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In an interconnected and rapidly changing business world, knowing just the basics of business is not enough. Employers are looking for candidates with specialised, in-depth knowledge of the many intricacies of the marketplace and business operations. Entrepreneurs must possess the ability to analyse economic conditions and manage diverse staff across national borders. A bachelor’s degree, while helpful, just doesn’t cut it when it comes to these complex issues. More and more, having a postgraduate degree in a business discipline is seen as a necessary foundation, and even threshold, for meaningful success.
That’s where the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Business School comes in. This prestigious school offers a whole range of postgraduate business programs that can help you navigate the often tumultuous waters of the business world, and make you stand out from your peers.
The AUT Business School has long held a sterling reputation for its academic prowess – it is part of an elite group of only 5 percent of business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB International – the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. And in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016, its Accounting and Finance disciplines were placed in the top 150 worldwide.
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The school’s strong academics is matched by the diversity and breadth of its programs, which range from professional degrees to specialised research-intensive programs. The Master of Professional Accounting (MPA), which fits in the former category, gives you advanced training in the critical discipline of accounting. It allows you to pursue managerial positions in accounting firms, as well as corporate roles like chief financial officer, tax specialist, and finance manager.
The school’s Master of Applied Finance (MAF) prepares you for a lucrative and fulfilling career in the financial services sector, giving you deep insight into financial management, corporate and international finance, investment and risk management, and financial modelling. Upon graduation, you are well-positioned for financial management roles in large multinational firms and financial institutions.
The Master of Global Business (MGBus) is perfect for professionals and entrepreneurs looking to spread their wings across national borders. The program draws lessons from globalisation and its impact on management, business and society. Graduates will gain the skills necessary to manage multinational ventures and to operate in diverse business environments.
Selling a product or brand can be especially challenging in today’s crowded markets. Fortunately, the Master of Marketing (MMktg) gives you a window into the strategic decision-making that is necessary to respond to economic uncertainty, rapidly changing markets, and, perhaps most importantly, consumer sentiment and trends. Graduates may pursue roles such as brand manager, advertising and promotions manager, and chief marketing officer.
The AUT Business School has a strong commitment to high-quality and impactful research that is relevant and of value to businesses, professions, government, and society as large. Thanks to the school’s large and expansive network of research partners as well as its excellent relations with industry, students have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research with all the support and insight that they need.
Aside from the aforementioned professional degrees, the AUT Business School offers postgraduate research degrees that give students the opportunity to make an intellectual breakthrough in their chosen field of study. Graduates can look forward to becoming top experts in business, allowing them to mature into sought-after consultants, give talks and lectures around the world, or even pursue careers in academia.
If you wish to gain your postgraduate qualification in flexible stages, you may wish to consider the Postgraduate Diploma in Business. In the one-year full-time programme, you will study papers in a specialist business discipline including Accounting, International Business, and Economics. If you wish to proceed further, you may return to complete a full-fledged Master of Business.
The Master of Business can be completed in just 18 months, during which you will develop advanced research skills and gain a rigorous understanding of a specialist field relevant to your interests. Alternatively, you may opt to do the Master of Philosophy (MPhil), which is gained by supervised research in any business topic. Both the Master of Business and Master of Philosophy are excellent pathways to PhD study.
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest degree attainable at the school and is great for students who wish to pursue an academic or research career. Gaining a PhD qualifies you as an expert in your respective field, allowing you to lecture around the world and lending heft to your published material, including books for the mass audience.
Whichever programme you choose, you will sure to emerge stronger, nimbler, and more employable than your peers and competitors. Remember, postgraduate education isn’t just a piece of paper; it’s a business investment.
This article is sponsored by the Auckland University of Technology Business School. AUT Business School tutors over 5,000 young business people and innovative entrepreneurs, making it one of the largest providers of business education in the whole of New Zealand. The school is located in the heart of Auckland City, voted 18th in the QS Best Student City Ranking for 2014, and is internationally renowned for the high quality of its graduates, the positive impact of its research and meaningful engagements with business and the broader community. AUT’s Business School fosters a teaching and learning approach that’s at the forefront of business education, with strong links with industry and professional bodies that ensure the curriculum remains current and reflects the contemporary needs of business.
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Tamera Mowry Explains Why She 'Cried Multiple Times' During The Masked Singer
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"It was such an amazing journey and I am a different person because of it. I'm stronger."
Tamera Mowry-Housley is opening up about her experience competing on "The Masked Singer."
In an interview with People, the actress-singer reflected on her stint on the Fox reality competition series, revealing she even "cried multiple times." For those who missed it, Tamera, 42, was eliminated on Wednesday night's episode of "The Masked Singer" and was revealed to be the Seashell.
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"For me, it was about facing the fear, not hiding anymore, tapping into something that I have loved to do for years and just going for it, taking that big leap of faith," Tamera said. "I was shaking in my boots, literally -- Seashell had boots."
"I cried multiple times because there were moments I wanted to run the opposite way, because I hadn't performed in over 20 years," she continued. "And you are brought into this whirlwind. It was me up against the girl that was afraid to sing, afraid of what people would say, afraid of the critiques, afraid of even succeeding. Every single time I made it to the next round, I was like, 'I'm going to do this all over again!' But it was such an amazing journey, and I am a different person because of it. I'm stronger. I had the best time."
While the "Sister, Sister" star admitted that she hoped she went farther in the competition, she said she's "so grateful" to have made it to the Super 8.
"I knew what I was up against. You can hear the voices," Tamera told People. "And I am so grateful I made it as far as I did. Yes, would I have liked to have won? Abso-freaking-lutely. But I feel like every person has their own personal journey."
"I faced that fear every single day and I gave it my all," she added. "And that's all you can do is do your best. And my best was good enough for me. I got to do four songs. I'm good."
During her time in the competition, Tamera performed four songs: "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette, "Confident" by Demi Lovato, "Tell Me Something Good" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany Darwish.
On Wednesday's double elimination, the former co-host of "The Talk" and Bobby Brown -- who was revealed to be Crab -- were both axed from the show.
However, none of the panelists including Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger suggested Tamera could be Seashell until Wednesday's episode when Scherzinger guessed correctly.
While speaking with People, Tamera explained why her Seashell costume was "a great representation" of who she is.
"One of my favorite places to be ever is Hawaii. I was raised there," she said. "My mom's side is from the Bahamas, Eleuthera Bahamas, and Eleuthera Bahamas is probably one of the most beautiful beaches that I've ever seen. I feel like it's home. The beach is home to me and it just made sense [to be Seashell]."
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Meanwhile, Tamera also revealed why she decided to join "The Masked Singer" in the first place.
"It's always been a dream of mine to sing again," Tamera said. "I started my Hollywood career in a theater group, actually. I was acting and singing at the same time. It was called Voices and I was 14. And at that same time, I was doing a pilot called 'Sister, Sister.' So I had to focus more on acting, but I always wondered what it would have been if I went that route."
"I had sang on 'Sister, Sister,' I sing in the shower all the time," she continued. "The last performance in front of an audience was with my sister. We sang at the Malibu triathlon and it was awesome, but it was a long time ago, so I wanted to revisit it."
When asked if she plans on pursuing music now, Tamera said, "Absolutely. I want to do a gospel album, a musical, a Disney film. That would be fun."
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With demand high and supply low, vaccinating America's seniors is taking time
By: Chris Conte
Covered in snow, a bitter coastal wind whips across the beaches of Chatham, Massachusetts.
But out here in the middle of winter, the fight to vaccinate this nation’s senior population is in full force.
Anna Marie has spent most of the last year inside her Chatham, Massachusetts home. This 68-year-old retired teacher hasn’t been able to see her kids or many friends for fear of catching COVID-19.
“It’s difficult that I can’t see my children; that’s the biggest thing. It makes me ache for better times,” Anna Marie said while standing outside of her home, which had just been dusted with a few inches of snow.
About 215,000 people live on this stretch of the peninsula year-round. Most of the residents are over age 65. Barnstable County, which encompasses all of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, is considered to be the oldest county per capita in all of New England. But getting the vaccine to people who live here has been a slow process, mainly because supply is much lower than health officials anticipated.
