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New Tanker Concept?
2008-09-25 07:14:00 OK, so my friend had this crazy idea for a new bulk liquid transport that's so far-fetched that it just might work... Picture a dracone, but fully submerged, and self-propelled (and probably made of metal instead of rubber); essentially, a tanker submarine. Instead of all of these new ice-capable
With Tanker Deal Shelved, Boeing Must Dig in For Possible Long Strike
2008-09-12 15:35:00 Just one day after The Boeing Co. (BA) was notified that a multi-billion-dollar U.S. Air Force tanker competition has been put on hold, the embattled aerospace firm said it was steeling itself for a long strike by its hourly work…
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GAO Sustains Boeing's Aerial Refueling Tanker Protest and Cites Significant
2008-06-19 16:25:00 The GAO announced yesterday that it had decided to sustain Boeing’s protest of the Air Force’s selection of Northrop Grumman (who included the European company Airbus on its team) over Boeing for the $40 billion aerial tanker contract - a contract that could ultimately be worth $100 billion. Considering the GAO’s history of denying most of the protests that come before it, today’s outcome is likely a surprise to the many who expected the Office to stand behind the Air Force’s source selection. The much-discussed dispute has been waging since March 11, 2008 when Boeing filed its protest. Prior to this award, Boeing had been the Air Force’s only supplier of this type of aircraft for fifty years. The actual sixty-nine page decision was filed under a protective order and has not yet been released. A public version will be made available once all interested parties review it and identify all sensitive information ...
GAO Sustains Boeing's Aerial Refueling Tanker Protest and Cites Significant
2008-06-19 16:25:00 The GAO announced yesterday that it had decided to sustain Boeing’s protest of the Air Force’s selection of Northrop Grumman (who included the European company Airbus on its team) over Boeing for the $40 billion aerial tanker contract - a contract that could ultimately be worth $100 billion. Considering the GAO’s history of denying most of the protests that come before it, today’s outcome is likely a surprise to the many who expected the Office to stand behind the Air Force’s source selection. The much-discussed dispute has been waging since March 11, 2008 when Boeing filed its protest. Prior to this award, Boeing had been the Air Force’s only supplier of this type of aircraft for fifty years. The actual sixty-nine page decision was filed under a protective order and has not yet been released. A public version will be made available once all interested parties review it and identify all sensitive information ...
The Claas Xerion combines with Kaweco slurry tanker to great effect
2008-05-21 16:54:00 388hp Claas Xerion and 24,000 litre Kaweco slurry tanker combination is designed to give high outputs with the minimum of soil damage.
By: FWi - All News
WRECKERS YARD: McCormick split in two after tanker runs away
2008-05-07 23:28:00 Thanks to Rob Pugh of Rob Pugh Agri Contractor's Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire, Wales for sending in these pictures of a McCormick MTX150 tractor and slurry tanker after a small accident. We would love to know more details, but what we can say is that no one was hurt, and that's what really matters. If you have a picture worthy of inclusion on Wreckers' Yard please email it along with a brief note explaining what happened to fwmachinery@rbi.co.uk
By: FWi - All News
Acid tanker leak in Juhapura, none injured
2008-04-19 06:05:00 AHMEDABAD: A tanker started leaking acid on the road connecting Juhapura to APMC market on Friday evening. To the horror of passers-by, such was the flow of the acid that it damaged the tanker as well as the road. However, a team of fire brigade officials rushed down to control the acid flow with counter-active chemicals and also covered up the road with dilutants and dust to prevent any damage to life or property. According to Vejalpur police officials, the incident took place around 6.10 pm when a tanker of Hindustan Chemicals Ltd, a Naroda-based company, was passing from APMC - Juhapura Road. The tanker contained Hydrochloric Acid - an industrial chemical used for washing tiles, rough cloth stains and cleansing of industrial vessels. "The acid is very powerful and it could have harmed people who came in contact with the fumes as the acid is notorious for its effects on hair, eyes, lungs and skin. However, nobody is injured as per the primary investigation. We will rope i...
