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Monday, October 1, 2012
Taylor Swift Calls John Mayer 'Presumptuous' Over Song Reaction
'I know it wasn't good, so I don't want to know,' Red singer says about Mayer's comments about her 'Dear John' track in Glamour.
By Christina Garibaldi
Taylor Swift on the November cover of Glamour
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694725/taylor-swift-dear-john-mayer-glamour.jhtml
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As you may have seen on your television screens or heard over the radio, there have been some incidents wherein weight loss pills have caused dangers to users and even fatalities. But, this should not be a reason for you to be afraid of pills and medications intended for losing weight. You see, it?s just a matter of knowing the right pills for you and how to take them properly.
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Supersizing the sandwich generation | Inheritance | Retirement ...
About one-quarter of the so-called sandwich generation already has a second slice on top since they care for two or more seniors.
Balancing the demands of family life for today?s parents can be difficult at the best of times. Times are even tougher for many a parent suddenly tasked with the responsibility of caring for their own parents as well. These people make up the sandwich generation ? those raising their children and simultaneously looking after their parents.
But today?s changing demographics ? many of them highlighted in census data released recently by Statistics Canada ? are resulting in a sort of super-sizing of the sandwich generation.
There are incentives to consider the option of moving Mom and Dad into your home or moving your family into their home
The increase in rates of senior or ?grey? divorce means higher odds of caring for divorced parents and maybe even their new partners. As if caring for your married parents isn?t tough enough, we might see a generation of Baby Boomers providing elder care for parents in multiple locations.
About one-quarter of the so-called sandwich generation already has a second slice on top since they care for two or more seniors.
The trend towards having children at a later age also puts more people in the position of having to care for both children and parents. And since people are simply having fewer children period, there are less children to care for the growing ranks of the elderly.
The term ?sandwich generation? was coined by American social worker Dorothy Miller in 1981. A generation later, more than one-quarter of today?s Canadians aged 45-64 have children living with them and also perform some sort of elder care.
Since eight out of 10 in the sandwich generation are also working, it?s not surprising to see more and more retirement homes and nursing care options becoming available to provide the care they may not have the time to provide themselves. In some cases, it?s just not an option for the elderly to live on their own. That said, not all seniors have the resources to afford these facilities ? nor do all of their children.
Beyond the stress of physically caring for parents comes the stress of caring for their money
Statistics Canada reports the number of seniors living with relatives or non-relatives in a private dwelling increased from 285,370 to 393,150 from 2001 to 2011.
There are incentives to consider the option of moving Mom and Dad into your home or moving your family into their home. Selling your parents? home or your home could provide funds to use towards their care. It could also reduce the commuting costs of going back and forth from your home to theirs, since they are not likely to live close by.
And given that Statistics Canada reports that 15% of sandwiched workers have to reduce their work hours, having your parents in your home could mean more time to get the job done ? both your day job and your night job. After all, there are only so many hours in the day.
Beyond the stress of physically caring for parents comes the stress of caring for their money. And practically speaking, there are typically two different problems when it comes to Mom and Dad?s money ? they either have too little or too much.
Too little means they might become a financial burden on you. And if you have siblings, deciding how to split the cost of care can be a delicate subject. Should the cost be split equally? Should the oldest child step to the plate? Should the wealthiest child bear more of the burden? Or the one who makes more money? Or the one who got more financial support from their parents over the years?
Having too much money, while seemingly less of a problem, isn?t always so. One child may want to keep the funds intact in their parents? names, while others might push for an early advance of their inheritance. Beyond that, it?s common to see situations where strategies to move money from one generation to the next or to reduce taxes or probate defeat the original intention or lead to significant costs ? both financially and on family ties ? ranging from mistakes to disagreements to litigation.
The good news on the tax front is that the Canada Revenue Agency provides incentives to Canadians who are caring for elders. It?s possible a senior (or anyone, for that matter) may qualify for a tax credit called the ?disability amount? if they suffer from prolonged symptoms that inhibit their performance of the activities of daily living. Nursing home and caregiver costs may be claimed as medical expenses for another tax credit. And beyond that, there are additional tax credits for ?infirm dependents? as well as ?caregivers? depending on whether or not a senior lives with you or depends on you financially for support.
Having three generations under one roof is more common elsewhere in the world, but perhaps less so here in North America ? right now. One problem with this option is that it could raise an interesting dilemma ? that is, what if you take in your divorced parent and subsequently need to provide care to your other parent? Or maybe your parent has remarried and they require help as a couple? What if your parent passes away and their spouse still requires assistance? Maybe you inherit the house that the spouse is living in?
Odds are moving more in favour of being presented with such situation and Baby Boomers have some decisions to make in the not-so-distant future to ensure they can digest the double-decker sandwich they could soon be served.
Jason Heath is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner and income tax professional for Objective Financial Partners Inc. in Toronto.
Source: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/29/supersizing-the-sandwich-generation/
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Good afternoon everyone, and welcome to the newest edition of Retro Game Retrospective. As many of you have been more than patient, we are finally proud to upload for your enjoyment, the history of the various home console versions of Wheel Of Fortune as released over the many years of home video gaming. You may remember that this article was originally scheduled to be released about two weeks ago, to coincide with the 30th season premiere. But due to a computer malfunction on my personal computer, the entire file was whipped out and due to its length and complexity, took this long to be rewritten. So without any further delay, let?s get this party started, and take a look at the Wheel Of Fortune video games, from Commodore to Wii!
First off, a little bit of history about the game show itself, for those that have been living under a rock for the last 40 years. Wheel Of Fortune originally started out as a pilot concept called ?Shopper?s Bazarre?, hosted by Chuck Woolery in 1973, and Edd Byrnes hosted two pilots under the Wheel title in 1974. Ultimately, when the show began productions, Chuck Woolery got the job. The original letter turner was a lady by the name of Susan Stafford. The show premiered on NBC daytime on January 6, 1975, and what makes it very ironic, is that the show replaced it?s now sister show, Jeopardy, which aired its final episode of the network run the previous Friday. Chuck Woolery hosted the show on NBC until December 25, 1981, and left the program due to a salary dispute with creator Merv Griffin. Pat Sajak replaced Chuck the following Monday, which happened to be a special Teen Week edition of the show. Susan Stafford remained on the show until October of 1982, mostly due to various injuries she had in her personal life. Summer Bartholomew, Vicki Lovine (then Vicki McCarty) and Vanna White rotated as guest hostesses on the show, until Vanna White was selected as permanent letter turner in December of 1982. The syndicated nighttime version that we all know and love premiered on September 19, 1983, and is still going strong after all these years. The daytime version went off the air on September 20, 1991, but not before having a network change to CBS, and 2 host changes: San Diego Chargers place kicker Rolf Benirschke as well as Entertainment Tonight host Bob Goen hosted the daytime version before its cancellation.