It’s left people like Anna Marie in limbo as they wait for their turn in line, “We can’t push what we can’t control, I’ve learned more patience through all of this.”
County health officials, though, are doing whatever they can to inoculate as many people over age 75 as possible. Recently, hundreds of cars lined a busy road in downtown Barnstable, with eager residents ready to get their Pfizer vaccine.
“This is what we want to do. We want to make sure the vaccine isn’t in a freezer and it’s getting into people’s arms,” explained Sean O’Brien, who serves as the director of Barnstable County Department of Health.
The problem at vaccination sites across the nation isn't demand, it's the supply.
On this day, nurses stretched 975 vials of the Pfizer vaccine into 1,300 vaccination shots. Even at that rate though, it could take 215 days to inoculate everyone who lives in this county, regardless of their age.
“Because there are so few vaccines, it’s almost a competition to get the numbers here, and that’s sad. It should be more equitable,” O’Brien said.
Transportation is also playing a major role in how quickly this nation’s over 65 population can get vaccinated. Not everyone has access to a car or a license.
Barnstable County has one of the oldest populations in the country. It ranks with retirement communities like Sumter County, Florida, where the average age is 66, and Catron County, New Mexico, where the average age is 60.
Because those age groups are at higher risk for having severe complications from COVID-19, vaccine rollout is critical.
“We have just a lot of older people down here. A lot of folks in that 65 plus age group that need to get this shot,” O’Brien added.
By the end of the day, nearly 1,300 people had received their COVID-19 vaccine, a small percentage of the population who calls Cape Cod home. But Sean O’Brien and other public health officials here are on a mission to make sure no vaccination shot is wasted.
“With a lack of vaccine, we know people want it but we’re just asking for patience.”
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His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. The person of His Holiness is regarded as the life-line of Tibetan people's struggle for freedom and justice in these difficult times of Tibetan history. Thus his long life is directly related to the very survival of the Tibetan civilization. During his travels abroad, His Holiness has spoken strongly for better understanding and respect among the different faiths of the world. Towards this end, His Holiness has made numerous appearances in interfaith services, imparting the message of universal responsibility, love, compassion and kindness. A 1989 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, His Holiness' reputation as a scholar and man of peace has earned him many accolades, including a number of awards and honorary Doctorate Degrees in recognition of his distinguished writings in Buddhist philosophy and of his distinguished leadership in the service of freedom and peace.
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Historic Shuttles to Arrive at Permanent Homes by Year's End
Image above: Space shuttle Atlantis is towed into the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 4 after being towed around from the building's transfer aisle Feb. 2. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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Image above: One of space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay doors has been fully opened and an antenna retracted on Feb. 3 in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
By the end of this year, NASA's space shuttles will be in their new homes.
Recently, the shuttles were on the move as part of the transition and retirement (T&R) activities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
On Feb. 1, NASA Vehicle Manager for T&R Bart Pannullo watched as shuttle Endeavour was backed out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and towed to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2).
The next day, shuttle Atlantis made an appearance outside the VAB as it was towed from the VAB transfer aisle into high bay 4 for temporary storage. Atlantis is being prepared for public display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2013.
"It's been two beautiful days here for these operations and seeing people I haven't seen in a while," Pannullo said. "I'm not taking these events for granted."
Endeavour was moved to OPF-2 so that technicians can continue to prepare it for display. The shuttle will remain in the OPF until it is ready to be ferried to the California Science Center in Los Angeles in the fall.
Once inside the facility, Endeavour was leveled and safed. Then, water and Freon from lines in the shuttle's midbody were offloaded. The orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and forward reaction control system (FRCS) were delivered to the Hazardous Maintenance Facility (HMF) on Feb. 6 from White Sands, N.M. The FRCS was uncrated and transported to OPF-2 on the same day and was installed on Endeavour on Feb. 8. The OMS pods remain at the HMF and are scheduled to be installed on Endeavour in March.
Pannullo said that while Atlantis is in the VAB, technicians will be working in the aft compartment to remove components that may be used in future programs, as well as continuing to safe the spacecraft.
Future work on Atlantis includes reinstallation of its FRCS and OMS pods once it is moved back to the OPF in late March.
Replica Shuttle Main Engines also will be installed, and safing of the pyrotechnic systems will be completed.
Atlantis then will be configured for its display site, and prepared for its short trip to the visitor complex just down the road in early 2013.
Discovery, atop a NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) modified 747 jet, will arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17 and then be transported to the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center on April 19.
Endeavour, taking the final SCA "ferry flight" ever, currently is scheduled to fly to Los Angeles this fall.
Atlantis will be transported from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in November. The exact date of rollover to the visitor complex is being evaluated. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is targeting a July 2013 grand opening for Atlantis' new home.
For more information, go to http://www.nasa.gov/transition.
Discovery is in OPF-1, where processing is quickly coming to an end as it is being readied for display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
NASA Flow Director for Orbiter T&R Stephanie Stilson said remaining work includes removing components from the aft of the shuttle that will be used to support NASA's Space Launch System Program.
"We also are doing the final configuration and closeouts to ensure the vehicle is ready to ferry," Stilson said. "Although Discovery is not leaving Kennedy until mid-April, it is scheduled to leave the OPF for the last time in March."
Stilson said Discovery always will hold a special place in her heart, but she also is enjoying her time with the other shuttles.
"I continue to be impressed by the dedication and devotion of the team working to ensure Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour and Enterprise are delivered to their new homes in the best possible condition," Stilson said.
"There is a great sense of pride and appreciation for the opportunity to work with so many great people on the greatest space program in the world," Pannullo said.
"This will be a difficult transition for all of us," Stilson acknowledged, "but we can feel good knowing their new families will love them as much as we do and will care for them as well as we have for the past 30 years."
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Home/Sports/Ravi Shastri had scored a double century in Shane Warne’s debut match, did the feat on this day itself
Ravi Shastri had scored a double century in Shane Warne’s debut match, did the feat on this day itself
On This Day Shane Warne Test Debut Match: Year 1992, Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. Third Test match of India’s tour of Australia. The date was January 2. India won the toss and elected to field. At that time no one knew that the Australian player who is entering the field to play the debut match, he will become the great bowler of world cricket. This match was special for that player because he was playing the International Debut Test, but in this match, an Indian player robbed the gathering. Find out how it happened…
Team India went on a tour of Australia in 1992 under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin. During this he had to play a five-Test series. The third Test match of the Test series was played from January 2. This was Shane Warne’s international debut match. Not only was this match special for him, along with it it also became very special for Ravi Shastri. The reason was Shastri’s strong double century.
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India won the toss and elected to field. Batting first, Australia scored 313 runs in the first innings. In response, Team India came out to play the first innings. Ravi Shastri and Navjot Singh Sidhu came to open for India. Sidhu got out without opening the account. But Shastri stuck the peg and he started playing with his feet. He scored 206 runs in 477 balls. Shastri hit 17 fours and 2 sixes in this innings. Thanks to his innings, Team India scored 483 runs in the first innings.
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After this, the Australian team entered the field to play the second innings. During this, she could not stay on the crease for long and scored 173 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. But due to the fifth day of the match, the match ended in a draw. Shastri also took 4 wickets for 25 runs during this period. He was adjudged ‘Man of the Match’ for his good batting and bowling. In this way Shane Warne’s debut match was named after Ravi Shastri.
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‘Kate Plus Eight’ kids could be in violation of work-permit rules, raising concerns
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September 13, 2010 10:29 AM ET
A PENNSYLVANIA lawmaker is preparing to go to battle over special work permits issued to the Gosselin children, stars of the TLC network’s popular reality show “Kate Plus Eight.”
State Rep. Thomas Murt, a Republican whose district includes parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, believes that the permits were issued improperly, although the Department of Labor and Industry says that they’re perfectly legal.
Both sides agree that the state’s Child Labor Law, under which the department issues the permits, needs to be revamped. In June, Murt introduced a bill to do just that, following a two-year, high-profile investigation by the department into a complaint about the children’s welfare on the set of the show, which is shot in Wernersville, Berks County.
The Labor Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the bill Sept. 23, when amendments are expected to be introduced as well. Former child actors are expected to attend the hearing in support of the bill.
