Seeking Experts to Work on Extrusion Projects

May 25, 2012 By 1 Comment

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▪   To engage in phone consults with experts for primary market research or to get challenging business or technical questions answered
▪   To source consultants or vendors for projects
▪   To identify candidates for full-time employment

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Zintro currently has numerous open projects related to Extrusion.  A few of these projects are included below.  Click on the links below to see more detail about the projects

A SMALL SAMPLE OF ACTIVE  PROJECTS:

Film Extrusion

Manufacturing facility is seeking Manufacturing Process Engineer to support manufacturing operations. Position will report to Engineering Director, Protective Packaging – with strong dotted line to Plant Manager Main responsibilities: support polymer extrusion processes, converting processes, and other regional process engineering needs. Support new equipment qualifications, continuous improvement activities, resin formulations development, and development / implementation training programs. Drive key performance metrics (i.e.: rate, yield, etc.) improvement by leading step change and continuous process improvement projects. Implement lean manufacturing techniques and Six Sigma methodologies Process support, including methodical troubleshooting in matrix environment QUALIFICATIONS: Solid experience in, and understanding of extrusion manufacturing, previous blown film experience a must Engineering degree required, Chemical Lpolvmer background preferred. Lean and/or Six Sigma certification, Black Belt certification a plus High potential for future leadership roles, previous management experience a plus Ability to train and coach others Strong organizational abilities including summarizing and presenting data Change management skills and application Self-starter to independently set and execute priorities Customer centric, quality “built-in” approach
Penchant for creativity as well as continuous improvement Meticulous attention to detailReply with a znote. If not for you, please do feel welcome to suggest candidates you see in this role…more

Carbon Block

Looking to speak with a Carbon block process engineer preferably one with extrusion experience.Typical question for which I am looking for answers are:When manufacturing the carbon block by the Extrusion method:a. Type and the ratio of the activated carbon used (ex: Jacobi 80 x 325)b. Type of the polymer used and the particle size (ex: HDPE – FN500)c. Standards and the speed of the extruder (ex: Screw L:D = 36:1, Extrusion speed 100mm/min, heating temperature, form of heating interval, etc)….more

Polypropylene

Technical consulting job. Our need is a person that has in depth knowledge of various PP formulations that are Designed for specific melt floe indexes and are used for high speed extrusion manufacture….more

Extruded Plastics

We are looking to extrude Acetal tube aprox: 2.1 x 1.6″ diameter. We are profile experts but new to the tube extrusions.What size die would we need to start with? currently we have a 2.5″ with sizers at 2.05″ We have a vacuum tank with water for cooling .I really need to get a baseline to get this job done…more

Consumer Electronics Service

I am looking for an expert for consumer electronic wire manufacturing and cable extrusion equipment & process….more

Metallurgical Engineering

I am looking for a consultant who is a expert with aluminum attaching components. We are a small aluminum extrusion company and we have had a customer return a product used on metal roofs. In this case it is a clip that slides on to another fixture. But in some cased during installation they are hammering on the clip. Our hypothesis is that this is changing the tolerance, resulting in failure of the product in the field. It is often blown off due to high winds…..more

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Drones: The “Now” Thing in Tech

May 24, 2012 By 2 Comments

    By Maureen Aylward

Drones for pizza delivery, drones used in war. Obviously, the technology is evolving and we wanted to know more about it. Zintro experts provide an overview, insights, and info on drones.

James Heires, an expert aircraft avionics, says that drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are the “now” thing in tech, especially as they pertain to military operations. “Drones are appealing to the military because the technology can do some jobs that humans are unable to do, like move through a toxic gas cloud without protective gear. Drones remove risk, as pilots are sometimes halfway around the world operating the drone. And, they are relatively cheap.” explains Heires. “Many tasks can be achieved with drones. In the air, drones can stay aloft for days doing reconnaissance, targeting or even firing on enemy positions or suspects. They can fly into areas off-limits to piloted aircraft (like Pakistan). On the ground, drones can assist infantry to see around corners or see through smoke or other obstructions with properly fitted sensors. Ground drones can also perform recon, enemy firing, mapping, or mine detection.”

