Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Later reply  - but have to say I didn't at all think you were being 
critical of my observations...


I was just making Chicago joky comments re Cubs vs WSox  and how little 
I pay attention to

baseball these days : -)

ann


Chris Mitchell wrote:


Ann Sanfedele wrote:


actually I hardly looked at the scoreboard shot... I did look up the
game stats later and
saw he was the one talking to Getz in that other shot I liked

however -  in my defense , when I was in Chicago I was a Cubs fan,
later
Mets and Red Sox.
and I really don't know the current players on any of the teams these
days, I confess.

Ann
   



I didn't mean to be super critical of you observation powers; sorry if it
came out that way!

Chris

 

 




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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks to everyone who replied, I now know 10 times more than I did about
baseball. 10 times not very much still = not very much...

Like cricket, I think that the game is assimilated by being around it and
people talking about it. They're both difficult to learn if you haven't been
brought up with them.

Oh, and there were some helpful comments about the pictures too.

Chris


 
 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game
 while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed
 it
 thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
 proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band
 playing
 when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a
 mixture
 of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
 great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.
 
 The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and
 her
 granddaughter in focus!
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris



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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-11 Thread Boris Liberman

Fine set of photographs, Chris. This one:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2431.html
is my pick. Somehow it conveys the way I feel about professional sports 
displayed for the masses.


As for the game - it is just as enigmatic to us as it is to you. Though 
I heard that we have some teams here, mostly made by the people who 
moved to Israel from the United States, as one would naturally expect.


Boris


On 1/8/2011 3:01 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote:

Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game while
we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.

Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band playing
when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a mixture
of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.

The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and her
granddaughter in focus!
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/

Chris







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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-10 Thread John Sessoms

From: Bob W


KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of
 play.
 That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
 professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that
 you
 hit the ball to score?

Perhaps one of the Aussies would care to answer this one...



A team doesn't actually have to get any hits to score, if the other 
teams pitchers are having a bad enough day.


I don't know enough about the history of the game to know if it's ever 
actually happened, but it's possible for the pitcher on one team to 
pitch a no hitter and for that team to win because the opposing team's 
pitchers threw enough balls to walk a winning run.


... it only takes one run to give the other team a 1 - 0 lead.

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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-10 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.

 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
 thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
 proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band playing
 when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a mixture
 of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
 great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.

 The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and her
 granddaughter in focus!
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/



Wonderful series!

This one's my fave:

http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2414.html

cheers,
frank

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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-10 Thread Doug Franklin

On 2011-01-10 3:58, John Sessoms wrote:


I don't know enough about the history of the game to know if it's ever
actually happened, but it's possible for the pitcher on one team to
pitch a no hitter and for that team to win because the opposing team's
pitchers threw enough balls to walk a winning run.

... it only takes one run to give the other team a 1 - 0 lead.


My memory says that a pitcher/team did lose a no hitter, way back before 
World War II.


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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-10 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:

 My memory says that a pitcher/team did lose a no hitter, way back before
 World War II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-hitter#Nine-inning_no-hitters_in_a_losing_effort

There have been losing no-hitters in 1964 and 1967 (the latter a
combined effort by two pitchers).

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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-10 Thread Chris Mitchell
frank theriault wrote
  http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 
 
 Wonderful series!
 
 This one's my fave:
 
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2414.html
 
 cheers,
 frank

Thanks Frank. Mrs M wasn't sure about it, but I think it's a good one of
her.

Chris



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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-09 Thread Chris Mitchell
 Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 
 
 ttp://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't
 follow
 thiss stuff anymore )
 
 
 
 Based on the scoreboard shot it's Podsednik. Surprised that you as a
 long
 term Chicagoan didn't get that :-)
 
 Chris
 
 actually I hardly looked at the scoreboard shot... I did look up the
 game stats later and
 saw he was the one talking to Getz in that other shot I liked
 
 however -  in my defense , when I was in Chicago I was a Cubs fan,
 later
 Mets and Red Sox.
 and I really don't know the current players on any of the teams these
 days, I confess.
 
 Ann

I didn't mean to be super critical of you observation powers; sorry if it
came out that way!

Chris



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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-09 Thread Christine Aguila

Love this!
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2431.html

We don't water wickets in the States; we hose down the infield  :-)
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2428.html

Fun, fun, fun group, Chris!  Cheers, Christine


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Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game 
while

we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.

Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band 
playing
when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a 
mixture

of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.

The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and 
her

granddaughter in focus!
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/

Chris




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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread paul stenquist
Fun stuff. I've been a sox fan for more than fifty years. Nice to see so many 
folks having fun at the ballpark.
Paul
On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:

 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
 thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
 proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band playing
 when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a mixture
 of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
 great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.
 