The law clearly addresses children ages 7 and older who can obtain special permits to work in movies. But what about the 6-year-old Gosselin sextuplets – Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel? The law doesn't appear to cover children under 7 in TV performances.
The department issued “special performance permits” to the show’s producers to allow the sextuplets and their 9-year-old twin sisters, Cara and Mady, to appear on the show.
But copies supplied to the Daily News by Murt’s office show that the permits were issued April 20 – about 3 1/2 years after the original show, “Jon and Kate Plus Eight,” went into production in 2007.
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Torbay Hospital nurse retires after 66 years of working for the NHS
Monica Bulman started work in 1952 - and retired on Thursday
A Torbay Hospital nurse has retired after clocking up an astounding 66 years’ service for the NHS.
Monica Bulman, a Registered General Nurse (RGN), worked on Hutchings ward at Torbay Hospital as part of the specialist outpatient surgical clinic team for Endoscopy. She is one of the oldest and longest serving nurses in Britain.
Monica’s retirement, which took place on 22 February, coincides with national celebrations of the NHS 70th anniversary year. The NHS was launched on 5 July 1948 and Monica has worked for the NHS for 66 out of the 70 years since its creation.
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Aged just 19, Monica started to work in the NHS in 1952 as a State Enrolled Nurse before undergoing further training to qualify as a State Registered Nurse in 1957 (now known as a RGN).
Monica Bulman in 1957
Monica said: “The NHS has been a huge part of my life and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way! However, I have decided that it’s now time for me to put my fob watch and belt away to enable me to spend quality time with all my loved ones.
“I have absolutely loved being a nurse – it has brought me so much pleasure and I have enjoyed every single second. It’s certainly going to take some getting used to with not coming in to work and seeing all my wonderful patients and colleagues. I’m going to thoroughly miss being a nurse.”
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After 66 years working as a healthcare professional, Monica has seen many changes: “Nursing has changed a lot over the years especially the technology, which is wonderful - unless it breaks down!” Monica quipped.
Monica Bulman in Theatre
“Although we now have much more paperwork to compete, it is fantastic that with the technology we can now look up our patient’s x-rays and test results at the click of a button rather than having lengthy waits for the information. Another change that amuses me is that years ago the Theatre Nurses, who were all gowned up, had to manually thread the needles for surgery, whereas now these all come in packs, prethreaded!
“The uniforms have also changed considerably although I have to admit I did prefer our old uniforms, they were much more glamourous. I bought a belt to wear with my uniform when I qualified in 1957 – I still have and wear the very same belt to this day.”
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Over the years, Monica will have treated tens of thousands of patients. Monica started her State Enrolled Nurse training in 1952 at Eltham Hospital, London, before moving to St John’s Hospital, London, in 1954 to qualify as a State Registered Nurse.
Upon qualifying in 1957, Monica stayed at St John’s and worked as a staff nurse as well as a theatre nurse until she left in 1959.
Monica Bulman has retired
Since then, Monica has worked at a number of different hospitals. In 1968, Monica moved to Torquay with her husband and two sons and began to work for a nursing agency.
In 1978, Monica started to work at Paignton Community Hospital on the then casualty department as well as for outpatients departments. In 1998, aged 65 years, Monica had no plans to retire as she “didn’t want to”.
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A Sister from the outpatients department at Torbay Hospital asked Monica to work as a bank nurse for a few weeks but she ended up staying. Monica has been at Torbay Hospital since 1998 and is currently part of the specialist outpatient surgical clinic team for Endoscopy.
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“I loved my student training at St John’s Hospital” Monica reminisced. “This was my favourite time. After being on night duty, the Sister used to give us (the students) a cup of cocoa every morning after our night shift… she was our ‘mother hen’ and guided and nurtured us through our training as well as our personal lives. I have never been unhappy at work and have so many wonderful memories and friendships that will be with me forever.
“My job has kept me going and helped me through some of the toughest times in my life. I don’t know what I would have done without my colleagues and a job where I could dedicate myself to caring for others.”
Not one for taking it easy, Monica is incredibly active and fit. She regularly attends the gym and spinning classes at Torbay Leisure Centre and puts much younger attendees to shame. Monica is also an avid reader as well as a keen member of a local skittles club.
Monica said: “I do like to keep fit and healthy, but I also like to be ‘glam’ - I enjoy going to my local beauty salon as well doing all my hobbies! Most of all though I love spending time with my family and my grandchildren; this is what I enjoy the most.”
Monica Bulman
Liz Davenport, Interim Chief Executive of Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, said: “I am sure I speak for everyone at the Trust when I say we are incredibly grateful for Monica’s incredible 66 years of dedicated nursing service in the NHS - she really is an inspiration to us all. It’s no mean feat to be one of the longest serving nurses in the country. We are so proud that she has been a member of our staff for so many years and we know that many people will have benefitted from her nursing skills and positivity.
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“We wish Monica all the very best in her retirement and we’re sure that she will make the most of this new and exciting chapter in her life.”


Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform (Paperback)
By Meredith Leyva
Now revised to reflect the reality of military and economic unrest around the world, Married to the Military remains an invaluable resource for any military spouse or significant other.
When you marry a military service member, whether a reservist or active—you may feel as if you’ve also married the United States military! While there are plenty of orientation books on military training, there is not much information available about handling the personal aspects of military life. Married to the Military demystifies the often confusing military world so you can make the right choices for yourself and your family.
Meredith Leyva, an experienced military wife and founder of CinCHouse.com, the Internet’s largest community for military wives, girlfriends, and women in uniform, offers time-tested advice on everything you need to know—from relocation to deployment, protocol to finances, and career to kids, including:
-Keeping your love life together during deployments
-Relocating yourself and your family around the world
-Maintaining your own career when you're expected to move every three years
-Understanding what pay and benefits you're entitled to—and how to maximize them
-Dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other threats to your partner’s well-being
Whether you’re figuring out military protocol or trying to understand the medical system, this savvy, friendly yet authoritative guide details just what you need to know to manage day-to-day issues and get on with the adventure of military life.
Meredith Leyva is the founder and editor of CinCHouse.com, the Internet’s largest community for military wives and women in uniform. Leyva currently resides with her family in Norfolk, Virginia, where her husband is stationed aboard the USS Enterprise.
"For someone new to military life, adjusting can sometimes be overwhelming. Married to the Military provides great information and a commonsense approach that will help military wives and significant others make the best of their experiences." -- Sylvia Kidd, director of family programs for the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) and spouse of the Sergeant Major of the Army (Ret.)
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Titanium Corporation Reports December 31, 2020 Year End Results, Confirms Annual And Special Meeting Date And Provides Project Update
CALGARY, ALBERTA – April 27, 2021 – Titanium Corporation Inc. (the “Company” or “Titanium”) (TSX-V: TIC) today released its results for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company also confirms that it will hold its annual and special meeting (the "Meeting") as a virtual only meeting via live audio webcast online at https://virtual-meetings.tsxtrust.com/1135 on Thursday, June 17, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. (Toronto time).
“Our Company and business partners have weathered a challenging 2020 marked by the COVID-19 global pandemic, mandated lockdowns, an oil price war and the steepest economic decline in history,” commented Scott Nelson, Titanium’s President and CEO. “Amidst these challenges, with the support of our business partners and the Federal and Alberta governments, our Company has continued to execute engineering programs that are critical to the progress of the Project.”
Over the past year the Company and Canadian Natural Resources Limited (“Canadian Natural”) have continued work on the Project utilizing internal resources, performing engineering reviews, validation and optimization of the Project as well as continuing on-going minerals analysis programs. The main focus of the Project team in 2020 was the validation and optimization of the concentrator facility and the design and engineering of a tailings thickener and associated facilities. Optimization and redesign of the minerals facility, including further work by external minerals engineering firms, commenced in the fourth quarter of 2020 and is continuing into 2021. In parallel three government funding programs were contracted for contributions towards the joint Project costs including Emission Reduction Alberta (“ERA”) for $5.0 million in September 2020, Natural Resources Canada (“NRCan”) Clean Growth Program for $1.96 million in January of 2021 and most recently Sustainable Development Technology Canada (“SDTC”) for $10.0 million in March of 2021.
