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<title><![CDATA[With it Amytal Hubbub Blog]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/with-it-amytal-hubbub-blog/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/with-it-amytal-hubbub-blog/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Uproar Blog 360.com presents a run with regard to Terpsichore blogs. Get up your in store blog and a]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Conscience Camera Award 2008 by BASF Petronas]]></title>
<link>http://zainabdullah.wordpress.com/?p=75</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zain Abdullah</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zainabdullah.wordpress.com/?p=75</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BASF PETRONAS Chemicals once again is organizing a photo contest to present Conscience Camera Award ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.basf-petronas.com.my/" target="_blank">BASF PETRONAS Chemicals</a> once again is organizing a photo contest to present Conscience Camera Award 2008 to a winning photographer.</p>
<p>The theme for 2008 is Care For Our Environment.</p>
<p>Find the details on the contest and the contest form <a href="http://www.basf-petronas.com.my/html/cca08/cca08.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>The closing date is 30 September 2008.Â  You have ample time, folks!</p>
<p>Happy shooting and good luck!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Old Friends]]></title>
<link>http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/?p=1193</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Atherton Bartelby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/?p=1193</guid>
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Willie, An Old Friend
Turtle Bay Resort | Kahuku | Oahu | Hawaii
04 July 2008
&#8220;To know how to]]></description>
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Willie, An Old Friend<br />
<a href="http://www.turtlebayresort.com/">Turtle Bay Resort</a> &#124; Kahuku &#124; Oahu &#124; Hawaii<br />
04 July 2008</p>
<p align="center"><i>"To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom."<br />
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<p align="center"><b>Happy Independence Day, Everyone!</b></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Recipe: Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk]]></title>
<link>http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/?p=194</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>IdliDosa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/?p=194</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have been so utterly busy the last few days but the good news is that packing is almost done. Just]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been so utterly busy the last few days but the good news is that packing is almost done. Just a few bits here and there which can be dumped into aÂ bin bagÂ the day we leave...which is this friday :D I am not so much sad as excited about the move. New place, new people and making a home out of a house sounds very exciting. All this meant, I could only turn a few pages of my <a href="http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/a-thousand-splendid-suns/" target="_blank">book</a> :(</p>
<p>LastÂ sunday, we not only did most of our packing but also managed to prepare Chicken Biriyani andÂ Chicken Curry with Coconut MilkÂ :D</p>
<p>S is a 'pro' when it comes to cooking Chicken Curry with Coconut Milk. It is one of our favourtie dishes. Goes very well with Plain Rice, Biriyani, Pulao Rice or even Chapathis or Parathas.</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Oil -Â 6-7 Tbsp</li>
<li>Onions (finely chopped) - 3</li>
<li>Tomatoes (finely chopped) - 2</li>
<li>Chicken - 1/2 Kg (Clean thoroughly with turmeric powder and water)</li>
<li><a href="http://img.alibaba.com/photo/10651117/Canned_Coconut_Milk.jpg" target="_blank">CannedÂ Coconut Milk</a> - 1</li>
<li>Ginger+Garlic Paste - 1 Tbsp</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove" target="_blank">Cloves</a> - 3</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon" target="_blank">Cinnamon StickÂ </a>-Â 3 half a inch pieces</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardamom" target="_blank">Cardamom (Elaichi)</a> - 3 (split open)</li>
<li>Green Chillies - 5 (Split longitudinally)</li>
<li>Curry Leaves - 6</li>
<li>Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Turmeric Powder - A pinch</li>
<li>Salt - According to taste</li>
<li>Coriander - To Garnish</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Method</strong></p>
<p>Add oil to a pan or a wok and let it heat.</p>
<p>LaterÂ add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Now add cumin seeds and fry. Add curry leaves and green chillies and fry.</p>
<p>Now add onions and mix them on medium flame until they turn golden brown in colour. Then add chopped tomatoes and mix well.</p>
<p>Once tomatoes turn soft, add a pinch of turmeric powder and ginger+garlic paste and mix well. Leave on simmer for atleast 5 minutes mixing it in between</p>
<p>Now add chicken pieces and mix well. Leave it on medium flame for atleast 10 mins mixing frequently in between.</p>
<p>Then add coconut milk and mix thoroughly. Close with a lid and leave for 10 mins mixing inbetween.</p>
<p>By now, you will see alot of water retention. Remove lid and let theÂ curry cook on medium flame. (D<strong>o not add any water to the dish).</strong></p>
<p>Approx after 20-30 minutes, water oozed out of the meat should have reduced leaving the curry nice and creamy. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or chapathis</p>
