dois juntos. Um dia perguntei a uma aluna, ”Where are you going to meet me at 7pm? At the Chinese or at the pizzaria?”  She answered, ”Both!”  -  I wondered how she would be able to be at BOTH places at the same time!!!    She should have said  ”Either one!” (tanto em um como no outro restaurante estava bom para ela, mas não nos dois ao mesmo tempo! Either one. What is your preference?  Something like that would have been a better answer. She could also have said, “Neither!” (nenhum dos dois restaurantes). 

• In short answers, quando significa “nem; também não; tampouco“,either é usado com (após) um verbo na NEGATIVA (contrário de “neither” que é usado em construções affirmativas):
  
  “I am not going.” — “I am not either”
  “I don’t like winter.” — I don’t either!” 

  Compare: ”I don’t either “ to ”Neither do I“.
  
  ===> “either  ” in negative constructions = verbo na negativa - “I don’t  either.” 
  ===> “neither  ” in affirmative constructions - “Neither do I“  - Veja que não há um verbo na negativa aqui, apenas o sentido é negativo.
  

In the question: 

Do you want pie or cake?

- if you answer:

“Neither!”  …. it means “Nem um, nem outro”.

- if you answer:

“Either!”     …  it means “Este ou aquele está bom; quero qualquer um dos dois”

Dica: Memorize as letras em vermelho, numa combinação para cada caso, para associar qual usar em qual situação.

==> Nor  

“Nor” is used after ”neither” to express the same thing as “not either”.

Compare:

Either Sue or Pam or Kim or Rose is going to the movies today. Who is going?

Sue: “I am not going to movies.”

Pam: ”I am not either!” 

Kim: ”Neither am I!”

Rose: “Nor am I”

Neither Sue nor anybody else is going to the movies.

This is neither good nor bad.

Keep going!!!

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Coface Hong Kong released its annual payment study.

Highlights include:

• Credit sales continues to grow in the region, with significant increase in Australia and India.
• Market competition is the major reason for offering credit sales. Lack of financing or high financing costs made buyers request more credit from their suppliers to finance short term capital, notably in China and India.
• Overdue situation in Asia Pacific region deteriorated in 2012, which could be observed from the increase in companies reporting overdue and the increase in companies reporting growth in overdue amount compared to 2011.
• The increase in companies with high overdue ratio in turnover also revealed the liquidity conditions of companies in the region are not improving.
• The sluggishness of US and European markets continued to hit Asian export markets, which was the major reason for deterioration in corporate payment in 2012.
• Non-payment in Australia, India, and China increased significantly in 2012. 
• The use of credit management tools increase, from 61% in 2011 to 66% in 2012.
• Japanese and Taiwanese companies had the highest usage of credit management tools (100% & 80%). They also demonstrated the best credit control with the lowest overdue in sales, and the shortest overdue days, even though they offer most and the longest credit terms compared to other countries.
• Building & construction, IT/ISP & data processing, textile/clothing/shoes & other apparels, industrial machinery & electronics and paper & printing are the most risky industries in the region.
• Most of the companies in the region are conservatively optimistic of global recovery in 2013. Much hope are given to local monetary policies, industry incentive program, local infrastructure projects, and recovery of property markets.

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- I would go anywhere.
- They aren’t anywhere.
- Is it anywhere?

2. Somewhere: algum lugar (afirmativas)

- They are somewhere here.

3. Nowhere: nenhum lugar (afirmativas)

- I will go nowhere.

4. Everywhere: em todo lugar (afirmativas)

- You can see it everywhere.

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Just recently, I had a negative experience with a retail purchase online. I escaped the hassle of visiting the store in person, but ended up regretting my decision anyway. My package arrived later than the company had specified and the product had been badly damaged due to poor packaging. This type of customer service was a great inconvenience to me, the customer. Our company, Sharn Enterprises Inc. is known for reliable quality and service. We always strive to reach the highest level of customer satisfaction possible; unfortunately, not all companies view sales from the buyers’ perspective like we do.