Certain highlights for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2020 and recent months are set out in more detail below:
On January 19, 2021, Titanium announced that the Company and NRCan signed a Non-Repayable Contribution Agreement for $1.96 million of funding for eligible expenditures of a work program for the period April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 as part of the engineering phase of the Project. The work program includes validation engineering for Project facilities including the concentrator plant, minerals plant and transload facility and associated Class 3 capital cost estimates.
On December 22, 2020, Titanium announced that the Company and Canadian Natural entered into a 2020 Project Coordination Agreement (“PCA”) which governed the 2020 engineering phase of the Project (the “2020 Program”). The PCA, effective January 1, 2020, set out the rights and responsibilities for the 2020 Program along with the cost sharing arrangement whereby Canadian Natural and Titanium were responsible for each party’s share of the 2020 Program costs which were 70% and 30%, respectively, for the total cost of the 2020 Program.
On December 21, 2020, the Company announced SDTC approved a $10 million contribution for the engineering phase of the Project. The SDTC funding was subject to successful negotiation of a Project Funding Agreement ("PFA") with SDTC which was concluded on March 30, 2021. The start date for SDTC funding was December 1, 2020 and the Company received the first advance funding of $733,738 ($815,264 less 10% holdback) on April 6, 2021 for completion of the first milestone due to be completed on April 30, 2021 under the agreement.
On September 28, 2020, the Company announced that ERA and Titanium signed a contribution agreement for the award of $5 million of grant funding for the Project. A portion of eligible Project costs will be reimbursed with the successful completion of specified milestones outlined in the agreement. Of the total grant funding from ERA, $2.0 million is available for the engineering phase of the Project with the balance of $3.0 million available for the procurement and construction phases.
Engineering validation and optimization activities by the internal Project engineering team continued throughout the year and are continuing into the first half of 2021. The activities have been mainly focused on the concentrator facility with the objective of improving operability, enhancing environmental performance and reducing capital and operating costs. The work includes changes to the plot plan to increase modularization, relocating certain equipment and reducing building sizes; the addition of a vapor recovery unit to the flotation circuit; the review of certain alternate types of equipment and the addition of a tailings thickener which will process and remediate the tailings from the concentrator. The Project team expects to conclude the optimization phase of concentrator engineering in the second quarter of 2021.
Minerals testing and analysis of larger tailings samples commenced in the third quarter of 2020 and is ongoing to provide current data for the engineering design of the minerals facility. In the fourth quarter, optimization engineering commenced for the minerals facility and will continue into 2021. IHC Robbins, an expert minerals engineering firm, who have been providing engineering services to the Company throughout research and development (“R&D”) and front-end engineering (“FEED”) programs, have been contracted for design of the minerals facility process flowsheet to incorporate production of a high-quality zircon sand concentrate and a high TiO2 ilmenite product and other modifications. The engineering unit of FWS Group is working in collaboration with IHC Robbins to engineer the non-process aspects of the minerals facility building and utilities, as well as full engineering for the minerals product handling transload facility.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company conducted technical marketing and testing programs including meeting with potential minerals processors and customers, visiting their facilities, and providing minerals samples for customer testing. Based on results and feedback from these activities, the Company has adjusted its plans for the production of minerals products. The Company has identified an opportunity to produce a high TiO2 ilmenite product for the North America pigment industry. This ilmenite product will have a TiO2 content of up to 72%. Work is underway to redesign the minerals flowsheet to incorporate production of this new product and redesign the minerals facility. This would enable the recovery of ilmenite which was rejected in previous flowsheets.
In response to the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting delays to the Project, the Company implemented salary reductions in the range of 15% to 20% effective April 1, 2020 for fiscal 2020 and minimized external expenditures in all areas to preserve cash. In addition, the Company significantly reduced incentive pay for 2020, paid in Q1 2021, by 56% for an overall reduction of management compensation of 26%. The Company is also continuing its other cash conservation programs including those under which management and directors receive a portion or all of their compensation and fees in restricted share units ("RSUs") and deferred share units ("DSUs"), respectively. However, due to equity plan limits, no DSUs have been issued to directors in the current year for settlement of director fees, however director fees have been accrued and are reflected as part of the deferred compensation liability on the balance sheet. There have been no RSUs issued to management during the current year due to equity plan limits and the Company has suspended accruing a portion of variable management compensation to be settled with RSUs until such time the Company has the capacity to settle. This program was aimed to conserve cash and align management and the Board of Directors ("Board") with shareholder interests. Since the inception of the program in 2015, the Company's directors have been receiving 100% of their compensation in DSUs in lieu of cash compensation. To date, $3.9 million in management and Board cash compensation has been conserved through the program.
On July 27, 2020, the Company announced Mr. Bruce Griffin assumed the role of Chair of the Commercialization Committee of the Board (the "Committee") of the Company. Mr. Griffin, who is currently a member of the Committee, replaced Mr. David Macdonald. Mr. Macdonald has been the Chair of the Committee since 2017 and will continue as a member of the Committee.
Titanium is focused on achieving long-term financial success by implementing its innovative CVW™ technologies in commercial operations at oil sands sites. With the FEED portion of the Project completed, the Company is working with Canadian Natural on engineering validation and optimization and planning for the potential implementation of its technology at Canadian Natural's Horizon site. However, until Project activities are completed to the satisfaction of the parties, commercial arrangements and investment decisions are made, and facilities constructed and operating, the Company expects to continue to incur losses. Currently, quarterly (income)/losses are comprised of R&D project costs, recovery of project costs, and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenditures.
Net Income (Loss) – For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company had net loss $3.4 million as compared to net income of $3,250 for the year ended December 31, 2019. R&D project costs were higher in the current year due to the validation and optimization engineering work underway with Canadian Natural which was offset by lower G&A expenses due to costs reduction initiatives. For the year ended December 31, 2019 the recovery of Project contributions in respect of the FEED ($3.5 million) and a SR&ED tax credit ($71,000) exceeded total R&D costs of $1.6 million which resulted in a net recovery of $2.0 million for R&D. This R&D recovery offset G&A expense of $2.0 million during the year resulting in $3,250 net income reported. For a development stage company, and given the timing of Project contributions, in respect of the FEED, the net income reported was in line with expectations.
Research & Development – R&D spending in the current quarter consisted primarily of compensation for technical staff, on-going minerals testing and evaluations, and the Company’s share of joint Project costs for engineering work by Canadian Natural. Compensation and deferred compensation costs were lower due to the salary reduction initiatives implemented on April 1, 2020 to preserve cash due to uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price collapse impacting the timing of the Project. Project costs were higher by $0.3 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 due to minerals product development, ongoing testing and the Company’s share of joint Project costs for engineering work by Canadian Natural. For the year ended December 31, 2020, R&D costs were higher by $0.2 million compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. This increase is primarily related to higher Project costs for the year ended December 31, 2020 offset by reductions in compensation and benefits described above. Some of the R&D costs incurred in 2020 were eligible for cost recovery under ERA and NRCan’s contribution agreements. Subsequent to year end, the Company applied for and received $0.3 million as its share of funding from these agencies. This cost recovery will be recorded in the first quarter of 2021, consistent with the accounting policy of recognizing government funding once approval is received for the related milestones.
General & Administrative – For the year ended December 31, 2020, G&A expenses were 20% lower at $1.6 million compared with $2.0 million in the comparable 2019 period. Management implemented voluntary salary reductions effective April 1, 2020 and significantly reduced other variable compensation to preserve cash and deal with the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic uncertainty. Professional fees in the quarter increased due to legal costs related to contract reviews for grant funding and cost sharing agreements offset by significantly reduced travel expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the increase in consulting and professional fees related to legal fees for shareholder matters, regulatory reporting requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic and legal reviews of government funding and cost sharing agreements. Investor relations costs increased during the year due to costs related to hosting the annual and special shareholder meeting in a virtual format to comply with public health measures and guidelines resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Deferred and equity-based compensation costs were lower for the year ended December 31, 2020 as the Company did not grant stock options in the current fiscal year and voluntarily reduced variable compensation programs. These on-going initiatives together with rent reductions, group benefit premium reductions, workers compensation premiums refunds and other initiatives have reduced G&A throughout the year.
