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Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near
Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:
Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! If I had your boat with that cabin, I sure wouldn't let 27.9F keep me off the water. Someone caught the hell out 'em down by Parker's Creek yesterday or day before. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD |
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JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! If I had your boat with that cabin, I sure wouldn't let 27.9F keep me off the water. Someone caught the hell out 'em down by Parker's Creek yesterday or day before. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Well, you do have to crawl out of the cabin to fish. And then there is the joy of washing the boat off afterwards. One or two more nice days and this fishing/boating season will be over for me, at least up here. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! If I had your boat with that cabin, I sure wouldn't let 27.9F keep me off the water. Someone caught the hell out 'em down by Parker's Creek yesterday or day before. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Nice seas. This is the opening weekend for Dungeness crab for the sport fisherman. Yesterday was worse. PZZ550-570-092300- POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT OUT TO 20 NM- POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 900 AM PST SUN NOV 9 2003 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS TODAY SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 7 TO 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TONIGHT SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 8 TO 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. MON E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MON NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. VETERANS DAY N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. WED N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT. THU NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT. |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 -0500, Harry Krause wrote: Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! If I had your boat with that cabin, I sure wouldn't let 27.9F keep me off the water. Someone caught the hell out 'em down by Parker's Creek yesterday or day before. John On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD Nice seas. This is the opening weekend for Dungeness crab for the sport fisherman. Yesterday was worse. PZZ550-570-092300- POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT OUT TO 20 NM- POINT ARENA TO PIGEON POINT 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 900 AM PST SUN NOV 9 2003 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS TODAY SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 7 TO 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TONIGHT SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 8 TO 10 FT AT 11 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. MON E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 7 TO 9 FT AT 10 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MON NIGHT NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. VETERANS DAY N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. WED N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT. THU NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT. NW SWELL 5 TO 7 FT. Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ...surely not crabpots. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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Blowing like the hammers of Hell here today.
Suppose to drop all the way into the punishing and brutal 60's tonight, too. I'm going to just have to "tough it out": http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_pag...?station=SAUF1 Good beer drinking hiccup and, football watching weather. -- SJM Harry Krause wrote in message ... Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! |
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Scott McFadden wrote:
Blowing like the hammers of Hell here today. Suppose to drop all the way into the punishing and brutal 60's tonight, too. I'm going to just have to "tough it out": http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_pag...?station=SAUF1 Good beer drinking hiccup and, football watching weather. -- SJM Harry Krause wrote in message ... Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! I used to check that "buoy" a lot when I lived up the ICW a bit. I once asked why NOAA didn't drop a temp transducer into the water there, but I never got a real answer. Some of the best inshore sal****er fishing in the United States is within five miles of that weather station. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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"jps" wrote in message ... In article , says... Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ...surely not crabpots. On the off chance you're serious, the litte buggers can actually be reeled in...using a stinky piece of chicken or other bait tied to a line. They're so stubborn "they won't let go to save their lives." You can only do this in shallow water since you have to be able to see them to dangle the bait. Otherwise it's a crabpot. Even crabs have their seasons. I have Danielsen crabpots. But they do catch them with a reel and rod. Is a little bait box with snare loops off the pot. Cast out, let set, reel in. Biggest crab I ever caught was surf fishng and the bugger hung on lone enough to be dinner. Bill |
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Lighting and 1/4" hail today. Did go buy a new trolling motor battery. One