Not only did I immediately feel buyer’s remorse after seeing the condition of the package, but things only continued to get worse. The product did resemble the image I had previously viewed on the company’s website, but it still wasn’t what I was expecting. In comparison to the price, the material and manufacturing quality were well below my standards for that price range. This certainly wasn’t a pleasant surprise. Here at Sharn Enterprises there are no surprises, because our design team works closely with our clients through every step of the process, from selecting materials to managing themes and color selection. Our customers benefit from the advantages of being able to specifically design the display to meet the needs of their individual product, as well as their budget. From a business perspective, we value customer satisfaction as a foundation for consumer loyalty. That’s what has allowed us to be in business for 39 years now.

Since 1974, Sharn Enterprises has been a leader in the manufacturing of custom-made retail displays. We specialize in the fabrication of wood, metal, and acrylic products. During our 39 years, we have established a premier reputation as a custom product provider through an increasingly diverse range of clients.

 Think of your favorite pair of Levi’s jeans, an ice-cold Coca Cola, or your beloved iPhone, we work to establish the difference between a custom-made product and a mass-produced cheap imitation. The key to a successful business is satisfied customers, which is why we treat each individual customer with respect and honest appreciation for their personal preferences.

For more information about our products and services, please visit our website at www.sharndisplays.com or call us at 815 464 9715.

Roger Wandersee

Sharn Enterprises

A proud American manufacturer

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• Cisco Unified Management boosts efficiency for both physical and virtual infrastructure layering by increase data centre versatility and speed
• Cisco Unified Management’s simplified architecture reduces system complexity and enables process integration

The Unified Data Centre’s efficient design has been tailored specifically to virtual and cloud environments, meaning customers have the ability to scale resources on demand.

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Agora que já explicamos o que são os phrasal verbs, vejamos um exemplo de como aplica-lo em diferentes situações.

Exemplo de Phrasal Verbs: “To call”

O verbo “to call”, dependendo da preposição ou advérbio que o acompanha, pode ter o sentido de exigir, convidar, cancelar, gritar e telefonar. Como? Veja os exemplos abaixo.

• Quando a palavra “call” vem acompanhada de “for” (call for), ela é traduzida por “exigir”, ou ainda, “requerer”.

This situation calls for your help. (Esta situação exige sua ajuda)

• Já quando acompanhada do “in”, é melhor traduzida por “convidar”,  “chamar”, “permitir entrada”, etc.

Call in the man on the waiting room to my office, please. (Chame o homem que está na sala de espera ao meu escritório, por favor)

• Se substituirmos “in” por “of”, o sentido é alterado para “cancelar”.

Call off our dinner with Max and Caroline. (Cancele nosso jantar com Max e Caroline)

• Já “call out” tem o sentido de “chamar”,  mas no sentido de “gritar para”. Cuidado para não confundir com “call in”!

Call out for that girl down the street! (Chame aquela garota no final da rua!)

• E, por fim, “call up” pode ser traduzido para “telefonar”, “ligue”.

Call up Maria on her cellphone, please. (Ligue para o celular da Maria, por favor)

Existem muitos exemplos de phrasal verbs, e muitos exemplos de variações desses verbos. Portanto, não existe uma regra universal para cada um dos phrasal verbs e a melhor forma de aprender é colocando em prática.

What are the things or the people that make you feel good about where you come from?

We call this feeling pride. Watching sportsmen and women represent your country can give you a great feeling of national pride.

Rob and Finn discuss national pride in 6 Minute English.

This week’s question:

What was the nationality of the first astronauts to live in the International Space Station in the year 2000?

a) Russian

b) Ukrainian

c) American

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

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- Can I have a piss?

Todos começaram a rir e o dono da pizza respondeu:

- Yeah, sure buddy, the restroom is over there.[Claro, na boa, o banheiro fica logo ali.]

Depois me explicaram a diferença de pronúncia entre piece e piss e todos demos muita risada com as confusões que essa sutileza de pronúncia pode causar.