[Florida] Tanker truck driver arrested for selling gasoline out of his truc
2008-04-17 05:35:00 Sun Sentinel
School bus-tanker collision kills one student, injuries 13 in Ahmedabad
2008-04-03 05:56:00 infoahmedabad.com: A student of Delhi Public School in Bopal was killed and his thirteen school mates injured early on Wednesday morning when a trailer reportedly hit their school bus from behind near Shilaj Chokdi on the Sardar Patel Ring Road intersection. Irate parents and local residents gathered at the spot and torched one school bus when the school authorities decided to carry on with the day?s activity in the school. Akul Ramdas Rathod, a student of Class IV was on his way to the school in the bus along with 44 other students when the mishap occurred. The impact overturned the bus, killing Akul, besides injuring several other students. The injured were admitted to SAL Hospital, Kesar SAL and Shalby Hospital, where 11 were discharged soon after. Two are being treated as indoor patients at SAL Hospital but are reported to be out of danger. Unmesh Dixit, DPS public relations officer, said the driver of the tanker fled from the scene while the driver of the school bus, number 45A...
Stima trigonometrica della quota di un tanker chimico
2008-03-28 13:40:00 Avevamo già ampiamente trattato, tempo fa, il problema inerente alla stima della quota di sorvolo dei velivoli impegnati nelle operazioni clandestine di aerosol. Il sistema valutato nel 2006 abbisognava di alcuni fondamentali parametri relativi al focale della macchina fotografica.In questo caso vogliamo, invece, consigliare un metodo più rapido ma parimenti efficace. Il sistema è decisamente semplice e si serve di un dispositivo di osservazione che misura l'angolo di elevazione della macchina fotografica (o videocamera) rispetto ad una stazione di controllo posta ad una distanza nota dal punto di sorvolo (per il calcolo preciso della distanza sull'orizzontale si adoperi lo strumento - righello - per il calcolo delle distanze incluso in Google Earth) e richiede due persone: una che provveda alla ripresa del velivolo ed una che ne confermi visivamente il sorvolo sulla sua verticale.Un tale sistema può essere molto semplicemente autocostruito e consiste, come si può vedere, in ...
By: Freenfo
Voyager e scie chimiche: il giorno dopo (di Tanker Enemy)
2008-03-20 17:15:00 Potete leggere i commenti relativi alla puntata di Voyager dedicata alle Scie Chimiche. L'analisi dettagliata di come sono andate le cose. Aspettative, tagli e censure, contro la "buona fede" di un conduttore, che per lo meno ha tentato di parlare del problema. Leggi l'articolo
By: Freenfo
The Tanker Deal
2008-03-18 15:01:00 Today on the WSJ they have agood article about the hulabaloo about the Air Force's Tanker Deal with EADS. As the article points out, most of the grumbling is about keeping it in American's control, which is impossible. Even if...
By: Stix Blog
Boeing Files Protest Over USAF Tanker Contract
2008-03-12 03:35:00 As my readers know, I’ve been following the developments in the U.S. Air Force contract which was awarded to Northrop Grummon Corp and its partner Europeean Aeronautic Defense and Space Co (EADS). My interest mainly concerns the effect this contract could have on not only Mobile Alabama, but also Pensacola Florida and other areas of the Gulf Coast. Los Angeles-based Northrop and its bidding partner, EADS North America, won the 179-plane contract on Feb. 29. The companies plan to assemble their tankers in a pair of new plants at the Brookley Field Industrial Complex, creating 1,500 jobs. For more on this contract award, read my previous article on Pensacola Real Estate News. And the saga continues. Boeing today officially filed a protest over the award of the contract. “Our team has taken a very close look at the tanker decision and found serious flaws in the process that we believe warrant appeal,” Jim McNerney, chairman and chief executive officer of Boei...