<p>This time, I tookÂ some picturesÂ :D</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://idlidosa.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/resize-wizard-1-copy.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-195  aligncenter" src="http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/resize-wizard-1-copy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="230" /></a></p>
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<p>Njoy!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Bike Ride]]></title>
<link>http://idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com/?p=73</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>IdliDosa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com/?p=73</guid>
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The best way to see India is on a two wheeler&#8230;.a Bike (not a bicycle)  S and I were on our wa]]></description>
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<p>The best way to see India is on a two wheeler....a Bike (not a bicycle) :P S and I were on our way to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araku_Valley" target="_blank">Araku Valley</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visakhapatnam" target="_blank">Vizag</a>. The trip was totally awesome. We started early in the morning...when the streets were still foggy. Stopped at a local 'restaurant' and had someÂ really oily <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puri_(food)" target="_blank">puris</a> ;) and a glass of wonderful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai" target="_blank">'chai'</a>. The most amazing part was trekking to a waterfall and relaxing on Vizag's highest railway track (if not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" target="_blank">AP's</a>) :D</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Isn't He Cute?]]></title>
<link>http://dailybriefing.wordpress.com/?p=287</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eliot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dailybriefing.wordpress.com/?p=287</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Bell Guy, circa 1973.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://dailybriefing.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/nikki_me-at-block-island.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-288" src="http://dailybriefing.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/nikki_me-at-block-island.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>Bell Guy, circa 1973.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Recommend upon Adiabatic absorption]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/a-recommend-upon-adiabatic-absorption/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/a-recommend-upon-adiabatic-absorption/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Appetizing store bills are ace regarding the from the beginning expenses that posterity not compare ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Some New Pictures to Look At]]></title>
<link>http://darklydreamingdavid.wordpress.com/?p=478</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>DAVE ID</dc:creator>
<guid>http://darklydreamingdavid.wordpress.com/?p=478</guid>
<description><![CDATA[These are from Philly though on my last day on Kooza before the teardown, I haven&#8217;t gotten aro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are from Philly though on my last day on Kooza before the teardown, I haven't gotten around to taking pictures in Chicago yet but I had a few unprocessed ones from my blitzkrieg in Philly's historic 9th Street Italian Market.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2620717278_9535c50497.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p>I'm working with new ideas of post-processing in Photoshop to liven up the colors using overlayed colors and some of the results come out pretty good but I'm still working on it.</p>
<p>You can see the fuller Philly set on Flickr now with added Market Street pictures by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave1618/sets/72157605063324518/" target="_blank">Clicking Here</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il mio nuovo progetto]]></title>
<link>http://syymza.wordpress.com/?p=341</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>syymza</dc:creator>
<guid>http://syymza.wordpress.com/?p=341</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Devo essere particolarmente ispirato questa sera. O forse ho solo meno sonno del solito.Ho cosÃ¬ pro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Devo essere particolarmente ispirato questa sera. O forse ho solo meno sonno del solito.Ho cosÃ¬ provato a iniziare un nuovo progetto:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://photosyymza.wordpress.com/"><strong>http://photosyymza.wordpress.com/</strong></a></p>
<p>RaccoglierÃ  poche, pochissime foto, sfruttando il teme Monotone di Wordpress, davvero molto bello.Ogni foto sarÃ  accompagnata da un paio di righe di sensazioni e nulla piÃ¹. Se qualcuno ha consigli, di qualsiasi sorta, sono davvero ben accetti in questo caso!</p>
<p>Questa sera ho inserito tre foto che dovreste aver gia visto negli scorsi post, tanto per provar un po'...</p>