Heires says that there are roadblocks facing UAV buyers and makers. “As UAVs become more sophisticated and relied upon, they are getting larger and this can pose a risk to other aircraft or vehicles. This means that drones need tech such as automatic flight controls, transponders, and ‘limp home’ technologies to keep them out of enemy hands,” he explains. “Because some drones carry weapons, safety is increasingly important. This brings new challenges to engineers because the systems that perform these duties on regular vehicles need to be tailored to fit the size, shape, power, cooling, and cost of drones.”

Jonathan Oaks, an expert in aviation management, says the simple reason why drones are appealing is monetary. “As with other technologies, the draw is maintaining and reducing payroll costs, the major cost factor for any business venture,” he says. “Take out the human pilots and costs are immediately and dramatically reduced.”

Oaks considers another factor: reliability. “With modern computing, drones are reliable instruments. This is due in part to redundancies built into the UAVs that are necessary to assure safety of the system since drones must share the same airspace as all other aircraft,” he says.

And drones may be used on more mundane tasks, moving humans to higher-order activities. “We may see mundane task like air cargo flights over long distances completed by machine. Since boredom won’t set in with a UAV, the safety of the flight may be enhanced as long as humans remain in charge of and aware of the UAV flight envelope. FedEx has recently mentioned the possibility of utilizing UAVs to move cargo,” notes Oaks.

Roadblocks to this technology include funding. “It takes a lot of cash to bring something as complex as UAVs to fruition. Additionally, the FAA must be able to insert UAVs with the utmost assurance of safety. So reliability, redundancy, training of air traffic controllers, and implementation of drones into an already crowded airspace, on top of implementing NextGen systems, will require careful scrutiny and study to make drones a normal part of our nation’s airspace,” says Oaks.

Alan Jupp, an aircraft maintenance consultant, thinks that drones are gaining an increasing foothold in aviation and not just in the military. “Boarder patrol, surveillance generally, fire fighting and search are good examples of how drones are used,” says Jupp. “The cost per flight hour can be many times less than conventional aircraft, the obvious cost saving is on human operation. Technical role equipment can be as simple as a good onboard camera with satellite uplinks to any system normally operated in conventional aircraft. The big issues are how drones share airspace with conventional aircraft.”

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Success Story- Ed Pettersen

May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

“I’m glad to be a member of Zintro.”   Ed Pettersen.

Ed Pettersen is an experienced store design/visual merchandising professional who creates immersive, entertaining,   and innovative retail spaces. He recently helped a foreign manufacturer of plastic extrusions develop a strategy for entering the US market with various products for retail. Having designed and purchased fixtures for some of America’s largest companies throughout his career, Pettersen had the experience to fit the needs and requirements for the client. “Zintro is a true win for the client and the expert. I was able to provide this client valuable insights into what they needed to look for and the specific niches they should be looking into to fill with their assortment,” says Pettersen. “At the end of the consult, they seemed very satisfied and it allowed me to extend the reach of my consultation practice. I’m glad to be a member of Zintro.”

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More on the business and mindfulness connection

May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment


By Maureen Aylward

The Wall Street Journal reports that business schools are interested in how mindfulness as a technique can be used in business and education. Taking a look at business culture, we asked our Zintro experts of comment on how a mindfulness approach can impact business.

Tom Clark, an expert in mindfulness-based leadership development, says that the schools that are teaching and applying mindfulness and mindfulness-based stress reduction are medical schools. “There are currently over 200 medical schools and university hospitals in the US teaching mindfulness to practitioners and individuals, but the primary audience are medical, healthcare, mental health, and education professionals who are taking professional development courses,” he says. “As a leadership development and executive coach, I find that mindfulness is not accepted by executives or graduates from the major business schools unless it is disguised. However, neurological research over the last 15 years is proving that mindfulness has a profound and lasting impact on the brain and it develops attention, awareness, focus, empathy, equanimity, higher resilience, greater contextual thinking, and creative assimilation, which are all core attributes to the successful executive.” Clark thinks that at some point business schools need to start including mindfulness in the curriculum.