While the first version of Wheel Of Fortune in video game form wouldn?t happen until the 1986 version released for the Commodore 64 and other computer systems, the concept was thought of years before that. In 1982, a company called ?The Great Game Company? had planned a wide variety of game show based titles for the Atari 2600, and exclaimed that they were going to be ready for a Spring, 1983 release. They planned a lot of popular game show titles, such as Family Feud, Jeopardy, Tic Tac Dough and The Joker?s Wild. And yes, Wheel Of Fortune was on that list. However, none of these games every got to see the light of day, and all of them were cancelled before they got released. There has been much speculation on whether or not any of these games even got to the prototype stage, as no known demos have yet to be discovered. I personally would have loved to see how these games would have been programmed for the Atari, since having a game like Wheel Of Fortune would seem impossible to program on such a small amount of space. It had long been assumed that if these games ever did get released that it would utilize either the Starpath Supercharger for data, or perhaps incorporate board game elements, which would place it in the same boat as the original Odyssey. (If anyone out there knows anything about any of these prototypes, please let us know!)
Before it was officially coined as ?America?s Game?, Wheel of Fortune has had numerous video games made available over the years. The very first home version of the game was released in 1986 for the Commodore 64 computer, and released by Sharedata, who created many computer versions of popular game shows early in the lifespan. 1987 would also allow the game to be published for other computer platforms, including the 8-bit Apple II series and the IBM PC. Unfortunately, the graphics for all 3 of these versions was quite primitive. For the DOS versions, it is in a way understandable since it ran using CGA graphics which have very little on the color palette. However the Commodore 64 was much more capable of having decent graphics, and it just seemed to be a little rushed into production. As far as the Apple II version is concerned, you have to wonder why a specific version for the Apple IIGS system, which was capable of doing video screen grabs, was never created. Instead, we got ports of the original Commodore engine, and sadly, it shows thanks to lack of programming. The puzzles and game play are quite excellent, don?t get me wrong. In fact, the games were so successful that two other editions were made, including a ?junior? edition that had puzzles that were easier for kids to solve. I just personally feel that by the mid 1980s, these computers were starting to run at its greatest potential, and that the programmers were just a little sloppy. However, if nothing else, it started a franchise that just wouldn?t quit.
A company called GameTek took over the rights for home video game consoles as well as computers, and that?s where the magic begins. GameTek really loved its game show licenses, and released many creations over the years. The first home console version of Wheel Of Fortune, came out for the original Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The game itself was actually designed by Rare. Turn it on, and you get the famous theme as well as a digitized screaming of ?Wheel! Of! Fortune!? New to this version of the game includes a completely smooth animated wheel with figures directly on the wedges, which the previous computer versions lacked. What it does not offer however, is an increase in value as the rounds went on. The top value was always $1000, no matter what round you were playing. The game always played a total of three rounds: 2 normal rounds and then a ?speed up? round, which is similar to the current ?final spin? round. Win the game, then pick your prize for the final round to win big. (For the record, all of the versions that were made into video games always followed the all cash format. As many of the old timers may remember, when the show started, all the money you won on the main games were exchanged for prizes instead of cash. Because after all, ?Once you buy a prize, it?s yours to keep!?) One cool piece of history is that in the sprite code, there is a Coca-Cola logo that is not used at all in the game. At the time, Merv Griffin Productions was owned by Coca-Cola Company. Who knows? The NES version is the one closest to my heart, as it was my very first experience. The animations are pretty smooth for the most part, and the puzzles don?t tend to repeat that often if you vary the difficulty. A junior version of this engine was also released in April of 1988, but for some reason, the entire game runs noticeably slower. Also, a ?family? version was also created in 1990. The only thing that freaks me out (and still does), about all of these versions, is how our beautiful and elegant letter turner, looks like a monkey in a dress! (My mom?s original words when she first saw it.) It actually becomes a little bit of a distraction if you ask me. But that would change in 1991.
In 1991, GameTek would release a new version of the game, completely overhauled. Apparently, too many people were complaining about how terrible Vanna looked on the previous releases, so they released a version called ?Wheel Of Fortune featuring Vanna White?. This version was released for both the NES console as well as DOS compatible PCs. While it contains a decently digitized graphic of Vanna on the opening screen, the sprite that they used for the actual game play looks to be a little more like Barbie on the games made featuring her, complete with crazy puffy dress. (It was 1991 now, not 1986!) This was the first game of the series to use player sprites, and they are completely borrowed from Super Jeopardy cartridge. (Both games were designed by IJE.) The sounds and music are a lot more authentic here, nearly digital from the show. The wheel is now shown in a third dimensional format this time, but the values of the wedges are only shown as a display underneath it. This was the very first game in the series to have the values on the wheel increase for every round, unlike the previous versions where you were always stuck at a $1000 maximum. For historical reasons, this was also the first time that the current bonus round rules of giving the contestant RSTLNE was used, allowing for extra letters to appear on the bonus round. Also, this version of the game uses the bonus round prize rule where you had to pick one of 5 letters that spelt ?WHEEL?, with a hidden prize behind each one, so your big finale prize was a secret till the end. While the game itself is still quite solid, all of the enhancements have a single flaw, which is the animation smoothness. The wheel is not nearly as smooth spinning this time around, and even the animation of the turning of the letters on the board don?t seem to be as fluent. But, I guess you just cannot win them all, can you? (But since this is a game show, you certainly should be able to!)