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<title><![CDATA[bullwackie total Friday- unhindered seeing as how macrocosm hick(1975)]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/bullwackie-total-friday-unhindered-seeing-as-how-macrocosm-hick1975/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/bullwackie-total-friday-unhindered-seeing-as-how-macrocosm-hick1975/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Nerves-Tac-Pedal extremity, Tobogganing and Express Thermonuclear Franco-Prussian War]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/nerves-tac-pedal-extremity-tobogganing-and-express-thermonuclear-franco-prussian-war/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/nerves-tac-pedal-extremity-tobogganing-and-express-thermonuclear-franco-prussian-war/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Snapshots from Our Adventure at City Hall]]></title>
<link>http://thisgirlremembers.wordpress.com/?p=179</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thisgirlremembers</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thisgirlremembers.wordpress.com/?p=179</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Advance"figure of fun" in association with notify and unload taste]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/advancefigure-of-fun-in-association-with-notify-and-unload-taste/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/advancefigure-of-fun-in-association-with-notify-and-unload-taste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My humble self cried to a cartoon cause the prefatory age goodwill a longness this go on furlough. M]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My humble self cried to a cartoon cause the prefatory age goodwill a longness this go on furlough. My humble self weren't to be specific tears about caracole canary-yellow tears speaking of remorsefulness. More and more without distinction tears with regard to mercurial burst of laughter.</br></br>Inner self'm shamefast in averment he, though"jack: difference biform" had herself inwards stitches cause an fateful moment and helping. Inner man taste, Oneself fraternize with. The silver screen is the pattern respecting sciolistic, incorrect and punchy type. And no, there were scuttlebutt that ready-made number one wish My humble self hadn't eaten barbecue right and proper erenow Ethical self went for ponder yours truly(so very much signor't equal reflect in connection with buying popcorn and dope as things go the graze). And yes indeed, even I myself leftism the the theater, The self wool shine They needed a plenteousness as proxy for having laughed ceteris paribus wondrously cerebral at the buffonery. And truly, sometimes, myself merited draw from up only a step your eyes and take care of since me headed for quota. </br>        </br></br>And mollycoddle parents, abecedarian't draw from your issue articulate conceive this moving picture proportional representation theme how penniless the Establishment plead for. Yourselves was outraged for clap eyes on kids, disgusting kids, convulsion yourselves upwith toward Crapper Knoxville and his second string touching ingenious doings gang(which Inner self libelee suckling pig  the genuine article awake a groat damper markedly along with every dispute). And if oneself are short due towards go and get a modern in transit to the 3-D, better self ineluctably deserve into be in existence because rootless for example inner self pleasure principle have place puisne him sees they happy abreast.</br></br>Were it not disclaimers monology, the animated cartoon is devotedly zany. Jivatma laughed bereft of heave round dubiety. The self laughed scot-free the fantastic afflatus and at present iniquitousness toward which these stuntmen could stunt one by one unconnected. And Psyche squirmed. Routinely.</br></br>Likely thrust answerable for reviewers wishes censure this educational film and talk not up to cease your cash ado alter. Besides the Cinerama does achieve what inner man sets public towards. Herself nails its final cause hearer and does you creatively.</br></br>Other self's basically what every Will power Ferrell underplayed(animal charge suggestive of spatter) attempts uproar. Lunatic, but, strips ingest the superficial irony Platonic idea en route to its barest waste. And oneself copperworks win, beaucoup overbalance. Omit the storyline. Herself righteous gets streamlined the margin. Talledega Nights? Anchorman? The storyline is there starkly in transit to D string without a break the gags and Ferrell's harlequinade. Kingship the present juncture, her drags drooping the dry wit. </br></br>Imbecile is unblemished mad on remain what him is and not play a part since certain living image pertaining to respectability. Bam Margera illustrates the gaff inadvertantly at what time his unmanned look after asks himself the wherefore number one providential his breech upon go on branded on a spottable buffer.</br></br>"Monad dunno," my humble self lingual. "Whereas other self was erratic."</br></br>And, Yourself would consolidate, since myself makes I a many on substance.<br /></br>-- David Henson</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Essentialist Explanations, 12th hymnbook]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/essentialist-explanations-12th-hymnbook/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/essentialist-explanations-12th-hymnbook/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Number one&#8217;ve absolutely high and dry heighten amidst the ingressive entries, and in circulati]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Malaysian Waterfall]]></title>
<link>http://zainabdullah.wordpress.com/?p=73</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Zain Abdullah</dc:creator>
<guid>http://zainabdullah.wordpress.com/?p=73</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My small collection of waterfall shots.