Shelly Somerville, an executive coach, says that she refers to mindfulness as process awareness interventions in her action-learning workshops for top executives and boards. “I help executives gain clarity on their common vision, mission, goals, and strategies, but also on getting greater personal and group awareness around what works and what doesn’t,” she explains. “The benefits of combining strategic thinking with mindfulness can lead to leadership behavior that is truly aligned with strategy.” Using this approach, says Somerville, can bring together constituencies with very different agendas and beliefs, where they can find common ground and sustain a shared vision and it’s realization beyond the strategy retreat.

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Seeking Experts To Work on Medicare Projects

May 18, 2012 By 1 Comment

Zintro  is a “Search and Connect Engine” that makes it easy for clients (expert-seekers) to find and connect with experts for projects (ranging from one half hour phone consults to multi-month on-site engagements). Some of the uses include:

▪   To engage in phone consults with experts for primary market research or to get challenging business or technical questions answered
▪   To source consultants or vendors for projects
▪   To identify candidates for full-time employment

Zintro has over 40,000 experts (browse) across every single industry sector. These experts have opted-in to receive system-matched inquiries from our almost 15,000 clients. Over 1,000 inquiries come in every month.

Zintro currently has numerous open projects related to Medicare.  A few of these projects are included below.  Click on the links below to see more detail about the projects

A SMALL SAMPLE OF ACTIVE  PROJECTS:

Medicare Eligibility And Coverage
I am looking for an expert for the best medicare coverage, medical, prescription, dental coverage. Please contact me through zNote….more

Medicare
I am looking for an expert for application to Medicare including financial limits and general information….more 

Wellpoint
Our goal is to identify the WellPoint reimbursement rates for each drug code. We have the Medicare rates off of the CMS website and are attempting to get the same data from WellPoint (even if it is a range)…more

Medical Coding
EMS Billing Coder,Medicare Indiana,Transport Codes, Primary and Secondary…more

Medicare,Minnesota
I am looking for an expert for minnesota-based Medicare reimbursement consultant…more

Medicare
We are looking to interview Medicare Experts. You must have thorough knowledge of Medicare policy…more

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Workplace fashion: What’s in and what’s out – Part 1

May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment


    By Maureen Aylward

Our Zintro experts love to talk fashion – and fashion in the workplace is changing. We turned to our experts to learn about new trends and to find out if casual Fridays are a thing of the past.

Supriya Ghurye, a freelance fashion designer, tells us that casual Fridays or Friday dressing started as a trend way back in the 1950s when businessmen and office-goers went to the office tie-less on Fridays. She says that the trend was reportedly first spotted in the Hawaiian city of Honolulu where employers let staff wear Aloha shirts on Fridays instead of the regular office attire. Aloha shirts became famous in the 1960s and the trend of Friday dressing spread further afield. Many companies saw this as a way to increase productivity and raise the satisfaction level of employees at no extra cost, and the practice quickly became a norm.

Ghurye says that the definitions of Friday dressing have taken on a much more relaxed form than previous years, with business casual increasingly becoming the norm on all days of the week. “However, surveys show that in the last few years, companies have cut back on casual dress codes, with a stronger insistence on formal attire. This is mainly due to the workplace now being diversely occupied by employees ranging in age from 20 to 60,” Ghurye explains. “There are conflicting viewpoints, and employers are seeking to reduce them. For example, at the height of the dot-com boom, flip-flops and shorts were seen in companies related to the internet sector. Today, many of these companies have adopted a more staid approach. Companies realize that what their employees wear ultimately reflects on the company, and in some cases, customer-facing staff have strict norms to follow every day of the week.”

Just like the weekly formal dress code, Friday dressing has its own set of norms and expected behavior, Ghurye says. “Some companies see casual Fridays as a great motivator; others believe it detracts from the professionalism of the firm. The work culture of the firm determines how employees are allowed to dress, and what the norms are regarding dress codes.”