Cf. Qual é a tradução de “PISS”?
Cf. Vocabulário: Acabar em pizza
Cf. Vocabulário: Banheiro

MORAL DA HISTÓRIA: A diferença de pronúncia entre “PIECE” e “PISS” é mesmo sutil para o ouvido do brasileiro. Ela foi explicada no post “Pronúncia do ‘i’“. Embora não seja errado falarmos “PIECE OF PIZZA” (pedaço de pizza), a forma geralmente usada é “SLICE OF PIZZA” (fatia de pizza). O que, em parte, explica a reação dos americanos. A pergunta poderia ser assim: “CAN I HAVE A SLICE?”. Dessa forma, a confusão teria sido evitada. A frase “CAN I HAVE A PISS?” significa “Posso dar uma mijada?”.

Se você gostou dessa história e quer ler outras semelhantes, conheça o livro “Aprenda inglês com humor – Micos que você não pode pagar“, de Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho, lançado pela Disal Editora em 2012.

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[TO HAVE A HANGOVER]

• No wonder Barry has such a bad hangover. He drank a whole bottle of whisky last night!
• Não é de admirar que Barry esteja com uma ressaca forte. Ele bebeu uma garrafa inteira de uísque ontem à noite!

Cf. Gírias: BOOZE
Cf. Como se diz “balada” em inglês?
Cf. Expressões Idiomáticas: Motorista da Rodada
Cf. Falsos Cognatos: PROHIBITION
Cf. Falsos Cognatos: ADDICTION

Referência: “How do you say … in English? – Expressões coloquiais e perguntas inusitadas para quem estuda ou ensina inglês” – José Roberto A. Igreja, Disal Editora, 2005. Clique para ler a sinopse.

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It’s no secret that industrial companies promoting their brands via Twitter by sharing their rich content, knowledge and experience. (If you aren’t yet, SLAP! what the heck are you waiting for?)

Twitter is evolving. It has no choice. Like all social networks, it started out as a “pure” exciting method of digital communication. The key to its success? Maximizing minimalism. Well played, Twitter. But over time, it got expensive to run. (Forgive me, Sister Pat, I started a sentence with “But”). Servers, bandwidth and engineers to support 400 bajillion users don’t come cheap. Until recently, Twitter wasn’t selling anything – no income other than investor support. As a Wharton MBA once told me, no business can survive long term without positive cash flow from customers. (Kidding. I actually learned that lesson first hand!) So Twitter had no choice but to “sell out”. Purity vs. sellout – their chosen approach suggests that they are painfully aware of this conundrum. Twitter elected not to flood screens with display ads that may scare “traditionalist” users away. Instead, they took the higher road less traveled (yep, two clichés in one), and are promoting companies less intrusively.

Now you can turn their opportunity into yours, by utilizing one of their various methods of “advertising”. A few of my favorites:

Twitter Cards – these expanded Tweets let you share more than just 140 characters – such as images and interactive functions. The latest flavor is the “Lead Generation Card”, which helps drive targeted leads via direct calls to action, such as “Give us your email address”. That’s gold to us digital marketing folk. Use this to promote your latest white paper, or build your email marketing/newsletter list.

Promoted Accounts – these feature your account to targeted viewers. So, if you are looking to reach aerospace design engineers, you can have your brand show up their screens. This is a fast way to build an active community of thought leaders and “brand ambassadors”.

Promoted Tweets – These are like typical tweets, however they are displayed to users outside of your network. This is another great way to reach new eyes. You can target by interest, device, geography, and similarity to existing followers.

Promoted Trends – if you are seeking brand dominance via significant exposure, and have the cash to support it – this is the avenue for you. Here, your promoted trend is featured at the top of trend lists – oceanfront property in the social world.

Do you see the common thread here? Each method is designed to promote your Twitter account and build your audience. As such, you must actively maintain your profile, adhering to best practices (You know, talk about interesting stuff other than your company; regularly and consistently…) The required time is in stark contrast to other effective forms such as directory listings, or banner/display ads, which typically drive targeted traffic to your website or landing page. These often require less maintenance. The lesson here is don’t spend money on promoting your account if you are not actively using it.

Also, you must regard my golden rule: There is no silver bullet to online marketing. You must employ a well-balanced digital mix, that takes time to refine, and is never perfected.

Happy (promoted) tweeting!