Let?s fast forward to the 16-bit era for a moment now. In 1992, GameTek released a version of Wheel for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo consoles. Both versions have a lot of similarities, but we?ll get into the differences in a moment. First off, both titles feature a digitized picture of Vanna White that is absolutely incredible on 16-bit hardware. Not only that, at the end of the game, there is a digitized graphic of the studio, which while looks great on the Genesis version, looks like you were watching a VHS tape of the show and pressed pause on the SNES model. (Yeah, you remember VHS, right? It wasn?t THAT long ago!) Both versions utilize other digitized graphics, including having the outline of the letter board be a graphic of the actual board used on the show at the time. Not to mention, for the very first time in the series, we have digitized speech as well! While that sounds like it would be excellent, it gets too repetitive. If you play this game, be prepared to hear Vanna White say ?Choose a letter? after every turn. Cute gimmick, but at this time in technology, it wasn?t required and just got annoying. The sprites for both games are excellent, and the puzzles are generally the same kind that you have on the show, but I personally feel that these versions were by far the easiest puzzles ever programmed, and just not all that challenging. The bonus round also retrograded itself by going back to the 1989 rules with a choice of prizes.
The main difference between the Genesis and SNES versions, is the animation of the wheel while it?s spinning. Normally, I wouldn?t be so picky about something like this, but the way they were done were completely different, and one of them is flat-out a joke. The wheel you see on the Genesis version is basically just part of the wheel spinning, rather smoothly. No figures on the wheel itself, but a readout below it like on the NES version featuring Vanna. It worked well and was effective no doubt. The Super Nintendo version however made an attempt to emulate the entire wheel spinning, much like the original NES versions. Which was fine, except for one problem: The wheel looked horrible! The wheel was overly pixellated to try to make it look as real as possible, but it was just incredible unclear to read. Add to the fact that it is spinning, and you can certainly get a major headache, very quickly. And not only that, but the wheel wasn?t even a smooth circle! When the wheel spins, it spun unevenly. It?s kind of like this. Ever play a vinyl album on a turntable? Records are supposed to be totally flat, but as you know, most of them have some kind of small warp in them that you can see as the record spins. This is exactly like that, but instead of the record wobbling up and down on the needle, the wheel here is wobbling left and right and up and down! Kudos for trying to make it look very realistic guys, but you better stick with the still photos for now. The technology isn?t ready for your vision just yet. (Nintendo knew this too. When they released a Deluxe edition for the SNES, they replaced it with a more traditional animation.)
Wheel Of Fortune, meet the compact disc! GameTek released a version of the game for the Sega CD add-on attachment in April of 1994. This version was released by Sony (pre-PlayStation, of course), and was also published alongside of a PC version. This is the first version of the game that features full motion video, as well as authentic CD audio of the Wheel Of Fortune theme song as well as various music cues and sound effects from the show itself. While the set had changed by this point, this version still uses the old 1992 set that was used on previous versions of the game. It features digitized sprites, in which most are recycled from the Sega CD version of Jeopardy. Off the bat, for the technology around the Sega Genesis and Sega CD, the game looks pretty decent, but the main gripe is that the video looks worse here than it did for Jeopardy. It actually looks like Vanna is standing in front of a green screen with the graphics added later. This version looks a lot more like you are watching an episode of the show as opposed to playing a video game. Video intro for the start, excited contestants and the like, add to this feel. The wheel when it spins simulates what you see when you?re watching at home as well, which is the first time this was able to be completed, and it looks rather good for the period. This version even adds the prize wedges when needed, another first. Ironically though, the background of the puzzle board looked more realistic on the Genesis and SNES versions, since they were digitized photos, which was not done here. And obviously, since Vanna couldn?t record video turning every single letter combination possible on the board, when a letter is on the board, Vanna just walks across the board and the letters turn themselves with no help from her. (Not to mention, in a ?Back To The Future? type prediction, when a puzzle is solved, all of the letters just pop up automatically, just like how the show is done today!)
We?re going to go back to Nintendo now, with a version released on December 2, 1997 for the N64 platform. And, just like the Nintendo 64 version of Jeopardy, this version just seems to be taking too many steps backward than forward. First off, the video on the sprites of all of the contestants as well as Vanna at the letter board, are 2D, low resolution and blocky. When the game starts to get a little more exciting, the video is simply not clear at all. More of a blur. The game does however feature video clips of Vanna at various points in the game, but not full screen like the Sega CD had attempted. But those segments are a lot clearer than the Sega CD version, so that makes it better in my opinion. Again, we have a problem with the wheel not being a perfect circle, but in this case, we definitely have the N64 hardware to thank for that, as the N64 was never any good with spheres. But not only that, again, just like Jeopardy, the words on the puzzle board, which should be the easiest thing to read, while is clear, uses a font that makes it more difficult. The letter selection keys are easy to read, so why go for a fancy font? It?s not even that they could have been going for the classic lettering on the board, since by 1997, the touch screen was introduced and being used here! Another negative has to do with the bonus round. No choice in prizes in any way! Either take $25,000 or leave it. (I?ll take it, but still!) And while the manual claims that the game has a ?Surprise? wedge, good luck finding it. The only good thing about the rules that makes it accurate to the time, is the inclusion of the $10,000 space, and the Jackpot Round. But, just like Jeopardy, it was rushed into production and released to early. (Either that, or if you remember from the Jeopardy article, GameTek was in bankruptcy at the time, no pun intended. So perhaps it was rushed in hopes to make the money to save the company? Of course it didn?t, and GameTek was no more the following year.)