Ghurye has created a personal guide to dressing for Spring Friday dressing at the office that takes a slightly conservative view, but one that allows for a margin of creativity:

  • Colors play important role while dressing up or down for Casual Friday. “If you decide to wear bright colors, make sure you use them for the shirt or blouse and balance colors with neutral colored skirts or trousers. This holds true for both men and women,” Ghurye says.
  • Select a centre piece and build up the rest around it. “Wearing cotton or linen pants with a nice shirt and elegant jacket adds a glamour element. A pair of semi-formal slip-ons or casual boots is perfect to set off any Friday ensemble,” she says.
  • For Women:
    • Wear a sweater set and knit pants or a knee-length dress or skirt in linen/cotton paired with a cotton t-shirt.
    • Remember to check the neckline of tops and hemline of any dress or skirt.
    • Formal woolen suit jackets can be swapped with a more relaxed and comfortable cardigan, v-neck jumper, or a trench coat.
    • Formal wear stockings can be replaced by opaque footless leggings.
    • Occasionally, heels can be replaced by ballet flats, flat sandals, loafers, and flat boots depending on the weather conditions.
    • No sneakers or denims, and mini-skirts are definitely to be avoided.
  • For Men:
    • Wear a pair of neutral or khaki pants paired with a tucked in basic white t-shirt or decent polo shirts in colors and patterns suitable for business casual.
    • Both button down and short sleeved shirts are considered appropriate for Casual Friday.
    • A recent trend in business casual is the use of light weight plain pants made in nylon or similar fabrics.
    • No muscle tees, sneakers, or open footwear.

Manoj Verma, a manager of sourcing premium apparel and lifestyle products, thinks that casual Friday is a term that is fast losing relevance in today’s digital age. “Now it is Friday all week. The trend is towards smart casual dressing; however, this depends on the industry one works in,” he says. “For example, in finance or consulting, formal attire is still the norm. After the economic meltdown, there was a time when dressing up became more of a necessity. People were looking for new jobs and understood the importance of creating a good first impression.”

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The business and mindfulness connection

May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment


By Maureen Aylward

The Wall Street Journal reports that business schools are interested in how mindfulness as a technique can be used in business and education. Taking a look at business culture, we asked our Zintro experts of comment on how a mindfulness approach can impact business.

Betty Doo, an organizational psychologist, says that mindfulness has several potential benefits to an organization that implements it. “Mindfulness helps companies improve teamwork, develop strategic relationships, and avoid unnecessary conflicts,” says Doo. “By using mindfulness techniques, an employee will become more aware of his or her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, which can lead to a more collaborative and authentic interpersonal approach. For example, when coming into a potentially stressful meeting with a customer or client, peer, or other stakeholder, a person who utilizes mindfulness techniques can enter with greater self awareness, be more engaged in the moment, and avoid unnecessary conflicts.”

Doo says that she uses mindfulness techniques in her executive coaching to help clients develop greater awareness of behaviors in business situations, especially stressful ones that can have a major impact on performance. “This has a ripple effect throughout the organization leading to improved relationships and more productive employees,” she says.

Meir Jacob, an expert in leadership development, says that mindfulness should be implemented as a meaningful aspect of organizational culture before a company can see results. To achieve this, he outlines the following:

  • Identify the basic assumptions and set the supporting belief system;
  • Implement the right values and norms; and
  • Create opportunities in the workplace for dialogue, rapport, mentoring and feedback.

On a task level, Jacob says that results can be found in:

  • Higher attention for and detection of irregularities and consequently, less denial;
  • A more open interpretation of phenomena that can lead to creative, innovative solutions;
  • A higher level of readiness to spot and capture opportunities as there is less fear of making mistakes, knowing that no one will be punished by making a false alarm; and
  • A higher team and personal efficacy and productivity.

On a relationship level for team, interpersonal and personal growth, results are:

  • Continuous team growth as result of the open dialogue and candid feedback;
  • A more effective interpersonal rapport among peers;
  • On personal level, a higher sense of self efficacy, daring, accomplishment, and job satisfaction; and
  • Across all levels, higher resilience and cohesion that results in a more stable team.