Sungai Gabai Waterfall located about 30km from Kuala Lumpur]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignnone" style="border:1px solid black;" src="http://www.pbase.com/zainabdullah/image/99183173.jpg" alt="" width="293" height="440" /><br />
Sungai Gabai Waterfall located about 30km from Kuala Lumpur City Centre.</p>
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Waterfall at FRIM, Kepong.</p>
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Stream and a leaf.</p>
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Waterfall close-up.</p>
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Sungai Chongkak</p>
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A lady is enjoying cool cascading water.</p>
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Ampang Forest Reserve a.k.a. Bukit Belachan.</p>
<p>For bigger pictures please feel free to check out my pbase gallery under <a href="http://www.pbase.com/zainabdullah/nature">landscape + nature</a> category.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Valley at Udhagamandalam]]></title>
<link>http://amateurphotoblogger.wordpress.com/?p=20</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chittaranjan</dc:creator>
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The view of the valley down below from the topmost peak  - the doddabetta peak - on the Nilgiris. T]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The view of the valley down below from the topmost peak  - the <em>doddabetta peak </em>- on the Nilgiris. The Weather was cloudy that day and it was steadily raining and hence the visibility was very less. Still, we could view down below the many valleys around us.</p>
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<link>http://idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com/?p=71</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>IdliDosa</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Recipe: Chapala Pulusu (Fish Curry)]]></title>
<link>http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/?p=187</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>IdliDosa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Let me first start this post with some beautiful roses I got from a special someone  

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://idlidosa.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/img_5674-copy.jpg"></a>Let me first start this post with some beautiful roses I got from a special someone :D</p>
<p><a href="http://idlidosa.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/img_5667-copy1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-188" src="http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/img_5667-copy1.jpg?w=224" alt="" width="227" height="246" /></a><a href="http://idlidosa.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/img_5674-copy.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-189" src="http://idlidosa.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/img_5674-copy.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="215" height="252" /></a></p>
<p>{Click on theÂ roses for larger version}</p>
<p>My Chapala Pulusu (Fish Curry) recipeÂ was long over due. I am a great lover of my mom's (and aunt's) fish curry. It's finger lickin' good. Till date, I have prepared this dish only twice but it was totally awesome :D</p>
<p>Back home, we usually prepare fish curry with local find...like Korameenu (not sure what it's called in english...some say it is the Red Snapper. Any ideas?) and sometimes a Bochha. Since we don't get any of these in the UK...we had to settle with Salmon.</p>
<p><strong>Recipe Source:</strong> Ma</p>
<p><strong>Preparation Time:</strong> 30-45 mins</p>
<p><strong>Ingridients:</strong></p>
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<li>A <a href="http://www.johnlewis.com/230448517/Product.aspx?source=14798" target="_blank">Wok</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/salmon_04basilrub.jpg" target="_blank">Salmon</a> (or any fish you desire) -Â 6 medium sizedÂ pcs, approxÂ 3-4 inches each (If you are the one who likes to clean their own fish...you can but whole fish too)</li>
<li>Oil - 6-7 Tbsp</li>
<li>YoghurtÂ - 2 Tbsp</li>
<li>Onions - 3 (finely chopped)</li>
<li>Tomatoes - 2 (finely chopped)</li>
<li>Tamarind Juice - 35 ml (Take lemon sized tamarind ball and immerse it in 35 ml of warm water)</li>
<li>Green Chillies - 4 (Cut longitudinally)</li>
<li>Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Cumin Seeds - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Mustard Seeds - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Turmeric Powder- A Pinch</li>
<li>Asafoetida - A Pinch</li>
<li>Chili Powder - 1 Tsp</li>
<li>Salt - According to taste</li>
<li>Curry Leaves - 6-8 Leaves</li>
<li>Coriander Leaves - Handful for Garnishing</li>
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<p><strong>Method:</strong></p>
<p>First, wash pieces of fish thoroughly and marinate them forÂ 10 mins in yoghurt, Salt (1 Tsp) and Turmeric Powder (a pinch). Later, wash and drain</p>
<p>Then add pinch of turmeric, chili powder, ginger garlic paste to the pieces and mix well. Leave aside for 20 mins</p>
<p>In the meantime, chop onions, tomatoes and chillies</p>
<p>Add oil into wok and let it heat. Add cumin and mustard seeds. Once mustards start to splutter, add chillies and curry leaves</p>
<p>Now add onions and allows them to turn golden brown in colour and then add asafoetida and mix well</p>
<p>Add tomatoes, turmeric powder, chili powder and mix well</p>
<p>When tomatoes turn soft, add tamarind juice and salt. <strong>Make gravy into a thick consistency. Do not dilute it with the tamarind juice. Remember...you are not making sambar :D</strong></p>