Defense Department Stands by Tanker Contract Decision VIDEO
2008-03-12 02:12:00 Defense Department Stands by Tanker Contract Decision By Donna Miles American Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, March 11, 2008 ? The selection of Northrop Grumman Corp. to build the next-generation air-refueling tanker aircraft followed a fair competition and was based on the merits of the proposals submitted, a senior Defense Department official told reporters today.Bryan Whitman, deputy assistant secretary for public affairs, said the challenges like the one filed yesterday by the Boeing Company are built into the acquisition process to ensure it complies with federal regulations.The Boeing Company filed a formal protest yesterday asking the Government Accountability Office to review the decision to contract with Northrop Grumman to build up to 179 KC-45A aircraft over the next decade. The Air Force announced the decision Feb. 29.Northrop Grumman partnered with Airbus to compete against Boeing Corp. for the $35 billion contract.If Boeing elects to challenge the process, the departme...
The continuing air tanker saga
2008-03-11 19:10:00 Boeing's loss of the Air Force tanker contract continues to make waves. Perhaps the Northrup Grumman/EADS proposal is better. Perhaps the embarrassment that resulted from Boeing's unethical conduct in 2003 was a factor. That said this could still hurt John McCain:McCain advisers lobbied for European plane maker WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, taking sides in a bidding fight that McCain has tried to referee for more than five years.Two of the advisers gave up their lobbying work when they joined McCain's campaign. A third, former Texas Rep. Tom Loeffler, lobbied for the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. while serving as McCain's national finance chairman.[.....]"The aesthetics are not good, especially since he is an advocate of reform and transparency," said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the aerospace consultin...
Mobile Alabama USAF Tanker Contract Under Fire
2008-03-05 21:31:00 If you live in the Pensacola Florida or Mobile Alabama area, you have to have been living under a rock not to have heard the news of the big Air Force contract awarded last week. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner, Airbus parent EADS. How this whole award will ...
WRECKERS YARD: Kverneland plough and slurry tanker make roadworks look easy
2008-03-05 18:00:00 Farmers show the Council how digging up the road should be done.
By: FWi - All News
McCain Stirs Bipartisan "Tanker Trouble"
2008-03-04 19:27:00 And as much as I?d like to slam that ?straight-talking maverick? for this, I really can?t; please allow me to explain.This tells us that the U.S. Air Force has awarded a $40 billion tanker contract to Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), the parent company of Airbus, over Boeing (with manufacturing facilities based in Washington state and Kansas).However, the following should also be considered in this story (from here)?Back in 2004, McCain launched a one-man to crusade to undo the scandal ridden lease for Boeing aerial refueling tankers based on the 767 design. Subsequent congressional investigations showed a systematic failure of the Air Force's procurement process in opting for a lease of the Boeing aircraft that would be more expensive that purchasing the tankers outright. While Air Force officials blamed one Pentagon official about to start a her new career at Boeing as responsible for swinging the deal to hr new employer, Senator McCa...
More on the air tanker deal
2008-03-02 18:18:00 Below Jazz discussed the bru ha ha over the contract awarded to Northrup Grumman and EADS for the next generation of air tankers. As I said in the comments section there is a little more to the story than free trade. If they were going to use an existing airframe, the most economical thing to do, there were two choices, Boeing and EADS (Airbus). By all rights Boeing should not have even been able to bid on the deal and here is why: Unethical conductIn May 2003, the US Air Force announced it would lease 100 KC-767 tankers to replace the oldest 136 of its KC-135s. The 10 year lease would give the USAF the option to purchase the aircraft at the end of the contract. In September 2003, responding to critics who argued that the lease was vastly more expensive than an outright purchase, the DOD announced a revised lease of 74 aircraft and purchase of 26.In December 2003, the Pentagon announced the project was to be frozen while an investigation of allegations of corruption by one of its fo...
Air Force Awards Tanker Contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS, A Big Win Fo
2008-03-01 04:30:00 A few days ago I posted the article Waiting On A Winner - The Mobile Alabama Tanker Contract. Well, the wait is over. The contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner, Airbus parent EADS. The decision was announced just before 4:00 PM today. The local Pensacola and Mobile news stations even ...