Cash Position – The Company had an aggregate of $2.7 million at December 31, 2020 consisting of cash and interest-bearing cash accounts as compared to $5.1 million at December 31, 2019. The decrease in cash and short-term investments of $2.4 million is the result of funding the Company’s validation and optimization engineering program with Canadian Natural, general and administrative and public company expenditures. The ability of the Company to cover normal operating costs and engineering programs will depend on the amount of future programs and the amount of government funding the Company is able to apply to those programs and the ability to attract external financing. Once there is more certainty with respect to the next phase of the project and the supporting government funding, the Company will evaluate the funding requirements to determine the additional capital required within the next 12 months to support the continued development of the Project.
To view the Company’s management’s discussion and analysis and audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, please visit our website at www.titaniumcorporation.com or SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
SHAREHOLDER MEETING
The record date for shareholders to receive notice and be entitled to vote at the Meeting is May 3, 2021. Further information will be included in the Company's management information circular in respect of the Meeting, which is expected to be mailed to shareholders and filed under the Company's profile on www.sedar.com in mid-May and will also be made available on the Company's website at www.titaniumcorporation.com.
About Titanium Corporation Inc.
Titanium Corporation’s CVW™ technology provides sustainable solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of the oil sands industry. Our technology reduces the environmental impact of oil sands froth treatment tailings while economically recovering valuable products that would otherwise be lost. CVW™ recovers bitumen, solvents, heavy minerals and water from tailings, preventing these commodities from entering tailings ponds and the atmosphere: volatile organic compound and greenhouse gas emissions are materially reduced; hot tailings water is improved in quality for recycling; and residual tailings can be thickened more readily. A new minerals industry would be created commencing with the production and export of zircon, an essential ingredient in ceramics. The Company’s shares trade on the TSX-V under the symbol “TIC”. For more information please visit the Company’s website at www.titaniumcorporation.com.
Disclosure regarding forward-looking information
This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking information") that reflect the current expectations of management about the future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for Titanium, including statements relating to the occurrence and timing of future steps with respect to the CVW™ Horizon Project, including the Project activities and the factors that are expected to affect such occurrence and timing; the continued effective collaboration between the Company and Canadian Natural; the Company's ongoing engagement with its business partners and government funding agencies; the ability of the Company to continue to make steady progress with the joint team on the optimization/validation engineering phase of the Project, despite the decline in economic activity in 2020 and into 2021 and the cancellation or suspension of many new oil sands projects; the Company's continuing cash conservation program; the Company's ongoing evaluation of financing opportunities, including grant and financing opportunities from applicable government programs; the terms of agreements entered into with certain government agencies; the effect of market conditions and the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company; and the advantages of the Company's technology in assisting with the recovery of the energy industry in Alberta and Canada. This forward-looking information generally can be identified by use of forward-looking words such as "may", "will", "expect", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "project", "should" or "continue" or the negative thereof or similar variations. Forward-looking information is presented in this news release for the purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding certain key elements of our financial results and business plan, as well as our objectives, strategic priorities and business outlook, and in obtaining a better understanding of our anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
Forward-looking information, by its very nature, is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and is based on many assumptions, both general and specific, which give rise to the possibility that actual results or events could differ materially from our expectations expressed in or implied by such forward-looking information and that our business outlook, objectives, plans and strategic priorities may not be achieved. Macro-economic conditions, including public health concerns (including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent waves) and other geopolitical risks, the condition of the global economy and, specifically, the condition of the crude oil and natural gas industry including the volatility of global crude oil prices, other commodity prices and the decrease in global demand for crude oil as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing significant volatility in world markets may adversely impact oil sands producers' program plans, including proceeding with an investment decision in further Project activities or any final investment decision with respect to commercialization, which could materially adversely impact the Company. Additional information on these and other factors are disclosed in our most recently filed management's discussion and analysis, including under the heading “Discussion of Risks”, and in other reports filed with the securities regulatory authorities in Canada from time to time and available on SEDAR (sedar.com).
In addition to other factors and assumptions which may be identified in this news release, assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the condition of the global economy, including trade, public health (including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic) and other geopolitical risks, including the fact that any estimates of Project next steps, as well as the detailed engineering and construction period may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, condition of the global economy and commodity prices, in particular crude oil prices; the stability of the economic and political environment in which the Company operates; the success of the Project activities, including the expected assessment of engineering validation and optimization reviews for next steps as part of the Project activities; the ability of the Company to enter into commercial contracts with oil sands producers and to achieve commercialization of the CVW™ technology, including the anticipated scope of such commercial contracts; the ability of the Company to enter into commercial contracts with other strategic partners in relation to building and operating facilities, as required; the ability of the Company to retain qualified staff; the ability of the Company to obtain financing on acceptable terms, including available grant and financing opportunities from government programs and finalizing funding agreements for such government programs; the translation of the results from the Company's research, pilot programs, Project activities during the FEED, engineering validation and optimization and studies into the results expected on a commercial scale; the belief that the Company's technology will provide important environmental and economic benefits that will assist with the recovery of a resilient and sustainable energy industry in Alberta and Canada; the anticipated timing for the completion of detailed engineering and construction once all Project activities are completed and a final decision to proceed has been made; future crude oil and minerals prices and the impact of lower prices on activity levels and cost savings of oil sands producers; the impact of increasing competition; the ability to protect and maintain the Company's intellectual property; currency, exchange and interest rates; the regulatory framework regarding royalties, taxes and environmental matters in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; and the ability of the Company to successfully market its CVW™ technology.
The Company has not commercially demonstrated its technologies and there can be no assurance that our research, pilot programs, Project activities during the FEED, engineering validation and optimization and related studies will prove to be accurate nor that such commercialization efforts will be successful, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those expected or estimated in such forward-looking information. As a result, we cannot guarantee that any forward-looking information will materialize and we caution you against relying on any of this forward-looking information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
The forward-looking information contained in this news release describes our expectations as of April 27, 2021 and, accordingly, is subject to change after such date. Except as may be required by Canadian securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information contained in this news release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Scott Nelson
Jennifer Kaufield
Vice President Finance & CFO
Email: snelson@titaniumcorporation.com
jkaufield@titaniumcorporation.com
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Some clarifications
I should probably clarify a few things about the hacked servers.
On (or about) August 24th, my shell account was compromised. This was most likely due to using a compromised Windows system (wth a keyboard logger) or a Trojaned version of puTTY.exe (an ssh program freely available for Windows). Not much you can do except attempt to minimize the damage. Mark and I do have differences of opinion on how to handle cracking attacks (I tend to be optimistic about such things; Mark isn't) which caused most of the problems we've had (and still have, by the way). Since the server was Mark's he felt it best for everybody on the server to move their sites elsewhere and take the server down (I now suspect it'll never go back up).
I found no evidance that the machine had been compromised, but Mark thought otherwise. So I moved my sites off to one of the servers I administrate (the ones I had problems with Russian hackers doing denial of service attacks against).
A bit of background on this set of servers. I was hired to administrate four servers—two in Boca Raton (the same facility as Mark's server) and two down in Miami (at the Nap of the Americas). One of the Boca servers had hardware problems so it was decomissioned. Over the past few months I've backed up the sites across each server so that if one goes down, the remaining ones can take over (not automatically, but easily enough). Durring Hurricane Frances' advance towards us, one of the Miami servers crashed. The decision was made to leave it down there until after Hurricane Frances and have the other Miami server pick up the slack (easy enough to do). At the time we weren't certain why the machine crashed, but it did (later on, it was theorized that it crashed during a “test run” of taking the machine down).
The server I moved my sites to was the other Miami server, as I felt that stood a better chance of weathering Hurricane Frances.
On September 8th, the Boca server was compromised.