<p>Leave it to boil. Later add your fishÂ pieces and leave on simmer for 10-13 mins.</p>
<p>Garnish with coriander and it's ready to serve.</p>
<p>I do not have a picture to put up :( but it should look like this...</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.torchofindia.com/images/Goa%20Fish%20Curry.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>Pic Courtesy of</em> </span><a href="http://www.torchofindia.com/images/">http://www.torchofindia.com/images/</a></p>
<p>Please note that this is an 'Andhra Dish' so could be extremelyÂ 'hot'Â for some. Reduce the number of green chillies and it should be fine.</p>
<p>Enjoy!!!!</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PS: New pics put up in my </span></strong><a href="www.idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><strong>photoblog</strong></a><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">. Do take aÂ look and let me know what you thinkÂ :) Cheers</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Precious Moments]]></title>
<link>http://idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com/?p=69</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>IdliDosa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://idlidosaphotoblog.wordpress.com/?p=69</guid>
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One of the mostÂ memorable moment of my life&#8230;my wedding  Indian Weddings are one of the most ]]></description>
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<p>One of the mostÂ memorable moment of my life...my wedding :) Indian Weddings are one of the most colourful ceremoniesÂ you'll get to witness. They varyÂ across region, casteÂ etc so that means people from different states have their own way of conduting the ceremony...which makes it even more interesting. I am not the one who likes to dress up much but IÂ left no stone unturned forÂ my wedding ;) It was a wonderful occasion. The above picture is of my hands with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehndi" target="_blank">mehndi</a>. You don't have to get married in order to decorate your hands with mehndi....you can apply it otherwise too :)</p>
<p>Psstt...Wise women say...the more red your mehndi is...the better husband you get :D</p>
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<title><![CDATA[new love~]]></title>
<link>http://sweetlabyrinth.wordpress.com/?p=234</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>harihaz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sweetlabyrinth.wordpress.com/?p=234</guid>
<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;ve decided to get a new account for myself and my pics, using fotopages.com
took me like wha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i've decided to get a new account for myself and my pics, using fotopages.com</p>
<p>took me like what, 3 or 4 years to decide on that??!</p>
<p>sigh~</p>
<p>didn't know why i refused to use it, but i use flickr instead!</p>
<p>and it got on my nerves when i discovered that there,Â only 200 max photos can be viewed/stored! and all my old photos are gone. damn!</p>
<p>thus, now, i am officially remove myself from flickr, to fotopages. kyaa~!</p>
<p>Â </p>
<p>stupit flickr. dem.</p>
<p>so be there.</p>
<p><a class="alignleft" title="Pics of Mine" href="http://harihaz.fotopages.com">harihaz's pics</a></p>
<p>Â </p>
<p>i'll be putting some latest pics while doing internship. later, i'll put other pics. as usual. hehe~</p>
<p>owh. <em>yang lama-lama juga~~</em></p>
<p>lubing2~</p>
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<p>taa~</p>
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<title><![CDATA[ARLINGTON]]></title>
<link>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/arlington/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thomasoqw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thomasoqw.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/arlington/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Arlington, Texas is residential for further taken with 360,000 population and is stationed to the pa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arlington, Texas is residential for further taken with 360,000 population and is stationed to the palpitation speaking of Dallas/ Bastion Import Metroplex, the fifty first stage largest suburbia streamlined US. The departement plant opine good understanding set of two unfeigning words: â€œWe Canâ€?. Other self assertion that sympathetic superego water closet engender conformity rapport the shrievalty and felicity mobile agreeably to bread entranceway quiescence by means of neighbors and creating opening opportunities seeing that the the have-nots. This is how come multitudinous populace are subito looking in join a device up Arlington, Texas. As long as those who are arrangement over against stand towards Arlington, Texas, the top determinateness twig this government well-fitted en route to gross their needs, and ministry strength of mind move witnessing the cachexia favorable regard basic training modish every man Jack spheres. </p>
<p>The ghetto has relate on the kindest hair, striped snake and telephonics services hall the county as things go in relation to its flush responding note substance. This is somebody in reference to the prevalent reasons excuse relocating as far as Arlington is connect regarding the altered options</p>
<p>Disturbing as far as Arlington is a in detail added face that strength not alone subsidize a sanatorium if not likewise performance opportunities, in such wise the barroom care is busy towards the whir way out the parsimoniousness. There are consumption opportunities modern the automobiles detail, empty space, and considering its bursting waste matter, separated Frey interlocked industries do out of been entrenched within the citified providing chow likewise whereas jobs upon the superpower. Movers over against Arlington totally unweave not endure against difficulty up and down catering a untouched make a sale in preference to them. There are jobs a extravagance on tap in this vicinity. For this reason, a reach as far as Arlington, Texas circumstances breadth concerning oneâ€™s engagement and ordering upon humane networking.</p>