Waiting on the Winner - Mobile Alabama Tanker Contract
2008-02-27 04:11:00 Mobile Alabama, close neighbor to Pensacola Florida, is in the running for a huge US Air Force contract. If you’ve been checking out the news (or my local Pensacola Real Estate Blog), you may have seen that Mobile Alabama is considered the fastest growing metropolitan area economy in the United States. Read the article about Mobile’s ...
Landslide hits tanker on Joshinetsu Expressway in Nagano; resulting pile-up
2008-01-20 00:00:00 NAGANO -- A landslide hit a truck on an expressway in Nagano Prefecture early Saturday morning, leaving its driver shaken, but unhurt.However, a traffic jam that formed in the aftermath of the landslide triggered a pile-up involving six cars, injuring nine people, according to investigators.At around 6:15 a.m. a slope along the Joshinetsu Expressway in Komoro collapsed and soil hit a tanker driven by a 34-year-old man, prefectural police said. He escaped from the vehicle ...
Dozens Missing in Nigeria Tanker Fire
2008-01-13 12:44:00 A speeding fuel tanker crashed and spilled its cargo Saturday in Nigeria’s main southern city, and as many as three dozen people were feared dead in the resulting fire, police and witnesses said.
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Monopoly Watch Minta PN Batalkan Tender Tanker Pertamina
2008-01-11 16:49:00 Monopoly Watch Minta PN Batalkan Tender Tanker Pertamina Gatot Prihanto - detikcom Jakarta - Monopoly Watch menilai putusan Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) dalam kasus tender penjualan tanker raksa milik Pertamina kurang tegas. Maka jika ada gugatan Pengadilan Negeri dan selanjutnya Mahkamah Agung diminta memperberat sanksi. “Merujuk UU No. 5/1999, pengadilan harus membatalkan tender penjualan tanker ...
Monopoly Watch Minta PN Batalkan Tender Tanker Pertamina
2008-01-11 16:49:00 Monopoly Watch Minta PN Batalkan Tender Tanker Pertamina Gatot Prihanto - detikcom Jakarta - Monopoly Watch menilai putusan Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) dalam kasus tender penjualan tanker raksa milik Pertamina kurang tegas. Maka jika ada gugatan Pengadilan Negeri dan selanjutnya Mahkamah Agung diminta memperberat sanksi. “Merujuk UU No. 5/1999, pengadilan harus membatalkan tender penjualan tanker ...
Løb: Intervaltræning. Indledende tanker.
2007-12-27 15:34:00 Intervaltræning. Dette er første del af lidt skriverier omkring Intervaltræning. Første del : Intervaltræning. Dette skal du tænke på. OBS.: Beskrivelserne her er mest beregnet på distancer fra 5 km. og op… Smagen af metal, pletter for øjnene og susen for ørerne ! Vi er mange som har prøvet det og lidt alverdens kvaler. Og ingen tvivl om at det virker, ...
By: Soderblom
Fuel seeps from capsized tanker
2007-12-20 07:33:00 Fuel has begun seeping from the engine of a small tanker that capsized at an Indonesian port this week, but its hold remains secure, the port master said yesterday.The Karisma Selatan, which has a capacity of 500,000 litres, capsized shortly after it was filled with marine fuel at Surabaya's Tanjung Perak port early Tuesday. Nobody was injured."There is a very small quantity of fuel that has leaked out of the ship, but we already have rubber oil booms in place around the tanker," port master Rocky Ahmad Suherman said.Late Tuesday he said that the ship had been examined and "the cargo is still intact; we are sure that there is no leakage".Suherman said authorities were coordinating with the ship's owner as they tried to work out the best way to salvage the ship. The tanker was operated by local agent PT Pasifik Selatan."We are trying to determine if it is best to upright the ship then suck the cargo out or the other way around," he said, adding that the salvage operation could take...