In 1998, Hasbro took control of the franchise (as well as the Jeopardy franchise), and released versions of Wheel Of Fortune for the original PlayStation and Windows-based PCs. Both of these versions were nearly the same, but I?ll get to the main difference in a moment. Again, we have Vanna doing her hosting duties on the game, with full motion video and authentic sound effects. For a console like the PlayStation as well as the home computer market, we would have to expect this at this point. The video that features Vanna, both the full screen and in the corners during game play are very crisp and clear, however we do not actually see Vanna approach the board on this version at all. (I guess at this point, Hasbro figured since the game board is now automatic anyway, why waste the time when we all know that Vanna is ?just a pretty face?.) Still, it would have been nice to at least have Vanna walk across the board. Also, no game sprites at all on this version. Like the Jeopardy counterpart, this version makes it seem like you are physically on stage and uses a first person point of view shot from everything from viewing the board and spinning the wheel. Vanna announces which players turn it is, and contestant voices are heard. The only major difference between the PS1 and PC versions is how the wheel is shown while spinning. The PS1 version shows the wheel on a first person angle, while the PC versions show it how the wheel looked at home, either the top view that we see currently on the show, or a shot of the video wall that was frequently used in the late 1990s. The wheel also looks more realistic on the PC version and more, well, like a video game on the PS1 version. Both versions play very well and are enjoyable. A second edition of the game was released for both formats in November of 2000, which included new puzzles, a behind the scenes look at the show, and a sample contestant examination.
Let?s fast forward to March 9, 2003, which is when Hasbro released the game for the PlayStation 2, however this time using the Atari branding. This version was released a few months after a new version for the PC the previous year, and uses the same engine for both. Holding true to the version that was used on the original PS1, again, we see Vanna a lot, telling the rules of the game, how to play, and keeps everything running smoothly. The full screen, full motion video is crisp and clear, and very well produced. Just like the PS1 version, again, we do not physically see Vanna approach the board when letters are revealed. I hear people all the time say that full motion video can make or break a game, and its a little sad on the last two versions that we?ve seen here today. Vanna approaching the puzzle board is a very traditional thing on the show, and it just lacks when she?s not doing it. Even having a video of her walking across the board would have been a nice touch, kind of like what was done on the Sega CD version. But regardless, the view of this version is again first person, with a lot of various shots of the set and puzzle board. When the wheel spins, again, it?s like watching at home, and this time around it includes some very smooth and very well done animation in a 3D setting. It?s probably one of the best looking versions of the game, even with the lack of contestant sprites. Just like the second editions of the PS1 and PC games, this version also contains a sample contestant exam. The one thing I cannot get over, is how they used the font for ?The Price Is Right?. I know that at the time, the ?Grand Theft Auto? series was using the same font and was a big seller, but seriously? I think that?s kind of ironic!
Because I?m trying to focus entirely on physical game media, I?m going to skip over the PlayStation Network version that was released for PS3, and go straight to the most current home version, which was released for the Nintendo Wii console on November 2, 2010. This game was developed by THQ, and has a lot of interesting firsts. The one that is without a doubt the most obvious, is Pat Sajak. Yeah, you remember him, the HOST of the show? Out of all of these versions, this is the VERY first time that Pat is featured on a home video game version of the show. All I can say, is it is about time! The Wii version utilizes the Nintendo Mii engine, which allows the contestant sprites (as well as Pat and Vanna), to be Mii characters that you created. (Remember when Nintendo said that you would be able to incorporate your Mii character in a lot of the games that were created? Yeah, me too.) Pat and Vanna look great under the engine, even if it has a cartoon style look. One of the nice things about this version is how you interact with the entire game. To spin the wheel, you take the Wiimote and literally move it from right to left, just as if you were spinning the wheel physically. (THQ even got the direction right!) Also, it?s one of the few games that offer compatibility with the Wii Speak accessory. So now, not only can you speak the puzzle when you want to solve it, which will eliminate spelling errors, you can scream ?EN!? just like the contestants do on the show. Very nice additions indeed, and a smart idea on THQ?s part. This is also the first version of the game to use gift tags that were velcroed to the wheel, the toss-up round, and of course, the million dollar space. In a bittersweet note, this was the final game to feature announcer Charlie O?Donnell, who died shortly after participating in this edition. This version is by far the most fun of all of the versions, with the interactivity alone. And the puzzles don?t tend to repeat that much as long as you don?t play frequently.
As you can see, there have been more versions of ?America?s Game? published than you can shake a stick at. And I didn?t even get a chance to discuss the portable versions for Game Boy and Game.Com, nor did I discuss the dedicated handhelds. I also didn?t get a chance to talk about the ?Playalong? version that actually interacted with the live broadcasts! (That?s a story for another day.) Regardless, Merv Griffin?s original creation was just that good and successful that naturally, everyone loves to play. I am a big fan of video games based on game shows, but the one thing that people always ask me, is why. After all, you aren?t playing for real money, so the challenge and guts are just not there. That?s where you are wrong. These aren?t the kind of games that you sit alone and play. This game genre, and especially this series, are the ultimate in modern parlor game. After all, we have all played Hangman at one time or another. (No, not the Atari 2600 version.) And this totally takes it to the next level. If you ever have some friends over and are starting to get a little bored, be sure to plug in a copy of Wheel Of Fortune on your console or computer of choice. Wheel Of Fortune is now in its 30th season under Syndication, and premiered this past September 17th, so be sure to check your local listings for time and station! And to finish it all off, here?s some video clips of the various versions we reviewed today, as well as video clips from one of the original pilots for the show in the mid 1970s, early clips from the Chuck Woolery era, as well as an early look at Pat Sajak hosting the show!
Source: http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/2012/09/28/retro-game-retrospective-wheel-of-fortune-various/
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Really Remarkable Snow Park In New Zealand
The Remarkables Resort is one of the best snow parks in New Zealand and it is well-known for being family friendly and seriously fun place. Featuring relaxing surroundings, sun-kissed mountain slopes, state-of-the-art learning facilities and a well-maintained park, this is definitely the place where all families can visit and have the most memorable time of their lives. Compared to other venues, the resort can be reached within a shorter time, depending on the starting location. Indeed, with such a nearby park and all the fun-filled features and events it offers, this is truly a remarkable place to be.
Completely Safe and Breathtaking
Like the Coronet Peak Resort in New Zealand and many others around the globe, The Remarkables keep tabs on the weather and constantly posts its snow reports to notify all visitors. In any case, they will stay open unless announced otherwise by the management. The snow park boasts of having a smooth terrain, with soft and lofty mountain slopes whose snow is brightly illuminated by sunlight. This terrain also has many trails that anyone can make use of while roaming the mountainside as well as lifts for more convenient means of moving around.