I honestly feel that the Boca server compromised had nothing to do with Mark's server being compromised. All the websites on the Boca server were deleted, and everything pointed to a single page, giving a shout out to a known person that worked with (or for) the company who had the majority of sites on the Boca server. Also, the Boca server had a certain class of sites on them, one where the updating of the sites was under less control than previously realized (at least by me). And given some evidence (found later on one of the other servers) it appears that the cracker in question had the actual log in information for some of the sites (about half a dozen, and none of them my account) so it points to some form of inside job (again, not much you can do in that case, other than preventing other sites from being wiped out, but this was all found out after the case).
Things were still in place from our preparations for Hurricane Frances (to switch the sites to one or the other server in case of power loss) so I simply enabled the deleted websites on the Miami server, and went in to the Boca facility to retrieve the now dead server. It was during this time that the Miami server was compromised and all the sites (every last site) were deleted.
Later on, I found out that the attacks were timed for the start of the NFL season which is important since the company who has the majority of sites is a gambling/gaming company and the start of the NFL season is an important time of year.
Now, can I say for sure that the compromise of Mark's server was unrelated to the compromised of the other servers? No. Not 100%. Is it likely they're unrelated? Yes. At least in my opinion.
But in the meantime, the servers have been reconfigured and partitioned off with the hope that such an attack will have a less chance of success. The number of accounts has been drastically reduced and of the accounts remaining, the passwords have been changed. The servers are now running the latest version of everything. Will these servers be compromised again? There's always a chance. But hopefully, with some of the changes put in, the damage will be severely limited in scope.
I'm optimistic about that.


By TronFAQ on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 9:30 PM
The full length trailer for the TRON Legacy game was shown tonight on the 2009 Spike TV VGA Awards. Surprisingly, the new trailer contained very little content from the previous brief one. So the screenshots I took in a previous article are still some of the only clues as to what we can expect in the game.
Even more surprisingly, the game is going to be called TRON Evolution instead of the more logical and expected TRON Legacy: The Game.
The trailer has confirmed that Disney's Propaganda Games division is working on the game. Something that's been long suspected. But still no commitment to platforms.
Notice that the trailer contains the phrase "Before the Legacy starts". This implies the events of the game probably take place just before the movie sequel.
If I find a source for a higher quality version of the video in the future, I'll update this article. Thanks still go out to Tocen for the original video on YouTube, and HooDooMan for finding it.
UPDATE 1: The inevitable high quality version of the trailer has appeared on GameTrailers.com and I've embedded it above. Platforms have now been confirmed. PC, 360, and PS3. Just like I said in this previous article.
Now as long as Disney and Propaganda don't hand off the PC version to be ported by a terrible studio such as Aspyr (like they did with the awful PC version of Turok), maybe there's hope yet.
Then again, aside from the usual stupid and lame comments you'd expect to find on GameTrailers: one stood out that got my attention.
I'm proud to say I have a friend that's doing effective work on this game. I'm actually curious to see how this'll turn out in the end. (yes, they're outsourcing graphics work to Romania studios...imagine that)
- Comment from user SlaveZero on GameTrailers.com
Hmm, not sure what to make of that. I'll take it with a grain of salt, but sounds like they're outsourcing to shave costs already. Not necessarily a good sign for a PC version (done on the cheap), or the game as a whole regardless of version.
UPDATE 2: Disney Interactive issued a press release today (December 14th, 2009) about the game. I read "Holiday 2010" as being around Thanksgiving time (late November to early December).
December 14, 2009 06:00 AM Eastern Time
The Game Grid Awaits New Combatants -- Disney Interactive Studios Announces TRON: Evolution, the Video Game
Video Game Will Provide One of the Keys to Unlocking TRON Mythology before the Opening of Major 2010 Action Adventure Film – “TRON: Legacy”
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The digital world of TRON is awaiting a new participant. Disney Interactive Studios today announced the development of TRON: Evolution, the video game. TRON: Evolution is an action/adventure game being created for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. Developed by Propaganda Games, Disney Interactive Studios’ action and role-playing game studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, TRON: Evolution is scheduled for release in Holiday 2010 before the “TRON: Legacy” film arrives in theaters.
Set during the era between the two TRON films, TRON: Evolution conveys the story of significant events within the TRON mythology. The game features an epic adventure across a massive digital world filled with high-mobility disc-based combat and advanced light cycles.
TRON: Evolution is one of the keys to unlocking the TRON mythology. The game’s story takes place before the “TRON: Legacy” events and provides insight into the film’s past. As an integrated entertainment experience, the film will reference elements of the game’s story. Fans will want to play the game to learn more about the TRON mythology seen in the film, but each entertainment experience will stand on its own.
“We expect TRON: Evolution to be a premier action-focused game that both stands on its own and supplements a major event film,” said Dan Tudge, vice president and general manager, Propaganda Games. “Because Propaganda Games is based in Vancouver, which was the site of the film’s principal photography, we were able to leverage the proximity to continuously collaborate with the filmmakers and ensure authenticity between the two projects.”
“TRON: Legacy” film director Joseph Kosinski consulted on the vision for the debut video game trailer, which includes computer graphics that were created by the same company that will provide the film’s CG animations. Kosinski will advise on the game’s vision during 2010 to ensure accuracy with the film. In addition to directing “TRON: Legacy,” Kosinski is renowned in the video games industry as having directed prolific feature film-quality game trailers for major product releases.
“The collaboration between the video game development studio and the film creators is exceptional,” said Sean Bailey, producer, “TRON: Legacy.” “From the ongoing discussions between the filmmakers and the game developers, TRON: Evolution should enhance and expand the mythology and the world of ‘TRON: Legacy.’”
As part of the connection between the game and film, actress Olivia Wilde stars as Quorra in TRON: Evolution. Wilde’s voice and likeness as Quorra will provide players with another direct link to the film as they discover how earlier events within the world of TRON shape her character’s future.
“TRON is the most revered video game-inspired film property of all time,” said Craig Relyea, senior vice president of global marketing, Disney Interactive Studios. “TRON: Evolution, the video game, will enhance the TRON experience for existing fans of the franchise as well as an entirely new audience.”
TRON: Evolution and “TRON: Legacy” are brand new entries in the TRON franchise, updating the unique world for this millennium. The cross-platform franchise being created around the “TRON: Legacy” film will transcend media platforms throughout Disney. The revolutionary 1982 film “TRON” catapulted video games into mainstream consciousness and contributed to the industry’s rapid growth and global success. The original film inspired arcade games and video game releases, making TRON a highly successful multi-format franchise.
TRON: Evolution is Rating Pending from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
About “TRON: Legacy”
“TRON: Legacy” is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of TRON where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey of escape across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous. “TRON: Legacy” is scheduled to arrive in theaters on December 17, 2010.
About Propaganda Games
Propaganda Games is Disney Interactive Studios’ premier action and role-playing game developer. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Propaganda specializes in great stories, immersive worlds and meaningful choices. Propaganda created the platinum-selling 2008 game Turok and is currently developing two major releases slated for 2010: Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned and TRON: Evolution. Propaganda was founded in 2005 and acquired by Disney the same year. For more information, log on to http://www.propagandagames.com.
About Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Interactive Studios, part of Disney Interactive Media Group, is the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). Disney Interactive Studios self publishes and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games, mobile games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with other interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. Disney Interactive Studios is based in Glendale, California, and has internal development studios around the world. For more information, log on to http://www.disneyinteractivestudios.com.
© Disney. Product name, release date and features may be subject to change.
UPDATE 3: A couple of screenshots were also distributed to the media, along with the press release.
Thanks to Mr. Sinistar for finding them.


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593 Eddy St
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Mitchell Levy is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and an Internal Medicine doctor in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Levy has been practicing medicine for over 45 years and is rated as an Elite doctor by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Pneumonia, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care (Intensivists) and licensed to treat patients in Rhode Island. Dr. Levy is currently accepting new patients.
Fabienne Venet
Hôpital Edouard Herriot
Lyon, FR
Fabienne Venet is in Lyon, France. Venet is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hypovolemic Shock, and COVID-19.
Daniel P. De Backer
Daniel De Backer is an Intensive Care Medicine expert in Brussels, Belgium. De Backer is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hypovolemic Shock, Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, and Low Blood Pressure.