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Are schools teaching innovation?

May 15, 2012 By 2 Comments

   By Maureen Aylward

Innovation is an essential focal point in business, technology, and as a characteristic that is to be embraced. So we wondered how innovation is being taught in schools. Here is how our Zintro experts responded.

Kristian Still, an assistant principle, says that innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurial and leadership skills are all highly valued capabilities but by their very nature are difficult to define as they are to hone and foster. “I recognize that the lack of a definition for innovation in education is a challenge and an inhibitor to education adopting and teaching innovation,” says Stills. “It is this lack of definition that discourages teaching it. However, are not cooperation, honesty, and respect values that are championed by education yet not assessed?”

Still thinks that what we are after is creating an innovative culture. “You can not directly teach innovation, just like you can not directly teach creativity (and to lesser extent entrepreneurial and leadership skills),” he says. “One facilitates innovation by providing a learning atmosphere that promotes exploration and inquiry. By promoting and modeling the free flow of thoughts, ideas, dialog, and discussion, students will walk their own paths towards innovation.”

Stephen F. Heffner, a software inventor and architect, outlines seven factors he thinks need to be addressed in order to promote in students the ability to innovate:

1. The ability to think rationally and logically. “This is woefully lacking in most public education institutions at all levels,” he says. “It should start in pre-school and be nurtured and promoted all the way up.”

2. A willingness to explore boundaries of thought and to think outside the box.

3. A willingness to make mistakes and learn from failure. “Most innovation is not the result of a blinding revelation, but of repeated attempts to achieve a goal by varying the approach,” Heffner points out. “This requires being willing to fail. So honest failure should not be punished, whereas failure due to lack of effort or mental laziness should have negative consequences.”

4. A passion for the subject on which you want to innovate. Heffner says that discovering and nurturing passions should start at an early age, but, at the same time, not done in a way that locks students into narrow tracks or makes it too hard to shift tracks.

5. A willingness to be different, not for its own sake, but because of inherent qualities. “Too often peer pressure is centered on conforming to peer norms, which stifles not only innovation but individuality. Ironically, this is often done in the guise of expressing oneself,” says Heffner.

6. Recognition of talent and abilities. Too often, a standout student is beaten down; both by the teacher and other student to avoid making others look bad or hurting others’ self-esteem, says Heffner.

7. A healthy ego and feeling of self-worth, which will give the student fortitude. “This comes not from being told how wonderful one is, but through accomplishment of goals either internally or externally set,” says Heffner. “What to avoid is the engenderment of a feeling of entitlement without building a foundation of character, and this can leave the student woefully unprepared for the real world.”

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The Hunger Games popularity

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment


By Maureen Aylward

The Hunger Games was number one at thebox office in the US for several weeks straight. Turning books into successful movie franchises is nothing new, but we thought we’d ask our Zintro experts what they think is behind the trends and what makes The Hunger Games popular.

Alessandro DeSimone, a new media marketing expert, points out that the huge movie successes of the Harry Potter series and The Lord of the Rings were very important for the studio executives to reach a new moviegoer audience. “Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight introduced the season of vampires, and they are now incredibly popular on TV (The Vampire Diaries, True Blood), and that includes products for teens and adults,” says DeSimone. “On the other hand, there is Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass and the only segment of Lemony Snickett, which were a severe disappointment for New Line and Paramount. However, The Hunger Games has the strength to mix three different ways to entertain young audience: good teen literature, a real viewing vision structure, and talented rising stars. These three elements are perfectly integrated with very good and experienced actors, a classical sci-fi action adventure, and a great director who contributes a coherent cinematic structure to the whole operation.”

Brian Lukasavitz, a lawyer and educator, says that films made from best sellers have always been popular, but there is definitely a current trend in the film industry to lock in book series, as evidenced by The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Twilight.

Lukasavitz says that successful book series have a built in audience that will easily translate into the larger movie-going audience. “And for audiences, multiple films based on characters, story-lines, and settings that are familiar are popular because the interest is already there. Audiences have already invested into the story and the main characters,” he says.