Great Facilities
Aside from its beautiful natural terrain, The Remarkables also boasts of its state-of-the-art facilities that are unavailable in other snow parks in New Zealand. Having just undergone renovation, the caf and restaurant has a nice view of the Wakatipu Basin and the Coronet Peak and it has seats in and out of the building. Delicious and healthy food choices are being offered and cooked by some of the finest chefs in the country and a large menu of drinks and desserts is also available. For kids or those looking for greasy food, there are also burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, and many others also for sale. The resort has facilities for children as well. These not only provides snowboarding education for children ten years and above, but it keeps them safe and sound, too, allowing parents to spend extra-quality time together.
Booking and Reservations
Much like booking for reservations in Treble Cone in New Zealand or in the Perisher in Austrailia, visitors can avoid queuing by making transactions through the internet. This not only allows customers to get the pass quicker, but it can also get them certain promos and freebies hat are available, depending on the time theyve made reservations. Online venues available include the official website of the resort as well as other sources. Tickets can also be bought through local outlets nearby.
Source: http://goarticles.com/article/Really-Remarkable-Snow-Park-in-New-Zealand/7000096/
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25 Tweaks To Capture Attention In Social Networks
September 28, 2012
We talked about how to build your social signals. I believe everyone has an account in the top social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and the list goes on. Today we are going to talk about 25 overlooked tweaks that will help you capture attention in the social networks, a total of 25 of them.
Social networks have already taken over the media we once used to know as the most popular. We live in time where each child is more looking forward to setting up a Facebook account rather than getting a driving license. No matter how absurd this sounds, it is true. Free social networking have crossed normal borders of the term ?influential? long ago. They became world-changing to the point where it?s most meaningful measure has become ?days-spent-in-front-of-PC?.
You only have few seconds to capture their attention before your message gets drowned in the sea of updates. Now, if you know how to capture attention in social networks, you are one step next to the successful marketing campaign. Read on to find out 25 tweaks that you can implement right away, which are often overlooked, to capture attention in the social networks.
1. Exploit Your Profile Photo
Your profile photo is the first thing people will notice about your profile, it?s by far the most frequently appearing piece of content about you. Why not use it to your best benefit? You should optimize your photo according to the actual audience you are targeting for. Determine your audience and research their demographics and figure out which avatar will attract them. Don?t go for blind shots ? you will get way more attention of teenagers if you have a photo of a popular game character than if you had an Albert Einstein avatar. A great figure will most probably help you sell more weight loss products. A profile showing off your tattoos will attract the like-minded.
2. Your First Invisible Conversation
Have you revisited your profile recently? It?s surprising to see many people left their profile empty or unrelated to how they want to position themselves in the social networks. People want to know something about you. Targeting audience plays the role again ? optimize your profile according to the details of your audience. Give them the answer they are searching for in your profile. Your profile is probably the first invisible conversation your prospect has with you. You want to make sure it?s fruitful and delivers value.
3. Consistent Updates
Nobody wants to see your last update from 5 days ago ? rather make it 5 minutes ago. Updating your profile on daily basis is a great way to capture extra attention. People wants to know what you are up to and how much you care about them. There are so many strategies about delivering value via social updates and there is no reason not to carry out this wonderful exercise.
4. Deliver Value In Your Update
Try to spice your updating with as much diversity as possible. Remember the feeling you have when you see the person updating the same thing all over again? Well, don?t let yourself go that way ? make your updates differ one from another and maintain the quality of update. Once captured, attention needs to be ?fed? with interesting and fresh content on regular basis. Focus on delivering values and ideas, these are usually welcome. Allow them to follow you.
5. Knot Up Different Networks
Most social users have profiles on another network. Make more accounts, link and point from one profile to another. Promote your LinkedIn account on your Facebook, Tweet your Facebook share, share your Linkedin article, let the messages exchange. It?s not only the extra exposure we are going after, but the different ways you can express yourselves. Different networks deliver your message differently.
6. Socialize!
Add friends, subscribe to other people?s channels, follow any relevant individual or company, join relevant groups and like fan pages ? all of these actions can bring you extra attention. Socializing also enables you to familiarize yourself with the group or networks you join and grant you a platform to present your values. The more you socialize ? the more attention you get.
7. Embrace Viral
Viral is the miracle of social networks. It circulates around social networks unstoppably, regaining its intensity each time it seems to be dead. Meme jokes, for example, are just a drop in the sea of viral trends ? join the crowd and see what?s on the menu last days. ?Serve the meal? to the crowd and attention is about to boost.
8. Focus on Downstream Activities
From you to your audiences, what have you done this week? I am sure some of them could have asked for something before that you still owe the, why not deliver them now. Your message has to flow downstream and not stuck at your level. Let your values flow downstream.
9. Manage Your Social Mindshare
Your brand name should be at top of the head all the time. Passive approach is not a good approach in social media. You may not be proactive, but you must be responsive. Interact with your followers as much as you can as this is the firmest way to gain a consistency in your campaign. Social media marketing is all about frequency and let them know you are there 24/7. Manage your mindshare.
10. Address In Person
Facebook has a great feature of mentioning somebody in the comment, while the mentioned person gets notified about it. The same goes with Twitter. You are able to message people too. This is the way to get down to the personal level with anybody from your group. Participate in discussions, comment and always be there for your audience. This will keep your herd at one place while spreading the good talk around. There has never been a better platform to carry this out than on a social network.
11. Change Competition
My Grandmom once said ?There is no friend-forever, no eternal enemy, only mutual benefit?. Many businesses were able to deliver more values to their customers by partnering with their competitors. Change competition to co-opertition.
12. Play the game of ?Social Networks?
Social network users are hungry for attention as much as you are. If you are capable of providing them the attention they are looking for ? you will get double as much attention yourself. Write a small text about your best customers, followers, subscribers? Make it a little thanksgiving letter and launch it public. Your customers will be more than thankful and many of them will wish to see their names there soon enough. It?s social, therefore socialize. You are in the game.
13. You Are The Source of Information
People love to hear what other people have to say, write, announce? You are there to satisfy their hunger for content. Link out to relevant articles, blogs, videos, websites, etc. on a regular basis. You will act like a filter of information, only recommending the best. This not only covers up when you are lack of ideas but also present yourself as an expert in your niche.