Lauralyn A. Mcintyre
Ottawa, ON, CA
Lauralyn Mcintyre is in Ottawa, Canada. Mcintyre is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hypovolemic Shock, and Low Blood Pressure.
Sebastian W. Rehberg
Protestant Hospital Of Bethel Foundation
Bielefeld, NW, DE
Sebastian Rehberg is in Bielefeld, Germany. Rehberg is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Toxic Shock Syndrome, Sepsis, Hypovolemic Shock, and Low Blood Pressure.
Guillaume Monneret
Immunology Laboratory, Edouard Herriot Hospital
Guillaume Monneret is in Lyon, France. Monneret is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hypovolemic Shock, and COVID-19.
John C. Marshall
St. Michael's Hospital
John Marshall is in Toronto, Canada. Marshall is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Hypovolemic Shock, and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
Pierre Asfar
Angers University Hospital
Angers, FR 49933
Pierre Asfar is in Angers, France. Asfar is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Toxic Shock Syndrome, Sepsis, Low Blood Pressure, and Hypovolemic Shock.
Bruno L. Levy
Université De Lorraine
Nancy, FR 54000
Bruno Levy is in Nancy, France. Levy is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cardiogenic Shock, Hypovolemic Shock, Toxic Shock Syndrome, and Sepsis.
Erasme Hospital
Brussels, BRU, BE 1070
Jean-louis Vincent is in Brussels, Belgium. Vincent is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. They are also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. Their top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, and Hypovolemic Shock.
Anne Tristan
Institut Des Agents Infectieux
Anne Tristan is in Lyon, France. Tristan is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. She is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Sepsis, and Impetigo.
Thomas Rimmele
Thomas Rimmele is in Lyon, France. Rimmele is rated as a Distinguished expert by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Acute Kidney Failure, and Hypovolemic Shock.
Dr. Paul E. Marik
Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine
EVMS Pulmonary And Critical Care
855 W Brambleton Ave
Paul Marik is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine doctor in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Marik has been practicing medicine for over 41 years and is rated as a Distinguished doctor by MediFind in the treatment of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He is also highly rated in 22 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Sepsis, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Scurvy, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care (Intensivists), and Internal Medicine and licensed to treat patients in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Dr. Marik is currently accepting new patients.
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Perhaps the most enduring of all Greek myths is the story of Perseus and Andromeda, the original version of George and the dragon. Its heroine is beautiful Andromeda (Ἀνδρομέδα in Greek), the daughter of the weak King Cepheus of Ethiopia and the vain Queen Cassiopeia, whose boastfulness knew no bounds.
Andromeda’s misfortunes began one day when her mother claimed that she was more beautiful even than the Nereids, a particularly alluring group of sea nymphs. The affronted Nereids decided that Cassiopeia’s vanity had finally gone too far and they asked Poseidon, the sea god, to teach her a lesson.
In retribution, Poseidon sent a terrible monster (some say also a flood) to ravage the coast of King Cepheus’s territory. Dismayed at the destruction, and with his subjects clamouring for action, the beleaguered Cepheus appealed to the Oracle of Ammon for a solution. He was told that he must sacrifice his virgin daughter to appease the monster.
Hence the blameless Andromeda came to be chained to a rock to atone for the sins of her mother, who watched from the shore with bitter remorse. The site of this event is said to have been on the Mediterranean coast at Joppa (Jaffa), the modern Tel-Aviv. As Andromeda stood on the wave-lashed cliffs, pale with terror and weeping pitifully at her impending fate, the hero Perseus happened by, fresh from his exploit of beheading Medusa the Gorgon.
His heart was captivated by the sight of the frail beauty in distress below.
The Roman poet Ovid tells us in his book the Metamorphoses that Perseus at first almost mistook her for a marble statue. Only the wind ruffling her hair and the warm tears on her cheeks showed that she was human. Perseus asked her name and why she was chained there.
Shy Andromeda, totally different in character from her vainglorious mother, did not at first reply; even though awaiting a horrible death in the monster’s slavering jaws, she would have hidden her face modestly in her hands, had they not been bound to the rock.
Perseus persisted in his questioning. Eventually, afraid that her silence might be misinterpreted as guilt, she told Perseus her story, but broke off with a scream as she saw the monster breasting through the waves towards her.
Pausing politely to ask the permission of her parents for Andromeda’s hand in marriage, Perseus swooped down, slew the sea-dragon with his diamond sword, released the swooning girl to the enthusiastic applause of the onlookers and claimed her for his bride.
Andromeda later bore Perseus six children including Perses, ancestor of the Persians, and Gorgophonte, father of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.
It is said that the Greek goddess Athene placed Andromeda’s image among the stars, where she lies between Perseus and her mother Cassiopeia. Only the constellation Pisces, the Fishes, separates her from the Sea Monster, Cetus.
Stars in Andromeda – and a spiral galaxy
Star maps picture Andromeda with her hands in chains. Her head is marked by the second-magnitude star Alpha Andromedae, originally shared with neighbouring Pegasus. In fact, in the Almagest Ptolemy listed this star not under Andromeda but Pegasus, where it marked the horse’s navel, although he acknowledged that it was ‘common to the head of Andromeda’.
The star is now assigned exclusively to Andromeda but echoes of its dual identity live on in its two alternative names of Alpheratz and Sirrah which come respectively from the Arabic al-faras, meaning ‘the horse’, and surrat, meaning ‘navel’.
The girl’s waist is marked by the star Beta Andromedae, also called Mirach, a name corrupted from the Arabic al-mi’zar meaning ‘the girdle’ or ‘loin cloth’. Ptolemy described it as ‘the southernmost of the three stars over the girdle’.
Her left foot is marked by Gamma Andromedae, whose name is variously spelled Almach, Almaak, or Alamak, from the Arabic al-’anaq, referring to the desert lynx or caracal which the old Arabs visualized here. Through small telescopes this is a beautiful twin star of contrasting yellow and blue colours. The star described by Ptolemy as lying in Andromeda’s right foot is now just within the modern borders of Perseus, where it is known as Phi Persei.
The most celebrated object in the constellation is the great spiral galaxy M31, positioned on Andromeda’s right hip, where it is visible as an elongated blur to the naked eye on clear nights. M31 is a whirlpool of stars similar to our own Milky Way.
At a distance of around 2.5 million light years, the Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest object visible to the naked eye. Discovery of this object is attributed to the Arabic astronomer al-Sufi, who first mentioned it in his Book of the Fixed Stars (c. AD 964).
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Welsh pop legend Bonnie Tyler on her newest album
Bonnie Tyler doesn’t even feel 50 so the fact she’s marking her 50th year in the music industry is somewhat baffling to her.
By Lucy Mapstone
Wednesday, 27th March 2019, 6:00 am
Bonnie Tyler. Picture: Tina Korhonen
She wasn’t even aware of the massive milestone until after creating her 17th album.
“When I saw the sticker on the front of my album saying ‘celebrating 50 years in the business’ I was like ‘what the...? That’s incredible’.”
Now 67, she is rather astounded by her longevity as an artist and she’s also pinching herself over the fact the likes of Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Rod Stewart wanted to work with her on her new album.
Having started her career as a singer in 1969, Tyler – who was born Gaynor Hopkins in Skewen, Wales – was discovered by a talent scout and scored a record deal in the mid-1970s.
She went on to release a number of albums, although it was her fifth release, 1983’s Faster Than the Speed of Night – a trans-Atlantic number one hit and Grammy-nominated effort – that made the raspy-voiced singer a household name with breakout hit single Total Eclipse Of The Heart.
Other hit songs followed, such as Holding Out For a Hero and A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall In Love) with Shakin’ Stevens.
As much as she did not acknowledge her own landmark anniversary, Tyler also didn’t ever dream she’d be releasing album number 17, Between the Earth and the Stars.
It wasn’t even planned, she says. She thought that perhaps her 16th album, 2013’s Rocks And Honey, was her last.
Her speaking voice as distinctively husky as when she’s belting out one of her hits, she says: “I was only going to do three songs that a friend of mine wrote that I really loved.”
Tyler’s original plan was to record three new songs with David Mackay, who produced her first two albums in the late 1970s, and put them on a re-release of Rocks And Honey.