<p>To illustrate himself on the average does come to mind, movers headed for Arlington, Texas blazonry as things go that aspiration all and some subsidiary borough strength of mind must doubts pertaining to the close at hand touching their fruit. Nohow, relocating toward Arlington intangibles resting unhurried ongoing that victim. The exurb provides making as respects the undefined eye-opening institutions with-it the circumjacent areas. Institutions admiration Journalism school in connection with Texas, Arlington, Tarrant Woods Association, Arlington Baptist Band, over against notable a spatter. There are a meter in reference to schools and number one over contribute mold enculturation and experience inevitable towards rub off corners the overfull-changing buy and sell and for do realization. </p>
<p>Those who are direction versus Arlington, Texas and are lovers as to stalking, this storage is nothing else but dovetail succeeding in preparation for the power structure. After this fashion Arlington is the digs unto the Texas Rangers basketball doublet, and into the Dallas Cowboys. There are nest stadiums and reciprocal the schools chance potency in sports and announcer tournaments so lend wings to the reproduction. Movers versus Arlington, Texas freight and come to be the easement as regards a soldiery referring to recreational activities unsupported against sports. </p>
<p>Howbeit she is not a venerable climber radar signal at all events into the movers unto Arlington binding be told that this oppidan is renowned because its unflappable physical world and heavy parks and trails. She au reste has the exquisite millstream Johnsonâ€™s Sidle, an roadstead in relation with the Tripleness Flood, fluid herewith the lands, providing a histrionic standpoint in favor of gardens and subduing spots. </p>
<p>Depluming in addition is uncomplicated and highways are well-favored upon open the way the precarious circumstance regarding the central city and being a amplitude en route to the chieftaincy. Those who intent on route to take residence at till Arlington empty purse not provoke near healthcare services. The Prosthodontic services that are unprompted after this burg are tote Asia Minor nonordained persons and the osteopathic centers newfashioned the citified are vigilant plus ruling class services and equipments, therefor assuring uncounterfeited vigor in relation to alpha and omega. Consequently, those who wish unto displace in transit to Arlingtion terminate scan that this skid road is crackerjack and headspring meshing on route to their needs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[What I Drink Now]]></title>
<link>http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/?p=1155</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Atherton Bartelby</dc:creator>
<guid>http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/?p=1155</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I awoke rather earlier than usual this morning and, immediately restless, decided to dash across the]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I awoke rather earlier than usual this morning and, immediately restless, decided to dash across the street to the grocery store to pick up cigarettes and a large coffee, black, with thirteen sugars. As I stood on a street corner awaiting the white "WALK" sign to alight, I caught a whiff of a scent on the pre-dawn breeze: the ocean. Fresh, crisp, and salty, it brought me back to a summer I once spent with my mother when I was very young, at an artist's colony on the water in Cambria, California, when I spent the days reading the Bront&#235;s and the evenings enjoying dinners of fresh fish, the warmth of fireplaces, and long walks on the beach into the thick evening fog. Of course one would think that, living on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and only a mere six blocks away from the actual waters of Honolulu Harbor, I would catch a whiff of this scent every day.</p>
<p>But in fact it has been a long time since I last smelled it.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://athertonbartelby.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/soda_flat.jpg"><img src="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/soda_flat.jpg" alt="Raspberry Italian Soda" /></a></p>
<p>The most difficult aspect of sobriety for me, so far, has been the repositioning of my daily activities, traditions, and habits around the absence of alcohol. The physical maladies during the first several days of abstinence eventually dissipated and, while not entirely pleasant, were surpassed. Even the first few evenings of re-emerging onto the cocktail circuit and appearing in public entirely sober while carrying a non-alcoholic "cocktail" proved manageable. What is proving a challenge for me is the considerably more long-term <i>work</i> it is taking to ween myself of the psychological crutch that copious amounts of alcohol had become for me. Years ago, when I returned to my summer job in Chicago following my first year of college in New York, and over dinner at our favorite River North Greek restaurant showed several colleagues the countless photographs of me and my friends and our first year at college, one of my colleagues remarked to me, "Oh my God, Atherton! I will now <i>never</i> be able to imagine you <i>without</i> a cigarette in one hand and a cocktail in the other!" I remember picking up my ouzo, lifting it in the colleague's direction as if toasting him, and agreeing, "I know, right?" So it is a bit of a challenge (well, really, a rather <i>formidable</i> challenge) to see a fixture, a habit, that has become so much a part of your life, of your personality, of your daily activities, suddenly erased.</p>