 The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and her
 granddaughter in focus!
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 
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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread David J Brooks
I like 2440, the subject and the kid looking at you.
Convert the last shot into BW and call it art.:-0

Dave

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:24 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
 Fun stuff. I've been a sox fan for more than fifty years. Nice to see so many 
 folks having fun at the ballpark.
 Paul
 On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:

 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.

 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
 thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
 proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band playing
 when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a mixture
 of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
 great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.

 The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and her
 granddaughter in focus!
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/

 Chris




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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Chris Mitchell

paul Stenquist wrote:
 Fun stuff. I've been a sox fan for more than fifty years. 

Well, they didn't do very well that night I'm afraid. Lost 7 - 2. :-(

Chris

 Nice to see
 so many folks having fun at the ballpark.
 Paul
 On Jan 8, 2011, at 8:01 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
 
  Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game
 while
  we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
  Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but
 enjoyed it
  thoroughly. People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of
 the
  proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band
 playing
  when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a
 mixture
  of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with
 a
  great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.
 
  The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady
 and her
  granddaughter in focus!
  http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
  Chris



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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele

Chris Mitchell wrote:


Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game while
we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.

Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed it
thoroughly.


LOL  _ so who won? (ok, ok, I know i can google it)


People were friendly and tried to help us make sense of the
proceedings and the atmosphere was fantastic. There was even a band playing
when we got there, They were called Petty Cash and, bizarrely, did a mixture
of Tom Petty and Johnny Cash covers. Sounds like someone came up with a
great name for a band and then thought what material shall we do?.


Maybe the other way around?  fans of...?


The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and her
granddaughter in focus!
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/

Chris

Nothing lost there - not nearly as interesting as the ones you nailed , 
I think.


Love, love , love these 4
(1) The two Sox fan photogs with the little boy more interested in you..
2-4
Three girls getting picks snapped while limbering is going on behind them
Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't follow 
thiss stuff anymore )
and the KC hitter just after he hit what looks like it was a high fly 
ball into left field...


ann






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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Bob W
[...]
 The last picture is the lost opportunity - if only I'd got the lady and
 her
 granddaughter in focus!
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris

This one made me laugh:
http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/slides/_IGP2436.html

It's like a scene from Jacques Tati's film Mon Oncle, in which workmen spend
a lot of time carrying lengths of red pipe around. It was intertextualised
(!) by Louis Malle in his film Zazie dans le metro where we also see workmen
carrying red pipes around.

B


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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 Chris Mitchell wrote:
 
 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game
 while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed
 it
 thoroughly.
 
 LOL  _ so who won? (ok, ok, I know i can google it)

KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of play.
That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that you
hit the ball to score? 

 
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris
 
 Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't
 follow
 thiss stuff anymore )

Based on the scoreboard shot it's Podsednik. Surprised that you as a long
term Chicagoan didn't get that :-)

Chris





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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Eric Weir

On Jan 8, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote:

 KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of play.
 That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
 professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that you
 hit the ball to score?

A player who hits .300 is a great hitter. You might wanta stand up there and 
let one of those pitchs just go by you without trying to hit to get a sense of 
what the challenge is. 

Pitching is a BIG part of the game. PItchers occasionally pitch NO hitters. 
That's 81 times guys had a chance to get a hit off em and failed. 

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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
The Sox had a horrible May slump last year. They woke up in June and gained the 
division lead for a while but slumped again in September. But they're going to 
take it all next year!!
Paul
Eternal Optimist


On Jan 8, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote:

 Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 Chris Mitchell wrote:
 
 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game
 while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed
 it
 thoroughly.
 
 LOL  _ so who won? (ok, ok, I know i can google it)
 
 KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of play.
 That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
 professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that you
 hit the ball to score? 
 
 
 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris
 
 Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't
 follow
 thiss stuff anymore )
 
 Based on the scoreboard shot it's Podsednik. Surprised that you as a long
 term Chicagoan didn't get that :-)
 
 Chris
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Chris,
The ball is smaller and lighter than a cricket ball (I believe).
The 'bowler' is allowed to bend his elbow and pitch with a whip of his arm.
Speeds of 90 to 105 miles per hour are typically achieved.
At those speeds, the ball curves based on catching the stiched seams
in the wind.
Where it moves is dependant on how the pitcher holds the ball as he delivers it.
At those speeds, the ball is a deadly weapon should you be hit in the
head (without a helmit).
Regards,  Bob S.

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:
 Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 Chris Mitchell wrote:

 Nearly finished sorting out 2010 pictures. We went to a baseball game
 while
 we were in Chicago for the PDML exhibition.
 
 Didn't have a clue what was going on for most of the time, but enjoyed
 it
 thoroughly.
 