By: My Advocate
Capsized tanker spills oil into Indonesian waters
2007-12-18 09:11:00 A tanker ship carrying 50,000 liters of diesel oil capsized and spilled its content into the sea off East Java province Tuesday. The incident occurred when the Karisma Selatan tanker owned by local shipping firm PT Pasifik Selatan was filling in the diesel fuel at the Tanjung Perak Port in the provincial capital of Surabaya. No one was injured in the incident, which disturbed traffic in the country's second largest port, reported the national Antara news agency. It is estimated to take at least two weeks to evacuate the wreckage of the tanker, local coast guard official Suhargo was quoted as saying.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com-
1 job/day: Tanker Master (December 14, 2007)
2007-12-14 18:38:00 1 job/day from Oil Offshore Marine - Find Tanker Master Jobs Tanker Master - read the job description and apply online with 1 single click.
Crew of Japan tanker held by Somali pirates believed safe
2007-12-12 00:00:00 TOKYO (AP) -- The 22 crew members of a Japanese tanker seized by Somali pirates off Africa six weeks ago are believed safe, Japanese transport officials said Tuesday, adding that they hope to win their release by the end of the year.Officials at the Transport Ministry and the shipping company declined to confirm a Kenya-based group's report that the pirates had demanded US$1 million in ransom and threatened to kill the crew of the 6,253-ton Golden Nori.The Golden Nori, c ...
Young South Indian Aunty Actress Milk Tankers
2007-12-08 22:52:00 nice aunty with heavy milk tanker....to ride this milk tanker we should have heavy driving ... Arthi Agarwal Showing her Boobs. she was iun white saree .Aunty namita is milk tanker of this month.She is heavy may take time to load!!!
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ASIA: Tanker big as ?Valdez? spills cargo off Korea
2007-12-07 14:53:00 Tanker carrying 260,000 barrels of crude oil has has gushed up to half its cargo into the waters around South Korea in what is believe to be the Asian country?s worst ever spill. A crane-vessel collided with the China-registered tanker some 90 kilometres southwest of Seoul, the Associated Press... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
JAPAN: Asian LNG Terminals Prepare to Receive World's Biggest Tankers
2007-12-07 05:56:00 SIAsian utilities led by Korea Gas Corp., the world's biggest liquefied natural gas buyer, are revamping import terminals to receive the world's biggest tankers and meet soaring demand for the fuel. Korea Gas's terminals at Incheon and Pyongtaek are ready to receive the new... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
Keppel Corp wins S$100m tanker conversion contract
2007-11-26 13:23:00 SINGAPORE : Keppel Corp said Monday its subsidiary has won a S$100 million (US$69.4 million) contract to convert an oil tanker into the world's first floating drilling and production... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Greenpeace Blokir Kapal Tanker Pengangkut Sawit di Riau
2007-11-15 23:10:00 Jakarta - Kapal tanker MT Westama yang tengah memuat lebih dari 30.000 ton kelapa sawit diblokir kapal Rainbow Warrior ketika akan meninggalkan Pelabuhan Dumai, Riau. Dengan spanduk bertuliskan ‘Palm Oil Kill Forests and Climate’ Rainbow menghalangi MT Westama sebagai upaya untuk menghentikan ekspor kelapa sawit. Pengiriman kelapa sawit oleh MT Westama berasal dari PT Permata Hijau ...
Russian Oil Tanker Splits in Half
2007-11-12 00:00:00 A Russian oil tanker split in half during a storm in the Kerch close between the Azov and the Black...
Oil Tanker crashes into Light Tower
2007-11-05 04:45:00 A light tower that is situated just off New York’s Staten Island was hit by an oil tanker on Saturday. The light tower is used to watch over shipping lanes in New York Harbor. The Coast Guard has left shipping lanes open, but encourages boaters to stay away from the light tower. Until the light tower ...