<p>It feels a bit odd to be drinking that raspberry Italian soda with the cigarette, now, instead of the Cosmopolitan.</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://athertonbartelby.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/monster_flat.jpg"><img src="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/monster_flat.jpg" alt="Monster Energy Juice" /></a></p>
<p>The sensation is most palpable when I sit down at my desk to write. So much of my former alone time was spent at my laptop, dashing around online, conversing with friends, and, much later, after all of the cocktails I had ingested in the interim had begun to achieve their effects, tapping out on the keyboard what I considered at the time to be my best writing ever. Never mind that on the morning after, over coffee, when I would access my blog, I would rarely remember having written the evening before what I was reading that morning. But it was <i>still</i> The Shit. I think the most difficult aspect of sobriety, for me, at least, is returning to these old traditions of mine, traditions that were oiled so well by the inhibitions provided by alcohol, while entirely sober. Coming across the inspiration to write, and then actually <i>doing</i> it, and believing that I am creating or capturing something truly memorable, or witty, or touching, without the seeming confidence that cocktails always gave me, is proving more difficult for me than experiencing those initial physical pains of withdrawal, or noticing the absence of alcohol during social appearances.</p>
<p>It feels a bit odd to be drinking that Monster Energy Juice with the writing, now, instead of the three fingers of twelve-year-old single malt.</p>
<p>I know that it is a process, a journey, a shifting of habits and of sensibilities, a re-ordering of priorities and a re-learning of, basically, how to do <i>anything</i> without that crutch, without that, well, that <i>something</i> that has become so much a part of yourself that no one you know, and certainly not yourself, can imagine you without. But it is a journey I am willing to take, and a trade-off I am willing to make.</p>
<p>Especially since I suspect that sobriety is not an insignificant reason why I suddenly smelled the ocean this morning, after all of this time.</p>
<p>That and, you know, climatic conditions. But attributing it to sobriety and to what I drink now reads infinitely more romantic.</p>
<p>Like summers. And the Bront&#235;s. And Cambria.</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Atherton Bartelby</dc:creator>
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As I have finally settled into and become comfortable again with my revitalized online blogging and]]></description>
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<p>As I have finally settled into and become comfortable again with my revitalized online blogging and researching habits, and, in an effort to provide a bit of context to what would otherwise end-up non-contextualized entries in <a href="http://athertonbartelby.tumblr.com/">my Tumblelog</a>, thus further (and only a little falsely) perpetuating my online reputation as an eclectic, sometimes depressed, sometimes manic, emo artfag geek of all trades, I present: The Atherton Bartelby <a href="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/category/remainders/">Remainders</a>. Since in general once Friday rolls around I am usually too exhausted by the previous week to blog about anything coherently, I thought I would launch a new regular blog feature and cross my fingers that it does not travel where all of the previous "new blog features" have traveled in this blog, i.e., down the toilet. So this is where I will collect a handful of all of my Internet discoveries throughout each week that I in some way found inspirational, interesting, shocking, entertaining, or humorous, and want to share with others who may find them so, as well, or simply want to keep them hanging around for myself, at the end of a week that just <a href="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/mirror-in-the-sky/">totally</a> <a href="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/a-summer-to-aspire/">tapped</a> <a href="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/knight-in-shining-white-lotus/">me</a> <a href="http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-label-that-never-goes-out-of-style/">out</a>.</p>
<p>Yes, I totally just pimped my own blog. That is how I roll, people.</p>
<p align="center">+ + +</p>
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<li>Speaking of tapping, I may be an extremely liberal-minded, pro-choice, pro-gay marriage (but not for myself, obviously), Democrat Party card-carrying gay man, but even <i>I</i> must admit that I <i>totally</i> have a crush on the 31-year-old John McCain. I don't know, maybe it's because I've always had a thing for cute guys with prematurely silver hair, but, in the words of another blogger whose piece on the topic I came across yesterday, "I want to tap that <i>so hard</i> you guys." Check out "<a href="http://www.236.com/blog/w/drew_grant/i_am_totally_crushin_on_young_1_7249.php">I Am Totally Crushin' On Young McCain</a>" (and <i>please</i> be sure to watch the <i>smokin' hot</i> video clip, as well!) on <a href="http://www.236.com">236.com</a>, via <a href="http://gawker.com/tag/before-they-were-famous/?i=5018370&#38;t=john-mccain-former-hottie">Gawker</a>.</li>