14. Check-in on Webinars
Social network is full of people eager to learn couple of new things. Search for relevant webinars and seminars and let everybody know about it. This is a great professional touch and an effective tool to achieve more exposure in an easy way. Make sure you are in the same webinar and actually talk to the host that you are bringing people to their webinar and ask them to give you some attention. That said, organize some webinars too! It?s a great event that you will notice conversation carries on even after the webinar. It builds up fast!
15. Crowd Loves Winners
Everybody likes to hear about someone being successful, right? This is true, nonetheless and it can help you get more extra attention about launching success stories from time to time. We all love to hear a word or two about someone?s way to the top and how successful they are. This is another great tool to get attention as long as you don?t pour it over the cup. Keep sharing success stories. This also includes testimonials from people successfully achieving results following your product or services.
16. Event Announcements
Happy hours, discounts, get two for the price of one offers? all of them capture attention. In a consumer society everything swirls around paying less or more and great way to capture some more attention is to notify people where and when they can spend a dollar less. This is one of those ingredients used just to spice the meal up ? don?t put it too much but make sure it appears from time to time.
17. The Magic Word
This is probably one of the top ways to attract attention in social media. People will get their eyes scratched each time they spot the word ?FREE?. Offer them relevant stuff they can get for free and you will get more eyes fixed on you for sure. This can be an e-book, a whitepaper or maybe a software ? it will serve the purpose as long as it?s free and relevant to your target audience.
18. Piggyback Trending Topics
In the world of social networks, there is plenty of attractive content that already drags attention. If you know where to dig, you can find a gold mine. Find out the trending topics, the hot news and stuffs people are searching right now, link that event with your profession creatively, you are likely to capture some extra attention. There was once Paypal did a change on their policy, I commented that with a comparison to Google Checkout, little did I know so many people are searching for Paypal?s change and mine just got the attention! My server crashed (and then I learned to use Cloud).
19. Share A List
Whatever your niche is and regardless of your target audience, there are tips and tricks to let them know about. Write an article or link to the blog where they can find useful advices and tips on how to get something done, how to achieve particular goal or simply how to behave in certain situations. Find tips and tricks relevant to your marketing campaign and have your audience know about it. Curiosity engaging content never fails when it comes to capturing attention. A list of tips like this always works.
20. Recommend Solutions
Most people will applaud on good recommendation. Recommending anything relevant to your marketing campaign, that could help your target audience in achieving their goals easier or quicker, is a great attention booster. Make sure your recommendations are personally tested, checked, explored and reputable. Bad recommendation is too costly. Since you are going to recommend, why not arrange a deal and earn something out of the recommendation
21. Crowdsource Groundbreaking Titles
Use a catchy and engaging title for every piece of content you share with your audience. Great title leads you half way of getting attention ? content fills up just another half. A rule of thumb, the title should entice people to explore more, usually to click on that link. You just got to be creative. If you can?t, crowdsource. It won?t be hard to spot a winning title from 300 crowdsourced suggestions.
22. Funny, zany and controversial content
A good joke in the office is a great way to boost everyone?s mood and get attention of everybody present. Same stands for the social networks. Even reminding old jokes work. Try repeat a joke you listened some time ago that gathers all laughters, you will be amazed at the result.
23. Survey The Audiences
All businesses exist because of customers. Ask your audience how to adjust your offer, marketing campaign or service. Ask them what they do like and what they don?t like about your company or business you run. Besides being a great way to catch attention and seek feedback from your audience, it also makes them anticipate the value they will get from you.
24. Pieces of private life
Share your story. It is not a secret that social users are interested in other people?s life. Incorporate pieces from your private life in your business talk. Link your life to your profession. This is a great tool to catch attention and on top of that it will make your content sound more friendly and user oriented. The best part of it, your content will sound familiar and more resonating on a personal level.
25. Publish photos of yourself
Apart from optimizing your profile picture, it is smart to post your own photo whenever you have an announcement to make. They can be photos of your private life or professional photos at events, talks or even on your desk. People are always interested to know the how the person on the other side looks like. Well, let them know and capture attention as you publish the fresh post. A video works too!
These are 25 ways on how to capture attention in social networks. However, this is not the end of the list, you can make your own innovative way to capture more attention and drive more traffic. Apply these methods and your attention will certainly boost. Happy rocking the social media!
By Daniel Tan
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July 11, 2012
We talked about how to build your social signals. I believe everyone has an account in the top social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and the list goes on. Today we are going to talk about 25 overlooked tweaks that will help you capture attention in the social networks, a total of 25 of them.
Social networks have already taken over the media we once used to know as the most popular. We live in time where each child is more looking forward to setting up a Facebook account rather than getting a driving license. No matter how absurd this sounds, it is true. Free social networking have crossed normal borders of the term ?influential? long ago. They became world-changing to the point where it?s most meaningful measure has become ?days-spent-in-front-of-PC?.
You only have few seconds to capture their attention before your message gets drowned in the sea of updates. Now, if you know how to capture attention in social networks, you are one step next to the successful marketing campaign. Read on to find out 25 tweaks that you can implement right away, which are often overlooked, to capture attention in the social networks.
1. Exploit Your Profile Photo
Your profile photo is the first thing people will notice about your profile, it?s by far the most frequently appearing piece of content about you. Why not use it to your best benefit? You should optimize your photo according to the actual audience you are targeting for. Determine your audience and research their demographics and figure out which avatar will attract them. Don?t go for blind shots ? you will get way more attention of teenagers if you have a photo of a popular game character than if you had an Albert Einstein avatar. A great figure will most probably help you sell more weight loss products. A profile showing off your tattoos will attract the like-minded.
2. Your First Invisible Conversation
Have you revisited your profile recently? It?s surprising to see many people left their profile empty or unrelated to how they want to position themselves in the social networks. People want to know something about you. Targeting audience plays the role again ? optimize your profile according to the details of your audience. Give them the answer they are searching for in your profile. Your profile is probably the first invisible conversation your prospect has with you. You want to make sure it?s fruitful and delivers value.