“But things just started happening – like it was fate, you know?” she adds.
One of those “things”, as she calls them, was the interest of Status Quo’s Francis Rossi, who was played the three new tracks by Mackay and was so entranced by them he suggested he and Tyler duet on a song called Someone’s Rockin’ Your Heart.
“It was good fun doing that with him – he’s a laugh a minute, he is,” Tyler says.
“There’s still some laughing kept on the track, because we were having such a good time in the studio.”
Tyler then shares how three musical giants – Sir Rod Stewart, Sir Barry Gibb and Sir Cliff Richard – got involved.
“David knew he would be meeting up with Sir Barry Gibb at Wimbledon and he asked him if he had a song for me,” Tyler says.
“A couple of months later, a beautiful song came in from Sir Barry, Seven Waves Away, which made it on to the album.”
“And then,” she continues, settling into her story, “I had an opportunity to do a duet with Sir Rod Stewart. It’s always been a dream of mine.”
Tyler, who has previously been dubbed the “female Rod Stewart” due to her throaty vocals, says she emailed Sir Rod after being encouraged by a friend of his she met on holiday in Barbados.
She recounts: “I was waiting for the right song and then a track called Battle of the Sexes came around.
“I emailed Rod, asking if he’d listen to the song, and he came back personally to me a few days later telling me he loved it.”
Then there’s the song with Sir Cliff, a dear friend.
“We both have houses in Portugal and he was at my house before we were going out for dinner with friends,” Tyler says.
“I played him this collection of songs and he was like, ‘Wow Bonnie, this is fantastic – let’s do a duet’.
“We got the right song, Taking Control, and he loved it on the very first listen.”
“I can’t believe they all wanted to work with me, it’s incredible,” she says.
“I feel blessed. To work with those guys.”
With the #MeToo movement in mind and the ongoing conversation around female representation, it’s difficult not to ask someone who has been in music for as long as she has for her take.
Has she ever had to fight her way through to be heard? Was it difficult for her to break through in a man’s world?
“Not really, no,” comes her simple reply.
“I think it’s because I’ve got this rock voice, you know? And I’ve had my fair share of headlining ... it’s been incredible. I’m not complaining.”
Bonnie Tyler’s Between the Earth and the Stars is out now.


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Jason Morgan Ritter (born February 17, 1980) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series Joan of Arcadia, Ethan Haas in The Class, Sean Walker in the NBC series The Event, Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls, and Pat Rollins in Raising Dion. He also played the recurring role of Mark Cyr in the NBC television series Parenthood, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jason Ritter has received more than 7,271,122 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jason Ritter is the 8,503rd most popular actor (down from 7,695th in 2019), the 13,001st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,624th in 2019) and the 4,346th most popular American Actor.
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Among people born in United States, Jason Ritter ranks 13,001 out of 15,968. Before him are Kimberly Peirce (1967), Steven Smith (1958), Aaron Yoo (1979), Mary Fallin (1954), Paul Walter Hauser (1986), and Maria Kanellis (1982). After him are Chandler Parsons (1988), Kevin Hooks (1958), Steven Strogatz (1959), Bonnie Franklin (1944), Kirk Hinrich (1981), and Brian Holland (1941).
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HRC Announces Producer and Actor Eugene Lee Yang to Receive Visibility Award
by Elliott Kozuch • October 17, 2019
HRC announced that producer, actor and “Try Guys” member Eugene Lee Yang will be the recipient of the HRC Visibility Award at the 35th annual HRC San Francisco Bay Area Gala on Saturday.
Today, HRC announced that producer, actor and “Try Guys” member Eugene Lee Yang will be the recipient of the HRC Visibility Award at the 35th annual HRC San Francisco Bay Area Gala on Saturday. Yang came out earlier this year in a powerful video, “I'm Gay - Eugene Lee Yang,” which he wrote, directed and choreographed.
“As an all-star talent and artist, Eugene Lee Yang bravely uses his Try Guys channel platform to lift up the LGBTQ community, celebrate Asian American visibility and open hearts and minds across the United States,” said HRC Foundation Senior Vice President Jay Brown. “The bravery and power of his beautiful coming out video not only broke the internet, it also raised more than $100,000 for LGBTQ youth. We are excited to honor Yang with the HRC Visibility Award at the 2019 HRC San Francisco Bay Area Gala.”
Yang is a producer, actor, director, writer and one of today's most recognizable queer Asian-American performers. His digital work over the past six years as a viral video producer has been viewed billions of times, and he is recognized as one of the world's most culturally influential YouTube creators. In early 2018, he and the comedy quartet The Try Guys launched their own independent production company, 2nd Try, amassing millions of followers with projects including his official coming out video, which raised over $100,000 for The Trevor Project, the national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth.
This summer, The Try Guys headlined their 26-city, international Legends of the Internet Tour, in which Yang highlighted LGBTQ+ pride, and published their first book, The Hidden Power of F*cking Up, a #1 New York Times Best Seller. Additionally, Yang created and executive produced BuzzFeed's inaugural Queer Prom, was included in Logo30 and Gold House's A100 list in 2018 and is currently in development on various television and film projects. Yang took over HRC’s Twitter last year to speak about the importance of LGBTQ representation in storytelling and the power of the LGBTQ vote.
Alongside Yang, HRC will honor Levi Strauss & Co. with the Corporate Award and John Lake, Vice President, Multicultural Strategy and LGBTQ Segment leader for Wells Fargo, with the Charles M. Holmes Community Service Award. In addition to the honorees, this will be HRC President Alphonso David’s first appearance at the San Francisco Bay Area Gala. American Idol finalist Effie Passero will perform at the event.
Set to take place at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, the annual event brings together hundreds of HRC’s most active members and supporters in the San Francisco Bay Area to raise crucial funds in the fight for LGBTQ equality. Tickets and further information are available at https://www.sfhrcgala.org/.


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Each year, thousands of U.S. military families rent moving trucks for their PCS (Permanent Change of Station) moves, also commonly referred to as PPMs – (Personally Procured Moves) -- as the various branches of the military hand out new assignments to active personnel.
For Douglas McBroom, 24, a Sgt. in the U.S. Army, this move in the yellow Penske truck is unlike any other he has made. The veteran, who has served in Iraq, is heading home with a purpose.
His mother, Michelle, is terminally ill with triple negative breast cancer; Douglas wants to spend her remaining days with “Mommy McBroom” and to raise awareness of the disease.
The Army was kind enough to train him as a recruiter (he recently completed courses at Fort Jackson in South Carolina) and allow him to return and work in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. He was stationed at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia.
Douglas picked up his 26-foot truck in Newport News, Va., and with the help of a friend, is driving the truck back to Texas.
There awaiting him is his wife Ashley and their two young daughters, Kiersten and Payton, and many family members, including McBroom’s parents.
McBroom is using part of the trip to raise awareness for triple negative breast cancer, as he intends to bicycle from Mobile, Ala., to Corpus Christi, starting today, as part of a fundraising effort to benefit the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation.
“We’re not taking any interstates, and we’re riding through small towns on back roads,” he said.
McBroom has established a Facebook page to chronicle the trip, where donations can also be made, My Ride for a Cure for Mommy McBroom.
He said that his fundraising efforts have been going well, from those he knows and those he has just met. “I’ve received a lot of support from Penske Truck Rental and other companies,” he stated.
When asked why he chose riding a bicycle, he responded: “I’m very athletic and I have been involved with sports…I thought this was the best way to raise awareness.”
Michelle is touched by her son’s efforts.
“It’s kind of hard to put it into words,” she said. “Douglas has always done tremendous and I always knew that when he set a goal, he would achieve it. Douglas and I have a very special relationship – I am tremendously proud of my son.”
Douglas described their warm and unique bond.
“My mother and I are more friends than mother and son,” he said. “I’ve never hesitated to ask her for advice and she has helped me grow from a boy to a man –she has been my best cheerleader and biggest supporter.
“She might not have much time left, so I wanted to do something for my mom and other cancer patients.”
The McBroom family is looking forward to more family time around the table, sharing and caring.
Penske provided Douglas McBroom with a complimentary truck rental for one week to support his efforts.
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