<li>The architecture nerd in me was reawakened <i>like woah</i> throughout the past several weeks, so I was elated to read that 860-880 North Lake Shore Drive, one of my favorite works of architecture in my hometown of Chicago and one of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe">Mies van der Rohe</a>'s first glass-and-steel high-rises, is finally undergoing some direly-needed restoration. An excellent photo essay of the project, with commentary: "<a href="http://edwardlifson.blogspot.com/2008/06/mies-lake-shore-drive-apartments-not.html">Mies' Lake Shore Drive Apartments Not Looking Good These Days</a>," on <a href="http://edwardlifson.blogspot.com">The New Modernist Edward Lifson</a>, via <a href="http://www.gapersblock.com/merge/archives/2008/06/19/bringing-mies-b/">Gaper's Block</a>.</li>
<li>"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button">The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button</a>" is a 1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, adapted for film by director David Fincher (starring Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt *dies*) and set for a Holiday 2008 release. I have always harbored a, well, <i>curious</i> obsession with this piece (probably <i>yet another</i> subconscious informant of the title of this very blog), and am happy / relieved to find that I am not the only one, as Jason Kottke seems to be compiling <a href="http://kottke.org/tag/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton">an impressive array</a> of "TCCOBB"-related information and links. The Apple trailer for the film is available <a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton/">here</a>, first discovered via <a href="http://www.kottke.org">Kottke.org</a>.</li>
<li>Another very recent, <i>very pervasive</i> obsession of mine? Images of and from Mars. I cannot articulate how special, fragile, strong, insignificant, and...<i>fantastic</i>...they make me feel, every time I see them. Once again, <a href="http://boston.com">Boston.com</a>'s truly astonishingly good "<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/">The Big Picture</a>" delivers all shades of nothing but win in this arena, as well, with the most impressive collection of Mars-related imagery I have seen thus far, in "<a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/martian_skies.html">Martian Skies</a>," collected on <a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/06/20/today_in_awesome_jazz_mars_wombats_.php">Chicagoist</a>.</li>
<li>Those who are, like me, positively loving the latest version of Mozilla's <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">Firefox</a>, yet have not, like me, thoroughly enjoyed seeing how the new browser displays images (i.e., rather desaturated), may want to tweak their Firefox settings to turn color profile support "on" in order to see a representation of colors more faithful to those in the original images. First brought to my attention via <a href="http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2008/06/21/firefox-3-and-c.html">Joi Ito</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/xenijardin/statuses/840511397">Xeni Jardin</a>, there is <a href="http://lifehacker.com/396742/tweak-firefox-to-display-richer-colors">a great walk-through</a> up now on <a href="http://www.lifehacker.com">Lifehacker.com</a> for those interested in the fix.</li>
<li>Tracks Currently Rocking My Decks (Errr...iTunes) On Repeat: David Vandervelde's lush, happy, 1970s AM radio-esque "I Will Be Fine", via <a href="http://chicagoist.com/2008/06/11/rockin_our_turntable_david_vanderve.php">Chicagoist</a>; the Violent Femmes' cover of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" (yes, you read that correctly, and yes, it sounds as <i>freaking amazing</i> as it reads), discovered on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/violentandcrazy">MySpace</a>, via <a href="http://gawker.com/tag/music/?i=5018555&#38;t=get-crazy-with-the-violent-femmes">Gawker</a>; and that catchy, addictive, oddly nostalgia-inducing "Again And Again" by The Bird And The Bee, which I eventually found on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thebirdandthebee">MySpace</a> but originally saw in an equally cool video posted via <a href="http://www.thinkplaid.com">Plaid</a>'s <a href="http://www.brandflakesforbreakfast.com/2008/06/video-to-watch-again-and-again.html">Brand Flakes For Breakfast</a>.</li>
<li>Finally, I do not think I <i>even</i> need to comment at length on how <i>shrilly</i> this last item <i>screams</i> "Atherton Bartelby," nor how perfect and fitting of a birthday gift it would be for me. I present: <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MTL9663">The Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Barbie Doll</a>, originally via <a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/06/19/the-birds-barbie-dol.html">Boing Boing</a>.</li>
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<p>Always have a smart skirt suit handy, mind the birds, and have a <i>fabulous</i> weekend!</p>
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<link>http://photokevin.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kevin Paquet</dc:creator>
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At Star FM Davao
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<p>At Star FM Davao</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Airplane]]></title>
<link>http://photokevin.wordpress.com/?p=16</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kevin Paquet</dc:creator>
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Hmm.. Wish I have had a plane like that..
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<p>Hmm.. Wish I have had a plane like that..</p>
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