(c)2013, by Phil Paranicas

5 years ago, in an attempt to give industry certainty, the previous Government laid out a timetable of changes and improvements to Part L of the Building Regulations.

This was in response from industry, both builders and manufacturers, who need a longer term view to enable product development, investment and changes in build practices.

It was also a key part of the roadmap to Zero Carbon homes and achieving the legally binding carbon reduction commitment by 2050.

We, along with other suppliers built our plans and product development pipelines based on this longer term perspective. It allowed us to invest with the ‘certainty’ that increasing standards for thermal performance would drive change.

Then, back in 2011, DCLG implemented the last ‘upgrade’ to Part L. Unfortunately due to botched transitional arrangements, builders’ registered in the region of 180,000 plots, allowing them to be built at pre 2011 regulations. At current build rates, this is approximately 2 years supply.

So we have a situation where it is possible to build a brand new house in 2012 to standards that were set in place 6 years previously. Worse than that, the 2011 revision dealt with an inherent flaw in the construction of semi-detached and terraced houses. A flaw that will be increasing homeowners’ fuel bills. Unbelievably, the house buyer does not have to be told! Anyone else find that odd? Would that be acceptable in any other industry?

The next key date on the Part L timetable is October 2013, but as I write nothing is forthcoming from government on the details of the changes, indeed if there are to be changes at all.

My business, along with many others has invested and developed solutions for the expected changes planned this year – is this investment to be wasted, written off?

Without certainty, how am I to compete for investment against other countries? Another broken commitment and change of direction to add to the Feed in Tariff debacle and consequential improvements.

On the matter of consequential improvements, the decision by Secretary of State Eric Pickles is breathtaking. To reject a policy, a policy that had the support of the majority of consultation responders, is a move of monumental arrogance. To reject a well-supported proposal such as consequential improvements that would have led to 2 million Green Deals and reduced homeowners energy bills as well as reducing carbon emissions is unbelievably crass. The mass media really do write Government policy.

I hope I am wrong, and that DCLG will introduce Part L as planned & expected, as well as reinstating consequential improvements.

More importantly, I hope they will introduce it in a way that means the improved standards will be in place sooner rather than later….

Well Mr. Foster, what say you?

Service should be more than just going out to the market every renewal to see what the insurance market is willing to do to bid on your business. At One Source we work with our clients closely throughout the policy year to maximize the utility of the policy. We do this by first making sure our clients understand what they have by going through the policy at inception, line by line if necessary, making sure they understand how to request coverage, the triggers for a claim and who to contact if they have questions. Then we move onto reporting requirements, if there are any, and then make sure they know the time frames in which they have to act in case of a past due account or a loss. Of course we cover exclusions to the policy and make clients are adhering to covered terms of sale and proper limits of coverage.  Lastly, the most important service we provide at One Source, that all other brokers don’t offer is the manpower to obtain financial and other sensitive information on their customers in order to get the insurance company comfortable with the idea of insuring a specific company’s receivable. After all, information is the lifeblood of any trade credit insurance policy. If the insurance companies don’t have information, they can’t make a favorable decision and in turn the customer is not maximizing their coverage requirements and will become under insured and over charged.

Position with the insurance companies as a specialist broker is extremely important. Many brokers can say they will get multiple quotes for their client and that is for the most part true, but do you know how they are ranked with the carriers as far as amount of business placed with the insurance companies. One Source has obtained #1 status with the largest carrier in the market place and is typically in the top 3 ranking of the major credit insurance companies. This may sound like we’re bragging, but it’s not, well maybe a little, but the real reasons why this is so important is that credit insurance comes down to relationships and knowledge.  Since we enjoy strong relationships with the carriers, chances are we will receive preferential pricing and coverage because the carriers knows us, know us to be consistent, trustworthy and knowledgeable about their product. These carriers also know that our success is their success and if they can be the provider with the best program, their business too will grow. Lastly, the more business we have with any carrier, the better we understand their policies and procedures in turn providing exceptional customer service to clients and keeping the insurance interest in mind when placing a client.

In summary when selecting a broker, make sure you understand their service capabilities and how they are looked at by the insurance companies.

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