3. Consistent Updates
Nobody wants to see your last update from 5 days ago ? rather make it 5 minutes ago. Updating your profile on daily basis is a great way to capture extra attention. People wants to know what you are up to and how much you care about them. There are so many strategies about delivering value via social updates and there is no reason not to carry out this wonderful exercise.
4. Deliver Value In Your Update
Try to spice your updating with as much diversity as possible. Remember the feeling you have when you see the person updating the same thing all over again? Well, don?t let yourself go that way ? make your updates differ one from another and maintain the quality of update. Once captured, attention needs to be ?fed? with interesting and fresh content on regular basis. Focus on delivering values and ideas, these are usually welcome. Allow them to follow you.
5. Knot Up Different Networks
Most social users have profiles on another network. Make more accounts, link and point from one profile to another. Promote your LinkedIn account on your Facebook, Tweet your Facebook share, share your Linkedin article, let the messages exchange. It?s not only the extra exposure we are going after, but the different ways you can express yourselves. Different networks deliver your message differently.
6. Socialize!
Add friends, subscribe to other people?s channels, follow any relevant individual or company, join relevant groups and like fan pages ? all of these actions can bring you extra attention. Socializing also enables you to familiarize yourself with the group or networks you join and grant you a platform to present your values. The more you socialize ? the more attention you get.
7. Embrace Viral
Viral is the miracle of social networks. It circulates around social networks unstoppably, regaining its intensity each time it seems to be dead. Meme jokes, for example, are just a drop in the sea of viral trends ? join the crowd and see what?s on the menu last days. ?Serve the meal? to the crowd and attention is about to boost.
8. Focus on Downstream Activities
From you to your audiences, what have you done this week? I am sure some of them could have asked for something before that you still owe the, why not deliver them now. Your message has to flow downstream and not stuck at your level. Let your values flow downstream.
9. Manage Your Social Mindshare
Your brand name should be at top of the head all the time. Passive approach is not a good approach in social media. You may not be proactive, but you must be responsive. Interact with your followers as much as you can as this is the firmest way to gain a consistency in your campaign. Social media marketing is all about frequency and let them know you are there 24/7. Manage your mindshare.
10. Address In Person
Facebook has a great feature of mentioning somebody in the comment, while the mentioned person gets notified about it. The same goes with Twitter. You are able to message people too. This is the way to get down to the personal level with anybody from your group. Participate in discussions, comment and always be there for your audience. This will keep your herd at one place while spreading the good talk around. There has never been a better platform to carry this out than on a social network.
11. Change Competition
My Grandmom once said ?There is no friend-forever, no eternal enemy, only mutual benefit?. Many businesses were able to deliver more values to their customers by partnering with their competitors. Change competition to co-opertition.
12. Play the game of ?Social Networks?
Social network users are hungry for attention as much as you are. If you are capable of providing them the attention they are looking for ? you will get double as much attention yourself. Write a small text about your best customers, followers, subscribers? Make it a little thanksgiving letter and launch it public. Your customers will be more than thankful and many of them will wish to see their names there soon enough. It?s social, therefore socialize. You are in the game.
13. You Are The Source of Information
People love to hear what other people have to say, write, announce? You are there to satisfy their hunger for content. Link out to relevant articles, blogs, videos, websites, etc. on a regular basis. You will act like a filter of information, only recommending the best. This not only covers up when you are lack of ideas but also present yourself as an expert in your niche.
14. Check-in on Webinars
Social network is full of people eager to learn couple of new things. Search for relevant webinars and seminars and let everybody know about it. This is a great professional touch and an effective tool to achieve more exposure in an easy way. Make sure you are in the same webinar and actually talk to the host that you are bringing people to their webinar and ask them to give you some attention. That said, organize some webinars too! It?s a great event that you will notice conversation carries on even after the webinar. It builds up fast!
15. Crowd Loves Winners
Everybody likes to hear about someone being successful, right? This is true, nonetheless and it can help you get more extra attention about launching success stories from time to time. We all love to hear a word or two about someone?s way to the top and how successful they are. This is another great tool to get attention as long as you don?t pour it over the cup. Keep sharing success stories. This also includes testimonials from people successfully achieving results following your product or services.
16. Event Announcements
Happy hours, discounts, get two for the price of one offers? all of them capture attention. In a consumer society everything swirls around paying less or more and great way to capture some more attention is to notify people where and when they can spend a dollar less. This is one of those ingredients used just to spice the meal up ? don?t put it too much but make sure it appears from time to time.
17. The Magic Word
This is probably one of the top ways to attract attention in social media. People will get their eyes scratched each time they spot the word ?FREE?. Offer them relevant stuff they can get for free and you will get more eyes fixed on you for sure. This can be an e-book, a whitepaper or maybe a software ? it will serve the purpose as long as it?s free and relevant to your target audience.
18. Piggyback Trending Topics
In the world of social networks, there is plenty of attractive content that already drags attention. If you know where to dig, you can find a gold mine. Find out the trending topics, the hot news and stuffs people are searching right now, link that event with your profession creatively, you are likely to capture some extra attention. There was once Paypal did a change on their policy, I commented that with a comparison to Google Checkout, little did I know so many people are searching for Paypal?s change and mine just got the attention! My server crashed (and then I learned to use Cloud).
19. Share A List
Whatever your niche is and regardless of your target audience, there are tips and tricks to let them know about. Write an article or link to the blog where they can find useful advices and tips on how to get something done, how to achieve particular goal or simply how to behave in certain situations. Find tips and tricks relevant to your marketing campaign and have your audience know about it. Curiosity engaging content never fails when it comes to capturing attention. A list of tips like this always works.
20. Recommend Solutions
Most people will applaud on good recommendation. Recommending anything relevant to your marketing campaign, that could help your target audience in achieving their goals easier or quicker, is a great attention booster. Make sure your recommendations are personally tested, checked, explored and reputable. Bad recommendation is too costly. Since you are going to recommend, why not arrange a deal and earn something out of the recommendation
21. Crowdsource Groundbreaking Titles
Use a catchy and engaging title for every piece of content you share with your audience. Great title leads you half way of getting attention ? content fills up just another half. A rule of thumb, the title should entice people to explore more, usually to click on that link. You just got to be creative. If you can?t, crowdsource. It won?t be hard to spot a winning title from 300 crowdsourced suggestions.