had a dead cell. About 4 months out of 36 month warrantee. Bill "jps" wrote in message ... In article , says... Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ...surely not crabpots. On the off chance you're serious, the litte buggers can actually be reeled in...using a stinky piece of chicken or other bait tied to a line. They're so stubborn "they won't let go to save their lives." You can only do this in shallow water since you have to be able to see them to dangle the bait. Otherwise it's a crabpot. Even crabs have their seasons. |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"jps" wrote in message ... In article , says... Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ...surely not crabpots. On the off chance you're serious, the litte buggers can actually be reeled in...using a stinky piece of chicken or other bait tied to a line. They're so stubborn "they won't let go to save their lives." You can only do this in shallow water since you have to be able to see them to dangle the bait. Otherwise it's a crabpot. Even crabs have their seasons. I have Danielsen crabpots. But they do catch them with a reel and rod. Is a little bait box with snare loops off the pot. Cast out, let set, reel in. Biggest crab I ever caught was surf fishng and the bugger hung on lone enough to be dinner. Bill Well, I'll have to try that sometime. We used to go snorkle-diving for lobsters during "mini-season" in south Florida, but the water was warm, visibility was good and the lobsters didn't have any claws. Apparently a lot of guys went out fishing today in the Bay, and some of them did quite well. Too cold for me to go fishing. -- Email sent to is never read. |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:01:27 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote: Did go buy a new trolling motor battery. One had a dead cell. About 4 months out of 36 month warrantee. ================================================== = Actually, that doesn't sound too bad for a battery in heavy deep-discharge service. Any idea how many discharge-recharge cycles it survived? |
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: "jps" wrote in message ... In article , says... Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ....surely not crabpots. On the off chance you're serious, the litte buggers can actually be reeled in...using a stinky piece of chicken or other bait tied to a line. They're so stubborn "they won't let go to save their lives." You can only do this in shallow water since you have to be able to see them to dangle the bait. Otherwise it's a crabpot. Even crabs have their seasons. I have Danielsen crabpots. But they do catch them with a reel and rod. Is a little bait box with snare loops off the pot. Cast out, let set, reel in. Biggest crab I ever caught was surf fishng and the bugger hung on lone enough to be dinner. Bill Well, I'll have to try that sometime. We used to go snorkle-diving for lobsters during "mini-season" in south Florida, but the water was warm, visibility was good and the lobsters didn't have any claws. Apparently a lot of guys went out fishing today in the Bay, and some of them did quite well. Too cold for me to go fishing. -- Email sent to is never read. Going to SoCal on Wed. Will do some hooping then. Hoop nets for lobster. Bill |
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Not that many cycles. I probably use the trolling motor 4-5 weekends a
year. Bill "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:01:27 GMT, "Calif Bill" wrote: Did go buy a new trolling motor battery. One had a dead cell. About 4 months out of 36 month warrantee. ================================================== = Actually, that doesn't sound too bad for a battery in heavy deep-discharge service. Any idea how many discharge-recharge cycles it survived? |
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message nk.net...
Not that many cycles. I probably use the trolling motor 4-5 weekends a year. Bill "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:01:27 GMT, "Calif Bill" wrote: Did go buy a new trolling motor battery. One had a dead cell. About 4 months out of 36 month warrantee. ================================================== = hello i like boating very much. it's a great fun. I enjoy boating spacialy in summer. this is my second posting message Actually, that doesn't sound too bad for a battery in heavy deep-discharge service. Any idea how many discharge-recharge cycles it survived? |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 16:25:13 +0000, jps wrote:
In article , says... Never been fishing for dungeness crabs. Rod & reel, flyrod or ...surely not crabpots. On the off chance you're serious, the litte buggers can actually be reeled in...using a stinky piece of chicken or other bait tied to a line. They're so stubborn "they won't let go to save their lives." You can only do this in shallow water since you have to be able to see them to dangle the bait. In Canada, that's illegal. Saw some natives do it (laws, esp. fishing laws, don't apply to them). The crabs would let go just before breaking the surface, so they used a long-handled net to scoop them in. There were also snares for sale for awhile before it was pointed out that that is illegal too. But my Lady loves "fishing" for crabs with a crabtrap - we usually toss one out whenever we're overnighting in a bay, and usually get some: either dungeness or redrock, which are smaller but very tasty! Lloyd Sumpter |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 +0000, Harry Krause wrote:
Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! Well, it's been below freezing overnight all last week (-2 to -4 C) but beautiful and sunny, with outflows not as bad as you'd think. Still, not exactly good boating weather. Supposed to get warm and wet this week... 15 C and a 12-knot wind? Sounds like great sailing weather to me! (OK, I'm a wimp: I'd have the heater running...) Lloyd Sumpter "Far Cove" Catalina 36 |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:11:33 +0000, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 +0000, Harry Krause wrote: Weather conditions at 10 AM today at the Thomas Point lighthouse, near Annapolis: Conditions at TPLM2 as of (10:00 am EST) 1500 GMT on 11/09/2003: Wind Direction (WDIR): NNE ( 20 deg true ) Wind Speed (WSPD): 11 kts Wind Gust (GST): 12 kts Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 30.75 in Pressure Tendency (PTDY): +0.04 in ( Rising ) Air Temperature (ATMP): 36.3 °F Water Temperature (WTMP): 56.3 °F Dew Point (DEWP): 20.8 °F Wind Chill (CHILL): 27.9 °F Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! Well, it's been below freezing overnight all last week (-2 to -4 C) but beautiful and sunny, with outflows not as bad as you'd think. Still, not exactly good boating weather. Supposed to get warm and wet this week... 15 C and a 12-knot wind? Sounds like great sailing weather to me! (OK, I'm a wimp: I'd have the heater running...) Lloyd Sumpter "Far Cove" Catalina 36 Oops - didn't read it right: air temp is around 0 C ?? Eat yer heart out, Harry: http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/marine...e_e.html?46146 Lloyd |
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On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 10:24:30 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote: Heck, if I wanted to enjoy summer weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, I'd move out where Chuckster lives... Wind chill of 27.9F Blech! Blech heck, that was the still air temperature when I left Seattle for your neighborhood the other day. Am enjoying the nice weather in Easton/St Michaels area. Hope it warms up in Seattle before I get back. Rick |
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:10:03 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote: Not that many cycles. I probably use the trolling motor 4-5 weekends a year. ================================================== = That's not many cycles at all. There's a couple of things that will extend life if you're not doing them already. Probably most important is to avoid discharging more than 50% if at all possible. The 50% level corresponds to about 11 volts under load, and it should bounce back to about 11.2 or 11.3 in a short time under no load. Next, is to always recharge promptly, preferably with a good quality 3 stage charger which can recharge to 100% without cooking the batt. Last but not least, consider using a couple of 6 volt golf cart batts wired in series (assuming a 12v trolling motor). Golf cart batts are cheap, have as much capacity as an 8D, and will take a LOT of deep charge/recharge cycles. They are rated for about 400 cycles if not discharged much past 50%. |
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It's a 24V troller. I think the moving in and out of the boat bounces them
enough to short a cell at times. When I raced cars in the 60's and early 70's, the batteries did not last a very long time. We all ran Sears Diehards as they were warranted for life at one time. Bill "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 07:10:03 GMT, "Calif Bill" wrote: Not that many cycles. I probably use the trolling motor 4-5 weekends a year. ================================================== = That's not many cycles at all. There's a couple of things that will extend life if you're not doing them already. Probably most important is to avoid discharging more than 50% if at all possible. The 50% level corresponds to about 11 volts under load, and it should bounce back to about 11.2 or 11.3 in a short time under no load. Next, is to always recharge promptly, preferably with a good quality 3 stage charger which can recharge to 100% without cooking the batt. Last but not least, consider using a couple of 6 volt golf cart batts wired in series (assuming a 12v trolling motor). Golf cart batts are cheap, have as much capacity as an 8D, and will take a LOT of deep charge/recharge cycles. They are rated for about 400 cycles if not discharged much past 50%. |
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:16:59 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote: It's a 24V troller. I think the moving in and out of the boat bounces them enough to short a cell at times. When I raced cars in the 60's and early 70's, the batteries did not last a very long time. We all ran Sears Diehards as they were warranted for life at one time. Bill ================================================== = You'd need 4 golf cart batts for a 24v system of course, but I think you'd be impressed with their durability. They have very thick plates and are built for exactly the type of deep discharge service that you see with a trolling motor. |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:16:59 GMT, "Calif Bill" wrote: It's a 24V troller. I think the moving in and out of the boat bounces them enough to short a cell at times. When I raced cars in the 60's and early 70's, the batteries did not last a very long time. We all ran Sears Diehards as they were warranted for life at one time. Bill ================================================== = You'd need 4 golf cart batts for a 24v system of course, but I think you'd be impressed with their durability. They have very thick plates and are built for exactly the type of deep discharge service that you see with a trolling motor. But I have to remove the batteries for charging as I store my boat at a place with no electricity. The 2 group 27's do the job, and 3 years and $60 is acceptable. |
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