For the film industry, there is the financial motivation to find a sure-thing and to easily duplicate the success in the form of sequels or series, says Lukasavitz. “What makes The Hunger Games and other books series popular is that these are aimed at a cross-section of young-adult/adult audience with mature themes, situations and adventure. The youth market has the most expendable income for entertainment. By choosing to target films to a younger audience with adult themes, producers and film studios reach the largest possible audience pool while ensuring potential sequels,” he says.

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Apple at a Trillion: Is it a possibility?

May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment


By Maureen Aylward

Some analysts predict that Apple will become the first company valued at $1 trillion dollar in a few years. With stock prices hovering at $600 per share, what does a market capitalization prediction like this mean for Apple and the market itself? Is it even possible? Zintro experts weigh in.

Clay Andres, a publishing expert, thinks that it’s surprisingly easy to justify $1 trillion for Apple stock. “Has there ever been a company so successful in so many ways? Even bad news doesn’t seem to tarnish Apple’s golden image. But how long can a company maintain such exponential growth?” says Andres. “Anyone can look at the numbers and see that Apple’s stock price and total valuation are in a range well outside several standard deviations of historic norms. This makes any sort of statistically-justified prediction ludicrous. Much of Apple’s growth has come at the expense of its competitors; they have shrunken in value by about the same amount that Apple has gained.”

And Andres wonders if Apple’s future lunch is just a larger share of a finite pie. “How many companies will be driven out of business before Apple can reach the trillion dollar plateau? On the other hand, it doesn’t take an economist to know that we live in an ever-expanding world pie, and the most rapidly expanding pie slice is China,” he says. “We can hardly begin to conceive of how large this market might become. But judging from the wild popularity of Apple’s products in China, the trillion dollar goal doesn’t seem at all unreasonable. India is growing faster than China and is expected to become the largest country in the world before this decade is out. So India is a factor as well.”

With so much talent and tech innovation supporting Apple’s products, Apple can concentrate on pushing the entire tech-ecosystem ahead. “Instead of reacting to competitor’s threats by blanketing the market with endless product variations, Apple needs to remain focused and that is the challenge. The distractions of being pre-eminent are huge,” he says.

“Apple’s stock price over $1,000? The S&P would likely be much higher (near 2,000) and the economy would be picking up steam. If Apple breaks $1,000 whilst the economy and stock market tread water or decline then it would be a once in a generation short,” says John Griffin, an equity analyst and professor. “Think about it: The market cap of one company being 1/15th the size of the entire US economy? What Apple has is intellectual capital and a nice sized cash hoard.”

Vidia Ramdeen, an emerging hedge fund manager, thinks that Priceline will first earn the trillion dollar market capitalization. “Apple is still a high beta tech stock and although stock price movement of Apple had reflected inversely to VIX (CBOE volatility index), the company profitability is a function of the broader economy and notably the U.S. where profit per unit sold is highest,” he says.

Ramdeen says whether it’s Priceline or Apple, the market implication is of a statistical outlier, indicating profits indicative of monopolization. “Arguably, Microsoft stock could have appreciated similarly to Apple was it not for federal authorities ruling Windows as anti-competitive or essentially a monopoly,” he says. “Regardless, the implication for Apple and the market is that consumerism will push market caps of hot tech or internet products. Apple, Google, Priceline, and possibly Facebook will have elevated stock prices that reflect a dominant product and market strategy. Consumers currently face inelastic demand curves for these products and/or services.”

Shehara deSilva, a communications and brand expert, thinks that Apple is certainly the most probable candidate to become the first company in the world to have a trillion dollar market cap. “Apple’s brand value as per Interbrand is now $33 billion (latest 2011 valuation) and is ranked at number eight moving up from last year’s 17,” she notes. “Typically there is little movement on these rankings. That Apple with its iPad launch in 2010 ( amongst other strategies) did this is incredible. Its foray into China, however, is the big risk. Can Apple manage to maintain its design and quality premium going in and operating in the world’s most commoditized market?”

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