22. Funny, zany and controversial content
A good joke in the office is a great way to boost everyone?s mood and get attention of everybody present. Same stands for the social networks. Even reminding old jokes work. Try repeat a joke you listened some time ago that gathers all laughters, you will be amazed at the result.
23. Survey The Audiences
All businesses exist because of customers. Ask your audience how to adjust your offer, marketing campaign or service. Ask them what they do like and what they don?t like about your company or business you run. Besides being a great way to catch attention and seek feedback from your audience, it also makes them anticipate the value they will get from you.
24. Pieces of private life
Share your story. It is not a secret that social users are interested in other people?s life. Incorporate pieces from your private life in your business talk. Link your life to your profession. This is a great tool to catch attention and on top of that it will make your content sound more friendly and user oriented. The best part of it, your content will sound familiar and more resonating on a personal level.
25. Publish photos of yourself
Apart from optimizing your profile picture, it is smart to post your own photo whenever you have an announcement to make. They can be photos of your private life or professional photos at events, talks or even on your desk. People are always interested to know the how the person on the other side looks like. Well, let them know and capture attention as you publish the fresh post. A video works too!
These are 25 ways on how to capture attention in social networks. However, this is not the end of the list, you can make your own innovative way to capture more attention and drive more traffic. Apply these methods and your attention will certainly boost. Happy rocking the social media!
By Daniel Tan
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Friday, September 28, 2012
The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!
We're back! Well, some of us are back. Others of us are looking at fancy cars in Paris, France (*cough* Tim). Brian, Dana and Terrence are in the studio today, and we'll be talking Nokia cameras, BlackBerry operating systems and Nook tablets. Join us, won't you?
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How To Lose A Negotiation With Just One ... - Business Insider
In a business interaction, if you notice that your companion is trying to give you a handshake with their palm facing downwards, you should immediately strategize on how to get out of this.?
Why??
Because a?handshake is supposed to be a greeting gesture that symbolizes both parties are on equal grounds, yet allowing your palm to face upward while your companion's palm is facing downward is basically allowing them to have the upper-hand, meaning they are now in control and you are not.
This is a bad move during negotiations.
The vibe between the two of you have already been established with that first handshake and everything you say from this moment forward will always have the "lower-hand" to their "upper-hand," especially if they were trying to intimidate you with this handshake.?
"[It] is the most aggressive of all handshakes because it gives the receiver little chance of establishing an equal relationship," according to Westside Toastmasters, a non-profit organization aimed at helping people?improve their public speaking and leadership skills.
Toastmasters shared three techniques on getting out of these overbearing handshakes:
1. The Step-to-the-Right Technique.
Basically, if you're right-footed ("The natural position for 90 percent of people when shaking with the right hand), you'll have more of an advantage when you step into the handshake with your left foot, and vice versa.
When someone extends their hand for a dominant handshake, you can prevent this interaction from happening by first stepping forward with your left foot.
?
Next, step forward with your right leg and into the other person's personal space. You can then cross your left leg across your right leg (Although, we've tried this and it's a little awkward).?
"This tactic allows you to straighten the handshake or even turn it over into the submissive position. It feels as if you're walking across in front of him and is the equivalent of winning an arm-wrestling bout. It also allows you to take control by invading his personal space."
2.?The Hand-on-Top Technique.
As you're going in for the dominating handshake, respond with your palms up at first; then, place your other hand ? the left one ? over your companion's hand to form a "Double-Hander" and simply straighten the handshake to a more equal position.
This technique is easier for women to use.?
3. The Last Resort Technique.?
If all else fails, and you feel as though your companion is trying to intimidate you, grab their hand from the top and shake it. But only do this as a last resort since it can shock the other person and is a very obvious maneuver.?
NOW SEE: 12 facts about body language you should know before your next job interview >?
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Middle Eastern prelates ask West not to intervene : News Headlines ...
CWN - September 26, 2012
At a conference at the Iraq?s Vatican embassy, Middle Eastern prelates urged the West not to engage in military intervention in the region.
Residents of the Middle East are not ?ignorant (people) who need saving,? said Archimandrite Mtanios Haddad of the Melkite Catholic Church. The Melkite representative at the Vatican added, ?We don't want protection from Europe or America; mind your own business.?
Syrian Catholic Archbishop Archbishop Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil said that ?we in the East feel that the Western policies generally don't think about Eastern Christians ? Western policies would prefer that Eastern Christians not be there.?
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Fish food: Wakeboarder's finger found in lake trout
By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
When Hans Galassi lost four of his fingers in a wakeboarding accident in Idaho, he joked, wryly, that they had become fish food.
He wasn?t surprised, then, when the Bonner County sheriff called him up, telling him he had a funny story to tell him.
?I was like: Let me guess, they found my fingers in a fish,? Galassi, 31, told the Spokesman-Review. (The newspaper?s headline was equally flippant: "Lake trout gives fisherman the finger.")
Galassi was wakeboarding on Priest Lake in northern Idaho on July 4 when his hand was caught in the cord, fully severing his fingers. His friends rushed him to a resort and he was transported to the hospital by helicopter.
Then, on Sept. 11, a man named Nolan Calvin was fishing on the west side of Priest Lake when he caught a large lake trout. As he was cleaning the fish, he found what appeared to be a severed human finger, according to a press release from the Bonner County Sheriff?s Office.
According to the sheriff?s department statement: ?It is unknown, of course, how long the fish actually retained the finger in its digestive track, however, it was noted that the finger was in remarkably good condition at the time of recovery.?
Sheriff?s Detective Sgt. Gary Johnston was particularly impressed.
?You fall asleep in your bathtub or hot tub, you come out and your fingers are all puckered up and prune-like. And it wasn?t like that,? he told the Spokesman-Review.
Calvin, the fisherman, placed the finger on ice, which he turned over to deputies, who were able to derive a decent enough fingerprint to trace back to Galassi. The fish, officials concluded, had traveled about eight miles north of where Galassi lost his fingers.
The investigation concluded, the sheriff?s department offered Galassi back his finger.
Galassi told the Spokesman-Review that he declined.
?I?m like, uhhh, I?m good,? he said.
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