 LOL  _ so who won? (ok, ok, I know i can google it)

 KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of play.
 That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
 professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that you
 hit the ball to score?


 http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/
 
 Chris
 
 Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't
 follow
 thiss stuff anymore )

 Based on the scoreboard shot it's Podsednik. Surprised that you as a long
 term Chicagoan didn't get that :-)

 Chris





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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Bob W
 
 KC won 7 - 2. Sox only hit the ball 7 times in the whole 2 hours of
 play.
 That's one of many things we didn't get about baseball. How can a top
 professional team only hit the ball 7 times in a game that demands that
 you
 hit the ball to score?

Perhaps one of the Aussies would care to answer this one...

B


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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Bob W
 Chris,
 The ball is smaller and lighter than a cricket ball (I believe).
 The 'bowler' is allowed to bend his elbow and pitch with a whip of his
 arm.
 Speeds of 90 to 105 miles per hour are typically achieved.
 At those speeds, the ball curves based on catching the stiched seams
 in the wind.
 Where it moves is dependant on how the pitcher holds the ball as he
 delivers it.
 At those speeds, the ball is a deadly weapon should you be hit in the
 head (without a helmit).
 Regards,  Bob S.

those speeds are comparable with cricket bowling speeds. Bowlers also move
the bowl on the same principles, and indeed batsmen do wear helmets for the
same reasons, yet they also manage to hit the ball sometimes. The wicket is
22 yards long, which is slightly longer than the 20 yards from the pitcher's
mound to where the hitter cowers. It's quite possible that the difference in
distance is what matters.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkBNxKZOE8feature=related
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rybPvBa3Oc

Wearing body armour (other than pads and a box) and helmets in cricket is a
relatively recent innovation - it was unheard of before the late 1970s when
Lillee  Thomson started bowling bouncers for Australia at phenomenal speeds
and stout-hearted Englishmen starting getting hurt. Even at school it could
be frightening. One of the seniors who used to bowl fast at me went on to
play professionally for his county. It was bloody scary seeing him galloping
down on you, and I don't think I ever actually hit anything he bowled at me,
other than by defensive fluke.

On the other hand, not all bowlers are fast. There's a lot of subtlety in
bowling, maybe in pitching too, I don't know. But I like to see a spinner
like Shane Warne, who bamboozled the batsmen rather than intimidated them.

B


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RE: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Bob W
Replying to myself, there's a comparison here of cricket and baseball -
quite interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_cricket_and_baseball

The cricket ball is slightly harder and heavier than the baseball.

B

  Chris,
  The ball is smaller and lighter than a cricket ball (I believe).
  The 'bowler' is allowed to bend his elbow and pitch with a whip of
 his
  arm.
  Speeds of 90 to 105 miles per hour are typically achieved.
  At those speeds, the ball curves based on catching the stiched seams
  in the wind.
  Where it moves is dependant on how the pitcher holds the ball as he
  delivers it.
  At those speeds, the ball is a deadly weapon should you be hit in the
  head (without a helmit).
  Regards,  Bob S.
 
 those speeds are comparable with cricket bowling speeds. Bowlers also
 move
 the bowl on the same principles, and indeed batsmen do wear helmets for
 the
 same reasons, yet they also manage to hit the ball sometimes. The
 wicket is
 22 yards long, which is slightly longer than the 20 yards from the
 pitcher's
 mound to where the hitter cowers. It's quite possible that the
 difference in
 distance is what matters.
 
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjkBNxKZOE8feature=related
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rybPvBa3Oc
 
 Wearing body armour (other than pads and a box) and helmets in cricket
 is a
 relatively recent innovation - it was unheard of before the late 1970s
 when
 Lillee  Thomson started bowling bouncers for Australia at phenomenal
 speeds
 and stout-hearted Englishmen starting getting hurt. Even at school it
 could
 be frightening. One of the seniors who used to bowl fast at me went on
 to
 play professionally for his county. It was bloody scary seeing him
 galloping
 down on you, and I don't think I ever actually hit anything he bowled
 at me,
 other than by defensive fluke.
 
 On the other hand, not all bowlers are fast. There's a lot of subtlety
 in
 bowling, maybe in pitching too, I don't know. But I like to see a
 spinner
 like Shane Warne, who bamboozled the batsmen rather than intimidated
 them.
 
 B
 
 
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Re: GESO - Chicago White Sox

2011-01-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele

Chris Mitchell wrote:


Ann Sanfedele wrote:
 


ttp://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/WhiteSox/

Chris

 


Getz and teammate (can't see the other guys name and really don't
follow
thiss stuff anymore )
   



Based on the scoreboard shot it's Podsednik. Surprised that you as a long
term Chicagoan didn't get that :-)

Chris

actually I hardly looked at the scoreboard shot... I did look up the 
game stats later and

saw he was the one talking to Getz in that other shot I liked

however -  in my defense , when I was in Chicago I was a Cubs fan, later 
Mets and Red Sox.
and I really don't know the current players on any of the teams these 
days, I confess.


Ann







 






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