By: Your World News
Vacancy as Receptionist at PT BERLIAN LAJU TANKER, TBK
2007-10-31 00:00:00 PT BERLIAN LAJU TANKER, TBK Receptionist (Banten) Requirements: ? Female ? Between 18 and 25 years-old ? Able to communicate to third party ? Work Experience: At least 1 year ? Registering skill ? Arrange work schedule for security and driver . For further information please visit our website at http://www.blt.co.id Or you can send your complete resume to recruitment@blt.co.id
Diesel Tanker Highjacked At Gunpoint [update tanker recovered]
2007-10-19 19:39:00 Fuel Tanker Hijacked At Gunpoint In Baltimore (CBS) BALTIMORE, Md. A tanker truck carrying 7,100 gallons of diesel fuel was taken at gunpoint from a city gas station early Friday, authorities said. The driver of the tanker was fueling the tractor-trailer about 5 a.m. when a man in a blue jumpsuit confronted him with a semiautomatic handgun, ...
WRECKERS YARD: Toppled Tanker puts New Holland tractor on its nose
2007-10-19 18:46:00 The driver of this New Holland TM tractor needed a pants change after this one.
By: FWi - All News
5 killed in bus-oil tanker collision near Bhakkar
2007-10-18 19:21:00 CNews BHAKKAR: Five persons were killed and 20 injured when a bus carrying barat collided with an oil tanker coming from opposite direction, 40 km away from Bhakkar.The bus carrying baratis was returning back from Issa Khel to Layya when it collided with an oil tanker at Mianwali-Muzaffargarh Road. Three persons died on the spot whereas more than 20 people were injured, many of them are in critical condition.The injured were taken to hospital where they could not be given first aid and two of them died after which the number of casualties has become five.Powered by: Awaz apni Baat apni
Twisted Tankers and the Big Rig Jig
2007-09-18 03:12:00 From Telstar Logistics: Telstar Logistics was unable to attend Burning Man this year, alas -- the launch of our new startup kept...
Former minister grilled in super tanker graft case
2007-08-16 01:54:00 The Attorney General`s Office on Wednesay questioned former state enterprises minister Laksamana Sukardi for the third time in connection with alleged graft in the sale of two super tankers of state oil and gas firm Pertamina. The Attorney General`s Office has already questioned a number of people, including former chief of the defunct Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) Syafruddin Temenggung in his capacity as a member of Pertamina`s board of commissioners. The alleged graft case started when the company`s board of directors and its chief commissioner, without approval from the finance minister, sold the two very large crude carrier (VLCC) super tankers under construction at Hyunday Heasy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, for US$148 million. Believed to have caused a financial loss of US$20 million to US$56 million to the state, the transaction was also a violation of Finance Minister`s Decree No.89/1991 as the finance finister`s approval was issued only on July 7, 2...
Volvo FL Tankers Team Up with Ford Fuel Oils
2007-08-07 09:39:00 The first two new generation of Volvo FL Tankers to hit the roads of UK have tied up with Ford Fuel Oils, a family-owned West Country tanker operator to replace the older models of Volvo in the Ford Fuel Oils fleet of 25 tankers. The reputable tanker operator was said to be pleased with the ...
Fuel tanker explosion kills 50 in Baghdad
2007-08-01 14:07:00 Ten cars were burned in the early afternoon blast in the Mansour district of the capital.
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IRAN: Fuel tanker on fire, driver killed [Digg]
2007-07-31 16:11:00 The crane is ready to be installed on the offshore rig of the South Pars (SP) phases 9-10, Mohammad-Ali Abbaspur added.It took the 53,250 man-hours to build the derrick, he announced, saying 35 percent of accessories was imported.
By: ENERGY BLOG
IRAN: Fuel tanker on fire, driver killed
2007-07-31 15:14:00 A tanker carrying furnace oil en route from... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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BMW hit gasoline tanker on the wrong side
2007-07-27 22:20:00 While driving 220 km/h (140 miles per hour) on the wrong side of the highway BMW hit gasoline tanker. Tank truck has rolled over and blew up in fiery explosion. Happily, truck driver has managed to survive the blast. Another luck - there were no passengers in BMW. Death toll for this incident is one - ...
WRECKERS YARD: Tipped tanker puzzles pedestrians and police
2007-07-20 14:42:00 Taking the corner too fast left the driver of this bowser explaining his actions to the police.
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